Activities of Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK
Plenary speeches (205)
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A7-0174/2014 - Margrete Auken)
Agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries (A7-0217/2014 - Esther Herranz García)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (debate)
European single market for electronic communications (A7-0190/2014 - Pilar del Castillo Vera)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (A7-0277/2013 - Andrea Zanoni)
Production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (A7-0112/2014 - Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris)
Horticulture (A7-0048/2014 - Anthea McIntyre)
Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data - Processing of personal data for the purposes of crime prevention (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (A7-0276/2013 - Linda McAvan)
Implementation of the Youth Guarantee (debate)
Third programme for the Union's action if the field of health (2014-2020) (A7-0224/2012 - Françoise Grossetête)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU (A7-0053/2014 - Christofer Fjellner)
Inclusion of Greenland in implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme (A7-0467/2013 - Vital Moreira)
Promoting free movement by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents (A7-0017/2014 - Bernhard Rapkay)
A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies (debate)
Respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU (RCB7-0016/2014, B7-0016/2014, B7-0023/2014, B7-0024/2014, B7-0025/2014, B7-0026/2014, B7-0027/2014)
Respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU (debate)
Smart specialisation: networking excellence for a sound Cohesion Policy (A7-0462/2013 - Hermann Winkler)
Food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof (A7-0434/2013 - Esther de Lange)
Milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions (A7-0383/2013 - Herbert Dorfmann)
Civil protection mechanism (debate)
EU-China Agreement relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the EU (A7-0332/2013 - Helmut Scholz)
Negotiations for an EU-Canada strategic partnership agreement (A7-0407/2013 - Elisabeth Jeggle)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Horizon 2020 - framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) (A7-0427/2012 - Teresa Riera Madurell)
Financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products - Direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - Transitional provisions on support for rural development (debate)
Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 (A7-0389/2013 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Ivailo Kalfin)
Government procurement agreement (A7-0339/2013 - Helmut Scholz)
Connecting Europe Facility (A7-0021/2013 - Adina-Ioana Vălean, Dominique Riquet, Inés Ayala Sender)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
In vitro diagnostic medical devices (A7-0327/2013 - Peter Liese)
Medical devices (A7-0324/2013 - Dagmar Roth-Behrendt)
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (debate)
Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (A7-0277/2013 - Andrea Zanoni)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (A7-0276/2013 - Linda McAvan)
Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing EU external borders (A7-0139/2013 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra)
EU policy towards Belarus (A7-0261/2013 - Justas Vincas Paleckis)
Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (A7-0275/2013 - Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska)
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (debate)
US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and impact on EU citizens' privacy (RCB7-0336/2013, B7-0336/2013, B7-0337/2013, B7-0338/2013, B7-0341/2013, B7-0342/2013, B7-0343/2013)
Programme of activities of the Lithuanian Presidency (debate)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
A bioeconomy for Europe (A7-0201/2013 - Paolo Bartolozzi)
Adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2013 (A7-0186/2013 - Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (continuation of debate)
A new agenda for European consumer policy (A7-0163/2013 - Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón)
Social housing in the European Union (A7-0155/2013 - Karima Delli)
Fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens (A7-0162/2013 - Mojca Kleva Kekuš)
Annual tax report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth (A7-0154/2013 - Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz)
Adequate, safe and sustainable pensions (A7-0137/2013 - Ria Oomen-Ruijten)
Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (debate)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (debate)
Definition, description, presentation, labelling and protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (B7-0082/2013)
Match-fixing and corruption in sport (B7-0130/2013, B7-0131/2013, B7-0139/2013, B7-0140/2013, B7-0141/2013)
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the CAP - 2011/0280(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) - 2011/0281(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - 2011/0282(COD) - Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on financing, management and monitoring of the CAP - 2011/0288(COD) (debate)
Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A7-0010/2013 - Pervenche Berès)
Common fisheries policy (A7-0008/2013 - Ulrike Rodust)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Role of territorial development in cohesion policy (A7-0421/2012 - Derek Vaughan)
Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (A7-0390/2012 - Alejandro Cercas)
Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (debate)
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Protection of animals during transport (debate)
Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
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Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 - Own resource based on the value added tax (debate)
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Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)
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Direct payments to farmers (debate)
Common rules for direct support schemes for farmers - Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - Common organisation of agricultural markets and specific provisions for certain agricultural products - Financing of the common agricultural policy - Organic production and labelling of organic products - System of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (debate)
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Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area - Monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (debate)
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EU and China: unbalanced trade? (debate)
Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (debate)
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Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
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Guidelines for the 2013 budget - sections other than the Commission (debate)
Contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (debate)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)
Scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)
Programme of activities of the Polish Presidency of the Council (debate)
Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)
The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (debate)
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Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
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Volcanic ash crisis (debate)
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Innovative financing at a global and European level (debate)
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Preparation for the European Council meeting (4 February 2011) (debate)
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Review of the Belgian Presidency of the Council (debate)
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A new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020 (debate)
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Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate)
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Future of the CAP after 2013 (debate)
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Promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status (short presentation)
Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union (short presentation)
The European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (short presentation)
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Floods in Central European countries, in particular Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary (debate)
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Principle of subsidiarity and universality of social public services in the EU (debate)
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Investing in Low Carbon Technologies (debate)
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Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate)
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2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate)
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Human Rights violations in China, notably the case of Liu Xiaobo
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Presentation of the programme of the Spanish Presidency (continuation of debate)
The cohesion policy after 2013 (debate)
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Responses to relaunch the economy in the Member States of the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe
Meat imports from third countries (debate)
Climate change and developing countries in the framework of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (debate)
Modification of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (the ‘Single CMO Regulation’) (debate)
Outcome of the referendum in Ireland (debate)
Crisis in the dairy farming sector (debate)
G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September) (debate)
Inaugural address by the President of the European Parliament
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy PDF (240 KB) DOC (266 KB)
Shadow reports (3)
REPORT on the role of EU cohesion policy and its actors in implementing the new European energy policy PDF (194 KB) DOC (113 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products PDF (213 KB) DOC (260 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 165/94 and Council Regulation (EC) No 78/2008 PDF (190 KB) DOC (247 KB)
Opinions (2)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC
OPINION on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (363)
Amendment 5 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets, in particular, the application of the 'financial discipline' mechanism, meaning that a large number of the Union's farmers will suffer a cut of around 5% in direct payments paid out in the 2014 financial year; calls, therefore, on the Member States to develop the necessary mechanisms for efficiently transferring to farmers unused appropriations from the reserve in the next financial year;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the allocation of funds to support beekeeping and hopes that they will be used effectively in the Member States;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for the full alignment of direct payments in the EU-28 as soon as possible;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take appropriate action under the new common agricultural policy and draw up guidelines for the period beyond 2020 in which greater attention is paid to the specific needs of small family holdings, which are an important element of the European agricultural model and which are central to the multi-functional development of rural areas;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the policy of supporting the consolidation of agricultural land and of granting payments to farmers participating in the small farmers scheme who have definitively transferred their land to another farmer to be continued as an effective means of improving the production structure of agriculture;
Amendment 59 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recognises that the central objective of efforts taken on behalf of European agriculture should be to improve its competitiveness and its sustainable character;
Amendment 74 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports measures aimed at diversifying economic activities in rural areas, particularly premiums for commencing non-agricultural economic activity;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is very pleased that the support scheme for small-scale farmers has been established under the first pillar of the CAP, but takes the view, nevertheless, that it is only the form of the transfer that has been simplified, whilst the low direct payment rates allow no room for development, and that these measures are still insufficient to improve the lot of smallholdings in the EUas it believes that this will facilitate transfers of support to the smallest holdings, thereby motivating other holdings to modernise their production and to benefit from participating in the standards system;
Amendment 53 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The aim of these measures is to enhance the competitiveness of European agriculture and market shares in both the internal market and third countries by increasing consumers' awareness of the merits of the Union's agricultural products and food products based on agricultural products and developing and opening up new markets. They usefully complement and reinforce the measures implemented by the Member States.
Amendment 59 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to comply with the competition rules, measures targeting the internal market should be limited toinclude measures that providinge information on, and promote, the specific characteristics of agricultural production methods in the Union or on themes which are relevant to the Union, such as the European quality systems established by Regulation (EU) No 1151/201216 of the European Parliament and of the Council16. __________________ 16 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 76 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Over the period 2001-11, barely 30 % of the budget earmarked for information provision and promotion measures under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was spent on measures targeting third-country markets, even though these markets offer major growth potential. With the aim of reaching 750 % of estimated expenditure, specific arrangements are therefore required to encourage a larger number of information provision and promotion measures for Union agricultural products in third countries, in particular through increased financial support
Amendment 93 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Financing rules should be set. As a general rule, so that interesting proposing organisations assume their responsibilities, the Union should cover only part of the cost of programmes. The Member States may cover part of the cost of programmes. Certain administrative and staff costs which are not linked to implementation of the CAP form an integral part of information provision and promotion measures and could be eligible for Union funding.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Amendment 128 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
(ba) promotion measures aimed at increasing sales of agricultural and food products from the EU.
Amendment 160 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Treaty’), excluding the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2011)416] of the European Parliament and of the Council19 and tobacco; __________________ 19 Regulation (ECU) No [COM(2011/416] of ... on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ ...).
Amendment 172 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the food products based on EU agricultural products listed in point I of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and cotton;
Amendment 196 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) voluntary quality schemes in line with the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU best practice guidelines for voluntary certification schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs’ (2010/C 341/04).
Amendment 251 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union's financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisationsMember States may contribute a maximum of 30 %.
Amendment 281 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) information and promotion measures on milk, fruit and vegetables specifically targeting children in Union educational establishments,.
Amendment 310 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 60 % of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
Amendment 330 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
In the context of implementing this Regulation, the Commission mayshall consult the Advisory Group on Promotion of Agricultural Products established by Commission Decision 2004/391/EC27. __________________ 27 Commission Decision 2004/391/EC of 23 April 2004 on the advisory groups dealing with matters covered by the common agricultural policy (OJ L 120, 24.4.2004, p. 50).
Amendment 331 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Advisory Group on Promotion should be involved in the work carried out on the work programme referred to in Article 8.
Amendment 339 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
By way of derogation from Article 146 of Regulation (EU) XXXX/20.. [of the European Parliament and of the Council* of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)] and from Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/200628, and by virtue of Article 42, first subparagraph, of the Treaty, Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty shall not apply to payments, including co-financing contributions, made by Member States pursuant to this Regulation and in compliance with its provisions, nor to financial contributions coming from Member States' parafiscal charges or mandatory contributions in the case of programmes eligible for Union support pursuant to Article 42, second subparagraph, of the Treaty which the Commission has selected in accordance with this Regulation. __________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006 of 24 July 2006 applying certain rules of competition to the production of, and trade in, agricultural products (OJ L 214, 4.8.2006, p. 7).
Amendment 100 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – introductory part
Recital 1 – introductory part
(1) The following Directives set out rules for the production and marketing of seeds and propagating material of agricultural crops, vegetables, vine, fruit plants, forest reproductive material and ornamental plants:
Amendment 102 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 – point e
Recital 1 – point e
Amendment 105 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The basic objective of the above Directives is sustainable agricultural, and horticultural and forestry production. In order to ensure productivity, the health, quality and diversity of plant reproductive material is of outmost importance for agriculture, horticulture, food and feed security, and the economy in general. Moreover, to ensure sustainability, legislation should take account of the need to meet consumers' expectations, to ensure the adaptability of production to manifold agricultural, horticultural and environmental conditions, to face the challenges of climate change and to foster the protection of agro-biodiversity.
Amendment 107 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Evolution in the areas of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, plant breeding and making available on the market of plant reproductive material has shown that the legislation needs to be simplified and further adapted to the developments of the sector. Therefore, the above Directives should be replaced by a single Regulation on the production, with a view to making available on the market, and the making available on the market, of plant reproductive material within the Union.
Amendment 111 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to determine the scope of the several provisions of this Regulation it is necessary to define the concepts of ‘professional operator’ and ‘making available on the market’. In particular, in view of the marketing developments of the sector, the definition of ‘making available on the market’ should be as wide as possible to ensure all forms of transactions of plant reproductive material. That definition should include inter alia persons concluding sales through distance contracts (e.g. electronically) and persons who collect basic forest material.
Amendment 133 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 135 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 137 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
Amendment 139 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 141 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 143 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 146 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
Amendment 149 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
Amendment 150 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
Amendment 151 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
Amendment 152 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 153 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
Amendment 155 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point a
Recital 79 – point a
(a) authorisation of Member States to adopt more stringent requirements than those adopted pursuant to this Regulation concerning plant reproductive material of listed genera or species and forest reproductive material of listed species and artificial hybrids,
Amendment 157 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point i
Recital 79 – point i
Amendment 159 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point j
Recital 79 – point j
Amendment 161 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 79 – point k
Recital 79 – point k
Amendment 188 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) exchanged in kind between persons other than professional operators, in accordance with provisions on the legal protection of varieties.
Amendment 263 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 9
Article 3 – point 9
Amendment 307 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In the case of plant reproductive material, other than forest reproductive material, professional operators shall keep records of the plant reproductive material referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 for three years after that material has been respectively supplied to or by them.
Amendment 312 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 318 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part III
Part III
PLANT REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL OTHER THAN FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL
Amendment 320 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
This Part shall apply to the production, with a view to making available on the market, and to the making available on the market of plant reproductive material other than forest reproductive material.
Amendment 376 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Varieties which are solely exploited for ornamental use shall be excluded from the list of species covered by Annex I to the Regulation.
Amendment 437 #
Amendment 521 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV
Part IV
Amendment 526 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 562 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a The seed mixture shall be permitted to contain a small percentage amount of a component that does not belong to the genera or species mentioned in Annex I.
Amendment 563 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32 a Mixtures Mixtures of varieties and/or genera and species may be made available on the market with the following restrictions: (a) An official label may only be affixed to the mixture if all the ingredients of the mixture have been certified with an official label before. All other mixtures, including those containing genera and species not listed in Annex I shall be made available on the market as standard material. (b) The label of the mixture has to contain an ingredient's list with at least the common name and the weight percentage of each ingredient.
Amendment 594 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 634 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Amendment 656 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part B – point l
Annex III – part B – point l
Amendment 660 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V
Annex V
Amendment 661 #
Amendment 662 #
Amendment 663 #
Amendment 664 #
Amendment 665 #
Amendment 666 #
Amendment 667 #
Amendment 668 #
Amendment 851 #
Amendment 971 #
Amendment 1061 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 94 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1099 #
Amendment 1135 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2
Article 140 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 11(3), 13(3), 14(3), 15(5), 16(2), 17(4), 18(4), 18(6), 20(4), 21(5), 23(3), 30(4), 32(1), 33(3), 34(6), 36(4), 38(4), 39(3), 44(1), 56(5), 56(6), 59(2), 64(4), 65(3), 67(2), 72(2), 74(1), 119, 124(4), 127, 131(2) and 135(4) and 138(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 1137 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 3
Article 140 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 11(3), 13(3), 14(3), 15(5), 16(2), 17(4), 18(4), 18(6), 20(4), 21(5), 23(3), 30(4), 32(1), 33(3), 34(6), 36(4), 38(4), 39(3), 44(1), 56(5), 56(6), 59(2), 64(4), 65(3), 67(2), 72(2), 74(1), 119, 124(4), 127, 131(2), 135(4) and 138(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 1139 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 5
Article 140 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 11(3), 13(3), 14(3), 15(5), 16(2), 17(4), 18(4), 18(6), 20(4), 21(5), 23(3), 30(4), 32(1), 33(3), 34(6), 36(4), 38(4), 39(3), 44(1), 56(5), 56(6), 59(2), 64(4), 65(3), 67(2), 72(2), 74(1), 119, 124(4), 127, 131(2) 135(4) and 138(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 1146 #
Amendment 1149 #
Amendment 1152 #
Amendment 1155 #
Amendment 1158 #
Amendment 1161 #
Amendment 1173 #
Amendment 1176 #
Amendment 1185 #
Amendment 1188 #
Amendment 1199 #
Amendment 1206 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 44
Annex I – item 44
Amendment 1208 #
Amendment 1225 #
Amendment 1236 #
Amendment 1239 #
Amendment 1248 #
Amendment 1250 #
Amendment 1252 #
Amendment 1255 #
Amendment 1277 #
Amendment 1280 #
Amendment 1283 #
Amendment 1286 #
Amendment 1289 #
Amendment 1292 #
Amendment 1295 #
Amendment 1298 #
Amendment 1301 #
Amendment 1304 #
Amendment 1307 #
Amendment 1310 #
Amendment 1313 #
Amendment 1323 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 135
Annex I – item 135
Amendment 1335 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – item 144
Annex I – item 144
Amendment 1340 #
Amendment 1343 #
Amendment 1346 #
Amendment 1349 #
Amendment 1352 #
Amendment 1355 #
Amendment 1358 #
Amendment 1364 #
Amendment 1377 #
Amendment 1380 #
Amendment 1433 #
2013/0137(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part B – point l
Annex III – Part B – point l
Amendment 1443 #
Amendment 1445 #
Amendment 1447 #
Amendment 1449 #
Amendment 1451 #
Amendment 1453 #
Amendment 1455 #
Amendment 1457 #
Amendment 1460 #
Amendment 57 #
2013/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RD], expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries, undertaken under the measures of Article 20(a)(ii) and (iii), Article 20(b)(i), (iii), (iv) and (v), Article 20(c)(ii), Article 20(d)(ii), Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and of Article 36(b)(i) and (iii) of that Regulation in relation to the annual premium, shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the 2014-2020 programming period in the following cases:
Amendment 65 #
2013/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. The expenditure referred to in paragraph 1 may be declared to the Commission for reimbursement in reference periods starting from the first month after the end of the first reference period when expenditure covering commitments from previous rural development programmes has been used up.
Amendment 75 #
2013/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 8a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 133b (new)
Article 133b (new)
(8a) In Title V, the following Article is added: Article 133b "Transitional national aid in 2014 1. The new Member States applying the single area payment according to Article 122 may decide to grant transitional national aid in 2014. 2. Bulgaria and Romania may grant aid under this Article only if they decide by [one month from the date of application of this Regulation] not to grant in 2014 any complementary national direct payments under Article 132. 3. The aid may be granted to farmers in sectors in respect of which transitional national aid according to Article 133a, or in the case of Bulgaria and Romania complementary national direct payments according to Article 132, were granted in 2013. 4. The conditions for granting the aid shall be identical to those authorised for the granting of payments pursuant to Articles 132 or 133a in respect of 2013, with exception of the reductions due to the application of Article 132(2) in conjunction with Articles 7 and 10 of this Regulation. 5. The total amount of aid that may be granted to farmers in any of the sectors referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited to 80% of the sector specific financial envelopes in respect of 2013 as authorised by the Commission according to Article 133a(5), or for Bulgaria and Romania as authorised according to Article 132(7). For Cyprus, the sector specific financial envelopes are set out in Annex XVIIa of this Regulation. 6. New Member States shall notify the decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the Commission at the latest by 31 March 2014. The notification of the decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following: (a) the financial envelope for each sector; (b) the maximum rate of transitional national aid where appropriate. 7. The new Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and within the limits authorised by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 5, on the amounts of transitional national aid to be granted."
Amendment 34 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s aim in the SAM process to make the principles clearer, more straightforward and easier; takes the view that these principles should be both well coordinated with other EU policies and sufficiently clear, predictable and flexible to meet the needs of certain Member States and their regions facing a time of crisis and severe economic hardship; reiterates its recognition of the role played by State aid in addressing the economic crisis; expresses its concern that the proposal, as published for consultation, is not sufficiently evidence-based and will go against the objective of simplification;
Amendment 92 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the application of State aid rules within Cohesion Policy programmes could be better achieved by focussing onacknowledging the role of large-scale aid, simplifying rules, increasing the de minimis ceiling, and extending the horizontal categories in the Enabling Regulation and the scope of the block exemption rules in the General Block Exemption Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of thclear and simple rules for regional as sector-specific State aid for attracting foreign direct investment to the EU and its regions and for ensuring their global competitiveness;
Amendment 120 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the opinion that excluding large enterprises companies from State aid rules in areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU is not justified given their contribution to employment, the supply- chains that they create with SMEs, their common involvement in research and development, and the role they play in dealing with the economic crisis; takes the view that the presence of large undertakings is often key to the success of SMEs that benefit from clusters led by large companies and from their sub- contracting activities; underlines that such a decision may lead to job losses and reduced economic activity in the regions, decrease of regional competitiveness and attractiveness for foreign investment and to the relocation of companies to other regions either within and outside the EU;
Amendment 130 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that the eligibility of large enterprises for State aid incentives should be determined not on the basis of the size of the enterprise or the sector in which it operates but on the basis of the credibly estimated number of jobs that could be created under the incentive, the quality of these jobs or the sustainability of the project; stresses that, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, decisions to determine which particular projects have the highest potential to achieve the objectives of EU policies should be left to the Member States, the regions concerned and local governments;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Proposes the adoption of a twin-track strategy for the development of forward-looking energy infrastructure in Europe, which would involve constructing a trans-European electricity transmission network while simultaneously supporting complementary generation on a smaller scale at a local level;
Amendment 87 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the need to select local sources of energy generation prudently and in such a manner as to ensure that they fit in as well as possible with the regional landscape;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for full use to be made of synergies between public and private funds in financing energy projects;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the need for energy efficiency and development of renewable energy in rural areas; stresses the increasing energy saving potential in rural households, which might require innovative funding schemes; supports steps to facilitate access to new technologies for rural areas, especially in the area of microgeneration;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that energy efficiency potential remains unrealised in the construction and transport sectors, where investments in the heating of buildings and energy-efficient public transport represent an opportunity to increase employment in the sectors concerned; believes that multiannual objectives should be set in this regard;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes that investments in energy-efficient transport should take account of the need to reduce pollution and noise, especially in urban areas;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Supports the use of cohesion policy resources in ensuring that all energy islands in the EU are eliminated as quickly as possible;
Amendment 128 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Competitiveness, jobs and fighting energy poverty Stresses that investments in energy infrastructure and energy-efficient construction and transport will lead directly to the creation of new jobs;
Amendment 129 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Supports the development of innovative and ecological energy solutions as a means of increasing the economic competitiveness of Europe’s regions;
Amendment 130 #
2012/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Calls for the EU-wide exchange of best practices so that the impact on energy poverty of policies adopted in the area of energy may be monitored;
Amendment 37 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Reliable research shows that the level of tobacco growing in the EU is not linked to the number of EU citizens who smoke. At the same time, a majority of the tobacco grown in the EU comes from very small family farms, which find it very difficult to switch to a different production model. EU farmers should therefore have the opportunity to market the tobacco they produce for the needs of European consumers, while ensuring that the highest quality raw materials are used and complying with the standards on ingredients laid down in this Directive, without discriminating against tobacco varieties grown in unfavourable climatic conditions. In addition, Member States should take action to retrain tobacco farmers in order for them move into other agricultural sectors, particularly through the use of funds available under Regulation XXX (Rural Development).
Amendment 43 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessary for manufacturing of tobacco products and used in particular to improve the quality of tobacco grown in the EU should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties or between the same tobacco varieties grown under different climatic conditions.
Amendment 94 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘flavouring’ means an additive that imparts aroma and/or taste but is not essential to the process of manufacturing the tobacco product;
Amendment 145 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall not prohibit the use of additives which are essential for the manufacture of tobacco products, particularly those which improve the quality of tobacco grown in unfavourable climatic conditions, as long as the additives do not result in a product with a characterising flavour.
Amendment 22 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (hereinafter the 'Fund') should strengthen social cohesion by contributing to the reduction of poverty in the Union by supporting national schemes that provide non-financial assistance to the most deprived persons to alleviate food deprivation, homelessness and material deprivation of children and the elderly.
Amendment 76 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Fund shall support national schemes whereby food products and basic consumer goods for the personal use of homeless persons, the elderly or of children are distributed to the most deprived persons through partner organisations selected by Member States.
Amendment 92 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of the gender perspective are promoted during the various stages of the implementation of the Fund. The Commission and the Member States shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, place of residence, age or sexual orientation in obtaining access to the Fund.
Amendment 176 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The distribution of food to the most deprived people in rural areas may be financed at the rate of 100%.
Amendment 195 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the costs of purchasing food and basic consumer goods for personal use of homeless persons, the elderly or of children;
Amendment 200 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where a public body purchases the food or basic consumer goods for personal use of homeless persons, the elderly or of children and provide them to partner organisations, the costs of transporting of food or goods to the storage depots of the partner organisations at a flat rate of 1 % of the costs referred to in point (a);
Amendment 203 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) value added tax.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 196 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Amendment 201 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account below to be incorporated in the legislative proposalof the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 464 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that thisto participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 502 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
Amendment 575 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;
Amendment 599 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
Amendment 613 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
Amendment 625 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
III. Resource protection and environmental policy component
Amendment 634 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 659 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
Amendment 666 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 692 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
Amendment 706 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 721 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 735 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 752 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 768 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC systemonditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;
Amendment 789 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;
Amendment 801 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoringthe monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;
Amendment 805 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standardsCC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;
Amendment 821 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
Amendment 852 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;
Amendment 855 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
Amendment 858 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipatedincrease in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm levelhealth problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;
Amendment 895 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 915 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 925 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 951 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 970 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
Amendment 987 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements with the legislative proposalll reduce budget expenditure;
Amendment 1007 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 1058 #
Amendment 1084 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 1102 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Amendment 1109 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decidedmutually agreed upon by the Member States inand the second pillar, to attaCommission and forming priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy); observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% should applyart of a predefined EU strategy, in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 Strategy);
Amendment 1121 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
Amendment 1132 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
Amendment 1133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
Amendment 1137 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
Amendment 1173 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1200 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Calls for abrupt changes in the allocation of appropriations in the second pillar to be avoided, as Member States require certainty to enable them to plan and continuity of financing; calls, in this connection, for the current criteria for distributing funding among Member States to be retained;
Amendment 1203 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1252 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 1261 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Considers that the Commission’s proposal concerning the definition of the term ‘active farmer’ should be supported and that, if an appropriate definition (taking due account of the specific features of farming in each country) is arrived at, it will be an appropriate criterion for the granting of support, which will go to people carrying out farming activities rather than, as is currently the case in some Member States, land owners alone;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
Amendment 127 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Sees macroregional strategies as affording a major opportunity to harness forms of trans-regional potential and adopt a joint approach to challenges stemming from the natural environment, e.g.Calls on the Commission to use macroregional strategies as a basic instrument for supra-regional cooperation in relation to environmental protection; considers that better coordination of existing support mechanisms can create scope for more targeted use of the EU Structural Funds;
Amendment 515 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Envisages that the Commission will, in future, have a greater responsibility for the improvement of national administrative procedures; takes the view, therefore, that it will be incumbent on the Commission to implement accreditation procedures for national or federal-state administrative and auditing bodies; envisages linkage between, on the one hand, successful accreditation and a reduction in the error rate and, on the other, entitlement to simplified and less frequent reporting; calls on the Commission to show a greater commitment to strategic planning, assessment and implementation of cohesion policy;
Amendment 533 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. SupporRejects the Commission’s proposal that national authorities should not receive reimbursement until the EU funding has been paid out to the beneficiaries; envisages that this will speed up payment procedures and will be a crucial incentive to carry out stringent national auditing; notes, however, that cash-flow problems could potentially arise at Member State or federal-state level and that appropriate hedging arrangements will have to be made;
Amendment 23 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Regulation shall promote enhanced political cooperation and progressive economic and social integration between the Union and the partner countries and, in particular, the implementation of partnership and cooperation agreements, association agreements or other existing and future agreements, and jointly agreed action plans.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) creating conditions for well managed mobility of people and promotion of people-to-people contacts, including, in particular, through cultural and sporting activities;
Amendment 41 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facilityrespecting national allocations for the projects listed in the Annex of this Regulation. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) accelerating the deployment of fast and ultrafast broadband networks networks and their uptake, including by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and in rural areas, to be measured by the level of broadband and ultrafast broadband coverage and the number of households having subscribed for broadband connections for above 100 Mbps;
Amendment 74 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) promoting the interconnection and interoperability of national public services on-line as well as access to such networks, especially in rural areas, to be measured by the percentage of citizens and businesses using public services on-line and the availability of such services across borders.
Amendment 80 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transport: EUR 31 694 000 000, out of which EUR 10 000 000 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fundfor projects listed in the Annex to this Regulation, respecting the national allocations;
Amendment 76 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Agency or respective Group may request that the report be produced or reviewed by an external independent expert before submission.
Amendment 78 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. If the construction and commissioning of a project of common interest is delayed by more than two years compared to the implementation plan without sufficient justification: (See amendments to the indents; All Amendments to this Paragraph should be voted as a bloc), other than for overriding reasons beyond the control of the project promoter: Or. en
Amendment 79 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) The project promoter of that project shall accept investments by one or several other operators or investors to implement the project. The system operator, in whose area the investment is located, shall provide the implementing operator(s) or investor(s) with all information needed to realise the investment, shall connect new assets to the transmission network andinsofar as measures referred to in Article 22(7)(a), (b) or (c) of Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC are applicable according to respective national laws, national regulatory authorities shall generally make its best efforts to facilitate the implementation of the investment and the secure, reliable and efficient operation and maintenance of the project of common interest. (See amendment to introduction the paragraph; All Amendments to this Paragraph should besure that the investment is carried out. Or. en voted as a bloc)
Amendment 80 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) If the Commission mameasures of national regulatory launch a call for proposals open to anythorities according to paragraph (6)(a) are not sufficient to ensure that the investment is carried out, or are not applicable, the project promoter to buildof theat project according to an agreed timeline. (See amendment to introduction the paragraph; All Amendmentshall choose a third party to finance or construct the project. The project promoter shall do so before the delay compared to the date of commissioning in the implementation plan exceeds two this Paragraph should beyears. Or. en voted as a bloc)
Amendment 81 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
Amendment 82 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b b (new)
Amendment 83 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point b c (new)
Amendment 122 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1(a) to (d), 2 and 23 of Annex II, except for hydro- pumped electricity storage projects, shall be also eligible for Union financial support in the form of grants for works in accordance with the provisions of [Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility], if they are carried out according to the procedure referred to in paragraph 6(b) of point (b) of Article 5 or if they fulfil the following criteria:
Amendment 133 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) North-South electricity interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe (‘"NSI East Electricity’"): interconnections and internal lines in North-South and East-West directions and with third countries to complete the internal market and integrate generation from renewable energy sources.
Amendment 147 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – part 1 – point 1 a (new)
Annex 3 – part 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Project promoters and the Agency, while enjoying the other rights as members of a Group, shall not hold voting rights and may only attend the final adoption of a proposed list for submission according to Article 3(4) as observers.
Amendment 169 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 6 – point 2 – point a
Annex 6 – point 2 – point a
(a) The stakeholders affected by a project of common interest, including relevant national, regional and local authorities, landowners and citizens living in the vicinity of the project, the general public and their associations, organisations or groups, shall be extensively informed and consulted at an early stage and in an open and transparent manner. Where relevant, the competent authority shall actively support the activities undertaken by the project promoter.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) This Regulation should provide a strong incentive for Member States to reduce the number of on-the-spot checks where the error rate is at an acceptable level. This particularly applies to the provisions on the integrated administration and control system.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) It should be possible for the Member States to decide to make aid or payment applications valid over several years, particularly in relation to farmers using permanent or traditional methods of agricultural production.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
Amendment 240 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the promotion and implementation of principles relating to accounting, entrepreneurship and the sustainable management of economic resources.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the promotion of farm conversions and the diversification of their economic activity, especially into tourism and the creation of woodland and agro-forestry systems;
Amendment 258 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(ab) risk management and the introduction of appropriate preventive actions to address natural disasters, catastrophic events and animal and plant diseases;
Amendment 297 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 427 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States may reduce the number of on-the-spot checks where the error rate is at an acceptable level and the management and control systems in place work properly. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 111, laying down the precise conditions and rules that Member States are to apply. In addition, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of reducing the level of on-the- spot checks carried out each year to 3% of all farmers submitting aid applications or payment claims.
Amendment 474 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may decide that an aid application or a payment claim that fulfils the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 is to remain valid for a number of years, in particular if the proportion of individual units of agricultural area that are part of a beneficiary’s holding or of other areas for which aid is granted under Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxx [DP] or Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxx [RD] does not change during the validity of an application. The beneficiaries concerned are under the obligation to report any change to the information they previously submitted and to provide annual confirmation in the form of a statement of participation.
Amendment 479 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A Member State may decide to use information from applications received for the purposes of agricultural production forecasting.
Amendment 557 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 2
Article 92 – paragraph 2
However, Article 91 shall not apply to beneficiaries pfarticipating in the small farmers schemming a surface areferred to in Title V of Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxx[DP] anda of no more than 10 hectares or to the beneficiaries receiving aid under Article 29(9) of Regulation (EU) No RD/xxx.
Amendment 603 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1
Article 94 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that all agricultural area, including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall, in particular, promote the creation of woodland and agro-forestry systems in areas which are not already used for production. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land on the basis of Annex II, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures. Member States shall not define minimum requirements which are not established in Annex II.
Amendment 617 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 97 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 642 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Member States may retain 1025% of the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions referred to in Article 99.
Amendment 646 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 100 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may use the percentage of the amounts referred to in subparagraph 1 as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR].
Amendment 138 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The development of local infrastructure and local basic services in rural areas, including leisure and cultuin particular pre- school, school and extra-curricular education, local libraries, recreational and sports centres, the renewal of villages and activities aimed at the restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of villages and rural landscapes is an essential element of any effort to realise the growth potential and promote the sustainability of rural areas. Support should therefore be granted to operations with this aim, including the access to Information and Communication Technologies and the development of fast and ultra-fast broadband. In line with these objectives, development of services and infrastructure leading to social inclusion and reversing trends of social and economic decline and depopulation of rural areas should be encouraged. In order to achieve the maximum effectiveness for such support, covered operations should be implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities and their basic services, where such plans exist, elaborated by one or more rural communes. In order to ensure coherence with the Unions climate objectives the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the types of renewable energy infrastructure that shall be eligible for support
Amendment 728 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the sustainable development of the economical activity of the small farms as defined by the Member States and at least of the farms participating in the Small farmers scheme referred to in Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012, in particular covering conversions of farms and the diversification of their economic activity, especially into tourism and the creation of woodland and agro-forestry systems; or
Amendment 1044 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population, including leisure, education (pre-school, school and extra-curricular) and culture, and the related infrastructure;
Amendment 1071 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) investments in infrastructure and human resources for universally accessible health services with qualified staff in rural areas.
Amendment 1396 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Payments to farmers in mountain areas and other areas facing natural or other specific constraints, and in particular to farmers engaged in high nature value farming systems, shall be granted annually per hectare of UAA in order to compensate farmers for additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned.
Amendment 1427 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) other areas affected by specific constraints, in particular high nature value farming systems.
Amendment 1933 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 85% of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions, the transitional regions, the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 ;
Amendment 1953 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 28 and 36, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i). It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of less developed regions, transitional regions, the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 2074 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 18(3)
ANNEX I – Article 18(3)
Amendment 2082 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 27(5)
ANNEX I – Article 27(5)
Amendment 445 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For the sake of clarity and transparency, the provisions should be made subject to a common structure, whilst maintaining the policy pursued in each sector. For that purpose it is appropriate to distinguish between reference prices and intervention prices on the basis of true production costs and inflation and to define the latter, in particular, clarifying that only intervention prices for public intervention correspond to the applied administered prices referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 8 of Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (i.e. price gap support). In this context it should be understood that market intervention can take the form of public intervention as well as other forms of intervention that do not use ex-ante established price indications.
Amendment 543 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 107
Recital 107
(107) Provisions for granting refunds on exports to third countries, based on the difference between prices within the Union and on the world market, and falling within the limits set by the commitments made within the WTO, should serve to safeguard the Union'’s participation in international trade in certain products falling within this Regulation which face particularly difficult market conditions. Subsidised exports should be subject to limits in terms of value and quantity.
Amendment 1944 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 133 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 133 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To the extent necessary to enable exports on the basis of world market quotations or prices and within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty, when the situation on the market for given products is particularly difficult, the difference between those quotations or prices and prices in the Union may be covered by export refunds for:
Amendment 174 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Sustainable development of rural areas should be treated as a priority when distributing funds earmarked for the Common Agricultural Policy. Member States should therefore be enabled to transfer up to 20% of their annual national ceiling to calendar years 2014-2019 as additional support for funds for rural development programmes financed under EAFRD. Additional support for this objective may also come from unused payments for areas with natural constraints and from unused payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support with a view to ensuring an equal level of direct payment distribution in all Member States. To this end, while taking account of the decreasing differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that period.
Amendment 207 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
Amendment 361 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) "holding" means all the units used for agricultural activities and managed by a farmer, the farmer’s family, or several families, situated within the territory of the same Member State;
Amendment 815 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 120 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments.
Amendment 830 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The percentage of the annual ceilings referred to in the first subparagraph may be additionally increased by a maximum of 5 points in those Member States that decide not to apply or to apply only part of the payment for areas with natural constraints pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 840 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The decisions referred to in the firstsubparagraph 1 and subparagraph 1a shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph 1.
Amendment 2012 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2062 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons, and especially where they contribute to maintaining or increasing the employment rate.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘Social enterprise’ means an enterprise whose primary objective is to achieve a positive social impact rather than generate profit for owners and stakeholders. It operates in the market through the production of goods and services in an entrepreneurial and innovative way, and uses surpluses mainly to achieve social goalappropriate social goals, in particular in the context of local needs. It is managed in an accountable and transparent way, in particular by involving workers, customers and stakeholders affected by its business activity.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Promote workers’ geographical mobility and boost employment opportunities by developing Union labour markets that are open and accessible to all, as well as provide the necessary retraining opportunities for workers in branches and sectors affected by restructuring and mass redundancies resulting in particular from the negative effects of globalisation;
Amendment 219 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. To encourage adequate participation of the social partners in actions supported by the ESF, managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building activities, in the form of technical assistance, training, networking measures, and strengthening of the social dialogue, and to activities jointly undertaken by the social partners.
Amendment 23 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 2
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 2
The means of identification shall be allocated to the holding, distributed and applied to the animals in a manner determined by the competent authority. This shall not apply to animals born before 1 January 1998 and not intended for intra-EU trade.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4a — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 1
Article 4a — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 1
The means of identification provided for in Article 4(1) shall be applied within a maximum period from the birth of the animal to be determined by the Member State in which the animal was born. That period shall not be longer than: (a) 20 days for the first means of identification; (b). By way of derogation, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may be extended to up to 60 days for the second means of identification.
Amendment 34 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4b — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4b — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may be extended to up to 60 days of their age for the second means of identification.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4c — paragraph 2 —subparagraph 1 — introductory part
Article 4c — paragraph 2 —subparagraph 1 — introductory part
Where the holding of destination is situated in a Member State that has introduced national provisions to make compulsory the use of an electronic identifier, the animals shall be identified with that electronic identifier: (a) before being moved to the holding of destination in that Member State; or (b) at the latest in the holding of destination within a maximum period to be determined by the Member State where that holding is located.
Amendment 41 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4c — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2
Article 4c — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2
The maximum period referred to in point (b)the first subparagraph shall not exceed 20 days from the date of arrival of the animals on the holding of destination. By way of derogation, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may be extended to up to 60 days of their age for the second means of identification. In any event, the means of identification shall be applied to the animals before they leave the holding of destination.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4 (new)
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 4 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 4c — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4c — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2 a (new)
The third subparagraph of Article 4(1) notwithstanding, in cases where it is not possible to apply an electronic identifier with the same unique identification code to the animal, the competent authority may, under its supervision, allow for the second means of identification to bear a different code provided that full traceability is ensured and the individual identification of the animal, including the holding on which it was born, is possible.
Amendment 48 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In 2007-2009, exceptional developments took place in milk and milk products sector markets. Initially, extreme weather conditions in Oceania brought about a significant decline in supplies, leading to a rapid and significant increase in prices. Yet while world supplies had started their recovery, and prices had started to return to more normal levels, the subsequent financial and economic crisis negatively affected EU dairy producers, aggravating price volatility. Initially feed and other input costs including energy increased significantly as a result of higher commodity prices. Subsequently, a drop in worldwide, as well as EU, demand, including for milk and milk products, whilst EU production was stable led to a collapse in EU prices, down to the lower safety net level. This sharp decline in dairy commodity prices failed to fully translate into lower dairy prices at consumer levels, generating a widening in the gross margin of the downstream sectors for most milk and milk sector products and countries, and preventing demand for them tofrom adjusting to low commodity prices, slowing down price recovery and exacerbating the impact of low prices on milk producers.
Amendment 51 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The European dairy sector has become subject to market logic and is suffering terribly from the deregulation advocated by the liberal model and the resulting price volatility. The unprecedented dairy crisis that Europe experienced in 2009 is a well-known example. It plunged European agriculture into total disarray, such was the fall in production prices, with Europe’s farmers no longer able to face up to their production costs and obtain a reasonable profit margin. There is thus a need to take a position in favour of regulating the dairy market in such a way that supply meets the demand and production prices rise again, and to establish a new balance in the supply chain for dairy products. To achieve this, regulatory intervention by the public authorities is justified in order to adjust production to market requirements in the medium and long term.
Amendment 80 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) TWhile the use of formalised, written contracts even containing basic elements made in advance of delivery is not widespread. However, they could increase awareness andmay somewhat help to reinforce the responsibility of the operators in the dairy chain and increase awareness of the need to better take into account the signals of the market, improve price transmission and adapt supply to demand, asit weill as help avoid certain unfair commercial practicesnot make it possible to face any further serious market crises that could once again affect the whole European dairy industry and especially producers, who are heavily in debt partly as a result of investing in modernisation.
Amendment 83 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Without collective control of European production the contractual system advocated by the HLG will not, even if it is backed up by such other measures as strengthening producers’ bargaining power, the role of producer organisations and inter- professional/interbranch organisations, succeed in securing fair and stable milk prices for producers and consumers. We need to produce less milk while preserving the largest possible number of farms. Having numerous farms in Europe helps stabilise rural development and boosts employment.
Amendment 85 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) It would be desirable for dairies to undertake not to process milk from third countries.
Amendment 88 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the absence ofThere needs to be EU legislation on such contracts, Member States may, within their own contract law systems, make the use of such contracts compulsory provided that in doing so EU law is respected and in particular that the proper functioning of the internal market and the common market organisation is respected. Given the diversity of situations across the EU in this context, in the interests of subsidiarity, such a decision should remain wit to ensure that they can be made compulsory in each Member States. Howev in order, to ensure appropriate minimum standards for such contracts and good funcavoid distortioning of the internal market and the common market organisation, some basic conditions for the use of such contracts should be laid down at EU level. Sincecompetition between Member States or regions. Even if some dairy co-operatives may have rules with similar effect in their statutes, in the interests of simplicity they should thennot be exempted from a requirement for contracts. In order to ensure that any such system is effective where intermediate parties collect milk from farmers to deliver to processors, it should apply equally in such a case.
Amendment 95 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the rational development ofcontrol the volume productioned and so to ensure a fair standard of living for dairy farmers, their bargaining power vis-à-vis processors should be strengthened, which should result in a fairer distribution of value-added along the supply chain. Therefore, in order to realise these objectives of the common agricultural policy, a provision should be adopted pursuant to Articles 42 and 43(2) TFEU to allow producer organisations constituted by dairy farmers or their associations to negotiate contract terms, including price, jointly for some or all of its members'’ production with a dairy. In order to maintain effective competition on the dairy market, this possibility should be subject to appropriate quantitative limits. Such producer organisations should therefore also be eligible for recognition under Article 122 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the conditions for approval of associations of producer organisations. However, it is understood that existing producer organisations should be recognised de facto by the new legislation.
Amendment 99 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To stabilise the milk market as much as possible raw milk producers should be encouraged to invest in producer organisations, so as to greatly reduce the risk of losing the large number of independent dairy farms that would not be sufficiently attractive to private buyers, mainly because their production volume is too low.
Amendment 103 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) It would be desirable for the Commission to provide for the establishment of a European Public Agency for the Observation of Prices and Margins, whose duties would include calculating the full costs of milk production in Europe so as to make it mandatory to take into account the average production costs of 1kg of milk when setting the price of raw milk in contracts, and in order to prevent price dumping. This calculation would have to take the following into account: cost of labour, energy, inputs, veterinary costs, certification costs, investments and costs of compliance with environmental standards. Once signed, contracts would have to be registered with the European Public Agency for the Observation of Prices and Margins, in the interest of transparency of information transfer particularly on prices and volumes, but also in the interest of monitoring.
Amendment 104 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
Recital 11 c (new)
(11c) It should be recalled that the 2001 Göteborg summit assigned to European agriculture the objective of sustainability, implying that the effectiveness of agriculture is not confined to its economic competitiveness but also takes into account its environmental, territorial and social effectiveness as well as the objective of equity.
Amendment 105 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Rules have been introduced at EU level for interbranch organisations in some sectors. TWhile these organisations can play useful roles in allowing dialogue between actors in the supply chain, and in promoting best practice and market transparency, inter-branch organisations are not market stabilisation agents. Indeed, experience from the fruit and vegetable sector shows that prices continue to fluctuate considerably owing to the meagre influence that producers are able to bring to bear within such structures. Only when they come together in an organisation of their own and are able to manage milk volumes upstream of processing is it possible for producers to improve their position within the dairy chain and ensure they receive a fair income. Such rules should equally be applied in the milk and milk products sector, along with the provisions clarifying the position of such organisations under competition law, whilst ensuring that they do not distort competition or the internal market or affect the good functioning of the common market organisation.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to follow developments in the market, the Commission needs to be aware, at any given time, of what is happening on milk market, and to that end needs timely information on volumes of raw milk delivered. Article 192 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides a basis for the exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission. However, provision should be made to ensure that processors deliver such information to the Member States on a regular basis. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the scope, content, format and timing of such declarations.
Amendment 114 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far-reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review to see how they have operated and whether they should continue to apply. This should be dealt with in Commission reports on the development of the milk market, and covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December0 June 20186.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0362(COD)
1a) The following Article 113da is inserted: Article 113da Specific provisions applicable to quality dairy products In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the market in dairy products with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, and of the market in milk produced in mountainous and semi- mountainous areas, the Member State in question may lay down rules to bring volumes in line with demand, particularly by way of decisions taken by inter-branch organisations. Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and: (a) may only cover the regulation of supply and shall aim to bring the supply of the product in line with demand; (b) may not be made binding for more than five years of marketing; (c) shall not cause any damage to other producers in the Member State concerned or in the Community; (d) shall not relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the product concerned; (e) shall not allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (f) shall not render unavailable an excessive proportion of the product concerned that would otherwise be available; g) shall not have the effect of preventing an operator from starting production of the product concerned;
Amendment 137 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing of products of the milk and milk products sectoragricultural organisations, the dairy industry, cooperatives, distributors and consumer protection associations;
Amendment 187 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint i
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint i
i) 3.517% of total Union production, and
Amendment 194 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint ii
ii) 3349% of the total national production of any particular Member State covered by such negotiations by that producer organisation, and
Amendment 201 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint iii
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (c) – subpoint iii
(iii) 3349% of the total combined national production of all the Member States covered by such negotiations by that producer organisation,
Amendment 220 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2(c)(ii) and (iii), even where the threshold of 3349% is not exceeded, the competition authority referred to in the second subparagraph may decide in an individual case that the negotiation by the producer organisation may not take place if it considers that this is necessary in order to prevent competition being excluded or in order to avoid serious prejudice to SME processors of raw milk in its territory.
Amendment 236 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 184 – paragraph 10
Article 184 – paragraph 10
10) to the European Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2014 and by 31 December0 June 20186 on the development of the market situation in the milk and milk products sector and in particular on the operation of point (iiia) of the first paragraph of Article 122 and of Articles 123(4), 126a, 177a, 185e and 185f, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements together with any appropriate proposals." The report shall be accompanied by any appropriate proposals.
Amendment 248 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 255 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 272 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint i – indent 2
Amendment 295 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
Article 185 f – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a contract shall not be required wWhere raw milk is delivered by a farmer to a processor of raw milk where the processor is a co-operative of which the farmer is a member if its statutes, they should not be exempted from the obligation to conclude a contract even if the statutes of the co- operative contain provisions having similar effects as those set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2.
Amendment 299 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
Article 185 f – paragraph 4
4. All elements of contracts for the delivery of raw milk concluded by farmers, collectors or processors of raw milk, including those elements referred to in paragraph 2(c), shall be freely negotiated between the parties, with the exception of the price per litre of raw milk, which must take into account the full costs of production.
Amendment 307 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 204
Article 204
Amendment 158 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 169 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Names registered in accordance with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), and in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, including those registered pursuant to applications referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of this Regulation, may continue to be used under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, until 31 December 2017, unless a Member State uses the procedure set out in paragraphs 3 to 7.
Amendment 173 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. In order to protect the rights and the legitimate interests of producers or stakeholders concerned, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts, lay down addiMember States shall, no later than 31 December 2012, submit to the Commission a list of traditional specialities guaranteed registered in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 and complying with this Regulation. Names of those traditional specialities guaranteed may be adjusted in order to comply with Article 18(2)(b). Member States shall, where appropriate, guarantee a national tranoppositional rules procedure.
Amendment 174 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall publish the list of traditional specialities guaranteed in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 175 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 176 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Articles 48 and 49 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Amendment 177 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 d (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Upon conclusion of the procedure, the Commission shall, where appropriate, adjust entries in the register referred to in Article 22. The corresponding specifications shall be deemed to be the specifications referred to in Article 19.
Amendment 231 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may exempt from the application of this Article operators who sell products directly to the final consumer or user, provided they do not produce, prepare or store such products other than in connection with the point of sale, or import them from a third country, and have not contracted out such activities to a third party.
Amendment 28 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 2 a
Article 2 a
Amendment 31 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – point 5 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 33 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Amendment 34 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 35 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 13 – point b
Article 1 – point 13 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
(b) In paragraph 2, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Unless the farmer has taken immediate remedial action putting an end to the non- compliance found, the competent authority shall take the actions required that may, where appropriate, be limited to an administrative control to verify that the farmer remedies the finding of non- compliance concerned. The finding of minor non-compliance and the obligation to take remedial action shall be notified to the farmer.’deleted.
Amendment 45 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 65 a (new)
Article 1 – point 65 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 122 – paragraph 3
Article 122 – paragraph 3
(65a) In Article 122, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. For all new Member States the single area payment scheme shall be available until 31 December 2015. New Member States shall notify the Commission of their intention to terminate the application of the scheme by 1 August of the last year of application.’
Amendment 47 #
2010/0267(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 69 a (new)
Article 1 – point 69 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 129
Article 129
Amendment 7 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the recommendations of the International Assessment of Agriculture Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD),
Amendment 11 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0060/2010) on EU agriculture and climate change,
Amendment 15 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, to date, the Common Agricultural Policy has meteffectively contributed to fulfilling its goals with regard to achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing to a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisation and the provision of food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices; whereas the CAP is a key policy for European integration, economic and territorial cohesion in the EU and the efficient operation of the single market,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, to date, the Common Agricultural Policy's goals, has mset its goals with regard toout in Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, are directed at achieving better productivity in the food chain, contributing toagriculture, ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stabilisationing markets and the provision ofding food supplies to EU consumers at reasonable prices,; whereas at present not all these goals are being fully achieved, given that it has not yet been possible to achieve income parity in agriculture or to stabilise agricultural markets which have become extremely volatile, with the result that the food security goal has been jeopardised;
Amendment 102 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU must continue to ensure food security for its citizens as well as help feednd contribute more effectively to the world food balance through closer cooperation between rich and poor countries and through support that will make it possible to deal with emergencies and, above all, contribute to the development of all agricultural systems, especially in the world’'s poormost disadvantaged regions; whereas the number of hungry people now exceeds 1 billion and in the European Union today there are over 40 million poor people who do not have enough to eat,
Amendment 125 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CAP has undergone radical reforms over the last 25 years, in particular bringing about a fundamental shift from production support to producer support, ending regular intervention buying and the dumping of European surpluses on world markets and making the CAP and EU farmers more market-oriented; stresses, however, that these reforms have not fundamentally altered agriculture's dominant development model, which was initiated in the 1960s, when the CAP was launched;
Amendment 132 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that CAP market instruments are now used as safety nets, in the latest CAP reforms, market instruments have generally been reduced to mere safety nets set at extremely low levels and supposed to help manage market volatility andin order to ensure a certain degree of stability and that, moreover, since the adoption of decoupled Single Farm Payments there has been a resolute move away from trade-distorting measures in line with WTO requirements;
Amendment 140 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the factNotes that the 2003 CAP reform and the 2008 Health Check haves initiated in 1992 and 1999 and, in particular, that initiated in 2003, which was reviewed during the Health Check and introduced the principle of decoupling, were all intended to allowed EU farmers to better respond and react to market signals and conditions;
Amendment 146 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture and improving product marketing and competitiveness, as well as on the new challenges addressed by the Health Check, namely global warming, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity;
Amendment 158 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the recognition of the multi- functional role of farmers in delivering public goods such as preserving our environment, high-quality food production, good animal husbandry, shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU, and the move to more sustainable farming practices by not only meeting the basic requirements for maintenance of the land in a G(organic production, precision farming, etc.); notes that this multi-functional role is reflected in cross-compliance criteria governing the disbursement of first-pillar direct aid, which are based on compliance with statutory requirements and good Aagricultural and Eenvironmental Condition (GAEC) but also achieving even higher standards through practice, but also in second-pillar measures coming mainly under Axis 2 (agri- environmental schemes, precision farming and organic production; measures);
Amendment 172 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that food security remains the central challenge for EU agriculture in the EU and all around the world, as the world population is predicted to grow from 6 to 9 billion by 2050 and demand for food will double by 2050 according to the FAO (especially in emerging economies such as China or India);
Amendment 215 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the importance of reinforcing the progress already made to preserve biodiversity and protect the environmentat farming has already made considerable progress in cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and, in general, addressing environmental problems (management of water resources, soil, biodiversity, biomass, etc.), but maintains that those efforts need to be continued in order to gear production methods to a more sustainable form of development that is efficient in environmental and social, as well as economic, terms;
Amendment 220 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 249 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remainthat serves the interests of all European farmers is essential; takes the view that that policy should ensure that European farming is sustainable and should enable it to play it part in the European economy and competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes thattrading partners who are well subsidised and/or not necessarily subject to the same production conditions as regards social, environmental and animal-welfare requirements; believes that, for strategic reasons, the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 265 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that that policy should ensure the coexistence of: – high-added-value farming with high- quality primary and processed products giving it a strong position on world markets; – farming open to regional markets; – farming geared to local markets, with it being pointed out that some of the farmers involved are small farmers with limited incomes who, were they to abandon farming, would, owing to their age, qualifications or lifestyle choices, have great difficulty in finding work outside farming, particularly at a time of recession and high unemployment;
Amendment 268 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that EU agriculture remains a central sector of the EU economy, making an important contribution to EU GDP and jobs both directly and indirectly through the multiplier effect on both the upstream and downstream food and drink industry market; believes, therefore, that a strong EU agricultureal policy is at the very heart of a successful export-led EU food and drink industrydiversified, sustainable and efficient farming industry generating high-quality primary and processed products for both short and longer distribution channels, coupled with a food and drink industry that accounts for a substantial proportion of EU exports;
Amendment 302 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised and balanced level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU;
Amendment 344 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Points out that, although the cross- compliance system making the granting of direct aid subject to compliance with statutory requirements and the maintenance of farmland in good agricultural and environmental condition has been necessary, it is no longer the most appropriate means of maximising the provision of eco-system services by farmers and meeting new environmental challenges; moreover, the introduction of cross-compliance has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers, who had the impression that they were losing a degree of freedom in their work;
Amendment 365 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists that EU agriculture must remain competitive against fierce competition from trade partners who are well- subsidised trade partnerand/or not always subject to the same production conditions, in particular as regards social, environmental and animal welfare standards; therefore believes that competitivenessproductivity enhancement should still be a fundamental objective of the CAP post- 2013 to ensure that the EU has the raw materials to produce high- value diversified European food products and they continue to win a greater share of the world market, as well as ensuring fair traderemuneration for farmers;
Amendment 389 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that the maintenance of farming activity across the whole of Europe is fundamental to maintain diverse and local food production and prevent the threat of land abandonment across EU territoryjobs and social and economic conditions in rural areas, diverse and local food production and the preservation of the environment, the rural space and landscapes;
Amendment 401 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for measures based on public-law rules to be taken to strengthen producers' and producer organisations' bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream industries in order to better adapt supply to demand, create and more evenly distribute added value and improve the functioning of the food supply-chain with greater transparency of food prices and action to address unfair commercial practices; considers it important, in this connection, to strengthen inter-branch organisations;
Amendment 410 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that there has to be a minimum safety net within the future framework of the CAP in order to manage extreme market price volatility and provide rapid and efficient responses to economic crises arising in the sectorn effective and flexible intervention mechanism to respond to farming crises caused by extreme market price volatility;
Amendment 449 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that agriculture has a leading role to play in tackling climate change by reducing GHG emissions, increasing carbon sequestration capacity and developing and using more renewable energy sources and bio-based materials; believes that climate considerations should be integrated across CAP measures where appropriate;
Amendment 460 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that production efficiency is fundamental to more sustainable management of scarce resources and that farmers should innovate by using the latest financial, scientific and technical tools to help meet the growing demand for food in a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner; considers that the CAP should play a key role;
Amendment 461 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that production efficiency is fundamental to more sustainable management of scarce resources and that farmers should innovate in their technical production methods by using the latest financial, scientific and technical tools to help meet the growing demand for food in a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner;
Amendment 498 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Considers that existing agricultural policy architecture suffers from a lack of intelligibility and coherence which make it difficult to understand for farmers and citizens in general; consideration should therefore be given to reorganising the two pillars by combining the axis 2 measures under the rural development pillar (agri- environmental measures) with direct aid under the first pillar, since their content increasingly overlaps; overall support for the two pillars should finally make it possible to promote a new kind of agricultural development, taking into account all the new challenges posed by climate change, water and soil management, biodiversity and renewable energies;
Amendment 515 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities; calls, also, for the introduction of a new and fair distribution of direct support to Member States and farmers in line with current and future challenges;
Amendment 538 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised and therefore believes that core direct support should remain fully financed by the EU budget, hence rejecting any further co-financing which could harm fair competition within the EU Single Market;
Amendment 545 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the CAP should not be renationalised and therefore believes that core direct support should remain fully financed by the EU budget, hence rejecting any further co-financing which could harm fair competition within the EU Single Market; considers that, because the new challenges posed by climate change, water, biodiversity and renewable energies represent future spending of interest and added value to the Community, they should be fully financed from the Union budget;
Amendment 557 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for, that this direct support should be geared more towards the environment and employment and that it is therefore recommended to use additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall more balanced distribution between the Member States;
Amendment 562 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1
Paragraph 48 – point 1
1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution; believes that a single per hectare premium is also unsatisfactory for the purposes of fully exploiting agriculture Europe-wide.
Amendment 619 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable grasslandproducts, including in the area of extensive grass-regenerating livestock abreaseding, in compliance with WTO requirements;
Amendment 657 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Amendment 664 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)
Paragraph 56 b (new)
56b. Takes the view that the common agricultural policy must enable a healthier diet to be made available to all consumers, particularly the poorest among them, on the basis of a more varied, accessibly priced range of products; in order to combat poverty and improve health, aid programmes for the poorest in society must be continued, and programmes to boost consumption of fruit and vegetables in schools extended;
Amendment 670 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Believes that an EU-funded top-up direct area payment should be made available to farmers through simple contracts rewarding them for reducing their carbon emissions per unit of production and increasing their sequestration of carbon in the soil and through the production of biomass that can be used in the production of long-lasting agromaterials;; notes that this would have the double benefit of making EU agriculture more environmentally and economically sustainable through improved efficiency and would also ensure that farmers can financially benefit from increased carbon sequestration on their land and put them on the same footing as other industries which are in the EU ETS; calls for clear and measurable criteria and targets to be defined appropriately to allow these payments to be implemented as soon as possible;
Amendment 706 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Believes that the CAP needs to further incentivise biodiversity and environmental protection measures by providing the opportunity for the vast majority of agricultural land to be covered by agri- environmental schemes to reward farmers for the delivery of additional eco-system services, while other measures beneficial to the environment such as organicand by encouraging these farmers to turn to new, more sustainable, lower-input production models such as organic, integrated-agriculture and conservation-agriculture farming projects, the sustainable use of forests, water and soil, and all projects that form part of the development of high -natural -value farming should also be encouraged; considers that all these rural development measures should remain co-financed, with an increased budget if necessary;
Amendment 712 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Points out that the common agricultural policy must cover all types of territory, including the most vulnerable areas, particularly those with natural and geographical handicaps, and areas of higher activity, up to and including peri- urban areas; in all of these areas agriculture is essential as a contribution to security of food supply, environmental protection, employment and social life;
Amendment 721 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Believes that 'green growth' should be at the heart of a new rural development strategy focussing on creating new green jobs through: the development of biomass, biowaste, biogas and small-scale renewable energy production as well as encouraging the production of second-generation biofuels, agrimaterials and green- chemistry products, investing in modernisation and innovation as well as new research and development techniques for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, providing training and advice to farmers for applying new techniques and to assist young farmers entering the industry, and adding value to high-quality products through promotion and marketing measures;
Amendment 748 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Insists that, to complement market measures, there is an urgent need to strengthen producers'the position in the food chain through a range of actions to addressof producers and their trade organisations, including multi-sector organisations, through a range of actions, some of which must be taken by the public authorities and seek to enhance producers' negotiating power, transparency, contractual relationships and commercial practices; takes the view that possible adjustments to competition rules should also be investigated to allow producer organisations to grow in scale and size, equipping them with the power to stand up to major retailers and processors;
Amendment 86 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the fact that the new "macroregional" framework of cooperation has a strong "top-down" approach with the Member States to have a decisive role in its development and creates a new level of governance· in the framework of this new model of cooperation it has to be assured that the natural handicaps of the peripheral regions are converted into assets and opportunities, and that the development of these regions is stimulated';
Amendment 24 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a new CAP should be more market- oriented and focused on reducing the excessive protectionism that hinders competitionproviding equal competition conditions for all EU farmers,
Amendment 26 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas legislation should be more flexible, in order to make the CAP adapt to recognise specific regions and territoriesapplied in general in a uniform way and with a certain degree of flexibility in cases where specific conditions of regions and territories can objectively justify such flexibility,
Amendment 149 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that the requirement of maintaining the agricultural area in good agricultural condition on 30 June 2003 (Council Regulation (EC) 73/2009, Article 124) in order to be eligible for direct payments, applied to a new Member State other than Bulgaria and Romania, should be abolished to make the payment system used in these Member States simpler and more understandable for farmers;
Amendment 164 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the future single payment should be based on a simplified flat rate basic support system based on uniform payments and that a single unified payment claim should apply at European level in order to make the CAP simpler, fairer and more transparent;
Amendment 185 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that the rules concerning eligibility of the VAT to be financed under Pillar II of the CAP, especially for activities performed by bodies governed by public law, should be harmonised with those used for the Structural Funds;
Amendment 189 #
2009/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Stresses that a reduction of the administrative burden relating to monitoring and reporting imposed on producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector would make these organisations more attractive to farmers and encourage them to associate and act together;