Activities of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2011/0282(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) “transaction cost”: a cost linked to a commitment but not directly attributable tothat is indirectly generated by its implementation;
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point r
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point r
(r) "natural disaster": a naturally occurring event of biotic or abiotic nature that leads to important disturbances of agricultural production systems and forest structures, eventually causing important economic damage to the farming andor forest sectors;
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) "catastrophic event": an unforeseen event of biotic or abiotic nature caused by human action that leads to important disturbances of agricultural production systems and forest structures, eventually causing important economic damage to the farming andor forest sectors;
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) restoring and preserving biodiversity, including in Natura 2000 areas and high nature value farming systems, and the state of European landscapes;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point n – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point n – point i
(i) the designation by the Member State of all authorities referred to in Article 72(2) and, for information, a summary description of the management and control structure, including the verifiability and controllability of the measure;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) annualone-off payments for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 (hereafter "the small farmers scheme") who permanently transfer their holding to another farmer.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be granted to farmers participating in the small farmers scheme, at the time of submitting their application for support, for at least one year and who commit to permanently transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer. Support shall be paicalculated from the date of the transfer until 31 December 2020.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Support under paragraph 1(c) shall be equal to 120 % of the annual payment that the beneficiary received under the small farmers scheme, calculated for the period from the date of the transfer until 31 December 2020. The corresponding amount shall be paid as a one-off payment.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the drawing up and updating of plans for the development of municipalities, including in a GIS system, in towns and villages in rural areas and their basic services and of protection and management plans relating to NATURA 2000 sites and other areas of high nature value;
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments byfor a public bodiespurpose in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) studies and investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage, of areas of high ecological value, of villages and rural landscapes, including related socio-economic aspects, as well as environmental awareness initiatives;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) investments targeting the relocation of activities and conversion of buildings or other facilities located inside and close to rural settlements, with a view to improving the quality of life or increasing the environmental performance of the settlement.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer groups which are officially recognised by the Member States' competent authority on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer groups coming under the definition of SMEs or covered by the legislation of the Member States.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall be granted to farmers and to private forest owners and associations of forest owners respectively as well as to the owners or public administrators of forests not funded from national coffers. In duly justified cases it may also be granted to other land managers.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007- 2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate and organic farming support measures and payments to areas referred to in Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora,1 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds 2 or Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of the water policy.3 __________________ 1 OJ L 206, 22. 7. 1992, p. 7. 2 OJ L 20, 26. 1. 2010, p. 7. 3 OJ L 327, 22. 12. 2000, p. 1.