2 Amendments of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States should be allowed until the end of 2016 to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to use more than 10 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 10 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3
Article 59 – paragraph 3
However, Articles 14, 20(5), 22(6), 35(1), 37(1) and 39 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Articles 38 to 41 shall apply until 31 December 2016.