17 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in "Natura 2000" areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 and farmers who participate to a decisive extent in agro-environmental measures should benefit from the "'greening"' component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of these organic farming systems. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies:
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries and benefits effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, the use of family employees and the purchase of services, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. any funds from progressive degression or capping shall remain in the region or Member State where they were obtained and shall be used for measures under the second pillar;
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The single contribution as described in Article 65(3) of Regulation (EU) EAFRD/xxxx shall apply to funds transferred to the EAFRD under Article 14.
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Where necessary, Member States shall, under certain conditions, be accorded flexible scope for differentiation in accordance with objective differences between regions or fundamental natural distinctions.
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may decide that the regional ceilings shall be subject to annual progressive modifications in accordance with pre-established annual steps and objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the agricultural potential or environmental criteria. Where necessary, farm-specific or area-related criteria such as intensively- and extensively-used areas may be introduced.
Amendment 932 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 August 2013 of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken for the application of paragraphs 2 and 3. Where necessary this deadline can be extended to a transition period suitable for individual Member States.
Amendment 1342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to have an ecological focus area on their agricultural area. The cultivation of multiannual energy crops and/or protein plants, inter alia, shall be permitted on these agricultural areas.
Amendment 1465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Farmers who implement either at least one area agri-environmental measure throughout their holding or at least two or a number of such measures which are concerned with the same climate and environmental protection objectives shall also be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
Amendment 1490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The Member States should be able to establish the annual payment per eligible surface according to objective, non- discriminatory criteria, such as the type of cultivated area.
Amendment 1498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, Member States may decide to integrate the payment referred to in Article 29 into the single payment scheme referred to in Title III Chapter 1. The provisions referred to in Article 29(1) should therefore be applied under Title VI of Regulation (EU) No xxx/xxx [HO].
Amendment 1510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops number of crops. Arable farms of between 5 and 20 hectares shall plant at least two different crops on their arable land. None of those threse crops shall cover less than 510 % of the arable land and the main crop shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. rea. Arable farms of over 20 hectares shall plant at least three different crops. The main crop must not comprise more than 80 % of the arable land and the 2 chief crops together must not comprise more than 95 %.
Amendment 1720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 5% of their eligidisposable hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, permanent crops, vine or tree nurseries, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips, pesticide- and fertiliser-free areas, unused or extensively farmed areas with multi- annual growth, areas under leguminous crops, land for the cultivation of lignocellulosic and non-food cellulose materials and afforested areas as referred to in aArticle 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 2249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b