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8 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2011/0280(COD)

Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 practisces 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 historical pastures, of perennial crops – provided the land is kept in good agronomic condition – and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practisces 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 practisces 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 should benefit from the "greening" component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the "greening" component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) With a view to strengthening their rural development policy, Member States should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their direct payments ceiling to their support assigned for rural development. In this connection Member States may give priority to funding measures to concentrate supply by strengthening the producer organisations provided for in the Rural Development Regulation. At the same time, Member States where the level of direct support remains lower than 90 % of the Union average level of support should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their support assigned for rural development to their direct payments ceiling. Such choices should be made, within certain limits, once and for the whole period of application of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to maintain existing permanent crops on their holding, provided that they are kept in good agronomic condition; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By way of derogation from Article 29(5), Member States which have opted for a path of partial convergence, as provided for in Article 22a, may set the payment referred to in paragraph 1 as a fixed percentage of the value of the payment entitlements held by farmers who are beneficiaries of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment. In such cases, the Member State may set a ceiling for the payment provided for in Article 29(1).
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 in order to lay down further conditions relating to the commitments and the certification schemes referred to in paragraph 4a, in order to make sure that they are equivalent in terms of the climate-related and environmental benefits they offer. The commitments giving rise to certification shall include commitments relating to: efficient energy use; efficient water use; nutrient management; winter soil cover.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2024 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppiceproductions referred to in Annex I to the Treaty (TEU and TFEU), with the exception of fisheries products.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a level equal to the amount to which the farmer would be entitled in respect of the number of hectares declared for the 2014 calendar year.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58a By 1 March 2017, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI