65 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance topursue the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applipursued by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. While striking a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environmentin the economic, environmental and social spheres, with a particular focus on depopulated areas, and take into account relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Given that the vast majority of wine-sector businesses are small and medium sized, a derogation to the maximum duration of the measure concerning promotion in third countries for operations whose beneficiaries are PDO/PGI management bodies should be introduced, as all wine-producing holdings benefit from the measure and many of them are small and medium-sized businesses that do not have the means to promote themselves in third-country markets on their own for any length of time. In this context, the fact that it is impossible to carry out long-lasting campaigns with the same activities or groups puts small and medium-sized wineries at a disadvantage compared with large wineries.
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In the light of the need to ensure appropriate risk management tools, insurance premia and mutual funds should be maintained, financed by the EAFRD. The category of mutual funds encompasses both those linked to production losses, and the general and sector-specific income stabilisation tools, linked to income losses. However, the compatibility of EARDF- financed interventions with national risk management systems must be ensured.
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up and the promotion of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, including the producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP.
Amendment 1285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'new farmer' shall be defined in such a way that it includes: i) the conditions for being 'head of the holding'; ii) the appropriate training and/or skills. The definition of ‘new farmer’ shall exclude those meeting the definition in point (e).
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Another cross-cutting objective shall be to promote relations between the various actors in the food-value chain, strengthening contractual relations and incorporating tools to improve market transparency, such as price observatories, devising standards for the analysis of production costs and setting up early- warning systems to prevent crisis situations in markets.
Amendment 1613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Nevertheless, Member States may establish exemptions from administrative penalties during periods in which there are no suitable alternatives to the use of certain plant or animal health products which are prohibited or subject to restrictions.
Amendment 2040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In specific situations, where, owing to the nature of the farming system, farmers do not have land but have been granted aid in the form of the basic payment at the entry into force of this regulation, basic income support shall be an amount per holding.
Amendment 2066 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may establish mechanisms that limit the national area eligible.
Amendment 2537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The list of products mentioned in the first paragraph may be extended in island and other areas with specific natural disadvantages to take account of the latter.
Amendment 2539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States may add other production sectors to those listed in the first paragraph, provided that this is shown to be justified following a needs analysis.
Amendment 2593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, as well as protein crops, potatoes, rabbits, cotton and Equidae.
Amendment 2855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) producer organisation operating in an island region.
Amendment 2865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. In regions of the Member States in which the degree of organisation of producers in the fruit and vegetables sector is significantly below the Union average and in island and outlying regions, Member States may grant producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 80% of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 45(1) and up to 10% of the value of the marketed production of any such producer organisation. The national financial assistance shall be additional to the operational fund.
Amendment 2921 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 4
Article 49 – paragraph 4
4. The Union financial assistance to the interventions referred to in paragraph 2 shall be maximum 750% of the expenditure, except for the outermost regions, where the ceiling shall be 85%. The remaining part of the expenditure shall be borne by the Member States.
Amendment 3003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) promotion carried out in third countries, consisting of one or more of the following actions and activities, for the purposes of creating, diversifying and consolidating markets:
Amendment 3005 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
(ii) participation at events, fairs or exhibitions of international importance and the marketing actions carried out during these events;
Amendment 3009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point v a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point v a (new)
(va) actions to diversify and consolidate markets;
Amendment 3020 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall substantiate in their CAP Strategic Plans their choice of objectives and the types of intervention in the wine sector. Within the chosen types of intervention, they shall define interventions. Member States may lay down specific provisions for the information and promotion actions by the management bodies of the protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, on behalf of all the enterprises concerned, particularly with regard to the maximum length of the actions.
Amendment 3025 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 50% of eligible investment costs in regions other than less developed regions and in island regions other than those referred to in points (c) and (d);
Amendment 3037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 53 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 50% of eligible investment costs in regions other than less developed regions and in island regions other than those referred to in points (c) and (d);
Amendment 3091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) In the case of island regions the above percentages shall be increased by 10 percentage points.
Amendment 3095 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5% of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations. In the case of island regions, including the outermost regions, this percentage shall be 15%.
Amendment 3315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may make support under this type of interventions available throughout their territories, in accordance with their national, regional or local specific needs. This aid shall be limited to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex IXb.
Amendment 3418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 3436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2
Article 66 – paragraph 2
2. These payments shall be granted to genuine farmers in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, including the island regions.
Amendment 3441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the support at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
Amendment 3452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 5
Article 66 – paragraph 5
5. Payments shall be granted annually per hectare of area and shall be limited to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex IXb.
Amendment 3475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 6
Article 67 – paragraph 6
6. Payments shall be granted annually per hectare of area and shall be limited to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex IXb.
Amendment 3521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
f) investments in irrigation which are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, including expansion of irrigation affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than goodefined in the relevant river basin management plan; under Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC,
Amendment 3552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Where investments are made in island regions, including outermost regions, actions described in points (a), (b), (c) and (d) may be included in all cases.
Amendment 3597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) d) island regions, including outermost regions;
Amendment 3651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) any farmers who sell their holding to another farmer, with the establishment of a free competition rule to prioritise smaller sales in the event that restrictions need to be applied for budgetary reasons.
Amendment 3661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 100 000provided for in Annex IXb and may be combined with financial instruments.
Amendment 3680 #
1a. The sectors set out in Article 30 shall take priority as regards benefiting from market risk management tools; where necessary, priority may be given to any perishable goods that do not receive coupled income support.
Amendment 3698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) financial contributions to premiums for insurance schemes; relating to crops, animals and plans that cover losses caused by adverse weather phenomena, by outbreaks of animal or plant disease, by parasite infestations, by an environmental incident or by a measure adopted pursuant to Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest;
Amendment 3704 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds, including the admini with a view to payment of financial compensation to farmers for losses resulting from adverse weather phenomena, from outbreaks of animal or plant disease, from parasite infestrative cost of setting upons, from an environmental incident or from a measure adopted pursuant to Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest;
Amendment 3710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) financial contributions to an income stabilisation tool taking the form of a mutual fund and providing: (i) compensation for farmers of all sectors in the event of a sharp fall in their income; (ii) compensation for farmers of a specific sector in the event of a sharp fall in their income.
Amendment 3715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall limit the financial contributions mentioned in points a) and b) of this paragraph to the following elements: (a) the administrative costs of setting up the mutual fund, spread over a maximum period of three years in a degressive manner; (b) the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis; (c) supplementing the annual payments into the fund; (d) the initial capital stock of the mutual fund.
Amendment 3718 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall establish the following eligibility condit(Does not affect the English versions:.)
Amendment 3721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the types and coverage of eligible insurance schemes and, mutual funds and income stabilisation tools;
Amendment 3725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation, particularly use of biological, climate or economic indicators established at the level of the holding, or at local, regional or national level to calculate the farmer’s annual production or the farmer’s annual losses;
Amendment 3737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses of at least 20% of the average annual production or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three- year average based on the preceding five- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry.:
Amendment 3747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) losses in excess of at least 20 % of the average annual production or income of the farmer concerned in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average of production based on the preceding 10- year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. ‘Income’, for the purposes of the previous subparagraph, shall refer to the sum of revenues the farmer receives from the market, including any form of public support, deducting input costs.
Amendment 3748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
(b) the additional costs borne by the farmer to limit the production losses suffered by the farmers due to an event that destroys part of his average annual production, as defined by point a) above, in excess of a threshold of at least 20%;
Amendment 3749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
(c) costs and losses suffered by the farmer relating to measures taken to combat animal diseases and plant pests;
Amendment 3750 #
(d) losses suffered by farmers engaged in organic farming as a result of external pollution for which they are not responsible.
Amendment 3761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Any Member States that introduce national risk management schemes or already have such schemes before the entry into force of this Regulation may use the instruments set out in this Article to cover any risk types not covered by those schemes.
Amendment 3766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for cooperation under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans to prepare and to implement Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114 and LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR], and to promote quality schemes, producer organisations or producer groups, including the producer groups recognised by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, or other forms of cooperation.
Amendment 3784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States may grant support intended to encourage quality schemes, producer organisations or producer groups or other forms of cooperation, in the form of a lump sum. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount laid down in Annex IXb.
Amendment 3795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 a (new)
Article 71 a (new)
Article 71a Thematic sub-programmes for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Member States may establish a thematic sub-programme for the quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 that achieves the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, in the case of setting-up of farm advisory services, Member States may grant support in the form of athe maximum fixed amount of maximum EUR 200 000laid down in Annex IXb.
Amendment 3834 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and new farmers, rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, specific measures in favour of rural women, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 3874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 78 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission is also empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing and implementing Annex IXb on the maximum ceilings for payments under this Chapter.
Amendment 3885 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1
Article 80 – paragraph 1
1. Expenditure shall be eligible for contribution from the EAGF and the EAFRD from 1 January of the year following the year of the approval of the CAP Strategic Plan by the Commis(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 3921 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) 70% of85% the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, along with the other island regions;
Amendment 3924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) 7085% of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
Amendment 4033 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The firstsecond subparagraph does not apply to the outermost regions.
Amendment 4035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At least 30% of the EAFRD's total contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions pursuant to Articles 68, 70, 71 and 72 addressing the specific objectives of promoting the development of an intelligent, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security, as set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 4136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 7
Article 86 – paragraph 7
Amendment 4299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) a list of regionalised interventions, if relevant;
Amendment 4332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where applicable, an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable geographical areas, such as the outermost regions and island regions;
Amendment 4359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) an overview of the economic architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan which describes the complementarity and baseline conditions between the conditionality and the different interventions addressing agricultural economic development and the rural areas set out in Article 6(1)(a) and (b) and Article 6(1)(g), (h) and (i), respectively;
Amendment 4362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architectures of the CAP Strategic Plan iset out in points (a) and (a)(a) are meant to contribute to already established long-term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI;
Amendment 4936 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 141 a (new)
Article 141 a (new)