Activities of Julie GIRLING 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 (63)
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union's priorities for rural development should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commissionensure that climate change objectives are clearly defined and integrated into the methodology adopted in order to prioritise projects.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concernaffect among others young farmers, small farms, high nature value farms, mountain areas and, the creation of short supply chains, measures to tackle environmental challenges and animal welfare. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibilthe opportunity to address the restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub-programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Forestry is an integral part of rural development and support for sustainable and climate friendly land use should encompass forest area development and sustainable management of forests. During the 2007-2013 programming period a variety of measures covered different types of support for forestry investments and management. In the interest of simplification but also of allowing beneficiaries to design and realise integrated projects with increased added value, a single measure should cover all types of support for forestry investments and management. This measure should cover the extension and improvement of forest resources through afforestation of land and creation of agro-forestry systems combining extensive agriculture with forestry systems, restoration of forests damaged by fire or other natural disasters and relevant prevention measures, investments in new forestry technologies and in the processing and marketing of forest products aimed at improving the economic and environmental performance of forest holders and non remunerative investments which improve ecosystem and climate resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems. Support should avoid distorting competition and be market neutral. As a result limitations should be imposed relating to the size and legal status of beneficiaries. Preventive actions against fires should be in areas classified by Member States as medium or high fire risk. All preventive actions should be part of a forest protection plan. The occurrence of a natural disaster in the case of action for the restoration of damaged forest potential should be subject to the formal recognition by a scientific public organisation. The forestry measure should be adopted in the light of undertakings given by the Union and the Member States at international level, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest plans or equivalent instruments which should take into account the commitments made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forestry StrategySupport should avoid distorting competition and be market neutral and coherent with environmental objectives including biodiversity plans. As a result limitations should be imposed relating to the size and legal status of beneficiaries. Preventive actions against fires should be in areas classified by Member States as medium or high fire risk. In order to ensure that afforestation of agricultural land is in line with the aims of environmental policy the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the definition of certain minimum environmental requirements.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to contribute to the achievement of the aims of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability an EIP network should be set up in order to network operational groups, including advisory services and, NGOs, researchers and commercial bodies involved in the implementation of actions targeting innovation in agriculture. It should be financed as part of technical assistance at Union level.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) strengthening and developing educational and support systems for young farmers
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 2 – point iv
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – subparagraph 2 – point iv
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The creation and development of new economic activity in the form of new farms, new businesses or new investments in non-agricultural activities is essential for the development and competitiveness of rural areas. A farm and business development measure should facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and the structural adjustment of their holdings after initial setting up, diversification of farmers into non-agricultural activities and the setting up and development of non- agricultural SMEs in rural areas. The development of small farms which are potentially economically viable should also be encouraged. In order to ensure the viability of new economic activities supported under this measure, support should be made conditional on the submission of a business plan. Support for business start up should cover only the initial period of the life of a business and not become operating aid. Therefore, where Member States opt to grant aid in instalments these should be for a period of no more than five years. In addition in order to encourage the restructuring of the agricultural sector, support in the form of annual payments should be provided for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012can be provided for farmers who commit to transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer who does not participate in that scheme.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure efficient use of Union funds and equal treatment for farmers across the Union mountain areas and areas facing natural or other specific constraints should be defined in accordance with objective criteria. In the case of areas facing natural constraints these should be bio-physical criteria underpinned by robust scientific evidence. Transitional arrangements should be adopted in order to facilitate the phasing out of payments in areas that will no longer be considered as areas facing natural constraints as a result of the application of these criteriaBy 31 December 2015, the Commission should present a legislative proposal for mandatory bio- physical criteria and the corresponding threshold values to be applied for the future delimitation, as well as appropriate rules for fine-tuning and transitional arrangements.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. An EIP network shall be put in place to support the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability referred to in Article 61, in accordance with Article 51(1). It shall enable the networking of operational groups, advisory services and, researchers and commercial bodies.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66
Article 66
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) ‘young farmer’: farmer who is less than 40 years of age or less at the moment of submitting the application, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The EAFRD shall contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy by promoting sustainable rural development throughout the Union in a complementary manner to the other instruments of the common agricultural policy (hereinafter ‘CAP’), to cohesion policy and to the common fisheries policy. It shall contribute to a more territorially and environmentally balanced, climate- friendly and resilient and, innovative and economically sustainable Union agricultural sector.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and forestry and enhancing farm viability, with a focus on the following areas:
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) encouraging investment in innovative farm techniques with a view to improving the competitiveness of farms
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) encouraging investment in innovative farm technologies and facilitating their diffusion and uptake
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) improving the economic performance of all farms through increasing market participation, orientation and diversification
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
(c) facilitating the supply and use of renewable sources of energy, of by- products, wastes, residues and other non food raw material for purposes of the bio- economy;.
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
(c a) encouraging the re-use of by- products, wastes, non-food residues, food residues, cellulous and ligneous materials in the rural bio-economy.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c b (new)
(c b) facilitating on-farm developments of environmentally sustainable generation of energy from agricultural waste such as poultry litter.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e a (new)
(e a) facilitating the use of new research- based products and application methods and processes in the agri-food value chain to improve biodiversity management and resource-efficiency
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Programmes may address fewer than six priorities if justified on the basis of the SWOT and ex ante analysis. Where justified, focus areas other than those set out in Article 5 may be included in programmes in order to pursue one of the priorities. The programme shall describe the strategy and targets for any such focus areas.
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) a change in the programme strategy through a major reset of quantified targets;change of more than 50% in any result indicator linked to a focus area.
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, decide on approve requests to amend the programme in all other cases. These shall include in particular:
Amendment 621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)
(ii a) a change in the EAFRD contribution rate of one or more measures;
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii b (new)
(ii b) a transfer of funds between measures implemented under different EAFRD contribution rates.
Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Advice to farmers and other land managers shall be linked to at least one Union priority for rural development and shall. Each provision of advice may cover as a minimum one of the following elements:
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve the overall environmental and economic performance of the agricultural holding;
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) relate to investments made by farmers which have been carried out in order to comply with new community legislation in the fields of environmental protection, public health, animal and plant health and animal welfare.
Amendment 862 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers;a farmer who possesses adequate occupational skills and competences and who has set up as head of holding for the first time and fulfils additional criteria as may be defined by Member States
Amendment 944 #
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 1013 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) may also be targeted at creating innovative financial instruments to facilitate sustainable changes to land use for new entry farmers.
Amendment 1055 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments byfor public bodiesuse in recreational infrastructure, tourist information, small scale tourist infrastructure, marketing of rural tourism services and sign-posting of touristic sites;
Amendment 1117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private land-owners and tenants, municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of income foregone and maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of tfifteen years.
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private landowners, tenants, municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of threfive years.
Amendment 1342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 10
Article 29 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 90 concerning the annual extension of the commitments after the initial period of the operation, conditions applicable to commitments to extensify or manage differently livestock farming, to limitorientate the use of fertiliszers, plant protection products or other inputs towards sustainable agriculture, to rear local breeds in danger of being lost to farming or to preserve plant genetic resources as well as concerning definition of eligible operations under paragraph 9.
Amendment 1400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Payments to farmers in mountain areas and other areas facing natural or other specific constraints shall be granted annually per hectare of UAA in order to compensate farmers for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned.
Amendment 1414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Article 32 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may grant payments under this measure between 20146 and 20179 to farmers in areas which were eligible under Article 36(a)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 during the 2007-2013 programming period but are no longer eligible following the new delimitation referred to in Article 33(3). These payments shall be degressive starting in 2014 at 80% of the payment received in 2013 and ending in 2017 at 20%ending by 31 December 2019 at the latest. The sum total of the degressive payments paid to any farmer shall not exceed 200% of the payment received by that farmer in 2013.
Amendment 1424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 1436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In order to be eligible for payments under Article 32, areas, other than mountain areas, shall be considered as facing significant natural constraints if at least 6650% of the UAA meets at least one of the criteria listed in Annex II at the threshold value indicated. Respect of this condition shall be ensured at the appropriate level of local administrative units (‘LAU 2’ level).LAU2 level or at the level of a clearly delineated local unit which covers a single clear contiguous geographical area with a definable economic and administrative identity
Amendment 1567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
Article 40
Amendment 1681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Costs for the animation of the territory referred to in Aarticle 31(d) of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] are costs to cover actionshat occur in order to facilitate the exchange between stakeholders, to inform about and promote the local development strategy as well as project development tasks.nd to support potential beneficiaries to develop projects and prepare applications
Amendment 1796 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56
Article 56
Amendment 1805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Article 57
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Article 58
Amendment 1823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Article 59
Amendment 1834 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60
Article 60
Amendment 1855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promote a resource efficient, competitive, productive, low emission, climate friendly and resilient agricultural sector, working in harmony with the essential natural resources on which farming depends;
Amendment 1860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) help to sustainably increase productivity of European agriculture and deliver a steady supply of food, feed and biomaterials, both existing and new ones;
Amendment 1876 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Identifying regulatory bottlenecks which create obstacles to innovation and research and development investments in line with the principles of better regulation and smart regulation as stated in Commission Communications COM(2005) 97 and COM(2010)543
Amendment 1880 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) facilitating the coordination of research and innovation in the market across food chain actors (seeds, plant protection products, fertilizers, equipment, IT, distributors, storage, waste reduction, among others) in order to maximize agricultural productivity and ensure resource efficiency.
Amendment 1897 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 63 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) implement innovative actions through measures financed through the rural development programmes through co- financing with other national or European programmes for innovation and through public-private partnerships.
Amendment 1912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 64 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 80% for the measures referred to in Articles 15, 16, 28 and 36, for the LEADER local development referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] and for operations under Article 20(1)(a)(i). It may be increased to 90% for the programmes of less developed regions, the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 1968 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 1971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2014 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) providing the Commission, on a quarterlyn annual basis, with relevant indicator data on operations selected for funding, including key characteristics of the beneficiary as well as the project;