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Activities of George LYON related to 2013/0117(COD)

Plenary speeches (2)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0117(COD)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0117(COD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and amending Regulation (EU) No [RD] as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No [DP], (EU) No [HZ] and (EU) No [sCMO] as regards their application in the year 2014

2016/11/22
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2013/0117(COD)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(374 KB)

Amendments (32)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. By way of derogation from Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No […] [RD], ~~for the measures of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014~~Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014, in relation to the measures referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, pursuant to the rural development programmes adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 even after the financial resources of the 2007-2013 programming period have been used up, until the adoption of the respective rural development programme for the 2014- 2020 programming period, or until the end of 2014. The expenditure incurred on the basis of these commitments shall be eligible in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The condition ofset out in the second indent of Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall not apply to new legal commitments undertaken by Member States under Article 36(a)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 in 2014.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RD], expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries, undertaken under the measures ~~of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and of Article 36(b)(i) and (iii) of that Regulation in relation to the annual premium~~referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of that Regulation, shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the 2014- 2020 programming period in the following cases:

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) for payments to be made after 31 December 2015 for all commitments undertaken pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No [...][RD].

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In case of regional implementation, different percentage rates may be applied to each region.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Member States may decide, by 1 August 2017, to review their decisions referred to in this Article with effect from the following year.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EU) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

[Member States] not using the possibility under paragraph 1, [may decide, before..., to make available as direct payments under this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No [DP] up to [15] % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015- 2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RD]].Before..., Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments ~~an [additional]~~up to [10%] of the amount allocated under rural development. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In case of regional implementation, different percentage rates may be applied to each region.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Member States may decide, by 1 August 2017, to review their decisions referred to in this Article with effect from the following year.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

[Member States] not using the possibility under paragraph 1, [may decide, before..., to make available as direct payments under Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and this Regulation up to [15] % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RD]].Before..., Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments an ~~[additional]~~up to [10%] of the amount allocated under rural development. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: BUDG

George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. By way of derogation from Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [RD], ~~for the measures of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014~~Member States may continue to undertake new legal commitments to beneficiaries in 2014, in relation to the measures referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, pursuant to the rural development programmes adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 even after the financial resources of the 2007-2013 programming period have been used up, until the adoption of the respective rural development programme for the 2014- 2020 programming period, or until the end of 2014. The expenditure incurred on the basis of these commitments shall be eligible in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The condition ofset out in the second indent of Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall not apply to new legal commitments undertaken by Member States under Article 36(a)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 in 2014.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No […...] [RD], expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries, undertaken under the measures ~~of Article 36(a)(i) to (v) and (b)(iv) and (v) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and of Article 36(b)(i) and (iii) of that Regulation in relation to the annual premium~~referred to in Articles 20, 36, 52 and 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the 2014-2020 programming period in the following cases:

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

George LYON, Britta REIMERS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) for payments to be made after 31 December 2015 for all commitments undertaken pursuant to Article 36.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

[Member States] not using the possibility under paragraph 1, [may decide, before ... , to make available as direct payments under this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No [DP] up to [15] % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015- 2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RD]].Before ... , Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments ~~an [additional] [~~up to 10%] of the amount allocated under rural development. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2a (new)

2a. In case of regional implementation, different percentage rates may be applied to each region.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2– subparagraph 2b (new)

2b. Member States may decide, by 1 August 2017 to review their decisions referred to in this article with effect from the following year.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
Article 136a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

~~The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. [Member States] not using the possibility under paragraph 1, [may decide, before ..., to make available as direct payments under Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and this Regulation up to [15] % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RD]].Before ..., Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United- Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments an ~~[additional] [~~up to 10%] of the amount allocated under rural development. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2a (new)

2a. In case of regional implementation, different percentage rates may be applied to each region.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2b (new)

2b. Member States may decide, by 1 August 2017 to review their decisions referred to in this article with effect from the following year.

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) No [....] [DP]
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

~~The percentage notified in accordance with the second subparagraph shall be the same for the years referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.~~deleted

2013/09/10
Committee: AGRI