25 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiaries whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companies, real estate companies and companies managing sport grounds. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting direct payments to such natural and legal persons. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas, for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments, which provide an important source of supplementary income, particularly in naturally disadvantaged areas, which is essential in sustaining family income and the socioeconomic fabric of these regions.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In the interest of simplification and to take into accountgear the CAP more exactly to the specific situation of the outermost regions, direct payment – which are hampered by their small scale and their long distance from the markets – direct payments and all forms of income support granted to farmers in those regions should be managed within the support programmes established by Regulation (EC) No 247/2006. As a consequence, provisions in this Regulation relating to the basic payment scheme and related payments and to coupled support should not apply to those regions.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
agricultural production that includes rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes,
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
carrying out a minimum activity, based where appropriate on a minimum stocking density, to be established by Member States, on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Farmers who, in 2011, or activated at least onethe period from 2009 to 2011, received direct support or complementary direct payments, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or who in 2012 or 2013 were allocated payment entitlements under the single payment scheme claimed support under the single area payment scheme, both in accordance withpursuant to Article 41, Article 63, or point B or C of Annex IX of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, shall receive payment entitlements in the first year of application of the basic payment scheme provided they are entitled to be granted direct payments in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter. The above entitlement shall likewise apply to farmers whose agricultural areas lie in environmental protection areas recognised by Member States, at national or regional level, and to agricultural areas subject to agri-environmental commitments under rural development programmes.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Farmers with permanent crops such as olive groves, vineyards, or orchards, but excluding permanent dry-farming crops, shall apply specific agronomic practices involving minimum soil disturbance and green cover of the soil surface.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the eligible agricultural area covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 75 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2(31), excluding areas under permanent grassland and historical pastures and permanent crops as defined in Article 31a(1), is an ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips or under permanent dry-farming crops, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen-fixing crops, and afforested areas as referred to in aArticle 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage specified in paragraph 1 shall be reduced to 3% where groups of farmers put in place continuous adjacent ecological focus areas.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of employment and/or production in the regions concerned and in particular in areas with natural constraints, such as island regions and the outermost regions.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where Article 20 applies, Member States may lay down different forms of financing for regions defined within the meaning of that Article.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where Article 20 applies, Member States may lay down different forms of financing for regions defined within the meaning of that Article.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Farmers not having applied for participation in the small farmers scheme by 15 October 2014 or deciding to withdraw from it after that date ormay change their mind in the course of 2016, by 15 October. Those who have not joined the small farmers scheme by 15 October 2016 or who decide to withdraw from it after the 2014 or the 2016 closing date or who have been selected for support under Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] shall no longer have the right to participate in that scheme.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiaries whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companies, real estate companies and companies managing sport grounds. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting direct payments to such natural and legal persons. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas,: for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments, an important source of additional income, especially in areas suffering natural disadvantages, which is central to the sustainability of family income and of the economic and social fabric of those regions.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In the interest of simplification and to take into accountgear the CAP more exactly to the specific situation of the outermost regions, direct payment – which are hampered by their small scale and their long distance from the markets – direct payments and all forms of income support granted to farmers in those regions should be managed within the support programmes established by Regulation (EC) No 247/2006. As a consequence, provisions in this Regulation relating to the basic payment scheme and related payments and to coupled support should not apply to those regions.
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 1
– agricultural production involving rearing or growing of agricultural products, including harvesting, milking, breeding animals and keeping animals for farming purposes,
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Amendment 1440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The above entitlement shall likewise apply to farmers whose agricultural areas lie in environmental protection areas recognised by Member States, at national or regional level, and to agricultural areas subject to agri-environmental commitments under rural development programmes.
Amendment 1640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Farmers with permanent crops such as olive groves, vineyards, or orchards, but excluding permanent dry-farming crops, shall apply specific agronomic practices involving minimum soil disturbance and green cover of the soil surface.
Amendment 1718 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the eligible agricultural area covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 75% of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland and historical pastures and permanent crops as defined in Article 31a(1), is an ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips or under permanent dry-farming crops, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen-fixing crops, and afforested areas as referred to in aArticle 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage specified in paragraph 1 shall be reduced to 3% where groups of farmers put in place continuous adjacent ecological focus areas.
Amendment 2076 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of employment and/or production in the regions concerned and in particular in areas with natural constraints, such as island regions and the outermost regions.
Amendment 2080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where Article 20 applies, Member States may lay down different forms of financing for regions defined within the meaning of that Article.
Amendment 2215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where Article 20 applies, Member States may lay down different forms of financing for regions defined within the meaning of that Article.
Amendment 2230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Farmers not having applied for participation in the small farmers scheme by 15 October 2014 or deciding to withdraw from it after that date ormay change that decision by 15 October 2016 at the latest. Those who have not joined the small farmers scheme by 15 October 2016 or who decide to withdraw from it after the 2014 or the 2016 closing date or who have been selected for support under Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] shall no longer have the right to participate in that scheme.