801 Amendments of Luís Paulo ALVES
Amendment 1 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
Amendment 5 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the joint memorandum of the outermost regions of 14 October 2009 on 'The Outermost Regions in 2020',
Amendment 7 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 8 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to the final declarationjoint contributions and technical and political documents of the Conferences of Presidents of the Outermost Regions of the European Union, in particular thate final declaration of the 19th conference of 17 and 18 October 2013,
Amendment 11 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the ORs comprise a group of archipelagos, islands and a region that forms an enclave in the Amazon forest that are defined by specific common constraints which differentiate them from other particular geographical circumstances in the Union (islands, mountain areas and sparsely populated regions);
Amendment 13 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ORs are regions of excellence that can makemaking a significant contribution towards meeting the objectives the EU has set as part of the Europe 2020 growth strategy, the Horizon 2020 strategy, the Energy 2020 strategy, the LIFE+ and Natura 2000 programmes and the trans-European telecommunications, transport and energy networks;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in pursuit of these strategies, the volume of structural and investment funding being provided to the ORs for the purpose of closing their economic and social development gap with the rest of the EU is not large enoughmust be closely monitored and adjusted or supplemented to enable them to play athe role commensurate with their potentialto which they aspire in addressing the major challenges facing the EU;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 349 of the TFEU also provides a means ofshould be used as the legal basis enabling the ORs to take their rightful place in the various EU programmes that can properly and effectively harness the potential that they are recognised as having;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the ORs can become regions of excellence, to the benefit of the EU as a whole, in areas such as biodiversity, environment, adapting climate change, dealing with an observing extreme weather events, research, innovation, space, the aerospace industry, oceans, blue growth, maritime governance, volcanology, health, renewable energy, transport, telecommunications, emergency humanitarian assistance outside the EU and culture;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the ORs and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) are located in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic and Antarctic maritime basins and make the EU the world's largest maritime area, with exclusive economic zones (EEZs) covering a total of 25 million square kilometres; whereas their geo-strategic location helps the EU to exert influence worldwide; and whereas they are characterised by their exceptional natural, marine and fisheries resources account for 50% of the world’s biodiversity;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the ORs and the OCTs are a special case, forming a common entity that is both inside and outside the EU at the same time; whereasich the Commission should promote and support closer integration of the ORs and OCTs, including through the implementation of common policies and the adoption of specific measures;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in order to maximise the potential of the ORs and OCTs, the closest possible synergies need to be created between all EU instruments, funds and programmes;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that improving the ORs’ lack of access to the various EU programmes and sources of EU funding will, in the long run, indirectly have a negative impac make a direct contribution to the benefit onf the EU as a whole;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Endorses the Commission approach of implementing policies seeking to make the ORs more self-reliant, economically robust and better able to create sustainable jobs by capitalising on their assets and taking practical, imaginative action on the basis of Article 349 of the TFEU and of ad hoc instruments, notably in the fields of energy, transport and ICT, introduced for each EU fund and programme that can help turn the ORs’ assets into economic development;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses, further, that it is important and necessary for European policies to contribute to promoting and diversifying the economic base in the outermost regions and creating jobs;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to set uppromote the setting-up of a contact group made up of the relevant Commissioners responsible for the inter-service working party that coordinates policies involving the ORs and the Members of the European Parliament representing the ORs to meet twice a year to review the progress of programmes introduced for the ORs;
Amendment 43 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that, by virtue of the fact that they lie far away from mainland Europe, the ORs and the OCTs help to spread the influence of an EU that is becoming increasingly aware of its global dimension and the role it has to play in a rapidly changing world;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes there to be a close correlation between the EU’s awareness of the global role it can play and the attention it pays to the ORs and OCTS; believes the fact that the Union has disregarded or underestimated the importance and implications of its strategic investment decisions regarding the ORs and OCTS to be indicative of a more general failure to accord suitable importance to the Union’s global dimension, improved synergies in investment and programmes being essential in order to promote international cooperation on the part of these regions, as outposts in the world;
Amendment 52 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 55 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the ORs have the wherewithpotential to be at the forefront of research and technology in the areas covered by the Horizon 2020 objectives, such as space, the aerospace industry, biotechnology, observation of natural hazards, marine research, biodiversity, renewable energy, health, adaptation to climate change and smart transport solutions;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the primary– inter alia – the aim of the new cohesion policy 2014-2020 is to step up research, technological development and innovation efforts;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Criticises the failure to provide sufficient support for OR projects underct that the ORs have not sufficiently benefited from the 2007- 2013 programme for research and development, which has resulted in low levels of participation and a weak OR presence in European research networks;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, if cohesion policy, Europe 2020 and Horizon 2020 targets are to be fully met – something which cannot be achieved by ERDF funding alone –, the Commission will need to streamline, guaranteeadapt and promote OR access to the Horizon 2020 programme by setting up dedicatedthrough programmes that can help to foster greater OR inclusion in European and international research and innovation networks;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that research and innovation programmes should have a sufficient degree of flexibility to enable them to adapt to new frontiers and new challenges for knowledge, such as the sea-bed with its significant potential in the case of the Atlantic;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Highlights the growing economic interest in the immense riches of the ocean depths and the enormous biogenetic, mineral and biotechnology potential of the outermost regions, which must be included in the ‘Renewed Strategy for the ORs’ with the aim of developing a knowledge economy based on the sea and the creation of value-added economic activities in areas such as medicine, pharmaceuticals and energy, among others;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 68 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out in this connection that, in terms of competition, the circumstances are not the same as in the rest of the European area, since in the ORs a free market is not possible in most sectors of activity, the bulk of which cannot attract private investment; notes that the supply of high-quality products at competitive prices in the ORs can only be ensured if their circumstances are adequately offset; notes that the provision of these services in the ORs requires urgent assessment by the Commission with a view to providing greater flexibility and adapting the legislative framework to these specific circumstances;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to enforce the competition rules more strictly in the ORs in order to guard against monopolies and cartels;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to look into the issue of the additional costs and high cost of living in the ORs and to take this issue into account in its initiatives for shaping European policies;
Amendment 74 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that cofinancing is to be provided for innovative environmental conservation and climate change projects under the LIFE+ programme for 2014- 2020; points out thatto the creation of synergies with thematic objectives 5 and 6 of the new cohesion policy also cover these areas, and2014-2020, noting that it is therefore vital for the ORs to be afforded genuine access to the LIFE+ programme;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Deplores the Commission’s refusalfailure to make the BEST preparatory action a fully- fledged programme for the ORs and OCTs, in spite of the views expressed by Parliament and the Council conclusions of 25 June 2009;
Amendment 77 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 80 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission, to introduce a renewable energy development strategy for the ORs that iaking as its starting point the positive examples and results achieved by some outermost regions in the field of renewable energy, to encourage measures geared to achieving energy self-sufficiency and meeting the Energy 2020 targets;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws attention to the need to promote action to harness the renewable energy potential of islands, where fossil fuel dependency is aggravated by distance and geographical isolation, whereby account should be taken of the need to include instruments in European energy policy that will make it possible adequately to address the challenges posed by isolated energy systems;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that the ORs have some of the highest youth unemployment rates in the EU; welcomes, therefore, the ORs’ eligibility for funding under the Youth Guarantee programme, as well as the introduction of the Youth Employment Initiative; deplores the fact, however, that there are no specific provisions for the ORs in the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 92 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need for synergies to be created in the ORs between the trans- European networks, the Connecting Europe Facility, the Civitas and Horizon 2020 programmes and ERDF and Cohesion Fund funding for transport, telecommunications and energy projects;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Points out that accessibility plays a key role where the development of the ORs is concerned, frequently requiring a complex internal and external network of sea and air transport services and creating difficulties as regards mobility and accessibility, bearing in mind that the ORs have no alternative to air or sea transport and also have to cope with increased transport costs, a fact which in itself entails adverse economic and social effects;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to include the ORs in the trans-European networkNotes that the ORs are being included in the trans-European networks, but deplores the fact that most of them are excluded from the priority corridors; calls on the Commission to look again at their exclusion when considering its strategy for the outermost regions;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. deplores, nonetheless, the fact that progress with the sea highways has been hampered by the priority given to short sea links, given that this approach discriminates against the ORs; calls on the Commission to look again at the exclusion of the ORs when considering its strategy for the outermost regions;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Points out that, as a result of the ORs and the OCTs, the EU is the world’s leading maritime power in terms of scale and potential;
Amendment 106 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of Europe’s global maritime dimension, the importance of the sea, the oceans and blue growth to the EU as a whole, the strategic location of the ORs and the OCTs, and the role that they can play in ensuring that seas, oceans and coastal areas are used in a sustainable way, as well as in global maritime governance and the development of a knowledge economy based on the sea;
Amendment 113 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Criticises the fact that the OR, given the situation in some ORs, that those regions will not be granted fleet renewal aid under the new CFP;
Amendment 116 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that farming in the ORs is grappling with the challenges of diversification and competitiveness with neighbouring countries, as well as with new challenges which include globalisation, market liberalisation, food self- sufficiency and sustainable development;
Amendment 117 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that the POSEI programme has proved its worth and has shown itself to be particularly well-suited to conditions in the ORshas to remain in existence without any distortion of its character, given that the programme has proved its worth and is well-suited to conditions in the ORs; points to the need to provide POSEI with the means necessary to compensate OR producers for the market liberalisation being called for, especially in the milk sector;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to bolster local agricultural production and facilitate the promotion and marketing of OR agricultural products abroad;
Amendment 126 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Deplores the continued lack of a proper linkage between EDF and the ERDFthe European funds, the EDF, the ERDF, and ETC, in particular as regardsin cross-border cooperation projects, despite the fact that this is essential if the funds’ objectives are to be met;
Amendment 129 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of the geo-strategic importance of the ORs and OCTs, which stem from their proximity to other continents;
Amendment 132 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of the impact that trade agreements concluded with non-EU countries have on OR economies, for instance by setting up machinery for consultation with OR regional authorities;
Amendment 135 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on the Commission to negotiate the inclusion in all trade agreements with ACP countries that lie close to ORs a specific section on the creation of an exclusive OR- ACP market, with a view to integrating ORs more closely into their geographical neighbourhood;
Amendment 136 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Draws attention to the fact that the ORs and OCTs can be a real asset for the EU in connection with building humanitarian response capacity and deploying it when natural disasters occur; calls, in this connection, for a European civil protection force to be set up, using the ORs as springboards for EU humanitarian operations;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Draws attention to the fact that social exclusion, poverty and violence are a major problem in the ORs; points out that thematic objective 9 of the new cohesion policy coversone of the strategic priorities charted by the Commission in its strategy for the ORs (COM(2012)0287) is to strengthen the social dimension of development in the ORs; believes that if such action is to succeed, it will also be necessary to take into account the problems of social inexclusion and action against poverty and all forms of discrimination and that support for the most detheir effects and lay down specific measures to help create jobs, foster skills, imprioved sections of society is an ERDF investment priori educational attainment, reduce school drop-out rates, and combat poverty;
Amendment 141 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Points out that thsome ORs are faced with major housing shortages as a result of strong population growth; advocates the establishment of a social housing investment scheme and the introduction of special measures enabling state aids to be used in support of investment in social housing in ORs;
Amendment 144 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Points out that thsome ORs are located in areas in which industrial competition is fierce, in particular owing to low labour costs and an abundance of raw materials in neighbouring countries; draws attention to the fact that thematic objectives 3 and 8 of the new2014-2020 cohesion policy cover action to enhance SME competitiveness and promote high-quality sustainable employment;
Amendment 146 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Points out that, although they show a healthy start-up rate despite the crisis, very small and small and medium-sized businesses in the ORs are finding it increasingly difficult to gain access to financing, and that this is jeopardising their development and future survival;
Amendment 148 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes in this connection the objectives set for the future COSME programme, under which support will be provided to European SMEs, in particular as regards access to finance and to new markets; welcomes the decision to maintain the Progress Microfinance Facility; calls on the Commission to ensure that these programmes effectively cover the ORs as well;
Amendment 152 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Stresses that tourism is a key economic driver in the ORs; considers it essential therefore for joint ERDF-COSME support to be provided for efforts to expand and modernise the ORs’ hotel network, in order to boost, diversify, and develop the sustainable tourism services on offer in the ORs;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Notes that the ORs are highly multicultural societies and points to the need for cultural interchange between the ORs and mainland Europe; calls onfor the Commission to allow projects from ORs to be funded underORs to participate on a larger scale in the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 155 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Notes that the ORs are highly multicultural societies and points to the need for cultural interchange between the ORs and mainland Europe; calls on the Commission to allowfor a higher number of projects from ORs to be funded underparticipate in the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 157 #
2013/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
Amendment 9 #
2013/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, in this context, the opportunities for geographical (or territorial) changes to the energy grid for disadvantaged regions, which can develop from energy consumers into energy producers, obtaining high economic and competitive benefits while ensuring a secure energy supply; notes that this particularly offers opportunities to outermost and peripheral regions and islands;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States and the regions to invest as early as possible in local smart grids by using the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), including financial instruments to leverage private investment, taking into account the environmental, economic, social and territorial needs of the specific region, as there is no single solution for all regions; calls for a flexible approach at local level to reduce the barriers to combining measures for energy production, storage and efficiency, and to work with other sectors such as the information and communication technology (ICT) and transport sectors; points to the importance of reversible pump storage systems linked to the exploitation of renewables and geothermal energy in particular, especially in isolated island systems;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2128(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges that best practice be put to better use; points out that many European regions have pursued projects within the existing EU framework which have both fostered synergies in selected areas and promoted energy sustainability and renewables, as has been done in the ‘MaRes’ project (Macaronesia Research Strategy) and the ‘Green Islands project’;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that local and regional markets often have insufficient supplies of horticultural products produced there and agricultural entrepreneurship should therefore be promoted in these regions, in particular through incentives for young entrepreneurship, which will offer an employment opportunity in the agricultural sector and a guarantee for the supply of fresh local produce;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas it is undoubtedly the case that European agriculture faces enormous challenges: with more extreme weather conditions, such as drought and floods and other natural disasters, farming needs to adapt in order to safeguard production; whereas the crops that we see in the fields today cannot remain the same in the future if we are to be able to meet the increased need for food;
Amendment 35 #
2013/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas regional quality branding can contribute to the resilience and development of territorial economies, particularly in the most vulnerable regions, mountain regions and the outermost regions, by broadening the concept of quality through the use of schemes for the delivery of sets of high- quality goods and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory, and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc.); whereas, as a result, these sets of goods and services come to be seen as unique, generating revenue at territorial level and opening up new opportunities on local and international markets;
Amendment 71 #
2013/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the measures taken to coordinate that governance are of decisive importance for the future of territories, in particular the most vulnerable among themnd the most distant among them, such as the outermost regions; emphasises that they make it possible, by promoting a collective sense of ownership, not only to define the extent and the nature of each territory, but also to organise territories more effectively with a view to identifying the full potential their resources (including latent resources) offer, in the interests of all the actors involved, who are linked by a relationship of interdependence and solidarity; notes that the purpose of this strategic coordination is to tap resources which cannot be exploited by means of a sectoral or single-industry approach and instead call for the employment of territorial approaches which generate new revenue at territorial level through the marketing of sets of complementary goods and services which reflect the specific characteristics of each territory;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 349 thereof,
Amendment 18 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas expiry of the quotas may also place parts of other less favoured, environmentally sensitive or economically vulnerable areas at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas one of the main objectives of the new CAP is to maintain productive agriculture in mountainous and less favoured areas or the outermost regions;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the factors and costs of milk production and collection costs inand transporting milk products to market outside these areasgion of production are substantially higher in these areas than in more favourable locations;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in some outermost regions milk production represents over 70 % of agricultural activity and around 33 % of national production;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas in some outermost regions there can be no substitute for milk production as one of the main motors of the economy, social stability and environmental and land-use quality, and in these regions the POSEI programmes constitute the best instruments for receiving increased aid to maintain production levels;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, in many Member States, direct payments from the first agricultural policy pillar are, in view of current CAP reform, based on historic reference amounts, which iscan be greatly to the detriment of grassland areas and hence milk production in these locations; calls on the Member States affected by such situations accordingly to introduce without delay a more equitable distribution systemsystem to correct the disadvantage suffered by these regions when implementing agricultural reforms at national level;
Amendment 51 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that permanent grassland and pastureland, which can generally be used for no other purpose than cattle, sheep and goat breeding in these areas, must never be treated in the same way asas inferior to other types of farmland for the purpose of calculating direct payments from the first pillar;
Amendment 70 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Given the irreplaceable nature of milk production in some outermost regions, the Commission and the Member States should, in these regions, use the POSEI programmes to strengthen support in the area of direct payments and market measures and the Rural Development programmes to strengthen support under the second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 73 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and regions to formulate, within the framework of partnership agreements agreed amongst them, a specific rural development programme for milk production in these areas, which shall enable the EU and the Member States to establish the support needed in order to minimise the productive handicaps faced by these regions and maintain the milk sector therein;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that second-pillar measures benefiting from community support, such as compensatory allowances, agro- environmental premiums or investment aids are of great importance for sustainable milk production in these areas; urges therefore that Member States and regions be given the necessary legal framework, level of funding and opportunities to ensure the payment of adequate and clearly differentiated compensatory allowances and promote environmentally friendly and organic forms of agriculture; calls for adequate compensatory payments from the second CAP pillar to offset the higher investment costs for milk production in mountain areas occasioned by the particular nature of the terrain and in outermost regions owing to the extreme fragmentation of plots;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, given the substantial logistical problems arising with regard to transport and the generally small quantities of milk produced on individual farms, collection costs in mountain areas and outermost regions are particularly high, placing them at a major geographical and competitive disadvantage; calls on the Commission and the Member States and regions accordingly to earmark state subsidies for processing plant, so as to offsetprovide support, so that processing plants in these regions can be compensated for the higher costs of collection compared with those in more favourable locations;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the enormous distance of the outermost regions from consumer markets and suppliers leads to high additional costs, which create competitive disadvantages decisively affecting their ability to compete on the internal market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to grant aid for transportation to processing companies in order to offset the permanent disadvantage they face when accessing markets;
Amendment 120 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that the considerable distance between the outermost regions and consumer markets creates the need for double storage, in line with modern logistical organisation; therefore urges the Commission to consider these storage facilities located outside the territory of the outermost regions eligible within the framework of regulations concerning investment in these regions;
Amendment 129 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that stockbreeding methods for efficient milk production are particularly cost-intensive on small farms; calls on the Commission and the Member States and regions accordingly to provide state subsidiesassist the regions in promoting stockbreeding to enablinge dairy farms in these areas to breed their own high quality livestock in spite of this;
Amendment 136 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that, in line with arrangements under the CMO for fruit and vegetables, producer organisations should be given the opportunity of realising EU- funded operational programmes; observes that, in this connection, producer organizations should be given the opportunity of promoting access to markets, market development, quality control, product innovation and advertising initiatives, particularly in respect of the new ‘mountain produce’ designation or other optional reserved terms which may be approved in order to increase awareness and consumption of quality natural or processed agricultural products and protected designations of origin, as well as fostering the development of skills and crisis management measures.
Amendment 139 #
2013/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to extend joint research programmes to encompass grassland areas and milk production in less favoured areas and devote particular attention to them under joint research projects, bearing in mind the need to confront the challenges of productivity and climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas smallholdings in the outermost regions should also receive particular attention given the dual constraints under which they operate;
Amendment 114 #
2013/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that smallholdings in mountain areas, less-favoured areas and outlying regions should be able to benefit from coupled support, e.g. for sheep- breedlivestock farming, where they also fulfil specific environmental functions;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends the introduction of an obligation for all research laboratories and their staff to notify the competent supervisory authorities of the results of all food and feed tests where those results reveal cases of non-compliance;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of the socio- economic and territorial cohesion of the European Union, provided from the Article 174. TFEU, in achieving the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy, namely creating more and equal opportunities for all young people promoting social inclusion and solidarity for all young people, reducing the risk of poverty and increasing the share of the population in employment, in the context of ongoing debt reduction measures, rising youth unemployment and divergent levels of educational achievement and training;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of non- conditional, quality, sustainable and durable job creation, where young people would enjoy full employment rights by collective sector agreement to tackle the high precariousness;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes that the Youth Guarantee be adequately funded through better combined use of the European Social FundFunds covered by the Common Strategic Framework (CSF), in response to the serious problem of youth unemployment, in line with the EU2020.
Amendment 56 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 68 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Over the period 2001-11, barely 30 % of the budget earmarked for information provision and promotion measures under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 was spent on measures targeting third-country markets, even though these markets offer major growth potential. With the aim of reaching 75 % of estimated expenditure, sSpecific arrangements are therefore required to encourage a larger number of information provision and promotion measures for Union agricultural products in third countries, in particular through increased financial support.
Amendment 79 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to guarantee the impact of the information provision and promotion measures that are implemented, these should be developed in the context of information and promotion programmes. Such programmes have hitherto been submitted by professional or inter- professional organisations. In order to increase the number and raise the quality of the measures proposed, the range of beneficiaries should be widened to include producer organisations, including cooperatives and small and medium-sized enterprises. Moreover, the Commission must be able to supplement programmes by implementing measures at its own initiative, particularly with a view to contributing to the opening-up of new markets.
Amendment 82 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The information provision and promotion measures co-financed by the Union should endow them with a specific European dimension. To that end, and in order to avoid a dispersion of resources and increase Europe's visibility through these information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products, it is necessary to establish a work programme which defines the strategic priorities for these measures in terms of populations, products, themes or markets to be targeted and the nature of the information and promotion messages to be imparted. The Commission will take particular account of the predominant position of small and medium-enterprises in the agri-food sector, a sector which benefits from the exceptional measures provided for in Articles 154, 155 and 156 of Regulation (EU) XXX/20... [of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (COM(2011)626)] and from free-trade agreements coming under the commercial policy of the European Union for measures targeting third countries. That programme should supplement and mesh with the other measures undertaken at the initiative of the Member States or operators. Small and medium-sized enterprises in the agrifood sector, as well as cooperatives, should be awarded priority treatment and a higher rate of cofinancing from the Commission.
Amendment 96 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Financing rules should be set. As a general rule, so that interesting proposing organisations assume their responsibilities, the Union should cover only part of the cost of programmes. Certain administrative and staff costs which are not linked to implementation of the CAP form an integral part of information provision and promotion measures and could be eligible for Union funding. The Member States would also be able to finance part of the cost.
Amendment 126 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
(ba) information and promotion measures for high-quality agricultural products produced in the outermost regions;
Amendment 144 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) information and promotion measures for high-grade agricultural products produced in the outermost regions.
Amendment 179 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) high-grade agricultural products produced in the outermost regions.
Amendment 248 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Union’s financial contribution to simple programmes shall not exceed 50% of the eligible expenditure. Member States may cover up to 20% of the costs. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
Amendment 270 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1to be borne by the Union shall be increased to 60% for:
Amendment 288 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The percentage to be borne by the Union shall be increased to 75% for information and promotion measures on high-grade products produced in the outermost regions.
Amendment 300 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
The maximum rate of co-financing shall be set at 60% of the total eligible costs for the multi programmes. Member States may cover up to 20% of the costs. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by proposing organisations.
Amendment 314 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The percentage of co-financing to be borne by the Union shall be increased to 75% for programmes of information and promotion measures on high-grade products produced in the outermost regions.
Amendment 328 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in this Regulation shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 334 #
2013/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
By not later than 31 December [2020], the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of this Regulation, also covering the outermost regions, together with any appropriate proposals. In addition, an interim report, in the same form as the report mentioned above, shall be submitted by 31 December 2017 at the latest.
Amendment 41 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘regional natural disaster’ shall mean any natural disaster resulting, in a region of a Member State or a country involved in accession negotiations with the Union at NUTS 2 level, in direct damage in excess of 1,5 % of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). In the case of outermost regions defined under Article 349 of the Treaty, the threshold shall be reduced to 1 % of the affected region’s gross domestic product (GDP) or where there is a direct impact on a whole sector of activity or group of infrastructure such as ports, roads or airports which, given the specific island condition of these regions, makes it impossible for economic and social activity to resume immediately under normal conditions. Where the disaster concerns several regions at NUTS 2 level or regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty, the thresholds shall be applied to the weighted average GDP of those regions. In the case of natural disasters which affect outermost, island or archipelago regions, the assessment referred to in Article 4(2) shall include a degree of flexibility in these thresholds, to allow for their specific territorial condition.
Amendment 52 #
2013/0248(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
restoring the working order of infrastructure and plant in the fields of energy, water and waste water, telecommunications, transport, health and education; Under the terms of this Regulation, for the purposes of point (a), ‘restoring the working order’ shall be understood to mean a repair carried out in such a way as to improve capacity to withstand a natural disaster, which may include the relocation of infrastructure projects away from places clearly likely to be threatened by natural disasters again in the future.
Amendment 17 #
2013/0156(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
Article 77 – paragraphs 2 and 6
Article 77 – paragraphs 2 and 6
(1) In Article 77, pArticle 77 is amended as follows: (a) In paragraph 2, the introductory part is amended as follows: "2. By way of derogation from Article 53(2), from the second sentence of Article 53(4) and from the ceilings set out in Annex III, interim payments and payments of the final balance shall be increased by an amount corresponding to 10 percentage points above the co- financing rate applicable to each priority axis, but not exceeding 100 %, to be applied to the amount of eligible expenditure newly declared in each certified statement of expenditure submitted after the date on [...]which a Member State meets one of the following conditions and until the end of the programming period: " (b) Paragraph 6 is deleted.
Amendment 181 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 22
(22) 'operator' means a natural or legal person, havkeeping animals and products under their responsibility, inexcluding animal keepers and transporters, but excluding pet keepers and veterinarianstransporters, pet keepers, veterinarians and animal professionals, who may be the owner or the person in possession of the establishment;
Amendment 184 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) ‘holding’ means any installation, or part thereof, any structure or, in the case of free-range farming, any place in which animals of livestock species may be reared, kept or housed permanently or temporarily;
Amendment 185 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
(24a) 'owner' means a natural or legal person who possesses the establishment;
Amendment 192 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 48 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 48 a (new)
(48a) 'assembly centre' means any place, collection centres, fairs and markets, under the control of the official veterinarian, at which animals originating from different holdings are grouped together to form consignments intended for trade;
Amendment 566 #
2013/0136(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
Article 82 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
(iva) production system and type of production, where the establishment concerned is a holding;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that investment in, and the exploitation of, renewable energy will promote economic development, new innovations, and sustainable growth in the EU's regions and, moreover, will creatboost competitiveness and create sustainable jobs;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the need to promote action to harness the renewable energy potential of islands, where fossil fuel dependency is aggravated by distance and geographical isolation, whereby account should be taken of the need to include instruments in European energy policy that will make it possible adequately to address the challenges posed by isolated energy systems;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the importance of self- sufficiency in energy and to the major role of European renewable energy sources, including slowly renewable sources, for regional economies; points out that thehighlights, therefore, the vital need for a support policy in these fields that is sustainable in the long term, promoting new technologies and creating ambitious yet coherent support schemes, as part of efforts to replace fossil and imported energy with locally produced European renewable energy are important in the long term in order to meet the targets set in the Energy Roadmap 2050 and the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that Europe's regions need greater flexibility to adapt and benefit from the renewable energies available in those areas, which entails making full use of decentralised energy production in order to cope with variables and exploit them where availability is greatest; points out that this should be done through a decentralised approach focusing on intelligent networks and technology, and promoting the link between innovation and investment in a sustainable manner;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that local sustainable energy strategies have an essential role in terms of regional and social development, as they enhance the participation of regional players in renewable energy projects; notes that the Member States and regions have their own strengths as far as renewable energy sources are concerned and that, because of geographical differences, renewable energy policy cannot be exactly the same in every region, which means that greater flexibility is required; points out that bioenergy can do much to foster energy management, economic growth, and vitality, especially in sparsely populated regions and rural areas; highlights, in this context, the importance of energy systems in islands and remote areas;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points to the importance of gradually achieving a European internal market for renewable energies in all Europe's regions that would take account of all their energy sources, thus enabling them to become competitive on a sustainable basis;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that the integration and expansion of renewable energies makes a significant contribution to reducing the environmental costs of conventional energy sources, reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions, and they should therefore be developed, whilst paying attention to respect for nature conservation and biodiversity;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that coherence and perseverance are key elements of EU climate and energy policy; notes that the targets set and the requirements imposed on production may not all be consistent in every respect, which is to become increasingly sustainable and efficient, may not all be consistent in every respect, thereby restricting access to safe, sustainable and affordable energy for all European citizens; points out that legislation which limits the exploitation of renewable energy will at worst make the targets more difficult to reach, and that this could adversely affect regional economies;
Amendment 76 #
2012/2259(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the need to increase concerted support in this area for specific and targeted information campaigns that take account of each region's particular features and include a presentation of the results, thus demonstrating the benefits which the region has gained from the use of renewable energies.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Action Plan on improving access to finance for SMEs, in line with the priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to further stimulate simplification of administrative procedures at European, national and subnatregional levels for the beneficiaries, especially for SMEs, when applying for EU funds or when using existing financial instruments., to help render these procedures more transparent, understandable and coherent at all levels;
Amendment 4 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to balance the application of the climate objectives with the need for sustainable and competitive growth and energy security within the regions; considers it deeply regrettable, in this regard, that the roadmap is based on EU-wide scenarios alone and does not present the effect of policy choices on individual Member States and their regions, since their involvement in all the stages and procedures of implementation is essential in order to preserve territorial cohesion;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The present economic climate underscores the need to adopt an integrated approach to energy matters, taking into account their economic, environmental and social aspects. It is essential to pay heed to the beneficial and adverse side effects when carrying out the work required to ensure, in the medium and long term, that all European citizens will have access to safe, sustainable, and affordable energy;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it necessary, therefore, to allow for greater flexibility in the Fund's implementation in emergency situations involving a natural, environmental or technological disaster with serious repercussions on people's living conditions;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Nevertheless welcomes the fact that simply making certain adjustments to the rules in force will achieve significant improvements to its operation whilst maintaining its rationale and character, which is chiefly to provide a flexible and effective instrument that can provide prompt assistance for citizens affected by a phenomenon that has serious repercussions on their living conditions and well-being;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to clarify the eligibility of disasters that occur at regional level, introducing an simple and objective criterion that will make it possible to assimilate them to other disasters and remove any possibility of speculative interpretation, and any doubt among applicants as to their eligibility;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas exemptions should be granted given the geographical remoteness of certain regions, particularly the outermost regions, in relation to the EU mainland, in line with Article 349 TFEU.
Amendment 108 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the Commission Report does not contain a full evaluation of all the economic, social and environmental costs of animal transport, limiting itself to taking into account the costs of hauliers, and therefore calls on the Commission to present a full evaluation of all the economic, environmental and social costs incurred by the transport of animals, which also includes the outermost regions;
Amendment 175 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists on a reconsideration of the issue of limiting the transport time of animals destined for slaughter to eight hours, with some exceptions based on geographic conditions in the outermost regions, and the option of longer transport of some animal species confirmed by scientific research results, provided that the rules on animal welfare are complied with;
Amendment 181 #
2012/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Exemptions to long journey requirements may be granted to take into account the geographical remoteness of certain regions, such as the outermost regions, in relation to the EU mainland. Member States may continue to apply existing national provisions on the transport of animals going to or coming from such regions within their own outermost regions. They must inform the Commission on doing so.
Amendment 214 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not less than 64 mmwidth: the full width of the front and the back surface of the packaging;
Amendment 215 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
(ii) width: not less than 55 mmheight: the minimum height required for the health warnings to cover 75% of the external area of the front and back surfaces.
Amendment 720 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) height: not less than 64 mmthe minimum necessary to ensure that the health warnings cover a minimum area of 75 % of the front and back surfaces, as defined in Article 9(1c);
Amendment 723 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
(ii) width: not less than 55 mmthe full width of the front and back surfaces of the packaging.
Amendment 11 #
2012/0337(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It should however be taken into account that many remote, island, maritime, sparsely populated and outermost regions have already increased their level of energy independence from renewable sources beyond the 20% target, and in these circumstances, and bearing in mind that they already face accessibility problems, such remote regions should not be further penalised by the imposition of additional taxes in the form of a CO2 tax on aviation where this is people's only form of access.
Amendment 28 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to set out an appropriate financial framework, the Commission should establish, by means of implementing acts, an annual breakdown of global resources by Member State using an objective and transparent method reflecting disparities in terms of poverty and material deprivation, focusing in particular on Member States at present being subjected to severe austerity measures, which have been leading to cases of extreme social hardship.
Amendment 40 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is necessary to establish a maximum level of co-financing from the Fund to the operational programmes to provide for a multiplier effect of Union resources, while the situation of Member States facing temporary budget difficulties should be addressedcurrently receiving macrofinancial assistance should be addressed and an exception clause laid down, departing from the co- financing arrangements.
Amendment 111 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) Member States receiving macroeconomic assistance and suffering a rapid deterioration in the quality of life of their citizens.
Amendment 180 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. At the request of a Member State, interim payments and payments of the final balance may be increased by 105 percentage points above the co-financing rate applicable to the operational programme. The increased rate, which can not exceed 100%, shall apply to requests for payment relating to the accounting period in which the Member State has submitted its request and subsequent accounting periods during which the Member State meets one of the following conditions:
Amendment 94 #
2012/0179(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (FAO) and the Code of Sustainable and Responsible Fisheries Practices (EU),
Amendment 120 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Bottom-set gillnets are currently restricted in entering deep-sea fisheries by Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011. In view of the high rates of undesired catch when they were deployed unsustainably in deep waters, and in view of the ecological impact of lost and abandoned gear, this gear should also be permanently prohibited from the targeting of deep-sea specifishing authorisations for this gear should be issued or renewed only after a case-by case evaluation has been made, based on the best scientific information available and an assessment of the impact on traditional fleets fishing for these resources.
Amendment 157 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) "ICES zones, subzones, divisions and subdivisions" are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Amendment 159 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) "CECAF areas, subareas and divisions" are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Amendment 161 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) "deep-sea species" means the species listed in Annex I, whose life-cycle is characterised by late maturity, slow growth rate and low natural mortality rate and occurs predominantly at depths of more than 400 m or is associated with biologically sensitive areas that are generally of high biodiversity, such as seamounts;
Amendment 164 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 172 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) "maximum sustainable yield" means the maximum catchhighest theoretical equilibrium yield that maycan be taken from a fish stock indefinitelycontinuously taken on average from a stock under existing average environmental conditions without affecting significantly the reproduction process.
Amendment 175 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) "ecosystem approach" means an approach to managing fisheries which seeks to meet human requirements to use natural resources, whilst maintaining both the biological wealth and the ecological processes necessary to sustain the composition, structure and function of the ecosystems concerned.
Amendment 182 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Promotion of deep-sea fish 1. Mechanisms shall be created to promote the commercial and nutritional value of deep-sea fish products, particularly at the initial point of sale, and to raise consumer awareness. 2. Encouragement shall be given to the development of designations (cultural, environmental, territorial) for deep-sea fisheries which recognise the fragility of eco-systems.
Amendment 196 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 3, fishing vessels may catch, retain on board, tranship or land any quantity of deep-sea species without a fishing authorisation, if the vessel is a small-scale artisanal coastal vessel, or if that quantity is below a threshold set at 100 kg of any mixture of deep-sea species per fishing trip.
Amendment 202 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, fleets in outermost regions where there is no continental shelf shall be permitted an aggregate fishing capacity for deep-sea species, measured in gross tonnage and in kilowatt, which may at no time exceed the capacity of the current fishing fleet in each region.
Amendment 208 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Each application for a fishing authorisation allowing for the catch of deep-sea species whether as target or by- catch species, and for its renewal shall be accompanied by a description of the area where it is intended to conduct fishing activities, indicating all the ICES and CECAF subareas, divisions and subdivisions covered, the type of gears, the depth range at which the activities will be deployed, and of the individual species targeted.
Amendment 223 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the locations of the intended activities targeting deep-sea species in the deep-sea métier. The location(s) shall be defined by coordinates in accordance with the World Geodetic System of 1984 and shall include an indication of all the ICES and CECAF subareas, divisions and subdivisions covered;
Amendment 234 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The following shall be exempt from the requirement to submit fishing plans: (a) small-scale vessels; (b) vessels for which the information contained in the previous year's fishing plan has not changed.
Amendment 241 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Any fishing authorisation issued on the basis of an application made in accordance with paragraph 1 shall specify the bottom gear to be used and limit the fishing activities authorised to the areaICES and CECAF area, subarea, division and subdivision in which the intended fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(a), and the existing fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(b), overlap. However, the area of the intended fishing activity can be extended beyond the areaICES and CECAF area, subarea, division and subdivision of the existing fishing activity if the Member State has assessed and documented, based on scientific advice, that such extension would not have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 255 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with those gears shall neither be issued nor renewedmay be issued or renewed only after a case-by case evaluation has been made, based on the best scientific information available and an assessment of the impact on traditional fleets fishing for these resources.
Amendment 264 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Fishing opportunities shall be fixed at a rate of exploitation of the deep-sea species concerned that is consistent with maximum sustainable yield. When rules in this area are drawn up, the best scientific information available shall be used as a basis and mutual assistance and permanent dialogue between advisory councils, fishing associations and Member States in the regions concerned should be promoted.
Amendment 268 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 281 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the fishing effort levels for each deep-sea métier that shall be used as a baseline for any adjustments required in order to follow the principles set out in Article 10 shall be the fishing effort levels assessed, based on scientific information, as consistent with the catches made by the relevant deep-sea métiers during the previous twohree calendar years.
Amendment 298 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
By way of derogation of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the masters of all Union fishing vessels intending to land 100 kg or more of deep- sea species, whichever their length, shall be required to notify their flag Member State's competent authority of that intention. Nevertheless, small vessels without an electronic fishing logbook and artisanal vessels shall be exempt from the notification requirement.
Amendment 302 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) 1224/2009, the fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) and (3) of this Regulation shall be withdrawn, by means of a prior assessment and hearing by the Member State to which the vessel belongs, for a duration of at least one year in the following cases:
Amendment 308 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The master of a vessel, or any other person responsible for the vessel's operation, shall be required to take on board the scientific observer whom the Member State has assigned for his vessel, unless this is not possible for security reasons and bearing in mind that the scientific observer on board is mandatory only in line with the percentage fixed in the national data collection programme. The master shall facilitate the discharging of the scientific observer's tasks.
Amendment 310 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Data collection shall at the same time offer potential benefits for the creation of partnerships, particularly in areas of research (environment, biotechnology, pharmacy, food sciences and processing, an increase in applied research in the field of the economy, in areas involving competitiveness factors or identifying new consumer profiles and diagnosing trends);
Amendment 323 #
Amendment 324 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 1 – row 3
Annex I – Section 1 – row 3
Amendment 326 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 1 – row 12
Annex I – Section 1 – row 12
Amendment 332 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 1 – row 38
Annex I – Section 1 – row 38
Amendment 339 #
2012/0179(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 3
Annex I – Section 2 – row 3
Amendment 21 #
2012/0158(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In the light of advice from STECF, stating that "there was no rationale for treating trammel nets differently from gill nets or entangling nets with regard to article 9.4", the use of trammel nets in ICES Subarea IX in waters deeper than 200 m but less than 600 m should be allowed.
Amendment 41 #
2012/0158(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(ca) Trammel nets in ICES Subarea IX with a mesh size equal to or greater than 220 mm, provided that: - they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth; - they are no more than 30 meshes deep, having a hanging ratio of not less than 0,44; - they are not rigged with floats or other means of floatation; - they shall each be of a maximum of 5 km in length; the total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 20 km per vessel; - the maximum soak time shall be 72 hours.
Amendment 110 #
2011/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets, however, that EU bilateral agreements have not always fulfilled these potential benefits, highlighting the need to conduct impact assessments for the outermost regions, whenever these are involved, taking account of Article 349 of the Treaty, while recognising that much improvement has been made since the previous reform;
Amendment 229 #
2011/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 A (new)
Paragraph 33 A (new)
33a. The EU must ensure that products imported through international trade comply with rules and regulations that are identical to those for EU products;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2307(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that our natural heritage is a major ecological asset which contributes to human wellbeing; takes the view that all EU Member States should cooperate and coordinate their efforts to ensure a more effective use of natural resources and limit damage to the biodiversity; considers that the importance of biodiversity for the island and outermost regions needs to be underlined in this context; believes that these regions offer unique features for research, development and innovation that should be stimulated and utilised by the European Union as a way of promoting sustainable development based on knowledge and innovation, since much of their tremendous potential has yet to be harnessed;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2292(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2011/2292(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it necessary to establish, in addition to any measures that may be taken as regards artisanal fishing, a differentiated system for certain European regions, in particular for the outermost regions, whose populations depend on a wide variety of activities related to marine resources;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2292(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that the oversized fleet in the European Union should be adjusted, but not at the expense of the artisanal fleet, because such a situation would be socioeconomically and culturally damaging to coastal areas; considers that the basis for action should, on the contrary, be an ecosystem approach, in which specific management decisions relating to the artisanal fleet would be taken at regional level, always respecting the principle of subsidiarity, and the resulting differentiated fishing system would give priority to access to resources and protect inshore artisanal fleets while ensuring the involvement of local fishing communities;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C A (new)
Recital C A (new)
Ca. whereas the possible implementation of transferable fishing quotas will inevitably lead to the privatisation and commercialisation of fishing opportunities and to their becoming concentrated in larger undertakings and vessels;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2292(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, unlike the industrial fleet, the selective artisanal fleet promotes increased employment amongst European citizens, represents greater sustainability and fosters other maritime activities in local coastal communities.
Amendment 31 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, given that the economic and social crisis in the fisheries sector is particularly affecting small-scale fishing, it is important to ensure the economic and social stability of small-scale-fishing communities;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the principle of managing fisheries by biogeographical marine territories, differentiated according to their characteristics, is a leading determinant to be considered at European level, and whereast this model for accessing resources should favour artisanal fishing, which does not have great autonomy or capacity for onboard freezing;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas only with technological improvements, appropriate to the fishing opportunities of each boat, will it be possible to create conditions for progression in the fishing profession, making it more appealing to young people and counteracting the ageing of the European fishing class;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Amendment 63 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Suggests implementing the principle of managing fisheries by biogeographical marine territories, differentiated according to their characteristics, applying an ecosystemic approach fundamental for ensuring that fisheries are sustainable, in accordance with the resources available in a framework of equal opportunities;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that local management, that is based on scientific knowledge and that involves the sector in setting out and implementing policy, is the management type that best meets the needs of small- scale fishing and provides the greatest incentives for preventive behaviour amongst fishermen;
Amendment 105 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Rejects the mandatory implementation of TFCs, regardless of boat size; argues that the decision on whether or not to adopt TFCs and on which sectors of the fleet to include in this scheme should be left to the Member States;
Amendment 124 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that adjusting the oversized EU fleet must not be achieved at the cost of the artisanal fleet because such an approach would lead to socioeconomic and cultural losses in the coastal areas; such adjustments must, however, be based on an ecosystemic approach, in which the specific decisions of managing the artisanal fleet are taken at regional level, respecting the subsidiarity principle, ensuring a tailored fishing regime that gives priority of access to resources and protects the artisanal local fleets, ensuring that communities are involved;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Advocates the need to maintain a fund that retains the principal of greater support for cofinanced activities in the outermost regions, as well as preserving the specific compensation instruments for the extra costs associated with the activity and distribution of fisheries products, considering the structural limitations that affect the fisheries sector in these regions;
Amendment 173 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5
Paragraph 11 – indent 5
– promotion of the cohesion of the economic and social fabric of the coastal communities most dependant on small- scale fishing and in the outermost regions;
Amendment 202 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 A (new)
Paragraph 14 A (new)
14a. Recalls the need to readjust the current arrangements for access to waters, paying particular attention to those regions where there are few fisheries resources in the maritime basin, in order to safeguard their sustainability and to contribute to the social and economic stability of those fishing communities without the capacity to work outside their exclusive economic zone;
Amendment 211 #
2011/2292(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates the establishment and expansion of the exclusion zone (currently 12 nautical miles) and adjoining areas, in line with the continental shelf; considers that, in the case of the outermost regions, this area should go from 100 to 200 nautical miles, where there is no continental shelf and an abundance of seamounts significantly reduces the exploitable area, particularly disadvantaging small boats without the ability to operate beyond 200 nautical miles;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy, which, taking an even-handed approach aimed at mutual reinforcement, must focus on the environmental, social, economic and cultural pillars in order to encourage sustainable development compatible with the principle of subsidiarity and with the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth called for by Europe 2020; maintains that the reformed policy must be coordinated more closely with other European policies and that the EU’s external action must be consistent with it;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that this reform could do much to make fishing sustainable by preserving ecosystems, supplying high- quality healthy fishery products, and promoting prosperity in coastal regions, profitable production and processing industries, and more attractive and safer jobs;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Suggests that fisheries be managed on the basis of differentiated marine biogeographical regions, and in keeping with their characteristics, by applying an ecosystem approach, as is essential in order to make fisheries sustainable, providing for equal opportunities within the limits of the resources available;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Maintains that, following on from the Commission guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, and taking into account the differences within each marine biogeographical region, a regional advisory council has to be established for the outermost regions, organised according to their integrated sea basins (Macaronesia, Caribbean/Amazonia, and South-West Indian Ocean);
Amendment 12 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B A (new)
Recital B A (new)
Ba. whereas it is vital that the common fisheries policy (CFP) pursues an approach to the fisheries sector that takes into account the biological, ecological and economic and social levels (three pillars of the CFP reform) so that there is always a compromise between the state of existing resources in the various maritime areas and protection of the socio- economic fabric of coastal communities that depend on inshore fishing to guarantee jobs and prosperity;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the outermost regions, affected by a whole range of structural constraints which are fully recognised in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and which apply permanently, require environmentally, economically and socially sustainable measures to minimise their disadvantages compared to regions in mainland Europe, specifically as regards the additional costs incurred in selling their fishery products and, in particular, the cost of transporting them to mainland Europe;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to move gradually towards maximum sustainable yield (MSY) as the principle for fisheries management, supported by monitored scientific quality assessments providing a rationale for the appropriate management options; recognises that, in order to achieve MSY, it is essential to pursue the objective of adjusting fishing effort according to the resources situation and to restructure the sector and guarantee its sustainability, implying a need for a policy of continuing structural support for the fisheries sector;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G A (new)
Recital G A (new)
Ga. whereas managing fisheries on the basis of differentiated marine biogeographical regions, in keeping with their characteristics, by applying an ecosystem approach, is essential in order to make fisheries sustainable, providing for equal opportunities within the limits of the resources available;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas small-scale fishing fleets and, coastal areas that are heavily dependent on fishing and outermost regions require greater socio-economic support under the new CFP;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains, therefore, that a financial instrument to support the sector must remain in place and continue to be based on the principle of intensifying aid for measures co-financed in the outermost regions, thereby helping to preserve the specific arrangements intended to offset the additional costs incurred in fishing activities and in selling the products thereof, taking into account the structural constraints affecting the fisheries sector in the outermost regions;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the transferable quota system could lead to a scenario of injustice in certain regions, favouring those with more resources for acquiring rights; considers that it is important not to weaken small-scale fishing or fishing in sensitive regions, as the economic, social and biological sustainability of these coastal areas would otherwise be jeopardised, particularly in regions where fishing is the main activity and there is great dependence on the sector;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Points again to the need, in certain regions, to continue improving working and safety conditions by improving, renovating and modernising the fishing fleet, this being also a sine qua non for attracting young people into fishing;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the sustainability and viability of the sector are the key element of this reform, which is dovetailed into the Europe 2020 goals, and believes that more efficient use of resources is vital in order to secure growth and employment in Europe, thus helping to make the fisheries sector robust and sustainable, reduce food insecurity, and enhance the quality of life for this generation and those to come;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2290(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 64 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 A (new)
Paragraph 4 A (new)
4a. Points again to the need to adjust the present system for accessing waters, giving particular attention to regions in a sea basin with few fishery resources, so as to ensure their sustainability and contribute to the social and economic sustainability of fishing communities unable to operate outside their exclusive economic zone;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 A (new)
Paragraph 7 A (new)
7a. Points to the need to move gradually towards maximum sustainable yield (MSY) as the principle for fisheries management, supported by monitored scientific quality assessments providing a rationale for the appropriate management options; recognises that, in order to achieve MSY, it is essential to pursue the objective of adjusting fishing effort according to the resources situation and to restructure the sector and guarantee its sustainability, implying a need for a policy of continuing structural support for the fisheries sector;
Amendment 177 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the proposal to introduce ‘Transferable Fishing Concessions’ (TFCs), contained in the basic regulation, raises concerns regarding the concentration and creation of monopolies; stresses that in a number of countries transferable fishing rights have allowed fishing capacity to be reduced, which is commendable, but it should not become a uniform and mandatory system in the European Union; emphasises, however, that adequate safeguards would need to be introduced in order to protect small-scale and coastal fishing, which is the most economically endangered part of the industry but also that providing most of the jobs and economic activity in coastal regions;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that such a measure should offer priority access to those who fish in a socially and environmentally responsible way; believes that TFCs should not be the only measure proposed for reducing overcapacity, and that a Member State should be exempted from the obligation to introduce TFCs if it achieves the necessary capacity reduction without their use;
Amendment 202 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that prior to the mandatory introduction of TFCs the Commission should undertake fleet assessments in order to obtain credible results vis-à-vis the precise situation of overcapacity at EU level, thus making it possible to propose appropriate and targeted instruments for its reduction;
Amendment 215 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes strongly that the reformed CFP must not be removed from the current socio- economic context in which it existwhich creates increasing difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as for the small-scale fishing sector, it is, therefore, vital to create mechanisms that support the sector under these circumstances; considers that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must be seen as important direct and indirect sources of job creation in our maritime regions, which underpin their economy as a whole;
Amendment 254 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that as far as regionalisation is concerned, the key response is good governance, which means a bottom-up approach; increased powers in terms of the regionalisation of fisheries management should be delegated to Member States, in accordance with the principal of subsidiarity, thus involving the sector and creating synergy; stresses that clear and simple rules must be established at the appropriate level, thus increasing compliance; also strongly believes that the Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) promote dialogue and cooperation between stakeholders and should contribute actively to the establishing of Long Term Management Plans;
Amendment 267 #
2011/2290(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Believes, more generally, that the role of the RACs should be strengthened; in this respect, urges the Commission to table a new proposal aimed at strengthening the participation of stakeholders and small- scale fisheries, thus leading to genuine regionalisation in the CFP; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal to set up a Black Sea Advisory Council; and following the European Commission's guidance on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, the creation of a Regional Advisory Council for the outermost regions should be considered, taking into account the sensitive nature of their specific features;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Wwhereas the Treaty stipulates that its provisions are to be applied to the outermost regions (ORs) in a differentiated manner and provides, under Article 349 of the TFEU, for special treatment and a specific framework for these regions, conferring onprovides, in Article 349, for a specific legal basis based on primary law, under which a specific legal status is reinforced for them ‘ outermost region status’s;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the autonomy of action of cohesion policy and its objectives of reducing regional disparities, with special attention to the most disadvantaged territories, is to be unambiguously maintained;
Amendment 81 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that other criteria should be used to determine the eligibility of ORs for the allocation of structural funds, given that the per capita GDP criterion does not provide an accurate reflection of their specific situation and is contrary to the spirit on which ‘outermost region status’ is based and the Treaty itself; calls therefore for the implementation of specific criteria, listing ORs among the least developed regions, regardless of their GDP giving an approach best adapted to their specific situation; stresses, therefore, that the co- financing rates in respect of the ORs should be 85 % for all instruments providing aid for those regions; calls for an extension of the period of implementation of these funds in the ORs with a view to more effective implementation;
Amendment 89 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Criticises the fact that, within the additional ERDF funding, the amounts to be allocated to the ORs have been reduced in the proposals for the financial period from 2014 to 2020 and considers that the financial arrangements for the implementation of EU 2020 should provide for access to EU funding that is at least equal to that available for the current financial framework; proposes that other criteria be used for the allocation of funding with a view to a more equitable distribution between these regions, as a fixed component to be uniformly allocated amongst themis concerned that this allocation, initially designed to compensate the effects of the structural disadvantages of the outermost regions has been altered to 50 % to meet different objectives; calls for this allocation to be increased to a co-financing rate of 85 %, as for ERDF mainstream; calls therefore for the financial arrangements for the implementation of EU 2020 should provide for access to EU funding that is at least equal to that available for the current financial framework;
Amendment 94 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Draws attention to the fact that in the proposal for a Regulation of the next ESF, the situation of ORs will not be referred to, considering not only the structural characteristics listed in Article 349 of the TFEU but also their specific economic situation which puts them among the regions with the highest unemployment rates in the EU;
Amendment 98 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that European taxation and customs policies should be adjusted in order to enhance the competitiveness of the outermost regions and that the existence of free zoneappropriate tax and customs frameworks is of paramount importance to the diversification of economic activity and the creation of skilustainabled jobs in the ORs;
Amendment 101 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is in favour of maintaining the special treatment of the ORs as regards state aid and calls for the removal of discrimination between ORs, given that an unequal increase, based on their GDP, results in an imbalance for all of them;by retaining the current levels of aid for investment in large enterprises and small and medium sized enterprises and the possibility of granting operational aid which is not both progressively reduced and limited in time within a flexible regulatory framework, given that this aid has proven that it does not harm competition and that it assists the ORs in achieving their Europe 2020 strategy objectives, particularly those on innovation, research and the environment.
Amendment 104 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Opposes the possibility that funds or investment capacity for the regions or programmes might be withdrawn if a Member State fails to comply with the specified macroeconomic or financial obligations;
Amendment 108 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Is in favour of the need for OR citizens to benefit from the advantages of the internal market on an equal footing with other EU citizens and calls for the adoption of measures in accordance with the recommendations of the Solbes report; calls for the possibility of developing a specific framework on state aid to ORs to be examined;
Amendment 114 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Advocates the need for prior assessment of the impact on the economies of the Outermost Regions, on European regulation projects and on agreements the European Union is to make;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to maintain measures for the management and protection of marine resources, the promotion of aquaculture, and the reintroduction of the possibility of granting fleet renewal and modernisation aid, and calls for an increase in the compensation for additional costs in the POSEI fisheries programme;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. DCriticises the fact that the proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy does not take sufficient account of the situation of the ORs; draws attention to the marine dimension of the ORs and the importance of the fishing sector in view of their Exclusive Economic Zone, the potential of which should be reflected in concrete and coherent measures for a genuine marine economy and duly taken into account in the integrated European maritime policy; considers it essential to facilitate the connection between the ‘internal’ and ‘external’ aspects of the CFP for the ORs and to provide compensation measures aimed at repairing the damage caused by the conclusion of fisheries agreements.
Amendment 121 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls the growing economic interest in the immense riches of the ocean depths and the enormous biogenetic, mineral and biotechnology potential of the outermost regions, which must be included in the ‘Renewed Strategy for the ORs’ with the aim of developing a knowledge economy based on the sea and the creation of value-added economic activities in areas such as medicine, pharmaceuticals and energy, among others;
Amendment 124 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the importance of the tourism sector and calls on the Commission to speed up the implementation of the European Action Plan and ensure more effective coordination of the existing funding lines, giving specialfic attention to the ORs;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the ORs wish to invest in a research and innovation strategy and in the growth of their business structure; argues for the creation of technological infrastructures and innovation hubs, the development of projects and partnerships with Scientific and Technological System organisations and the exchange of ideas and good practices through European innovation support networks and smart specialisation such as the S3 platform;
Amendment 132 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that a single European transport area should contribute towards the inclusive growth of the ORs and reduce their access gap; calls for the establishment of a specific framework to provide transport subsidies in the ORs, the establishment of logistical platforms and supports the implementation of projects such as Motorways of the Sea; highlights the possibilities of the Marco Polo programme for the ORs, calls on the Commission to increase the programme'’s flexibility and extend it after 2013 and calls for the Connecting Europe Facility to include specific references to the ORs; urges for ORs to be included in TEN-E networks and the new instrument aimed at facilitating European interconnections.
Amendment 136 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that the ORs'rs’ dependence on imported fossil fuels results in substantial additional costs; proposes strengthening the renewable energy sector and setting up a specific programme in the field of energy to reduce the costs due to remoteness, infrastructure and provision of services; in order to promote the ambitious policies the ORs have committed to on the development of renewable energy.
Amendment 138 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UStresses the fact that Article 349 of the TFEU stipulates the adoption of specific measures aimed at lessening the impact of OR characteristics, including those needed to allow the ORs to fully participate on an equal footing with other regions, in all EU horizontal programmes; considers, nevertheless, that the implementation of this article was weak, restricting its scope to adapt these policies and to benefit from them; urges the Commission to establish a specific programme in the field of energy, transport and information and communications technology, similar to the POSEI arrangements, which will need to be in keeping with other European funds in these fields;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Advocates greater involvement of the regional authorities of the ORs in preparing and implementing European programmes, within a multi-level and partnership-based form of governance, and greater visibility of these regions in the EU institutions;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points to the role of the ORs as EU borders with the rest of the world and advocates an approach, particularly through pursuing the reflections of the Commission in partnership with the ORs, that recognises their closeness to EU third countries and, including to the countries with which they have special cultural and historical links; draws attention to their integration problems in their respective geographical areas, and the need to find specific innovative schemes which encourage real regional integration through shared programmes and projects between the ORs and neighbouring third countries and to help establish good connections between respective geographical areas; highligts the need to carry out studies to measure the impact of international trade agreements and their impact in relation tof the external aspects of some EU policies;
Amendment 163 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the continuation of territorial cooperation programmes in the ORs and advocates increased funding for programmes,relaxed regulations aimed at using more effectively the available funding and completing projects as well as raising the ERDF co-financing rate to 85 % for greater investment in transnational cooperation and the removal, in the case of the ORs, of the 150km criterion for sea-borders in cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Stresses that the privileged geographical areas where the ORs are located represent enormous added value to the European Union due to their connections with African and Central American countries and the United States of America; considers that the potential for cross-border cooperation should be further developed at this time to better exploit the opportunities for business and job creation;
Amendment 167 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls the key role the ORs could play in development cooperation in key cooperation platforms with their third country neighbours as well as regions which could carry out important work in fostering development in their geographical environment.
Amendment 168 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Believes that the ORs must be favoured in the ‘Transatlantic Dialogues’ Programme managed by the European Commission so as to strengthen and take advantage of their important geostrategic role for the European Union.
Amendment 169 #
2011/2195(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that other EU regions Danish, French and Dutch overseas territories referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 355 of the TFEU can choose to become ORs, opting for whichever status is most appropriate to their situation, and draws the attention of the current ORs to the decisive role they can play in promoting and consolidating their status;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the ENP will have to allow for the fact that the ORs are in many cases the first point of entry to the Schengen area and as such the first to be confronted with irregular migration from non-EU countries;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that without the ORs the EU would have no ‘outposts’ close to other continents and would be reduced to much narrower geographical confines; notes that, given their location, the ORs are particularly well placed to consolidate external relations, thus enabling the EU to exert its influence in the world; considers, therefore, that they should, as a matter of priority, be encompassed within the ENP and utilise the tools provided under it, especially those relating to cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Article 349 TFEU, which establishes a specific regime for the most remote regions;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas high volatility in agricultural commodity and farm input prices has increased insecurity in farm income and in long-term investments by farmers, especially for isolated regions, mountain regions, island regions and the most remote regions, for which the factors of distance and isolation entail high additional costs, impacting negatively on the incomes of those regions' farmers;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas improved sewage systems on farms and in rural areas, as well as composting of slurry have an important potential as nutrient and energy sources, subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controls, while it is also necessary to create incentives for generating energy from biomass, a measure which will, besides, contribute to sustainable farming;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the Structural Funds should be linked up with national funds in such a way as to encourage innovation in agriculture in the Objective 1 regions, in particular by means of enhanced complementarity and increased levels for those funds, thus reinforcing their capacity to ensure training and lifelong learning, progress in agricultural practices, an entrepreneurial spirit in agriculture and the creation of spin-offs;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. In the light of the need to improve the extent to which SMEs are benefiting from support for research and innovation, considers that this should be made a focus of cohesion policy, for example in relation to internationalisation or promotion of entrepreneurship, with the development of skills as the absolute priority and, as a horizontal priority, the reinforcement and dissemination of initiative capacity and entrepreneurship of various types;
Amendment 65 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, despite the differences in systems of governance, to aim to achieve maximum harmonisation of rules for the funding of programmes, on a basis of active participation and the involvement of all regions’ key socio- economic agents;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that research and innovation programmes should have a sufficient degree of flexibility to enable them to adapt to new frontiers and new challenges for knowledge, such as the sea-bed with its significant potential in the case of the Atlantic;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that accessibility plays a key role in the context of the outermost regions' development, frequently requiring a complex internal and external network of sea and air transport services and creating difficult conditions for mobility and accessibility, bearing in mind that the outermost regions have no alternative to air or sea transport and also have to cope with increased transport costs, something that in itself has negative economic and social repercussions;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the role that cohesion policy plays in developing transport infrastructure; draws attention to the lack of financial resources in several Member States; takes the view that new financing instruments are necessary for the transport sector; calls on Member States to ensure sufficient national and regional funding in their budgetary planning and sufficient project planning and implementation capacities;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Returns once again to the issue of the fight against climate change, specifically in connection with the directive designed to include greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation in the Community scheme for emission allowance trading and its probable extension to the maritime transport sector, which may lead to an increase in direct and indirect transport costs, transport being a crucial sector for the flow of people and goods in the outermost regions;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it essential for cohesion policy to play a part in overcoming the challenges of reducing structural imbalances and internal competitive disparities, highlighting the importance of adapting policies to the specific conditions in the regions so as to maximise their potential and mitigate their handicaps;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the flagship initiative on resource efficiency and points to its crucial influence on the, given its promotion of sustainable resource use with a view to generating growth and employment while responding to the need for economic development without jeopardising the potential and quality of life ofor present and future generations;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasizes that resource efficiency should be addressed at regional and local level, – taking into account the particularitieneed to promote development potential and compensate for the main handicaps and different development levels of European regions – and regional and local authorities and partners should be directly involved in the planning and implementation of relevant measures, through more systematic use of the partnership principle; this would lead to a greater feeling of responsibility for the goals of resource efficiency at all levels;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Agenda for new skills and jobs as part of the 2020 strategy, pointing out that only a workforce that is skilled is of fundamental importance for the development of a competitive, sustainable and innovative economy, and development policies should be created geared to upgrading the system for science and innovation, promoting improved employability, growth and social cohesion;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports policies designed to promote job creation taking into account the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, which provide two thirds of all jobs in the private sector, and takes the view that training mechanisms tailored to business needs should also be created;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that Europe and its regions need a new, strong CAP that will boost development and improve competitiveness on the international market, will be more market-oriented and will take account of public goods including food security, biodiversity conservation, sound water and forest management and sustainable development based on education and, knowledge and innovation, as well as driving cohesion and balanced territorial development by ensuring that farming is practised in all regions of the EU;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that support from the CAP and the policy's application to disadvantaged regions should continue to be matched to the specific characteristics of those territories, as recognised in the Treaties and enshrined in the current Community regulations;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers it essential, in order to ensure the sustainability of production systems, productive sectors and the territories most affected by structural disadvantages and/or market and policy developments, to allow a degree of flexibility in the application of direct payments by the Member States;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure competitiveness, economic stability, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate level of direct supportgreater equity among Member States and farmers in relation to the provision of support under the direct payments scheme throughout the EU and to, moveing away from the historical criteria used to date forin the allocating funding under the direct payments schemeon of this funding;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that, bearing in mind its special nature linked to meeting basic needs, the CAP should take account of market regulation measures and a risk and crisis management mechanism, including insurance, that are capable of providing a safety net for agricultural producers and consumers; considers, further, that greater equity should be guaranteed in the distribution of value along the food chain, as well as equal treatment among European and non- European producers as regards the requirements imposed on agricultural products for consumption in the EU;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the need to reassess the decision to abolish the milk quota system in March 2015, taking account of the specific situation in the milk and milk products sector;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the CAP should take greater account of the potential, problems and needs of small family holdings; stresses the need to diversify the incomes of such holdings and to develop entrepreneurial skills and create new jobs in rural areas; takes the view that a special simplified scheme should be created for small farmers;
Amendment 60 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that rural development should promote innovation in farming, the diversification of socio-economic activities, the creation of jobs and the rejuvenation of rural areas;
Amendment 61 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Takes the view that the participation of young people is crucial for the development of rural areas; believes that the future CAP, in conjunction with other policies, should include a consistent set of incentives for young people to settle in rural areas, either as farmers and rural entrepreneurs or as qualified providers of services to farms, above all in the area of advisory and extension services, or in other activities that contribute to the development, economic diversification and social vitality of rural territories;
Amendment 72 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to enhance synergies and coordination between the rural development actions under the EAFRD and cohesion actions under the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and the ESF; is of the opinion that a comprehensive approach to the development of rural communities, in line with the territorial cohesion objective, could be guaranteed through clearer synergies among these funds.
Amendment 196 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Amendment 201 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account below to be incorporated in the legislative proposalof the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 464 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that thisto participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;
Amendment 469 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers, for whom farming as a complementary activity should not impede access to the benefits available for active farmers; stresses, however, that this must not hamper the necessary structural change;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 502 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
Amendment 515 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions and outermost regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges, therefore, that production-based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited periodin these regions that are subject to serious constraints such as size and distance even after 2013;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
Amendment 575 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;
Amendment 599 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
Amendment 613 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
Amendment 625 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
III. Resource protection and environmental policy component
Amendment 634 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 659 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
Amendment 666 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 692 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
Amendment 706 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 721 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 735 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 752 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 768 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC systemonditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;
Amendment 789 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;
Amendment 801 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoringthe monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;
Amendment 805 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standardsCC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;
Amendment 821 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
Amendment 833 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientation of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained, whilst also promoting greater equity in the distribution of the value generated along the food supply chain;
Amendment 852 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;
Amendment 853 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses the need, in view of the specific situation in the milk and milk products sector, to assess the decision to abolish the milk quota scheme in March 2015;
Amendment 855 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
Amendment 858 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipatedincrease in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm levelhealth problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;
Amendment 895 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 915 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 925 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 951 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 970 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
Amendment 987 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements with the legislative proposalll reduce budget expenditure;
Amendment 1007 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 1058 #
Amendment 1084 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 1102 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Amendment 1121 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
Amendment 1132 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
Amendment 1133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
Amendment 1137 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
Amendment 1173 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1203 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1252 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 14 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 26 May 2004 on ‘A stronger partnership for the outermost regions’ (COM (2004) 343) and the Communication from the Commission of 17 October 2008 on ‘The outermost regions: an asset for Europe’ (COM(2008) 642),
Amendment 55 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the external dimension of cohesion policy remains underexploited, particularly with regard to the remote and outermost regions; whereas the weak budgetary capacity of certain third countries can limit their ability to cofinance certain projects;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that cohesion policy should promote the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion, which is essential for the future of European integration, granting equal opportunities to its regions by mitigating their main handicaps and promoting their development potential, which is the only way of reducing structural imbalances and competitive asymmetries in the EU;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Sees, in the sphere of territorial cohesion, the achievement of European objectives in accordance with the principle of multi-level governance as one of the major advantages of cohesion policy and thus as a form of added value in itself as well as a recognition of the importance of regional authorities in the process of drawing up and implementing cohesion policy; calls for this partnership principle to be further strengthened;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, despite the trend towards a narrowing of inter-regional disparities, major imbalances still exist – and in some Member States are actually growing – so cohesion policy must continue to concentrate on evening out differences between regions’ levels of development and promoting the development potential of European regions, thereby contributing to the Europe 2020 Strategy goals in the area of economic, social and territorial cohesion objectives;
Amendment 96 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment, paying particular attention to their permanent handicaps but also to their potential; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions);
Amendment 97 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in Articles 349 and 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, and northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions);
Amendment 141 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses, however, the need to ensure that regions cannot be penalised, when developing their cohesion policies, by Member States' non-compliance with macroeconomic and financial objectives, particularly since these policies are essential to help reduce disparities between the regions of Europe and such penalties, which in many cases they have done nothing to incur, would serve only to exacerbate these disparities;
Amendment 188 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that there are regions in Europe, such as some of the outermost regions, whose remoteness means that they have maritime borders that are not covered by the distance-related criterion for maritime borders for the purposes of cross-border cooperation; considers, however, that the integration of such regions with and their opening-up to geographical areas outside the EU is not and cannot be simply a function of their geographical remoteness, as the wealth of historical, linguistic and cultural bonds linking them to various parts of the world gives them a key role to play in the deepening of such relations, to the benefit of the EU's global presence, and they should therefore be able to participate in the cross-border cooperation programmes;
Amendment 201 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses, likewise, that cohesion policy cannot become a vehicle or instrument serving sectoral issues such as policies on research and development, industrial innovation and the fight against climate change, among others, as this would mean diluting its primary objective and placing constraints on its use to promote regions' development potential, which is essential in order to bring the most disadvantaged regions closer to the most developed regions;
Amendment 218 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesion and that development of TEN infrastructure and designated E-roads must therefore be stepped up and access to them improved, especially in border regions; suggests that ‘infrastructure’ be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support in connection with the third objective of European Territorial Cooperationcalls with insistence for the full integration and participation of the Outermost Regions in the Trans-European Transport Network, as well as for priority programs;
Amendment 220 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the trans-European transport networks play a decisive role in European regional cohesion and that development of TEN infrastructure and designated E-roads must therefore be stepped up and, access to them improved and their extension to all Europe's regions promoted, especially in border regions; suggests that ‘infrastructure’ be accorded more importance as a category of project eligible for support in connection with the third objective of European Territorial Cooperation;
Amendment 257 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 284 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that a general new funding category based onCalls for the creation of a new intermediate category for regions with a GDP/PE between the 75% and 90% rates would be at odds with the tried and tested principles of EU cohesion policy (to support the weakest and pool the inherent potential of the wealthier regions, taking a cross- of the EU average; the purpose of this system would be to limit the threshold effect observed at 75% of Community GDP (the current eligibility threshold between the Convergence Objective and the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objectives) and to guarantee equal treatment between these regions; it would seek to take account of the difficulties faced both by the regions which in 2013 will for the first time no longer be covered by the Convergence Objective, and by those which, while eligible for the Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective during the current programming period, are still facing structural socio-economic difficutlting approach), and therefore rejects this intermediate categoryes owing to the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy and are affected by internal regional disparities; the creation of this category should not penalise regions currently benefiting from the Convergence Objective or the Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective, or which are currently in the phasing in or phasing out stage;
Amendment 467 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Believes that account should be taken, in the context of cohesion policy, of the need for flexibility in relation to the outermost regions, and the use of cohesion policy instruments should be adapted to their fragile economies, with due regard for the importance of their small and medium-sized undertakings and the need for competitiveness and equal opportunities so that their economies can be a part of the EU internal market;
Amendment 552 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Emphasises the importance in terms of cohesion policy of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) promoting cross-border cooperation with states outside the EU; sees infrastructure (transport and energy) links with neighbouring countries as having particularly positive effects on the European border regions; calls for ENPI funding to focus more closely on strategic needs in relation to energy and to transport infrastructure; urges the Commission to open the European wider neighbourhood policy up to the outermost regions, as was intended prior to the policy’s introduction, so that those regions are not denied the opportunity to take advantage of the ENPI that is afforded to other European regions;
Amendment 556 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Deplores the failure to make use of synergies between cohesion policy and cooperation funds such as the DCI and the EDF; calls for the opportunities for cross-financing with such funds to be increased;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the upgrading and renewal of energy infrastructure are essential factors for achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; notes that regional and local authorities play the most important role in the authorisation processes as well as in promoting EIPs to the general population, and that all regions, including the most remote areas, must be involved at all stages and in all implementing procedures with a view to maintaining territorial cohesion;
Amendment 55 #
2011/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that incentives in national regulatory systems are still insufficient, especially for higher-risk and innovative projects such as smart grids; stresses that national regulatory frameworks need to be adjusted; recommends, in this connection, that regional and local action should be given a more important role in certain areas such as setting priorities for energy security, supply routes, sites for producing and processing energy products, and storage and treatment of waste; regional authorities must remain fully involved in each phase of the design and implementation of projects (including definition of priorities, designing projects, decision-making, application and financing, practical implementation and evaluation) which are considered to be of European interest;
Amendment 60 #
2011/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The current economic climate underscores the need to adopt an integrated approach to energy matters, taking due account of their economic, environmental and social aspects; consideration must be given to positive and negative side-effects in order to ensure that all European citizens have access to secure, sustainable and affordable energy over the medium and long term;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to include among its energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 the special situation of island energy systems.
Amendment 5 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers cohesion policy to be a crucial instrument for correcting structural imbalances and competitive asymmetries in the EU, something which is absolutely essential for the future of European integration and for enabling a stronger European Union to emerge from the current crisis;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2019(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls Parliament's conviction that whilst the budgetary resources under headings 1a and 1b should be used so as to align policy areas with the objectives of the EU2020 Strategy, the objectives of cohesion policy, namely the reduction of regional disparities, are of equal importance, and they should therefore serve to promote real convergence and genuine economic and social cohesion that will make it possible to exploit the full potential offered by endogenous growth in each country and each region, create jobs with rights, eradicate poverty and social exclusion and preserve the environment;
Amendment 29 #
2011/0461(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Mechanism should include a general policy framework for Union disaster risk prevention actions aimed at achieving a high level of protection and resilience against disasters by preventing or reducing their effects and by fostering a culture of prevention. Risk management plans are essential to ensure an integrated approach to disaster management, linking risk prevention, preparedness and response actions. Therefore, the Mechanism should include a general framework for their communication and implementation. In the case of risks arising from climate change, it is noted that the outermost regions offer excellent natural conditions for research in this field; the Union should take advantage of the research opportunities provided by these regions to expand its overall knowledge in this crucial sphere.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0461(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In order to ensure an effective cooperation within the Mechanism, Members States shall communicate to the Commission their risk management plan, after consultation with their competent public authorities, including regional and local authorities, communicate to the Commission their risk management plans. Emphasis shall be placed on the assistance to be given to outermost, island, cross-border and mountain regions, which often lack adequate resources with which to rapidly respond to disasters.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Union should also take effective steps to promote territorial cooperation between the outermost regions and neighbouring countries, given that those regions should be considered EU outposts with a special role to play in strengthening relations between the European Union and North, Central, and South America, Africa, and the Indian Ocean countries.
Amendment 14 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Were it not for the outermost regions, the European Union would have no such ‘outposts’ close to other continents, and its geographical confines would be much narrower. Because of their location, the ORs are particularly well placed to consolidate external relations, thus enabling the EU to wield influence in the world. They should therefore be encompassed within the European Neighbourhood Policy and make use of its instruments, especially those employed for cross-border cooperation.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) However, the integration of these regions with, and their overtures to, geographical areas outside the EU are not – and cannot be – determined purely by their geographical remoteness. Given the richness of their historical, linguistic, and cultural ties with various parts of the world, the outermost regions have a key role to play in deepening such relations, thereby helping to enhance the EU’s global presence.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for maritime borders, covering the territorial units corresponding to NUTS level 3 or equivalent along maritime borders between Member States and partner countries and/or the Russian Federation, separated by a maximum of 150 km, with the exception of the outermost regions, to which this restriction shall not apply, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation action;
Amendment 16 #
2011/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) While Regulation (EU) No …/…of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. (hereinafter "the Common Implementing Regulation") establishes common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action, delegated powers to adopt more detailed rules establishing uniform conditions for implementing this Regulation, in particular as regards management structures and procedures, should also be conferred on the Commission. Such rules should take into account the lessons learnt from the management and implementation of past pre-accession assistance and be adapted to the evolution of the situation in the beneficiary countries. It should be stressed, however, that the Commission should make use of delegated acts only where necessary, thus safeguarding the European Parliament’s right to deliver an opinion on the measures proposed by the Commission
Amendment 188 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is paramount to better integrate environmental concerns into the CFP which should deliver on the objectives and targets of the Union’s environmental policy and the Europe 2020 Strategy. The CFP is aimed at an exploitation of living marine biological resources that restores and maintains fish stocks at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, not later thanwhen possible, by 2015. The CFP shall implement the precautionary and eco- system approaches to fisheries management. Consequently the EMFF should contribute to the protection of the marine environment as set out in the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
Amendment 243 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Conscious of the potential that diversification offers for small scale coastal fishermen and their crucial role in coastal communities, the EMFF should help diversification by covering business start-ups and investments for the retrofitting of their vessels, in addition to the relevant training to acquire professional skills in the relevant fiThe EMFF should contribute to job creation by funding the creation of enterprises in the fisheries sector and the training activities required to learn the suitable professional skills. The EMFF may support investments and vocational skills training in other areas, including the maritime economy, provided that they seek to maintain or balance the socio- economic leveld outsidef a fishing activitiesrea.
Amendment 261 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) As a result of the optional establishment of systems of transferable fishing concessions envisaged in Article 27 of the [CFP Regulation] and in order to support Member States in the implementation of these new systems, the EMFF should grant support in terms of capacity building and exchange of best practices.
Amendment 274 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The optional introduction of the transferable fishing concessions systems should make the sector more competitive. Consequently, there may be a need for new professional opportunities outside the fishing activities. Therefore, the EMFF should support the diversification and job creation in fishing communities in particular by supporting business start-ups and the reassignment of vessels for maritime activities outside fishing activities of small scale coastal fishing vessels. This last operation seems to be appropriate as the small scale coastal fishing vessels are not covered by the transferable fishing concessions systems.
Amendment 288 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The objective of the Common Fisheries Policy is to ensure a sustainable exploitation of fish stocks. Overcapacity has been identified as a major driver for overfishing. It is therefore paramount to adapt the Union fishing fleet to the resources available. The removal of overcapacity through pPublic aid such asfor the temporary or permanent cessation and scrapping schemes has proven ineffective. The EMFF will therefore support the establishment and management of systems of transferable fishing concessions aiming at the reduction of overcapacity and increased economic performance and profitability of the operators concernedof fishing activities is key to enabling a reduction in fishing effort and also a decent output for fishermen.
Amendment 317 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In line with the discard ban introduced by the CFP, the EMFF should support investments on board aiming at make the best use of unwanted fish caught and valorise underused components of the fish caughtorder to significantly reduce discards, the EMFF should support investments on board that restrict the maximum unwanted catches, as well as vocational training for fisherman in this area. Considering the scarcity of the resources, in order to maximise the value of the fish caught, the EMFF should also support investments on board aiming at adding commercial value to fish caughtimproving the treatment and storage of the fish.
Amendment 398 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Priority should be given to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations by granting them support. The compensation for storage aid and aid for production and marketing plans should gradually be phased out as the importance of this particular kind of support has lost its interest in the light of the evolving structure of the Union market for this kind of products and the growing importance of strong producer's organisationsbe ensured, especially in the light of a discard ban.
Amendment 508 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 18
(18) 'small scale coastal fishing' means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as listed in Table 3 Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 regarding the fishing vessels register of the Union, unless regional or local specificities require an adapted definition;
Amendment 517 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) ‘Aquaculture farmer’: any person whose professional aquaculture activity is recognised by the Member State, on board an aquaculture vessel or carrying out professional aquaculture tasks without using a vessel;
Amendment 523 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 b (new)
(19b) ‘shellfish catcher/grower’ means any individual carrying out extraction, cultivation or semi-cultivation, whether on foot or on board a vessel, exclusively and using selective, specific gear for the capture of one or more species of molluscs, crustaceans, tunicates, echinoderms or other marine invertebrates;
Amendment 524 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 19 c (new)
(19c) ‘fish-breeding activities’ means activities conducted in public waters to conserve and replenish fish stocks, including the production of fish for restocking at any life stage.
Amendment 570 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) promotion of economic growth, social inclusion, creation of jobs and supporting labour mobility in coastal, outermost and inland communities depending on fishing and aquaculture;
Amendment 632 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
(d) improved market organisation for fishery productsand stability through enhanced profitability within the sector, improved marketing of fishery products and an increase in their added value.
Amendment 764 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) construction of new fishing vessels, decommissioning or importation of fishing vessels;
Amendment 777 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 788 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 824 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
– EUR 4 7300 000 for the Azores and Madeira;
Amendment 826 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 2
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 2
– EUR 5 806 380 000 for the Canary Islands;
Amendment 829 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 3
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 3
– EUR 4 905 390 000 for the French Guiana and Réunion.
Amendment 831 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Resources should also be allocated to Guadeloupe, Martinique and Mayotte.
Amendment 980 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Support under this Chapter shall contribute to the achievement of the Union priorities identified in Article 6(1), (2) and (4).
Amendment 1081 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to facilitate diversification and job creation outside fishing, the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1104 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(bA) Young fishermen accessing the profession through the granting of individual awards;
Amendment 1108 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bB) Developing actions of marine environment discovery complementing the conservation of a fishing activity;
Amendment 1110 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bC) Financing the cessation of the activity of fishing vessels.
Amendment 1111 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(bD) Business start-ups in the fisheries sector and the development of complementary activities linked to fishing, or to the maritime economy, or others promoting the economic and social development of fisheries areas.
Amendment 1137 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. BIn the event of the cessation of fishing activities, beneficiaries of the support referred to in paragraph 1 shall not engage in professional fishing in the five years following the reception of the last payment of the support.
Amendment 1143 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5
Article 32 – paragraph 5
5. Eligible costs under paragraph 1(bd) shall be limited to the costs of modification of a vessel undertaken for the purpose of its reassignment.
Amendment 1144 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5A. Permanent cessation referred to in paragraph 1(e), may only result: – from the scrapping of the fishing vessel; – from the reassignment of the vessel under the flag of a Member State and registered in the EU to other non-fishing activities.
Amendment 1145 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 1146 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 5 c (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5C. In the event of permanent cessation as referred to in paragraph 1(e), the fishing licence and the other fishing rights associated with the vessel are permanently withdrawn.
Amendment 1177 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1186 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33A Public support for the temporary cessation of fishing activities 1. The EMFF may contribute to financing support measures for the temporary cessation of fishing activities for fishermen and fishing vessel owners, for a maximum duration (to be defined according to the issue in question) throughout the period 2014 to 2020. This measure must be intended for the parties most dependent on the fishery in question who do not have any other fishing alternatives (other species). 2. The recurrent seasonal cessations of fishing activities have not been taken into account in the event of compensations or payments under this regulation.
Amendment 1210 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to establish or modify systems of transferable fishing concessions, for Member States that have adopted such a system and under Article 27 of the [Regulation on the CFP], the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1251 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to ensure efficient drafting and implementation of conservation measures under Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy] the EMFF may support:
Amendment 1255 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the design and development of technical and administrative means necessary for the drafting and the implementation of conservation measures in the meaning of Articles 17 and 21 of the [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy];
Amendment 1266 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall only be granted to public authorities and, where appropriate, to the advisory councils.
Amendment 1296 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Article 36 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1310 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Aid shall be granted for fishing experiments that provide for diversification of fishing towards species with fewer biological problems in specific maritime areas.
Amendment 1366 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Operations under this Article shall be implemented by public law bodies and shall involve fishermen or organisations of fishermen, recognised by the Member State, an advisory council, or non- governmental organisation in partnership with organisations of fishermen or FLAGs as defined under Article 62.
Amendment 1387 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1434 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1467 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Article 41 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1477 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41 a (new)
Article 41a Construction of new auction halls The EMFF shall support the construction of new auction halls in view of their important role in the marketing chain.
Amendment 1650 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Article 48 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1895 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF mayshall support the preparation and implementation of production and marketing plans referred to in Article 32 of [Regulation (EU) No on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 1923 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the financial assistance per year shall not exceed the following percentages1% of the average annual value of the marketed production at first sale of the members of producer organisation in the period 2009- 2011. In the case that members of producer organisation did not have any marketed production in 2009- 2011, the average annual value of marketed production in the first three years of production of such member shall be taken into account: – 1 % in 2014 – 0,8 % in 2015 – 0,6 % in 2016 – 0,4 % in 2017 – 0,2 % in 2018.
Amendment 1935 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1993 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EMFF must also provide aid for investments that improve productivity, quality and occupational safety and hygiene.
Amendment 2048 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2051 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 5 – title
Title 5 – chapter 5 – title
Compensation for additional costs in outermost regions for fishery and aquaculture products and for the requirement to develop sustainable fisheries
Amendment 2053 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF may support theshall introduce a compensation regime introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 791/2007, having regard to Article 349 TFEU, for the additional costs incurred by the operators in the fishing, farming and marketing of certain fishery and aquaculture products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, and Réunoutermost regions.
Amendment 2067 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 a (new)
Article 75 a (new)
Article 75a Support for fleet renewal The EMFF may support: 1. The replacement of production tools with the aim of adapting to the current and future fishing opportunities of the outermost regions.
Amendment 2085 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 78 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) Operating costs related to the inspection of fishing activity.
Amendment 2119 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Operating costs related to costs incurred in collecting and processing information.
Amendment 2178 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF mayshall support the provision of scientific deliverables, particularly applied- research projects directly linked to the provision of scientific opinions and advice, for the purpose of sound and efficient fisheries management decisions under the CFP.
Amendment 2179 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) studies and pilot projects needed for the implementation and development of the CFP, including on alternative types of sustainable fishing and aquaculture management techniques;
Amendment 2181 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) studies necessary for the implementation and development of the CFP in biogeographically sensitive areas.
Amendment 2182 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the participation of experts in the meetings on fisheries scientific and technical issues and expert working groups as well as in international advisory bodies and in meetings where contribution of fisheries and aquaculture experts will be required;
Amendment 2192 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1
Article 88 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF mayshall support the necessary operating costs of the Advisory Councils as set up by Article 52 of [Regulation on Common Fisheries Policy], to ensure the full and effective implementation of their tasks.
Amendment 2216 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) plus 10 percentage points, plus the maximum EMFF contribution rate, where operations are financed by the EMFF in the outlying Greek islands and in the outermost regions that, due to distance, are at a disadvantage;
Amendment 2217 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – point e b (new)
(eb) 100% for technical support measures implemented on the initiative or on behalf of the Commission.
Amendment 2241 #
2011/0380(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Given the specific economic characteristics of the outlying Greek islands and of the outermost regions, enterprises in these regions are not affected by variations in the intensity of public aid, according to their type, as laid down in Annex I.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 172, 174 and 349 thereof,
Amendment 31 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In order to achieve their integration into the internal market and promote their development, the outermost regions still face an urgent need to optimise their transport links, particularly in the area of maritime passenger and goods transport and air links with the European mainland, and to optimise their energy options as isolated energy systems.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) promote improvements in accessibility, as being of key importance to the development of the regions, including outermost, island, cross-border and mountain regions, with mobility and accessibility constraints, thereby helping to eliminate socially and economically negative repercussions.
Amendment 118 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Applicable rules for the transport sector under this Regulation shall apply to these specific calls. When implementing these calls, greatest possible priority shall be given to projects respecting the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund, with the goal of eliminating obstacles to mobility, including in remote, outlying or outermost regions.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii
(iii) inland transport connections to ports and airports, development of multi-modal platforms and of ports, and actions to support new technologies and innovation for all forms of transport;
Amendment 127 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) maritime and air transport connections with remote and island regions with severe communication bottlenecks with the European continent.
Amendment 135 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall adopt programmes specifically addressing the problems of remoteness and isolation in the fields of transport, energy and communications, so that the objectives of this Regulation can be achieved in the outermost regions.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Within its energy infrastructure priorities the Commission should allow for the special case of island energy systems.
Amendment 29 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The present economic climate underscores the need to adopt an integrated approach to energy matters, taking into account their economic, environmental, and social aspects. It is essential to pay heed to the beneficial and adverse side effects when carrying out the work required to ensure, in the medium and long term, that all European citizens will have access to safe, sustainable, and affordable energy.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) GivenInvestment in trans-European energy infrastructures is particularly important in view of the development and job creation potential. Given, therefore, the urgency tof developing energy infrastructures, the simplification of permit granting procedures must be accompanied by a clear deadline for the decision to be taken by the respective competent authorities regarding the construction of the project. This time limit should stimulate a more efficient definition and handling of procedures, and should under no circumstances compromise on the high standards for the protection of the environment and public participation.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the project involves at least two Member States, with the exception of isolated island energy systems, either by directly crossing the border of one or more Member States or by being located on the territory of one Member State and having a significant cross-border impact as set out in point 1 of Annex IV;
Amendment 138 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 4 a (new)
Annex I – part 4 a (new)
4a. OPTIMISATION OF ISLAND ENERGY SYSTEMS
Amendment 139 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point c a (new)
Annex II – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Reversible pump storage systems linked to the exploitation of geothermal energy, notably in isolated island systems.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The outermost regions still need urgently to optimise their accessibility, especially as regards air links to the European mainland and the carriage of passengers and goods by sea, since this is the only way for them integrate more fully into the internal market.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent 47 % of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned. It may be split into a maximum of three instalments depending on budget availability. The first instalment shall represent 2% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States which submit more than one rural development programme may offset amounts not used by 31 December of the second year following that of the budget commitment for one or more rural development programmes against amounts spent after that date under other rural development programmes. Should any amounts remain to be decommitted after such offsetting, they shall be charged, on a proportional basis, to the rural development programmes in respect of which underspends have been recorded.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Amendment 44 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For any undue payment following the occurrence of irregularity or negligence, Member States shall request recovery from the beneficiary wino later thian one year of the first indication that such an irregularity has taken plac24 months after the competent national authority determined the amounts to be recovered on the basis of a final control report or a similar document, according to the legislation applicable and shall record the corresponding amounts in the debtors' ledger of the paying agency.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
If recovery has not taken place within four years of the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where recovery is taken in the national courts, 50 % of the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne by the Member State concerned and 50 % by the Union budget, without prejudice to the requirement that the Member State concerned must pursue recovery procedures in compliance with Article 60.
Amendment 306 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Following the Commission decision approving the programme, an initial prefinancing amount for the whole programming period shall be paid by the Commission. This initial pre-financing amount shall represent 47% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned. It may be split into a maximum of three instalments depending on budget availability. The first instalment shall represent 2% of the EAFRD contribution to the programme concerned.
Amendment 317 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States which submit several rural development programmes may offset amounts not used by 31 December of the second year following that of the budget commitment for one or more rural development programmes against amounts spent after that date under other rural development programmes. Should any amounts remain to be decommitted after such offsetting, they shall be charged, on a proportional basis, to the rural development programmes in which there has been underspending.
Amendment 348 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
Article 44
Amendment 384 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For any undue payment following the occurrence of irregularity or negligeother cases of non-compliance, Member States shall request recovery from the beneficiary wino later thian one year of the first indication that such an irregular has taken place24 months after the competent national authority determined the amounts to be recovered on the basis of a final control report or a similar document, according to the legislation applicable, and shall record the corresponding amounts in the debtors’ ledger of the paying agency.
Amendment 396 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
If recovery has not taken place within four years of the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where recovery is taken in the national courts, 50% of the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne by the Member State concerned and 50% by the Union budget, without prejudice to the requirement that the Member State concerned must pursue recovery procedures in compliance with Article 60.
Amendment 88 #
2011/0282(COD)
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 concern among others young farmers, small farms, mountain areas, outermost regions and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub- programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address 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 94 #
2011/0282(COD)
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 concern among others young farmers, small farms, mountain areas, the outermost regions, and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address 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 95 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Producer grouporganisations help farmers to face jointly the challenges posed by increased competition and consolidation of downstream markets in relation to the marketing of their products including in local markets. The setting up of producer groupr the increase in size of producer organisations should therefore be encouraged. In order to ensure the best use of limited financial resources, only producer grouporganisations that qualify as SMEs should benefit from support. In order to ensure that the producer grouporganisation becomes a viable entity, a business plan should be submitted as a condition for the recognition of a producer grouporganisation by Member States. To avoid providing operating aid and maintain the incentive role of support, its maximum duration should be limited to five years.
Amendment 97 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Payments to farmers in mountain areas, in outermost regions or in other areas facing natural or other specific constraints should contribute, by encouraging continued use of agricultural land to maintaining the countryside as well as to maintaining and promoting sustainable farming systems. In order to ensure the efficiency of such support payments should compensate farmers for income foregone and additional costs linked to the disadvantage of the area concerned.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0282(COD)
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, outermost regions 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 criteria.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) "less developed regions": regions whosecovered by the convergence objective under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 and characterised by the fact that their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-27;
Amendment 104 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversificationand modernisation of farms;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) mountain areas as referred to in Article 33(2) and areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(4);
Amendment 109 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d A (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d A (new)
(da) the development and promotion of agricultural products with official quality marks, such as organic farming.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and, mountain areas and outermost regions, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 115 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support may also cover costs arising from information and promotion activities for products under the quality schemes referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 122 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall be granted in order to facilitate the setting up of producer groupr expansion in terms of size and scale of producer organisations in the agriculture and forestry sectors for the purpose of:
Amendment 123 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adapting the production and output of producers who are members of such grouporganisations to market requirements;
Amendment 124 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) other activities that may be carried out by producer grouporganisations, such as development of business and marketing skills and organisation and facilitation of innovation processes.
Amendment 125 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 126 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) scaling-up by means of recruitment, merger, or under trading agreements to promote synergies and complementarity between the activities of producer organisations, or through vertical integration;
Amendment 127 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer grouporganisations which are officially recognised by the Member States' competent authority pursuant to Article 106 of Regulation [single CMO] and on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer grouporganisations coming under the definition of SMEs.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall verify that the objectives of the business plan have been reached within five years after recognition of the producer groupsupport was granted under this Article.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The support shall be paigranted as a flat -rate aid in annual instalments for the first five years following the date on which the producer group was recognised on the basis of its business plansupport was granted under this Article. It shall be calculated on the basis of the value of the group's annual marketed production. Member States shall pay the last instalment only after having verified the correct implementation of the business plan.
Amendment 130 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
In the first year Member States may pay support to the producer grouporganisation calculated on the basis of the average annual value of the marketed production of its members over the three years before they entered the grouporganisation. In the case of producer groups in the forestry sector, support shall be calculated on the basis of the average marketed production of the members of the group over the last five years before the recognition, excluding the highest and the lowest value.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. For the purposes of calculating the payments referred to in the preceding paragraph, where there is a risk that practices beneficial for the environment and the climate might be abandoned, Member States may apply the concept of opportunity cost.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or for a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which drestroysults in a reduction of annual production of more than 3015 % as compared tof the average annual production of the farmer in. That average annual production shall be calculated by taking the figures for the preceding three- year period or a three-s or for the preceding five years average based on nd excluding the highest and lowest figures, or, in duly justified exceptional circumstances, by taking the figures for a specific year in the preceding five- year period, excluding the highest and lowest entrys. The measurement of the extent of the loss caused may be tailored to the specific characteristics of each type of product using: (a) biological indexes (quantity of biomass loss) or equivalent yield loss indexes established at farm, local, regional or national level, or (b) weather indexes (quantity of rainfall, temperature, etc.) established at local, regional or national level.
Amendment 148 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, only investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall bevestment in new irrigation installations shall be eligible if the investment considcerned ais eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impactsustainable and in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. Investment related to the modernisation of existing systems shall be eligible if it is proven to improve water use within the parameters laid down in the national efficient water use plans drawn up under the Water Framework Directive.
Amendment 150 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Producer grouporganisations help farmers to face jointly the challenges posed by increased competition and consolidation of downstream markets in relation to the marketing of their products including in local markets. The setting up of producer groupr the increase in size of producer organisations should therefore be encouraged. In order to ensure the best use of limited financial resources, only producer grouporganisations that qualify as SMEs should benefit from support. In order to ensure that the producer grouporganisation becomes a viable entity, a business plan should be submitted as a condition for the recognition of a producer grouporganisation by Member States. To avoid providing operating aid and maintain the incentive role of support, its maximum duration should be limited to five years.
Amendment 152 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) 60 % for the agri-environment- climate measures referred to in Article 29. It may be increased to 90 % for the programmes of less developed regions, outermost regions and smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93;
Amendment 153 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) 100% for operations receiving funding under Article 66 and Article 38.
Amendment 168 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Payments to farmers in mountain areas, in the outermost regions, or in other areas facing natural or other specific constraints should contribute, by encouraging continued use of agricultural land, to maintaining the countryside as well as to maintaining and promoting sustainable farming systems. In order to ensure the efficiency of such support, payments should compensate farmers for income foregone and additional costs linked to the disadvantage of the area concerned.
Amendment 173 #
2011/0282(COD)
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, outermost regions, 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 criteria.
Amendment 211 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) “less developed regions”: regions whoseich are covered by the “Convergence” objective of the 2014-2020 MFF and have a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is less thanbelow 75% of the average GDP of the EU- 27;
Amendment 340 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversificationand modernisation of farms;
Amendment 490 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) mountain areas areferred to in Article 33(2) and areas affected by specific natural constraints referred to in Article 33(24);
Amendment 511 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) development and promotion of agricultural produce with official quality indications, such as organic farming
Amendment 555 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The support rates laid down in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points for operations supported in the framework of thematic sub-programmes concerning small farms and short supply chains. In the case of young farmers and, mountain areas and the outermost regions, the maximum support rates may be increased in accordance with Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 782 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support may also cover costs arising from information and promotion activities for products under the quality schemes referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1251 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall be granted in order to facilitate the setting -up of producer grouporganisations in the agriculture and forestry sectors, or increases in their size and scale, for the purpose of:
Amendment 1254 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adapting the production and output of producers who are members of such grouporganisations to market requirements;
Amendment 1261 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) other activities that may be carried out by producer grouporganisations, such as development of business and marketing skills and organisation and facilitation of innovation processes.
Amendment 1266 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) resizing by means of higher membership or an increase in the value of marketed production up to a substantial market ceiling.
Amendment 1267 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) scaling-up by means of recruitment or merger, under trading agreements to promote synergies and bring the activities of producer organisations into complementary relationships, or through vertical integration;
Amendment 1271 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted to producer grouporganisations which are officially recognised by the Member States’ competent authorityies under Article [106 of the Single CMO Regulation] and on the basis of a business plan. It shall be limited to producer grouporganisations coming under the definition of SMEs.
Amendment 1280 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall verify that the objectives of the business plan have been reached within five years after recognition of the producer groupsupport was granted under this Article.
Amendment 1283 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The support shall be paigranted as a flat -rate aid in annual instalments for the first five years following the date on which the producer group was recognised on the basis of its business plansupport was granted under this Article. It shall be calculated on the basis of the value of the group’s annual marketed production. Member States shall pay the last instalment only after having verified the correct implementation of the business plan.
Amendment 1285 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
In the first year Member States may pay support to the producer grouporganisation calculated on the basis of the average annual value of the marketed production of its members over the three years before they entered the grouporganisation. In the case of producer groups in the forestry sector, support shall be calculated on the basis of the average marketed production of the members of the group over the last five years before the recognition, excluding the highest and the lowest value.
Amendment 1335 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. For the purposes of calculating the payments referred to in the preceding paragraph, where there is a risk that practices beneficial for the environment and the climate might be abandoned, Member States may apply the concept of opportunity cost.
Amendment 1598 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 37(1)(a) shall only be granted for insurance contracts which cover for loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or for a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which destroys more than 30% of the average annual production of the farmer incauses a reduction in annual production of more than 15% compared with the average annual production of the farmer. The average annual production shall be calculated by taking the figures for the preceding three- year period or a three- year average based os or for the preceding five years, excluding the highest and the lowest figures, or, in duly justified exceptional circumstances, by taking the figures for any one year in the preceding five- year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry. s. Measurement of the extent of the losses caused may be tailored to the specific characteristics of each type of product using (a) biological indices (quantity of biomass lost) or equivalent yield loss indices established at holding, local, regional, or national level, or (b) weather indices (rainfall, temperature, etc.) established at local, regional, or national level.
Amendment 1712 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, only investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogavestment in new irrigation installations shall be eligible if the investment in question, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impacts shown to be sustainable and in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. Investment related to the modernisation of existing systems shall be eligible if it is proven to improve water use within the parameters laid down in the national efficient water use plans drawn up under the WFD.
Amendment 1961 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) 60 % for the agri-environment- climate measures referred to in Article 29. 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 1965 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) 100% for operations receiving funding under Articles 66 and 38.
Amendment 2086 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 28(4)
ANNEX I – Article 28(4)
Amendment 2094 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – Article 38(5)
ANNEX I – Article 38(5)
Amendment 1 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Commission's proposals should provide for a reform of the common agricultural policy, which is essential to the preservation of European agriculture and rural territories.
Amendment 2 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The Commission should consider upstream regulation of the markets, taking into account agricultural activity in the various EU territories.
Amendment 3 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) It is vital to redress the balance of power within the food production chain in favour of producers.
Amendment 4 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) The EU’s commercial policy should take into account agricultural activity in the different territories of the Union.
Amendment 6 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Account should be taken of the objectives set out by the European Commission for the future Common Agricultural Policy in the area of the sustainable management of natural resources, food security, agricultural activity across Europe, balanced regional development, the competitiveness of European farming and the simplification of the CAP.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The Common Agricultural Policy, as provided for under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, must enable the rural population to enjoy a fair standard of living that is comparable with that of the general population. This objective should be supported by market stabilisation measures to ensure regular prices for producers, while at the same time guaranteeing reasonable prices for consumers.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
Recital 5 c (new)
(5c) The Commission’s proposal should take into account the competitiveness of small and medium-scale holdings, areas with natural constraints and island regions, and certain vulnerable products.
Amendment 9 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) It is especially important for farmers that the administrative rules for implementing the Common Agricultural Policy be simplified, without this simplification being reflected in an excessive standardisation of the criteria which could fail to take specific local and regional features into account.
Amendment 10 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As appropriate to each sector concerned in the light of the practice and experience under previous CMOs, the system of intervention should be available during certain periods of the year and should be open during that period, whenever its activation is clearly needed, be available and open either on a permanent basis or should be opened depending on market prices.
Amendment 11 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The Commission is asked, when the results of the new impact assessments are known, to agree to reconsider its proposal to end the various quota and production rights systems (for sugar, milk and vine plantation rights), particularly as regards less-favoured areas, specifically mountain areas.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) The Commission is asked to safeguard Community Preference Mechanisms and to focus on intervention and storage mechanisms (public and private).
Amendment 13 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 c (new)
Recital 14 c (new)
(14c) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is unable to adequately respond to the impact of trade agreements on the agricultural sector; such responses and the corresponding budget allocations should be transferred within the scope of the common agricultural policy and its respective budget.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84a) In order to take into account the specificities of the sugar sector, the Commission should ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between the producers in the Union sugar sector such as to provide all stakeholders with equitable access conditions to raw materials.
Amendment 23 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) To enable producers to secure a fair share of the income distributed along the food supply chain, Union policies also need to cover the contractual relations established between producers and processors and the distribution stage, encompassing all of the chain’s contractual relations within a comprehensive approach in order to make a fair share-out an attainable objective.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146
Recital 146
(146) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799] several sectoral measures, including on milk quotas, sugar quotas and other The abolition of several quota and production rights systems (sugar, measures and the restrictions on the planting of vines, as well as certain state aids, will expire within a reasonable period following the entry in force of this Regulation. After the repeal of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799], the relevant provisions should cilk, and vine planting rights) needs to be assessed in detail, taking into account the specific situation obtaining in each of the sectors concerned and its impact within the Uniont inue to apply until the end of the schemes concerned sectoral and territorial terms.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively.,
Amendment 38 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 560 % in less developed regions;
Amendment 39 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) 450 % in regions other than the less developed regions;
Amendment 40 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) 785 % in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty;
Amendment 41 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) 675 % in the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006.
Amendment 43 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – title 2 – chapter 2 – section 1 A (new)
Part 2 – title 2 – chapter 2 – section 1 A (new)
Based on the results of the impact assessments expected on 31 December 2012 concerning the end of the milk quota system and the removal of planting rights in viticulture, the Commission will submit a proposal prior to 30 June 2013 on the continuation or review of the procedures aimed at bringing an end to quotas and planting rights for the milk, viticulture and beet sectors.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Temporary transfers 1. By the end of each twelve-month period, Member States shall authorise, for the period concerned, any temporary transfers of part of individual quotas which the producers who are entitled thereto do not intend to use. Member States may regulate transfer operations according to the categories of producers or milk production structures concerned, may limit them to the level of the purchaser or within regions, authorise complete transfers in the cases referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 105h, and determine to what extent the transferor can repeat transfer operations. 2. Any Member State may decide not to implement paragraph 1 on the basis of one or both of the following criteria: (a) the need to facilitate structural changes and adjustments; (b) overriding administrative needs.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e j (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e j (new)
Amendment 46 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e k (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e k (new)
(ek) Surplus levy on direct sales 1. In the case of direct sales, each producer's contribution to payment of the surplus levy shall be established by decision of the Member State, after any unused part of the national quota allocated to direct sales has or has not been re-allocated, at the appropriate territorial level or at national level. 2. Member States shall establish the basis of calculation of the producer’s contribution to the surplus levy due on the total quantity of milk sold, transferred or used to manufacture the milk products sold or transferred by applying criteria fixed by the Commission by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 160. 3. No correction linked to fat content shall be taken into account for the purpose of drawing up the definitive surplus levy statement. 4. By means of implementing acts pursuant to Article 105v, the Commission shall establish how and when the surplus levy must be paid to the relevant Member State body.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e l (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e l (new)
Amendment 48 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e m (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e m (new)
(em) Delegated powers In order to ensure that the milk quota system meets its objectives, particularly in terms of the calculation and efficient use of individual quotas, and the collection and use of the surplus levy, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 42, adopt rules concerning: (a) the temporary and definitive conversion of quotas; (b) the use of unused quotas; (c) the fat content correction factor limit; (d) producers’ obligation to deliver to an authorised purchaser; (e) the criteria for the authorisation of purchasers by Member States; (f) the objective criteria for redistributing the excess charge; (g) changes in the definition of ‘direct sales’, taking into account the definition of ‘deliveries’ established in paragraph f of Article 105a.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e n (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e n (new)
Amendment 50 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) Transfers of quotas together with land 1. The individual quotas shall be transferred with the holding to the producers taking it over when it is sold, leased, transferred by actual or anticipated inheritance or any other means involving comparable legal effects for the producers, in accordance with detailed rules to be determined by the Member States, taking account of the areas used for dairy production or other objective criteria and, where applicable, of any agreement between the parties. The part of the quota which, where applicable, has not been transferred with the holding shall be added to the national reserve. 2. Where quotas have been or are transferred in accordance with paragraph 1 by means of rural leases or by other means involving comparable legal effects, Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and with the aim of ensuring that quotas are attributed solely to producers, that the quota shall not be transferred with the holding. 3. Where land is transferred to the public authorities and/or for use in the public interest, or where the transfer is carried out for non-agricultural purposes, Member States shall ensure that the necessary measures are taken to protect the legitimate interests of the parties, and in particular that producers giving up such land are in a position to continue milk production if they so wish. 4. Where there is no agreement between the parties, in the case of tenancies due to expire without any possibility of renewal on similar terms, or in situations involving comparable legal effects, the individual quotas in question shall be transferred in whole or in part to the producer taking them over, in accordance with provisions adopted by the Member States, taking account of the legitimate interests of the parties.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
(ec) Special transfer measures 1. With a view to successfully restructuring milk production or improving the environment, Member States may, in accordance with detailed rules which they shall lay down, taking account of the legitimate interests of the parties concerned: (a) grant compensation in one or more annual instalments to producers who undertake to abandon permanently all or part of their milk production and place the individual quotas thus released in the national reserve; (b) determine on the basis of objective criteria the conditions on which producers may obtain, in return for payment, at the beginning of a twelve-month period, the re-allocation by the competent authority or a body designated by that authority of individual quotas released definitively at the end of the preceding twelve-month period by other producers in return for compensation in one or more annual instalments equal to the abovementioned payment; (c) centralise and supervise transfers of quotas without land; (d) provide, in the case of land transferred with a view to improving the environment, for the individual quota concerned to be allocated to a producer giving up the land but wishing to continue milk production; (e) determine, on the basis of objective criteria, the regions or collection areas within which the permanent transfer of quotas without transfer of the corresponding land is authorised, with the aim of improving the structure of milk production; (f) authorise, upon application by a producer to the competent authority or a body designated by that authority, the definitive transfer of quotas without transfer of the corresponding land, or vice versa, with the aim of improving the structure of milk production at the level of the holding or to allow for extensification of production. 2. Paragraph 1 may be implemented at national level, at the appropriate territorial level or in specified collection areas.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e d (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e d (new)
(ed) Retention of quotas 1. In the case of transfers as referred to in Articles 105j and 105k Member States may, on the basis of objective criteria, retain part of the individual quotas for their national reserve. 2. Where quotas have been or are transferred in accordance with Articles 105j and 105k with or without the corresponding land by means of rural leases or by other means involving comparable legal effects, Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and with the aim of ensuring that quotas are attributed solely to producers, whether and under which conditions all or part of the transferred quota shall revert to the national reserve.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e e (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e e (new)
(ee) Aid for the acquisition of quotas No financial assistance linked directly to the acquisition of quotas may be granted by any public authority for the sale, transfer or allocation of quotas under this Section.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e f (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e f (new)
(ef) Surplus levy in the event of quota overrun 1. A levy shall be payable on surpluses of milk and other marketed milk products exceeding the national quotas fixed in accordance with Articles 105(a) to 105(m). The levy shall be EUR 27.83 per 100 kilograms of milk. 2. Member States shall be liable to the Community for the surplus levy resulting from overruns of the national quota, determined nationally and separately for deliveries and direct sales, and between 16 October and 30 November following the twelve-month period concerned, shall pay 99 % of the amount due to the EAGF. 3. If the surplus levy provided for in paragraph 1 has not been paid before the due date and after consultation of the Committee of the Agricultural Funds, the Commission shall deduct a sum equivalent to the unpaid surplus levy from the monthly payments within the meaning of Articles XXX of Regulation (EC) XXX (‘Horizontal Regulation’). Before taking its decision, the Commission shall warn the Member State concerned, which shall make its position known within one week. Article XXX of Regulation (EC) No XXX (‘Horizontal Regulation’) shall not apply. 4. The Commission may establish, by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), rules on the following:
Amendment 55 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e g (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e g (new)
(eg) Contribution of producers to the surplus levy due The surplus levy shall be entirely allocated, in accordance with Articles 105(p) and 105(s), among the producers who have contributed to each of the overruns of the national quotas referred to in Article 105(2) Without prejudice to Articles 105(p) and 105(s)(1), producers shall be liable vis-à- vis the Member State for payment of their contribution to the surplus levy due, calculated in accordance with Articles 105(e), 105(f) and 105(p), for the mere fact of having overrun their available quotas.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e h (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e h (new)
(eh) Surplus levy on deliveries 1. For the purposes of final calculation of the surplus levy, the quantities delivered by each producer shall be raised or lowered so as to reflect any differences between the actual fat content and the reference fat content, applying factors to be determined by the Commission and under conditions which it shall lay down by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2). 2. At national level, the surplus levy shall be calculated on the basis of the sum of the deliveries, adjusted in accordance with the first subparagraph. 3. Each producer's contribution to payment of the surplus levy shall be established by decision of the Member State, after any unused part of the national quota allocated to deliveries has or has not been re-allocated, in proportion to the individual quotas of each producer or according to objective criteria to be set by the Member States: (a) either at national level, on the basis of the amount by which each producer’s quota has been exceeded; or (b) initially at purchaser level and thereafter at national level, where appropriate.
Amendment 57 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e i (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e i (new)
(ei) Role of purchasers 1. Purchasers shall be responsible for collecting from producers contributions due from the latter by virtue of the surplus levy and shall pay to the competent body of the Member State, before a date and following a procedure to be laid down by the Commission, by means of implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 162(2), the amount of these contributions deducted from the price of the milk paid to the producers responsible for the overrun or, failing this, collected by any other appropriate means. 2. Where a purchaser fully or partially replaces one or more other purchasers, the individual quotas available to the producers shall be taken into account for the remainder of the twelve-month period in progress, after deduction of quantities already delivered and account being taken of their fat content. This paragraph shall also apply where a producer transfers from one purchaser to another. 3. Where, during the reference period, quantities delivered by a producer exceed that producer's available quota, the relevant Member State may decide that the purchaser shall deduct part of the price of the milk in any delivery by the producer concerned in excess of the quota, by way of an advance on the producer's contribution, in accordance with detailed rules laid down by the Member State. The Member State may make specific arrangements to enable purchasers to deduct this advance where producers deliver to several purchasers.
Amendment 58 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e – indent 1 (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – point e – indent 1 (new)
– SUBSECTION 1 (NEW) PRODUCT CONTROL SYSTEM
Amendment 59 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 a (new)
Article 105 a (new)
Article 105a For the purposes of this Section: (a) ‘milk’ means the product obtained from the milking of one or more cows; (b) "other milk products" means any milk product other than milk, in particular skimmed milk, cream, butter, yoghurt and cheese; where appropriate, these products shall be converted into ‘milk equivalents’ by applying factors to be determined by the Commission; (c) ‘producer’ means a farmer with a holding located within the geographical territory of a Member State, who produces and markets milk or who is preparing to do so in the very near future; (d) ‘holding’ means a holding as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No XXX on direct payments; (e) ‘purchaser’ means an undertaking or group which busy milk from producers in order to: – collect, pack, store, chill, or process it, including under contract, – sell it to one or more undertakings treating or processing milk or other milk products. However, any group of purchasers in the same geographical area which carries out the administrative and accounting operations necessary for the payment of the surplus levy on behalf of its members shall be regarded as a purchaser. For the purposes of the first sentence of this subparagraph, Greece shall be considered a single geographical area and it may deem an official body to be a group of purchasers; (f) ‘delivery’ means any delivery of milk, not including any other milk products, by a producer to a purchaser, whether the transport is carried out by the producer, a purchaser, an undertaking processing or treating such products or a third party; (g) ‘direct sale’ means any sale or transfer of milk by a producer directly to consumers, as well as any sale or transfer of other milk products by a producer. The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 160 and while respecting the definition of ‘delivery’ given in (f) of this Article, adjust the definition of ‘direct sale’ in order to ensure, in particular, that no quantity of milk or other marketed milk products is excluded from the levy arrangements; (h) ‘marketing’ means deliveries of milk or direct sales of milk or other milk products; (i) ‘individual quota’ means a producer's quota at 1 April of any twelve-month period; (j) ‘national quota’ means the quota referred to in Article 105(b), fixed for each Member State; (k) ‘available quota’ means the quota available to producers on 31 March of the twelve-month period for which the surplus levy is calculated, taking account of all transfers, sales, conversions and temporary re-allocations provided for in this Regulation which have taken place during that twelve-month period.
Amendment 60 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 b (new)
Article 105 b (new)
Article 105b National milk quotas 1. The national quotas for the production of milk and other milk products marketed during seven consecutive periods of twelve months commencing on 1 April 2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘twelve-month periods’) are fixed in Annex VIb (new). 2. The quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be divided between producers in accordance with Article 105c, distinguishing between deliveries and direct sales. Any overrun of the national quotas shall be determined nationally in each Member State, in accordance with this Section and making a distinction between deliveries and direct sales. 3. The national quotas set out in of Annex VIb (new) shall be fixed without prejudice to possible review in the light of the general market situation and particular conditions existing in certain Member States. 4. For Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia the national quotas shall include all milk or milk equivalent delivered to a purchaser or sold directly, irrespective of whether it is produced or marketed under a transitional measure applicable in those countries. 5. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), the rules necessary to guarantee uniform application of this article in the Member States.
Amendment 61 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 c (new)
Article 105 c (new)
Article 105c Individual milk quotas 1. The producers' individual quota or quotas at 1 April 2015 shall be equal to their individual reference quantity or quantities at 31 March 2015 without prejudice to transfers, sales and conversions of quota that take effect on 1 April 2015. 2. Producers may have either one or two individual quotas, one for deliveries and the other for direct sales. A producer's quantities may be converted from one quota to the other only by the competent authority of the Member State, at the duly justified request of the producer. 3. Where a producer has two quotas, his contribution to any surplus levy due shall be calculated separately for each. 4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, raise the portion of the Finnish national quota reserved for the deliveries referred to in Article 105b, in order to compensate Finnish ‘SLOM’ producers, up to a maximum of 200 000 tonnes. This reserve, to be allocated in accordance with Community legislation, must be used exclusively on behalf of producers whose right to take up production again has been affected as a result of accession. 5. Individual quotas shall be modified, where appropriate, for each of the twelve- month periods concerned, so that, for each Member State, the sum of the individual quotas for the deliveries and that for the direct sales does not exceed the corresponding part of the national quota adapted in accordance with Article 105, taking account of any reductions made for allocation to the national reserve as provided for in Article 105.
Amendment 62 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 d (new)
Article 105 d (new)
Article 105d Allocation of quotas from the national reserve The Member States shall adopt rules allowing for allocation to producers of all or part of the quotas from the national reserve provided for in Article 105g on the basis of objective criteria to be notified to the Commission.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 e (new)
Article 105 e (new)
Amendment 64 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 f (new)
Article 105 f (new)
Article 105f Fat content 1. Each producer shall be assigned a reference fat content, to be applied to the individual quota for deliveries allocated to that producer. 2. For the quotas allocated to producers on 31 March 2015 in accordance with Article 105c, the reference fat content referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the same as the reference fat content applied to that quota at that date. 3. The reference fat content shall be altered during the conversion referred to in Article 105c(2) and where quotas are acquired, transferred or temporarily transferred in accordance with rules to be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act pursuant to Article 162(2). 4. For new producers having an individual quota for deliveries allocated entirely from the national reserve, the fat content shall be fixed in accordance with rules to be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act pursuant to Article 162b. 5. The individual reference fat content referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adjusted, where appropriate, upon the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter, at the beginning of each twelve-month period as necessary, so that, for each Member State, the weighted average of the individual representative fat contents does not exceed by more than 0,1 gram per kg the reference fat content set in the new Annex VIa.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 g (new)
Article 105 g (new)
Article 105g National reserve 1. Each Member State shall establish a national reserve, within the national quotas laid down in the new Annex VIb, for the purposes of allocation under Article 105d. The national reserve shall be made up, depending on the case, of quantities withdrawn under Article 105h, deductions from transfers as referred to in Article 105l, or quotas released by linear reduction in all individual quotas. The quotas in question shall remain assigned to their initial purpose, that is to say, ‘deliveries’ or ‘direct sales’. 2. Additional quotas allocated to a Member State shall be placed automatically in the national reserve and divided into ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ according to foreseeable needs. 3. Quotas placed in the national reserve shall not have a reference fat content.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 h (new)
Article 105 h (new)
Article 105h Cases of inactivity 1. When a natural or legal person holding individual quotas no longer meets the conditions referred to in point (c) of Article 105a during a twelve-month period, the corresponding quantities shall revert to the national reserve no later than 1 April of the following calendar year, unless that person becomes once again a producer within the meaning of point (c) of Article 105b(1) before that date. Where that person becomes once again a producer not later than the end of the second twelve-month period following withdrawal, all or part of the individual quota which had been withdrawn shall revert to that person no later than 1 April following the date of application. 2. Where producers do not market a quantity equal to at least 85% of their individual quota during at least one twelve-month period, Member States may decide whether and on what conditions all or part of the unused quota shall revert to the national reserve. Member States may determine on what conditions a quota shall be re-allocated to the producer concerned should he resume marketing. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in cases of force majeure and in duly justified cases temporarily affecting the production capacity of the producers concerned and recognised by the competent authority.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) helping to better coordinate the way the products are placed on the market, in particular by means of research and market studies, including indices for costs and market trends;
Amendment 68 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi
(xi) carrying out promotion actions, especially in third countries.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning all the sectors listed under Article 1(2), the live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, eggs and poultrymeat sectors on measures:
Amendment 70 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 117 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The marketing provisions applicable to EU products, including those adopted in the veterinary, plant health and food product sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and protect human health, plant health and animal health and welfare, as well as environmental protection standards, are also applicable to imported products. Import licenses shall not be issued for products imported by the European Union which do not comply with these provisions.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 131 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Safeguard measures should be adopted, particularly where agricultural products imported from third countries do not guarantee food safety and traceability or meet all health, environmental and animal welfare conditions laid down for the internal market, in situations of crisis on the markets or where breaches of the conditions set in import licences regarding prices, quantities or timeframes are detected. This monitoring of conditions for the import of agricultural products should be carried out under an integrated real-time system for monitoring EU imports.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In particular, Article 101(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to: (a) agreements, decisions and practices of farmers, farmers' associations, or associations of such associations, or producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of this Regulation, or associations of producer organisations recognised under Article 107 of this Regulation, which concern the production or sale of agricultural products or the use of joint facilities for the storage, treatment or processing of agricultural products, and under which there is no obligation to charge identical prices, unless competition is thereby excluded or the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty are jeopardised;. (b) agreements, decisions and concerted practices carried out in accordance with the provisions of the third and fourth sections of Title II, Chapter II of this Regulation; (c) agreements, decisions and practices intended to set reference levels to ensure that producers are able to meet their costs.
Amendment 75 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
However, with regard to the beef and veal, milk and milk products, pigmeat and sheepmeat and goatmeat sectors, the Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 60 % of such expenditure when combating foot-and-mouth disease and eradicating diseases covered by the programmes approved for each Member State.
Amendment 447 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As appropriate to each sector concerned in the light of the practice and experience under previous CMOs, the system of intervention should be available during certain periods of the year and should be open during that period, whenever there is a manifest need to activate it, be available and open either on a permanent basis or should be opened depending on market prices.
Amendment 503 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84 a) In order to take into account the specificities of the sugar sector, the Commission shall ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between the producers in the EU sugar sector such as to provide all stakeholders with equitable access conditions to raw materials.
Amendment 523 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) To enable producers to secure a fair share of the income distributed along the food supply chain, Union policies also need to cover the contractual relations established between the processing and distribution stages, encompassing all of the chain’s contractual relations within a comprehensive approach in order to make a fair share-out an attainable objective.
Amendment 584 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 143 a (new)
Recital 143 a (new)
(143a) Safeguard measures should be adopted especially when agricultural products imported from third countries do not offer guarantees of food safety and traceability and do not fully comply with the health, environmental, and animal welfare conditions applying to the internal market, when markets are in crisis, or when there is evidence of deviation from the terms of import licences regarding prices, quantities, or schedules. The scrutiny to be brought to bear on the conditions under which agricultural products are imported should be provided in the form of an integrated real-time monitoring system for imports into the EU.
Amendment 591 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146
Recital 146
(146) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799] several sectoral measures, including on milk quotas, sugar quotas and other The abolition of several quota and production rights systems (sugar, measures and the restrictions on the planting of vines, as well as certain state aids, will expire within a reasonable period following the entry in force of this Regulation. After the repeal of Regulation (EU) No [COM(2010)799], the relevant provisions should cilk, and vine planting rights) needs to be assessed in detail, taking into account the specific situation obtaining in each of the sectors concerned and its impact within the Uniont inue to apply until the end of the schemes concerned sectoral and territorial terms.
Amendment 600 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively,
Amendment 602 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) As regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively,
Amendment 1177 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) 560% in less developed regions;
Amendment 1179 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) 450% in regions other than less developed regions;
Amendment 1180 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) 785% in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 48 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) 675% in the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006.
Amendment 1487 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title II – Chapter II – Section 1 – paragraph 1 (new)
Part II – Title II – Chapter II – Section 1 – paragraph 1 (new)
On the basis of the findings of the impact assessments, due to be carried out by 31 December 2012, on the milk quota system and the abolition of planting rights in the wine sector, the Commission shall, no later than 30 June 2013, submit a proposal on the continuation or revision of the processes for ending quotas and planting rights in the milk, wine, and sugar beet sectors.
Amendment 1517 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 k (new)
Article 103 k (new)
Amendment 1519 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 l (new)
Article 103 l (new)
Article 103l National quotas in the milk sector 1. The national quotas for the production of milk and other milk products to be marketed in the seven consecutive twelve- month periods commencing on 1 April 2015 (hereinafter ‘twelve-month periods’) are laid down in the new Annex VIb. 2. The quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be divided among producers in accordance with Article 105c, distinguishing between deliveries and direct sales. Any overrun of the national quotas shall be determined nationally in each Member State, in accordance with this Subsection, deliveries and direct sales being treated separately for that purpose. 3. The national quotas laid down in the new Annex VIb shall be fixed without prejudice to possible review in the light of the general market situation and particular conditions existing in given Member States. 4. In the cases of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Slovakia, the national quotas shall include all milk or milk equivalent delivered to a purchaser or sold directly, irrespective of whether it is produced or marketed under a transitional measure applicable in those countries. 5. By means of implementing acts adopted by the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), the Commission shall lay down the rules necessary to ensure that this Article is implemented uniformly in the Member States.
Amendment 1522 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 m (new)
Article 103 m (new)
Article 103m Individual quotas in the milk sector 1. The quotas of producers at 1 April 2015 shall be equal to their individual reference quantities at 31 March 2015, without prejudice to transfers, sales, and quota conversions that take effect on 1 April 2015. 2. Producers may have one or two individual quotas, one for deliveries and the other for direct sales. A producer’s quantities may be converted from one quota to the other only by the competent authority of the Member State concerned, where the producer makes a duly substantiated request to that effect. 3. Where a producer has two quotas, his contribution to any surplus levy due shall be calculated separately for each quota. 4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, raise the portion of the Finnish national quota reserved for the deliveries referred to in Article 105b, in order to compensate Finnish ‘SLOM’ producers, up to a maximum of 200 000 tonnes. This reserve, to be allocated in accordance with Union legislation, must be used solely for the benefit of producers whose right to resume production has been affected as a result of accession. 5. Individual quotas shall be altered, where appropriate, for each of the twelve- month periods concerned, so that, for each Member State, the sum of the individual quotas for deliveries and for direct sales does not exceed the corresponding portion of the national quota adapted in accordance with Article 105e, taking into account any reductions made for allocation to the national reserve as provided for in Article 105g.
Amendment 1525 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 n (new)
Article 103 n (new)
Amendment 1528 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 o (new)
Article 103 o (new)
Article 103o Administration of quotas 1. For each Member State and for each period, before the end of the period, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 162(2), adapt the division of national quotas into ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ in the light of the conversions requested by producers from and into individual quotas for deliveries and for direct sales. 2. Member States shall supply the Commission annually, by dates to be determined by the Commission and in accordance with rules which it shall lay down by means of an implementing act in accordance with Article 162(2), with the data required for: (a) the adaptation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article; (b) calculation of the surplus levy to be paid by Member States.
Amendment 1531 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 p (new)
Article 103 p (new)
Article 103p Fat content 1. Each producer shall be assigned a reference fat content applicable to the individual quota for deliveries allocated to him. 2. For quotas allocated to producers on 31 March 2015 in accordance with Article 105c(1), the reference fat content referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the same as the reference fat content applicable to those quotas on that date. 3. The reference fat content shall be altered when a conversion is made under Article 105c(2) and where quotas are acquired, transferred, or temporarily transferred in accordance with rules to be laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 162(2). 4. For new producers whose individual quota for deliveries is allocated wholly from the national reserve, the fat content shall be determined in accordance with rules to be laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 162(2). 5. The individual reference fat contents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adjusted, where appropriate, when this Regulation enters into force and thereafter at the beginning of each twelve- month period as and where necessary to ensure that, for each Member State, the weighted average content is not more than 0.1 gram per kilogram higher than the reference fat content laid down in the new Annex VIa.
Amendment 1534 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 q (new)
Article 103 q (new)
Article 103q National reserve 1. Each Member State shall establish a national reserve, within the national quotas laid down in the new Annex VIb, for the purposes of allocation under Article 105d. The national reserve shall be made up, depending on the case, of quantities withdrawn under Article 105h, deductions from transfers as referred to in Article 105l, or quotas released by linear reduction in all individual quotas. The quotas in question shall remain assigned to their initial purpose, that is to say, ‘deliveries’ or ‘direct sales’. 2. Additional quotas allocated to a Member State shall be placed automatically in the national reserve and divided into deliveries and direct sales according to foreseeable needs. 3. Quotas placed in the national reserve shall not have a reference fat content.
Amendment 1537 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 r (new)
Article 103 r (new)
Article 103r Cases of inactivity 1. Where a natural or legal person holding individual quotas ceases to satisfy the conditions set out in Article 105a(c) during a twelve-month period, the corresponding quantities shall revert to the national reserve no later than 1 April of the following calendar year unless the person concerned, before that date, again becomes a producer within the meaning of Article 105a(c). If the person concerned again becomes a producer at the latest by the end of the second twelve- month period following the withdrawal of the quantities, the individual quota withdrawn shall be returned to him, in part or in full, not later than the 1 April following the date of his request. 2. Where a producer fails to market a quantity not less than 85% of his individual quota during at least one twelve-month period, the Member State concerned may decide whether and under what conditions the whole or a portion of the unused quota should be placed in the national reserve. The Member State may determine the conditions under which a quota shall be reassigned to the producer concerned, should he resume marketing. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in cases of force majeure and in duly substantiated cases temporarily affecting the production capacity of the producers concerned and recognised as such by the competent authority.
Amendment 1540 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 s (new)
Article 103 s (new)
Article 103s Temporary transfers 1. Before the end of each twelve-month period, Member States shall, for the period concerned, authorise any temporary transfers of portions of individual quotas which the producers entitled to them do not intend to use. Member States may regulate transfer operations according to producer categories or milk production structures, restrict them to purchaser level or within regions, authorise full transfer in the cases referred to in Article 105h(3), and determine the extent to which a transferor may repeat transfer operations. 2. Member States may decide to refrain from implementing paragraph 1 on the basis of either or both of the following criteria: (a) the need to facilitate structural change and adjustment; (b) overriding administrative needs.
Amendment 1543 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 t (new)
Article 103 t (new)
Amendment 1547 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 u (new)
Article 103 u (new)
Article 103u Special transfer measures 1. With a view to successfully restructuring milk production or improving the environment, Member States may, in accordance with detailed rules which they shall lay down, taking into account the legitimate interests of the parties concerned: (a) grant compensation in one or more annual instalments to producers who undertake permanently to abandon all or part of their milk production and place the individual quotas thus released in the national reserve; (b) determine, on the basis of objective criteria, the conditions under which producers may, at the beginning of a twelve-month period and in return for payment, have individual quotas reallocated to them by the competent authority or a body designated by it where these were released definitively at the end of the preceding twelve-month period by other producers in return for compensation in one or more annual instalments equal to the above-mentioned payment; (c) centralise and supervise transfers of quotas without land; (d) provide, where land is transferred with a view to improving the environment, for the individual quota concerned to be allocated to a producer giving up the land but wishing to continue milk production; (e) determine, on the basis of objective criteria, the regions or collection areas within which, with a view to improving the milk production structure, permanent transfers of quotas shall be authorised without any corresponding transfer of land; (f) authorise, on application by a producer to the competent authority or a body designated by it, the definitive transfer of quotas without any corresponding transfer of land, or vice versa, with the aim of improving the milk production structure at holding level or extensifying production. 2. Paragraph 1 may be implemented at national level, at the appropriate territorial level, or in specified collection areas.
Amendment 1550 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 v (new)
Article 103 v (new)
Article 103v Retention of quotas 1. Where transfers are made under Articles 105j and 105k, Member States may, on the basis of objective criteria, retain portions of individual quotas for their national reserve. 2. Whenever quotas have been or are transferred in accordance with Articles 105j and 105k with or without the corresponding land under rural leases or by other means involving comparable legal effects, Member States may decide, on the basis of objective criteria and with the aim of ensuring that quotas are assigned solely to producers, whether and under what conditions the whole or a portion of a transferred quota shall revert to the national reserve.
Amendment 1553 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 w (new)
Article 103 w (new)
Article 103w Aid for the acquisition of quotas No financial assistance linked directly to the acquisition of quotas may be granted by any public authority for the sale, transfer, or allocation of quotas under this Section.
Amendment 1556 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 x (new)
Article 103 x (new)
Article 103x Surplus levy in the event of quota overrun 1. A levy shall be payable on surpluses of milk and other marketed milk products exceeding the national quotas fixed in accordance with Articles 105a to 105m. The levy shall be EUR 27.83 per 100 kilograms of milk. 2. Member States shall be liable to the Union for the surplus levy resulting from national quota overruns determined nationally and separately for deliveries and direct sales, and between 16 October and 30 November following the twelve- month period concerned shall pay 99% of the amount due to the EAGF. 3. If the payment referred to in paragraph 1 has not been made by the due date, the Commission, after consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, shall deduct a sum equivalent to the unpaid surplus levy from the monthly payments within the meaning of Article XXX of Regulation (EU) No XXX (‘Horizontal Regulation’). Before taking its decision, the Commission shall notify the Member State concerned, which shall make its position known within a week. Article XXX of Regulation (EU) No XXX (‘Horizontal Regulation’) shall not apply, 4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts adopted by the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), lay down rules for the implementation of this Article.
Amendment 1559 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 y (new)
Article 103 y (new)
Amendment 1562 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 z (new)
Article 103 z (new)
Article 103z Surplus levy on deliveries 1. For the purposes of final calculation of the surplus levy, the quantities delivered by each producer shall be raised or lowered so as to reflect any differences between the actual fat content and the reference fat content, applying factors to be determined by the Commission and under conditions which it shall lay down by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2). 2. At national level, the surplus levy shall be calculated on the basis of aggregate deliveries, adjusted in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. Producers’ contributions towards the surplus levy payment shall be laid down by decision of the Member State concerned, where applicable after any unused portion of the national quota allocated to deliveries has been reallocated in proportion to the individual quotas of each producer or according to objective criteria to be determined by Member States: (a) either at national level, on the basis of the amount by which each producer’s quota has been exceeded; or (b) initially at purchaser level and thereafter at national level, where appropriate.
Amendment 1565 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 a a (new)
Article 103 a a (new)
Article 103aa Role of purchasers 1. Purchasers shall be responsible for collecting contributions owed by producers by virtue of the surplus levy and shall pay the competent body of the Member State concerned, by a date and a procedure to be laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), the amount of those contributions, deducted from the price paid for milk to the producers responsible for overruns or, failing that, collected by any other appropriate means. 2. Where a single purchaser replaces one or more other purchasers, wholly or in part, the individual quotas available to producers shall be taken into consideration for the remainder of the twelve-month period in progress, after deduction of the quantities already delivered, taking into account their fat content. This paragraph shall also apply where a producer changes purchasers. 3. If, during the reference period, quantities delivered by a producer exceed that producer’s available quota, the relevant Member State may decide that the purchaser shall deduct part of the milk price in any delivery by the producer concerned in excess of the quota, by way of an advance on the producer’s contribution, in accordance with detailed rules to be laid down by the Member State. The Member State may make specific arrangements enabling purchasers to deduct this advance where producers deliver to several purchasers.
Amendment 1568 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 a b (new)
Article 103 a b (new)
Article 103ab Approval Purchaser status shall be subject to prior approval by the Member State concerned on the basis of criteria to be laid down by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 160. The conditions to be satisfied, and the information to be supplied, by producers, as regards direct sales, shall be laid down by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 162(2).
Amendment 1571 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 a c (new)
Article 103 a c (new)
Article 103ac Surplus levy on direct sales 1. In the case of direct sales, each producer’s contribution towards the surplus levy payment shall be laid down by decision of the Member State concerned, where applicable after any unused portion of the national quota allocated to direct sales has been reallocated, at the appropriate territorial level or at national level. 2. Member States shall determine the basis for calculation of producers’ contributions towards the surplus levy due on the total quantity of milk sold, transferred, or used to manufacture milk products sold or transferred, by applying criteria to be laid down by the Commission by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 160. 3. No correction linked to fat content shall be taken into account for the purposes of final calculation of the surplus levy. 4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 105v, lay down the arrangements for, and the date of, payment of the surplus levy to the competent bodies of Member States.
Amendment 1574 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 a d (new)
Article 103 a d (new)
Article 103ad Amounts paid in excess or unpaid 1. Where, in the case of deliveries or direct sales, it is established that the surplus levy is due and that the contribution collected from producers is greater than the levy, any Member State may: (a) use all or part of the excess to finance the measures referred to in Article 105k(1)(a); and/or (b) redistribute it in full or in part to producers who: – fall within priority categories determined by the Member State on the basis of objective criteria, and within time-frames, to be laid down by the Commission, or – are affected by an exceptional situation resulting from a national rule unconnected with the quota system for milk and other milk products established by this Chapter. 2. Where no surplus levy is found to be due, any advances collected by purchasers or the Member State shall be repaid at the latest by the end of the following twelve- month period. 3. Where a purchaser has failed to fulfil the obligation to collect the producers’ contribution towards the surplus levy in accordance with Article 105q, the Member State may collect unpaid amounts directly from the producer, without prejudice to any penalties which it might impose on the defaulting purchaser. 4. Where a producer or a purchaser has failed to meet the payment deadline, interest on arrears, to be determined by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2), shall be paid to the Member State.
Amendment 1877 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 117 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 117 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The marketing provisions applicable to Union products, including those adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary, and food sectors to ensure that products conform to hygiene, human and plant health, and animal welfare standards, and to environmental protection rules, shall likewise apply to imported products. Import licences may not be issued for Union imports not complying with those provisions.
Amendment 2133 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 158 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 158 – paragraph 1 a (new)
On the basis of the findings of the impact assessments, due to be carried out by 31 December 2012, on the milk quota system and the abolition of planting rights in the wine sector, the Commission shall, no later than 30 June 2013, submit a proposal on the continuation or revision of the processes for ending quotas and planting rights in the milk, wine, and sugar beet sectors.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Amendment 1440 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 #
2011/0280(COD)
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.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in order to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds and with other relevant Union policies and instruments, taking into account the principle of territoriality and governance at various levels, and the specific characteristics recognised in Article 349 TFEU with regard to the outermost regions.
Amendment 216 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) On the basis of the Common Strategic Framework adopted by the Commission, each Member State should prepare, in cooperation with its partners and in dialogue with the Commission, should prepare a Partnership Contract, at the appropriate territorial level and in line with the respective institutional, legal and financial framework. The Partnership Contract should translate the elements set out in the Common Strategic Framework into the national context and set out firm commitments to the achievement of Union objectives through the programming of the CSF Funds.
Amendment 241 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Establishing a closer link between cohesion policy and the economic governance of the Union will ensure that the effectiveness of expenditure under the CSF Funds is underpinned by sound economic policies and that the CSF Funds can, if necessary, be redirected to addressing the economic problems a country is facing. This process has to be gradual, starting with amendments to the Partnership Contract and to the programmes in support of Council recommendations to address macroeconomic imbalances and social and economic difficulties. Where, despite the enhanced use of CSF Funds, a Member State fails to take effective action in the context of the economic governance process, the Commission should have the right to suspend all or part of the payments and commitments. Decisions on suspensions should be proportionate and effective, taking into account the impact of the individual programmes for addressing the economic and social situation in the relevant Member State and previous amendments to the Partnership Contract. When deciding on suspensions, the Commission should also respect equality of treatment between Member States, taking into account in particular the impact of the suspension on the economy of the Member State concerned. The suspensions should be lifted and funds be made available again to the Member State concerned as soon as the Member State takes the necessary action.
Amendment 554 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare a Partnership Contract, at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with the relevant institutional, legal and financial framework, for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
Amendment 556 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Partnership Contract shall be drawn up by Member States in cooperation with thIn Member States where national legislation or administrative partners referred to in Article 5. The Partnership Contract shall be prepared in dialogue with the Commissionrangements give regions and local authorities a role in implementing operational programmes, they shall participate fully in preparing the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 569 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
i) an analysis of disparities and development needs with reference to the thematic objectives and key actions defined in the Common Strategic Framework and the targets set in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under Article 148(4) of the Treaty, in addition to Article 349 of the TFEU and the Council Recommendations of 2011 on the outermost regions;
Amendment 669 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall assess whether the applicable ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled, in compliance with the division of competencies between different levels of government.
Amendment 675 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 4
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member States, at the appropriate territorial level, in accordance with the relevant institutional, legal and financial framework, shall set out the detailed actions relating to the fulfilment of ex ante conditionalities, including the timetable for their implementation, in the relevant programmes.
Amendment 1377 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
iii) the list of cities where integrated actions for sustainable urban development will be implemented,will be implemented. This list shall be drawn up in partnership with the local and regional authorities, regarding the particular institutional systems of each Member State to ensure equal access for all local authorities that want to implement integrated urban interventions; the indicative annual allocation of the ERDF support for these actions, including the resources delegated to cities for management under Article 7(2) of Regulation(EU) No […] [ERDF] and the indicative annual allocation of ESF support for integrated actions.
Amendment 1608 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Part 3 – article 110 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The co-financing rate at the level of each pof operational programmes under the European territority axis ofal cooperation goal shall be no higher than 85 %. For operational programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal shall be no higher than 75 %. where at least one participant belongs to a Member State whose average GDP per capita for the 2001–2003 period was less than 85 % of the average of the EU-25 during the same period, the ERDF contribution shall not exceed 85 % of eligible expenditure. For all other operational programmes, the ERDF contribution shall not exceed 75 % of eligible expenditure co-financed by the ERDF. The support from funds at the level of each priority axis is fixed by ensuring compliance with the maximum amount of support from funds and the maximum contribution rate of each fund established at the level of each operational programme.
Amendment 1636 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c A (new)
Part 3 – article 111 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c A (new)
(c A) other areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps.
Amendment 1758 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 62 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Synergies between the cohesion policy and the research and innovation policy should promote the creation of technological and scientific clusters in regions with great, but as yet insufficiently exploited, potential, especially in regions which require economic and social convergence to achieve the European Union average, as is the case of the outermost, peripheral, maritime, island, mountainous or sparsely populated regions. Focus should be on the interconnection between the environment and science and technology.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Without prejudice to the importance of the thematic concentration on specific allocations to the outermost and sparsely populated regions, to offset additional structural and permanent costs incurred by these regions, there should be some flexibility in how they are applied in order to respond more appropriately to the objectives for which they have been created.
Amendment 125 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The ERDF shall contribute to the financing of support which aims to reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion by redressing the main regional imbalances through support for the development and structural adjustment of regional economies, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and regions lagging behind, and regions facing demographic and geographical challenges and handicaps.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 A (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 A (new)
In keeping with Articles 174 and 349 of the TFEU, in conjunction with Article 176, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is intended to reduce the disparity between levels of development in different regions and reduce the extent to which the least favoured regions lag behind. Among these regions, special attention must be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions with severe and permanent natural and demographic handicaps, such as the outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density, and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
Amendment 185 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) support to public research and innovation bodies, and investment in technology and applied research in enterprises, as well as research and innovation initiatives by public research companies in partnership with private enterprises;
Amendment 301 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a). The thematic objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] and the corresponding investment priorities set out in Article 5 of this regulation regarding the specific allocation for the outermost and sparsely populated regions, are waived so as to more effectively counter the permanent additional costs in these regions, and thereby achieve the aim of this specific item.
Amendment 673 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Common indicators, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be used where relevant, and after consultation with Member States and the regions, in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]. For common indicators, baselines shall be set at zero and cumulative targets shall be fixed for 2022,.
Amendment 18 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Account should nevertheless be taken of the fact that, whilst they do not benefit from the Connecting Europe Facility, the outermost regions still face an urgent need to optimise their transport links, particularly in the area of maritime passenger and goods transport and air links with the European mainland, and to optimise their energy options as isolated energy systems.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the creation of a POSEI Transport programme and a POSEI Energy programme for the outermost regions;
Amendment 49 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Article 174 of the Treaty states that particular attention should be given to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross-border and mountain regions.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1-B) Article 349 of the Treaty states that specific measures shall be adopted to take account of the social and economic situation of the outermost regions, which is compounded by certain specific features which severely restrain their development.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9-A) However, there are European regions that are unable to participate in cross-border cooperation because of their remoteness and the distance criterion from a sea border.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9-B) Nevertheless, these regions’ integration and their accessibility to geographical areas beyond the EU is not only measured by their geographical remoteness. The wealth of historical, linguistic and cultural bonds that connect them with different countries put them in a strong position to strengthen these relationships and thereby reinforce the EU throughout the world. They should therefore qualify for the cross-border cooperation programmes.
Amendment 123 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For cross-border cooperation, the regions to be supported shall be the NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along all internal and external land borders other than those covered by programmes under the external financial instruments of the Union, and all NUTS level 3 regions of the Union along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cooperation programme areas established for the 2007- 2013 programming period other than for the outermost regions, where this geographical distance criterion does not apply.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv a (new)
(iv-A) Promoting investment to create, develop and improve cross-border and transnational transport
Amendment 230 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv b (new)
(iv-B) Including the necessary infrastructure.
Amendment 317 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Operations concerning interregional and transnational cooperation under Article 2(3)(a) and (b) shall involve beneficiaries from at least three countries, at least two of which shall be Member States.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In that Report, the Commission announced its intention to propose a limited number of modifications to the EGTC Regulation to facilitate the establishment and operation of EGTCs, as well as clarification of certain existing provisions. Obstacles to establishing new EGTCs, including, where the outermost regions are concerned, the maximum distance of 150 km, should be removed while maintaining continuity in and facilitating the operation of existing ones, thus allowing more extensive use of EGTCs to contribute to better cooperation and policy coherence among public bodies without additional burdens on national or European administrations.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Treaty of Lisbon has added the territorial dimension to Cohesion Policy and replaced “Community” by the “Union”. The new terminology should therefore be introduced into the EGTC Regulation and at the same time find visible practical expression, given that the object is to promote the harmonious development of the European Union as a whole and it is, to that extent, unfair to exclude the outermost regions from the outset.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
Article 174 of the TFEU states that particular attention must be paid to rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as the northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border, and mountain regions.
Amendment 28 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Article 349 of the TFEU calls for specific measures to be adopted to take account of the structural social and economic situation of the outermost regions, which is compounded by certain specific features which severely restrain their development.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0272(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It should be made clear that fostering territorial cooperation between these regions, regarded as outposts of the EU, strengthens relations and helps to promote new markets for European regions, taking advantage of the historical and cultural synergies existing between these regions and other countries in the world.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Lack of access to credit is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. Union and national efforts in this area need to be stepped up, in particular by making administrative formalities more flexible, in order to increase the supply of microfinance and meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular unemployed and vulnerable people who wish to start up or develop a micro-enterprise, including on a self-employed basis, but do not have access to credit. As a first step, in 2010 the European Parliament and the Council set up the Facility. The Commission should also ensure that regions affected by permanent constraints and regions seriously affected by the crisis have greater access to European funds, thus enabling them to act as levers for growth, reducing their constraints.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved at Member State level and can therefore, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article and taking account of the institutional structure of the Member States and regions, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 64 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis, which shall facilitate access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises, paying particular attention to the specific needs of the outermost regions and the most remote regions.
Amendment 112 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Facilitate effective and inclusive information-sharing, mutual learning and dialogue on Union employment and social policy and working conditions legislation at Union, national, regional and international level in order to assist the Member States and the other participating countries in developing their policies and in implementing Union law;
Amendment 117 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Provide Unational and natregional organisations in the Union with financial support to step up their capacity to develop, promote and support the implementation of Union employment and social policy and working conditions legislation.
Amendment 124 #
2011/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
1. Increase access to, and the availability of, microfinance, while cutting administrative bureaucracy, for:
Amendment 24 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In this context the EGF should take account of the countries with the greatest economic and social difficulties, where the largest number of businesses have closed down and there is most unemployment. In order to ensure that regions facing serious financial stability problems do not have fewer possibilities to access this fund by comparison with others, it should be possible for the rate of contribution to expenditure eligible under the EGF to be increased to 95% in regions eligible under the convergence objective and 85% of eligible expenditure in the remaining regions.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) workers made redundant as a result of a serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crisis, provided that a direct and demonstrable link can be established between the redundancies and that crisis;
Amendment 90 #
2011/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 97 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Access to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility, especially in outermost and northernmost regions with a lower population density, and in mountain regions;
Amendment 163 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii a (new)
(ii a) capacity buiding through territorial pacts and local initiatives, to promote the territorial dimension of the ESF.
Amendment 269 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 A (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 A (new)
2 A. The operational programmes co- financed by the ESF that cover areas with severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, as set out in Article 111(4) of Regulation (EU) No [...]/2012 (which defines common provisions), should concentrate in particular on resolving specific difficulties in these areas.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) For the purposes of implementing the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas, it is essential to make continuing provision to enable action to be taken should disruption occur on the market after January 2020, given that safeguard measures are manifestly insufficient to guarantee the income of banana producers – especially those in the outermost regions – when the market is seriously disrupted. In addition, as regards the bilateral safeguard clause, the entire process should be speeded up, given that it will continue to be extremely complex and time consuming, posing a real risk that safeguard measures will prove ineffective where European producers are concerned, because they will be enforced too late and producers will have already suffered serious injury.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0262(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) For the purposes of implementing the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas, it is essential to make continuing provision to enable action to be taken should disruption occur on the market after January 2020, given that safeguard measures are manifestly insufficient to guarantee the income of banana producers – especially those in the outermost regions – when the market is seriously disrupted. In addition, as regards the bilateral safeguard clause, the entire process should be speeded up, given that it will continue to be extremely complex and time consuming, posing a real risk that safeguard measures will prove ineffective where European producers are concerned, because they will be enforced too late and producers will have already suffered serious injury.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) It is necessary to take account of the territorial dimension, as laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as one of the objectives of cohesion along with economic and social cohesion.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Having regard to the need of ensuring appropriate monitoring, by the Member States as well as by the Commission, of the implementation of financial engineering instruments, inter alia in order to allow the Member States to provide appropriate information to the Commission on the type of instruments put in place and on the relevant actions undertaken by such instruments on the ground, it is necessary to introduce a provision on reporting. This would also allow the Commission to better assess the overall performance of financial engineering instruments. and supply a summary of the progress made at Union and Member State level, while also taking account of the need for the financial measures to have an immediate territorial impact and, therefore, to involve the regional authorities in the ex ante and ex post evaluation processes, as well as in the progress report.
Amendment 69 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy should take into account interactions with other maritime affairs as addressed by the Integrated Maritime Policy, recognizing that all matters related to Europe’s oceans and seasthe seas and oceans which border European territory are interlinked, including maritime spatial planning. Coherence and integration should be ensured in the management of different sectoral policies within the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Mediterranean and Black Sea sea basins.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) There is a need for the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy to acknowledge the uniqueness of the outermost regions, particularly those whose lack of a continental shelf results in the concentration of resources in fishing grounds and around seamounts. Protection of, and access to, these fragile biogeographical areas should be protected, and they should be exploited only in accordance with their available resources.
Amendment 71 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandoutermost regions should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of certain fishing activities in those waters to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandoutermost regions should therefore be maintained.
Amendment 73 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The objective of sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources is more effectively achieved through a multi-annual approach to fisheries management, establishing as a priority multi-annual plans reflecting the specificities of different sea basins and different fisheries.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States should be able to adopt conservation measures and technical measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy to allow for the policy to better address the realities and specificities of different sea basins and individual fisheries and to increase the adherence to the policy.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The transfer of vessels between different geographical areas should not be permitted without a guarantee that the sustainability of fisheries and of local communities will not be jeopardised by increased fishing activity resulting from greater numbers of active vessels in a given zone.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented at each Member State’s discretion, no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters'’ length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters'’ length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State'’s annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State'’s part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Given that the possible implementation of transferable fishing concessions will inevitably lead to the privatisation and commercialisation of fishing opportunities, and to their concentration in the hands of larger companies and vessels, small-scale and coastal fishing, which generates the majority of jobs and economic activity in coastal regions, needs to be safeguarded and protected.
Amendment 85 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) FDepending on the system established in each Member State, fishing concessions should be transferable and leasable in order to decentralise management of fishing opportunities towards the fishing industry and ensuring that fishers leaving the industry will not need to rely on public financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 87 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify the limitation of the mandatoryvoluntary nature of each Member State’s application of the system of transferable fishing concessions to large vessels. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector; the Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, whether from the Union or third countries, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain. The provisions of the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products should impose conditions on imports of fishery and aquaculture products while respecting the internationally recognised social and environmental regulations.
Amendment 95 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector; t, ensuring reciprocity in trade with third countries in order to guarantee market conditions equal to those within the European Union, not only in terms of fishery sustainability, but also of health controls. The Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should also ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain.
Amendment 96 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) It appears appropriate that the Commission be empowered by delegated acts to create atwo new Advisory Councils and to modify areas of competence of existing ones, in particular considering the specificities of the Black Sea and the outermost regions.
Amendment 97 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54) Following on from the Commission’s guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, and with a view to delivering increased integration for stakeholders, a regional advisory council should be established for the outermost regions, particularly bearing in mind the sensitivity of their specific characteristics.
Amendment 99 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the availabilitysecurity of fishing communities in Europe’s various regions and of food supplies.
Amendment 102 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management as the core principle for securing the sustainability of fisheries, in accordance with the resources available in a framework of equal opportunities, and so as to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminate unwanted catches of commercial and non-commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed; there is a need for downstream compensation for the problems caused by a policy of banning discards;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industry; by ensuring a level playing field for competition in the context of exchanges of fish and aquaculture products with third countries;
Amendment 109 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically visustainable and competitive fishing industry, since it is crucial to guarantee the sector’s future;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) clear definition of responsibilities at the Union, national, regional and local levels, in order to achieve local and decentralised management that takes account of the reality and uniqueness of each country, each fishing zone, each fleet and each fisheries resource;
Amendment 122 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands and from the fishing grounds and seamounts thereof that are further than 100 nautical miles, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to those vessels registered in the ports of thoese islands. Such restrictions shall not apply toContinued access for Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerteds conditional on the sustainability of fisheries resources. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 163 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shallmay voluntarily establish a system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 167 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Part IV – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The system of transferrable fishing concessions shall not apply in the outermost regions; nevertheless, the competent regional authorities should develop a fleet capacity management system and submit it to the Commission for approval.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part XII – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part XII – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Advisory Council which shall be created for the outermost regions shall be divided into 3 sections: the Greater Caribbean section covering Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana; the South West Indian Ocean section covering Réunion and Mayotte and finally the Macaronesia section covering the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.
Amendment 243 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is vital that the Common Fisheries Policy pursues an approach to the fisheries sector that takes into account the biological, ecological and economic and social levels so that there is always a compromise between the state of resources in the various maritime areas and protection of the socio-economic fabric of coastal and small-scale fishing communities that depend on inshore fishing to guarantee jobs and prosperity.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The principle that fishery management should be based on marine biogeographical regions, differentiated according to their characteristics, is the European-level principle that will best foster the sustainability of resources and the protection of the socio-economic fabric of coastal communities.
Amendment 312 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The specific characteristics of the outermost regions (ORs) need to be recognised in the context of the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular those outermost regions that have no continental shelf and whose resources are concentrated in fishing banks and seamounts. Access to these fragile biogeographical areas should be regulated, and they should be protected and exploited within the limits of the resources available.
Amendment 390 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The answer in terms of regionalisation lies in good governance and adapting the rules to the specific characteristics of each fishery and sea area, and extended powers should be delegated to the Member States in the field of fisheries regionalisation, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, allowing the sector to be involved and synergies to be created; the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy can be achieved to a greater extent only with more sector and stakeholder involvement in the drafting of measures.
Amendment 392 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The transfer of vessels between different geographical marine areas should not be permitted without a guarantee that the sustainability of fisheries and the sustainability of local communities will not be jeopardised by the increase in fishing effort resulting from an increase in the number of active vessels in a particular area.
Amendment 414 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy, to be applied on a voluntary basis in each Member State, should be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters' length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters' length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State's annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State's part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 430 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Fishing concessions should be transferable and leasable, in accordance with the system laid down in each Member State, in order to decentralise management of fishing opportunities towards the fishing industry and ensuring that fishers leaving the industry will not need to rely on public financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 443 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify the limitapplication of the mandatory system of transferable fishing concessions to large vesselson a voluntary basis in each Member State. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 508 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Aquaculture has the potential to provide healthy, safe, sustainable high- quality products under environmental conditions, and may make a contribution as a stabilising factor for employment in many regions of Europe that depend on fishing to a greater or lesser extent.
Amendment 525 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector, ensuring reciprocity in trade with third countries so as to create a level playing field on the Union market, not just as regards the sustainability of fisheries, but also in terms of health checks; the Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain.
Amendment 612 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the viability of fishing communities in European regions and to the availability of food supplies.
Amendment 637 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, wherever possible, that by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources will restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 653 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, this being a sine qua non if fisheries are to be placed on a sustainable footing while providing for equal opportunities within the limits of the resources available in order to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited.
Amendment 695 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminate unwanted catches of commercial and non-commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed, taking into account the need for downstream compensation to offset the difficulties caused by a policy of prohibiting discards;
Amendment 714 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable, sustainable, and competitive fishing industry, as it is vital to guarantee the industry’s future;
Amendment 788 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) clear definition of responsibilities at the Union, national, regional and local levels; in order to bring about decentralised locally based management enabling the true state and the specific features of every country, fishing zone, fleet, and fishery resource to be taken into account;
Amendment 1027 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of, and around fishing banks and seamounts beyond this distance in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply toContinued access by Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted shall be conditional on the sustainability of fish stocks. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1131 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) prohibitions of the use of certain fishing gears in certain areas or seasons, with the necessary provision of compensation to operators;
Amendment 1136 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) prohibition or restriction of fishing activities in certain zones and/or periods, with the necessary provision of compensation to operators;
Amendment 1263 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 2015, where possible.
Amendment 1522 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) In view of the difficulties caused by a policy of prohibiting discards, incentives and compensation must be provided for fishermen.
Amendment 1713 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered totake each Member State’s expertise into account when adopting delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to specify the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan, if the Member States authorised to take measures in accordance with Article 17 do not notify such measures to the Commission within threesix months after the date of entry into force of the multiannual plan.
Amendment 1819 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shallmay establish, according to the principle of subsidiarity, a differentiated voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 1977 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Within a Member State which has adopted a system of transferable fishing concessions, these may be fully or partially transferred among eligible holders of such concessions.
Amendment 2036 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Without increasing fishing effort, the fleets belonging to the outermost regions may, in view of their particularities and pursuant to Article 349 of the TFEU, continue to receive specific aid for their modernisation, with the aim of improving the safety and operating conditions of their activity.
Amendment 2291 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) promote aquaculture products, particularly through certification and improved consumer information, guaranteeing market transparency, which will have an impact on food safety.
Amendment 2354 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enable the fishery and aquaculture industry to apply the Common Fisheries Policy at the appropriate level, guided by the principle of good governance and by the principle of fishery management based on differentiated marine biogeographical regions, applying an ecosystem approach as essential in order to make fisheries sustainable, within the limits of the resources available and providing for equal opportunities;
Amendment 2377 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) ensure that products imported through international trade conform to the same rules and requirements as Union fishery and aquaculture products.
Amendment 2467 #
2011/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 12 – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In keeping with Commission guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, and in order to make for an ecosystem approach, taking into account the sensitive nature of their specific characteristics, a Regional Advisory Council must be set up for the outermost regions.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) It is important that the management of the Common Market Organisation is guided by the principles of good governance of the Common Fisheries Policy and by the principle that fishery management should be based on marine biogeographical regions, differentiated according to the characteristics of the fisheries concerned, applying an ecosystem approach, as is essential in order to make fisheries sustainable, and providing for equal opportunities within the limits of the resources available.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Producer organisations are the key actors for the appropriate application of the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation. It is therefore necessary to strengthen their objectives to ensure that their members carry out fishing and aquaculture activities in a sustainable manner, improve the placing on the market of products, and collect economic information on aquaculture. When realising these objectives, producer organisations should take into account the different conditions of the fishery and aquaculture sectors prevailing in the Union, in particular the specificities of small-scale fisheries, especially for the purposes of their integration into the CMO.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Producer organisations, which are particularly lacking in technical and human resources in regions greatly dependent on fisheries, should receive support enabling them to establish the conditions necessary for the proper performance of their tasks.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order that producer organisations can steer their members towards sustainable fishery and aquaculture activities, producer organisations should define and submit to the competent authorities of the Member States aGiven that they are affected by a whole range of permanent structural constraints, which are fully recognised in the TFEU, the outermost regions (ORs) require environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable measures to minimise their disadvantages compared with regions in mainland Europe, specifically as regards the additional costs incurred in selling their fishery productions and, marketing plan with the necessary measures to fulfil their objectivesarticular, the cost of transporting them to the European mainland.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As fish stocks are shared resources, their sustainable and efficient exploitation can, in certain instances, be better achieved by organisations composed of members from different Member States and different regions. Therefore it is necessary to foresee also the possibility forencourage the setting -up of transnproducer organisations and associationals of producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, whicht transregional level, based where appropriate on biogeographical regions, and transnational level, these being intended as partnerships aimed at producing binding common rules and offering a level playing field to all fishery stakeholders, whilst ensuring that they remain subject to competition rules as foreseen in the present rprovided for in this Regulation.
Amendment 81 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Common Market Organisation shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy and to fair distribution of income among producers.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) promoting viable and sustainable fishing activities of their members in full compliance with the conservation policy laid down in the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy and environmental legislation;
Amendment 102 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) organising vocational training activities, to encourage young people to enter the sector;
Amendment 108 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) handling unwanted catches of commercial and non-commercial stocks;
Amendment 142 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) making the best use of unwanted catches of commercial and non- commercial stocks by:
Amendment 185 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting viable and sustainable aquaculture activities of their members by providing opportunities for their development;
Amendment 193 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) stabilising the markets.
Amendment 240 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are sufficiently active economically in their territory or a part thereof, in particular as regards number of members andor volume of marketable production;
Amendment 253 #
2011/0194(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20a Regional Advisory Council for the Outermost Regions In line with the Commission guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, a Regional Advisory Council for the Outermost Regions shall be established with the aim of ensuring an ecosystem-based approach and taking account of the sensitive nature of their specific characteristics.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Article 15(3) of Directive 2003/96/EC allows Member States to apply to agricultural, horticultural and piscicultural works as well as to forestry not only the provisions generally applicable to business uses but also a level of taxation down to zero. An examination of that option has revealed that as far as general energy consumption taxation is concerned its maintenance would be contrary to the Union’s wider policy objectives unless it is linked to a counterpart ensuring advances in the field of energy efficiency. As regards CO2 related taxation the treatment of the sectors concerned should be aligned to the rules applying to industrial sectors. The regions which are most affected by high production costs and which have an exceptional capacity to produce energy from renewable sources should receive other forms of support in addition to tax exemption, in order to encourage energy self-sufficiency on the part of their farmers and stockbreeders.
Amendment 4 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the provision of fast broadband networks is vital if the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy are to be achieved, in terms of promoting economic growth, strengthening Europe's competitiveness, promoting innovation, administrative streamlining and digital public services and enabling all regions and sectors of society to benefit from the digital environment,
Amendment 14 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that full broadband coverage must be made a universal service, as it is essential to helping create equal living conditions in Europe and thereby contributing to equal opportunities and action to combat the digital divide;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Digital technologies are essential to territorial cohesion, giving the outermost regions of the EU a more important role; steps must therefore be taken to overcome the difficulties encountered by regions in the field of technology and services, in terms of availability, quality and pricing, and thus to bring them closer to the EU average;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that single market accessibility for all EU regions is a prerequisite for the free movement of people, goods, capital and services, and thus for a strong and dynamic single market; points out, in this connection, the essential role played by the Union's regional policy in terms of developing infrastructure, particularly in the less developed and outermost regions, drawing attention to the need for the objectives of the trans-European transport networks to be extended to those regions; calls for the development of innovative sources of funding (such as public-private partnerships, project bonds and user charges); calls on the Commission and the Member States jointly to address the complexity of the rules governing revenue- generating projects;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that regional policy implementation is crucial for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and the deepening of the single market; points out that EU structural funding should be allocated in a dynamic, forward-looking manner, i.e. so as to cushion further the possible adverse effects on regions of international trade agreements and to prepare EU regions for socioeconomic change, in the framework of a renewed global strategy for those regions, grounded in a balance between conditioning factors and potentialities alongside flexibility as regards sectoral instruments and policies; calls for a more user-friendly regional policy, but also for stricter rules against ‘fund-shopping’, by means of which some enterprises may misuse the Union's financial instruments;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that innovation policy needs to be related to policies for education, training and the labour market; advocates efforts to mobilise citizens and workers in support of processes of change, via the framing and implementation of inclusive political strategies for innovation, with a view to speeding up the development of innovative products and services and paving the way for higher employment and growth;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regards the current debate on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as important, given agriculture and rural development's role as a strategic sector in the European Union;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the CAP, in addition to its fundamental objectives, has a multifunctional role in delivering public goods, such as environmental protection, high-quality food production, high animal welfare standards, and in shaping and improving the diversity and quality of valued landscapes in the EU; points out that it also plays a key part in combating land abandonment, rural depopulation and the ageing of the rural population in the EU by providing appropriate funding for rural communities, and that it is an essential precondition for sustainable development in many EU regions;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that this is the first CAP reform in an EU of 27 Member States and that it is important to take account of the varied types of agriculture, making it possible for them to be carried on in the various European countries and territories, whilst avoiding any attempt to renationalise what is a common policy;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that, in light of past experience, short programming periods can generate inefficiencies in terms of both spending and the achievement of aims, and therefore proposes a period of at least seven years, so that problems and mistakes which have arisen or occurred in the recent past will not be repeated, providing a stable framework that will stimulate investment in agriculture;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund numbers among its priorities the protection and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage as offering potential for the development of sustainable tourismand quality tourism, highlighting its extraordinary cultural wealth, exemplified by UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and the exuberant natural beauty found in Natura 2000 sites across the EU;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that tourism has a tangible impact on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of all the Member States; stresses also that tourism represents the main resource of some EU regions that are lagging behind economically, and that it has a direct impact on growth in other sectors, and that there is a need to consider their accessibility, principally through extension of the trans-European transport network objectives to these regions;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses that rural tourism and farm tourism are important means of countering seasonal bias in tourism, especially in the more remote regions; to this end, the access factor needs examining for those regions, with exploration of the potential for extending the European transport networks;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2160(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to examine the most effective ways of increasing synergies on the ground; suggests, in this respect, that consideration be given to the possibility of allowing the Member States to choose to have a single operational programme per region, encompassing different funds (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EFF) with a single managing authority, paying particular attention to the regions' contributions to a decentralised approach and to giving the regions more autonomy and flexibility with regard to participation in their own strategies and upgrading regional and local levels of administration;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that it is to a great extent urban areas that translate European policies into on the ground implementation; stresses that urban areas generate around 80% of the GDP of the EU and significantly contribute to the economic growth of Europe and that it should be borne in mind that only cities that can provide high-quality services and that have adequate infrastructure can attract and promote forward-looking activities with high added value; on the other hand they also bear the costs of economic productivity (urban sprawl, congestions, pollution, exclusion etc.) that put their role as 'motors of growth' into risk; considers therefore that there is a clear justification for common engagement towards the urban areas of the EU;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that urban areas are not islands within their regions and their development must therefore be closely linked with the surrounding functional or rural areas; considers that multi-level governance and the partnership principle are the most effective tools to prevent sectorialisation and fragmentation of development policies; Considers, therefore, that basic quantitative and qualitative measures should be taken, for the purpose of developing European cities and the surrounding rural areas, in the four policy areas with a special impact on their quality growth, namely economic competitiveness and employment policies, economic and social cohesion policy, trans-European network integration policies and policies to promote sustainable development and the quality of life;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the remoteness of some EU regions precludes them from taking part in cross-border cooperation, on the basis of the criterion of distance from a maritime frontier;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers, nonetheless, that the integration of such regions with and their opening up to geographical areas outside the EU is not and cannot be simply a function of their geographical remoteness; the wealth of historical, linguistic and cultural bonds linking them to various parts of the world gives them a key role to play in the deepening of such relations, to the benefit of the EU's global presence, and they should therefore be able to participate in the cross-border cooperation programmes;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2155(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that territorial cooperation concerns both the EU’s internal and external borders; asks the Commission to consider how to create more effective synergies between initiatives under the ERDF, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) and the European Development Fund (EDF), and calls on it to submit a proposal for a new Neighbourhood Policy as soon as possible;
Amendment 3 #
2010/2142(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that cohesion funds are subject to particularly complex rules and are implemented differently from other EU spending areas, which makes them more vulnerable to errors; draws attention to the fact that the error rate in cohesion spending remains the highest of all EU payments with greater than 5 % in 2009; is aware of the decrease in the error rate in comparison to 2008, and therefore calls for greater simplification and more technical support to enable the Member States and regions to ensure more effective implementation; points out that regional authorities must be given the technical knowledge that will enable them to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the resources made available to them;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses, however, the importance of introducing more flexibility into the rules governing the Structural Funds as regards eligibility criteria, the definition of criteria for resource allocation, the cofinancing rate applicable and the areas of action, in line with the creation of a genuine multilevel agreement involving the Commission, the Member States and the regions and results-oriented in nature;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the delays in project selection for strategic areas such as the rail sector, certain energy and environmental investments, the digital economy, social inclusion, governance and capacity building, and calls for a thorough analysis of the causes of these delays, while also inviting the Member States to involve their regions with a view to closer monitoring of areas where efforts need reinforcement; highlights on the other hand higher absorption of environmental projects in European Territorial Cooperation programmes, and points to the clear added value of cooperation in this context;
Amendment 11 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the agreement on trade in bananas makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believes that this agreement fur, however, that the interests of Community producers and their consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture in the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTO negotiations forwarACP partners should be taken into account in the next trade negotiations so that these sectors, which provide numerous jobs, are not weakened;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the outermost regions are an integral part of EU territory and all international trade agreements are applied to them; stresses that their fragile economies are mainly based on agriculture, and their production covers the same areas of production as the Latin- American partners in particular and is therefore jeopardised by lower customs tariffs; points out that Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union allows for adjustment of Community policies to the geographic and economic realities of these regions; therefore calls on the Commission to take the specific constraints of the outermost regions into account in the framework of its negotiations so that their development is not undermined;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the fact that financial compensation cannot offset the negative impacts of the discontinuation of EU agricultural production, which guarantees food safety and quality and is essential for the prosperity of EU rural areas and the protection of rural landscapes against the threat of land abandonment and rural depopulation; emphasises, therefore, the need to maintain the conditions necessary for EU farmers to remain viable and receive a fair income, adding that it is also necessary to boost aid for promotion and awareness-raising with the aim of applying innovation to traditional agricultural processes while also financing actions for economic diversification in the countryside;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that the outermost regions (ORs) are an integral part of the EU and that trade agreements apply in their entirety to such regions; stresses that lower customs tariffs pose a threat to the fragile economies of ORs, which are based mainly on farming and produce goods similar to those produced by, among others, Latin American partner countries; points out that, under Article 349 of the TFEU, EU policies may be tailored to the specific geographical and economic circumstances of such regions; calls accordingly on the Commission to take account, during negotiations, of the specific situation of ORs, so as to ensure that their development is not undermined;
Amendment 74 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that the EU has already significantly reduced its trade-distorting domestic support and asks for firm commitments to do the same from other trading partners, especially at a time when other countries, such as the US, are continuing to boost support for their farmers;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that if Europe is to compete effectively in the sphere of international trade, it needs to take account, through improved means of monitoring, of its competitors' policies, since while it has been decided to put an end to milk quotas in Europe (a measure which we do not believe is appropriate to present circumstances in the dairy sector), in the US laws are being drawn up (e.g. the Dairy Market Stabilization Act 2010) for the regulation of production;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is deeply concerned about the impacts on the EU agricultural sector of a possible association agreement with Mercosur, given the request made by Mercosur in March 2006 for access to the EU agricultural market, which went considerably further than the already substantial offer made by the EU in 2004; it is therefore necessary to review the concessions in such a way as to protect our farmers' interests;
Amendment 108 #
2010/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Notes that, given the importance of the forestry sector, which is responsible for a significant share of GDP and generates a large number of jobs, the Green Paper should promote the development of policies offering added value for the sector, particularly as regards the need for a clear and objective definition and proper assessment of the options that will make it possible to integrate forest fire prevention into the EU's financial instruments;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the lightspite of the ever closer degree of interdependence between economic, social and environmental issues, takes the view that focusing on GDP alone is likely to provide an incomplete impression that takes no account of the actual situations in the regions, and coulGDP is still the most relevant and rigorous measurement of development, although it could be complemented by new indicators that prove to be reliable and resgult in poor choices being made and inappropriate decisar and that do not give a misleading impression of the actual situations being takenhe regions;
Amendment 61 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to introduce, as a matter of priority and urgency, indicators in addition to GDP for environmental and social issues, with a view to establishing a more comprehensive picture of regional cohesion policies, at the latest by the start of the 2014-2020 programming perioonly after they have been tested and properly regionalised;
Amendment 79 #
2010/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes that per capita GDP should continue to be the criteriaon governing regions’ eligibility for EU funding should be considered in the light of the set of indicators that is brought in; calls for environmental and social indicators to be given the same status as GDP when it comes to classifying thebut that the Commission might nevertheless start to analyse the reliability and impact of new environmental and social indicators for classifying the regions, which should be tested and properly regionsalised.
Amendment 5 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Empowered by the reference to territorial cohesion in the TFEU, and with the aim of improving accessibility, considers it essential to continue to make the mobility of passengers and goods an integral part of internal market policy through the promotion of short sea shipping and maritime cabotage between territories and, at the same time, ensure better links between peripheral maritime regions and islands and mainland and economic centres; in the same context, points out that it is of crucial importance to deal with the difficulties facing island areas in the EU with regard to the transport of persons by guaranteeing the same cost per kilometrecompetitive costs for the transport of goods and people, regardless of their location;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the need to enhance regional maritime cooperation within an integrated framework in order to strengthen maritime sectors, deal with the negative effects of insularity and encourage the exchange and transfer of best practices; , especially regarding research and maritime surveillance;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the importance of the maritime economy in particular, for those Member States with large Exclusive Economic Zones, and to the need to promote the development of maritime economic clusters and to boost their contribution to growth and employment under the 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 31 #
2010/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission should haveIn order to ensure the proper functioning of this Regulation, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning order tof the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of supplementing or amending certain non- essential elements of this Regulation. The elements for which that power may be exercised should be defined, as well as the conditions to which that delegation is to be subjectIt is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and not forgetting regional and local authorities, island, sparsely populated and mountainous regions and the outermost regions, so as not to aggravate the constraints that such regions already face in the present crisis. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 33 #
2010/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 - paragraph 1 - point c)
Article 12 - paragraph 1 - point c)
(c) shall be opened for beef and veal by the Commission, by means of implementing acts adopted without the assistance of the Committee referred to inpplication of Article 323(1a), if the average market price for beef and veal over a representative period in a Member State or in a region of a Member State recorded on the basis of the Union scale for the classification of carcasses as referred to in Article 34(1) is below EUR 1560/tonne, paying particular attention to the principles of territorial cohesion so as to take account of the impact on regional markets, whose economies largely depend on this type of product.
Amendment 40 #
2010/0385(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 - paragraph 2
Article 101 - paragraph 2
2. Measures on the fixing of the aid amThe aid amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed by the Commission by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 321(1a), taking into account the reference price for skimmed milk powder fixed in point (e)(ii) of Article 8(1), and the development of the market situation as regards skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder. Accounts shall be taken byof measures to support agricultural products from the Council in accordance with Article 43(3) of the Treatytermost regions, which shall give consideration to the changes proposed by this Regulation.
Amendment 11 #
2010/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission will need to provide guarantees as regards the basis for the proposed delegated acts. It should be noted that the drafting of delegated acts is too lax (as regards scope and restrictions) and that there is a risk of new provisions deriving from their application having an impact on Member States in operational and financial terms, going beyond the existing framework. In accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU, in the event of delegation of powers or delegated acts, the specific obligations deriving therefrom for Member states must be duly limited. In addition, the issue of implementing acts should be reviewed, given that provision has been made for legislative acts to be subject to an examination procedure, while consultation should only apply in exceptional cases. ‘Justified exceptions’ will need to be explained as the rights of Member States should not be restricted merely on the basis of the need for greater speed and efficiency.
Amendment 43 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) There are disadvantaged regions that depend heavily on milk production, where it is necessary to assess the guidelines laid down for the milk and milk products sector, as recognised in the Treaties, so that support and the application of these policies continue to be adapted to their specific characteristics.
Amendment 56 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is however necessary to reassess the decision to abolish the milk quota scheme in March 2015 in accordance with the specific situation in the milk and milk products sector.
Amendment 69 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) There is a problem of price transmission along the chain, in particular as regards farm-gate prices. Conversely, during 2009 the supply of milk did not react to lower demand. Indeed, in some large producer Member States, in reaction to lower prices, farmers produced more than in the previous year. Value-added in the chain has become increasingly concentrated in the downstream sectors, notably with dairieand it is therefore essential to continue with an approach that takes account of all the contractual relations established in those sectors, notably between producers and dairies, between dairies and distributors and between distributors and consumers.
Amendment 115 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far-reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review to see how they have operated and whether they should continue to apply. This should be dealt with in Commission reports on the development of the milk market, and covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018.
Amendment 173 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 126 a – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Contractual negotiations in the milk and milk products sector must be based on a code of practice and may be kept under review by specialised bodies in Member States, laying emphasis on the transparency of transaction documents, as reflected in clear indications of the value of deliveries and the net amounts to be paid for them.
Amendment 243 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 185 e – paragraph 1
Article 185 e – paragraph 1
1. Processors of raw milk shall declare to the competent national authority the quantity of raw milk that has been delivered to them each month, along with all other details considered relevant, for example the characteristics of the milk and the prices, for the purpose of adding constantly to the fund of information resulting from enforcement of the milk quota system rules.
Amendment 95 #
2010/0354(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2007
Article 112 m a (new)
Article 112 m a (new)
Article 112ma A scheme for optional reserved terms is established in order to help producers of agricultural products having value adding characteristics or attributes to communicate such characteristics or attributes within the internal market, and in particular to support and complement specific marketing standards. The optional reserved terms shall also be used as a way of enhancing the attractiveness of products from agricultural markets in remote, mountain, island and outermost regions.
Amendment 59 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) A second level of quality systems should be created, based on quality labels conferring value added which can be transmitted within the internal market and applied on a voluntary basis. These voluntary quality labels should refer to specific characteristics of the product, the method of production or an aspect of processing. Optional quality labels of this nature for mountain agricultural products have, to date, fulfilled the requirements and should generate value added on the market. Similar measures should apply to the most remote regions.
Amendment 24 #
2010/0257(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Union funding should be designed to support exploratory work on actions which aim to promote the strategic objectives of the Integrated Maritime Policy, including the integrated maritime governance at all levels, the further development and implementation of integrated sea-basin strategies tailored to the specific needs of Europe’s different sea basins, the definition of the boundaries of sustainability of human activities in the framework of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, which constitutes the environmental pillar of the Integrated Maritime Policy, paying due attention to their cumulative impacts, on the basis of the ecosystem approach, the further involvement of local and regional stakeholders in integrated multi-level maritime governance schemes, the further development of cross-cutting tools for integrated policy-mak, and a cross-sectoral approach to, integrated policy-making to improve synergies and coordination between existing policies and instruments through maritime-related data and knowledge sharing, the promotion of the international dimension of the Integrated Maritime Policy, and sustainable economic growth, employment, innovation and competitiveness.
Amendment 81 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8a (new)
Recital 8a (new)
(8a) Whilst diversification is desirable, given the situation of the outermost regions, it is sometimes difficult to achieve.
Amendment 86 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to support the marketing of products from the outermost regions, aid should be established to assist commercialisation of these products outside of the region in which they are produced, taking account of the high additional costs they face as a result of their distance from consumer markets and the need for double storage, which create crucial competitive disadvantages affecting their ability to compete in the internal market. These factors justify the need to increase the financial envelope for the POSEI programme.
Amendment 88 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within the limits of traditional exports and traditional dispatches. These amounts are established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of dispatches or export average figures during 1989, 1990 and 1991in the three best years;
Amendment 89 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23a (new)
Recital 23a (new)
(23a) Account should also be taken of the additional costs affecting agricultural production in the outermost regions linked to the small size of farmland plots and their scattered nature, including greater use of agricultural diesel not only by traction machinery but also by other vehicles used to transport various items of farm machinery between farms.
Amendment 90 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 91 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) dispatched between the regions of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands;
Amendment 92 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 92 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The restructuring of the milk sector is not yet complete in the Azores. In line with the high dependence of the Azores on milk production, combined with other handicaps connected with their extreme remoteness and the absence of profitable alternative lines of production, the derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 concerning surplus levies on milk and milk products should be maintained. Likewise, in order to bring about a more rapid structural recovery that will better prepare the sector for the end of the milk-quota system, it is justified to increase the financial envelope for the POSEI programme by the amounts sufficient to cover the measures which may become necessary, in the light of the studies proposed in this Regulation on the foreseeable impact of the abolition of this scheme.
Amendment 94 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29a (new)
Recital 29a (new)
(29a) Given the irreplaceable nature of milk production in the Azores, where it is the main driving force for the economy, social stability, the quality of the environment and occupation of the land, the POSEI programme, whose aim is to adapt the common agricultural policy to the outermost regions, is the best instrument with which to lay down any measures which may be necessary to maintain current levels of production, arising from the production rights allocated.
Amendment 101 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Since 2006, requirements in essential products have increased in some outermost regions, particularly in the Azores and in the French overseas departments, as a result of the increasing livestock population and demographic pressure. The proportion of the budget which Member States may use for the specific supply arrangements for the regions concerned should therefore be increased. re should therefore be an effective increase in the financial envelope for the specific supply arrangements, in order to avoid compromising current support which is indispensable for local production, the main objective of the POSEI programme.
Amendment 103 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In respect of each financial year, the Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV, which should also include the real increases of 20% under the Special Supply Regime, which are considered necessary for Portugal and France.
Amendment 106 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission, not later than 31 Julyby 30 September each year, a report on the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation over the previous year.
Amendment 108 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. Not later than 30 June 2015, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to the European Parliament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken under this Regulation, including in the banana and milk sectors, accompanied if applicable by appropriate proposals.
Amendment 110 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the case of entry into force of international trade agreements or of significant changes to the CAP, impact studies should be carried out concerning agriculture in the most remote regions, especially with regard to their most important products.
Amendment 111 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Following the impact studies referred to in paragraph 3a, and should it be necessary, modifications should be proposed with a view to the closer adaptation of agriculture in the most remote regions to new circumstances.
Amendment 112 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting the socioeconomic operators concerned, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing acts the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.
Amendment 115 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1a (new)
1a. The Member States shall endeavour to ensure that the economic advantage of the benefits granted under the specific supply arrangements is in fact passed on to the end user, including the application of a more favourable fiscal policy for imported products or for processed products incorporating products imported under these arrangements.
Amendment 117 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point ea (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point ea (new)
ea) and which have incurred real costs on import that are higher than the benefits enjoyed under the specific supply arrangements, in order to ensure that the outermost regions are better integrated into the internal market. The Commission shall be responsible for granting this authorisation in accordance with the evidence provided.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1a (new)
1a. There shall be a minimum effective increase in the annual amount allocated to finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV corresponding to the 20% increase in the specific supply arrangements deemed necessary for Portugal and France.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. Not later than 30 June 2015, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to the European Parliament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken under this Regulation, including in the banana and milk sectors, accompanied if applicable by appropriate proposals.
Amendment 136 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3a (new)
3a. The Commission shall carry out studies or assessments of the impact on local production of bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations with third countries or trade markets and of significant changes agreed with regard to the common agricultural policy. The Commission shall apply the criteria laid down by the United Nations when drawing up its reports. Where necessary, these studies or assessments shall be accompanied by proposals for a revision of the financial statement and of support measures for local production in the light of changes arising from the trade negotiations or significant changes to the common agricultural policy that have a major impact on the main production sectors in the outermost regions.
Amendment 137 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Given its significant impact on local production sectors in the outermost regions, the studies or assessments referred to in Article 31(3a) shall include the EU-Mercosur bilateral agreement.
Amendment 138 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3c (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3c (new)
3c. Given its significant impact on local production sectors in the outermost regions, the studies or assessments referred to in Article 31(3a) shall include the effects of the abolition of the milk- quota system.
Amendment 139 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3d (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 3d (new)
3d. The Commission shall include a specific chapter in the analyses, studies and assessments it carries out in the context of trade agreements and the common agricultural policy for any topic in which the outermost regions have a particular interest.
Amendment 140 #
2010/0256(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31a (new)
Article 31a (new)
Amendment 74 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to make it obligatory to provide clear proof in the transaction document of the value of what the supplier is selling, as well as the net real price attaching to the transaction;
Amendment 136 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to take action against the misuse of private labels through the imposition of contracting standards which limit farmers’ market access and the systematic reduction of producer prices, and against the practices of buying alliances by supermarket chains; recalls that the misuse of private labels has an adverse impact on producers' capacity to innovate and develop new products and also places constraints on R& D;
Amendment 164 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that ever-increasing market orientation necessitates measures to counter extreme volatility, since some players in the food chain are taking advantage of that phenomenon while others are being visibly damaged by it;
Amendment 173 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SugUrgests that Member States makee Commission to establish a common codes of good commercial practices in the food chain compulsory, to apply throughout the EU;
Amendment 181 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16b (new)
Paragraph 16b (new)
16b. Urges the Commission to establish at European level a mechanism for the monitoring of relations between big distributors and their suppliers by specialised bodies in the Member States; considers that contracts between big distributors and their suppliers should be mandatorily deposited with those specialised bodies;
Amendment 199 #
2009/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19a (new)
Paragraph 19a (new)
19a. Believes that when international trade agreements are concluded the highest standards, especially for safety, the environment and animal welfare, must prevail on both sides, since if not distortions of production will arise as between EU and non-EU operators, with immediate consequences for the EU's competitiveness;
Amendment 256 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that a strong European Common Agricultural Policy is needed to ensure that EU farmers remain competitive on the world market against well subsidised trading partners; believes that the EU cannot afford to rely on other parts of the world to provide for European food security – in particular where such regions do not apply the same health and safety standards as EU producers – in the context of climate change, political instability in certain regions of the world and potential outbreaks of diseases or other events potentially detrimental to production capacity;
Amendment 340 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises that generations of farmers have shaped the valued EU landscapes and, therefore, should be rewarded for continuing to do so in a sustainable way, especially in naturally disadvantaged areas and in geographically disadvantaged areas such as the most remote regions; believes that they are actively contributing to the great cultural value and attractiveness of Europe, providing the backdrop for successful rural tourism;
Amendment 514 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recognises the wide range of new priorities for the CAP and notes that the new Member States' expectation when they joined the European Union was that CAP support would, over time, reach parity with old Member States; therefore calls for the 2013 CAP budget amount to be at least maintained post-2013 if the EU is to meet its current commitments and successfully deliver the new priorities, recalling that the CAP had never had to face so many challenges as it does today and that those challenges cannot be met with a lower budget allocation;
Amendment 607 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Notes that the move away from the historical basis may create particular challenges for Member States or regions with a relatively large amount of so-called 'naked land' (unclaimed eligible land); calls for the specific needs of such regions to be given full consideration when designing the future support, whose founding principles should consist of environmental and social criteria;
Amendment 693 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for the continuation of specific measures to compensate farmers producing in areas with natural handicaps and areas with geographical handicaps, such as the most remote regions - which are disadvantaged by their small size and distance from markets - in order to ensure that agricultural activity takes place and local food is produced across the EU, reducing the threat of land abandonment and ensuring balanced territorial management across the EU; considers that this support scheme should remain co- financed as it currently is;
Amendment 762 #
2009/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls that, amongst the current set of market tools, export refunds should continue to be phased out according to WTO agreements, with account being taken of the possible need for an instrument to be used in specific circumstances to counter severe losses of competitiveness caused by artificial exchange rate devaluations on the part of the EU's competitors;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that multi-level governance allows better exploitation of the potential of territorial cooperation thanks to the relations developed among private and public actors across borders; urges those Member States which have not yet done so to adopt as soon as possible the necessary provisions allowing the setting up of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation; recommends that the Commission promote exchange of information between the EGTCs already created and those in the process of being set up; , as well as use of the instruments of the Committee of the Regions, in particular its Lisbon Monitoring Platform and its Subsidiarity Monitoring Network, in order to promote the exchange of best practices between regions and Member States with a view to the joint identification and determination of objectives, subsequent planning actions, and, finally, a comparative evaluation of the outcomes of cohesion policy.
Amendment 17 #
2009/2231(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on national, regional and local authorities to intensify their use of the integrated approach during the current programming period; proposes that this approach be made compulsory in the context of the future cohesion policy; considers that a flexible and integrated approach needs both to take account of the economic, social and environmental aspects of territorial development and to enable coordination of the interests of the various partners, in the light of territorial characteristics, in order to respond to challenges at local and regional level;
Amendment 10 #
2009/0138(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 247/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(-1a) Article 2(2) is replaced by the following: “2. A forecast supply balance shall be drawn up stating the quantity of the agricultural products referred to in paragraph 1 needed to meet supply requirements each year. A separate forecast balance may be drawn up for the requirements of undertakings packaging and processing products intended for the local market, for traditional consignment to the rest of the Community or for export as part of regional trade or traditional trade flows; in this case the quantities specified shall be updated regularly so as to reflect the market trend within the meaning of Article 4(2).”