Activities of Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the EU has a duty to protect minorities and to guarantee their rights; notes that Article 2 of the TEU frames the protection of minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EU; further notes that Articles 21 (on non- discrimination) and 22 (on cultural, religious and linguistic diversity) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights acquired legally binding form in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);(Does not affect the English version.)

2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE

2018/2111(INI)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the ~~diversity of views in the Parliament and mitigates the accountability of the European institutions to European citizens~~principle of universal suffrage;

2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the UK Government to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UK are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties.~~deleted

2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the FRA report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, ~~shows that~~didn’t research one of the root causes of violence against women nerelateds to be tackled in all EU Member States, including those which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)religion or ideology such as Islam and need to be tackled in all EU Member States, given the extent of the problem, the severe consequences of violence and the impact it has on ~~women’s~~EU-citizens’ lives as well as on society as a whole;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas freedom of speech and freedom of expression are the cornerstones of our societies and should remain protected at all cost;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in democratic societies, freedom of assembly is one of the instruments by which people can participate in the public debate ~~and bring about social change~~; whereas media freedom, pluralism and independence are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and are vital to the democratic functioning of the ~~EU and its~~ Member States; whereas journalists and other media actors in the EU face multiple attacks, threats and pressures from state and non-state actors causing possible self- censorship;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas Article 21 (1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that any discrimination based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, languages or membership of a national minority shall be prohibited; whereas migrants, descendants of migrants and members of minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life; whereas, in spite of numerous calls on the Commission, only limited steps have been taken to ensure the effective protection of minorities; whereas persistent racist and xenophobic attitudes are embraced by opinion leaders and politicians across the EU, fostering a social climate that provides fertile ground for racism, discrimination and hate crimes;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression and information, which includes the right of freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the arrival in Europe of illegal migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017; whereas this reality requires real EU solidarity to put in place adequate reception structures for those most in need and most vulnerable; whereas many migrants place their lives in the hands of smugglers and criminals and are vulnerable to violations of their rights, including violence, abuse and exploitation; whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked and sexually abused at the hands of traffickers and there is therefore a need to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children, in line with the commitments set out in the Valletta Action Plan are due to the open border policy and Schengen, while many Member States want to be sovereign and in control of their borders as has been proven by reinforced border controls in many Member States and election results in Italy, Hungary, Austria and Bavaria;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the FRA has become a centre of excellence in providing fundamental rights evidence to the EU institutions and Member States;~~deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that ~~the 2017 FRA paper entitled ‘Challenges to women’s human rights in the EU’ confirms that~~ women and girls experience persistent ~~gender~~ discrimination, sexist hate speech, ~~and gender~~religious-based violence and intimidation in the EU, which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls in this regard on EU Member States to consider six main areas of intervention to step up their commitment to safeguarding the dignity and rights of women and girls, as suggested in the FRA report: empowering equality bodies to deal with the entire range of issues that impacts on women’s rights, from gender equality to violence against women; improving safety online; promoting gender equality in education and life-long learning more effectively; introducing gender quotas as a bold step towards positive action; mainstreaming gender equality in the coordination of economic policies across the EU through the European Semester; improving data collection and dissemination of knowledge on all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reminds that discrimination on grounds of gender is in violation with article 19 TFEU;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to~~Regrets that the Istanbul Convention signed on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EUoes not include religious-based induced violence;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; ~~calls on~~welcomes Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment which hampers women’s full participation in the labour market; highlights the fact that gender stereotypes must be tackled from an early age to effectively address the under- representation of women in work, decision making and politics; calls on Member States to appropriately address this issue in school curricula;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to life, to health, to be free from torture and ill-treatment, to privacy, equality and non-discrimination; recalls that Member States have the obligation, under international human rights law, to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive healthcare and services; notes that this should include the elimination of laws, policies and practices that infringe upon these rights as well as the prevention of the erosion of existing protections;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes Member States to take adequate measures to safeguard and promote a pluralist, independent and free media landscape in the service of democratic society, including the independence and sustainability of the media, which are crucial elements of a favourable environment for freedom of expression;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are the lifeblood of a healthy and functioning democracy and encourages, in this context, ~~the EU and~~ the Member States to take further steps to safeguards and protect freedom of speech and assembly as basic principles of democratic processes; strongly condemns in this regard the increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly, which the authorities have enforced in some cases with violence against protesters; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functiassembly and freedom of speech including the right to publish all opinions in (onlin~~g of democratic societies and calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with international human rights standard~~e)media as basic principles of democratic processes;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reminds the EU institutions that all citizens have a guaranteed right to freedom of speech; calls on the EU institutions to respect this right of EU citizens to freedom of speech in all their decisions, actions and policies, as a means to thoroughly uphold media pluralism and media freedom;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern that few specific legal provisions to ensure the protection of media actors from violence, threats and pressures can be identified at national level in EU Member States; expresses its concern over the precarious working conditions for journalists including non-paid reporters, bloggers or columnists and the amount of psychological violence they witness, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and th~~us hampers media freedo~~erefore could threaten media freedom and media pluralism;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Underlines the fact~~Notes that whistle- blowing is an ~~essential~~ element in investigative journalism and press freedom, and ~~in this context recalls its resolution of 24 October 2017 on legitimate measur~~therefore welcomes Member States to have protection for whistle-blowers ~~acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies3; __________________ 3~~in national law accordingly; __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0402. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0402.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes initiatives of Member States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists and other media actors, enabling them to perform their work in full independence and without undue interference – such as the threat of violence, harassment, financial, economic and political pressure, pressure to disclose confidential sources and materials, targeted surveillance, and the opinion of the ‘EU versus disinformation’;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Harald VILIMSKY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that all EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of migrant and refugee children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricuhave laws against aggression in national law;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically record, collect and publish annually comparable data on ethnic discrimination and hate crime in order to enable them and other key stakeholders to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy responses to these phenomena; recalls that any data should be collected in accordance with national legal frameworks and EU data protection legislation;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC)4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism; points out that the Member States should review their national integration strategies to ensure that all people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion gender or any other status are empowered to engage actively in the process of inclusion by promoting their social, economic, political and cultural participation in society; __________________ 4deleted OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and that they play an important role in preventing any erosion of the rule of law, which is not a blind application of law but our democratic acceptance of being ruled by law;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should be employed if all other remedies have failed;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; __________________ 5deleted OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Shares the view that any rule of law assessment should be based on solid, objective and comparable data and analysis; Welcomes in this regard the FRA’s new European Union Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS), which will bring together all existing information relevant to fundamental rights delivered under the different mechanisms at UN, Council of Europe and EU level;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that improving the quality, independence and efficiency of national justice systems, in particular judges, prosecutors and lawyers, remains a key priority of the European Union; stresses that there is an urgent need to introduce a gender-sensitive perspective into the Member States’ legal and judicial systems, including the development and institutionalisation of the gender component into training programmes for all judiciary staffremains part of the sovereignty of Member States;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Harald VILIMSKY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Expresses concern about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee that the interoperability of large-scale IT systems does not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children and assisting family reunification;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Recognises the work carried out by different NGOs operating in the Mediterranean in their effort to save lives and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need; calls on Member States to transpose the humanitarian assistance exemption provided for in the Facilitation Directive with the objective of reducing the unintended consequences the Facilitators’ Package has for citizens providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and on the social cohesion of the receiving society;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Whereas the collusion between some NGOs and smuggler networks have been documented, encouraging illegal migration toward Member States;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Stresses the urgent need to restore internal border controls;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Is of the opinion that also NGO's should completely obey the law;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Points out that renaming 'illegal migrants' as 'irregular migrants' does not make the act of crossing borders legal;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Is of the opinion that family reunification is a threat to order, security, culture preservation and national identity, without complete acceptance of the norms and values of the host country;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

~~Role and mandate of the FRA~~deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

~~28. Welcomes the positive findings of the FRA’s second independent external evaluation for the period 2013 to 2017 (October 2017) and the pursuant recommendations from the FRA’s Management Board;~~deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Reiterates the European Parliament’s calls for alignment of the FRA’s mandate with the Lisbon Treaty, including by making ‘explicit’ that the Founding Regulation covers police and judicial cooperation;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Welcomes the opinions of the FRA on draft EU legislation and agrees with the recommendation of its Management Board that ‘[w]here the EU legislator deals with legislative files that raise fundamental rights questions, the Agency should be able to provide its assistance and expertise where and when it is needed and not only when it is formally requested. Therefore, in order to make full use of the Agency’s expertise in the legislative process, the Founding Regulation should allow the Agency to deliver non-binding opinions on draft EU legislation on its own initiative’;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

~~31. Recommends that EU legislators requests independent and external human rights advice from the FRA whenever a legislative file raises serious fundamental rights concerns;~~deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic traditionally established European minorities are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible and independent, and whereas protecting and promoting traditionally established European minority rights is essential for peace, security and stability and for promoting tolerance, mutual respect and understanding and co-operation among all persons living on their territory;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the protection of the rights of persons belonging to traditionally established European minorities can help build a sustainable future for Europe and contribute to guaranteeing the respect of the principles of dignity, equality and non- discrimination; whereas benefits are not limited to traditionally established European minorities since this protection and promotion will bring stability, economic development and prosperity to all;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~the~~ Europe~~an Union~~’s cultural heritage is rich and diverse; whereas cultural heritage enriches the individual lives of citizens; whereas Article 3 of the TEU affirms, that ‘the Union shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’; whereas traditionally established European minorities that have been living together in Europe contribute to this rich, unique and diverse heritage and are an integral part of the European identity;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Recalls that while protection of minorities is a part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States, there is no guarantee that candidate states stick to the commitments undertaken under the Copenhagen criteria once they became Member States; ~~recall~~underlines that there is no ~~standard for minority rights in Union policy nor a common understanding of who can be considered a member of a minority; not~~need for a common Union policy on minority rights; underlines that there is no definition of minorities in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, nor in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM); recommends that, with respect to the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and non-discrimination, such a definition should be based on the definition, laid down in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1201(1993) for an additional protocol on the rights of minorities to the European Convention on Human Rights, of a ‘national minority’ as a group of persons in a state whounderlines that minority rights are already defined by law in the Member States and therefore a Union policy in this field is neither necessary nor justified;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States~~, while~~ to safeguard~~ing~~ the ~~national citizenship, and calls on the Commission, while promoting the European identity and common values, to safeguard the right of~~right of traditionally established national minorities to preserve, protect and develop their own identity, and to take the necessary steps to ensure the effective participation of traditionally established national minorities in social, economic and cultural life and in public affairs;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that traditionally established national minorities are groups of persons belonging to minorities who have been living on the same territory and sharing a common identity, in some instances as a result of border changes, in others as a result of living a long time in an area, whereby they have managed to preserve their identity; ~~calls on~~welcomes the Member States ~~and the Commission~~ to protect the cultural and linguistic identity of traditionally established national minorities, and to create conditions for the promotion of that identity; points to the important role that regional and local authorities ~~in the EU~~ can play in protecting traditionally established national minorities, and considers that administrative reorganisation and territorial districting must not have negative consequences for them;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/2036(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that maintaining the European cultural heritage ~~of the EU~~ is a common interest of the Member States; calls on the ~~EU institutions and its~~ Member States to support, enhance and promote the cultural rights of natraditionally established European minorities;

2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action n°98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) n° 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) n° 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) n° 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council ~~A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018~~

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union has been renamed the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the ‘Agency’) and its tasks have been expanded with full continuity in all its activities and procedures. The key role of the Agency should be to establish a technical and operational strategy as part of the multiannual strategic policy cycle for implementation of European integrated border management, to ~~oversee the effectiv~~monitor the functioning of border control at the external borders, to carry out risk analysis and vulnerability assessments, to provide increased technical and operational assistance to Member States and third countries through joint operations and rapid border interventions, to ensure the practical execution of measures in a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, to provide technical and operational assistance in the support of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea, to organise, coordinate and conduct return operations and return interventions and provide technical and operational assistance to return activities of third countries.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) However, the Union’s framework in the area of control of external borders, returns and asylum. still needs to be further improved. To that end and to further underpin the current and future envisaged operational efforts, the European Border and Coast Guard should be reformed by giving the European Border and Coast Guard Agency a stronger mandate and, in particular, by providing it with the necessary capabilities in the form of a European Border and Coast Guard standing corps of ~~10 000~~ operational staff with executive powers to effectively support Member States on the ground in their efforts to protect the external borders~~, fight secondary movements~~ and significantly step up the effective return of i~~rregular~~ llegal immigrants.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) In its conclusions of 28 June 2018, the European Council called for strengthening further the supportive role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, including in the cooperation with third countries, through increased resources and an enhanced mandate, with a view to ensure the effective control of the external borders and significantly stepping up the effective return of i~~rregular~~ llegal immigrants.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) It is necessary to monitor the crossing of the external borders efficiently, address migratory challenges and potential future threats at the external borders, ensure a high level of internal security within the Union, safeguard the functioning of the Schengen area and respect the overarching principle of solidarity. That should be accompanied by the proactive management of migration, including the necessary measures in third countries. In view of what has been stated, it is necessary to consolidate the European Border and Coast Guard and to further expand the mandate of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The Agency should be constituted principally by a European Border and Coast Guard standing corps consisting of ~~10,000~~ operational staff.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to reflect the further qualitative enhancement of its mandate, in particular by providing it with its own operational arm, the European Border and Cost Guard standing corps ~~of 10,000 operational staff~~, the Agency formerly known as Frontex should from now on be referred to as and operate exclusively under the name "the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) Agency". This change should be reflected in all relevant instances, including its visualisation in the external communication materials.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) The implementation of this Regulation does not affect the division of competence between the Union and the Member States or the obligations of Member States under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights ~~and Fundamental Freedoms and other relevant international instruments~~.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The implementation of this Regulation ~~does not affect~~implies the repeal of Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . _________________ 18 Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, 9. p.93).

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) The Agency should prepare general and tailored risk analyses based on a common integrated risk analysis model, to be applied by the Agency itself and by Member States. The Agency should, based also on information provided by Member States, provide adequate information covering all aspects relevant to European integrated border management, especially border control, return~~, irregular secondary movements~~ of third-country nationals within the Union, prevention of cross- border crime including facilitation of ~~unauthorised~~illegal border crossings, trafficking in human beings, terrorism and threats of a hybrid nature, as well as the situation in relevant third countries, so as to allow for appropriate measures to be taken or to tackle identified threats and risks with a view to improving the integrated management of the external borders.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Given its activities at the external borders, the Agency should contribute to preventing and detecting serious crime with a cross-border dimension, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings and terrorism, where it is appropriate for it to act and where it has obtained relevant information through its activities. It should coordinate its activities with Europol as the agency responsible for supporting and strengthening Member States' actions and their cooperation in preventing and combating serious crime affecting two or more Member States. Cross-border crimes necessarily entail a cross-border dimension. Such a cross- border dimension is characterised by crimes directly linked to ~~unauthorised~~illegal crossings of the external borders, including trafficking in human beings or smuggling of migrants. That said, Article 1(2) of Council Directive 2002/90/EC19 allows Member States not to impose sanctions where the aim of the behaviour is to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants. _________________ 19 Council Directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November 2002 defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence (OJ L 328, 5.12.2002, p. 17).

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) The Agency should carry out a vulnerability assessment based on objective criteria, to assess the capacity and readiness of the Member States to face challenges at their external borders and to contribute to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and technical equipment pool. The vulnerability assessment should include an assessment of the equipment, infrastructure, staff, budget and financial resources of Member States as well as their contingency plans to address possible crises at the external borders. Member States should take measures to address any deficiencies identified in that assessment. The executive director should identify the measures to be taken and recommend them to the Member State concerned. The executive director should also set a time-limit within which those measures should be taken and closely monitor their timely implementation. Where the necessary measures are not taken within the set time-limit, the matter should be referred to the management board for a further decision.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) In cases where there is a specific and disproportionate challenge at the external borders, the Agency should, at the request of a Member State ~~or on its own initiative~~, organise and coordinate rapid border interventions and deploy both teams from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps and technical equipment, including from the Rapid Reaction Equipment Pool. Rapid border interventions should provide reinforcement for a ~~limit~~n agreed period of time in situations where an immediate response is required and where such an intervention would provide an effective response. To ensure the effective operation of such intervention, Member States should make operational staff of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps available to form relevant teams and provide the necessary technical equipment. The Agency and the Member State concerned should agree upon an operational plan.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49

(49) When ~~justified by the results of the vulnerability assessment, risk analysis or when~~ a critical impact is attributed to one or more border sections, the executive Director of the Agency should recommend to the Member State concerned to initiate and carry out joint operations or rapid border interventions.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) Where control of the external border is rendered ineffective to such an extent that it risks deemed jeopardising the functioning of the Schengen area, ~~either because a Member State does not take the necessary measures in line with a vulnerability assessment or~~ because a Member State facing specific and disproportionate challenges at the external borders has not requested sufficient support from the Agency or is not implementing such support, a unified, rapid and effective response should be delivered at Union level. For the purpose of mitigating these risks, and to ensure better coordination at Union level, the Co~~mmission~~uncil should identify the measures to be implemented by the Agency and require the Member State concerned to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. The Agency should then determine the actions to be taken for the practical execution of the measures indicated in the Co~~mmission~~uncil decision. An operational plan should be drawn up by the Agency together with the Member State concerned. The Member State concerned should facilitate the implementation of the Commission decision and the operational plan by implementing among others its obligations provided for in Articles 44, 83 and 84. If a Member State does not comply within 30 days with that Commission decision and does not cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of the measures contained in that decision, the Commission should be able to trigger the specific procedure provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 to face exceptional circumstances putting the overall functioning of the area without internal border control at risk. _________________ 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1).

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51

(51) The European Border and Coast Guard standing corps should be a standing corps composed of ~~10,000~~ operational staff being border guards, return escorts, return specialists and other relevant staff. The standing corps should be composed of three categories of operational staff, namely statutory staff members employed by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, staff seconded to the Agency by the Member States for long term durations and staff provided by Member States for short term deployments. The European Border and Coast Guard standing corps should be deployed in the framework of border management teams, migration management support teams or return teams.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53

(53) Member States should ensure their respective minimum contributions to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps in accordance with Annexe III for long term secondments and Annex IV for short term deployments. The individual contributions of Member States have been established based on the distribution key agreed during the negotiations in 2016 for the Rapid Reaction Pool and set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1624.This distribution key was proportionally adapted to the size of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps. These contributions were also set up. The individual contributions of Member States should be set up by the Council based on the needs identified in the multiannual strategic policy cycle and in a proportionate way for the Schengen associated countries.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71

(71) The Agency should also provide technical and operational assistance to return activities of third countries, in particular when such assistance is justified by the priorities of the i~~rregular~~ llegal immigration policy of the Union.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88

(88) This Regulation should establish a complaints mechanism for the Agency in cooperation with the fundamental rights officer, to safeguard the respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency. This should be an administrative mechanism whereby the fundamental rights officer should be responsible for handling complaints received by the Agency in accordance with the right to good administration. The fundamental rights officer should review the admissibility of a complaint, register admissible complaints, forward all registered complaints to the executive director, forward complaints concerning members of the teams to the home Member State, and register the follow-up by the Agency or that Member State. The mechanism should be effective, ensuring that complaints are properly followed up. The complaints mechanism should be without prejudice to access to administrative and judicial remedies and not constitute a requirement for seeking such remedies. Criminal investigations should be conducted by the Member States. In order to increase transparency and accountability, the Agency should report on the complaints mechanism in its annual report. It should cover in particular the number of complaints it has received, the types of fundamental rights violations involved, the operations concerned and, where possible, the follow-up measures taken by the Agency and Member States. The Fundamental Rights Officer should have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights in relation to all the activities of the Agency.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 101

(101) In order to ensure the effective implementation of European Integrated Border Management through a multiannual strategic policy cycle, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect to the setting of policy priorities and the provision of strategic guidelines for European Integrated Border Management. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation establishes a European Border and Coast Guard to ensure European Integrated Border Management at the external borders with a view to managing the crossing of those external borders efficiently, as well as increasing the efficiency of the common return policy as a key component of sustainable m~~igration management~~anagement of immigration coming from third countries.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

The Regulation addresses ~~migratory challenges~~issues raised by immigration, including return, and potential future threats at those borders, thereby contributing to addressing serious crime with a cross-border dimension, to ensure a high level of internal security within the Union in full respect for fundamental rights, while safeguarding the free movement of persons within it.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

(19) ‘immigration management support team’ means a team of experts which provide technical and operational reinforcement to Member States, including at hotspot areas or in controlled centres, composed of operational staff from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, experts deployed by the [the European Union Agency for Asylum], and from Europol, or other relevant Union agencies as well as from Member States; (Linguistic amendment which applies throughout the text)

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

3. Without prejudice to Article 94(1) as regards statutory staff of the Agency, members of the teams may only perform tasks and exercise powers under direct instructions from and~~, as a general rule,~~ in the presence of border guards or staff involved in return- related tasks of the host Member State. ~~The host Member State may authorise members of the teams to act~~Members of the teams shall act solely upon mandate of the host Member State and on its behalf.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Members of the teams deployed ~~from the Agency’s statutory operational staff or deployed~~ following secondment for aboth long- term and short- term duration to the Agency by the Member States shall wear, where appropriate, the uniform of the European Border and Cost Guard standing corps while performing their tasks and exercising their powers. Members of the teams deployed from Member States for a short duration shall wear, where appropriate, their own uniform while performing their tasks and exercising their powers.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

All the members of the teams shall also wear ~~visible personal identification and~~ a blue armband with the insignias of the Union and of the Agency on their uniforms, identifying them as participating in a joint operation, migration management support team deployment, pilot project, rapid border intervention, return operation or return intervention. For the purposes of identification vis-à-vis the national authorities of the host Member State, members of the teams shall at all times carry an accreditation document, which they shall present upon request.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3

The design and specifications for uniforms of the European Border and Coast guards standing corps shall be established by a Commission implementing decision adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 117(3).deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 6

6. While performing their tasks and exercising their powers, members of the teams shall be authorised to use force, including service weapons, ammunition and equipment, with the consent of the home Member State and the host Member State or, for the Agency's staff with the consent of the Agency and the host Member State, in the presence of border guards of the host Member State and in accordance with the national law of the host Member State. The host Member State may, with the consent of the home Member State or the Agency where appropriate authorise members of the teams to use force in the absence of border guards of the host Member State.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 9

9. Decisions to refuse entry in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 shall be taken only by border guards of the host Member State or by the members of the teams if expressly authorised by the host Member State ~~to act on its behalf~~.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The Agency shall, in cooperation with the host Member State, issue a document in the official languages of the host Member State and at least another official language of the ~~institutions of the~~ Union to the members of the teams for the purpose of identifying them and as proof of the holder's rights to perform tasks and exercise powers as referred to in Article 83. The document shall include the following features of each member of the teams:

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106

1. A consultative forum shall be established by the Agency to assist the executive director and the management board with independent advice in fundamental rights matters. 2. The Agency shall invite EASO, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant organisations to participate in the consultative forum. On a proposal by the executive director, the management board shall decide on the composition of the consultative forum and the terms of the transmission of information to the consultative forum. The consultative forum shall, after consulting the management board and the executive director, define its working methods and set up its work programme. 3. The consultative forum shall be consulted on the further development and implementation of the fundamental rights strategy, on the establishment of the complaints mechanism, on codes of conduct and on common core curricula. 4. The consultative forum shall prepare an annual report of its activities. That report shall be made publicly available. 5. Without prejudice to the tasks of the fundamental rights officer, the consultative forum shall have effective access to all information concerning the respect for fundamental rights, including by carrying out on-the-spot visits to joint operations or rapid border interventions subject to the agreement of the host Member State, and to hotspot areas or controlled centres, return operations and return interventions.Article 106 deleted Consultative forum (The references to the consultative forum throughout the text are deleted accordingly)

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Nicolas BAY, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107

1. A fundamental rights officer shall be appointed by the management board. He or she shall have the tasks of contributing to the Agency's fundamental rights strategy, of monitoring its compliance with fundamental rights and of promoting its respect of fundamental rights. The fundamental rights officer shall have the necessary qualifications and experience in the field of fundamental rights. 2. The fundamental rights officer shall be independent in the performance of his or her duties. He or she shall report directly to the management board and cooperate with the consultative forum. The fundamental rights officer shall so report on a regular basis and as such contribute to the mechanism for monitoring fundamental rights. 3. The fundamental rights officer shall be consulted on the operational plans drawn up in accordance with Articles 39, 43, 54(4) and 75(3). He or she shall have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency.Article 107 deleted Fundamental rights officer (The references to the fundamental rights officer throughout the text are deleted accordingly)

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – title

Complaints ~~mechanism~~

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency shall~~, in cooperation with the fundamental rights officer, take the necessary measures to set up a complaints mechanism in accordance with this Article~~ take the necessary measures to monitor and ensure the respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency under this Regulation.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 2

2. Any person who is directly affected by the actions of staff involved in a joint operation, pilot project, rapid border intervention, migration management support team deployment, joint return operation or return intervention and who considers him or herself to have been the subject of a breach of his or her fundamental rights due to those actions~~, or any party representing such a person, may submit a complaint in writing to the Agency~~ may submit a complaint to the judicial authority competent for the territory where such activities have been carried out, in accordance with the relevant national law.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 3

~~3. Only substantiated complaints involving concrete fundamental rights violations shall be admissible.~~deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 4

4. The fundamental rights officer shall be responsible for handling complaints received by the Agency in accordance with the right to good administration. For this purpose, the fundamental rights officer shall review the admissibility of a complaint, register admissible complaints, forward all registered complaints to the executive director, forward complaints concerning members of the teams to the home Member State, inform the relevant authority or body competent for fundamental rights in a Member State, and register and ensure the follow-up by the Agency or that Member State.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 5

5. In accordance with the right to good administration, if a complaint is admissible, complainants shall be informed that a complaint has been registered, that an assessment has been initiated and that a response may be expected as soon as it becomes available. If a complaint is forwarded to national authorities or bodies, the complainant shall be provided with their contact details. If a complaint is not admissible, complainants shall be informed of the reasons and, if possible, provided with further options for addressing their concerns. Any decision shall be in written form and reasoned.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 6

6. In the case of a registered complaint concerning a staff member of the Agency, the executive director shall ensure appropriate follow-up, in consultation with the fundamental rights officer, including disciplinary measures as necessary. The executive director shall report back within a determined timeframe to the fundamental rights officer as to the findings and follow-up made by the Agency in response to a complaint, including disciplinary measures as necessary. If a complaint is related to data protection issues, the executive director shall involve the data protection officer of the Agency. The fundamental rights officer and the data protection officer shall establish, in writing, a memorandum of understanding specifying their division of tasks and cooperation as regards complaints received.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 7

7. If a complaint is registered that concerns a team member of a host Member State or a team member from other participating Member States, including a seconded member of the teams or seconded national expert, the home Member State shall ensure appropriate follow-up, including disciplinary measures as necessary or other measures in accordance with national law. The relevant Member State shall report back to the fundamental rights officer as to the findings and follow-up made in response to the complaint within a determined time period, and if necessary, at regular intervals thereafter. The Agency shall follow-up the matter if no report is received from the relevant Member State.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 8

8. Where a team member is found to have violated fundamental rights or international protection obligations, the Agency may request that the Member State remove that member immediately from the activity of the Agency or the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 9

9. The fundamental rights officer shall report to the executive director and to the management board as to the Agency's and Member States' findings and follow-up made in response to complaints. The Agency shall include information on the complaints mechanism in its annual report.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 10

10. The fundamental rights officer shall, in accordance with the provisions set out in paragraphs 1 to 9 and after consulting the consultative forum, draw up a standardised complaint form requiring detailed and specific information concerning the alleged breach of fundamental rights. The fundamental rights officer shall also draw up any further detailed rules as necessary. The fundamental rights officer shall submit that form and such further detailed rules to the executive director and to the management board. The Agency shall ensure that information about the possibility and procedure for making a complaint is readily available, including for vulnerable persons. The standardised complaint form shall be made available on the Agency's website and in hardcopy during all activities of the Agency, in languages that third- country nationals understand or are reasonably believed to understand. Complaints shall be considered by the fundamental rights officer even when they are not submitted in the standardised complaint form.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 11

11. Any personal data contained in a complaint shall be handled and processed by the Agency including the fundamental rights officer in accordance with [Regulation (EC) No 45/2001] and by Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive (EU) 2016/680. When a complainant submits a complaint, that complainant shall be understood to consent to the processing of his or her personal data by the Agency and the fundamental rights officer within the meaning of point (d) of Article 5 of [Regulation (EC) No 45/2001]. In order to safeguard the interests of the complainants, complaints shall be dealt with confidentially by the fundamental rights officer in accordance with national and Union law unless the complainant explicitly waives his or her right to confidentiality. When complainants waive their right to confidentiality, it shall be understood that they consent to the fundamental rights officer or the Agency disclosing their identity to the competent authorities or bodies in relation to the matter under complaint, where necessary.deleted

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 118

1. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8 (4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period of time from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8 (4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. 5. As soon as it adopts aArticle 118 delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.Exercise of the delegation

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1

1. Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 isand (EU) No 656/2014 are repealed.

2018/12/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I

~~Composition of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps per year and category in accordance with Article XX [...]~~deleted

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 6

6. border surveillance including patrolling between border crossing points to prevent ~~unauthorised~~illegal border crossings, to counter cross-border criminality and to take measures against persons who have crossed the border illegally, including interception/apprehension;

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 7

7. register fingerprints of persons apprehended in connection with the i~~rregular~~llegal crossing of an external border in EURODAC (category 2) in accordance with Chapter III of the EURODAC Regulation;

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – title

Table with annual contributions of Table with minimum contributions of Member States to be provided to the Member States to be provided to the European Border and Coast Guard standing European Border and Coast Guard standing corps through the long term secondment of corps through the long term secondment of operational staff in accordance with Article operational staff in accordance with Article 57 57

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – table

Country / 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Year Belgium 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 6Belgium 30 Bulgaria 40 53 53 67 67 80 80 80 Czech 20 27 27 33 33 40 40 4 40 Czech 20 Republic Denmark 29 39 39 48 48 58 58 58 Germany 225 298 298 377 377 450 450 450 Estonia 18 24 24 30 30 36 36 36 Greece 50 67 67 83 83 100 100 100 Spain 111 148 148 185 185 222 222 222 France 170 225 225 285 285 340 340 340 Croatia 65 87 87 108 108 130 130 130 Italy 125 167 167 208 208 250 250 250 Cyprus 8 11 11 13 13 16 16 16 Latvia 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 60 Lithuania 39 52 52 65 65 78 78 78 Luxembourg 8 11 11 13 13 16 16 16 Hungary 65 87 87 108 108 130 130 130 Malta 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 Netherlands 50 67 67 83 83 100 100 100 Austria 34 45 45 57 57 68 68 68 Poland 100 133 133 167 167 200 200 200 Portugal 47 63 63 78 78 94 94 94 Romania 75 100 100 125 125 150 150 150 Slovenia 35 47 47 58 58 70 70 70 Slovakia 35 47 47 58 58 70 70 70 Finland 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 60 Sweden 17 23 23 28 28 34 34 34 [Switzerland] 16 21 21 27 27 32 32 32 [Iceland] 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 [Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]* [Norway] 20 27 27 33 33 40 40 40 TOTAL 1500 2000 2000 2500 2500 3000 3000 3029 Germany 225 Estonia 18 Greece 50 Spain 111 France 170 Croatia 65 Italy 125 Cyprus 8 Latvia 30 Lithuania 39 Luxembourg 8 Hungary 65 Malta 6 Netherlands 50 Austria 34 Poland 100 Portugal 47 Romania 75 Slovenia 35 Slovakia 35 Finland 30 Sweden 17 [Switzerland] 16 [Iceland] 2 [Liechtenstein 0 ]* [Norway] 20 TOTAL 1500 (*) Liechtenstein will contribute through proportional financial support

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV

Annual contributions of Member States to deleted the EBCG standing corps for short term deployments of operational staff in accordance with Article 58 [...] (*) Liechtenstein will contribute through proportional financial support.

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0330(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – part 3 – paragraph 8

Any person may report suspected breaches by the Agency's statutory operational staff of the rules on the use of force applicable under this Annex ~~under the complaint mechanism provided for in~~according to Article 1078.

2018/12/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) An effective and fair return policy is an essential part of the Union's approach to better manage immigration in all aspects, as reflected in the European Agenda on Migration of May 201511 . __________________ 11 COM(2015) 285 final.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) On 28 June 2018, in its conclusions, the European Council underlined the necessity to significantly step up the effective return of i~~rregular migrants, and welcomed the intention of the Commission to make legislative proposals for a more effective and coherent European return policy~~llegal immigrants.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) That European return policy should be based on common standards, for persons to be returned in a humane manner and with full respect for their ~~fundamental~~human rights and dignity, as well as international law, including refugee protection and human rights obligations. Clear, transparent and fair rules need to be established to provide for an effective return policy which serves as a deterrent to i~~rregular migration and ensures coherence with and contributes to the integrity of the Common European Asylum System and the legal~~ llegal immigration ~~system~~.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) The link between the decision on ending of the legal stay of a third-country national and the issuing of a return decision should be reinforced in order to reduce the risk of absconding and the likelihood of unauthorised secondary movements, in particular when the third-country national poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security, and when he/she has been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence. It is necessary to ensure that a return decision is issued immediately after the decision rejecting or terminating the legal stay, or ideally in the same act or decision. That requirement should in particular apply to cases where an application for international protection is rejected, provided that the return procedure is suspended until that rejection becomes final and pending the outcome of an appeal against that rejection.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) To reinforce the effectiveness of the return procedure, clear responsibilities for third-country nationals should be established, and in particular the obligation to cooperate with the authorities at all stages of the return procedure~~, including~~ by providing the information and elements that are necessary in order to assess their individual situation. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that third-country nationals are informed of the consequences of not complying with those obligations, in relation to the determination of the risk of absconding, the granting of a period for voluntary departure and the possibility to impose detention, and to the access to programmes providing logistical, financial and other material or in-kind assistance.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) Where there are no reasons to believe that the granting of a period for voluntary departure would undermine the purpose of a return procedure, voluntary return should be preferred over forced return and an appropriate period for voluntary departure of up to thirty days, depending in particular on the prospect of return, should be granted. A period for voluntary departure should not be granted where it has been assessed that third- country nationals pose a risk of absconding, have had a previous application for legal stay dismissed as fraudulent or manifestly unfounded, or they pose a risk to public policy, public security or national security, or they have been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non-definitive sentence. An extension of the period for voluntary departure should be provided for when considered necessary because of the specific circumstances of an individual case.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) In cases where the principle of non- refoulement is not at stake, appeals against a return decision should not have a~~n automatic~~ suspensive effect. The judicial authorities should be able to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a return decision in individual cases for other reasons, either upon request of the third- country national concerned or acting ex officio, where deemed necessary. Such decisions should, as a rule, be taken within 48 hours. Where justified by the complexity of the case, judicial authorities should take such decision without undue delay.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) The necessary legal aid should be made available , upon request and provided that the specific case has not been deemed inadmissible, to those who lack sufficient resources. National legislation should establish a list of instances where legal aid is to be considered necessary.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) Detention should be imposed, following an individual assessment of each case, where there is a risk of absconding, where the third-country national avoids or hampers the preparation of return or the removal process, or when the third country national concerned poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security, or when he/she has been convicted for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) This Directive should not preclude Member States from laying down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties and criminal penalties, including imprisonment, in relation to the infringements of immigration rule~~s, provided that such penalties are compatible with the objectives of this Directive, do not compromise the application of this Directive and are in full respect of fundamental right~~s.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36

(36) It is necessary and proportionate to ensure that a third country national who was already detained during the examination of his or her application for international protection as part of the asylum border procedure may be kept in detention in order to prepare the return and/or carry out the removal process, once his or her application has been rejected. To avoid that a third country national is automatically released from detention and allowed entry into the territory of the Member State despite having been denied a right to stay, a limited period of time is needed in order to try to enforce the return decision issued at the border. The third- country national concerned may be detained in the context of the border procedure for a maximum period of ~~four~~six months and as long as removal arrangements are in progress and executed with due diligence. That period of detention should be without prejudice to other periods of detention established by this Directive. Where it has not been possible to enforce return by the end of the former period, further detention of the third-country national may be ordered under another provision of this Directive and for the duration provided for therein.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

(38) Establishing return management systems in Member States contributes to the efficiency of the return process. Each national system should provide timely information on the identity and legal situation of the third country national that are relevant for monitoring and following up on individual cases. To operate efficiently ~~and in order to significantly reduce the administrative burden~~, such national return systems should be linked to the Schengen Information System to facilitate and speed up the entering of return-related information, as well as to the central system established by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [EBCG Regulation].

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40

(40) The Union provides financial and operational support in order to achieve an effective implementation of this Directive. Member States should make best use of the available Union financial instruments, programmes and projects in the field of return, in particular under Regulation (EU) …/… [Regulation establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund], as well as of the operational assistance by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency according to Regulation (EU) …/… [EBCG Regulation]. Such support should be used in particular for establishing return management systems and programmes for providing logistical, financial and other material or in-kind assistance to support the return – and where ~~relevant~~deemed necessary the reintegration – of illegally staying third- country nationals.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46

(46) The purpose of an effective implementation of the return of third- country nationals who do not fulfil or no longer fulfil the conditions for entry, stay or residence in the Member States, in accordance with this Directive, is an essential component of the comprehensive efforts to tackle i~~rregular~~ llegal immigration and represents an important reason of substantial public interest.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)

9a. 'principle of non-refoulement' means the prohibition of expulsion or return according to Article 33 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The objective criteria referred to in point 7 of Article 3 shall include at least one of the following criteria:

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k

(k) existence of conviction for a criminal offence, even with a non- definitive sentence, including for a serious criminal offence in another Member State;

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

However, Member States shall establish that a risk of absconding is presumed in an individual case, unless proven otherwise, when one of the objective criteria referred to in points (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) and (p) of paragraph 1 is fulfilled.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) the duty to remain ~~present~~on call and available throughout the procedures;

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall issue a return decision immediately after the adoption of a decision ending a legal either illegal stay of a third- country national, including a decision not granting a third-country national refugee status or subsidiary protection status in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [Qualification Regulation].

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)

(ca) where a conviction for a criminal offence exists, even with a non-definitive sentence, including for a serious criminal offence in another Member State;

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. Member States may impose an entry or stay ban, which does not accompany a return decision, to a third- country national who has been illegally staying in the territory of the Member States and whose illegal stay is detected in connection with border checks carried out at exit in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, where justified on the basis of the specific circumstances of the individual case and taking into account the principle of proportionality.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

SWhere such assistance ~~may~~ includes support for reintegration in the third country of return, the Member State concerned shall fund it by drawing on the [Asylum and Migration Fund].

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

The granting of such assistance, including its kind and extent, shall be in any case subject to the cooperation of the third- country national concerned with the competent authorities of the Member States as provided for in Article 7 of this Directive.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The enforcement of the return decision shall be automatically suspended during the period for bringing the appeal at first instance and, where that appeal has been lodged within the set period, during the examination of the appeal, where there is a risk to breach the principle of non- refoulement. Should a further appeal against a first or subsequent appeal decision be lodged, and in all other cases, the enforcement of the return decision shall not be suspended ~~unless a court or tribunal decides otherwise taking into due account the specific circumstances of the individual case upon the applicant’s request or acting ex officio~~.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Auke ZIJLSTRA

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)

(ba) the return decision is the consequence of the decision on ending the legal stay that is aggravated by at least one of the following circumstances: - risk of absconding; - application for legal stay dismissed as fraudulent or manifestly unfounded; - the third-country national poses a risk to public policy, public security or national security.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0329(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Harald VILIMSKY, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2

Detention shall be for as short a period as possible, which shall in no case exceed ~~four~~six months. It may be maintained only as long as removal arrangements are in progress and executed with due diligence.

2019/02/11
Committee: LIBE

2018/0247(COD)

Nicolas BAY, Harald VILIMSKY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
–

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal..

2018/12/13
Committee: LIBE

2018/0218(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) It is necessary to provide for definitions of de-alcoholised grapevine products and partially de-alcoholised grapevine products. These definitions should take into account the definitions set out in the Resolutions of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), OIV-ECO 433-2012 Beverage Obtained By Partial Dealcoholisation of Wine and OIV-ECO 523-2016 Wine With An Alcohol Content Modified by Dealcoholisation.deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to ~~the~~improving total factor productivity, mitigationg and adapt~~ation~~ing to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account ~~in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments,~~ the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability~~, and in particular the nutrients management~~. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrient management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient management functionalities. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Small farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture aswhen they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to territorial development. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burdens for beneficiaries of small amounts, which support employment, Member States should have the option of offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round some payment for small farmers.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Angelo CIOCCA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 420 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~shall~~may reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer ~~pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:~~only in respect of the part exceeding a set threshold determined by a Member State for a given calendar year.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

2018/0216(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~shall~~may reduce the amount of ~~direct payments~~basic support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b

6. The competent authority shall make its decision pursuant to paragraph 2 within ~~three month~~ninety days from the request for development consent and provided that the developer has submitted all the requisite information. Depending on the nature, complexity, location and size of the proposed project, the competent authority may extend that deadline by a further 3 months; in that case, the competent authority shall inform the developer of the reasons justifying the extension and of the date when its decision is expected.

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5

Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Where an environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with Articles 5 to 10, the developer shall prepare an environmental report. The environmental report shall ~~be based on the determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and~~ include the information that may reasonably be required for making informed decisions on the environmental impacts of the proposed project, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the characteristics, technical capacity and location of the project, the characteristics of the potential impact, a description of the reasonable alternatives, adapted to the proposed project and to its specific features, and the extent to which certain matters (including the evaluation of alternatives) are more appropriately assessed at different levels including the planning level, or on the basis of other assessment requirements. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV.

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3

Projects for which the request for development consent was introduced before the date referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) ~~and for which the environmental impact assessment has not been concluded before that date~~ shall not be subject to the obligations referred to in Articles 3 to 11 of Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by this Directive.

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point -1 (new)

Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex I – point 14

(-1) In Annex I, point 14 is replaced by the following: "14. Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes, also where extracted from gas-bearing strata of shale or in other sedimentary rock formations of equal or lesser permeability and porosity, where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes/day in the case of petroleum and 500000 cubic metres/day in the case of gas."

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 2

Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) impacts of the project on climate change (in terms of greenhouse gas emissions including from land use, land- use change and forestry)~~, contribution of the project to an improved resilience, and the impacts of climate change on the project (e.g. if the project is coherent with a changing climate)~~;

2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI

2012/0297(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carlo FIDANZA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3

The Commission shall, before 31 December 2017, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council reviewing, on the basis of the best latest available scientific evidence, the effectiveness of the measures introduced by this Directive in limiting indirect land- use change greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of biofuel and bioliquids. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing estimated indirect land use change emissions factors into the appropriate sustainability criteria to be applied from 1st January 2021 and a review of the effectiveness of the incentives provided for include an impact assessment analysis of the biofuels production on the forestry-based industries and wood availability. The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal based on the best available scientific evidence, for introducing sustainability criteria to be applied for incentivising biofuels from non- land using feedstocks ~~and non-food crops~~ under Article 3(4)d of Directive 2009/28/EC.

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

Tadeusz CYMAŃSKI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3

(d) Ligno-cellulosic material except saw logs and veneer logs that are industrially or economically reusable for any other industrial use, and any other ligno- cellulosic leftover reusable for other industrial purposes.

2013/06/03
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
-

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2012/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Title

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ~~amend~~repealing Directive 2003/87/EC ~~clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances~~

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital -1 a (new)

(-1a) A reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is being achieved in the Union, in line with the targets set in the EU’s ‘climate and energy’ package, principally owing to the economic crisis that Europe has been suffering since 2008.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1

(1) ~~Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a~~There are clear structural shortcomings in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ~~with~~in the Community ~~and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC does not specify how volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned are to be distributed over the trading period~~(EU ETS) established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003: on the one hand, rather than preventing carbon leakage, it has actually encouraged this, while on the other hand it has added to energy costs in ETS sectors where there is no leakage.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) The collapse in demand for emissions allowances triggered by the economic crisis and by leakage has resulted in a sharp fall in the market value of allowances. Paradoxically, it is only in this way that the EU ETS has shown itself apt to meet the target set in Article 1(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC, which is ‘to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner.’ It is easy to predict that when the EU economy starts to grow again, carbon dioxide emissions will also begin to increase, and with them the market value of allowances.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) The EU ETS has, by itself, therefore proved that it is not working, and for this reason it should be discontinued at the end of the current trading cycle in 2020, bearing in mind also that it is precisely in 2020 that a new global UNFCCC agreement will enter into force.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 2

(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission is able in exceptional circumstances to adapt the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC.deleted

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3

(3) Directive 2003/87/EC should therefore be ~~amended accordingly~~repealed with effect from 1 January 2021,

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) More generally, the climate change policy based on market mechanisms, as provided for in the Kyoto Protocol, has shown itself to be ineffective, especially when those mechanisms are not applied at global level, and to be non-transparent. The EU should therefore consider adopting alternative policies in good time.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1

~~In the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC the following sentence is added: "The Commission~~The scheme for greenhouse gas emission trading established by Directive 2003/87/EC is to end on 31 December 2020. Directive 2003/87/EC shall~~, w~~ there ~~appropriate, adapt the timetable for each period so as to ensure an orderly functioning of the market."~~fore be repealed with effect from 1 January 2021.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0202(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 - paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. By 30 June 2015, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of climate change policies based on instruments other than market mechanisms, including the introduction of a carbon tax at the EU’s borders.

2013/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. ~~Applications, d~~Decision-making procedures and decisions to regulate the prices of medicinal products in accordance with Article 3 or towhich determine their inclusion within the scope of public health insurance systems in accordance with Articles 7 and 9 shall be considered by Member States as administrative procedures which, as such, are independent from the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

With a view to ensuring that the provisions of this article are properly applied, those provisions shall not prevent applications submitted to the competent authorities or decisions by competent authorities regarding the setting of the price of a given product or the inclusion of that product in public health insurance systems from being considered objective and reasonable factors that may be taken into account by the competent judicial authorities when determining whether an intellectual property right is being or will be infringed.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 may be waived in Member States in which the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Member States may adopt specific measures and legal procedures to protect intellectual property rights in cases where the issue of a marketing authorisation or a reimbursement authorisation for a generic product results in a change in the price of and/or reimbursement terms for the relevant reference product.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2012/0035(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. By [insert date - within three years after the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 18(1)], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Directive. The report may be accompanied ~~by any~~, where appropriate, by proposals for the amendment of this Directive.

2012/10/25
Committee: ENVI

2011/2297(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Sylvie GOULARD, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 bis (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to fully apply the principle of subsidiarity, with the full involvement of local communities as they, to all intents and purposes, have the most knowledge of their own region, with specific biodiversity features that differ across the EU; this knowledge would encourage the overall improvement of action in the field of European water policy;

2012/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas ~~the~~ toxic agents ~~in certain pesticid~~and their synergies, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas beekeepers ~~are primarily responsible for~~can help to improve and preserve the health and well-being of their bees, ~~though farming methods have a role to play too~~even in a difficult environment,

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas~~, because~~ minimal use of veterinary products and active substances is advocated, as is maintaining a healthy colony immune system but resistance problems exist; whereas active substances and medicines are not metabolised by bees and ~~end up in honey, because~~ European producers rely on clean, residue-free, high-quality honey, ~~and also because of the problem of resistance, minimal use of veterinary products and active substances is advocated, as is maintaining a healthy colony immune system,~~

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternatives, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, ~~Nosema ceranae~~as they are the main pathogenic agent which requires a greater variety of active substances to combat it because of its strong resistance, and to combat endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed; calls on the Commission to make research findings available to beekeepers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to promote the setting up of appropriate national surveillance systems in close cooperation with beekeepers’ associations and to develop harmonised standards which are easy to introduce at EU level to allow comparison~~; stresses the need for uniform~~, and the annual identification and registration of bee hives;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to set up a steering committee, together with representatives of the beekeeping sector, which will assist the Commission in establishing the annual work programme of the EU reference laboratory; deplores the fact that the first annual work programme of the EU’s reference laboratory was presented without prior consultation of stakeholders;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Sylvie GOULARD, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need to encourage young beekeepers to enter the sector and to support training programmes for beekeepers and farmers on disease prevention and control, botanical knowledge and the impact of pesticides~~, with the purpose of encouraging the acquisition of qualifications~~;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a comprehensive Animal Health Law to be implemented in a harmonised manner throughout Europe; calls on the Commission to support European beekeeping organisations in order to establish a common guide to good beekeeping practices; calls on the Commission to adjust the scope and financing of European veterinary policy to take account of the specific characteristics of bees and beekeeping so that bee diseases can be combated more effectively thanks to the adequate availability of effective and standardised medicines in all Member States; calls on the Commission to reconsider the status of the various diseases in the light of their endemic character and takes the view that they should consequently no longer be regarded as compulsorily notifiable diseases but should be subject to appropriate health checks;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to work out more flexible rules for the authorisation and availability of veterinary products for honeybees, especially medicines of ~~plant~~natural origin;, welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the revision of the veterinary medicinal product directive with particular attention for antibiotics, which should not be authorised for diseases which strike colonies when they are already debilitated, in view of their impact on the quality of beekeeping products;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Britta REIMERS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Invites the Commission to improve ~~risk assessment~~the methodology for ~~pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony~~assessing the risk posed to bee colonies by plant protection products, and to ensure ~~fre~~appropriate access to the findings of the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises that the European Union has only recently, with the committed involvement of the European Parliament, adopted new, stricter rules on the authorisation of plant protection products and their sustainable use, in order to ensure that they are safe for human beings and the environment; notes that these rules include additional, strict criteria relating to bee safety; calls on the Commission to keep Parliament informed about the successful implementation of the new rules;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote ~~low-~~pest management with the lowest possible pesticide- input and integrated pest management and, in~~tegrated pest management;~~ addition, the training and further training of farmers in the bee-friendly use of plant protection products and cooperation between farmers and beekeepers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Christa KLASS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a provelant protection products and to carry out further research into substance- pathogen and substance-substance synergies; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific plant protection products whose use may have an adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods ~~such as seed coating~~ should also be considered;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Sylvie GOULARD, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission constantly to monitor the animal health situation in source countries, to apply the strictest animal health requirements and to put in place an appropriate monitoring system for the propagation material coming from third countries, in order to avoid introducing exotic bee diseases/parasites such as Aethina tumida beetles and Tropilaelaps mites into the EU; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with beekeeping organisations, to submit guidelines for the veterinary treatment of hives; calls on the Commission and Member States to increase transparency regarding the frequency, percentage, characteristics and above all the results of the security checks performed at border control posts;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to put in place or modify the annexes to Directive 2001/110/EC (Honey Directive) in order to improve the standards of EU production by establishing clear legal definitions for all apicultural products, including honey varieties, and defining the important parameters of ~~honey~~the quality of natural honey, such as proline and saccarase content, low level of HMF or humidity, and adulteration (such as the glycerine content, sugar isotope ratio (C13/C14), pollen spectrum and aroma and sugar content of honey); calls on the Commission to ensure that monitoring of the natural properties of honey which applies to European products also applies to products from third countries;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. In the spirit of the EU’s new quality policy, calls on beekeepers, their representative organisations and commercial companies to make better use of the EU origin labelling schemes (PDO and PGI) for hive products, which could contribute to the affordability of apicultural activity, and calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with beekeeping associations, to propose quality denominations and promote the direct sale of beekeeping products on local markets;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls on the Commission to p~~rovide significantly more financial resources for the beekeeping sector~~lace existing support programmes for the beekeeping sector on a more permanent footing and to step them up, and to encourage the development of joint projects, and on the Member States to provide technical assistance for the beekeeping sector; calls on the Commission to ensure that beekeeping organisations are compulsorily consulted during the planning of beekeeping programmes and the drafting of any legislation concerning them, so as to ensure that they are effective and are implemented rapidly; calls on the Commission to provide a safety net or a common insurance system for apiculture in order to mitigate the impact of crisis situations on beekeepers;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2108(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to strengthen and develop the agri-environmental measures specific to the beekeeping sector, in the spirit of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy, and to encourage ~~farmers to engage in agri-environmental measur~~Member States to establish agri-environmental measures targeted at beekeeping in their rural development programmes in order to support ‘bee-friendly’ grasslands on field margins, and to employ special crop rotation and variation;

2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Herbert DORFMANN, Esther DE LANGE, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Carlo FIDANZA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. having regard to farmers' input in improving traditional farm production methods and their contribution to making the necessary adjustments to the CAP, which increases the quality, competitiveness and sustainability of European agriculture,

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer poll, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level,

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Herbert DORFMANN, Esther DE LANGE, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Carlo FIDANZA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas rural development is an important instrument of the CAP and whereas the new programmes should be geared even more strongly to the priority objectives of rural development and of farmers (employment, the agricultural environment, water, climate change, innovation and education, handover from one generation to the next, attractiveness of rural areas, forests, mountains, the landscape),

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Insists that the costs of supporting a strong CAP are more than justified if compared to the costs to society of not supporting European agriculture;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. In the case of direct farm payments, advocates moving away from historical ~~and individual~~ reference values and ~~calls for a transition to~~introducing a uniform area-based regional or national premium for decoupled payments, on a gradual basis, in the next financing period; recognises, however, that the situations in the individual Member States are very disparate, requiring special measures per region or per sector;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for a further simplification of the direct payment system, for example simplified transfer rules for payment entitlements in the event of non-activation, merging of minimum payment entitlements, simplification of the rules governing the national reserve and changes to gear them more to young farmers or reduce them, depending on the transition to the regional/national single area payment, abolition of handwritten cattle registries, an effective and unbureaucratic monitoring system for both pillars and uniform p~~enaltie~~rocedures for establishing reductions and exclusions; considers that administrative systems which can be proven to be operating well should be looked upon favourably in the light of the scale of monitoring prescribed;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Herbert DORFMANN, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Clemente MASTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Notes that measures to target generational renewal in the agricultural sector are needed given that only 6% of European farmers are younger than 35, and at the same time 4.5 million will retire in the next 10 years; Recognizes that young farmers have obstacles to start up such as high investment costs, access to land and credit. The measures for young farmers contained in pillar II have proved to be insufficient in stopping rapid ageing in the agricultural sector. Thus, it is necessary to call for the possibilities of increasing the amount of direct payments for young farmers within pillar I in order to attract young people to the farming sector and support them in the first years of business, when they are the most vulnerable;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls – without casting any doubt on the results of the 2008 Health Check of the CAP – for appropriations under Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 ~~primarily~~ to be allocated for measures to ~~promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors (e.g. the dairy and sheep sectors and suckler cows)~~mitigate the impact of decoupling in specific areas and sector that are economically, environmentally and socially sensitive, for action to promote territorial coherence and boost key sectors, for area-based environmental measures ~~(e.g. organic farming)~~ which to date have not been included in the second pillar, and for quality improvement measures; considers that the budget for Article 68 could ~~– subject to contrary results of an impact assessment –~~ cover up to 10% of direct payments;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Observes 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~~, but endorses the Commission’s proposal to introduce different support arrangements for labour-intensive farms, with reference to employment volumes;

2011/03/21
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that better resource protection is an central 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 attainedjustifies, within the framework of the new challenges and objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, special support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC) and beyond the already existing agri-environmental programs; welcomes in this regard the proposed greening of the CAP, which meets this goal by effectively recognizing the environmental services delivered by farmers; considers that this greening should be applied through simple measures, widespread and accessible to as many farmers as possible, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained; demands that the implementation of such measures is accompanied by a simplification of the cross-compliance rules; considers that farmers already participating to a great extent in agri-environmental programs should not be discriminated under the new system;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers therefore that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives ~~to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureaucratic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that~~as far as possible, should simplify the SPS scheme, avoid duplication of controls and the introduction of additional administrative procedures; also considers that the possibility of a flat- rate income payment, ~~as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income losse~~under the greening component, should be studied; stresses that these measures will have to balance environmental and economic performance, be relevant from an agronomic point of view and provide appropriate incentives for farmers;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. C~~onsider~~alls therefore that any environmental advantages can be attained more effectively and directly by means of second-pillar measures adopted by the Member States, which should ideally build on existing agrienvironmental measures or should supplement measures which take into account climatic and geographical differences in the Member States; observes that resource protection programmes should be pursued everywhereon the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, both the details of its proposed new scheme of direct payments as well as an impact assessment of the administrative and bureaucratic conditions related to the implementation of the greening component; observes that the greening should be pursued across Member States by means of a priority catalogue of area- based measures in the second pillar which are subject to basic requirements, particularly in the fields of climate, environment and innovation (Annex I), and are 100% EU-financed; regards the greening of direct payments in the first pillar as lying in the fact that any recipient of direct payments in the EU must implement at least two priority area- based resource protection programmes in order to be eligible for the complete farm payment; believes that the administration involved in these measures can be minimised by managing them in accordance with the system of the existing agrienvironmental programmes, thus avoiding duplication of monitoring and additional application and administration proceduresthat are 100% EU- financed; considers that any recipient of these particular payments must implement a certain number of greening measures, chosen from a national or a regional list established by the Member State on the basis of a broader EU list; demands, in order to streamline the administrative procedures associated with these measures that all agricultural controls are, as far as possible, operated concomitantly;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. C~~alls for~~onsiders that the resources allocated to greening ~~to be reserved for recipients of direct payments and only disbursed in connection with greening~~will be inextricably linked to the level of budgetary resources allocated to the CAP as a whole;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Regards this model as making a substantial contribution to the simplification of the direct payments system and to the attainment of new compulsory environmental objectives; observes that, under this model, there is no need to step up the current rate of monitoring and the current monitoring capacities, as existing checks can be used, and that checks in the second pillar can be combined in the basic and regeneration programme; considers also that no new systems of payments or penalties need be introduced;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Michel DANTIN, Giovanni LA VIA, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Esther DE LANGE, Carlo FIDANZA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Lorenzo FONTANA, Agnès LE BRUN, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Realises that resources from the first pillar (as for a top-up model) should be used to pay for this environmental component; believes, however, that Member States where direct payments lie below the EU average should be given the option of making the payment by means of cofinancing from the first pillar or instead by means of financing entirely from the second pillar; observes that the Member States must notify the Commission of their decision on the financing by 31 July 2013; notes that individual Member States' modulation resources should be used;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Advocates compensation for natural disadvantages in the ~~second~~first pillar ~~and rejects a complementary payment in the first pillar on account of~~ if they are additional and not alternative to those to be retained in the second pillar; this will guarantee a certain degree of support to all active farmers in disadvantaged areas and will enable Member States to take action withe additional ~~administrative work involv~~specific policies, also taking account of the flexibility required;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Could envisage a modest adaptation of the requirements to maintain GAEC with regard to altered environmental and production conditions (for example,climate change, biomass, etc.), if the introduction of the new requirements in a comparable way throughout Europe were guaranteed;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
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 ret~~market instruments need to be restructured, not least in order to give producer organisations a more prominent role in order to ensure that farmers receive a fairer share of the added value generated along the food chained;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Considers that private-sector insurance schemes, such as multi-hazard insurance and mutual funds, must be developed in view of increasing risks; is aware of the fact that, without public contributions to the financing (from the EU and Member States), this would be difficult; supports the adoption of an EU- wide and WTO- compliant environment to ensure that no distortions of competition occur among Member States; rejects, however, the introduction of EU-wide insurance systems;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Considers ~~rather~~ that these measures should be promoted optionally, by decision of the Member State, ~~in the first pillar (now Article 69) within the existing financing ceiling of the Member State concerned~~ and that Member States should be allowed, ~~initially,~~ on the basis of national and regional needs, to use ~~up to 2% of direct payment~~the necessary and appropriate resources for risk management, stabilisation and prevention measures; considers, furthermore, that, in justified cases, Member States should be allowed to make additional resources available from national funds;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41a. Considers it appropriate to extend the operational programme approach (fruit and vegetables CMO model), not least with a view to giving producer organisations a more prominent role and ensuring that insurance schemes (covering incomes and disasters) are managed in a properly organised manner;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
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 assessment with the legislative proposal; points out that mutual funds, which were already provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, provide another means of sharing risks; takes the view that, given that climate and financial risks are systemic risks whose management requires large amounts of capital, a network of capital and/or reassurance providers should be established and developed at European level in order to provide agricultural operators with the security and continuity they require when an adverse event occurs;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Astrid LULLING, Herbert DORFMANN, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Christa KLASS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls on the Commission to ~~investigate whether the current arrangement whereby~~maintain the planting rights currently applying under the wSin~~e market organisation ban on planting is to expire should be maintained, in view of anticipated market trends~~gle CMO, in view of the specific features of this sector;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls on the Commission to ~~investigate whether the current arrangement whereby the wine market organisation ban on plant~~consider maintaining planting rights in the wine sector beyond 2015 and to take account of this ing its ~~to expire should be maintained, in view of anticipated market trends~~assessment report on the reform of the wine CMO to be submitted in 2012;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Herbert DORFMANN, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Clemente MASTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers; calls therefore for second- pillar measures to be better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers; in face of the rapid ageing farming population in Europe, attractive measures for young farmers are urgent; as a supply to pillar I it is necessary to strengthen and improve existing supportive measures for young farmers in pillar II, in particular support for innovation and modernizing investments on the farm; encourages educational and training programmes to be developed for young farmers.

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Is aware of the importance of the second pillar, in view of its environmental, modernisation and structural improvement achievements, but also for attaining political objectives, which should also benefit farmers~~; calls therefore for~~ and agricultural entrepreneurs; calls therefore for Member States to be able to formulate second- pillar measures ~~to be~~ better suited to their objectives, so that the effectiveness of growth, employment and climate measures and measures for the benefit of rural areas can be increased; considers that, in this context, particular attention should be devoted to assisting young farmers;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Advocates therefore introducing targeted measures, to be decided by the Member States in the second pillar, to attain priority objectives of the EU (2020 « Strategy)~~; observes that these measures should be applied in addition to the basic programmes for greening of direct payments in the first pillar and that~~ and applying a reduced national cofinancing rate of 25% ~~should apply~~;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Advocates that it should not be compulsory for national cofinancing to come from public funds; considers that at least 10 percentage points of any national cofinancing should come from public funds;deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)

55 a. Stresses that the development of food quality policy, including in terms of geographical indication (PDO/PGI/TSG), must be a priority aspect of the CAP and be deepened and strengthened so that the EU can maintain its leadership position in this area; takes the view that, in the case of these high-quality products, the use of original management, protection and promotion instruments should be allowed, enabling them to develop in a harmonious fashion and to continue to make their major contribution to the sustainable growth and competitiveness of European agriculture;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)

56a. Stresses that rural development must promote commercial investments, the prime objective being the introduction of technological and organisational innovations and measures designed to consolidate, promote and enhance production quality, seeking also to achieve improvements in these sectors in terms of speed, efficiency and transparency;

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2051(INI)

Giovanni LA VIA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

~~57. Observes that there is a need for action with regard to national tax law applicable to farms in order to distribute the tax burden more evenly over a period of years;~~deleted

2011/03/22
Committee: AGRI

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that, for Rural Development, there is an increase of 1.5 % in payment appropriations, with further payments in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan also expected in 2012, and that funding of the EAFRD is further increased and strengthened in 2012 with increased funds from modulation and specific transfers;

2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of increasing the measures to promote high-quality local agricultural products at European and international level; notes that, for the promotion of local products, appropriate measures are required to encourage action to preserve and protect their distinctive characteristics and origin;

2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/2019(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses concern about decreased financing for veterinary and phytosanitary measures and urges the Commission to maintain close monitoring of the situation regarding animal and plant health, with particular reference to all the imported products which often fail to comply with Community veterinary, phytosanitary and animal welfare rules.

2011/05/10
Committee: AGRI

2011/0402(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2

Agriculture and forestry are unique systems delivering commercial products but also wider societal public goods (including cultural and recreational value) and important ecological services such as functional ~~and in-situ~~ biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape preservation, erosion reduction and carbon sequestration / GHG mitigation. Research activities will support the provisions of these public goods and services, through the delivery of management solutions, decision-support tools and the assessment of their non- market value. Specific issues to be dealt with include the identification of farming/forest/cultivation systems and landscape patterns likely to achieve these goals. ~~Shifts in~~Developing the countryside through the active management of agricultural systems ~~- including the use of technologies and change of practices -~~ will increase GHG mitigation and the adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector ~~to the adverse effects of climate change~~.

2012/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2011/0290(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 14

Regulation (EC) No. 3/2008
Article 17 – point b a (new)

(ba) producer organisations not forming part of ad hoc working groups and representing, in particular, designation- of-origin and similar protected products.

2012/09/04
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and farm viability, food chain organisation, short supply chains and risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependant on agriculture and forestry, resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and the economic development of rural areas. In doing so account must be taken of the diversity of situations that affect rural areas with different characteristics or different categories of potential beneficiaries and the cross-cutting objectives of innovation, environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation action should relate to both limiting emissions in agriculture and forestry from key activities such as livestock production, fertilizer use and to preserving the carbon sinks and enhancing carbon sequestration with regard to land use, land use change and the forestry sector. The Union priority for rural development relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas should apply horizontally in relation to the other Union priorities for rural development.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to ensure the immediate start and efficient implementation of rural development programmes, support from the EAFRD should be based on the existence of sound administrative framework conditions. Member States should therefore assess compliance with certain ex ante conditionalities. Each Member State should prepare either a national rural development programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes. Each programme should identify a strategy for meeting targets in relation to the Union priorities for rural development and a selection of measures. Programming should comply with Union priorities for rural development, while being adapted to national and regional contexts and complement the other Union policies, in particular the agricultural market policy, cohesion policy and the common fisheries policy. If a Member State~~s which~~ opts for a set of national and/or regional programme ~~should be able to also prepare a n~~s, the National fFramework~~, without a separate budgetary allocation, in order to facilitate co-ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challeng~~ should comprise common elements to ensure coherence and links between the national strategy and regional strategies.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
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, women in agriculture, small farms, mountain areas 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.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Union or national quality schemes for agricultural products and food provide consumers with assurances on the quality and characteristics of the product or the production process used as a result of the participation of farmers in such schemes, achieve added value for the products concerned and enhance their market opportunities. Farmers should therefore be encouraged to participate in these schemes. Given that it is at the moment of entering such schemes and in the early years of their participation that additional costs and obligations imposed on farmers as a result of their participation are not fully remunerated by the market, support should be limited to new participation and cover a period of no more than five years. Given the special characteristics of cotton as a farm product, quality schemes for cotton should also be covered. In order to ensure the efficient and effective use of EAFRD budgetary resources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the Union quality schemes that may be covered by this measure.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) The creation and development of new economic activity in the form of new farms, new businesses or new investments in non-agricultural activities is essential for the development and competitiveness of rural areas. A farm and business development measure should facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and of women in agriculture and the structural adjustment of their holdings after initial setting up, diversification of farmers into non-agricultural activities and the setting up and development of non- agricultural SMEs in rural areas. The development of small farms which are potentially economically viable should also be encouraged. In order to ensure the viability of new economic activities supported under this measure, support should be made conditional on the submission of a business plan. Support for business start up should cover only the initial period of the life of a business and not become operating aid. Therefore, where Member States opt to grant aid in instalments these should be for a period of no more than five years. In addition in order to encourage the restructuring of the agricultural sector, support in the form of annual payments should be provided for farmers participating in the small farmers scheme established by Title V of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 who commit to transfer their entire holding and the corresponding payment entitlements to another farmer who does not participate in that scheme.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Agri-environment-climate payments should continue to play a prominent role in supporting the sustainable development of rural areas and in responding to society's increasing demands for environmental services. They should further encourage farmers and other land managers to serve society as a whole by introducing or continuing to apply agricultural practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and compatible with the protection and improvement of the environment, the landscape and its features, natural resources, the soil and genetic diversity. In this context the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture and the additional needs of farming systems that are of high nature value should be given specific attention. Payments should contribute to covering additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments undertaken and should only cover commitments going beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle. In many situations the synergies resulting from commitments undertaken jointly by a group of farmers multiply the environmental and climate benefit. However, joint action brings additional transaction costs which should be compensated adequately. In order to ensure that farmers and other land managers are in a position to correctly implement the commitments they have undertaken, Member States should endeavour to provide them with the required skills and knowledge. Member States should maintain the level of efforts made during the 2007-2013 programming period and have to spend a minimum of 25% of the total contribution from the EAFRD to each rural development programme for climate change mitigation and adaptation and land management, through the agri- environment-climate, organic farming and payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints measures.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37

(37) Farmers are exposed today to increasing economic and environmental risks as a consequence of climate change and increased price volatility. In this context, effective management of risks has an increased importance for farmers. For this reason a risk management measure should be set up to assist farmers in addressing the most common risks faced by them. This measure should therefore support farmers to cover the premiums they pay for crop, animal and plant insurance as well as the setting up of mutual funds and the compensation paid by such funds to farmers for losses suffered as a result of the outbreak of animal or plant diseases, adverse climatic events or environmental incidents. It should also cover an income stabilisation tool in the form of a mutual fund to support farmers facing a severe drop in their income. In order to ensure that there is equal treatment among farmers across the Union, that competition is not distorted and that the international obligations of the Union are respected, specific conditions should be provided for the granting of support under these measures. In order to ensure the efficient use of EAFRD budgetary resources the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining the minimum and maximum duration of commercial loans to mutual funds.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

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

(t) "short supply chain": a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, who have direct relations with consumers or are committed to co- operation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers and consumers;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

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

(u) "young farmer": farmer who is less than 40 years of age at the moment of submitting the application~~, possesses adequate occupational skills and competence~~ and is setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding as head of the holding and/or who possesses adequate occupational skills and competence;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)

(xa) "associations of producer organisations”: associations of producer organisations as defined in Article 107 of the proposal for a regulation on the single CMO.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Vincenzo IOVINE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)

(xb) “agricultural service-providers”: agromechanical entrepreneurs who provide, and are qualified to provide, professional agricultural services in rural areas and who, for hire or reward, perform work relating to field crops, livestock farming or management of woodland and green areas belonging to public authorities, where the use of large and technically advanced equipment and machinery is required.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Vincenzo IOVINE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point x c (new)

(xc) "agricultural services": performance by agricultural service-providers, for public and private procurers, of work in fields, such as that relating to field crops, livestock farming and the management of woodland and green areas.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
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 diversification~~and modernisation of farms;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

(b) supporting ~~farm risk management:~~the management of farm risk generated by economic, environmental and social factors.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. A Member State may submit ~~either~~ a single programme for its entire territory ~~or a set of regional programmes~~, a set of regional programmes or a set of national and regional programmes. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, each measure or type of operation shall be programmed at national or regional level.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, the national framework shall contain the common elements so as to ensure consistency and linkage between its national and regional strategies.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) young farmers and women in agriculture;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) the development and promotion of agricultural products, including organic products, bearing official quality labels.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

~~In addition to t~~The ex ante conditionalities referred to in Annex IV~~, the general ex ante conditionalities established in Annex IV of Regulation (EU) No [CSF/2012] shall apply for the EAFRD~~ shall apply for EAFRD programmes if they are relevant and applicable to the specific objectives pursued in accordance with those programmes’ priorities.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

Each rural development measure shall be programmed to contribute specifically to the achievement of one or more Union priorities for rural development. ~~An indicative list of measures of particular relevance to the Union priorities is set out in Annex V.~~

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Support under this measure shall ~~cover new participation by farmers~~, also through producer group associations and agri-food companies, cover new participation by farmers or previous participation during the 2007-2013 programming period in:

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Payments shall be made annually on presentation of the necessary documentation. However, the producer shall make a single application covering a five-year period.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

For the purposes of this paragraph, 'fixed costs' means the costs incurred for entering a supported quality scheme and the annual contribution for participating in that scheme, including, where necessary, expenditure on checks required to verify compliance with the specifications of the scheme. The costs of the checks incurred by producer group associations which have submitted an application for recognition of a quality label shall be admissible from the commencement of the transitional period, that is to say while the documents are being forwarded by the Member State to the Commission.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply ~~and~~, water management and hydro storage to sustain farming and in particular crop systems; or

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) are non productive investments linked to the ~~achievement of agri- and forest- environment commitments,~~ biodiversity conservation status of species and habitat as well as enhancing the public amenity value of a Natura 2000 area or other high nature value area to be defined in the programme.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligibleindividual or combined agricultural holdings and agricultural service providers.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3

3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, women in agriculture, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply to investments referred to in paragraph 1(c) and non- productive investments referred to in paragraph 1(d).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. Support shall be granted to farmers or groups of farmers and undertakings engaged in the processing and/or marketing of products listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty. Support may also be granted to public entities where a link between the investment undertaken by such entities and agricultural production potential is established.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i

(i) young farmers and women in agriculture;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

(ii) non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services in rural areas;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) investments in non-agricultural activities and provision of agricultural services;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and women in agriculture.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Support under paragraph 1(a)(ii) shall be granted to farmers or members of the farm household diversifying into non- agricultural activities and to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises and the provision of agricultural services in rural areas.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4

Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to non- agricultural micro- and small- enterprises in rural areas and to farmers or members of the farm household and micro- and small- enterprises providing agricultural services.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) may be used also for the purchase and/or lease of: (a) land; (b) equipment and machinery; (c) barns; taking the form of a bank guarantee for lease and/or purchase contracts for land and related capital investments. In such cases, the support shall be added to the flat-rate payment and subject to the rates specified in Annex I in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) investments by, for public ~~bodies~~use, in recreational infrastructure, tourist information, small-scale tourist infrastructure, marketing of rural tourism services and sign-posting of touristic sites;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) investments by public and private bodies in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3

3. Investments under paragraph 1 shall be eligible for support where the ~~relevant operations are implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services, where such plans exist and shall b~~y are consistent with any local development strategy, where one exists.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giovanni LA VIA, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) investments improving the productivity, resilience and environmental value as well as the mitigation potential of forest ecosystems;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private ~~land-~~owners and tenants, to other land managers, and to municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of agricultural income foregone and maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of ten years.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2

2. Both agricultural and non-agricultural land shall be eligible; however, with regard to agricultural land, provision shall be made for set-aside for a maximum period of one year between two successive plantings on the same land. Species planted shall be adapted to the environmental and climatic conditions of the area and answer to minimum environmental requirements. No support shall be granted for the planting of short rotation coppice, Christmas trees or fast growing trees for energy production. In areas where afforestation is made difficult by severe pedo-climatic conditions support may be provided for planting other perennial woody species such as shrubs or bushes suitable to the local conditions.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private land public owners, tenants, other land managers and municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of ~~three~~seven years.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giovanni LA VIA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. "Agro-forestry systems" shall mean land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with extensive agriculture on the same land. The maximum number of trees to be planted per hectare shall be determined by the Member States taking account of local pedo-climatic conditions, forestry species and the need to ensure sustainable agricultural use of the land, demonstrable by specifications that are recognised by the Member States.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

In the case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, the risk of a relevant disaster occurrence must be supported by scientific evidence and acknowledged by scientific public organisations. ~~Where relevant, the list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster must be provided in the programme.~~

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3

3. Support under paragraph 1(d) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 3015% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or on the average of the five-year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, private law, public and semi- public bodies, municipalities and their associations. ~~In the case of state forests support may also be granted to bodies managing such forests, which are independent from the state budget.~~

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2

2. Investments shall be aimed at the achievement of commitments undertaken for environmental aims or providing ecosystem services and/or which enhance the public amenity value and productivity of forest and wooded land in the area concerned or improve the climate change mitigation potential of ecosystems, ~~without ex~~including also economic benefits in the long term.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private ~~forest owners, municipalitie~~and public land-owners and tenants and to otheir ~~association~~land managers and to SMEs for investments enhancing forestry potential or relating to processing and marketing adding value to forest products. In the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary islands, the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments support may also be granted to enterprises that are not SMEs.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2

2. Agri-environment-climate payments shall be granted to farmers, groups of farmers or groups of farmers and other land-managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, to carry out operations ~~consisting of~~which correspond to one or more agri- environment-climate commitments ~~on agricultural land~~. Where duly justified to achieve environmental objectives, agri- environment-climate payments may be granted to other land- managers or groups of other land- managers.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3

3. Agri-environment-climate payments cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and ~~other relevant obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012,~~ relevant minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection products use as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation. All such mandatory requirements shall be identified in the programme.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall en~~deavo~~sure t~~o provide~~hat persons undertaking to carry out operations under this measure ~~with~~have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information required to implement them, including by setting up commitment-related expert advi~~ce and/or by making support under this measure conditional to relevant training~~sory services.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6

6. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary they may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the agri- environment-climate commitments. Where commitments are undertaken by groups of farmers and/or by other land managers, the maximum level shall be 30%.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Where commitments under this measure include the implementation of greening measures in preparation for meeting other commitments under the measure, these greening measures may be compensated within the measure. In that case they may not receive support as 'non- productive investments' under Article 18(1)(d).

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Payments to farmers in mountain areas and other areas facing natural or other specific constraints shall be granted annually per hectare of UAA in order to compensate farmers for additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned, and to avoid the risk of those areas being abandoned owing to their low profitability.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

In order to be eligible for payments under Article 32, mountain areas shall be characterized by a considerable limitation of the possibilities for using the land as well as low profitability and by an appreciable increase in production costs due to:

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Areas other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be eligible for payments under Article 32 if they are affected by specific constraints and where land management should be continued in order to conserve or improve the environment, maintain the countryside or wetlands, conserve water resources, and preserve the tourist potential of the area or in order to protect the coastline.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change, such as measures relating to water management and storage to sustain farming and in particular agricultural systems;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of ~~financial contributions to~~a mutual funds, to provid~~ing~~e compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The financial contributions referred to in Article 37(1)(c) may only relate to the amounts paid by the mutual fund as financial compensation to farmers. In addition, the financial contribution may relate to interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying the financial compensation to farmers in case of crisis.deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Support under Article 37(1)(c) may take the form of a financial contribution towards farmers’ payments into the mutual fund. Member States shall lay down rules governing farmers’ contributions to the fund.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

~~In cases where co-operation projects are not selected by the local action groups,~~ Member States shall establish a system of ongoing application for co-operation projects.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1

1. In order to be eligible for EAFRD support investment operations shall be preceded by an assessment of the expected environmental impact in accordance with legislation specific to that kind of investment where the investment is likely to have negative effects on the environment.deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3

3. In the case of irrigation, ~~only~~new investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25% shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in the Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can, including measures to sustain farming and crop systems and/or to modernise existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, shall be considered as eligible expenditure ~~in cases where an environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impact~~.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1

For the purposes of this Regulation ~~the Managing Authority~~"rural area" shall be define ~~"rural area" at programm~~d at Member State level.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1

1. EIP operational groups shall form part of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. They shall be set up by interested actors such as farmers, collective entities, land and irrigation managers, researchers, advisors and businesses involved in the agriculture and food sector.

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1

The funds transferred to the EAFRD in application of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012 shall be reserved for operations which provide a significant contribution to innovation relevant to agricultural productivity and sustainability, including climate mitigation or adaptation.deleted

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0282(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4

4. PExcept for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012], payments by beneficiaries shall be supported by invoices and documents proving payment. Where this cannot be done, payments shall be supported by documents of equivalent probative value~~, except for forms of support under Article 57(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) [CSF/2012]~~.

2012/07/26
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) In order to assist farms whose activities are mostly seasonal, such as fruit and vegetables, or wine, for which more staff are employed at certain times of the year, and to facilitate employment for workers who are considered to be at risk of social exclusion, a system of work vouchers for the payment of casual labour should be introduced, along the lines of the system provided for under Italian legislation.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Mariya GABRIEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)

(85a) Data collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network should be taken into consideration when formulating studies and research with the aim of preventing crises in the various agricultural sectors, given that they reflect the performance of farms. These data should be a useful tool for crisis prevention and management.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 94 a (new)

(94a) However, the implementation of international agreements should not depart from the principle of reciprocity, particularly with regard to tariffs, plant health and the environment, and it should be carried out so as to ensure strict compliance with the mechanisms for entry prices, specific additional duties and compensatory levies.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) common and durum wheat, barley and maize;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, paddy rice, sorghum and skimmed milk powder shall be equal to the respective reference prices fixed in Article 7 in the case of buying-in at a fixed price and shall not exceed the respective reference prices in the case of buying-in by tendering;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. The public intervention prices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to price increases or reductions for quality reasons for common and durum wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and paddy rice. Moreover, taking into account the need to ensure that production is orientated towards certain varieties of paddy rice, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to fix increases and reductions of the public intervention price.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Aid for private storage ~~may~~shall be granted in respect of the products referred to in Article 1(2) and the following products, subject to the conditions set out in this Section and to requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Article 17 to 19:

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Vincenzo IOVINE, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(cb) tobacco;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grant private storage aid for the products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices ~~and~~, the reference prices ~~for~~and production costs of the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or more Member States.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Giovanni LA VIA, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, restrict the granting of private storage aid or fix the private storage aid per Member State or region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2). As regards the olive oil sector, the activation price for private storage for each category of olive oil shall reflect the real market situation, in particular taking into account the production costs. A periodic review should also be put in place. The aid provided must cover all storage costs as well as the financial implications of production being left in storage. The Commission shall automatically activate the private storage when all the conditions are fulfilled.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. To implement the measure for the products referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), in relation to specific areas of production, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts: (a) link the granting of aid to respective gross margins; (b) limit the placing of the stored product on the market to the period of February to August, to prevent any overlapping with the start of the new marketing year; (c) incentivise the placing of the stored product on third-country markets, through measures – such as a targeted promotion campaign together with the supply of a 'service package' – designed to facilitate the placing of the product on the markets of 'developing countries'. The measure shall be limited to the first three months of storage.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) the conditions according to which it may be decided that products covered by private storage contracts may be re- marketed or disposed of, seeking to avoid re-marketing in certain periods in order to eliminate problems of supply surpluses;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) the dissemination of information on measures carried out by operators’ organisations and on traceability and certification systems to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Giovanni LA VIA, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) the commercial promotion of products;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(cb) the modernisation and restructuring of production systems;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) 7590 % for activities in the areas referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) 7590 % for fixed assets investments and 560 % for other activities in the area referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Raffaele BALDASSARRE, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Giovanni LA VIA, Paolo BARTOLOZZI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)

Article 27 a National programmes to support olive oil and table olives 1. The European Union will finance national programmes in the field of olive oil and table olives with the following objectives: a) improve the competitiveness of the sector through the modernization of the productive potential; b) increase consumption of olive oil and olives in and outside the European Union. c) improve the quality of the production systems of olive oil and table olives;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f

f) support for the administrative costs of setting up and maintaining mutual funds.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 a (new)

Article 34a 1. Member States may establish a national fruit and vegetable network that unites the organisations, associations and authorities involved in implementing the national strategy. 2. The network shall be financed by a maximum levy of 0.5% of the Community share of the financing of the operational funds and its aim shall be: to manage the network, examine transferable good practices and gather the relevant information, organise conferences and seminars for those involved in managing the national strategy, conduct programmes to monitor and assess the national strategy and carry out other activities identified by the national strategy.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) use of concentrated grape must in accordance with Article 49(a);

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Member States may grant national aid in accordance with the relevant Community rules on State aid for the measures referred to in Articles 43, 47 and 48.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1

1. Support under this Article shall cover information or promotion measures concerning Union wines in third countries and on the internal market, thereby improving their competitiveness ~~in those countries~~.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) information campaigns, in particular on the Union systems covering designations of origin, geographical indications and organic production; to that end it would be desirable for agreements to be concluded with major retail chains in third countries to ensure that the information given to consumers about these products in sales outlets is as clear as possible;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2

2. Support for green harvesting shall contribute to improving the quality of the grapes and restoring the balance of supply and demand in the Union wine market in order to prevent market crises.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1

1. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2

2. Support for the setting up and consolidation of mutual funds may be granted in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the funds.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments, including the registration of collective marks, in processing facilities, winery infrastructure, distilleries and marketing of wine which improve the overall performance of the enterprise and concern one or more of the following:

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 a (new)

Article 49a Use of concentrated grape must 1. Support may be granted to wine producers who use concentrated grape must, including rectified concentrated grape must, to increase the natural alcoholic strength of products, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex XVa. 2. The amount of the aid shall be fixed per % volume potential alcoholic strength and per hectolitre of the must used for enrichment. 3. The maximum applicable aid levels for this measure in the different wine growing zones shall be fixed by the Commission.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3

3. A product shall be considered as conforming to the general marketing standard where the product intended to be marketed is in conformity with an applicable standard adopted by any of the international organisations listed in Annex V.deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57

Article 57 Delegated powers Taking into account the need to address changes in the market situation, and the specificity of each sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to adopt, modify and derogate from the requirements concerning general marketing standard referred to in Article 56(1), and rules on conformity referred to in Article 56(3).deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Fruit and vegetables that are intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products may be marketed only if they are of sound, fair and marketable quality and if the country of origin is indicated.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1

1. Taking into account the expectations of consumers and the need to improve the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products as well as their quality, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on marketing standards referred to in Article 55, at all stages of the marketing, as well as derogations and exemptions from such standards ~~to adapt to the constantly changing market conditions, to the evolving consumer demands, to developments in rel~~only for a limited time and in exceptional cases, or in the evaent ~~international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovation~~of market crises.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 may cover one or more of the following requirements, determined on a sectoral or product basis, and based on the characteristics of each sector, on the need to regulate the placing on the market and on the conditions laid down in paragraph 3:

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, ~~including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level~~by providing for the indication of the place of production;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e

(e) the standard recommendations adopted by international bodies in Annex V.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)

(ea) the possible risk of consumers being misled due to their expectations and habits, having regard to the availability and feasibility of informational means to exclude such risks;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Place of farming, in accordance with paragraph 3(c), shall mean the place of cultivation or breeding, namely the country from which the non-processed agricultural product, or product used in the preparation or production of a food, originates.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3

3. Taking into account the need to adapt to evolving consumer demands, and technical progress and to avoid creating obstacles to product innovation, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on modifications, derogations or exemptions to the definitions and sales descriptions provided for in Annex VI.deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1

Taking into account the specificity of each sector, th~~e Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on tolerance~~rough the ordinary procedure a tolerance may be adopted for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)

In exceptional cases, or in the event of market crises and for a limited period of time, the Commission may adopt, by means of delegated acts, a tolerance for each standard beyond which the entire batch of products shall be considered as not respecting that standard.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

~~The Commission shall, where necessary, adopt~~In accordance with Article 43(2) of the Treaty, the methods referred to in point (d) of Article 59(3) for products listed in Part II of Annex VI ~~by means of implementing acts~~shall be adopted. Those methods shall be based on any relevant methods recommended and published by the OIV, unless they would be ineffective or inappropriate in view of the legitimate objective pursued. ~~Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 162(2)~~

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3

3. Member States may allow the experimental use of unauthorised oenological practices ~~in accordance with the conditions specified by the Commission, by means of delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4~~.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1

Taking into account the specificities in trade between the Union and certain third countries and the special character of some agricultural products, ~~the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to define~~ensuring that consumers are not being misled due to their expectations and habits, the conditions under which imported products are considered to have an equivalent level of compliance with the Union marketing standards and conditions allowing derogation from Article 58 ~~and determine~~may be defined, through the ordinary procedure, and the rules concerning the application of the marketing standards to products exported from the Union may be determined.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) include the name of the vine variety together with the geographical reference.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

2a. The specification shall consist at least of: (a) the name to be protected; (b) a description of the wine(s); (i) for wines with a designation of origin, the description of their principal analytical and organoleptic characteristics; (ii) for wines with a geographical indication, the description of their principal analytical characteristics in addition to an evaluation or indication of their organoleptic characteristics; (c) where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the wine(s) as well as the relevant restrictions on making the wine(s); (d) the demarcation of the geographical area concerned; (e) the maximum yields per hectare; (f) an indication of the wine grape variety or varieties the wine(s) is/are obtained from; (g) applicable requirements laid down in Union or national legislation or, where provided for by Member States, by an organisation which manages the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication, having regard to the fact that such requirements shall be objective, and non-discriminatory and compatible with Union law; (h) the name and address of the authorities or bodies verifying compliance with the provisions of the product specification and their specific tasks.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Member States shall take the steps necessary to stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications within the meaning of paragraph 2.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a

~~(a) the elements of the product specification;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 6 – point b

~~(b) preliminary national procedure;~~deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) an indication of the sugary substances used to increase the alcohol content of the wines.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. By way of derogation from point (ga) of paragraph 1, the indication may be omitted in the following cases: (a) for sparkling and semi-sparkling wines obtained from cuvées produced without the addition of any sugary substances; (b) for all grapevine products for which added sugary substances have been used, where the latter derive solely from grapes.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

(ii) concentration of supply and the direct placing on the market of the products produced by its members;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii a (new)

(viia) taking action to improve quality, especially at the market placement stage;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii b (new)

(viib) implementing policies designed to strengthen producer organisations and associations of producer organisations from an organisational, commercial and financial point of view.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty.~~deleted

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1

Where rules of a recognised producer organisation, a recognised association of producer organisations or a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under Article 110 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of persons whose activities relate to the products concerned, the Member State which has granted recognition may decide that individuals or groups, in addition to processors and merchants, which are not members of the organisation but which benefit from those activities shall pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part IX – product line (new)

0714201 Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, and intended for human consumption.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0281(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Part I – point I – paragraph 2 – point B – introductory part

B) Category Z: bovine animals aged from 8 months to ~~less~~no more than 12 months

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In order to take into account specific new elements and to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of ~~laying down further definitions regarding the access to support under this Regulation,~~ establishing the framework within which Member States shall define the minimum activities to be carried out on areas ~~naturally~~ kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as well as the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in– th~~e state suitable for production and the criteria to det~~at is, any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland and pasture or permiane ~~the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland~~nt crops – in the state suitable for production.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed ~~between Member States,~~ by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the UnThe redistribution of direct payments should comply with the basic principles of Europa 2020, while highlighting the need to use Union resources for economic growth. To that end, direct payments should be redistributed on the basis of appropriate, objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as the value of agricultural production, a~~verage~~dded value, labour and purchasing power. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 201922 in a Member State or in a region should ~~have~~approximate to or reach a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in ~~linear~~ steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for ~~farme~~productive sectors, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distributionmay retain an element of differentiation in relation to direct support in order to take account of differecnt ~~support across the European Union during that period~~types of land use.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance ~~through a mandatory "greening" component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union~~. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment~~, on top of the basic payment,~~ for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practisces should take the form of simple, generalised, non- contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and pastures, of perennial crops associated with appropriate agronomic practices and of ecological focus areas. T~~he compulsory nature of t~~hose practisces should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in "‘Natura 2000"’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practisces are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the "‘greening"’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. ~~Non-respect of the "greening" comp~~The same should apply to farmers who sign up for agri-environmental programmes as an aspect of rural development or take part in a national certification scheme of recognised environmental value, or who comply with the environment ~~should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR]~~al guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the Single CMO, or who adhere to agri-environmental schemes approved at national level.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland and permanent crops is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) In order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in areas with specific natural constraints and abandoned areas, Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual ~~area-based payment~~payment based on new criteria such as gross marketable output, added value or the number of workers employed, on top of the basic payment, to all farmers operating in such areas. That payment should not replace the support given under rural development programs and should not be granted to farmers in areas which were designated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) but have not been designated in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

~~(31)~~ (31) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by women and young farmers is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, an income support to women and young farmers commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of women and young farmers and the structural adjustment of their holdings after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area- based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers. That payment should only be granted during a period of ~~maximum~~ five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

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

(iv) a payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity and for women in farming;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) "“permanent crops"” means non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice and poplar plantations;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) "permanent grassland and pasture" means land used to grow grasses or other ~~herbaceous~~ forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation ~~of the holding~~ for five years or longer; it may include other species ~~suitable for grazing provided that~~or features of importance for the grclass~~es and other herbaceous forage remain predominant~~ification of the land as pasture;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)

(ka) “poplar plantations” means areas planted with tree species of the genus Populus spp with a harvest cycle of no more than 15 years;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. ~~No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where~~Member States shall decide to grant direct payments to farmers in one of the following ~~appli~~cases:

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

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

(a) the annual amount of direct payments is ~~less~~more than 5 % of the total ~~receipts~~income they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

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

(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States ~~in accordance with Article 4(1)(c).~~;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) they are identified in a national public register, on the basis of objective criteria, as are farmers;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)

(bb) they devote a substantial amount of their working time to agricultural activities and earn a significant part of their income from such activities, in accordance with criteria established by the Member State.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 52 000 of direct payments for the previous year, to holdings in mountain areas affected by natural constraints or to holdings which restore abandoned areas.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Entities such as transport companies, airports, real estate companies, companies managing sport grounds, motorway companies, campsites and mining companies shall not receive direct payments. After having notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to add other types of entity to those listed in paragraph 2a.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to holdings in mountain areas affected by natural constraints.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the ~~salaries effectively paid and dec~~cost of labour (salaries, wages and vouchers), calcularted ~~by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social~~ on a flat-rate basis per labour unit used, also taking into account~~ributions related to employment~~ work done by family members, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Before 1 August 2013, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom may decide to increase by a maximum of 10 points the percentage of their annual ceilings referred to in the first subparagraph.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(1a) Should Article 20 of this Regulation be applied, the Member States may make available to the regions the amount referred to in the first subparagraph, in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States in which certain types of livestock farms are particularly important for economic and/or social reasons may retain their special entitlements until 31 December 2020.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. ~~Farmers~~Member States shall grant an annual payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 ~~shall~~when they observe on their ~~eligible~~ hectares as defined in Article 25(2) ~~the following agricultural practises beneficial for the c~~, and in respect of which a greening applimcat~~e and the environment:~~ ion has been made, the following practices:

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to have t~~hree~~wo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 and up to 20 hectares, and ~~is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year~~three different crops where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or ~~entirely cultiv~~where in excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated ~~with~~to crops ~~under water~~that can be submerged for a significant part of the ~~year~~ir cultivation cycle;

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland and pasture on their holding; ~~and~~

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) to maintain existing permanent crops on their farms, together with specific agronomic practices; or

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)

(bb) more than 70% of which is cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they come within the following categories: – 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~~, or – beneficiaries of agri-environment- climatic payments established pursuant to Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR]; – farmers who comply with the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO or with national agri-environmental guidelines.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

The first subparagraph shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 or are covered by agri-environment- climate measures in accordance with Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and/or Article 29 of Regulation (EU) N° [...] [RDR] or by measures/actions provided for in the environmental guidelines applicable to sustainable operational programmes under the single CMO.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5

5. The payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare declared according to Article 26(1), the amount of which shall be calculated annually by dividing the amount resulting from the application of Article 33(1) by the total number of eligible hectares declared in the Member State concerned according to Article 26.deleted

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 in order to lay down further conditions relating to the commitments and the certification schemes referred to in paragraph 4a, in order to make sure that they are equivalent to the practices referred to in paragraph 1 in terms of the climate-related and environmental benefits they offer.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and ~~is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year~~up to 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 10 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. ~~None of those three~~The main crops shall not cover ~~less~~more than 570 % of the arable land and the two main ~~one shall not exceed 70~~crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or ~~entirely cultiv~~in excess of 70% of the land is not dedicated ~~with~~to crops ~~under water~~that can be submerged for a significant part of the ~~year~~ir cultivation cycle, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Antonio CANCIAN, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: – where the arable land is mainly used for grass production or other forage, mainly left fallow, mainly cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these, or – where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 80% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland and historical pastures, or by permanent crops.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. For the purposes of this article, “crop” means a crop of one of the genera defined in the botanical classification of crops or a crop of one of the species in the Brassicaceae, Solonaceae and Cucurbitaceae families, as well as land left fallow. However, autumn/winter crops and spring/summer crops shall be deemed to differ from each other even where they are of the same genus.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 ~~laying down the definition of 'crop' and~~in order to add other crops to those listed in paragraph 1b and to establish the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title

Permanent grassland and pasture

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland and pasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as “reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture”.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland and pasture in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Carlo FIDANZA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland and pasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland and pasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture in case of transfer of land.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Antonio CANCIAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. FWhere the agricultural area, excluding areas under permanent grassland, covers more than 15 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 73 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2)~~, excluding areas under permanent grassland,~~ is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, ~~terraces, landscape features, buffer strip~~land under permanent crops, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, land under soil-improving crops such as pulses and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title

Payments for young farmers and women in farming

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI, Salvatore CARONNA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and to women engaged in farming and contributing to the rural economy who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 36, Member States shall use a percentage of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II which shall ~~not~~ be higher than 24 %. They shall notify the Commission, by 1 August 2013, of the estimated percentage necessary to finance that payment.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2

2. Without prejudice to the ~~maximum~~figure of 24 % set under paragraph 1, where the total amount of the payment applied for in a Member State in a particular year exceeds the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 4, and where that ceiling is lower than 24 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, Member States shall apply a linear reduction to all payments to be granted to all farmers in accordance with Article 25.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Coupled support may be granted to the ~~following~~ sectors and productions~~: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch pot~~ referred to in Annex I to the Treatoy, ~~milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice~~with the exception of fisheries products.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2

2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or social and/or environmental reasons. Member States shall pay particular attention to those sectors vulnerable due to the suppression of past EU coupled or specific payments.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Members States may grant coupled support to farmers who in the period 2008-2010 held special entitlements in accordance with Articles 60 and 65 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 independently of the basic payment referred to in Title III, Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) an amount not exceeding 150 % of the national average payment per beneficiary;

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Paolo DE CASTRO, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Giovanni LA VIA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) a level equal to the amount to which the farmer would be entitled in respect of the number of hectares declared for the 2014 calendar year.

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0280(COD)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Carlo FIDANZA, Mara BIZZOTTO, Mario BORGHEZIO, Lorenzo FONTANA, Claudio MORGANTI, Fiorello PROVERA, Oreste ROSSI, Matteo SALVINI, Francesco Enrico SPERONI, Lara COMI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II

[The breakdown of resources among the Member States that is put forward in Annex II should be reviewed on the basis of objective criteria, as provided for in Recital 21.]

2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI

2011/0276(COD)

Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Mario PIRILLO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Guido MILANA

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, athe Member States and local and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Mario PIRILLO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Guido MILANA

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

a) ~~regional, local, urban and~~ other public authorities

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Patrizia TOIA, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Leonardo DOMENICI, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mario PIRILLO, Silvia COSTA, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

1a) preserving and promoting the cultural and creative heritage of the Union;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Mario PIRILLO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Guido MILANA

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6

6) preserving and protecting the environment, cultural and creative heritage and promoting resource efficiency;

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Mario PIRILLO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Guido MILANA

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the Partnership Contract no later than six months after its submission by the Member State, provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. As part of its decision to adopt the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall take account of the effective involvement of the autonomous regional territories called to enter into the Partnership Contract, in accordance with the institutional system of each Member State. The Partnership Contract shall not enter into force before 1 January 2014.

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Mario PIRILLO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Guido MILANA

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1

Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the managing authorities shall independently select the thematic objectives and investment priorities on which to concentrate the Union's support.

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18

Article 18 Performance reserve 5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Leonardo DOMENICI, Vincenzo IOVINE, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mario PIRILLO

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18

Article 18 Performance reserve 5% of the resources allocated to each CSF Fund and Member State, with the exception of resources allocated to the European territorial cooperation goal and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to be allocated in accordance with Article 20.deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Francesco DE ANGELIS, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Patrizia TOIA, Leonardo DOMENICI, Vincenzo IOVINE, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mario PIRILLO

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 20

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21

~~[...]~~Deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Francesco DE ANGELIS, Patrizia TOIA, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Mario PIRILLO

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 21

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Francesco DE ANGELIS, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Patrizia TOIA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3

3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States ~~at the same time as~~within six months of the submission of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within ~~six~~nine months of the approval of the ~~Common Strategic Framework~~General Regulation. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.

2012/06/04
Committee: REGI

2011/0276(COD)

Francesco DE ANGELIS, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Patrizia TOIA, Vincenzo IOVINE, Leonardo DOMENICI, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall reimburse as interim payments 905% of the amount resulting from applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis laid down in the decision adopting the operational programme to the eligible expenditure for the priority axis included in the payment application. It shall determine the annual balance in accordance with Article 130(1).

2012/06/06
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
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, areas with a natural handicap and regions facing demographic challenges and handicaps.

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) investments in accessible social, health ~~and~~, educational, cultural, sport, and tourism infrastructure;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

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

(b) promoting business R&I investment, product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation ~~and~~, cultural and creative industries, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Patrizia TOIA, Salvatore CARONNA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Leonardo DOMENICI, Vincenzo IOVINE, Mario PIRILLO, Silvia COSTA, Guido MILANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 bis (new)

(1 a) preserve and promote the cultural and creative heritage of the European Union (i) encourage shared cultural policies to support and enhance Europe’s cultural heritage, tangible and intangible, with a view to ensuring an economic and cognitive impact; (ii) support research, innovation and entrepreneurial activities in the cultural and creative sector; (iii) promote sustainable tourism, including maritime tourist activities, through the development of territories, networks and efficient, innovative and quality services;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c

(c) protecting, promoting and developing cultural heritage, the environmental legacy and the landscape;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Salvatore CARONNA, Francesco DE ANGELIS, Andrea COZZOLINO, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Vincenzo IOVINE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c – point i (new)

i) the support to the endogenous potential of specific areas, promoting the development, the use and the accessibility of cultural and natural resources, even through the development of small infrastructures and touristic services;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) investing in education, skills ~~and~~, lifelong learning and culture by developing education and training infrastructure and promoting cultural heritage;

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0275(COD)

Erminia MAZZONI, Giommaria UGGIAS, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

ETaking into account its specific territorial situation, each Member State shall establish in its Partnership Contract a list of critieria for the selection of functinal urban areas where integrated actions for sustainable urban development are to be implemented and an indicative annual allocation for these actions at national level.

2012/06/07
Committee: REGI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .deleted

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and more in particular bovine identification and voluntary beef labelling were listed as "information obligations with special importance in terms of the burdens they impose on businesses" in the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an "Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU" .deleted

2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to ensure that the necessary rules for the proper functioning of the identification, registration and traceability of bovine animals and beef are applied, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of requirements for alternative means of identification of bovine animals, special circumstances in which Member States may extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification, data to be exchanged between the computerised databases of the Member States, the maximum period for certain reporting obligations, the requirements for means of identification, the information to be included in the passports and in the individual registers to be kept on each holding, the minimum level of official controls, the identification and registration of movements of bovine animals when put out to summer grazing in different mountain areas, rules for labelling certain products which should be equivalent to the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000, the definitions of minced beef, beef trimmings or cut beef, ~~the specific indications that may be put on labels, the labelling provisions related to the simplification of the indication of origin,~~ the maximum size and composition of certain groups of animals, the approval procedures related to labelling conditions on packaging of cut meat. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up such delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

2011/0229(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Section II of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 lays down rules for a voluntary beef labelling system which provide for the approval of certain labelling specifications by the competent authority of the Member State. The administrative burden and the costs incurred by Member States and economic operators in applying this system are not proportionate to the benefits of the system. That Section should therefore be deleted.

2012/02/17
Committee: ENVI

2011/0229(COD)

Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000
Article 1 — paragraph 1 — point 14

~~(14) Articles 16, 17 and 18 are~~ deleted.

2012/04/02
Committee: AGRI

Draft opinion
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, particularly those in disadvantaged and mountainous regions in the EU; points out that it also plays a key part in combating land abandonment, rural depopulation - particularly of marginal land - and the ageing of the rural population in the EU by providing appropriate funding for rural communities;

2011/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the major role that rural and farm tourism play in creating a direct link with the supply chain for traditional food products and for other ecological and natural products, thus creating a system which ensures the production, processing and marketing of products locally;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2206(INI)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises the importance of the ‘ICT and tourism’ platform proposed by the Commission, but believes that greater efforts are needed to equip rural areas with the latest IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband Internet connection services), with a view to generating and putting online all the information required for the exchange of best practice;

2011/02/03
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the EU should support education at all levels and awareness- raising about nutrition~~, given that inform~~ and the origin of products, given that conscious, informed and quality-oriented choices about diet can prevent disease and also reduce the heavy strain on social spending in Europe; also calls for more dietary support programmes, such as the School Fruit and School Milk programmes, and for the budgets for these programmes to be increased;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Wishes to stress in particular the importance of diversity in European agriculture and of ensuring the coexistence of different agricultural models, as well as that of the diversity of food and nutrition across Europe, with a view to fostering the development of rural areas and preserving the heritage of regional food and wine sectors;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Notes that traditional agricultural practices, including small-scale farming and organic farming, can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of time and enable a deep connection to be established between a product and the area in which it originates which symbolises the quality and authenticity of the product;

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2112(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Highlights the fact that products from small-scale farming supply local markets with fresh food, which is more environmentally sustainable than transported food ~~and~~, thereby helpsing to support established farming communities and enabling consumers to make quality- oriented, conscious and informed choices based on fair prices; calls on the Commission to address these agricultural models in its future CAP proposals, including the possibility of creating special financial incentives;,

2010/11/08
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas, despite the high degree of individualisation in the way that people live, the basic challenge for ~~both men and wo~~men, and in particular for women, who are often solely responsible for family management, will remain that of combining their own work and their social and cultural involvement, on the one hand, with responsibility for family, on the other,

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the need – in order to contribute to the economic development of rural areas which have been gradually abandoned over the past few years – to establish a system which ensures that local products are produced, processed and marketed first and foremost locally; it would also be useful, in order to increase development in those areas, to provide various activities that are complementary to farming, such as tourism-related activities or service provision;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure (e.g. broadband), in order to create and put online all information necessary for exchanging good practices;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Encourages, to that end, support for projects which aim to create such services, such as 'farm crèches', which already exist in various parts of Italy and which ensure that women can continue working in rural and farming areas whilst at the same time creating work, so that more people are able to stay on the land;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes, in this context, Directive No 2010/41/EU and calls on the Member States to implement it effectively so as to safeguard the rights of women married to self-employed farmers and ensure that the work of farmers' wives is fully recognised, also by means of pension-related safeguards;

2010/11/17
Committee: AGRI

2010/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a new

34a. Hopes that specific measures will be taken to regulate the market and all the agricultural sectors in crisis, such as the fruit and vegetable sector and cereals sector, in such a way as to establish a consistent strategy;

2010/02/26
Committee: BUDG

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on national and European competition authorities to take action against established abusive buyer practices o~~f dominant wholesalers and retailers which systematically put farmers in an extremely unequal bargaining positio~~n the part of any operator in the food supply chain;

2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission ~~to submit a leg~~and on the organislati~~ve proposal on better implementation of competition rules in the food chain so as to effectively limit the development of dominant market positions and~~ons representing farmers to draw up a range of proposals with a view to strengthening farmers’ bargaining power ~~through efficient producer organisations and SMEs~~;

2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI

2009/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to adapt EU hygiene standards in relation to local or distance marketing and the shelf life of products, to decentralise ~~and simplify~~ certification and control systems, and to promote direct producer-consumer relations and short food supply chains, the sustainability benefits of which have been documented by EC research projects;

2010/05/20
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas, since the CAP will have to confront many challenges and pursue broader objectives after 2013, it is essential that the budget the EU allocates to the CAP is at least maintained at current levels;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas high-quality products are essential exports of the European Union and represent a very large share of its international trade; whereas the EU is exporting high-profile products with considerable economic value, and in the case of products with protected origin and geographical indications the net value of these products and foodstuffs is €14 billion a year (excluding wines and spirits, which also account for a significant share of EU exports), and whereas, if the EU is to continue to produce high-quality products, the specific needs of every sector must be taken into account;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas according to the latest Eurobarometer, 90% of EU citizens surveyed consider agriculture and rural areas to be important for Europe's future, 83% of EU citizens surveyed are in favour of financial support to farmers and, on average, they believe that agricultural policy should continue to be decided upon at European level, in close cooperation with the Member States' regional authorities,

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that rural development is now an integral part of the CAP architecture with its focus on rural communities, improving the environment, modernising and restructuring agriculture, improving and revitalising abandoned or disadvantaged rural areas and improving product marketing and competitiveness;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that the CAP must continue to provide solutions to, and tangible assistance to combat, the threat of land abandonment, rural depopulation and the ageing of the rural population in the EU, by establishing appropriate funding and assistance for that purpose, to ensure the long-term sustainability of rural communities in the EU;

2010/04/29
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Points out, most importantly, that in the future European agricultural policy must remain a common policy and that only a harmonised level of support across the EU with a common set of objectives and rules can deliver the appropriate level playing field for farmers and a properly functioning Single Market with fair competitive conditions for agricultural products within the EU and, bearing in mind the need for common objectives, hopes that the funding will have an impact on vast regional areas which have a wide range of agricultural practices but pursue common objectives;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Lorenzo FONTANA, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – point 1

1) Believes that in order to reduce the disparities in the distribution of direct support funds between Member States, the hectare basis alone will not be sufficient and, therefore, calls for additional objective criteria such as a purchasing power coefficient to be used to achieve an overall balanced distribution; calls on the Commission to examine additional criteria which take account of the complexity and diversity of the agricultural sector with a view to ensuring funds are distributed fairly;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; however, given the move from a historical to an area support model, takes the view that a limited margin for flexibility should be left to Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory, in the form of capped coupled payments for ~~vulnerable grassland livestock area~~continued agricultural activity in economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive sectors, in compliance with WTO requirements;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Identifies the need for ~~five~~six key building blocks, namely: Food Security and Fair Trade, Sustainability, Agriculture across Europe, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection, and Green Growth, as well as the further development of food quality certification systems to achieve a fairer, greener and more sustainable CAP;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)

61a. Considers that controlling the development of production potential could be a valuable means of ensuring sustainable growth in many agricultural sectors;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)

66a. Stresses that the development of agricultural product quality strategies, especially in respect of geographical indications (PGO/PGI), should be a priority for the common agricultural policy and that it should be further developed and consolidated so as to enable the EU to maintain its leadership in this area;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 b (new)

66b. It is necessary to deploy management, protection and promotion tools to facilitate the harmonious development of all quality products and enable them to continue to make a major contribution to the sustainable development of the CAP;

2010/04/30
Committee: AGRI

2009/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Emphasises the responsibility of the Member States in connection with the objective designation of areas with natural handicaps and the formulation of balanced programmes for rural development; stresses at the same time the need for notification and approval of these national and regional decisions by the Commission;

2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2009/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers it desirable that the regions should participate in indicating the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps in view of the role of the regions in managing the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and because they possess better, direct knowledge of the regional features and problems of these areas;

2010/02/09
Committee: AGRI

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that agricultural and forestry production are vulnerable to climatic phenomena such as drought, storms, frost, hail, forest fires and floods, to health risks such as plagues and epidemics, and to human activities like pollution, acid rain and unintentional and deliberate genetic contamination, to landslides because of problems related to urban planning, to forest fires due to absence of forest maintenance and criminal behaviour, and to contamination of rivers due to chemical discharges from factories

2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2009/2151(INI)

Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Oreste ROSSI, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that agriculture is crucial in this context, as it ensures the existence of rural economies and curbs migration to urban areas, providing good environmental conditions for the land, reducing carbon emissions and contributing to their sequestration, improving soil maintenance, returning river and coastal water systems to their natural state and promoting the recovery of natural spaces;

2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2009/2151(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - point d a (new)

(d a) sustaining the agricultural activity in areas affected by depopulation and subject to the risk of natural disasters and contributing to the reintegration of human activity by creating infra- structures to enable those who live in such areas to remain on the territory.

2010/03/24
Committee: ENVI

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that forest fires are a serious problem and that measures should be taken to avoid dense afforestation and alter the composition of the forest; believes preference should be given to native species and mixed forests in the interest of higher resistance to fires, storms and insect damage; calls on the Commission to urge Member States to include legal provisions with sanctions on civil and criminal liability for arsonists, and to coordinate assessment teams to be consulted on the recovery of the affected area, in order to avoid speculative activity;

2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2009/2151(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Considers that, in setting the thresholds referred to in paragraph 15, all rural areas with specific natural disadvantages and abandoned areas should also be taken into consideration, so as to incentivise non-abandonment of those areas.

2010/03/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0028(COD)

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

(e) the net quantity of the food~~; See amendment 95 of the Parliament’s first reading posi~~ at the moment of packaging; Or.en Justification

2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Where several ingredients or processing aids of a food originate from a single substance or product listed in Annex II, the labelling shall make it clear for each ingredient or processing aid concerned.deleted

2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Sergio BERLATO, Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Oreste ROSSI, Elisabetta GARDINI, Vittorio PRODI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

Those reports shall take into account the need for the consumer to be informed, the feasibility of providing the mandatory indication referred to in the first subparagraph to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level, taking into account the specificities of the product concerned, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of the introduction of such measures, including the legal impact on the internal market and the impact on international trade.

2011/03/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

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

(h) the name or business name ~~and~~or a registered trademark and the address of the manufacturer, orf the packager and, for products coming from third countries, of a seller established within the Community;

2009/12/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)