18 Amendments of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The objectives of the direct payments are: - a viable food production by contributing to farm income and by limiting farm income variability - a sustainable management of natural resources and climate action by providing environmental public goods and by pursuing climate change mitigation and adaption actions - a balanced territorial development by compensating for production difficulties in areas with specific natural constraints. For each of these objectives, the Commission will define baselines, impacts, results and indicators.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
– maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditional agricultural methods and machineries, as long as this refraining from the activities stated in the first indent of Article 4(1)(c) is based on the ground of resource efficiency or environmental objectives established by the Member States, or
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) they do not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on land declared for the benefit of the direct payment.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
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 the state suitable for production and the criteria to determine the predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage as regards permanent grassland, that means any area taken up by arable land, permanent pastures or permanent crops, in the state suitable for production.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
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 practises 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 grasslandpastures and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises 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 practises 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’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grasslandpastures 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.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘agricultural area’ means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grasslandpastures or permanent crops;
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘permanent crops’ means non-rotational crops other than permanent grasslandpastures that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, and short rotation coppice;
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘permanent grasslandpasture’ 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 holdingforage, including woody species, and which has not been ploughed or reseeded for five years or longer; it maythis will include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) they do not bear the economic risk of the agricultural activity carried out on land declared for the benefit of the direct payment.
Amendment 1327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grasslandpastures on their holding; and
Amendment 1462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 1595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title
Article 31 – title
Permanent grasslandpastures
Amendment 1619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grasslandpastures 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’pastures.
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The reference areas under permanent grasslandpastures shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grasslandpastures in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grasslandpastures. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 1676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
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 grasslandpastures as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grasslandpastures, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grasslandpastures in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grasslandpastures in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 2018 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2