11 Amendments of Corinne LEPAGE related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States should be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to usProvision should be made mfore than 10 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 10 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 coupled support in the case of crops which are beneficial for the environment, such as legumes and crops which contribute to self-sufficiency in vegetable proteins.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3 a (new)
- recovering abandoned farmland.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) their areas under crops have deteriorated during the farmer’s stewardship (land left abandoned, acidification of the soil, depletion of organic matter in the soil making the topsoil unsuitable for cultivation).
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 120 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Member States shall use the national reserve to allocate payment entitlements, as a matter of priority, to young farmers who commence their agricultural activity. Entitlements to the maximum payment shall be granted to young farmers who undertake to employ environmentally sound agricultural practices: integrated pest control, high natural value (HNV) farming and organic farming.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) return abandoned farmland to a cultivatable state.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
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 cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of in rotation or three consecutive fallow years. The rotation shall include one legume crop. In the case of large cereal farms, crop rotation shall not necessarily involve the planting of a legume, but the farable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable landmer shall be required to diversify his production system in such a way as to earmark 10 % of his cultivatable land for legume production.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 710 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grasslandpasture, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii)semi-natural habitats. In order to be counted as ecological focus areas, these areas shall not be ploughed, sown or fertilised with inorganic fertiliser or sprayed but may be grazed, harvested or mown at appropriate season that is compatible with biodiversity conservation needs.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow in rotation, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. Farmers participating in the small farmers scheme shall be exempted from the agricultural practises provided for in Chapter 2 of Title III. However, they shall forfeit 30 % of their basic payment unless they sell 10 % of their production directly or locally.