15 Amendments of Giommaria UGGIAS related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fixation of the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the reversion of non- activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the adoption of requirements related to the notification of transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines within which such notification are to take place; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for implementation of sustainable and beneficial agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate andthat curb and mitigate climate change and protect the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for the setting up of young farmers; the setting out of the annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules concerning general notification requirements. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiaries whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companies, real estate companies and companies managing sport grounds. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting direct payments to such natural and legal persons. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas, for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments granting of direct payments to them should be guaranteed.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To avoid an excessive administrative burden caused by the managing of payments of small amounts, Member States should in general refrain from granting direct payments where the payment would be lower than EUR 100 or the eligible area of the holding for which support is claimed would be less than one0.3 hectares. However, as the structures of the Member States' agricultural economies vary considerably and may differ significantly from the average farm structure in the Union, Member States should be allowed to apply minimum thresholds that reflect their particular situation. Due to the very specific farming structure in the outermost regions, mountainous areas, island regions and the smaller Aegean Islands, Member States should be able to decide whether any minimum threshold should apply in those regions. Moreover, Member States should have the possibility to opt for the implementation of one of the two types of minimum threshold taking account of the particularities of the structures of their farming sectors. As payment could be granted to farmers with so-called ‘landless’ holdings, the application of the hectare- based threshold would be ineffective. The support-related minimum amount should therefore apply to such farmers. To ensure equal treatment of farmers whose direct payments are subject to phasing-in in Bulgaria and Romania, the minimum threshold should be based on the final amounts to be granted at the end of the phasing-in process.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The experience gained with the application of the single payment scheme shows that some of its main elements should be kept, including the determination of national ceilings to ensure that the total level of support does not exceed current budgetary constraints. Member States should also continue to operate a national reserve, administered at regional level, that should be used to facilitate the participation of young new farmers inew to the scheme or may be used to take account of specific needs in certain regions. Rules on the transfer and use of payment entitlements should be kept but, where possible, simplified.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) To guarantee ‘green’ measures defined by Member States as applicable on their territory in order to furnish equivalent benefits for the environment and the climate, Member States or the regions, on the basis of their constitutional systems, shall choose at least two relevant measures from the list of measures established at Community level, selecting a third measure more suited to the peculiarities of their territory from a set of optional measures, subject to the Commission approving their choices within two months of being notified thereof.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 b (new)
Recital 26 b (new)
(26b) To ensure that sustainable and beneficial agricultural practises that curb and mitigate climate change and protect the environment are effective, groups of farmers should be able to sign contractual cooperation arrangements at regional level which are supported and monitored by regional environmental and agricultural bodies. The purpose of these arrangements shall be to provide continuity and thereby optimise ecological focus areas while not impairing, in the process, valuable agricultural land.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practises beneficial for the climate andsustainable and beneficial agricultural practises that curb and mitigate climate change and protect the environment;
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In order to avoid that the total amount of direct payments is higher than the ceilings set out in Annex III, Member States shall make a linear reduction in the amounts of all direct payments with the exception of direct payments granted under Regulations (EC) No 247/2006 and (EC) No 1405/2006. Moreover linear reductions shall not be made to direct payments for land on smaller islands situated within the administrative boundaries of island regions.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where the eligible area of the holding for which direct payments are claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] is less than one0.3 hectares.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Member States concerned may decide not to apply paragraph 1 in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean Island, the smaller Aegean Islands and in smaller islands situated within the administrative boundaries of island regions.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Rules on the signing of contractual cooperation arrangements by groups of farmers at regional level, which will be supported and monitored by regional environmental and agricultural bodies and whose purpose is to provide continuity and thereby optimise ecological focus areas while not impairing, in the process, valuable agricultural land.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) at least two of the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter when they fall within at least one of 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. - farmers who practise intensive farming with trees, tall-standing crops and/or vines. - farmers who are members of associations for the protection of agricultural products with a protected designation of origin and/or protected geographical indication.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a To guarantee ‘green’ measures defined by Member States as applicable on their territory in order to furnish equivalent benefits for the environment and the climate, Member States, on the basis of their constitutional systems and having if applicable consulted the regions, shall make available to farmers further options, chosen on the basis of objectives and climatic and environmental peculiarities, from which a third mandatory measure shall be selected, subject to the Commission approving the aforesaid options. Member States shall notify the Commission of their decision by 1 August 2013. The Commission shall approve the package of measures adopted by Member States within two months of being notified thereof.