29 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2011/0282(COD)
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
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 and risk management in agriculture, animal welfare improvements, 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 and promoting linkages between rural and urban areas for improved nutrient circuits. 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.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Farm advisory services help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rural areas to improve the sustainable management and overall performance of their holding or business. Therefore both the setting up of such services and the use of advice by farmers, forest holders and SMEs should be encouraged. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice offered, provision should be made for the minimum qualifications and regular training of advisors. Farm advisory services, as provided for in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No HR/2012 of […]14 should help farmers assess the performance of their agricultural holding and identify the necessary improvements as regards the statutory management requirements, good agricultural and environmental conditions, agricultural practices beneficial to the climate and the environment set out in Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No DP/2012 of […]15 , requirements or actions related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, protection of water, animal disease notification and innovation at least as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No HR/2012. Where relevant, advice should also cover occupational safety standards. Advice may also cover issues linked to the economic, animal welfare related, agricultural and environmental performance of the holding or enterprise. Farm management and farm relief services should help farmers improve and facilitate management of their holding.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Rural development programmes should provide for innovative actions promoting a resource-efficient, productive and low-emission agricultural sector, with the support of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability. The EIP should aim to promote a faster and wider transposition of innovative solutions into practice. The EIP should create added value by enhancing the uptake and effectiveness of innovation-related instruments and enhancing synergies between them. The EIP should fill gaps by better linking research and practical farming, facilitating a dialogue.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) ensuring access to quality food at affordable prices to all members of society, in accordance with article 39(e) of the TFEU
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) facilitating diversification, creation and transfer of ownership of new small enterprises and job creation;
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) peri-urban agricultural areas;
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) European Union agricultural product and foodstuff quality schemes, and quality schemes recognised by Member States;
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in relation to local development, a specific description of the coordination mechanisms between the local development strategies, the measure co- operation referred to in Article 36, the measure basic services and village renewal in rural areas referred to in Article 21 and, the support for non-agricultural activities in rural areas under the measure farm and business development in rural areas referred to in Article 20 and the planned linkages between rural and urban areas for improved nutrient circuits;
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Bodies providing knowledge transfer and information services shall have the appropriate capacities in the form of staff qualifications and regular training to carry out this task and access to relevant information from the EIP network.
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) help farmers, forest holders and SMEs in rur, SMEs in rural areas and economic actors in agriculture related as well as social areas to benefit from the use of advisory services for the improvement of the economic, animal welfare related and environmental performance as well as the climate friendliness and resilience of their holding, enterprise and/or investment;
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
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. Support shall be paid annually on presentation of documents justifying the expenditure, but the producer shall make only one application for a five-year period.
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concern the processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty or cotton by agricultural and/or non- agricultural undertakings;. The output of the production process may be a product not covered by that Annex;
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) business start-up, transfer and resumption aid for:
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the setting-up, improvement or expansion of local basic services for the rural population, including crafts and leisure and culture activities, and the related infrastructure;
Amendment 1051 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) investments in programmes between farmers and local businesses to provide short supply chains to inhabitants, ensuring access to quality produce at affordable prices to all members of society
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Support under this measure may also be extended to the development of non- agricultural economic activities contributing to fulfilling these objectives, particularly those involving micro- and small enterprises.
Amendment 1268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Support can only be granted as set out in point 1(b) if it does not cause a breakdown in competition for undertakings which might contribute to achieving these objectives;
Amendment 1455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
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 and preserve the tourist potential of the area or in order to protect the coastline or ensure the continuing viability of peri-urban agricultural areas.
Amendment 1531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) promotion of linkages between rural and urban areas for improved nutrient circuits;
Amendment 1668 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) demarcation with other measures, conversion to units other than those used in Annex I, calculation of transaction costs and conversion or adjustment of commitments under the agri-environment- climate measure referred to in Article 29, the organic farming measure referred to in Article 30, the animal welfare measure referred to in Article 34 and the forest- environmental and climate services and forest conservation measure referred to in Article 35;
Amendment 1689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
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. Support shall not be granted for investments in rearing systems that are likely to have a detrimental effect on animal welfare.
Amendment 1764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) Establish a dialogue between farmers and the research community;
Amendment 2021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The managing authority shall ensure that the aid granted complies with European competition rules and does not create any distortion of competition between identical activities carried out by agricultural and non-agricultural operators.
Amendment 2108 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 1– point 2 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 1– point 2 a (new)
Participation in quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Amendment 2109 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 2– point 9 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 2– point 9 a (new)
- Schemes ensuring access to quality food at affordable prices for all members of society
Amendment 2111 #
Partnerships between primary producers and agricultural product processing firms, particularly micro- and small enterprises and craft firms
Amendment 2112 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 – point 5 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 – point 5 a (new)
- Schemes ensuring access to quality food at affordable prices for all members of society
Amendment 2114 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
Agriculture in peri-urban areas Payments to agricultural areas suffering the disadvantages of a peri-urban location (high land and labour costs; longer journeys owing to widely dispersed land parcels and farm buildings; traffic on roads and distance from upstream and downstream infrastructures; additional investments needed to deal with lower tolerance for disturbances) Investment in physical assets Development of farms (land, consolidation, etc.) and of upstream and downstream undertakings (which tend to abandon the area owing to pressure of constraints) Setting up of producer groups Leader
Amendment 2120 #
Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
ANNEX III – Thematic sub-programme 4 a (new)
Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Start-up aid to farms engaging in such schemes Investment in physical assets Knowledge transfer and information actions Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services Cooperation Investments in non-agricultural activities Setting up producer groups Leader