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343 Amendments of Claudio MORGANTI

Amendment 3 #

2014/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. BelieGivesn that the European economy is showinge variations in the economic recovery in Europe, with the economies of some Member States stagnating or in recession, while others are starting to show some signs of recovery and, considers that the European budget can be a very strong tool to increase strategic investment with European added value andto put the European economy back on track, generating sustainable growth and employment while aiming to foster economic and social cohesion throughout the EU;
2014/02/11
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2014/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it also important to invest in other areas such as renewable energy, infrastructures, a stronger and enhanced use of ‘innovative financial instruments’, particularly in respect of long term investments; underlines the importance of ensuring that sufficientthe resources are made available for EU external actions do not adversely impact on those intended for internal EU actions; recalls the EU’s international commitments as regards the allocation of 0.7 % of GNP to the Millennium Development Goals Instruments by 2015;
2014/02/11
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 36 #

2014/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its concern at the lack of available funds for making payments for ECHO actions, which became apparent in early 2014; given the situation in Ukraine and in Syria, calls on the Commission for a more realistic assessment of amounts under the budget relating to humanitarian actions;
2014/02/11
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 37 #

2014/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of decentralised agencies, which are vital for the implementation of EU policies and programmes; stresses the need to assess all agencies individually and to provide them in the 2015 budget and in the following years with the appropriate financial means and staff so that they are able to properly fulfil the tasks assigned to them by the legislative authority;deleted
2014/02/11
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 54 #

2014/2004(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists on the use of all means available under the MFF Regulation, including recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the payment ceiling, in order to meet the Union’s legal obligations and so as not to jeopardise or delay payments to all stakeholders, such as researchers, universities etc.and, especially, SMEs, and at the same time to decrease the amount of the outstanding year-end payments;
2014/02/11
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 140 #

2013/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Heading 5 a (new)
Insurance sector
2013/09/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 141 #

2013/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission and the national regulatory authorities to investigate possible cases of possible collusion between companies and abuse of dominant positions on the motor vehicle insurance markets;
2013/09/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 145 #

2013/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission and the national regulatory authorities to investigate possible cases of possible collusion between companies and abuse of dominant positions on the fuel retailing markets;
2013/09/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 42 #

2013/2021(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the 1933 US Glass-Steagall Act on banking separation helped to provide a way out of the worst global financial crisis to have occurred before the present crisis and whereas since the Act was repealed in 1999, there has been a considerable increase in speculative bank investment and financial failures;
2013/04/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 224 #

2013/2021(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for mandatory separation of banks’ retail and investment activitiecommercial banks and merchant banks, safeguarding the financial deposit- taking and credit activities forming part and parcel of the real economy, as distinct from activities linked to investment and speculation on national and international financial markets;
2013/04/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2013/2021(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to come forward with a proposal for such mandatory separation through the establishment of a thorough, transparent and credible ‘ring fence’ around bank activities that are vital for the real economy, such as those relating to credit functions, payment systems and deposits; takes the view twhereby: (a) commercial banks, that is to say, banks which accept deposits from the public, would be prohibited from carrying out activities related to securities trading and brokerage, and commercial bank functions would be separated from merchant in the event of a bank failure, the ring fence must ensure that the retail entity continues business unaffected by operational problems, financial losses, funding shortages or reputational damage resulting from the resolution or insolvency of the investment entitybank functions; (b) commercial banks would be prohibited from holding interests in, or entering into business cooperation agreements of any kind with, the following: merchant banks, investment banks, securities brokerage firms, and, in general, finance companies which accept deposits from the public;
2013/04/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 462 #

2013/2021(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Commission and the Member States to work together to promote greater diversification of the EU’s banking sector by encouraging and facilitating more consumer-oriented banking, for example through cooperative, building society, peer-to-peer lending and saving bank models; calls also for commercial banks and investment banks to be treated differently for tax purposes, favouring banks in the former category, taking into account their activities in support of the real economy and of small and medium- sized enterprises in particular;
2013/04/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2013/2018(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that the establishment of a single seat of the Parliament, as requested by the Parliament itself in various resolutions, can permit huge structural savings; invites the Commission to establish a joined working group together with the Council and the Parliament in order to start the necessary amendment of the Treaty of Lisbon and asks for a roadmap to establish a single seat by 2020;
2013/03/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 26 #

2013/2018(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Although a remarkable cut of expenses related to Parliament television (Europarl TV) is already foreseen, asks for a detailed analysis of the consumer base in order to verify the effective benefit of this service; invites Parliament to realise partnerships with national broadcasting networks, in order to share expenses;
2013/03/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 29 #

2013/2018(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes the high expenses for 2014 related to the completion of the House of European History project, a project that should be postponed if not abandoned, in this time of economic crisis; calls for a benevolent partnership between Parliament, other institutions and private companies in order to finance the interior furnishing, the exhibitions, books and papers, to reduce the impact on Parliament's budget;
2013/03/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 37 #

2013/2018(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Given the foreseen increase of 13% related to energy expenses in 2014, requests that Parliament start the reduction of lighting in the side corridors an hour before the current timing;
2013/03/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 41 #

2013/2018(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the fact that the travel agency (BCD Travel) contract is near its expiry date, asks the Parliament not to make a call of tender, but to internalise the agency; believes that this should reduce the cost of tickets, providing the best prices, and at the same time, giving the possibility of derogating from the rule of restrictions on business class D with measures "ad personam" to ensure the efficiency of travel; asks that Parliament sign agreements with the biggest airlines in order to obtain preferential rates;
2013/03/12
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 108 #

2013/0265(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. This Regulation does not apply to three party payment card schemes or four party payment card schemes that: a) hold less than a 5% share of the market for the provision of network services for card payments in the EU; or b) processed card based payment transactions of less than EUR 102.5 billion in its previous financial year.
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 109 #

2013/0265(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. For the purposes of calculating the thresholds in Article 1(4a)(a) and Article 1(4a)(b), all three party payment card schemes and/or four party payment card schemes controlled or operated by undertakings belonging to the same group shall be aggregated.
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 137 #

2013/0265(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) 'group' means a group of undertakings, which consists of a parent undertaking, its subsidiaries and the entities in which the parent undertaking or its subsidiaries have a holding as well as undertakings linked to each other by a relationship referred to in Article 12(1) of Directive 83/349/EEC;
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 122 #

2013/0264(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Recognizing that card payments, internet and mobile payments can be beneficial to retailers and consumers and may help to combat fraud and corruption, Member States should be encouraged to supplement this Directive with national initiatives to promote further the use of non-cash and other such innovative means of payment. This could be achieved, for example, through favourable tax treatment for such innovative forms of payment and through reducing any administrative burdens associated with such payment methods.
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 311 #

2013/0264(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) payment systems where a sole payment service provider (whether as a single entity or as a group): - acts or can act as the payment service provider for both the payer and the payee and is exclusively responsible for the management of the system, and - licenses other payment service providers to participate in the system and the latter have no right to negotiate fees between or amongst themselves in relation to the system although they may establish their own pricing in relation to payers and payees.
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 365 #

2013/0264(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3
3. The payment service provider shall not prevent the payee fromee shall not requesting from the payer a charge, but may offering him a reduction or otherwise steering him towards, for the use of a given payment instrument. Any charges applied shall, however, not exceed the costs borne by the payee for the use the specific payment instrument.
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 372 #

2013/0264(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 4
4. However, Member States shall ensure that the payee shall not request charges for the use of payment instruments for which interchange fees are regulated under Regulation (EU) No [XX/XX/XX/] [OP please insert number of Regulation once adopdeleted]
2014/01/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the directive seeks to regulate an extremely broad range of services and occupational and business categories, many of which differ greatly from one Member State to another;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 20 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas businesses, in particular SMEs, are still having to comply with an extensive range of administrative and bureaucratic requirements which are a heavy burden for them, particularly when taken together with the difficulties they face in gaining access to credit;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 42 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the Services Directive does not force liberalisation but should paves the way for both business and consumers to grasp the full potential of our single market;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the diversity of national standards is causing fragmentation and giving rise to problems of interpretation for many occupational and business groups; encourages the development of voluntary European standards for services to improve cross-border comparability;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 122 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges stakeholders, the business community and social partners to play their part in holding governments to account for revitalisthe Commission and the Member States, in view of the current economic crisis, to pay greater attention to the requests made by business communities, occupational groups and social partners, with a view to ensuring that those requests, wherever justifiable, are taken into account when implementing the Europearules on services sector and creating stable job, with the primary aim of maintaining current employment levels and opening up new employment opportunities;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 125 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points to the importance of the Service Directive and to its close interaction with the Professional Qualifications Directive, and accordingly calls on the Commission and the Member States, in conjunction with European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), to ensure that uniform terminology that is clear and acceptable to all Member States and all of the many occupational categories is used, in order to help make sure that the rules are applied consistently throughout the EU;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 126 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Points out that, in regulating specific economic activities, the Services Directive emphasises the need to enable the provider not only to recoup investment costs but also to make a fair return on the capital invested;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 127 #

2012/2144(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls on the Commission to take a pragmatic look at the issue of transitional provisions, taking proper account of the specific characteristics of individual occupations and national circumstances, with a view to supporting business and maintaining employment levels;
2013/05/13
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 3 #

2012/2058(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in light of Europe's current economic situation, workers should be able to use all the financial assistance offered by EGF, the Commission should therefore use its internal resources to address administrative needs, without making appropriations from EGF's already limited resources,
2012/05/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 5 #

2012/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the development and wider use of card, internet and mobile payments may also help e-commerce in Europe to grow in size and in diversity, although this should not necessarily generate additional profits for banking institutions and mobile network operators;
2012/07/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 114 #

2012/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that co-badging should be introduced together with appropriate information for consumers, to protect them from the risk of being misled;
2012/07/12
Committee: ECON
Amendment 127 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Is critical of the decreased volume of commitments for communication actions compared to the 2012 Budget at the moment when the gap between the European Union and its citizens is more evident than ever, as shown in ever- diminishing turnout in European elections; is convinced of the need for reinforced communication efforts and commensurate funding to ensure the visibility of the European Union institutions and showing their contribution to overcoming the economic and financial crisis;deleted
2012/05/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 158 #

2012/2016(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
69. Is however worried that for the first time the Commission cut the budgetary requests of almost all agencies, which were in line with Financial programming amounts overall, including of those agencies which belong to Parliament's priorities, for a total amount of some EUR 44 million; will carefully analyse the methodology, rationale and possible impact of such cuts; Underlines once more that EU agencies‘ budget allocations are far from consisting in administrative expenditure alone, but instead contribute to achieving the Europe 2020 goals and EU objectives in general, as decided by the legislative authority;deleted
2012/05/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #

2012/2006(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the creation of a Directorate for democracy support seeks to enhance the synergy between the different in-house services dealing with issues relating to democracy; expects that the decision taken will make the organisation of the services more transparent, coherent and efficient; insists that this reorganisation of services must be budget neutral; asks therefore that appropriations relating to this line (Article 323) for the budgetary year 2013 should not be increased compared to the 2012 level;
2012/03/09
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 50 #

2012/2006(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Taking into account the 2011 and 2010 outturn levels of Entertainment and representation expenses, (Article 302) believes that appropriations relating to this line for the budgetary year 2013 should be kept under a strict controldown and asks therefore for a significant reduction;
2012/03/09
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #

2012/2006(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is concerned about the increase of expenses regarding external services for IT and innovation; asks therefore to consider the possibility of internalizing part of the activities in order to reduce the estimated costs;
2012/03/09
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 4 #

2012/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Commissioner Lewandowski announced the objective of keeping the nominal increase (as compared to 2012) in the Commission's administrative appropriations under Heading 5 (excluding pensions and European schools) below the forecast inflation of 1,9% to carry out all activities related to the EU-27 Union;
2012/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2012/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the institutions, in the context of continued challenging economic circumstances, should freeze their administrative budgets; emphasises, considering, however, the need to respect legally binding obligations and possible subsequent increases;
2012/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 35 #

2012/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the Parliament's budgetary resolutions, including its most recent resolution of 26 October 2011 (P7_TA(2011)0461), calling for early information, dialogue and a transparent decision-making process in the field of building policy and for a reform of procedure including the Plenary approval; insists that no further building projects be undertaken during the current legislature;
2012/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 45 #

2012/2000(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the adoption of a responsible and result-oriented budget, based on good- quality spending and optimal and timely use of existing EU financing; in this spirit, welcomes the statement of 30 January 2012 by the Members of the European Council outlining the need to invest in growth and jobs, especially in terms of SMEs and young people; underlines its intention of engaging, together with the specialised parliamentary committees, not only in the identification of concrete areas where actions need to be strengthened, but also in identifying possible negative priorities; for this purpose underlines the importance of having information, on a regular basis, from the Commission on the take-up rate for the various programs in order to identify which of them are underperformed and of little interest;
2012/02/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 73 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In accordance with Article 114(3) of the Treaty ofn the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter: “Treaty”), a high level of health protection should be taken as a basis, regard being had, in particular, to any new developments based on scientific facts. Tobacco products are not ordinary commodities and in view of the particularly harmful effects of tobacco, health protection should be given high importance, in particular to reduce smoking prevalence among young people. To that end, it is also essential to continue to provide education, information and prevention campaigns and programmes to help citizens who wish to give up smoking.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The prohibition of tobacco products with characterising flavours does not prohibit the use of individual additives altogether, but obliges the manufactures to reduce the additive or the combination of additives to such an extent that the additives no longer result in a characterising flavour. The use of additives necessarywhich are essential for the manufacturinge of tobacco products should be allowed, as long as they do not result in a characterising flavour. The Commission should ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provision on characterising flavour. Independent panels should be used by the Member States and by the Commission to assist in such decision -making. The application of this Directive should not discriminate between different tobacco varieties.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 126 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Considering the Directive’s focus on young people, tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, water- pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco, which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be granted an exemption from certain ingredients requirements as long as there is no substantial change of circumstances in terms of sales volumes or consumption patterns in relation to young people. Or. it (See amendment to Article 6(10))
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 136 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) The labelling provisions also need to be adapted to new scientific evidence. For example the indication of the yields for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide on cigarette packets haves proven to be misleading as it makes consumers believe that certain cigarettes are less harmful than others. Evidence also suggests that large combined health warnings are more effective than text-only warnings. In this light combined health warnings should become mandatory throughout the Union and, in order to be effective, cover significant and visible parts of the packet surface. A minimum size should be set for all health warnings to ensure their visibility and effectiveness.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Furthermore, several scientific studies show that verbal encouragement to stop smoking is effective when it is aimed at smokers’ egos, indirectly hurting their pride and eliciting an emotional response. Text warnings of this kind, for example: ‘Smoking damages the skin and speeds up wrinkles’, ‘Smoking makes you less attractive’, ‘Nobody likes a cigarette- flavoured kiss’, ‘Quitting won’t make you fat: it will improve your life’, or ‘Think about it: stopping for a cigarette does more harm than the stress you are trying to relieve’, could therefore be combined with the text warnings currently in use.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimensionesign characteristics of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low- tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed.
2013/05/29
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Cross-border distance sales of tobacco, and practices such as the free distribution or swapping of tobacco products in public places for promotional purposes, facilitate access to tobacco products ofby young people and risk to undermineing compliance with the requirements provided for by tobacco control legislation and in particular by this Directive. Common rules on a notification system are necessary to ensure that this Directive achieves its full potential. The provision on notification of cross-border distance sales of tobacco in this Directive should apply notwithstanding the notification procedure set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services. Business to consumer distance sale of tobacco products is further regulated by Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts, which will be replaced by Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, as of 13 June 2014. They should therefore be abolished. Or. it (See amendments to Article 16.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 194 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Non-tobacco nicotine-containing products are sold on the Union market. The different regulatory approaches taken by Member States to address health and safety concerns associated with these products have a negative impact on the functioning of the internal market, in particular considering that these products are subject to significant cross-border distance sales including via the internet.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 201 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use provides a legal framework to assess the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products including nicotine -containing products. A significant number of nicotine-containing products were already authorised under this regulatory regime. The authorisation takes into account the nicotine content of the product in question. Subjecting all nicotine- containing products, whose nicotine content equals or exceeds the content of aExcluding non- tobacco nicotine -containing product previouslys authorised under Directive 2001/83/EC, to from the same legal frameworkcope of this Directive clarifies the legal situation, levels out differences between national legislations, ensures equal treatment of all nicotine -containing products usable for smoking -cessation purposes and creates incentives for research and innovation in smoking cessation. This should be without prejudice to the application of Directive 2001/83/EC to other products covered by this Directive if the conditions set by Directive 2001/83/EC are fulfilled. Or. it (See amendments to Article 18.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 208 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Labelling provisProvisions on ingredients, labelling, and descriptions should be introduced for non-tobacco nicotine -containing products below the threshold set out incovered by this Directive in order to drawing the attention of consumers to potential health risks. Or. it (See amendments to Article 18.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 214 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, in particular concerning the format of ingredients reporting, and the determination of products with characterising flavours or with increased levels of toxicity and addictiveness and the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Or. it (See amendment to Article 6(2), subparagraph 2.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, 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 particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methods, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attractiveness, the methodology for determining whether a tobacco product has characterising flavour, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, and reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your- own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council. (See amendments to Article 3, Article 6(2), second subparagraph, and Article 18.)Or. it
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 255 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the prohibition of cross-border distance sales of tobacco products; Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 267 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘age verification system’ means a computing system that unambiguously confirms the consumer's age in electronic form according to national requirements; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 293 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – introductory part
(11) ‘cross-border distance sales’ means a distance sales service where, at the time the consumer orders the product, the consumer is located in a Member State other than the Member State or the third country where the retail outlet is established; a retail outlet is deemed to be established in a Member State: Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 294 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
(a) in the case of a natural person - if he/she has his/her place of business in that Member State; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) in other cases - if it has its statutory seat, central administration or place of business, including a branch, agency or any other establishment in that Member State; deleted Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘ingredient’ means an additive, tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco), as well as any substance present in a finished tobacco product including paper, filter, inks, capsules and adhesives;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 310 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 c (new)
(18c) ‘natural constituent’ means tobacco (leaves and other natural, processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants including expanded and reconstituted tobacco); Or. it (See amendment to Article 2(18).)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 317 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘maximum level’ or ‘maximum yield’ means the maximum content or emission, including 0, of a substance in a tobacco product measured in grams;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 321 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘novel tobacco product’ means a tobacco product other than a cigarette, roll- your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, water- pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo, chewing tobacco, nasal tobacco or tobacco for oral use placed on the market after entry into force of this Directive;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 326 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) ‘place on the market’ means to make products available to consumers located in the Union, with or without payment, including by means of distance sale; in case of cross-border distance sales the product is deemed to be placed on the market in the Member State where the consumer is located; ; Or. it See amendments to Article 16.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 343 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
(30) ‘substantial change of circumstances’ means an increase of the sales volumes by product category, (such as pipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillo,) by at least 10% in at least 10 Member States25% throughout the Union based on sales data transmitted in accordance with Article 5(4); or an increase of the prevalence level in the consumer group under 25 years of age by at least 5 percentage points in at least 10 Member Statesthroughout the Union for the respective product category based on ____ [this date will be set at the moment of adoption of the Directive] Eurobarometer report or equivalent prevalence studies;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 373 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the maximum yields laid down in paragraph 1, taking into account scientific development ando internationally agreed standards.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 389 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the maximum yields that they set for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Taking into account internationally agreed standards, where available, and based on scientific evidence and on the yields notified by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt maximum yields for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes that increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.(Text split between paragraph 3 and a new paragraph 3a for greater clarity.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 394 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the yields set out in paragraph 3. a) to internationally agreed standards, where available, or b) where scientific evidence demonstrates that they can increase in an appreciable manner the toxic or addictive effect of tobacco products beyond the threshold of toxicity and addictiveness stemming from the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide fixed in paragraph 1.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 413 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify the Commission of the methods of measurement that they use for other emissions of cigarettes and for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt and adapt methods of measurement.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 416 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall notify the Commission of any methods of measurement that they use for emissions of tobacco products other than cigarettes. Based on these methods, and taking into account scientific and technical developments as well as internationally agreed standards, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adopt EU methods of measurement. Or. it (See Directive 2001/37/EC, Recital 31.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 441 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. This article shall not apply to tobacco products other than cigarettes until such time as the EU methods of measurement referred to in Article 4(4a) are adopted. Or. it (See Directive 2001/37/EC, Recital 31.)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 501 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt by means of implementing actsbe empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 22, to lay down uniform rules on the procedures for determining whether a tobacco product falls within the scope of paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 538 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Paragraph 5 shall not apply to technical measures intended to decrease specific harmful components of smoke or enhance the biodegradability of tobacco products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 582 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, water-pipe tobacco and smokeless tobacco products shall be exempted from the prohibitions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to withdraw this exemption if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 611 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 43 mm, in black Helvetica bold type on a white or coloured background. For roll- your-own tobacco the information message shall be printed on the surface that becomes visible when opening the unit packet. Both the general warning and the information message shall cover 50% of the surface on which they are printed.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 634 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) to define the position, format, layout and design of the health warnings laid down in this Article, including their font typsize and background colour, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 670 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) cover 750 % of the external area of both the front and back surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging;
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 698 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) be reproduced in accordance with the format, layout, design and proportions specified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 3; Or. it (See amendment to Article 9(3)(c).)
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 712 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) for unit packets of cigarettes, respect the following dimensions: (i) height: not less than 64 mm; (ii) width: not less than 55 mm.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 746 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) define the position, format, layout, designlayout, design (including font type and size), rotation and proportions of the health warnings, with due regard for the linguistic constraints obtaining in each Member State;
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 767 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The general warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 772 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The text warning referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover 40 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 45 % for Member States with two official languages and 50 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 806 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 861 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The variety of tobacco used to manufacture the product and/or its country of origin may be indicated on the unit packet.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 910 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to define more detailed rules for the shape and size of unit packets in so far as these rules are necessary to ensure the full visibility and integrity of the health warnings before the first opening, during the opening and after reclosing of the unit packet.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 928 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to make either cuboid or cylindric shape mandatory for unit packets of tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco if there is a substantial change of circumstances as established in a Commission report.
2013/05/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1014 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 10
10. Tobacco products other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco shall be exempted from the application of paragraph 1 to 8 during a period of 510 years following the date referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 25.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1042 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall oblige retail outlets intending to engage in cross-border distance sales to consumers located in the Union to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where theprohibit retail outlet is established and in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. Retail outlets established outside the Union have to register with the competent authorities in the Member State where the actual or potential consumer is located. All retail outlets intending toon their territory from engageing in cross-border distance sales shall submit at least the following information to the competent authorities:.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1047 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall prohibit on their territory the distribution of free or discounted tobacco products and the swapping of new, sealed packets of tobacco products for packets that have already been opened, irrespective of the channels used.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1055 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) name or corporate name and permanent address of the place of activity from where the tobacco products are supplied;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1063 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the starting date of the activity of offering tobacco products for cross-border distance sales to the public by means of information society services;deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1071 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) the address of the website/-s used for that purpose and all relevant information necessary to identify the website.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1080 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the Member States shall publish the complete list of all retail outlets registered with them in accordance with the rules and safeguards laid down in Directive 95/46/EC Retail outlets may only start placing tobacco products on the market in form of distance sales as of the moment the name of the retail outlet is published in the relevant Member States.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1090 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. If it is necessary in order to ensure compliance and facilitate enforcement, Member States of destination may require that the retail outlet nominates a natural person who is responsible for verifying the tobacco products before reaching the consumer comply with the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive in the Member State of destination.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1098 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Retail outlets engaged in distance sales shall be equipped with an age verification system, which verifies at the time of sale, that the purchasing consumer respects the minimum age foreseen under the national legislation of the Member State of destination. The retailer or nominated natural person shall report to the competent authorities a description of the details and functioning of the age verification system.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1107 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Personal data of the consumer shall only be processed in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC and not be disclosed to the manufacturer of tobacco products or companies forming part of the same group of companies or to any other third parties. Personal data shall not be used or transferred beyond the purpose of this actual purchase. This also applies if the retail outlet forms part of a manufacturer of tobacco products.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1151 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The following nicotine-containing products may only be placed on the market if they were authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC:Articles 6(1) to (9), 10, 12(1) and (2) and 16 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to nicotine-containing products other than tobacco products.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1165 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Nicotine-containing products other than tobacco products in respect of which marketing authorisations are granted under Directive 2011/83/EC shall not be covered by this Directive.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1178 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) products with a nicotine level exceeding 2 mg per unit, ordeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1191 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 4 mg per ml ordeleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1205 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) products whose intended use results in a mean maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng of nicotine per ml.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1216 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to update the nicotine quantities set out in paragraph 1 taking into account scientific developments and marketing authorisations granted to nicotine- containing products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1224 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Each unit packet and any outside packaging of nicotine-containing products below the thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall carry the following health warning: This product contains nicotine and can damage your health.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1237 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The health warning referred to in paragraph 3 shall comply with the requirements specified in Article 10(4). In addition, it shall: a) be printed on the two largest surfaces of the unit packet and any outside packaging; b) cover 30 % of the external area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with three official languages.deleted
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1246 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 22 to adapt the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account scientific and market developments and to adopt and adapt the position, format, layout, design and rotation of the health warnings.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1261 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The health warning shall comply with the requirements laid down in Article 10(4). It shall cover not less than 30 % of the area of the corresponding surface of the unit packet and of any outside packaging. That proportion shall be increased to 32 % for Member States with two official languages and 35 % for Member States with threemore than two official languages.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1272 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), and 4(4a), 6(2),6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive]..
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1284 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1294 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act pursuant to Articles 3(2), 3(3a), 4(3), 4(4), 4(4a), 6(2), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(54(9) 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.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1353 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14 a) This product contains nicotine and is damaging to your health. (Amendment linked to the amendment on Title 1a (new) of Annex I.) Or. it See amendments to Article 18.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1356 #

2012/0366(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – heading 1 a (new)
List of the text warnings referred to in Article 18 Or. it See amendments to Article 18.
2013/05/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 23 #

2012/0336(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012
Article 204 l a (new)
Article 2041a The annual report, along with the accounting information on the use of the contribution, shall be annexed to the discharge procedure in order to render the records on the financing public and transparent.
2013/04/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 1 #

2011/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
– having regard to Articles 3 and 15 onf the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty,
2011/09/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 47 #

2011/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the singleprimary objective of the ECB is price stability; notes that de facto financial stability is becoming a second objective; also notesensuring the stability of the financial system is one of the ESCB’s tasks; calls also for the workrole of the ESRB under the auspices of the ECB onto be reviewed in the light of its failure to ensure financial stability;
2011/09/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 162 #

2011/2156(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need for a single European minister of Finance in order to coordinatgreater coordination to achieve a basic common fiscal policy that could enhance the effectiveness of the euro; believes that the democratic legitimacy of such a proposal must adequately be addressed; notes in this sense that in a monetary union, fiscal policy does not only concern the Member States and that the present crisis has shown the limits of 100% decentralised fiscal policies;
2011/09/08
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the ‘Small Business Act’ for Europe (COM(2008)0394),
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A Digital Agenda for Europe’ (COM(2010)0245),
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 6 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas 99% of all businesses in the European Union are SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises),
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the European Union is seeking, by means of the ‘Small Business Act’, to help SMEs to grow by taking advantage of the opportunities and benefits offered by the single market,
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 8 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the VAT exemption threshold for SMEs varies from Member State to Member State and applies at national level only,
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 47 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon Member States to harmonise administrative practices by focusing on best practices and to implement the measures proposed by the Commission in 20094 to reduce the administrative burdens from EU legislation in the area of VAT, notably by abolishing the annual summarising VAT return and intra-EU acquisition listings, reducing the frequency of the periodic VAT returns, simplifying the proof required for the VAT export exemption, abolishing ‘nil' intra-EU sales listings, increasing the use of e- government solutions in line with the Digital Agenda for Europe – in particular for the electronic submission of VAT returns and lists – and abolishing interest and penalty payments on VAT related to errors of form if the individual legal entity has not caused the Member State in question to suffer any shortfall in VAT revenue;
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a Standard European Invoice based on a linguistically neutral template so as to facilitate cross-border transactions and cut costs for businesses;
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 55 #

2011/2082(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to consider introducing a Europe-wide VAT exemption threshold for SMEs, with a view to cutting red tape and costs and facilitating access to the internal market;
2011/07/05
Committee: ECON
Amendment 11 #

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. RegretNotes Council cuts to Commission's DB by EUR 1.59 billion in commitments (- 1,08%) and by EUR 3,65 billion in payments (-2,75%), which lead to overall amounts of EUR 146,25 million in commitments (or +2,91% as compared to 2011 Budget) and EUR 129,09 million in payments (+2,02%) - to be compared to respectively +4,03 and +4,91% as per Commission's DB (including Amending Letter No 1/2012);
2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 124 #

2011/2020(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
73. Regrets the delay in the opening of the new visitors centre Parlamentarium;deleted
2011/10/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 28 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that if the EU budget is to contribute to the collective effort of Member States in times of austerity this effort should be commensurate with its size, specific features and real economic impact; reminds the Council that under EU Treaty provisions the EU budget cannot run a deficit and that cuts to it, given its limited size, will have no significant long- term impact in addressing the urgent issue of accumulated national public deficit, which amounted in 2009 to EUR 801 billion for the EU as a whole;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 61 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the proposed increase in PA of 4.9% compared to 2011; is convinced that the Commission is proposing such figures on the basis of a careful and critical analysis of forecasts provided by Member States, which themselves co-manage 80% of the EU budget; notes that the bulk of this increase is linked to legal needs arising in relation to the 7th Research Programme and the Structural and Cohesion Funds; is convinced that the proposed level of payments represents the bare minimum required to honour EU legal commitments made in previous years and that it is the EU’s duty to comply with the legal obligations deriving from these commitments; strongly urges the Council, therefore, to refrain from cutting the proposed level of payments;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 66 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets, however, that most of the increases foreseen under this heading for 2012 do not go beyond the mere yearly breakdown of multiannual global amounts agreed to by both Parliament and Council when these programmes and actions were adopted; underlines therefore that the Commission does not generally propose to boost – beyond what was originally planned – the support for investments urgently needed to implement the seven flagship initiatives, and notes that it is regrettably inclined to postpone the necessary big leap in terms of common financial effort to the post-2013 MFF; is convinced that this attitude will seriously endanger the achievement of the headline goals by 2020;deleted
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 74 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes, moreover, that an important part of the nominal increase in Heading 1a in the DB 2012 compared to Budget 2011 is linked to the additional funds of EUR 750 million (in CA) required by ITER in 2012, of which EUR 650 million are truly additional and EUR 100 million redeployed from all budget lines of EC FP7; strongly reaffirms its opposition to any form of redeployment from EC FP7 since this would significantly reduce its contributions to the achievement of the headline goals and the implementation of the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 93 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that, given its high European added value, support for the Lifelong Learning programme should be continued and increased in 2012, because of its strong contribution to the flagship initiative ‘Youth on the Move’; stresses in particular that, given the growing number of people in adult education in Europe, Grundtvig, which currently represents only 4% of the allocations in the Lifelong Learning Programme, should be reinforced;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 116 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses therefore that this level of payments is a bare minimum and complies fully with realistic budgeting, taking due account of the general payment profile over the period, the Member States’ available forecast in respect of payment claims to be sent to the Commission, and the need to fill the gap between commitments and payments; underlines the fact that these cash flows will also help accelerate the recovery of the European economy and contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy in the regions; willmay therefore strictly oppose any possible decrease in the level of payments compared to the one proposed by the Commission in its Draft Budget, particularly in view of Council’s early 2011 reluctance to honour its formal commitment of December 2010 to providing fresh appropriations in case of need;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 122 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Urges the Commission also to continue its reflection on how to reshuffle the complex system of rules and requirements imposed by the EU and/or national legislation, in order to focus more on achieving objectives and less on legality and regularity, without departing from the key principles of transparency, accountability and sound financial management;deleted
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 139 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that energy efficiency, the fight against climate change and the promotion of renewable energy are transversal priorities that can be financed under several headings of the EU budget, and that Parliament will pay specific attention to their funding, by budget line and overall; urges the Commission to further mainstream such priorities in other policies, including EU financial support to developing countries; takes the view that the proper implementation of the existing legislation on these topics is crucial and therefore asks the Commission to carefully analyse whether more resources are required in order to examine seriously the implementation of EU environmental legislation, and to report back to Parliament;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 160 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Deeply regretNotes that overall appropriations under this heading are down for a third consecutive year, with CA being reduced by 0.1% (to EUR 683 5 million) and PA by 0.3 % (to EUR 645 7 million) as compared to the 2011 Budget (excluding the EU Solidarity Fund), leaving a margin of EUR 15.5 million;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 185 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
58. Is very concerned from this point of viewPoints out that the proposed margin of EUR 246.7 million for Heading 4, while far above that foreseen by the January 2011 update of the financial programming (EUR 132.2 million), may be insufficient to address the increasing needs under Heading 4, since it seems to be based on cuts to some major EU programmes; is determined to further check and analyse the impact of these cuts;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 189 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
60. Asks the Commission, therefore, not to limit its upcoming amending letter to the budgetary consequences of its review of the European Neighbourhood Policy but also to address, if necessary together with the use of all the means provided for by the IIA, all other outstanding issues and needs, including the financing of Palestine and UNRWA, which is decreased by EUR 100 million as compared to 2011 Budget, in order to maximise the impact of EU assistance in the world;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 192 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
61. Deplores the reduction of the programmed increase in the funding for the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance from EUR 139 million to only EUR 79 million, as compared to Budget 2011;deleted
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 206 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
67. Acknowledges the Commission's great effort to freeze its own administrative expenditure in nominal terms; notes that this was rendered possible through the offsetting of the increases linked to statutory and contractual obligations against other drastic cuts in other administrative expenditure; is nevertheless concerned about the possible consequences of the latter, for instance those related to training (-11%) and publications (-17% and -2.1% for the Publication Office);
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 220 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
71. Takes the view that the European Schools should be adequately funded in the interests of addressing the specific situation and needs of the children of agents of the EU institutions; willWill, in connection with the European Schools, carefully scrutinise the proposed overall 1.7% increase as compared to 2011, which is below that foreseen in the financial programming, as well as each of the European Schools'relevant budget lines, and make, during its reading, any modification it considers appropriate in this respect;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 229 #

2011/2019(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
75. Notes the overall level of EUR 720.8 million devoted to EU decentralised agencies in DB 2012, an increase in the total EU contribution as compared to the 2011 Budget of EUR 34.6 million, or +4.9%; is aware that this increase mainly stems from the one new and seven phasing- in agencies, with a view to providing them with adequate funding; underlines the importance of additional funding for those 10 agencies, the tasks of which have been extended, so as not to hinder their performance; notes that the increase in the EU contribution to the agencies at cruising speed is in line with, or even below, inflation correction (2%), with no additional staff;
2011/05/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 392 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Directive does not apply to acts or contracts through which the State or a public authority or entity awards an economic operator establishing the right to exploit certain public domains or resources when either the State or public authority or entity establishes: a) general conditions for the exercise of an economic activity without becoming a beneficiary of the specific works or services provided by the economic operator, or b) terms and conditions to exploit certain public domains or resources, such as land lease contracts. To this end, it is immaterial that, in exploiting public land or domain, works may be carried out for the improvement or infrastructuring of such public land or domain, as long as the economic activity carried out by the operator maintains a prevailing nature on the execution of these works.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 468 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In the case of public-domain concessions for the provision of services directly to consumers, the threshold shall be estimated on an annual basis.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 686 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This clause is without prejudice to the provisions of Article 42.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 749 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) for concessions concerning public property assigned for the provision of services at the request of the economic operator to which the same contracting authorities or contracting entities awarded an original concession subject to the obligation set out in paragraph 1, where the loss of the concession would, de facto, entail cessation of business.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 924 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 7 – point b a (new)
(ba) where the modification is limited to an extension of the duration of the concession necessary to allow the concessionaire to recoup further investments made in order to maintain or improve efficiency and performance of the activity as established in the scope of the concession. This kind of investments shall not be considered substantial modifications of a concession for the purposes of paragraph 2 above.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 926 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall further ensure that, when a concession expires, and the services carried out by the concessionaire must continue to be supplied, the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) in any case, the existing concessionaire shall be entitled to take part in the selection procedure for the award of the new concession; (b) in case the concession is awarded to a new concessionaire, all opportune measures are adopted in order to secure that the service continues without interruption during the period in which the existing concessionaire is replaced by the new one; (c) the new concessionaire, or the contracting authority, is obliged to indemnify the existing concessionaire for those investments that have not been recouped yet at the time of expiration of the concession. In appropriate cases, and provided that this is done through objective, transparent and foreseeable criteria, Member States may further establish that indemnification can also include reference to the goodwill that the existing concessionaire has developed during the exploitation of the concession and that will be inherited by the newcomer.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 953 #

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. Activities relating to the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of the provision of airports and maritime or inland ports or other terminal facilities to carriers by air, sea or inland waterway. , or to operators of these terminal facilities to whom their use is granted upon their completion.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 353 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 4 f – paragraph 2
2. Partial access may be rejected if such rejection is justified by an overriding reason of general interest, such as public health, it would secure the attainment of the objective pursued and it would not go beyond what is strictly necessarysafety, security or, where appropriate, the need for knowledge of the Member State’s cultural and environmental heritage.
2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 384 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The second subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: The temporary and occasional nature of the provision of services shall be assessed case by case, in particular in relation to its duration, its frequency, its regularity and its continuity. The service provider may not provide temporary and occasional services in the host Member State which exceed in any given year one quarter of the median annual services provided by members of the profession established in the host State.
2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 402 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Where there is a substantial difference between the professional qualifications of the service provider and the training required in the host Member State, to the extent that that difference is such as to be harmful to public health or safety, and that it cannot be compensated by professional experience or lifelong learning of the service provider or relates to service providers’ knowledge of the Member States’ cultural and environmental heritage, where that is of relevance, the host Member State shall give the service provider the opportunity to show, in particular by means of an aptitude test, that he has acquired the lacking knowledge or competence. In any case, it must be possible to provide the service within one month of a decision being taken in accordance with the third subparagraph.
2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 597 #

2011/0435(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 53 – paragraph 2
A Member State shall ensure that any controls of the knowledgehecking of a language areknowledge is carried out by a competent authority after the decisions referred to in Articles 4d, 7(4) and 51(3) have been taken and if there is a serious and concrete doubt about the professional's sufficient language knowledge in respect of the professional activities this person intends to pursue.
2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 129 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) These rules for the participation and dissemination should provide a coherent, comprehensive and transparent framework to ensure the most efficient implementation possible, taking into account the need for easy access by all participants, notably small and medium-sized enterprises and Civil Society Organisations, in particular organisations of persons with disabilities, through simplified procedures. The financial assistance from the Union could be provided through different forms.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 138 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Accessibility of patent applications, standards, publications or any other dissemination tools, also in electronic form, relating to project results funded by Horizon 2020 requires the provision of accessible formats for all. Accessible formats include, but are not limited to, large print, Braille, easy-to-read text, audio, video, and electronic format.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 148 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Horizon 2020 should provide for funding to cover all the additional costs related to the participation of researchers and participants with disabilities in projects funded by Horizon 2020. All disability-related additional costs shall be eligible costs. Such costs include, but are not limited, to sign language interpretation, Braille format, live text transcription, including velotyping systems, provision of personal assistance and the use of accessible buildings for events.
2012/07/02
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 404 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. AWithout prejudice to paragraph 4, a single reimbursement rate of the eligible costs shall be applied per action for all activities funded therein. The maximum rate shall be fixed in the work programme or work plan.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 422 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. The Horizon 2020 grant may reach a maximum of 100 % of the total eligible costs, without prejudice to the co- financing prinin particular for organisations of persons with disabilities for all projects in which they participlate.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 676 #

2011/0399(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. All patent applications, standards, publications or any other dissemination tools, also in electronic form, relating to results shall be made available and accessible, on an equal basis with others, to persons with disabilities.
2012/07/03
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 87 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 States which opts for a set of national and/or regional programme should be able to also prepare a ns, 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
Amendment 90 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 114 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 153 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 181 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 237 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 247 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 257 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 258 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 339 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 diversificationand modernisation of farms;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 385 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 460 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 466 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 475 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) young farmers and women in agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 597 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In addition to tThe 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
Amendment 636 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 758 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 794 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 798 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 835 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 848 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 875 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 892 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 894 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 911 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 922 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers and women in agriculture;
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 929 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 938 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 962 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 979 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 993 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1012 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1062 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1077 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 by are consistent with any local development strategy, where one exists.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1120 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1142 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 threeseven years.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1188 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1204 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1213 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1228 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(e) shall be granted to private forest owners, municipalitieand public land-owners and tenants and to otheir associationland 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
Amendment 1296 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 ofwhich 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
Amendment 1301 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1313 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavosure to providehat persons undertaking to carry out operations under this measure withhave the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information required to implement them, including by setting up commitment-related expert advice and/or by making support under this measure conditional to relevant trainingsory services.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1333 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1336 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1397 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1430 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1519 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1570 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions toa mutual funds, to providinge compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1648 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1655 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1678 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1686 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1715 #

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew 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
Amendment 1729 #

2011/0282(COD)

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 programmd at Member State level.
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1889 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 1994 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 2000 #

2011/0282(COD)

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
Amendment 440 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 510 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 530 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 655 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common and durum wheat, barley and maize;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 721 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 728 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 744 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for private storage mayshall 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
Amendment 817 #

2011/0281(COD)

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 forand 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
Amendment 835 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 878 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 967 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 978 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 981 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1037 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1070 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1106 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1107 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1116 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1123 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1135 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1139 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1142 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1160 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1193 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1233 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1235 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1240 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1242 #

2011/0281(COD)

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 relonly for a limited time and in exceptional cases, or in the evaent international standards and avoid creating obstacles to product innovationof market crises.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1244 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1274 #

2011/0281(COD)

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 levelby providing for the indication of the place of production;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1283 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1284 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1285 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1296 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1299 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Taking into account the specificity of each sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on tolerancerough 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
Amendment 1300 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1308 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, where necessary, adoptIn 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 actsshall 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
Amendment 1311 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1312 #

2011/0281(COD)

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 defineensuring 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 determinemay 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
Amendment 1336 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1350 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1361 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1377 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the elements of the product specification;deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1391 #

2011/0281(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) preliminary national procedure;deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1414 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1415 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1616 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1645 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1650 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1656 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 1828 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 2179 #

2011/0281(COD)

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
Amendment 2204 #

2011/0281(COD)

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 lessno more than 12 months
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 the state suitable for production and the criteria to detat 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 grasslandnt crops – in the state suitable for production.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2011/0280(COD)

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, averagedded value, labour and purchasing power. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 201922 in a Member State or in a region should haveapproximate 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 farmeproductive 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 periodtypes of land use.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2011/0280(COD)

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. The compulsory nature of those 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" compThe 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
Amendment 256 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 270 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 paymentpayment 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
Amendment 277 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 342 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 550 #

2011/0280(COD)

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, whereMember States shall decide to grant direct payments to farmers in one of the following applicases:
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is lessmore than 5 % of the total receiptsincome they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 610 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 621 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 626 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 644 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 655 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 776 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 deccost 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 accountributions 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
Amendment 835 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 852 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 897 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1263 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FarmersMember 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 shallwhen 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 applimcate and the environment: ion has been made, the following practices:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1288 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo 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 yearthree different crops where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1323 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1330 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1332 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1424 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1452 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1469 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1493 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1508 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 yearup 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 threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the two main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1557 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1574 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1585 #

2011/0280(COD)

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' andin 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
Amendment 1705 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 stripland 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
Amendment 1908 #
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1935 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 1993 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 2000 #

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to the maximumfigure 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
Amendment 2025 #

2011/0280(COD)

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 coppicewith the exception of fisheries products.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2251 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 2288 #

2011/0280(COD)

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
Amendment 10 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In July and August 2010, following heavy monsoon rains, devastating floods affected extensive regions of Pakistan, notably the areas of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit- Baltistan. According to United Nations sources, the flooding affected some 20 million people and 20 per cent of Pakistan's land, equivalent to at least 160,000 square kilometres, and leaving up to 12 million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid. However, the textile producing areas are situated outside the areas hit by the floods and there was no direct damage caused to plant or machinery.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Pakistan’s textile industry is located in areas which were not affected by the floods and did not suffer any direct damage as a result of them.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In November 2010, serious floods, caused by torrential rains, hit the Veneto Region, in Italy, and in particular the provinces of Vicenza, Verona and Padua, where there is a strong presence and concentration of textile and leather SMEs and industries. Some 293 municipalities were affected over an area of 140 hectares and the floods caused around EUR 1 billion’s worth of direct damage to land, homes, people, factories and machinery in these areas.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The autonomous trade preferences instrument is not an appropriate way of dealing with and resolving humanitarian emergency situations.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The effects of the application of the trade instrument would only be felt years after the floods and would mostly benefit international exporters and industrial groups in the sector, increasing their profits. Such measures would in no way mitigate the destruction of farmlands, the damage to civilian infrastructure and homes and the population’s dramatic health conditions resulting from the floods.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) The European Union addressed Pakistan’s humanitarian emergency by providing some EUR 150 million in humanitarian aid and the international community as a whole swiftly and effectively supplied Pakistan with EUR 500 million in humanitarian aid.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) It will be important to use all available appropriate means to support Pakistan's recovery from this emergency and progress towards future development.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Trade, Growth and World Affairs – Trade Policy as a core component of the EU's 2020 strategy’ (COM(2010)612/4) states that in 2011 the Commission will assess the application of international trade as a standard aid instrument for third countries hit by natural disasters.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 29 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore not appropriate to extend autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences would not cause any meaningfulhave significant adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and would not affect, especially on the markets of Member States with a strong presence and concentration of textile and manufacturing sectors, and would negatively affect least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in competition with Pakistan for products in respect of which it is being proposed that customs duties be suspended.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The suspension of customs duties for Pakistan in respect of the textile and manufacturing sectors would be an unfair and inappropriate measure in the light of the similar floods which have recently hit the Veneto Region and Vicenza, Verona and Padua provinces in Italy, manufacturing areas with a high concentration of textile and leather producers. These events directly hit and flooded not only homes and extensive areas under crops, but also thousands of businesses, laboratories, factories and machines, causing a halt in production, the closure of many production plants and the loss of thousands of jobs. The trade measure involving the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would cause a further deterioration in the situation of people living in the textile and manufacturing areas of the Veneto Region hit by the floods.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) The Commission has not carried out any impact assessment on the measures to suspend customs duties for Pakistan as regards EU textile and manufacturing products. Such measures would cause direct and serious damage to the EU industry at an extremely critical juncture, characterised by a fall-off in orders, plant closures and steadily rising unemployment.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 35 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) Pakistan’s territory is characterised by the presence of high hydro-geological risk levels and has already experienced many floods of a similar magnitude in the past. The problems posed by Pakistan’s territory could be significantly reduced through engineering and environmental operations to make risk areas secure. The proposed trade instrument cannot enable the Pakistani Government to implement the necessary civil and environmental protection work, which would be the only means of ensuring that there is no recurrence of such disasters. The suspension of customs duties would provide benefits only for a few international trade operators.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 36 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 d (new)
(7d) Pakistan has a particularly protectionist policy as regards the raw materials for the products listed in Annex 1, and applies heavy duties to exports of such products.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 e (new)
(7e) The suspension of customs duties in respect of the textile and leather sectors would cause serious damage to the equivalent EU manufacturing and industrial sectors, which are already in a state of grave crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 f (new)
(7f) European textile and leather production is based and concentrated in specific manufacturing and industrial areas within only a few Member States. The textile sector is the main economic and social asset of such areas. The harmful economic effects of the suspension of customs duties for Pakistan would hit such areas not only in terms of loss of earnings and increased unemployment, but would also have adverse repercussions on their entire social fabric, worsening situations of social distress resulting from the sector’s economic crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The autonomous trade preferences will be either in the form of an exemption from customs duties upon import in the Union or in the form of tariff-rate quotas.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 42 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Humanitarian aid is the most suitable and appropriate instrument for bringing relief to the flood victims in Pakistan and for humanitarian crisis situations in general. The trade instrument is not in this case an effective and appropriate instrument for urgent and efficacious action against the effects of the flooding.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) It would be better if the Commission implemented a strategy to support and revive Europe’s industrial and manufacturing textile sector. The Pakistani flood victims will not be helped by aid being granted to strong global competitors and private industrial groups, which will damage the European textile sector, employment and the European Union’s strategy for growth.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) EU citizens in textile regions look to the EU institutions for protection and strategies for economic revival and development. Granting trade measures to assist the Pakistani textile sector would harm the textile regions of the Union, with economic damage, lack of growth, a drop in orders, rising unemployment and the spread of social unrest as a consequence. Decisions made by the EU institutions to which EU citizens look for protection and development would instead be inflicting economic damage on them.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Given the urgency of the situation in Pakistan, the Regulation should apply as of 1 January 2011, provided that the WTO has approved the request from the Union for the waiver from its obligations under GATT Articles I and XIII.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 61 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences until 31 December 2013the granting of humanitarian aid is recommended as the better solution.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 65 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1
Preferential arrangements 1. Products originating in Pakistan included in Annex I shall be exempt from customs duties upon import into the Union. 2. Products originating in Pakistan and included in Annex II shall be admitted for import into the Union subject to the special provisions laid down in Article 3.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 66 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Parliament rejects the Commission’s proposal and calls on it to apply the humanitarian aid instrument, increasing its scope, as this would seem in this case to be more suitable and effective in view of the urgent and needy conditions prevailing in the Pakistani humanitarian crisis.
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Products originating in Pakistan included in Annex I shall be exempt from customs duties upon import into the Union.deleted
2010/12/14
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Products originating in Pakistan and included in Annex II shall be admitted for import into the Union subject to the special provisions laid down in Article 3.deleted
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Amendment 92 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Safeguard clause 1. Where a product cited in Annex I and originating in Pakistan is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause serious difficulties to a Union producer of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time by the European Commission. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may reject or amend the Commission's proposal. 2. At the request of a Member State or a national trade association or on the Commission's own initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received, and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed four months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing. 3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Pakistan and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests. 4. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia and where the information is available, of the following factors concerning Community producers: – market share, – production, – stocks, – production capacity, – capacity utilisation, – employment, – imports, – prices. 5. The investigation shall be completed within four months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. 6. The Commission shall take a decision within one month of the investigation being concluded, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). This decision shall enter into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.
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Amendment 93 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Revoking the measures If Pakistan adopts measures restricting human rights and workers’ rights, gender equality or religious rights or if it provides terrorist organisations of any kind with backing or support, the Commission shall immediately revoke the measures in this Regulation.
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Committee: INTA
Amendment 116 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description GRAIN SPLITS OF BOVINE (INCLUDING BUFFALO) LEATHER, WITHOUT HAIR ON, FURTHER PREPARED 41079210 AFTER TANNING OR CRUSTING; OTHER THAN WHOLE HIDES AND SKINS LEATHER OF BOVINE (INCLUDING BUFFALO), WITHOUT HAIR ON, FURTHER PREPARED AFTER TANNING OR 41079910 CRUSTING; OTHER THAN WHOLE HIDES AND SKINS, OTHER THAN UNSPLIT FULL GRAINS AND GRAIN SPLITS deleted deleted deleted deleted
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Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description deleted GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITS, OF LEATHER OR 42032100 COMPOSITION LEATHER, SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORdeleted deleted deleted deleted deleted USE IN SPORTS deleted deleted GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITS, OF LEATHER OR 42032910 COMPOSITION LEATHER, PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES, OTHER THAN SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS MEN'S AND BOYS' GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER, OTHER THAN 42032991 SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS, OTHER THAN PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER, OTHER THAN SPECIALLY 42032999 DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS, OTHER THAN PROTECTIVE FOR ALL TRADES, OTHER THAN MEN'S AND BOYS' GLOVES IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH 61161020 RUBBER, KNITTED OR CROCHETED 61161080 MITTENS AND MITTS, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH PLASTICS OR RUBBER, KNITTED OR CROCHETED, AND GLOVES, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH PLASTICS, KNITTED OR CROCHETED GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR 61169200 CROCHETED GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS, OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, 61169300 KNITTED OR CROCHETED 62160000 GLOVES, MITTENS AND MITTS deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
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Committee: INTA
Amendment 118 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF UNCOMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52051200 MEASURING LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052200 THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052300 THAN 192,31 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 53 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE SINGLE COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING LESS THAN 192,31 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS 52052400 THAN 125 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 52 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 80 METRIC NUMBER), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE MULTIPLE "FOLDED" OR CABLED COTTON YARN, OF UNCOMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN 52053200 LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER PER SINGLE YARN), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE MULTIPLE "FOLDED" OR CABLED COTTON YARN, OF COMBED FIBRES, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN 52054200 LESS THAN 714,29 DECITEX BUT NOT LESS THAN 232,56 DECITEX (EXCEEDING 14 METRIC NUMBER BUT NOT EXCEEDING 43 METRIC NUMBER PER SINGLE YARN), NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE UNBLEACHED, PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081190 WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN FABRICS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS AND MEDICAL GAUZES UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081216 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 165 CM UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52081219 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 165 CM 52081300 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52081900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON BLEACHED, PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52082190 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2, OTHER THAN FABRICS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS AND MEDICAL GAUZES BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52082219 WEIGHING MORE THAN 100 G/M2 BUT NOT MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 165 CM BLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52082296 WEIGHING MORE THAN 130 G/M2, OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 165 CM OTHER BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52082900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52083900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON PRINTED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085100 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 100 G/M2 PRINTED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085200 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 OTHER PRINTED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52085990 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON UNBLEACHED PLAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52091100 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52091200 WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4- THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52091900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE 52092200 THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52092900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE 52093200 THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL OTHER DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, 52093900 CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2 UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, 52111200 MIXED PRINCIPALLY OR SOLELY WITH MAN-MADE FIBRES, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 G/M2, IN 3-THREAD OR 4-THREAD TWILL, INCLUDING CROSS TWILL WOVEN FABRICS OF YARN CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS, INCLUDING WOVEN FABRICS OBTAINED FROM SYNTHETIC 54078100 MONOFILAMENT OF 67 DECITEX OR MORE AND OF WHICH NO CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS 1 MM, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, UNBLEACHED OR BLEACHED WOVEN FABRICS OF YARN CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS, INCLUDING WOVEN FABRICS OBTAINED FROM SYNTHETIC 54078200 MONOFILAMENT OF 67 DECITEX OR MORE AND OF WHICH NO CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION EXCEEDS 1 MM, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, DYED YARN (OTHER THAN SEWING THREAD) OF POLYESTER 55095300 STAPLE FIBRES , MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A 55131120 WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PLAIN WEAVE, UNBLEACHED OR BLEACHED, OF A WIDTH OF 165 CM OR LESS WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH 55132100 FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PLAIN WEAVE, DYED WOVEN FABRICS OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBRES, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF SUCH 55134100 FIBRES, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH COTTON, OF A WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 170 G/M2, PRINTED CN Code Description deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
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Amendment 119 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description MEN'S OR BOYS' ANORAKS (INCLUDING SKI JACKETS), 61012090 WINDCHEATERS, WIND-JACKETS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' JACKETS AND BLAZERS, OF COTTON, 61033200 KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' TROUSERS, BIB AND BRACE OVERALLS, 61034200 BREECHES AND SHORTS (OTHER THAN SWIMWEAR), OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED MEN'S OR BOYS' NIGHTSHIRTS AND PYJAMAS, OF 61072100 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' NIGHTDRESSES AND PYJAMAS, OF 61083100 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED T-SHIRTS, SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS OF WOOL OR 61099020 FINE ANIMAL HAIR OR MAN-MADE FIBRES, KNITTED OR CROCHETED BABIES' GARMENTS AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, OF 61112090 COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED (OTHER THAN GLOVES, MITTENSAND MITTS) TRACK-SUITS OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, KNITTED OR 61121200 deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted CROCHETEDdeleted deleted PANTYHOSE, TIGHTS, STOCKINGS, SOCKS AND OTHER HOSIERYAND FOOTWEAR WITHOUT APPLIED SOLES, OF COTTON, KNITTED OR CROCHETED (EXCL. GRADUATED 61159500 COMPRESSION HOSIERY, PANTYHOSE AND TIGHTS, WOMEN'S FULL-LENGTH OR KNEE-LENGTH STOCKINGS, MEASURING PER SINGLE YARN LESS THAN 67 DECITEX) MEN'S OR BOYS' ANORAKS, WINDCHEATERS, WIND- 62019300 JACKETS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF MAN-MADE FIBRES MEN'S OR BOYS' TROUSERS AND BREECHES OF 62034319 SYNTHETIC FIBRES (OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL) WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' ENSEMBLES, OF COTTON (OTHER 62042280 THAN INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL) 62046290 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' COTTON SHORTS MEN'S OR BOYS' SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS, 62079100 BATHROBES, DRESSING GOWNS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' SINGLETS AND OTHER VESTS, 62089100 BRIEFS, PANTIES, NEGLIGES, BATHROBES, DRESSING GOWNS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF COTTON 62114290 WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' GARMENTS, OF COTTON WOMEN'S OR GIRLS' APRONS, OVERALLS, SMOCK- 62114310 OVERALLS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL CLOTHING, OF MAN-MADE FIBRES TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN, OF TERRY 63026000 TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS, OF COTTON TOILET LINEN AND KITCHEN LINEN, OF COTTON, OTHER 63029100 THAN OF TERRY TOWELLING OR SIMILAR TERRY FABRICS CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, 63039100 CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, OF COTTON, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, 63039290 CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES, NOT NONWOVENS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED CURTAINS (INCLUDING DRAPES) AND INTERIOR BLINDS, CURTAIN OR BED VALANCES, NOT OF COTTON OR 63039990 SYNTHETIC FIBRES, NOT NONWOVENS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED OTHER FURNISHING ARTICLES, OF COTTON, NOT 63049200 KNITTED OR CROCHETED FLOORCLOTHS, DISHCLOTHS, DUSTERS AND SIMILAR 63071090 CLEANING CLOTHS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED, NOT NONWOVENS OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES, INCLUDING DRESS 63079099 PATTERNS, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED, NOT OF FELT deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
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Amendment 120 #

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
CN Code Description FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, WHICH CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS MEN'S OR WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND 64039993 FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR MEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL TOECAP, NOT 64039996 COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER, PLASTICS OR COMPOSITION LEATHER AND UPPERS OF LEATHER, WITH IN-SOLES OF A LENGTH OF 24 CM OR MORE, FOR WOMEN, OTHER THAN SPORTS FOOTWEAR AND FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING A PROTECTIVE METAL 64039998 TOECAP, NOT COVERING THE ANKLE, NOT MADE ON A BASE OR PLATFORM OF WOOD (NOT HAVING AN INNER SOLE), OTHER THAN FOOTWEAR WITH A VAMP MADE OF STRAPS OR WHICH HAS ONE OR SEVERAL PIECES CUT OUT, OTHER THAN SLIPPERS deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted
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