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21 Amendments of Michel DANTIN related to 2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) expropriation of a ~~large~~ll or part of the holding if that could not have been anticipated on the day of lodging the application, or repossession of the land by the owner.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The certification body shall be a public or private audit body designated by the Member State which shall provide an opinion on the management declaration of assurance covering the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts of the paying agency, the proper functioning of its internal control system~~, the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, as well as the~~ and respect ofor the principle of sound financial management.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. Interim payments shall be made for each rural development programme. They shall be calculated by applying the co-financing rate for each measure to the incurred public expenditure pertaining to it or to the total eligible expenditure, including public and private expenditure.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) that part of the budget commitments which concerns aid pursuant to Article 37(1), points (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No XXXXXX (on support for rural development).

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Michel DANTIN, Jim HIGGINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) one or more of the key components of the ~~national~~ control system in question do not exist or are not effective due to the gravity or persistence of the deficiencies found~~, or irregular payments are not being recovered with the necessary diligence~~;

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

However, if, for reasons not attributable to the Member State concerned, recovery could not take place within the time limit specified in the first subparagraph and the amount to be recovered exceeds EUR 1 million, the Commission may, at the request of the Member State, extend the time limit by a maximum of 50% of the original time limit.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2

When the Union budget is credited as referred in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 120% of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of irregularity or negligence attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 3

Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy will be considered as being part of Annex II once this Directive is implemented by all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified. In order to take account of those elements tThe Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 for the purpose of amending the Annex II within 12 months starting at the moment the last Member State has notified the Commission of implementation of ~~the~~ Directive ~~to the Commission~~2000/60/EC.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 5

In addition, as regards the years 2014 and 2015, the rules on cross compliance shall also comprise the maintenance of permanent grassland. The Member States which were Member of the Union at 1 January 2004 shall ensure that land which was under permanent grassland at the date provided for the area aid applications for 2003 is maintained under permanent grassland within defined limits. The Member States which became Member of the Union in 2004 shall ensure that land which was under permanent grassland on 1 May 2004 is maintained under permanent grassland within defined limits. Bulgaria and Romania shall ensure that land which was under permanent grassland on 1 January 2007 is maintained under permanent grassland within defined limits.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 6

The preceding subparagraph shall not apply to land under permanent grassland to be afforested, if such afforestation is compatible with the environment and with the exclusion of plantations of Christmas trees and fast growing species cultivated in the short term.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 7

In order to take account of the elements in the two preceding paragraphs the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 111 containing the rules on maintenance of permanent grassland, in particular to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the land under permanent grassland at the level of farmers, including individual obligations to be respected such as obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland where it is established that the ratio of land under permanent grassland is decreasing.deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 8

Furthermore, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt the methods for the determination of the ratio of permanent grassland and agricultural land that has to be maintained. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 112(3).deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Checks of requirements, standards, acts or areas of cross compliance may take account of the following factors: - farmers’ participation in the farm advisory system provided for in Title III of this Regulation; - farmers’ participation in a certification system, if it covers the requirements and standards concerned.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 111, concerning common and harmonised rules on checks and cross- compliance.

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Water’ — GAEC 3

Protection of ground water against pollution: prohibition of direct discharge into groundwater and measures to prevent indirect pollution of groundwater through discharge on the ground and percolation through the soil of dangerous substances, as listed in the Annex to the Directive 80/68/EECdeleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Soil and carbon stock’ — GAEC 7

~~Protection of wetland and carbon rich soils including a ban of first ploughing~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Landscape, minimum level of maintenance’ — GAEC 8

Retention of landscape features, including where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated, field margins and terraces, and including a ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season and possible measures for avoiding invasive species and pestsdeleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Food safety’ — SMR 5

Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists (OJ L125, 23.5.1996, p.3)deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Food safety’ — SMR 5 — last column

~~Article 3(a), (b), (d) and (e) and Articles 4, 5 and 7~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1)deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II — Main Issue ‘Animal diseases’ — SMR 9 — last column

~~Articles 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15~~deleted

2012/07/20
Committee: AGRI