55 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As regards the areas used for the production of hemp, in order to preserve public health and to ensure the coherence with other bodies of legislation, the use of hemp seeds varieties with tetrahydrocannabinol content below 0.23% should be part of the definition of eligible hectare.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farmand contribute to the sustainability of the agricultural sector, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio- economic fabric of rural areas.
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate farm advisory bodies within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up- to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) Member States should ensure that their Strategic Plans include objectives aimed at increasing the proportion of land used for organic farming, to meet the growing market demand. In order to do so, they should be able to support both conversion and maintenance through rural support measures, measures within the first pillar, or a combination of both, to ensure that the budget is commensurate with growth prospects.
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure a fair income and a resilient agricultural sector across the Union territory, Member States may grant support to farmers in areas facing natural and other area-specific constraints. As regards payments for ANC, the designation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development policy should continue to apply. For the CAP to deliver enhanced Union added on the environment and reinforce its synergies with the financing of investments in nature and biodiversity, it is necessary to keep a separate measure aiming at compensating beneficiaries for disadvantages related to the implementation of Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directives. Support should therefore continue to be granted to farmers and forest holders to help address specific disadvantages resulting from the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC and in order to contribute to the effective management of Natura 2000 sites. Support should also be made available to farmers to help address disadvantages in river basin areas resulting from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Support should be linked to specific requirements described in the CAP Strategic Plans that go beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements. Member States should also ensure that payments to farmers do not lead to double funding with eco schemes, while at the same time allowing enough flexibility in Strategic Plans to facilitate complementarity between different interventions. Furthermore, the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into account by Member States in the overall design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 993 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58a) The current level of knowledge, with regard to quantity and quality of available information, varies substantially in relation to the specific objectives identified in Article 6. For some specific objectives in particular, such as the monitoring of biodiversity and the presence of pollinators, current knowledge is insufficient to identify effective indicators. The Commission should therefore identify the areas in which this knowledge is weakest, and submit some proposals in order to fill these gaps.
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2
Areas used for the production of hemp shall only be eligible hectares if the varieties used have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,23 %;
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agriculturalis insignificant, while not precluding from supporting pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to ideterminentify which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.appropriate public registers. In assessing whether somebody is a 'genuine farmer' or not, Member States may use 'public lists', as mentioned in Regulation (EU) No 2017/2393. The Member State may decide that it is not necessary to assess active farmer status for farmers referred to in Article 25 of this Regulation (small farmers);
Amendment 1260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) a maximum age limit that mayshall not exceed 40 years;
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'short supply chain' shall mean a supply chain to consumers from farms which are committed to promoting cooperation, local economic development and close relations with local society and the local area.
Amendment 1325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas, helping to create jobs and employment in general.
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including through carbon soil sequestration, as well as sustainable energy;
Amendment 1399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy;
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficientthe adequate management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, giving priority to farming systems that deliver multiple benefits such as enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming;
Amendment 1406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, as well as reducing dependency on chemicals;
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection ofhelp to reverse the decline of biodiversity, particularly agricultural biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areathe starting-up of new farms by young farmers;
Amendment 1470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, - among them being compulsory origin labelling - including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 1478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including organic farming, safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 1629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, type of crop, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 1646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Member States shall define specific good agricultural and environmental condition and the Statutory Management Requirements that must be met by the farmers referred to in Article 25, with the option of laying down derogations and simplified practices in comparison with those applicable to ordinary beneficiaries.
Amendment 1672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrientinput reductions referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 1697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrientinput reductions.
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisory bodies, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).
Amendment 1761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) improvements to competitiveness, sectoral integration, short supply chains and local markets, and market orientation.
Amendment 1774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(fb) support for young farmers’ farm startups and for assistance in the five years after setting up in farming.
Amendment 1795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Organic farming Member States shall determine the appropriate level of support towards organic conversion and maintenance either through rural development measures in article 65 or through eco- schemes in article 28, or through a combination of both, and should ensure that allocated budgets match the expected growth in organic production
Amendment 2016 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall set an area threshold and onlyor a minimum direct payments threshold for the purpose of granting decoupled direct payments only to genuine farmers whose eligible area of the holding or minimum amount for which decoupled direct payments are claimed goes beyond this area threshold.
Amendment 2087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Where the value of payment entitlements as determined in accordance with paragraph 1 is not uniform within a Member State or within a group of territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2), Member States shall ensure a convergence of the value of payment entitlements towards a uniform unit value by claim year 20264 at the latest.
Amendment 2092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the followingany sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are importantstrategic for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials, as set out in the national Strategic Plan.
Amendment 2516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
Amendment 2581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, both fresh and/or for processing, as referred to in point (i) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 2595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 2642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) boosting products' commercial value and quality, including improving product quality and developing products with a protected designation of origin, with a protected geographical indication, with eco-labelling or covered by a national quality schemes governed by the public sector or voluntary, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012; those objectives relate to the specific objective set out in point (b) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2709 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) implementation of Union and national quality schemes governed by the public sector or voluntary, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012;
Amendment 2721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning the maintaining and improvement of product quality, the improvement of marketing conditions, sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticides and climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 2730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) measures aimed at improving quality through innovation.
Amendment 2754 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) implementation of Union and national quality schemes governed by the public sector or voluntary, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012;
Amendment 2887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, including bee mortality and possible drops in productivity;
Amendment 2900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve pollinator capacity of bees and other pollinators.
Amendment 2939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing to improvement of sustainable production systems and reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector, promoting environmentally friendly production methods, the sustainable use of natural resources and in particular the protection of water and soil by reducing dependence on pesticides; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3000 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) promotion carried out in third countries, to improve the competitiveness of wine companies, open and consolidate third countries markets, consisting of one or more of the following:
Amendment 3083 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 2
2. The interventions defined by the Member States referred to in Article 82(4) shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or, associations of producer organisations and/or interbranch associations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. For this purpose Articles 61 and 62 of this Regulation shall apply.
Amendment 3087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57a As regards the objectives set out in points (a) to (f) of Article 56, Member States may choose, in their Strategic Plans, one or more of the following types of intervention for the olive sector: (a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, including with reference to the restructuring and reconversion of olive groves; research and experimental production; (b) soil conservation, including the enhancement of soil carbon; (c) improving the use and management of water resources; (d) preventing damage caused by adverse weather condition; (e) energy saving and increased energy efficiency; (f) ecological packaging; (g) reducing waste; (h) improving pest resilience; (i) reducing pesticide use; (j) creating and maintaining the quality of olive production; (k) developing indigenous cultivars; (l) training, including the exchange of best practices; (m) organic production; (n) promotion, communication and marketing; (o) implementing quality schemes; (p) implementing traceability and certification systems.
Amendment 3092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Amendment 3156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point x a (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point x a (new)
(xa) protecting public health against the use of dangerous substances at any trophic level of the food system;
Amendment 3176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) promotion, communication and marketing including actions and activities aimed in particular at raising consumer awareness about the Union quality schemes and the importance of healthy diesustainable and healthy diets, highlighting in particular the need to reduce the consumption of animal farming products, and at diversification of markets;
Amendment 3253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The financial assistance shall only be granted to genuine farmers as set out in point (d) of Article 4(1)
Amendment 4084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 103% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4093 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 2%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 103% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental- and, climate- and health-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 4341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) details of the areas on which there is no information or the information is in any event insufficient for a comprehensive description of the situation regarding the objectives set out in Article 6 and for the monitoring thereof.
Amendment 4499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2