395 Amendments of Maria HEUBUCH related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter alia, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture and forestry, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. Investments in on-farm infrastructures should only be allowed if they pass a double test, demonstrating that they simultaneously have positive effects in terms of the environmental, climate and biodiversity specific objectives set out in Article 6 of this regulation and on the business situation of the agricultural holding. Furthermore, in order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
(75) As part of the performance, monitor and evaluation framework, Member States should monitor and report annually to the Commission on the progress made. The information provided by the Member States are the basis on which the Commission should report on the progress towards the achievement of specific objectives over the whole programming period using for this purpose a core set of indicators. Using data from the Member States, the Commission should publish the Ecological Footprint of agro-food production and consumption in the EU annually.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) "concentrated animal feeding operation" means a livestock holding rearing animals at a density beyond that permitted by the area and natural resources, or carrying capacity, of the holding, or in the case of cattle and ruminants, where the animals are without access to grazing or without the appropriate amount of supporting forage hectares to support pasture- or grassland- based grazing or foraging.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by at least 25 % for the tranche between EUR 6035 000 and EUR 7540 000;
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by at least 50 % for the tranche between EUR 7540 000 and EUR 9045 000;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by at least 75 % for the tranche between EUR 9045 000 and EUR 1050 000;
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 100 % for the amount exceeding EUR 1050 000.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall providgradually increase support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment ('eco- schemes') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When drafting their CAP Strategic Plans Member States shall prioritise farming systems which deliver multiple benefits in an effective way for the achievement of objectives of Article 6.1, such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When a Member State proposes voluntary coupled support in their strategic plan as envisaged in Article 106, the Commission shall ensure that: (a) the aid meets the do no harm principle; (b) there is a clear environmental or social need or benefit, justified with empirical quantifiable and independently verifiable evidence; (c) the support is used to satisfy the Union´s food security needs and does not create distortions of the internal or international markets; (d) the granting of the support coupled income support does not lead to trade outcomes which adversely impact on agro-food sector investment, production and processing development in partner developing countries; (e) voluntary coupled support is not be granted for markets that are in crisis due to overproduction or oversupply; (f) support for livestock production is only be granted for low population densities within limits of the ecological carrying capacities of the river basins concerned according to the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, and is linked to sufficient areas of fodder or grazing to be maintained without external inputs; On the basis of its assessment of the above conditions, the Commission may approve or, in coordination with that Member State, as described in Articles 115 and 116 of this Regulation, adjust the variables proposed by that Member State.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Concentrated animal feeding operations shall not be eligible for coupled support.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission and Member States shall ensure though the procedure outlined in title V of this regulation, that the CAP strategic plans contain provisions to ensure that by the end of the strategic plan programming period, the total livestock stocking density per Member State shall not exceed 0.7 livestock units per hectare.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 3 – section 3 a (new)
Title 3 – chapter 3 – section 3 a (new)
Section 3a Organic Farming Article 13a Organic Farming 1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans an analysis of the organic agriculture sector, as defined under Regulation 2018/848, of its production, of the expected demand, and of its potential to fulfil CAP objectives. 2. Member States shall set up objectives to increase the share of agricultural land under organic management as well as to develop the whole organic supply chain, in view to meet the growing demand for organic products. 3. Member States shall assess the level of support needed for agricultural land managed under the organic certification and shall support organic conversion and maintenance accordingly, either through rural development measures in article 65 or through eco- schemes in article 28, or through a combination of both. Member States should ensure that allocated budgets match the expected growth in organic production.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58a The leguminous crop sector Objectives of the leguminous crops sector 1. Member States shall pursue the following objectives in the leguminous crops sector: (a) The scheme shall increase sustainable legume production and consumption across the Union, to increase self-sufficiency according to the targets set in Annex I; (b) Arable leguminous crops supported by the Union’s financial assistance shall be part of a crop rotation of at least three years, or of a mix of species in temporary grassland on arable land. This rotation shall be compatible with schemes for the climate and environment (“eco-schemes”) in Article 28, under which rotations of four years and more can be rewarded. The scheme may also reward under-cropping or intercropping which is not otherwise rewarded under other measures; (c) Pasture based grazing of high species diversity pasture or mowing of high species diversity meadow for fodder on permanent pasture that contains leguminous species in the sward may also be subsidised, on the condition that re- ploughing and re-seeding does not occur; (d) The measures referred to in this Article shall be coherent with the Union´s climatic and environmental commitments and legislation, and not cause direct or indirect land use change, having a genuinely positive impact on global greenhouse gas emissions according to the Global Biosphere Management Model [GLOBIOM]. (e) Monocultural or continuous cropping of leguminous crops shall not be supported by these payments. (f) Decreasing dependency on concentrated feed mix containing soya, especially imported soya originating from land that has recently been deforested or converted, in line with the SDG 15, the EU pledge on zero deforestation and existing private company commitments on zero deforestation. (g) Closing nutrient cycling loops and tightening them to local and regional river basin scales in line with the Water Framework Directive. (h) Boosting local and regional markets in food and animal feed and locally adapted low input seed varieties.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 b (new)
Article 58 b (new)
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may only grant support to investments in infrastructure on agricultural holdings that simultaneously demonstrate positive effects in terms of the environmental, climate and biodiversity objectives set out in Article 6 of this regulation, on the one hand, and on the business situation of the agricultural holding, on the other.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments that may increase already-observed overproduction or market imbalances at the regional, national or European level.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 350% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
A maximum 10% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX may be used to finance tangible investments referred to in Article 68. Investments referred to in Article 68 (4) shall not count towards the 10% maximum.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 50% of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan shall be reserved for schemes for the climate and the environment as described in Article 28.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The indicative financial allocations for the eco-schemes referred to in Article 28 shall be at least 30% in 2021 and 2022, 40% in 2023 and 2024, 50% in 2025 and 2026 and 60% in 2027.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 2
Article 96 – paragraph 2
For the specific environmental and climate objectives referred to in points (d), (e), and (f) of Article 6(1), the assessment shall take into account the national environmental and climate plans emanating from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI, the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the objective to reduce EU Greenhouse gases emissions linked to Agriculture by 30 % by 2027.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan is meant to contribute to already established long-term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI, the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the objective to reduce EU Greenhouse gases emissions linked to Agriculture by 30 % by 2027;
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1
Article 119 – paragraph 1
The Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee shall monitor the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan on the basis of the output and result indicators. Using data from the Member States, the Commission should publish the Ecological Footprint of agro-food production and consumption in the EU annually.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 39 (1 (b)), Article 42 and Article 43(2) thereof,
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to thegrowing challenges and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, rural, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamlinimprove the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basiccommon policy parameters to respond to the identified challenges, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requireincluding rural developments, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve common EU and national targets. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The use of common definitions entirely set at Union level has caused certain difficulties for Member States to cater their own specificities at national, regional, and local level. Member States should therefore be given the flexibility to specify certain definitions in their CAP Strategic Plan. In order to ensure a common economic, ecological and social level playing field, a certain framework has, however, to be set at Union level constituting the necessary essential elements to be included in those definitions (‘framework definitions’).
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the Union can respect its international obligations on domestic support as set out in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, and in particular that the basic income support for sustainability and related types of interventions continue to be notified as ‘Green Box’ support which has no, or at most minimal, trade-distorting effects or effects on production, the framework definition for ‘agricultural activity’ should provide for both the production of agricultural products or the maintenance of agro-ecological production systems and the social fabric in the agricultural area. In light of adjusting to local conditions, Member States should lay down the actual definitions of agricultural activity in line with EU obligations like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate and biodiversity goals in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges and international commitments, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. WhileIn order to strikinge a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, tMember States should be required to take action to achieve all specific objectives simultaneously. These specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energyboth wild and agro-biodiversity, water protection, public health, employment, renewable energy, animal welfare and environment.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on the European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU should be respected in the implementation of CAP Strategic plans. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation, discrimination or exclusion. The objectives of the Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and in line with the Aarhus Convention and the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment and combating climate change as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) of the TFEU, while applying the polluter pays principle.
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) The objectives of CAP Strategic plans should be pursued in the framework of the objectives set out in the European Pillar of Social rights. In order to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, it is necessary to target support towards the overarching and legally binding 2030 Agenda of the United Nations and to contribute to the SDGs and their targets set by 2030. Member States should ensure consistency, coherence and synergies with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the SDGs, taking into account local challenges.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee athe lion’s share of budgets and consequently hold a potential to contribute to fairm income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market rew. To improve farmers’ market reward, a better position of farmers in the supply chain and strengthening of short supply chains is necessardy.
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – introductory part
Recital 16 – introductory part
(16) Bolstering environmental care and, preservation of biodiversity and genetic diversity in the agricultural system as well as climate action and contributing to the achievement of Union environmental- and climate-related objectives is a very high priority in the future of Union agriculture and, forestry and rural development. The architecture of the CAP should therefore reflect greaterhigh ambition with respect to these objectives. By virtue of the delivery model, action taken to tackleavoid further environmental degradation and climate change caused by unsustainable farming systems should be result-driven and Article 11 TFEU should, for this purpose, be considered as an obligation of result. As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems and disadvantages such as lack of access to markets and decreasing return of added value to rural regions, lack of attractive employment opportunities, education, training and extension services responding to the challenges mentioned above, underinvestment in connectivity, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal and the development of resilient villages and enterprises across the European countryside. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, agro-ecological food systems, decentralized infrastructure for processing and marketing of farm products , the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer inclusive economical development and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and rural enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas, including also legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of the LEADER and Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to maintain a level playing field between and within Member States in terms of farm relevant legislation and norms or good practices for environmental, public health and sanitary and animal welfare issues, there should be no exceptions to conditionality and the rules should therefore apply to all applicable beneficiaries. In addition, the statutory management requirements are based on pre-existing and self-standing laws to be applied in full in their own right by all EU authorities and all citizens. However, in the risk analysis that is used to select a sample off arms to be subject to controls, Member States may choose to apply different weighting factors to reflect the likelihood of non- compliance, so that unnecessary farm controls can be avoided without putting the EU funds in danger of being misspent. For example: smaller farms receive a lower risk weighting due to their size, but higher animal densities receive a higher weighting for animal welfare and public health issues, or organic farming receives a lower risk weighting for environmental or climate issues
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular the nutrients management and chemical input reduction. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrieninput management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient and chemicals management functionalities. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should setprovide high-quality 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 advisors 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 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) To ensure the provision of high quality advice to all farmers in the Union, the Commission should define minimum standards for farm advisory services, in terms of the quality and territorial coverage of the advice provided. The Commission should, prior to the entry into force of this regulation and for the purposes of quality control, accredit all farm advisory services. In cases where it concludes that a farm advisory service does not meet minimum standards, the Commission should notify the Member State concerned in writing and request it to take remedial action.
Amendment 736 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by 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 economic cooperation, inclusiveness and competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for this reason, Member States may establish a complementary income support for young farmers. This type of interventions should be established to provide young farmers with an additional income support after the initial setting up.
Amendment 739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30 a) Member States should, via their Farm Advisory services, provide information geared towards young farmers and new entrants on access to land and on innovative and non- conventional approaches that are best suited to starting a new farm, such as the development of new business models based on end-users, the development of more sustainable farming systems, the development of new organisational models (e.g. share farming, pre-financing, crowdsourcing), the increase of connections between farming and the local community, and the adaptation of traditional knowledge to develop business innovations (e.g. artisanal food production);
Amendment 762 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regardCoupled income support should respond to clear environmental or social need or benefit. In line with 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, coupled income support should not have negative effects on developing countries and should not create distortions of the internal and international market, which adversely impact on agro-food sector investment, production and processing development in partner developing countries, but should only be granted for production methods that are more animal- and/or environment-friendly than the legal minimum standard requires. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard while minimising the impact of the Union´s consumption of agricultural commodities on global deforestation, notably soy and oil palm products. Therefore the production of leguminous plants grown as part of a crop rotation on arable land should be supported as part of a Union-wide protein strategy aimed at decreasing import dependency on soy and animal feed from third countries.
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33 a) To contribute to monitoring compliance with the Union’s commitments to Policy Coherence for Development, the mandate of the EU market observatories should be expanded to monitor trends of agro-food trade between the EU and developing countries, particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The scope of monitoring should include collecting data on the volume and value of trade in agricultural products deemed sensitive by partner countries, as well as data on products from sectors where CAP coupled payments are granted and where CAP crisis management measures are deployed. Monitoring should also examine relevant data from case studies, and international reporting, for example on the Sustainable Development Goals. The Commission should assess the monitored data against a benchmark and issue an early warning if trade developments risk to adversely affect agri-food production and processing in developing countries, specifically LDCs. An early warning will prompt consultations between the Union and affected partners to agree on appropriate remedial measures respecting the Right to Development.
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) In order to ensure the compliance of coupled income support in the cotton sector with the Union's international obligations regarding Policy Coherence for Development, Member States deploying such support should monitor its production and trade consequences and report to the Commission, with a view to facilitating the Commission’s monitoring of the impact of cotton coupled support on cotton production in partner developing countries, notably on food security.
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) A leguminous crops sector scheme should be introduced, with three aims. Firstly, decreasing dependency on concentrated feed mix containing soya, especially imported soya originating from land that has recently been deforested or converted, in line with the SDG 15, the Union´s pledge on zero deforestation and existing private company commitments on zero deforestation. Secondly, closing nutrient cycling loops and tightening them to local and regional river basin scales in line with the Water Framework Directive. Thirdly, boosting local and regional markets in food and animal feed and locally adapted low input seed varieties. Monocultural or continuous cropping of leguminous crops should not be supported by these payments.
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For interventions for rural development, principles are defined at Union level, particularly with regard to the basic requirements for the Member States to apply selection criteria. However, Member States should have ample discretion to define specific conditions according to their needs. Types of interventions for rural development include payments for environmental, climate and other management commitments that Member States should support throughout their territories, in accordance with their national, regional taking into account regions which were legally formalised and currently into force or local specific needs. Member States should grant payments to farmers and other land managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the protection and improvement of the environment including water quality and quantity, air quality, soil, biodiversity and ecosystem services including voluntary commitments in Natura 2000 and support for genetic diversity. Support under payments for management commitments may also be granted in the form of locally-led, integrated or cooperative approaches and result-based interventions.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Forestry measures should contribute to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. Interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation, diversification and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio- economy.
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter alia, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture and forestry, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. Investments in on-farm infrastructures should only be allowed if they pass a double test, demonstrating that they simultaneously have positive effects in terms of the environmental, climate and biodiversity specific objectives set out in Article 6 of this regulation and on the business situation of the agricultural holding. Furthermore, in order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation.
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
Amendment 877 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In the light of the need to ensure appropriate risk management tools, insurance premia and mutual funds should be maintained, financed by the EAGFRD. The category of mutual funds encompasses both those linked to production losses, and the general and sector-specific income stabilisation tools, linked to income losses.
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45 a) In order to ensure effectiveness of projects initiated by the local communities, as well as the efficient use of allocated funding, Member States should establish in the financial rules that expenses for financial and administrative management of operations, implemented by the local rural communities and other similar local actors with a view to pursuing strategies referred to in Article 25(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) [XXX/XXXX] [CPR], are acknowledged as eligible for EU funding.
Amendment 898 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ mentions the exchange of knowledge and focus on innovation as a cross cutting objective for the new CAP. The CAP should continue to support the interactive innovation model, which enhances the collaboration between actors to make best use of complementary types of knowledge with a view to spreading practical solutions. Farm advisory services should be strengthened within the AKIS. The CAP Strategic Plan should provide information on how advisory services, research and rural networks will work together. Each Member State or region, including the regions, which were legally formalised and currently into force, as appropriate, can fund a number of actions aimed at knowledge exchange and innovation, using the types of interventions developed in this Regulation.
Amendment 911 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whIt is essential to point out that in the period covered by the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50% of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative fina2021-2027 MFF, the convergence process must be fully completed in order both to achieve fair competition among Member States and to establish the principles of equality on an EU-wide basis, and that the European Councial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocationdecision contained in the Presidency conclusions of 24-25 October 2002 has to be completely implemented.
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) In order to facilitate the management of EAFRD funds, a singlet is necessary to establish the maximum contribution rates for support from the EAFRD should be set in relation to public expenditure in the Member States. In order to take account of their particular importance or nature, specific contribution rates should be set in relation to certain types of operations. In order to mitigate the specific constraints resulting from the level of development, the remoteness and insularity, an appropriate EAFRD contribution rate should be set for less developed regions, the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU and the smaller Aegean islandsThose rates should reflect the level of economic development of regions in terms of GDP per capita in relation to the EU-27 average.
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
Recital 49 a (new)
(49 a) Objective criteria should be established for categorising regions and areas at Union level for support from the EAFRD. To this end, the identification of the regions and areas at Union level should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 2016/2066[1]. Latest classifications and data should be used to ensure adequate support, in particular for addressing lagging behind regions and interregional disparities inside a Member State. [1] Commission Regulation (EU) No2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), (OJ L L 322, 29.11.2016, p. 1–61
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment. Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number ofdouble rule that all infrastructure investments on agricultural holdings must simultaneously demonstrate positive effects on the environment, climate and biodiversity, on the one hand, and on the business situation of the agricultural holding, on the other. In addition, a number of more specific exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop both types of these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
Amendment 948 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25at least 30 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 40 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) The transfer of responsibility to Member States for assessing needs and achieving targets goes hand in hand with an increased flexibility to set up the combination of both types of interventions in the form of direct payments, sectoral types of interventions and types of interventions for rural development. This should be supported by some flexibility to adjust the relevant national allocations of funds. When Member States estimate that the pre-allocated envelope for EAFRD is too low to have room for all intended measures, a certain degree of flexibility is therefore justified, while at the same time avoiding considerable fluctuations in the level of annual direct income support versus the amounts available for multi- annual interventions under EAFRD.
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) The CAP Strategic Plans should aim to ensure enhanced coherence across the multiple tools of the CAP and its external dimension, since it should cover types of interventions in the form of direct payments, sectoral types of interventions and types of interventions for rural development. They should also ensure and demonstrate the alignment and appropriateness of the choices made by Member States to the Union priorities and objectives. It is therefore appropriate that they contain a result-oriented intervention strategy structured around the specific objectives of the CAP, including quantified targets in relation to these objectives. In order to allow their monitoring on an annual basis, it is appropriate that these targets are based on result indicators.
Amendment 992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
(58 a) The existing knowledge base, in terms of the quantity and quality of available information, varies considerably for the purposes of monitoring the specific objectives set out in Article 6 of this proposal.For some specific objectives, in particular for monitoring biodiversity, the knowledge base is currently weak or even non-existent, in particular in terms of creating robust impact indicators, such as for pollinators and crop biodiversity. Specific objectives and indicators set for the Union as a whole in Article 6 and Annex 1 respectively should be based on a shared or comparable knowledge base and methodologies in all Member States. The Commission should identify areas where knowledge gaps exist and use the Union budget to provide a common response to knowledge-related and monitoring obstacles related to all Article 6 specific objectives and indicators. It should draw up a report on this issue no later than December 31, 2020 and make its findings public.
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) The strategy should also highlight complementarity both between CAP tools and with the other Uncohesion policies. In particular, each CAP Strategic Plan should take account of environmental and climate legislation where appropriate, the Union’s commitments to Policy Coherence for Development, and national plans emanating from this legislation should be described as part of the analysis of the current situation ('SWOT analysis'). It is appropriate to list the legislative instruments which should specifically be referred to in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level on the basis of a national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions, whereas identification of the regions in the Member States should be based on the common system of classification of the regions established by Regulation (EC)No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No2016/2066.
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) In view of the concerns related to administrative burden under shared management, simplification should also be subject to a specific attention in the CAP Strategic Plan. In order to avoid imposition of disproportionate burden, the administrative simplification task has to be a shared responsibility by the Union and the Member States, therefore the latter shall be assisted by the Commission.
Amendment 1033 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The EAFRD should support through technical assistance, at the initiative of the Commission, actions relating to the fulfilment of the tasks referred to in [Article 7 HzR], including improving the quantity and quality of baseline data available for monitoring the specific objectives laid out in Article 6 and the relevance and accuracy of the corresponding indicators laid out in Annex I. Technical assistance may also be provided, at the initiative of Member States, for the purpose of the fulfilment of the tasks necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan. An increase of the technical assistance at the initiative of Member States is only available for Malta.
Amendment 1035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) The EAFRD should support through technical assistance, at the initiative of the Commission, actions relating to the fulfilment of the tasks referred to in [Article 7 HzR]. Technical assistance may also be provided, at the initiative of Member States, for the purpose of the fulfilment of the tasks necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan. An increase of the technical assistance at the initiative of Member States is only available for Malta, including capacity- building for staff of national administrations and civil society organisations, as well as for analytical support in tasks linked to evidence-based policymaking under this regulation.
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies, such as water policy. A performance-based policy implies annual and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment- related objectives may, such as water quality and quantity, should include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
(83) In order to ensure legal certainty, protect the rights of farmers both inside and outside the Union and guarantee a smooth, coherent and efficient functioning of types of interventions in the form of direct payments, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of rules making the granting of payments conditional upon the use of certified seeds of certain hemp varieties and the procedure for the determination of hemp varieties and the verification of their tetrahydrocannabinol content; rules for good agricultural and environmental condition and certain related elements in respect of the eligibility requirements; and on the content of the declaration and the requirements for the activation of payment entitlements; further rules on eco-schemes; measures to avoid that beneficiaries of coupled income support suffering from structural market imbalances in a sector, including the decision that such support may continue to be paid until 2027 on the basis of the production units for which it was granted in a past reference period; rules and conditions for the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop- specific payment for cotton and rules on the conditions for the granting of that payment.
Amendment 1115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) ‘policy coherence for development’ means that the Union shall, in line with article 208 TFEU, take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements, and in pursuing its domestic policy objectives, that it shall avoid negative policy measures which adversely affect the EU's development objectives;
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) ‘food security’ means the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agricultural systems;
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) 'agricultural area' shall be defined in a way that it is composed of arable land, permanent crops and permanent grassland. Member States may also consider landscape elements as part of the agricultural area. The terms 'arable land', 'permanent crops' and 'permanent grassland' shall be further specified by Member States within the following framework:
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland')pasture' shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to growincluding grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may. The definition shall be broad enough to cover silvopastoral and agroforestry systems and so include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which canmay be grazed or produce animal feed. The definition shall ensure coherence with achieving the objectives (d), (e) and (f) referred to in Article 6 (1);
Amendment 1189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) "temporary grassland" shall be defined as grass or herbaceous species grown on arable land for less than five consecutive years, or beyond five years where ploughing and reseeding occur. It shall not count towards carbon sinking or climate goals.
Amendment 1200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities, and which is at the farmer's disposal. Where duly justified for environmental reasons, eligible hectares may also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every second yearat intervals of several years or not permanently.
Amendment 1230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuinactive 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 agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers, part-time or semi-subsistence farmers, or organisations who engage in High Nature Value farming, who may be active on either local, regional, national or global markets. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuinactive farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers., and/or can be based on a negative list of structures that shall not be supported by CAP funds. (This change from "genuine" to "active" applies throughout the text)
Amendment 1294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) "small farmer" shall be defined in a way that includes small scale producers including part time and semi-subsistence farmers who generate below an average farm output of 8 000 EUR per year, or generate up to 30% of the national average annual farm output, whichever is the highest;
Amendment 1300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Support from the EAGF and EAFRD shall aim to further improve the sustainable development of farming, food and rural areas and shall contribute to, both inside and outside the EU, and shall achievinge the following general objectives:
Amendment 1302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smartn inclusive, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food securityproduction ensuring sustainable, decentralized and long term food security, avoiding overproduction and ensuring Policy Coherence for Development;
Amendment 1317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care, biodiversity and climate action and to contribute to themeet all environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union;
Amendment 1323 #
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 and achieve a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities including the creation and maintenance of employment.
Amendment 1331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be coimplemented byin a manner to achieve the cross-cutting objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the obligations under the Paris Agreement, in line with Article 11 TFEU. Where conducive to these goals, the regulation aims at modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and ditechniques and agroecologitcalisation approaches in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
Amendment 1341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
These objectives shall be achieved while aiming at external convergence between EU Member States.
Amendment 1343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The achievement of the general objectives shall be pursued through simultaneously achieving the following specific objectives:
Amendment 1428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and new entrants, promote gender equality, and facilitate bsusinesstainable development of businesses in rural areas;
Amendment 1486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) systematically take into account the objectives of development cooperation and contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, avoiding negative external impacts of the Union's policies on developing countries and their populations.
Amendment 1494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support, as well as coherence with the different objectives and existing obligations such as Policy Coherence for development, and Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 1508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Union and Member States targets 1. In line with the objectives set out in articles 5 and 6 of the regulation, the combined CAP Strategic Plans shall lead to:(a) a net increase of the numbers or farmers, agricultural workers and associated jobs in rural areas; (b) a decrease by 30% of Greenhouse Gases emissions linked to the Agricultural Sector by 2027. (c) halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity (d) halting and reversing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (e) halting and reversing the loss of pollinators, birds and insects (f) increasing the the genetic diversity both within crops and animals (g) reducing exports of living animals (h) reducing air and water pollution due to the Agricultural sector (i) maintaining and increasing the surface of permanent grassland (j) reducing the use of pesticides, in line with Directive 2009/128/EC 2. In their draft Strategic Plans, Members States shall indicate how they intend to contribute to these targets and propose precise national targets. 3. In line with the procedure outlined in Chapter III of title V, the Commission shall make sure that the the combination of national targets will allow the achievement of the Union target set out in paragraph 1, that the interventions planned by members states are sufficient to reach their national targets. In order to ensure a level-playing field, the Commission shall ensure that Member States have adopted similar national targets.
Amendment 1526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The common output, result and impact indicators are set out in Annex I. Progress toward achieving the Union aims should be measured using the impact indicators.
Amendment 1568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b Sustainable development The objectives of the CAP strategic plans shall be pursued in line with the principle of sustainable development and with the Union promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment, as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that environmental protection requirements, resource efficiency, climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, disaster resilience, and risk prevention and management are promoted in the preparation and implementation of CAP specific objectives. Interventions shall be planned and carried out in accordance with the principle of policy coherence for development as set out in Article 208 TFEU.
Amendment 1569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 c (new)
Article 9 c (new)
Amendment 1586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Global dimension of the CAP 1. In accordance with Article 208 TFEU the Union and Member States shall ensure that development cooperation objectives are taken into account in all CAP interventions, and respect the Right to Food as well as the Right to Development. 2. Member States shall ensure that CAP strategic plans contribute to the maximum extent possible to the timely achievement of the goals set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably SDG 2, SDG 10, SDG 12, and SDG 13, as well as in the Paris Agreement. Therefore CAP interventions shall: (i) contribute to developing diversified and sustainable agriculture and resilient agro- ecological practices both in the Union and in partner countries; (ii) contribute to maintaining the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, in the Union and in partner countries; (iii) contribute to harnessing the potential of small-scale farmers, small agricultural enterprises, in particular women farmers, indigenous peoples active in agricultural production and pastoralists, both in the Union and in partner countries; (iv) contribute to the development of local food systems and domestic and regional markets both in the Union and in partner countries, with the aim of minimising food import dependency and shortening food chains; (v) end trade practices that distort global trade on agricultural markets; (vi) fully integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures; (vii) respect the “Climate first, trade second” principle 3. The compliance of the CAP with Policy Coherence for Development shall be assessed on a regular basis, inter alia using data from the monitoring mechanism set out in Article 119a. The Commission shall report to the Council and to the European Parliament about the results of the assessment and the EU’s policy response.
Amendment 1590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an significant administrative penalty shall be imposed on beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67 who dare found after controls by the member state as defined in chapter IV of Title IV of the horizontal regulation [.../...] to not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
Amendment 1612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Conditionality shall apply to all CAP beneficiaries, although Member States may continue to use weighting factors, applied to the whole population of CAP beneficiaries, to adjust the control sample to target farms, providing assurance of sound financial expenditure of EU funds while avoiding unnecessary controls of farms with lower risk of non- compliance
Amendment 1630 #
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, crop rotation including legumes, farming practices, the surrounding environment and farm structures.
Amendment 1654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall assess the effectiveness of GAEC standards for meeting their objectives as laid down in Annex III.It shall undertake that assessment on the basis of the description of each standard contained in the CAP Strategic Plan, as set out in Article 98 (b) of this regulation.The assessment shall take into account the efficiency of the standard (cost/benefit analysis) and the existence of alternatives.The assessment may include holistic approaches, where one or more standards contribute to attaining several objectives simultaneously. If it has concerns over the effectiveness of a GAEC standard for meeting its objective(s), the Commission shall address observations to the Member State concerned under Article 106(3), and take in to account the opinion of the monitoring committee. The Commission shall reject GAEC standards that are ineffective for meeting the objectives laid down in Annex III.
Amendment 1673 #
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 Fa farm Ssustainability Ttool for Nutrientinput reductions referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool. Or. en (This AM applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 1696 #
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 for improving the effectiveness of GAEC standards for meeting the objectives referred to in Annex III, 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 Fa farm Ssustainability Ttool for Nutrientinput reductions.
Amendment 1711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing independent services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').
Amendment 1714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall define minimum standards for farm advisory services, in terms of the quality, independence and territorial coverage of the advice provided.
Amendment 1716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. A Member State shall ensure that all farm advisory services operating on its territory are accredited prior to the approval of its first CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 1717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for the accreditation of farm advisory services.
Amendment 1738 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Member States shall ensure that the farm advice given is adapted to the diversity of farms and production modes.
Amendment 1745 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the requirements as defined by Member States for implementing Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2009/147/EC, Directive 2008/50/EC, Directive (EU) 2016/2284, Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, Implementing Regulations (EU) 20163/429, Article 55 of85, 2018/783, 2018/784 and 2018/785 Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 and Directive 2009/128/EC, Directive 98/58/EC, Directive 1999/74/EC, Directive 2007/43/EC, Directive 2008/119/EC, Directive 2008/120/EC, Regulation (EC) 2008/543 and Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, while encouraging the transition to agro-ecological practices ; _________________ 30 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 1746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(b a) agro-ecological practices that deliver the highest environmental services, contribute to climate change mitigation, increase of biodiversity, while increasing farmers’ independence;
Amendment 1754 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f
(f) development of digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas as referred to in Article 102(b) in so far as they are coherent with all the objectives in article 6(1), and conducive to achieving the sustainable development goals and Paris climate obligations.
Amendment 1773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(f b) sustainable farming practices, which help maintaining ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and that progressively improve land and soil quality, in line with SDG2 targets;
Amendment 1781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
(f c) equal rights and opportunities for all farmers and beneficiaries, including the promotion of equality between men and women in farming and rural development
Amendment 1783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f d (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f d (new)
(f d) implementation of the recommendations developed using data from the farm sustainability tool, as referred to in Article 12.
Amendment 1786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f e (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f e (new)
(f e) information geared towards young farmers and new entrants on access to land and innovative and non- conventional approaches that are best suited to starting a new farm;
Amendment 1797 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 1 – section 3 a (new)
Title 3 – chapter 1 – section 3 a (new)
Section 3a Organic Farming Article 13a Organic Farming 1.Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans an analysis of the organic agriculture sector, as defined under Regulation 2018/848, of its production, of the expected demand, and of its potential to fulfil CAP objectives. 2.Member States shall set up objectives to increase the share of agricultural land under organic management as well as to develop the whole organic supply chain, in view to meet the growing demand for organic products. 3. Member States shall assess the level of support needed for agricultural land managed under the organic certification and shall support organic conversion and maintenance accordingly, either through rural development measures in article 65 or through eco-schemes in article 28, or through a combination of both. Member States should ensure that allocated budgets match the expected growth in organic production.
Amendment 1802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the basic income support for sustainability;support; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 1805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability;first hectares; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 1809 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the complementary income support for young farmers; and new entrants; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 1819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the coupled income support;production-coupled support; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 1916 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Other sources of income or financial assets, at the household or ultimate beneficiary level, shall be considered to avoid payments to farms that require no support.
Amendment 1937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and, provided they are employed with an appropriate contract and provided the employment contract is subject to social insurance contribution.
Amendment 1973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 2012 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) farmers who have newly set up a holding for the first time, as head of the holding and with appropriate training or acquired necessary skills as defined by the Member States for young farmers.
Amendment 2199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium-sized farms by providing for a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17. In case the farm is part of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, the redistributive income support shall not be applied at the level of the individual holding, but at the level of the ultimate beneficial owner.
Amendment 2217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum number of hectares per farmer for which the redistributive income support shall be paid. The maximum payment entitlement to be set by Member States shall not be higher than 30 hectares.
Amendment 2224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall grant access to this payment starting from the first hectare and shall not introduce an higher access threshold.
Amendment 2251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective ‘attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areas’ set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 2% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly set up for the first time and who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17, under the conditions that these payments are used for sustainable production and that incomes / financial assets do not exceed the threshold set in Article 15.
Amendment 2327 #
2a. Member States shall carry out ex- ante evaluations of such schemes to calculate their potential benefits for the climate and environment. Member States shall submit such ex-ante evaluations and a description of each eco-scheme considered, including eligibility rules and the potential number of beneficiaries, to the Commission at least 6 months prior to the submission of their CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 2330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment for which the effectiveness of the measures has been proven with objective, evidence based and peer reviewed science, and which lead to achieving coherently and simultaneously all the objectives (d), (e) and (f) and (i) of article 6(1).
Amendment 2353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. When drafting their CAP Strategic Plans Member States should prioritise farming systems which deliver multiple benefits in an effective way for the achievement of objectives (d), (e), (f) and (i) of Article 6.1, such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures, landscape features, and organic farming.
Amendment 2369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Coherence between measures shall be ensured by the Commission. Funding shall not be permitted for practices that are intended to improve the climate at the expense of the environment or of animal welfare;
Amendment 2376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Eco-schemes may be tailored to address specific regional needs for the environment and climate identified in the CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Under this type of interventions, Member States shall only provide payments coveringWhen applying chapter III of title V, the Commission shall ensure when evaluating Member States’ strategic plans that Member States shall only provide payments under this type of interventions that cover commitments which:
Amendment 2393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyondhave a significantly higher positive impact than the minimum requirements for the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, have on the environment, and go significantly beyond minimum requirements for animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 2420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from, or complementary to, commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65.
Amendment 2445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) payments additional to the basic income support as set out in Subsection 2 of this Section, only for the hectares that are concerned by the ecological practice; or
Amendment 2469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Additional payments should be eligible if clustered geographically to achieve larger-scale plans for support of habitat connectivity and the EU’s Green Infrastructure strategy.
Amendment 2473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 3 – subsection 1 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 3 – subsection 1 – title
Coupled income support (this amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 2493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Coupled income support shall take the form of an annual payment per hectare or animal that may be capped by Member States to ensure better distribution of the support.
Amendment 2499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall ensure in line with chapter III of title V that coupled support for livestock shall only be granted to farms that stay within a defined maximum livestock stocking density for a given river basin 1a. _________________ 1a As defined in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy
Amendment 2502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. When a Member State proposes voluntary coupled support in its strategic plan as envisaged in Article 106, the Commission shall ensure that: (a) the aid meets the do no harm principle; (b) there is a clear environmental or social need or benefit, justified with empirical quantifiable and independently verifiable evidence; (c) the support is used to satisfy the Union´s food security needs and does not create distortions of the internal or international markets; (d) the granting of the support coupled income support does not lead to trade outcomes which adversely impact on agro-food sector investment, production and processing development in partner developing countries; (e) voluntary coupled support is not be granted for markets that are in crisis due to overproduction or oversupply; (f) support for livestock production is only be granted for low population densities within limits of the ecological carrying capacities of the river basins concerned according to the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, and is linked to sufficient areas of fodder or grazing to be maintained without external inputs; On the fulfilment of the above conditions, the Commission may approve or, in coordination with that Member State, as described in Articles 115 and 116 of this Regulation, adjust the variables proposed by that Member State.
Amendment 2522 #
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, that go beyond minimum legal standards for animal welfare or environment, or where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons, and their need is justified under the procedure outlined chapter III of title V with empirical quantifiable and independently verifiable evidence: 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 2538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall ensure, in line with chapter III of title V, that coupled support is not granted to sectors in regions experiencing overproduction.
Amendment 2541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Beneficiaries shall only be eligible for coupled payments if their standards of production are higher than the relevant minimum environmental and animal welfare standards in force
Amendment 2550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheeps and goats, Member States may only support animals raised in a grass-fed, pasture- based grazing system and with significantly higher environmental or animal welfare results.
Amendment 2554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission and Member States shall ensure though the procedure outlined in title V of this regulation, that the CAP strategic plans contain provisions to ensure that by the end of the strategic plan programming period, the total livestock stocking density per Member State shall not exceed 0.7 livestock units per hectare.
Amendment 2555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Concentrated animal feeding operations shall not be eligible for coupled support.
Amendment 2556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a Monitoring As part of monitoring policy coherence for development as described in Article 119a (new), Member States and Commission shall monitor the coupled support aid granted. If negative effects are found, the coupled support for the sector in question shall be discontinued or scaled down as appropriate, to meet the above conditions. The Commission shall be empowered to initiate dialogues with developing country partners where the deployment of coupled support is adversely impacting on local agro-food sector development, with a view to taking remedial measures (including within the framework of EU trade policy) to mitigate the adverse effects being experienced. Where necessary, the Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138, supplementing this Regulation with measures to be adopted by Member States when deploying coupled income support, so as to eliminate the adverse effects on agro-food sector development in partner countries.
Amendment 2557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
Amendment 2585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the leguminous crop sector;
Amendment 2598 #
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, (p), (r), (ts) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 2617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 2623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concentration of supply and the placing on the market of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, including through direct marketing and without inhibiting the diversity of products; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a) and (c) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) boosting products' commercial value, diversity and quality, including improving product quality and developing products with a protected designation of origin, with a protected geographical indication or covered by a national quality schemes; those objectives relate to the specific objective set out in point (b) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) integrated production, promoting, developing and implementing methods of production respectful of the environment, environmentally sound cultivation practices and production techniques, sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources, while reducing pesticide and other input dependency;
Amendment 2700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) actions to improve pest crop resilience against pests and decreasilienceng susceptibility to pests; avoiding monocultures and continuous cropping, promoting production systems that boost especially biological and structural diversity;
Amendment 2714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 2720 #
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 agroecology, sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticides andalternatives to pesticides, requirements of the sustainable use of pesticides directive especially the eight principles of integrated pest management, reducing agrochemical dependency, and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 2727 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) training and exchange of best practices in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticidesalternatives to pesticides, requirements of the sustainable use of pesticides directive especially the eight principles of integrated pest management, reducing agrochemical dependency and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Amendment 2746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) harvest insurance that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as an unavoidable consequence of natural disasters, adverseextreme and unexpected climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures;
Amendment 2758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainableagroecological pest control techniques, reduction of the use of pesticides, implementation of integrated pest management and sustainable use of pesticides.
Amendment 2872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2885 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) actions to enhance genetic diversity among bee colonies
Amendment 2888 #
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, including analysis of substances potentially toxic to bees;
Amendment 2903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve the pollination of honeybees and other wild pollinators;
Amendment 2910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) Financing of flowering strips and bee pastures, and other foraging areas for pollinators;
Amendment 2917 #
2. Member States shall substantiate in their CAP Strategic Plans their choice of specific objectives and types of intervention. Within the chosen types of intervention, Member States shall define the interventions. These shall include measures to ensure the reduction of pesticides potentially harmful for bees, and to develop and implement early warning systems between beekeepers and their neighbours to avoid widespread bee losses due to poisoning.
Amendment 2936 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Notwithstanding respect of articles 5 and 6 on overall objectives, Member States shall pursue one or more of the following objectives in the wine sector:
Amendment 2937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall pursue the following objective (a) and one or more of the following objectives (b) to (i) in the wine sector:
Amendment 2938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers includingby contributing to improvement of sustainable and diversified production systems and reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector. This includes the implementation of production methods respectful of the environment, environmentally sound cultivation practices and production techniques, through enhancing the genetic, biological and structural diversity of vineyards, through a sustainable use of natural resources in particular the protection of water, soil and other natural resources while reducing pesticide dependency; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(aa) the quantified reduction of the use of pesticides in vineyards, according to the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive;
Amendment 2947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) improve performance of Union wine enterprises and their adaptation to European market demands, as well as increase their long-term competitiveness as regards the production and marketing of grapevine products, including energy savings, global energy efficiency and sustainable processes; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), to (e), (g) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2951 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to safeguarding Union wine producers' incomes where they incur losses as a consequence of unavoidable natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, diseases or pest infestations, and with any insurance contingent upon the undertaking of risk reduction measures; that objective relates to the objective set out in point (a) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2957 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 2963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) improve competitiveness of Union grapevine products in third countries, in line with Policy Coherence for development; that objective relates to the objectives set out in points (b) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) improve competitivenesssustainability of Union grapevine products in third countries; that objective relates to the objectives set out in points (bd) and (he) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards, including enhancement of the genetic diversity of vineyards, as well as structural and non-crop biological diversity to prevent monocultural landscapes, soil care including vegetative cover and pesticide free weed control, replanting of vineyards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority, but excluding the normal renewal of vineyards consisting of replanting of the same parcel of land with the same grape variety according to the same system of vine cultivation, when vines have to come to the end of their natural life;
Amendment 2989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) harvest insurance against income losses as a consequence of adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, plant diseases or pest infestations; no insurance shall be given unless producers actively undertake measures to minimise these risks;
Amendment 2994 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) information actions concerning Union wines carried out in Member States encouraging responsible consumption of wine or promoting Union quality schemes covering designations of origin and geographical indications;
Amendment 2996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 3034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Union financial assistance for harvest insurance referred to in point (d) of Article 52(1) shall be paid only for producers who undertake measures that actively minimise or eliminate risks (such as soil protection, deepening topsoil, adding structural, biological and genetic diversity in the cultivated landscape), and shall not exceed:
Amendment 3035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point b – point i
(i) unavoidable losses referred to in point (a) and against losses caused by adverse climatic events;
Amendment 3036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii
Article 53 – paragraph 4 – point b – point ii
(ii) unavoidable losses caused by animals, plant diseases or pest infestations.
Amendment 3049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6
Article 53 – paragraph 6
6. The Union financial assistance for information actions and promotion referred to in points (g) and (h) of Article 52(1) shall not exceed 520% of eligible expenditure.
Amendment 3064 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Article 54 – paragraph 4
4. The Member States concerned shall set in their CAP Strategic Plans a minimum percentage20% of expenditure for actions aimed at protection of the environment, adaption to climate change, improving sustainability of production systems and processes, reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector, energy savings and improving global energy efficiency in the wine sector.
Amendment 3068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that the total annual amount received by a single ultimate beneficiary for interventions in the wine sector does not exceed EUR 200 000.
Amendment 3069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Support shall be conditional upon environment and biodiversity requirements that go beyond the minimum standards, with particular focus on maintenance of landscape features and implementing management practices beneficial for biodiversity.
Amendment 3073 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 3074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reduction of environmental impact of and contribution to climate action through olive cultivation, including by enhancing the genetic diversity among olive trees, preventing monocultural landscapes, enhancing soil care including vegetative cover and pesticide free weed control; that objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (ef) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) research and development of sustainable production methods, including pest resiliencesystem approaches to managing pests, alternatives to pesticide use, integrated pest management, maintenance and recovery of biodiversity, agroecosystem resilience to climate change and pests, innovative practices boosting economic competitinclusiveness and bolstering market developments including income diversification; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) Protection and enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services including soil retention.
Amendment 3098 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58 a (new)
Amendment 3099 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 b (new)
Article 58 b (new)
Article 58b THE LEGUMINOUS CROP SECTOR Types of interventions: As regards the objectives referred to in Article 58a Member States choose in to their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of interventions: (a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets; research and experimental production, as well as other actions, including actions for: (i) soil conservation, including the genuine and proven enhancement of soil carbon without systemic reliance on pesticides; (ii) increasing efficiency of water use and management, including water saving; (iii) promoting the use of varieties and management practices adapted to changing climate conditions; (iv) improving management practices to increase pest resilience of crops to pests and decreasing susceptibility to pests; (v) reduction of pesticide use and dependency; (vi) creating and maintaining agricultural habitats favourable to biodiversity, without use of pesticides; (b) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation, also on selection by the farmer of the most appropriate crop rotation; (c) training including coaching and exchange of best practices; (d) organic production and techniques; (e) actions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport and of storage of products;
Amendment 3102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 3106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) planning of production, adjusting production to demand, particularly in terms of quality, diversity and quantity, optimisation of production costs and returns on investments and stabilising producer prices; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concentration of supply and placing on the market of the products concerned, without inhibiting the diversity of products and operators; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a) and (c) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) research and development of sustainable production methods, including pest resiliencethrough system based organic plant and animal breeding, focused on enhancement of genetic diversity, pest and climate resilience, structural and non-crop biological diversity to prevent monocultural landscapes, soil care including vegetative cover and pesticide free weed control , innovative practices and production techniques boosting long term economic competitiveness and bolstering market developments; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Payments for livestock may only be for pasture based grazing within the limits of the landscape and the ecological carrying capacity, and must be in coherence with other policy objectives, in particular the right to development and the right to food.
Amendment 3123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 3134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) soil conservation, including the genuine and proven enhancement of soil carbon sinking, without systemic reliance on pesticides;
Amendment 3143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) reduction of waste through less packaging and ecological packaging;
Amendment 3150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
(viii) improving pest resiliencemanagement practices to increase resilience and decrease susceptibility of crops to pests;
Amendment 3153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ix
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ix
(ix) reducing risks and impactssignificant reduction of pesticide use; and dependency
Amendment 3165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular regarding biodiversity and environment, climate change adaptmitigation and mitigadaptation;
Amendment 3175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 3187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) replanting of orchards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority or to adapt to climate change; topsoil must not be removed in the grubbing up process ;
Amendment 3196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) harvest and production insurance that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as a consequence of unavoidable natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that all beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures.; no insurance shall be given unless producers actively undertake measures to minimise their risks;
Amendment 3251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Member States concerned shall set in their CAP Strategic Plans a minimum 20% of expenditure for actions aimed at the objectives (d) to (f) of Article 6(1), including protection of the environment, adaption to climate change, improving sustainability of production systems and processes, reduction of environmental impact of the sectors, energy savings and improving global energy efficiency in the sector concerned.
Amendment 3276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers, new entrants and rural business start-up; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 3303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – title
Article 65 – title
65 Environmental, climate and other management commitments sustainability commitments Or. en (This change applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 3328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives (d), (e), (f), and (i) set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, decentralised facilities for small scale processing, storage and marketing of regional leguminous crop varieties grown in rotation, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 3352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from, or complementary to, commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 28.
Amendment 3366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries forat least covering costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. They shall also provide a financial incentive to beneficiaries to participate in environmental, climate and other management commitments. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 3390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States mayshall promote and support collective schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 3410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9
Article 65 – paragraph 9
9. Where support under this type of interventions is granted to agri- environment-climate commitments, commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, significant reduction of the use of pesticides, and forest environmental and climate services, Member States shall establish a payment per hectare.
Amendment 3420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 10
Article 65 – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall ensure that persons carrying out operations under this type of interventions have access to the knowledge and information required to implement such operations, including access to expert opinion on the transition to environmentally and climatic friendly methods of agricultural production, including organic farming.
Amendment 3431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant payments from the EAGF for natural or other area-specific constraints under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 3
Article 66 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may only grant payments under this type of interventions in order to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the natural or other area-specific constraints in the area concerned. They shall also provide a financial incentive to beneficiaries to continue farming in these areas.
Amendment 3489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may only grant support to investments in infrastructure on agricultural holdings that simultaneously demonstrate positive effects in terms of the environmental, climate and biodiversity objectives set out in Article 6 of this regulation, on the one hand, and on the business situation of the agricultural holding, on the other.
Amendment 3515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in irrigation which are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, including expansion of irrigation affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan; , or irrigation schemes without water metering, or irrigation schemes that do not implement advanced and effective protection against soil erosion, or do not increase humus levels and topsoil formation; Or. en (See Article 46 of Regulation 1305/2013)
Amendment 3536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles, as developed in the Pan-European Guidelines for Afforestation and Reforestation, in particular afforestation of species-rich meadows.
Amendment 3543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments that may increase already-observed overproduction or market imbalances at the regional, national or European level.
Amendment 3568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) non-productive investments linked to the specific animal welfare objective set out in point (i) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 3612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
69 Installation of young farmers, new entrants and rural business start-up
Amendment 3614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
69 Installation of young farmers and sustainable rural business start-up
Amendment 3622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers, new entrants and rural business start-up under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the installation of new entrants in the first 10 years following the start of operation who fulfil the others conditions included in the definition set out in point (e) of Article 4(1)
Amendment 3658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 100 000 and may be combined with financial instruments. The amount given to new entrants shall correspond to half the amount given to young farmers.
Amendment 3664 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Investments shall only be allocated to young farmers and new entrants whose income and financial assets do not exceed thresholds as set in Article 15.
Amendment 3665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Investments shall only be allocated to sustainable business start-ups that respond to eligibility criteria that ensure that funds benefit those start-ups which have the maximum positive impact on ecological and social goods (biodiversity, environment, climate, water, soil fertility, animal welfare, regional food supply, and job creation). Member States shall, in consultation with stakeholders and civil society, draw up this list of eligibility criteria.
Amendment 3673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant support for risk management tools under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans., funding it with the EAGF
Amendment 3687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk mitigation and management tools, which help genuine farmers avoid, reduce and manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are not foreseen and outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 3713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) financial contributions for risk mitigation such as the protection of landscape features and soils that help reducing risks like drought, floods and fire.
Amendment 3723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the types and coverage of eligible insurance schemes and mutual funds;
Amendment 3733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Support shall not be granted to farmers that have failed to avoid risks through good management as required by GAEC.
Amendment 3741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that support is granted only where risk mitigation or minimisation measures have been undertaken and for covering losses of at least 230% of the average annual production or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry.
Amendment 3754 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Article 70 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 760% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 3847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 3857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 74 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of point (d) of this paragraph, management fees shall be performance based. Where bodies implementing a holding fund and/or specific funds, in accordance with Article 53(3) of Regulation (EU) [CPR], are selected through a direct award of contract, the amount of management cost and fees paid to these bodies that can be declared as eligible expenditure shall be subject to a threshold of [up to 52%] of the total amount of CAP Strategic Plan contributions disbursed to final recipients in loans, equity or quasi-equity investments or set aside as agreed in guarantee contracts.
Amendment 3867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Where support is granted on the basis of additional costs and income foregone in accordance with Articles 65, 66 and 67, Member States shall ensure that the relevant calculations are adequate and accurate and established in advance on the basis of a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method. To this end, a body that is functionally independent from the authorities responsible for the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and possesses the appropriate expertise shall perform the calculations or confirm the adequacy and accuracy of the calculations.
Amendment 3868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 77 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Articles 65, 66, 67 and 69, the support granted under this Chapter may take any of the following forms:
Amendment 3875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) risk management tools as laid down in Article 70
Amendment 3876 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 79 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) payments for areas of natural constraints as laid down under article 66
Amendment 3877 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 79 – paragraph 2
Article 79 – paragraph 2
2. The EAFRD shall finance the types of interventions referred to in Chapter IV of Title III, except article 70.
Amendment 4003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. At least 3 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for farm advisory services referred to in Article 13 and knowledge exchange and information interventions under Article 72.
Amendment 4020 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 350% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4031 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
At least 5% of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex VII shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific food safety and animal welfare-related objective set out in point (i) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 4042 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
A maximum 46% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX may be used to finance the actions of technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States referred to in Article 112.
Amendment 4047 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The EAFRD contribution may be increased to 68% for CAP Strategic plans where the total amount of Union support for rural development is up to EUR 90 million.
Amendment 4049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
A maximum 10% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX may be used to finance tangible investments referred to in Article 68. Investments referred to in Article 68 (4) shall not count towards the 10% maximum.
Amendment 4051 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. At least 30% of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan shall be reserved for complementary redistributive support for first hectares as described in Article 26.
Amendment 4062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. At least 50% of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan shall be reserved for schemes for the climate and the environment as described in Article 28.
Amendment 4066 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. A maximum of 30% of the amounts laid down in Annex VII shall be earmarked for basic income support for viability as referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III. This maximum shall decrease to 0 % until 2027, to allow for funds to be redirected towards more targeted measures.
Amendment 4090 #
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 10% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4097 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The indicative financial allocations for the eco-schemes referred to in Article 28 shall be at least 30% in 2021 and 2022, 40% in 2023 and 2024, 50% in 2025 and 2026 and 60% in 2027.
Amendment 4148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of the information provided by Member States the Commission shall evaluate the contribution of the policy to the climate change objectives using a simple, accurate and common methodology.
Amendment 4151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The contribution to the expenditure target shall be estimated through the application of specific weightings differentiated on the basis whether the support makes a significant or a moderate contribuIndependent scientific studies shall be carried to determine the contribution to GHG emissions reduction or GHG sequestration of the different activities implemented by Member States. Based on these studies, the Commission shall propose a tracking methodology, making sure that: (a) only expenditures allocated to activities that contribute significantly to emission reduction and sequestration, are counted as climate expenditure; (b) the percentage of each expenditure that is considered as climate expenditure is proportional towards climate change objectives. These weighting shall be as follows: the actual positive impact of the activity on GHG emissions or sequestration; (c) the expenditures allocated to activities that have a negative impact on GHG emissions and sequestration are deducted from the total climate expenditure, using a similar methodology.
Amendment 4155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 4161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 4165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 4170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 4196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) up to 1520% of the Member State's allocation for direct payments set out in Annex IV after deduction of the allocations for cotton set in Annex VI for calendar years 2021 to 2026 to the Member State's allocation for EAFRD in financial years 2022 – 2027; or
Amendment 4210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) up to 1530 percentage points provided that Member States use the corresponding increase for EAFRD financed interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 4225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result and impact indicators set out in Annex I.
Amendment 4248 #
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-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 4249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 92 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Payments towards organic conversion and maintenance in CAP Strategic Plans under articles 28 and 65 of this Regulation shall exceed the total payments made before 2021 under Rural Development to organic farmers, calculated as a yearly average using constant prices.
Amendment 4267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall make CAP Strategic Plans and related annexes public, both at the draft stage and after their approval, in order to allow an informed public debate to take place. Member States shall consult partners on the arrangements for the publication of CAP Strategic Plans and related documentation.
Amendment 4283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant bodies representing civil society and where relevantenvironmental partners and other parts of civil society, in particular those whose activities are related to the specific objectives laid out in Article 6 of this proposal, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Amendment 4288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Local Action Groups or other sub- regional development agencies which are capable of deploying funds under the LEADER intervention.
Amendment 4291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall involve those partners on equal footing in the preparation and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans, notably in defining the modalities for the assessment of needs. Member States shall also involve all partners in decisions on the timetable and procedural steps involved in the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plans, ensuring that enough time is set aside for coordination and debate among the diverse actors involved. The organisation and implementation of partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.
Amendment 4296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall establish a contact point for partners to ensure that those ones can have direct access to the Commission.
Amendment 4313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) a description of the structure for delivery of the rural development programme, including devolution of detailed decision-making to Local Action Groups or other sub-regional development agencies which are authorised to deploy funds under the LEADER intervention
Amendment 4318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Annex III on the consultation of the partners and a documentation of comments submitted by partners and whether and how these comments have been taken into account by the managing authority;
Amendment 4336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) analysis of trade-offs and conflicts between objectives and instruments, and how Member States intend to reduce or mitigate them to achieve all CAP objectives of Articles 5 and 6.
Amendment 4340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) a summary of the areas where a knowledge base is missing or is insufficient for the purposes of providing a full description of the current situation as regards the specific objectives laid down in Article 6 of this proposal and for the purposes of monitoring those objectives.
Amendment 4349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) targets for each relevant common and, where relevant, CAP Strategic Plan specific result and impact indicators and related milestones. The value of these targets shall be justified in view of the assessment of needs referred to in Article 96. As regards the specific objectives set out in points (d), (e), and (f) of Article 6(1), targets shall be derived from the elements of explanation given in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article;
Amendment 4371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) an explanation of how the CAP Strategic Plan is meant to contribute to the specific objective on societal demands on food and health set out in point (i) of Article 6(1), and in particular to reaching the objectives and complying with legislative instruments referred to in Annex XIa.
Amendment 4372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) an explanation of how the Strategic Plan will support organic agriculture in order to contribute to matching production to growing demand of organic agriculture, as set out in Article 13a on Organic Agriculture
Amendment 4415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The description of the elements that ensure modernisation of the CAP referred to in point (g) of Article 95(1) shall highlight the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan that support the modernisation of the agricultural sector and the CAP to meet new challenges including transitioning to sustainability, and shall contain in particular:
Amendment 4419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) an overview of how the CAP Strategic Plan will contribute to the cross- cutting general objective related to fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation as far as it is conducive to achieving the SDGs and goals of the Paris climate agreement and encouraging their uptake set out in the second subparagraph of Article 5, notably through:
Amendment 4422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) systematic assurance of how the measures taken shall not lead to increases in dependency, but rather to increase farmer autonomy;
Amendment 4423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
(iia) coherence with achieving the sustainable development goals and international agreements on climate;
Amendment 4424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 102 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a description of the strategy for the development of appropriate digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas and, with due attention to sustainability, scale, necessity and farmer autonomy, for the use of these technologies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions without engendering new input or financial dependencies among farmers.
Amendment 4428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The SWOT analysis shall be based on the current situation of the area covered by the CAP strategic plan and shall comprise, for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) and for the contribution to organic farming as set out in article 13a, a comprehensive overall description of the current situation of the area covered by the CAP Strategic Plan, based on common context indicators and other quantitative and qualitative up-to-date information such as studies, past evaluation reports, sectoral analysis and lessons learned from previous experiences.
Amendment 4437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 3
Article 103 – paragraph 3
3. Annex III to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in point (c) of Article 95(2) shall include the outcomes of the consultation of the partners and a brief description of how the consultation was carried outa full description of the procedures and timetable used for the consultation of partners, the criteria used for the selection of partners and their relevance in terms of the specific objectives set out in Article 6. It shall describe the outcomes of the consultation, including a summary of the observations of partners on the draft CAP Strategic Plan and of how these were taken into account in the final version submitted to the Commission.
Amendment 4438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 3
Article 103 – paragraph 3
3. Annex III to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in point (c) of Article 95(2) shall include the outcomes of the consultation of the partners and a brief description of how the consultation was carried out. It shall also include a documentation of comments submitted by partners and whether and how these comments have been taken into account by the managing authority and its justification thereof.
Amendment 4452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 104 – paragraph 1
Article 104 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending this Chapter as regards the content of the CAP Strategic Plan and its annexes. In doing so the Commission shall ensure that Annexes I to III, XI and XII may only be amended by adding.
Amendment 4473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall also make sure that the combination of Member States targets allow the European Union as a whole to meet its climate commitments and EU targets set out in Article 6a.
Amendment 4493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. All Strategic Plans shall be made open to the public for the period of evaluation for comments and proposed changes.
Amendment 4534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Requests for amendments will be open to the public and go through a similar evaluation procedure as in Article 106.
Amendment 4609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The membership of the Monitoring Committee shall include representatives of the national network of Local Action Groups or other sub- regional development agencies which are deploying funds under the LEADER intervention.
Amendment 4625 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) issues relating to the quality and quantity of data and indicators available for monitoring;
Amendment 4629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) administrative capacity building for public authorities, civil society bodies as set out in Article 94 and beneficiaries, where relevant.
Amendment 4641 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) Indicators and (in situ) monitoring procedures with respect to these.
Amendment 4642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1) and capacity building for staff of national administrations and civil society organisations, as well as for analytical support in tasks linked to evidence-based policymaking under this regulation. The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 4648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including for Local Action Groups and the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 4662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) and support inter-regional and transnational cooperation between Local Action Groups, including such Groups located in EU-candidate, Associate or Neighbourhood countries.
Amendment 4663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) support capacity-building of Local Action Groups and of those staff of Managing Authorities and Paying Agencies which handle the relationship with Local Action Groups;
Amendment 4667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 2
Article 114 – paragraph 2
2. The aim of the EIP shall be to stimulate innovation and improve the exchange of knowledgepread sustainable innovative practices and improve the exchange of knowledge, including between the research and farming sectors and peer-to-peer acquisition of skills, techniques and approaches, in order to achieve sustainable systems.
Amendment 4669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) create added value by better linking research and farming practice and encouraging the wider use of available innovation measures, including agroecological ones;
Amendment 4670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the faster and wider transposition of innovative solutions, including agroecological ones, into practice; and
Amendment 4671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) inform the scientific community about the research needs of farming practiceers.
Amendment 4675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) developing innovative solutions focusing on farmers' or, foresters' or consumers' needs while also tackling the interactions across the supply chain where useful;
Amendment 4678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 114 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The envisaged innovation may be agroecological, based on new but also on traditional practices in a new geographical or environmental context.
Amendment 4704 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) the coherence of measures set out in the plan with the Union´s development policy objectives.
Amendment 4713 #
(e) support a common learning process related to monitoring and evaluation, identifying areas where baseline data is missing or insufficient and for which more relevant and accurate indicators can be developed.
Amendment 4722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 a (new)
Article 119 a (new)
Article 119 a Monitoring Policy Coherence for Development 1. In accordance with Article 208 TFEU, the impact of the CAP on food systems and on long-term food security in developing countries shall be subject to regular and independent assessments. This monitoring shall pay particular attention to the impact of agro-food trade flows between the EU and developing countries on: (i) food production, processing and distribution in LDCs, (ii) local smallholder producers and women farmers, (iii) products deemed as sensitive by developing countries, (iv) products from sectors where CAP coupled payments have been granted and where CAP crisis management measures have been deployed. 2. The assessment shall examine data from the EU market observatories, case studies, reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as evidence provided by partner countries and other relevant stakeholders such as civil society organisations. For this purpose, the sectoral and geographic scope of the EU market observatories shall be expanded to products deemed as sensitive by partner countries and to cover LDCs. The Commission shall define, by means of delegated acts, the scope and the procedure for the assessment. 3. If monitored data indicate a risk of adversely affecting the agro-food production and processing or food security of a developing country, an early warning shall be issued by the European Commission, prompting a consultation between the Union and affected farming communities as well as partner country governments to agree remedial measures. A social safeguard shall be available to affected parties. 4. Should no early warning be issued but adverse effects occur, the affected party may file a complaint. Complaints shall be received by the European Parliament's Standing Rapporteur on Policy Coherence for Development and the complaint shall be handled by Hearing Officers in the European Commission. Evidence may be presented by the affected groups and other interested parties. 5. The Commission shall transmit an annual report to the Council and to the European Parliament on the results of the assessment, the evidence received and the EU’s policy response.
Amendment 4737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1
Article 121 – paragraph 1
1. By 15 February 2023 and 15 February of each subsequent year until and including 2030, the Member States shall submit to the Commission an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year, taking into account its internal and external effects. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the financial years 2021 and 2022. For direct payments as referred to in Chapter II of Title III, the report shall cover only financial year 2022.
Amendment 4753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Annual performance reports shall set out key qualitative and quantitative information the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan by reference to financial data, output and, result and impact indicators and in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 118. They shall also include information about realised outputs and impacts, realised expenditure, realised results and distance to respective targets.
Amendment 4759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
For the types of interventions which are not subject to Article 89 of this Regulation, and where the realised output and the realised expenditure ratio deviates by 5033% from the annual planned output and expenditure ratio, the Member State shall submit a justification for this deviation.
Amendment 4780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 9
Article 121 – paragraph 9
9. Where the reported value of one or more result indicators reveals a gap of more than 215% from the respective milestone for the reporting year concerned, the Commission may ask the Member State to submit an action plan in accordance with Article 39(1) of Regulation (EU) [HzR], describing the intended remedial actions and the expected timeframe.
Amendment 4800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 7 – Chapter II a (new)
Title 7 – Chapter II a (new)
CHAPTER IIa (new) - MID-TERM PERFORMANCE REPORT Article 122 a (new) - Mid-term performance report 1. By the end of 2025 the Member States shall submit to the Commission amid-term performance report, evaluating the overall impact of the Strategic Plan on the achievement of the GAP specific objectives referred to in Article 6covering the period until the end of 2024. 2. The mid-term performance report shall set out key qualitative and quantitative information on the implementation of the Strategic Plan with regards to the achievement of the impact indicators as referred to in Annex I of this regulation. 3. Where the reported value of one or more impact indicator shows no improvement compared to the situation described in the needs assessment as referred to in Article 103(2), the Commission may ask the Member State to submit an action plan in accordance with Article 39(1) of Regulation (EU)[HzR],describing the intended remedial actions and the expected timeframe in order to archive the targets defined for the impact indicators as referred to in Article91(1). 4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules for the presentation of the content of the mid- term performance report. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).
Amendment 4801 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 7 – Chapter 3 – title
Title 7 – Chapter 3 – title
INCENTIVE SYSTEM FOR GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL, CLIMATE AND CLANIMATL WELFARE PERFORMANCE
Amendment 4822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123 – paragraph 1
Article 123 – paragraph 1
1. A performance bonus may be attributed to Member States in the year 2026 to reward satisfactory performance in relation to the environmental, climate and clanimatl welfare targets provided that the Member State concerned has met the condition set out in Article 124(1).
Amendment 4849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 1
Article 124 – paragraph 1
1. Based on the performance review of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and, climate- and animal welfare related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fi) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025.
Amendment 4867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plan to the CAP specific objectives, and for the contribution of organic farming set out in article 13a taking into account national and regional needs and potential for development as well as lessons drawn from implementation of the CAP in previous programming periods;
Amendment 4884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 1
Article 129 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide the Commission with all the necessary information or data enabling it to perform the monitoring and evaluation of the CAP. Expenditure incurred by the paying agencies, as described in Article 35 of the Regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP, shall only be financed by the Union upon the provision by the Member States of such information and data.
Amendment 4886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 2
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. Data needed for the context and impact indicators shall primarily come from established data sources, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network and Eurostat. Where data for these indicators are not available or not complete, the gaps shall be addressed in the context of the European Statistical Program established under Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , the legal framework governing the Farm Accountancy Data Network or through formal agreements with other data providers such as the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. Where data for certain indicators are not complete, the Commission shall propose alternative indicators based on the result of research and pilot projects while also considering EU wide data collections such as the LUCAS survey. _________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programs of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 4890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 3
Article 129 – paragraph 3
3. Existing administrative registers such as the IACS, LPIS, animal and vineyard registers shall be maintained. The IACS and LPIS shall be further developed to better meet the statistical needs of the CAP and kept up to date and accurate, in order to provide assurance of correct spending of EU funds and delivery of results via the new delivery model. The IACS and LPIS shall be further developed to better enable the measuring and monitoring of results and impacts of the CAP as defined in articles 5 and 6, and provide statistical data and information to allow their sound, evidence based evaluation. Data from administrative registers shall be used as much as possible for statistical purposes and to monitor compliance, in cooperation with statistical authorities in Member States and with Eurostat.
Amendment 4894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 – paragraph 1
Article 130 – paragraph 1
Amendment 4912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 2
Article 138 – paragraph 2
2. Corinna The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, 13, 15, 23, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50,78, 81, 104 and 141 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 4943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.2 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.2 a (new)
R.2a Knowledge and advice on the sustainable use of pesticides: Number of independent advisors advising on IPM, low input systems and techniques alternative to chemical inputs
Amendment 4945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
R.3 Digitising agricultureReducing input dependency: Share of farmers benefitting from support to appropriate precision farming technology through CAP that leads to reduced input dependency and resource use
Amendment 4951 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.5 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.5 a (new)
I.5a Global food security and Policy coherence for development: income of small-scale food producers in LDCs; SDG FAO indicators
Amendment 4952 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 a (new)
R.6a Policy coherence for development: food price abnormalities in sectors where CAP support is deployed
Amendment 4953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 b (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 b (new)
R.6b Policy coherence for development: Number of early warnings issued by the EU market observatories per sector where CAP support is deployed; Number of complaints filed by developing country partners to Hearing Officers
Amendment 4954 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 c (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 c (new)
R.6c Maintaining and increasing the number of farmers: Number of CAP beneficiaries
Amendment 4955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 d (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.6 d (new)
R.6d Maintaining and increasing the number of small farmers: Number of CAP beneficiaries per size categories; number of small farmers according to Eurostat definitions
Amendment 4956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.3
Annex I – Output indicators – O.3
O.3 Number of CAP support beneficiaries, and number of ultimate beneficial owners of agricultural holdings
Amendment 4961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.6 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.6 a (new)
I.6a Relocalise, diversify and balance production sectors: share of the regional agricultural area used for each production sector
Amendment 4963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9 a (new)
R.9a Diversification and building of regional markets: share of the regional agricultural area used for each crop or production sector
Amendment 4964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9 b (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9 b (new)
R.9b Development of organic agriculture: share of farmers receiving payments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices
Amendment 4977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.9 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.9 a (new)
I.9a Improving resilience with enhanced agro-biodiversity: Agrobiodiversity Index, measuring varietal diversity within and among crop species
Amendment 4981 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.12
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.12
Amendment 4983 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.12
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.12
I.12 Increase sustainable energy in agricultureoforestry: Production of renewable energy from agriculture and forestry oforestry Or. en Justification
Amendment 4985 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – R.12 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – R.12 a (new)
R.12a Improving resilience with enhanced agro-biodiversity: share of agricultural land under ‘eco-schemes’ using practices and choices beneficial for agro-biodiversity
Amendment 4986 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.13
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.13
I.13 Reducing soil erosion and increase resilience against flooding: Percentage of land in moderate and severe soil erosion on agricultural land
Amendment 4987 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.13 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.13 a (new)
I.13a Building topsoils and increasing water and nutrient retention capacity: Percentage of humus in topsoils
Amendment 4993 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.15
Annex I – Result indicators – R.15
R.15 Green energy from agriculture and Limiting biofuel linked indirect land-use change and global deforestryation: Investments in renewable energy production capacity, including bio- based (MW)
Amendment 5001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18
R.18 Improving soils and increasing their resilience against extreme weather conditions: Share of agricultural land under management commitments beneficial for soil management, as outlined in the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Soil Sustainable Management Practices
Amendment 5003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18 a (new)
R.18a Soil health: Abundance and diversity of soil biota
Amendment 5004 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.19
Annex I – Result indicators – R.19
R.19 Improving air quality: Share of agricultural land under commitments to reduce ammonia emission, in accordance with National Air Pollution Control Programmes, for example National Emissions Ceilings
Amendment 5005 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.20
Annex I – Result indicators – R.20
R.20 Protecting water quality: Share of agricultural land under management commitments for water quality, in accordance with Nitrates Action Programmes and notified through the Programmes of Measures in the River Basin Management Plans
Amendment 5008 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22
R.22 Sustainable water use: Share of irrigated land under commitments to improve water balance, including measures to reduce soil erosion, water metering and to increase soil water retention capacity, in accordance with the Programmes of Measures in the River Basin Management Plans
Amendment 5012 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17
O.17 Number of projects supporting genetic res farmers receiving coupled income for productions involving the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources, including rare animal breeds
Amendment 5013 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 a (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 a (new)
O.17a Number of interventions supporting actions to conserve genetic resources for food and agriculture or actions to enhance genetic diversity in cultivated plants, in the fruits and vegetables sector
Amendment 5014 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 b (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 b (new)
O.17b Number of plant breeding programs focused on high genetic diversity in the fruits and vegetables sector
Amendment 5015 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 c (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 c (new)
O.17c Number of organic plant breeding programmes in the fruits and vegetables sector
Amendment 5016 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 d (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 d (new)
O.17d Number of plant breeding programmes focused on low input agriculture in the fruits and vegetables sector
Amendment 5017 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 e (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 e (new)
O.17e Number of interventions supporting actions to enhance genetic diversity among beehives
Amendment 5018 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 f (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 f (new)
O.17f Number of interventions supporting actions to enhance the genetic diversity of vineyards
Amendment 5019 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 g (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 g (new)
O.17g Number of interventions supporting actions to enhance the diversity of hops
Amendment 5020 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 h (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.17 h (new)
O.17h Number of interventions supporting actions to enhance the genetic diversity of olive trees
Amendment 5021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22 a (new)
R.22a Improve the status of water bodies: share of agricultural land under river basin management plans (Water Framework Directive)
Amendment 5022 #
R.24a Closing nutrient cycles: sale/use of concentrated feed mix
Amendment 5023 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.24 b (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.24 b (new)
R.24b Respecting the ecological carrying capacity of the river basin: livestock density compared to area of fodder and grazing (permanent or temporary grassland on arable land)
Amendment 5024 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.24 c (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.24 c (new)
R.24c Protection of soils through crop rotation: Share of arable land where crop rotations including a leguminous component is applied
Amendment 5028 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20
I.20 Enhance provision of ecosystemnvironmental services: Share of UAA covered with landscape features and ecological infrastructure
Amendment 5030 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.20 a (new)
I.20a Reversing the loss of pollinators: Pollinators Index, including bees and butterflies
Amendment 5037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.26
Annex I – Result indicators – R.26
R.26 Protecting forest ecosystems: Share of forest land under management commitments for supporting landscape, biodiversity and ecosystem services, in accordance with the requirements of the EU biodiversity strategy
Amendment 5039 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27
R.27 Preserving habitats and species: Share of agricultural land under management commitments supporting biodiversity conservation or restoration, in accordance with the requirements of the EU biodiversity strategy
Amendment 5041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
R.27a Preserving habitats and species: favourable conservation status of farmland species and habitats protected under Directives 92/43/EEC, 2009/147/EC and 2000/60/EC
Amendment 5042 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 b (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 b (new)
R.27b Reversing pollinator decline: Pollinator Index, including bees and butterflies
Amendment 5043 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 c (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 c (new)
R.27c Reversing pollinator decline: Areas under productive and non- productive pollinator-friendly land use
Amendment 5044 #
R.27d Boosting on farm biodiversity; share of land in agricultural areas devoted to non-productive features (GAEC 9) which is pesticide free
Amendment 5045 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 e (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 e (new)
R.27e Reducing pesticides dependency: volumes of pesticides sold and used (pesticides statistics)
Amendment 5046 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 f (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 f (new)
Amendment 5047 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.28
Annex I – Result indicators – R.28
R.28 Supporting Natura 2000: area in Natura 2000 sites in good condition under commitments for protection, maintenance and restoration, in accordance with the Prioritised Action Frameworks
Amendment 5048 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.29
Annex I – Result indicators – R.29
R.29 Preserving landscape features and ecological infrastructure: Share of agriculture land under commitments for managing landscape features and green infrastructure, including hedgerows and trees
Amendment 5075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.26 a (new)
I.26a Sustainable use of veterinary products in livestock: Sales and use of veterinary products in food producing animals
Amendment 5077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.36 a (new)
Amendment 5078 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27
I.27 SustainablReduce use of pesticides: Reduce risks and impactsuse and dependency ofn pesticides**
Amendment 5080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 a (new)
Annex I – Impact indicators – I.27 a (new)
I.27a Input reduction: Reduced use of biocides
Amendment 5081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
R.37 SustainablReduce pesticide use: Share of agricultural land concerned by supported specific actions which lead to a sustainable use of pesticides in order to reduce risks and impactsreduce use and dependency ofn pesticides
Amendment 5084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
R.37a Phasing out use of biocides: share of agricultural land concerned by supported specific actions leading to biocide dependency reduction
Amendment 5085 #
R.37b Reduction of the use of agrochemicals: share of agricultural land where no pesticides or biocides are used
Amendment 5104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Main objective of the standard
General safeguard against ploughing and reseeding or conversion to other agricultural uses to preserve carbon stock
Amendment 5113 #
Amendment 5114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 3 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 3 – Main objective of the standard
Maintenance of soil organic matter, reducing air pollution
Amendment 5118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards – indent 2 a (new)
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards – indent 2 a (new)
Articles 4 and 11 as regards use of meters for water abstraction within the limits of the river basin
Amendment 5119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 1 – Main objective of the standard (new)
Annex III – SMR 1 – Main objective of the standard (new)
Reducing water pollution and eutrophication, increasing water quality and achieving good status of water bodies and groundwater
Amendment 5122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 4
Annex III – GAEC 4
Establishment of buffer strips along water courses Protection of river coursewithout use of agrochemicals Protection of river courses, water supplies and aquatic species or ecosystems against pollution, toxicity and run-off
Amendment 5130 #
Use of Farm Sustainability Tools for Nutrients Sustainable management of nutrientsinput reduction, and tools to monitor soil biota and humification Sustainable management of inputs including nutrients and agrochemicals, long term fertility, carbon sinking, water retention
Amendment 5134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Climate and environment – GAEC 5 a (new)
Annex III – Climate and environment – GAEC 5 a (new)
Requirements and standards: Maximum livestock densities within the carrying capacity of the river basin, linked to area of fodder or pasture grazing for ruminants Main objective of the standard Closed loop nutrient cycling, minimising excess nutrient losses and water pollution
Amendment 5135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Main issue – Title 3
Annex III – Main issue – Title 3
Healthy, living Soil (protection and quality, building topsoils)
Amendment 5140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8
Annex III – GAEC 8
Amendment 5181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
- Minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive features or areas without use of agro-chemicals
Amendment 5183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Main objective of the standard
Maintenance of non-productive features and area to improve on-farm biodiversity, including functional biodiversity and beneficial species
Amendment 5186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 4 a (new)
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 4 a (new)
- Measures for preserving and enhancing agro-biodiversity
Amendment 5204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 10 – Main objective of the standard
Annex III – GAEC 10 – Main objective of the standard
Protection of habitats and species, carbon sinking
Amendment 5234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 a (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 a (new)
Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens (OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53): Articles 3 to 6
Amendment 5235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 b (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 b (new)
Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 19) Article 3
Amendment 5236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 c (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 c (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1) Article 3
Amendment 5237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 d (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 d (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1) Articles 3 and 4