105 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. In justified cases, beneficiaries in forestry may also be compensated for the nature values they commit to protect. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) 'permanent crops' shall be non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more, which yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, including those in planters lined with plastic (if the Member State makes provision for this), and short rotation coppice;
Amendment 279 #
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') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, as well as, where Member States so decide, that has not been tilled for five years or more, and that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – point 1
Recital 16 – point 1
As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, 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, particularly through job creation and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. With a view to stabilising and diversifying the rural economy, the development, establishment and retention of non-agricultural enterprises should be supported. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to the compliance by beneficiaries of basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respect those basic standards. Beneficiaries should also be appropriately compensated to deliver these standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistency of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality should form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitious environmental and climate commitments, and should be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should ensure that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are applied in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources. In justified cases, beneficiaries in forestry may also be compensated for the nature values they commit to protect. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover additional costs and income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 808 #
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. IFor holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member States, 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 and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy. including one-off investments in silvicurtular measures;
Amendment 884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; establishment and further development of forestry mergers; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP.
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. In the Member States, regional Strategic Plans are admissible. The Strategic Plan may thus include regionally-based rural development interventions which take account of the administrative structure of the Member States.
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. Taking into account the administrative structure of Member States the Strategic Plan shall, where appropriate, include regionalised rural development interventions.
Amendment 1004 #
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 programming and 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 and sub-plans.
Amendment 1005 #
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 design and 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.
Amendment 1042 #
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. 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 while taking into account external factors beyond the influence of beneficiaries. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment-related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 1044 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and, rural business start-up and business development;
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) types of interventions and common requirements for Member States to pursue these objectives, including ensuring an European level playing field, as well as the related financial arrangements;
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, and where appropriate should do in consultation with regions setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs and in accordance with the EU internal market;
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
(i) a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality or a natural person, as well as collectives of the aforementioned, responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
Amendment 1111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Taking into account the long-term nature of forestry, longer commitment periods and a longer extension period after the initial period may be used for the commitments made to achieve or maintain defined environmental benefits in forests.
Amendment 1151 #
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. In this connection, landscape features may be deemed to form 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 1160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) 'arable land' shall be land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow, and include areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/199928, with Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/200529, with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or with Article 65 of this Regulation;. Where the Member State so decides, arable land may include all areas lying fallow which are covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage that were agricultural areas but not permanent grassland at the time of being laid fallow. _________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80). 29 Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) 'permanent crops' shall be non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more, which yield repeated harvests, including nurseries and – where the Member State so provides – crops planted in containers placed on foil, as well as short rotation coppice;
Amendment 1172 #
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') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; as well as – where Member States so decide – land that has not been ploughed up for five years or more. It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees where this is justified in order to achieve the objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). A change in herbaceous forage shall, where Member States so decide, also constitute crop rotation if the new sowing consists of a different mix of species compared to the previous cover.
Amendment 1177 #
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') shall be land not inpermanently excluded infrom the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; This shall be without prejudice to arable land which was or is being temporarily farmed as grassland, but is registered as arable land in the land register.
Amendment 1178 #
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') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, as well as, where Member States so decide, that has not been tilled for five years or more, and that is used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;
Amendment 1203 #
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 seconthird year.
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- Furthermore, in the case of a topographical block designated as an 'eligible hectare', a tolerance limit of 2 % of the total topographical block, but not exceeding 0.2 ha, shall be set for reciprocal overuse, whether through the cultivation of fruit and/or use by several farmers. Any overuse below this limit shall neither be sanctioned nor pursued.
Amendment 1211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2 b (new)
‘Eligible hectares’ shall comprise at least 0.2 ha and shall be communicated by Member States in the format X.xx.
Amendment 1235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Member States shall be free to define the concept of 'genuine farmer'. In this case, the concept of 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shallmay be defined, where the Member States so decides, 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. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) Member States may include other definitions in the CAP Strategic Plans that are considered necessary for the implementation of this regulation.
Amendment 1308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security, independent, diversified and competitive agricultural sector;
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care and climate action and to contribute to the environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union and to ensure future food security;
Amendment 1327 #
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, including through the creation and maintenance of jobs.
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of enhancing competitiveness by modernising the sector bythrough fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food securitybusiness development;
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, innovation, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 1397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy to ensure food security for the future;
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of biodiversity, improve animal health and welfare, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers, ensure gender equality and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 1464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) support business start-ups and business development for small non- agricultural businesses to reinforce and diversify the rural economy;
Amendment 1466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) increase the vitality of rural areas as places to live and pursue an economic activity, and create equivalent living conditions, including by providing public services and sustainable infrastructure.
Amendment 1483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.
Amendment 1497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States and the European Commission shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support, taking into account evaluations of farmers' organizations.
Amendment 1529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall, three years after the start of the period referred to in Article 1, paragraph 2, conduct a midterm review of the indicators referred to in paragraph 1 in order to assess the result- based elements of interventions under this regulation. The review shall be presented in a report and transmitted to the Council and European parliament.
Amendment 1619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Areas on which forest environment measures are undertaken pursuant to Article 65 shall be excluded from the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 1675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool.
Amendment 1713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall establish a system for advising beneficiaries on land management and farm management ('farm advisory system'). That farm advisory system shall be operated by designated public bodies and/or selected private bodies.
Amendment 1739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Specific requirements relating to the farm advisory system: (a) Member States shall ensure by means of appropriate public procedure that advisors working within the farm advisory system are suitably qualified and regularly trained. (b) Member States shall ensure the separation between advice and checks. In that respect, and without prejudice to national law concerning public access to documents, Member States shall ensure that the selected and designated bodies do not disclose any personal or individual information or data they obtain in the course of their advisory activity to persons other than the beneficiary who is managing the holding concerned, with the exception of any irregularity or infringement found in the course of their activity which is covered by an obligation laid down in Union or national law to inform a public authority, in particular in the case of criminal offences. The national authority concerned shall provide, primarily by electronic means, the potential beneficiary with an appropriate list of selected and designated bodies.
Amendment 1836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceas further specified ing EUR 60 000 as follow their CAP Strategic Plans:
Amendment 1843 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:
Amendment 1857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1932 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Before applying paragraph 1, Member States shallmay subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year:
Amendment 1942 #
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
Amendment 1955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) c) the costs of contracting linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer
Amendment 1965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 2002 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2007 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Member States are required to apply at least one measure pursuant to article 15 (1) (a), (b), (c) or article 15 (1) (d) or pursuant to article 26 of this Regulation
Amendment 2072 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Where Member States having applied the basic payment scheme as laid down in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 decide not to grant the basic income support based on payment entitlements, the payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall expire on 31 December 2020. Member States which have already completed the internal alignment of payment entitlements may decide to waive the payment entitlements earlier.
Amendment 2100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. No payment entitlement may be worth less than 75% of the average value of payment entitlements within a Member State.
Amendment 2229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. An amount corresponding to that fixed in Article 86(2)(a) should be allocated for redistribution in order to achieve the objective of strengthening small and medium-sized holdings.
Amendment 2322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers or groups of farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 2324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay support under this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 2341 #
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. Farmers may choose one or more practices they wish to undertake from the list.
Amendment 2366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific animal welfare-, environmental- and climate- related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 2448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) payments compensating beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65in accordance with Article 65, paragraph 5. 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. Member States shall increase the compensation with an additional bonus for deliverance of public goods, based on non-discriminatory criteria and the indicators set up under this Regulation, in order to offer an effective incentive for participation.
Amendment 2475 #
1. Member States may grant coupled income support to genuine farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. If they decide to grant coupled income support, they must ensure that this does not result in distortions of competition in the Internal Market.
Amendment 2986 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) tangible and intangible investments in processing facilities and winery infrastructure, winegrowing in steep and terraced areas as well as marketing structures and tools;
Amendment 3070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall define in its CAP Strategic Plan one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 60 to pursue the objectives chosen as laid down in paragraph 1. Within the chosen types of intervention they shall define interventions. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall substantiate in its CAP Strategic Plan the choice of objectives, types of intervention and interventions to meet those objectives, but is not obliged to complete the ex-ante evaluation report or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report referred to in Article 103(1), nor is it obliged to complete the SWOT analysis referred to in 103(2).
Amendment 3072 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The interventions defined by the Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall only be implemented by Producer Organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 3268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments; including measures to diversify the rural economy, support investments in non-agricultural activities and to improve site conditions for small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 3270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and both agricultural and non-agricultural rural business start-up;
Amendment 3273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and, rural business start-up and business development;
Amendment 3275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development;
Amendment 3308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for environmental, climate, animal health and welfare and other management commitments under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and groups of farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs or provide a contribution towards income support. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments, excluding one-off payments, shall be granted annually per hectare of area.
Amendment 3388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support collective schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers or groups of farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 3401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8
Article 65 – paragraph 8
8. Commitments shall be undertaken for a period of five to seven years. However, where necessary in order to achieve or maintain certain environmental benefits sought, Member States may determine a longer period in the CAP Strategic Plan for particular types of commitments, including by means of providing for their annual extension after the termination of the initial period. In exceptional and duly justifiedrelevant cases, and for new commitments directly following the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States may determine a shorter period in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Taking into account the long term nature of forestry and slow development of forest habitats, longer commitment periods and longer extension period after initial period may be used for the commitments made to achieve or maintain defined environmental benefits in forests.
Amendment 3584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) investments in the restoration of agricultural or forestry potential following natural disasters or catastrophic events and investments in appropriate preventive actions in forests and in the rural environment and investments in maintenance of the health of forests.
Amendment 3611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
69 Installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development
Amendment 3619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-up and development activities 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 3640 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the start-up and development of rural business activities linked to agriculture and forestry, forestry, bioeconomy and circular economy, tourism and other sectors in rural areas or farm household income diversification;
Amendment 3679 #
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.
Amendment 3691 #
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 management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3897 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 3
Article 82 – paragraph 3
3. The Union financial assistance for types of intervention in the hops sector allocated to Germany shall be EUR 2 188277 000 per year.
Amendment 4037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At least 15% of the allocations for direct payments referred to in Annex VII shall be used to fund the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability.
Amendment 4134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Payments from first pillar, including coupled support, shall be limited per hectare and beneficiary to the equivalent of twice the average of EU direct payments per hectare;
Amendment 4396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones. In Member States with fully or partially regionalised strategic plans referred to in Article 93, subparagraph two, the targets can be broken down either fully or partially by region.
Amendment 4560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110
Article 110
Amendment 4592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111
Article 111
Amendment 4808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Article 123
Amendment 4835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124
Article 124
Attribution of the performance bonus 1. 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-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).rticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt
Amendment 5151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
No bare soil in most sensitive period(s), except for harvest preparation periodswhere appropriate
Amendment 5208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 7
Annex III – SMR 7
Amendment 5211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 8
Annex III – SMR 8
Amendment 5214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 9
Annex III – SMR 9
Amendment 5218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 10
Annex III – SMR 10
Amendment 5221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 11
Annex III – SMR 11