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Activities of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2018/0217(COD)

Reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
2019/05/15
Committee: AGRI
Dossiers: 2018/0217(COD)
Documents: PDF(599 KB) DOC(277 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Ulrike MÜLLER', 'mepid': 124862}]

Amendments (10)

Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Paying agencies and coordinating bodies
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – indent 1 (new)
- The accreditation of paying agencies accredited for period 2014-2020 shall be carried over to the programming period 2021-2027 provided that new system operations and procedures implemented by the paying agency will be subject of an examination of the accreditation criteria to be adopted by the Commission in accordance with point(a) of Article 10 (1).
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) a management declaration as provided for in Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation, as to: the fact that the information is properly presented, complete and accurate, as provided for in point (a) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation,
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) the fact that the information is properly presented, complete and accurate, as provided for in point (a) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation,deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the proper functioning of the governance systems put in place, which give the necessary guarantees concerning the outputs reported in the annual performance report, as provided for in points (b) and (c) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation,deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) an analysis of the nature and extent of errors and weaknesses identified in systems by audit and controls, as well as corrective action taken or planned, as provided for in point (b) of Article 63(5) of the Financial Regulation.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Where more than one paying agency is accredited, Member States shall appoint a public coordinating body, to which it shall assign the following tasks: (a) to collect the information to be provided to the Commission and to send that information to the Commission; (b) to furnish the annual performance report referred to in Article 52(1); (c) to take or coordinate actions with a view to resolving any deficiencies of a common nature and to keep the Commission informed of any follow-up; (d) to promote and ensure harmonised application of Union rules. As regards the processing of the financial information referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, the coordinating body shall be subject to specific accreditation by the Member States. The annual performance report provided by the coordinating body shall be covered by the scope of the opinion referred to in Article 11(1) and its transmission shall be accompanied by a management declaration covering the entirety of that report.deleted
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Coordinating bodies Where more than one paying agency is accredited, Member States shall appoint a public coordinating body, to which it shall assign the following tasks: (a) to collect the information to be provided to the Commission and to send that information to the Commission; (b) to furnish the annual performance clearance report referred to in Article 52(1); (c) to take or coordinate actions with a view to resolving any deficiencies of a common nature and to keep the Commission informed of any follow-up; by means of an action plan as referred in Article 39(1) and, or Article 40(1). (d) to promote and ensure harmonised application of Union rules. (e) For the purposes of Article 63(5) and (6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/… [the new Financial Regulation] ('the Financial Regulation'), by 15 February of the year following the financial year concerned, draw up and provide the Commission with the following information complementing the management declaration as referred to in article 8 with the following : (i) the proper functioning of the governance systems put in place, which give the necessary guarantees concerning the outputs reported in the annual performance report, as provided for in points (b) and (c) of Article 63(6) of the Financial Regulation, (ii) an analysis of the nature and extent of errors and weaknesses identified in systems by audit and controls, as well as corrective action taken or planned, as provided for in point (b) of Article 63(5) of the Financial Regulation. For Member States who do not have a coordinating body the tasks outlined in this article shall be assigned to the competent authority. As regards the processing of the financial information referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph, the coordinating body shall be subject to specific accreditation by the Member States. The annual performance clearance report provided by the coordinating body shall be covered by the scope of the opinion referred to in Article 11(1) and its transmission shall be accompanied by a management declaration covering the entirety of that report. Or. en (Strategic Plan Regulation, Article 110 - COM(2018)0392)
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 2 – chapter 2 a (new)
CHAPTER II a Farm Advisory Service 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. 1.Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services'). 2.The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS). 3.Member States shall ensure that the farm advice given is impartial and that advisors have no conflict of interest. 4.The farm advisory services shall cover at least the following: (a) all requirements, conditions and management commitments applying to farmers and other beneficiaries set in the CAP Strategic Plan, including requirements and standards under conditionality and conditions for support schemes as well as information on financial instruments and business plans established under the CAP Strategic Plan; (b) the requirements as defined by Member States for implementing Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2009/147/EC, Directive2008/50/EC, Directive (EU) 2016/2284, Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, Regulation(EU) 2016/429, Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Directive 2009/128/EC; (c) farm practices preventing the development of antimicrobial resistance as set out in the Communication "A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance"1b; (d) risk management as referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) …/…[CAP Strategic Plan Regulation]; (e) innovation support in particular for preparing and for implementing Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114; (f) development and facilitation of access to digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas as referred to in Article102. 4 a. new 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
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budget commitment for rural development interventions in a CAP Strategic Plan that has not been used for the purposes of prefinancing or for making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 30(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure effected by 31 December of the seconthird year following that of the budget commitment.
2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI