163 Amendments of Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisationresilience, improvements to farm gate prices and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The CAP reforms should take into account that the concentration, intensification and constant increase in productivity and export production have had the opposite effect to what was expected: the loss of farmers, the abandonment of villages, increases in insufficient incomes, ageing of the farming population and lack of renewal, more debt, environmental problems, etc. Therefore, we should carry out a comprehensive reform of the Common Agricultural Policy which ensures that the production of food in the European Union is in the hands of small and medium-sized farming businesses and that proper commitments are made with regard to the environment and tackling climate change.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Gender equality is a core objective of the EU and its Member States; therefore, gender equality should be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy.
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to retain the essential Union-wide elements to ensure comparability between Member State decisions, without however limiting Member States in reaching Union objectives, a framework definition for ‘agricultural area’ should be set out. The related framework definitions for ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ should be set out in a broad way to allow Member States to further specify definitions according to their local conditions. The framework definition for ‘arable land’ should be laid down in a way that allows Member States to cover different production forms, including system such as agroforestry and arable areas with shrubs and trees and that requires the inclusion of fallow land areas in order to ensure the decoupled nature of the interventions. The framework definition of ‘permanent crops’ should include both areas actually used for production and not, as well as nurseries and short rotation coppice to be defined by Member States. The framework definition of ‘permanent grassland’ should be set in a way that allows Member States to specify further criteria and allows them to include species other than grasses or other herbaceous forage, together with shrub and tree resources such as acorns and chestnuts, that can be grazed or that may produce animal feed, whether used for actual production or not.
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure legal certainty that support is paid for an agricultural area which is at the farmer's disposal and where an agricultural activity is exercised, a framework definition for ‘eligible hectare’ with the essential elements should be set out. In particular, in order to avoid double claims, Member States should set the conditions to determine whether the land is at the farmer’s disposal. Considering the likelihood of occasional and temporary use of agricultural land for an activity which is not strictly agricultural, and given the potential of certain non- agricultural activities to contribute to the income diversification of agricultural holdings, Member States should set appropriate conditions to include areas also used for non-agricultural activities as eligible hectares.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performrelevance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputsworking time on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernisedmore resilient and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestrysilvopastoral systems and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge. Technological development based on the digitalisation and robotisation of holdings that involve large investments and the loss of control over holdings could cause more holdings to disappear and the desertification of rural communities.
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smartustainable and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market rewensure that farmers have reasonable living standards.
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In the context of greater market- orientation of the CAP, as outlined by the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, market exposure, climate change and associated frequency and severity of extreme weather events, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary crises, may lead to risks of price volatility and increasing pressures on incomes. Thus, although farmers are ultimately responsible for designing their on-farm strategies, a robust framework should be set up to ensure appropriate risk management. To this aim, Member States and farmers may be able to draw on a Union-level platform on risk management for capacity-building in order to provide farmers with adequate financial instruments for investments and access to working capital, training, knowledge transfer and advice robust framework should be set up to regulate the markets and ensure appropriate climate and health risk management.
Amendment 596 #
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. 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 strategiecomplement the economy and job potential for rural areas. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals.
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set farm public 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 sustainablcutting back on the use of pesticides, agro-ecological practices 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 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the amounts of direct payments above a certain ceiling should be reduced and the product should either be used for decoupled direct payments and in priority for the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, or be transferred to the EAFRD. In order to avoid negative effects on employment, labourthe number of staff employed on the farm should be taken into account when applying the mechanism, but limits should be set and the labour calculation method should not render the reduction system useless.
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) When providing decoupled direct support based on the system of payment entitlements, Member States should continue to manage a national reserve or reserves per group of territories. Such reserves should be used, as a matter of priority, for young farmers and farmers commencing their agricultural activity. Rules on the use and transfers of payment entitlements are also necessary in order to guarantee a smooth functioning of the system. It is essential to introduce a ban on a market for payment entitlements.
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Whereas the European Parliament resolution of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector stresses that populations of honeybees and wild pollinators are in decline and in some regions ,populations have more than halved, which has severe repercussions for agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystems; it also states that the European apiculture sector, made up of 620 000 beekeepers, suffers from a particularly serious demographic and ageing problem. In this resolution, Parliament calls on the Commission to ensure the prominence of beekeeping in future agricultural policy proposals, particularly support and simplification, research and innovation, and beekeeping education programmes, stressing that apiculture needs financing and intensive support under the Common Agricultural Policy.
Amendment 785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 b (new)
Recital 35 b (new)
(35b) Therefore, a new aid scheme for beekeepers must be established with a view to ensuring that the egological role that bees play as pollinators is properly acknowledged. The different approaches should be taken into account of beekeeping by amateurs, who maintain ecosystem services, and professional and intensive beekeeping, which, without rigorous supervision, gives rise to risky practices involving wild pollinators and health problems with regard to the restocking of hives. Separate and adequate financing for the two types of beekeeping in the EU should be considered strategically important in the EU, giving priority to amateur farming as it is in a better position to meet the specific objectives of the post-2020 CAP: it provides work and integration opportunities for young people in rural areas and intangible benefits for bee health and their recovery to levels on a par with wild pollinators and, consequently, for farming, production and the security of food, biodiversity, environmental sustainability and ecosystems.
Amendment 812 #
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 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 832 #
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,productive and non-productive investments designed to improve resilience and diversification 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 agro-forestry, including access to farm land forest land small and medium-sized farmers, always preventing land grabbing, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. 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. Those investments should have a per-farm limit to prevent very large amounts being concentrated at small farms.
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
Amendment 871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In the light of the need to ensure appropriate climate and health risk management tools, insurance premia and mutual funds should be maintained, financed by the EAFRD. 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 968 #
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 Statea Member State's Strategic Plans should be coordinated internally.
Amendment 1076 #
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 their respective regions in line with their constitutional order, setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;
Amendment 1130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall providand their regions shall use in their CAP Strategic Plan the following definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'agricultural activity' shall be defined in a way that it includes both the production of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the TFEU, including cotton and short rotation coppice, and m and cotton. Maintenance of the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation, without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries, may be considered an agricultural activity for a given year, provided that it forms part of a collection of agricultural activities that lead to effective production;
Amendment 1166 #
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 short rotation coppice;
Amendment 1176 #
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 grasslandpasture') 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 (holm oaks, chestnuts), or constitute the only vegetation. All woody areas used by animals, with no exceptions, including resources derived from woody species consumed by animals, should be included;
Amendment 1205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 1218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not 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 registereffective participation in farm work, part of the income from agricultural production, company object and/or inclusion in registers; the owners of industrial farms, as defined by the Member State, or farms with the legal status of limited companies shall be considered industrial and not real farmers. Therefore, for farmers to be considered genuine, they must meet the following requirements: residency in the place where the activity is carried out; genuine farmers whose principal activity is farming: at least 50% of their income must come from farming and at least 50% of their time spent on farming activities; genuine farmers who carry out other activities: at least 25% of their income must come from farming and at least 25% of their time spent on farming activities.
Amendment 1278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii a (new)
(iiia) The Member States shall include new farmers who meet the young farmer definition requirements, excluding the age requirement.
Amendment 1306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smartn agroecology-based, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security and sovereignty;
Amendment 1311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to obtain farm gate prices that cover production costs and cover wages,
Amendment 1330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by thewo cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector byactions i) the fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas at the service of the people, and encouraging their uptake; ii) the recognition of women's rights in general and specifically the rights of women who work on family farms.
Amendment 1360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) keep food production in the hands of small and medium-sized farmers;
Amendment 1365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, includingprioritising orientation towards local community, national and European markets and increasing the viability of farms, with a greater focus on research, and technology and digitalisation;, including social, economic and environmental innovation based on long-termist and sustainable farming.
Amendment 1384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chain through collective negotiation and by setting minimum prices;
Amendment 1400 #
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 global warming;
Amendment 1412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air;
Amendment 1463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable agroforestry;
Amendment 1547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States and regions acting as managing authorities shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions based on the types of interventions set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with the common requirements set out in this Chapter.
Amendment 1554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States and regions acting as managing authorities shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.
Amendment 1609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Rights of agricultural workers and farmers
Amendment 1680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may support the Member States with the design of that Tool and with d. Data storage and, processing and protection services requirements shall be such as to ensure that the farmer retains control over the management of nutrients.
Amendment 1689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a voluntary and public system providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services').
Amendment 1721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up -to -date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS). Member States shall also support national, cross-border and European farmer-to-farmer knowledge-sharing programmes.
Amendment 1748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 1772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) support for sustainable agricultural practices such as agro- ecological practices.
Amendment 1791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall organise access to farm advisory services in order to: 1.guarantee priority access to an advisory and support service for new farmers; 2. limit access for large holdings.
Amendment 1798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Article 14
Amendment 1824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Types of interventions in the form of direct payments The types of interventions under this Chapter shall be the following: 1.- Basic income support. Payment to genuine farmers whose principal activity is farming: the poverty threshold or universal basic income as considered by each Member State. For genuine pluri- active farmers, ⅓ of the payment to genuine farmers whose principal activity is farming. Under this basic income support, Member States shall establish a lump-sum payment to small farmers of EUR 12 000 per farm. 2.- Payments according to activity: (a) complementary support per Ha and product. Member States shall establish different tranches of support per hectare depending on the product in question and the average number of hectares in the State or region given over to that product. (b) support for high mountain regions (c) the complementary income support for young and new farmers. Member States shall set a minimum of EUR 7 500.
Amendment 1835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall 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 followset a ceiling of EUR 60 000 in direct payments to a given holding, with the following tranches:
Amendment 1863 #
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 60 000 and EUR 75 000a maximum of EUR 60 000 for holdings located in high mountain areas;
Amendment 1877 #
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 75 000 and EUR 90 000a maximum of EUR 40 000 for holdings located in mountain areas and with specific constraints;
Amendment 1895 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by at least 75 % for the tranche betweena maximum of EUR 930 000 and EUR 100 000for holdings located in other areas;
Amendment 1896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1923 #
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 shall subtract from the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year: a maximum of 50 % of the salaries linked to an agricultural activity declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment.
Amendment 1935 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1980 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct paymentssupport.
Amendment 1991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. The reductions referred to in paragraph 6 shall be based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Without prejudice to the minimum set in accordance with paragraph 5, such criteria may include the fixing of a maximum decrease that may not be lower than 30%.
Amendment 2147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Except in the case of transfer by actual or anticipated inheritance, payment entitlements shall be transferred only to a genuine farmer and shall remain tied to the land.
Amendment 2161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Member States mayshall grant payments to small farmers as defined by Member States by way of a round sum, set at a level appropriate to making these farms feasible in the long term, which replacinges direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter. The sum shall not under any circumstances be less than the poverty threshold or the universal basic income in the Member State. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers.
Amendment 2186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. This support shall represent at least 30 % of their national allocation under the first pillar.
Amendment 2216 #
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. Member States shall fix the size in hectares above which farms shall not be entitled to this redistributive support.
Amendment 2225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
Complementary income support for young and new farmers
Amendment 2243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall provide for complementary income support for young farmers under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2254 #
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.
Amendment 2271 #
3. The complementary income support for young farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectaregenuine farmer, with a round sum amount set out in each Member State’s Strategic Plan.
Amendment 2397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for reducing the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 2419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) are different from or at a different level to commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65.
Amendment 2426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Amendment 2446 #
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 for hectares given over to an eco-scheme; or
Amendment 2453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) payments compensremunerating beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65.
Amendment 2462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8
Article 28 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant coupled incomeproduction support to genuine farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Coupled incomeproduction support shall take the form of an annual payment per hectare or animal with a cap set by the Member States.
Amendment 2517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, except for crops intended as agrofuels, 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 materialswine, chestnuts and honey.
Amendment 2744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
Amendment 2871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
The Member States shall pursuimplement two sets of measures to achieve at least one of the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) in the apiculture sector: (a) non-professional apiculture: less than 150 hives, ensuring and providing environmental benefits; (b) professional apiculture: between 150 and 500 hives, intended to keep the apicultural sector operating on a productive scale and keep the market supplied with honey products.
Amendment 2874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – title
Article 49 – title
Types of intervention in the apiculture sector and the Union financial assistance for professional apiculture
Amendment 2875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans for each specific objective set out in Article 6(1) one or more of the following types of interventions in the professional apiculture sector:
Amendment 2966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) contribute to ensuring that in the areas of the European Union where vines are a crop employing many individuals, both full-time and part-time, with very small areas of land used for growing, they do not disappear because of a failure to include them in the common agricultural policy. In many cases, the countryside and economic activity is maintained thanks to these very small-scale farmers. For these individuals, these operational programmes are of no use if they are not tailored to their characteristics.
Amendment 2972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards, including 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. Member States shall tailor the restructuring and conversion of vineyards programmes to very small farms, putting value on the use of labour to carry out the work;
Amendment 2982 #
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, as well as marketing structures and tools. In order to encourage very small wineries, which require investment that is comparatively very low, Member States may not lay down minimum investment amounts lower than EUR 1 000;
Amendment 2988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 3033 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4
Article 53 – paragraph 4
Amendment 3100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Article 59
Amendment 3130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Article 60 – paragraph 1
Amendment 3202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61
Article 61
Amendment 3232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62
Article 62
Amendment 3240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63
Article 63
Amendment 3262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(aa) organic farming
Amendment 3269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) investments in farm resilience and diversification;
Amendment 3271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) installation of young farmers, new farmers, women farmers and rural business start-up;
Amendment 3285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point f
f) climate and sanitary risk management tools
Amendment 3464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. These payments may be granted to farmers, and forest holders and other land managers, excluding intensive forestry production species and exotic species, in respect of areas with disadvantages referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 3491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 3502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) purchase of animals, annual plants and their planting other than for the purpose of restoring agricultural or forestry potential following natural disaster and catastrophic events, excluding exotic species, pines, eucalyptuses and other fast-growing species;
Amendment 3509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point e
e) interest rate on debt, except in relation to grants given in the form of an interest rate subsidy or guarantee fee subsidy;
Amendment 3532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
g) investments in large infrastructures not being part of local development strategies;
Amendment 3547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 3555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 750 % of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3560 #
a) afforestation and non-productive investments linked to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1), excluding exotic species, pines, eucalyptuses and other fast- growing species;
Amendment 3582 #
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, excluding exotic species, pines, eucalyptuses and other fast- growing species.
Amendment 3592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) investments made by young people or new farmers which are necessary for starting activity,
Amendment 3605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) Member States shall set a maximum amount of support per project and per year to avoid the concentration of resources on certain projects.
Amendment 3613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
Installation of young farmers, new farmers and rural business start-up
Amendment 3620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant support for the installation of young farmers, new farmers, women farmers 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 3632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the installation of young farmers and new farmers who fulfil the conditions included in the definition set out in point (e) of Article 4(1);
Amendment 3637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the installation of women farmers;
Amendment 3642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 3650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the entry of young farmers, new farmers and women farmers into local markets through direct sales, local public procurement and local tendering processes, with a view to achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3657 #
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. A significant proportion of the support shall be paid before start-up and after a project has been submitted. The remainder shall be paid out gradually over a five-year period.
Amendment 3696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3
Article 70 – paragraph 3
Amendment 3717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4
Article 70 – paragraph 4
Amendment 3734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Amendment 3753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Amendment 3759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 7
Article 70 – paragraph 7
Amendment 3846 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 3860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75
Article 75
Amendment 3930 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) 7085% of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
Amendment 3943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) 7085% of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions;
Amendment 3956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) 675% of the eligible expenditure for payments under Article 66;
Amendment 3966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) 453% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
Amendment 3972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the maximum EAFRD contribution rate shall be 90 % for agro- environmental measures, organic farming, Natura 2000, some cooperation measures, installation of young and new farmers and LEADER:
Amendment 3974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 3985 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 4000 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 53 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR].
Amendment 4068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled incomeproduction support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 103% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from the first sub- paragraph, Member States that in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 used for the purpose of voluntary coupled support more than 13% of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II to that Regulation, may decide to use for the purpose of coupled income support more than 103% of the amount set out in Annex VII. The resulting percentage shall not exceed the percentage approved by the Commission for voluntary coupled support in respect of claim year 2018.
Amendment 4120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 2%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 103% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 7
Article 86 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plan to use a certain share of the EAFRD allocation to leverage support and upscale integrated Strategic Nature Projects as defined under the [LIFE Regulation] and to finance actions in respect of transnational learning mobility of people in the field agricultural and rural development with a focus on young farmers, in accordance with the [Erasmus Regulation].
Amendment 4194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 4205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 2
Article 90 – paragraph 2
Amendment 4213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 3
Article 90 – paragraph 3
Amendment 4221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 91 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Since it is common for different farming systems and environments to exist side-by- side in Member States, there is a need for policy defragmentation on a regional scale and for Member State regions to draw up their own strategic plans.
Amendment 4245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and the regions 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 4252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Amendment 4266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1
Article 94 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and the regions shall draw up the CAP Strategic Plans based on transparent procedures, in accordance with their institutional and legal framework.
Amendment 4417 #
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)the transition to an agro-ecological approach by the CAP shall highlight the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan that support the modernisation oftransition to an agro- ecological approach by the agricultural sector and the CAP and shall contain in particular:
Amendment 4420 #
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 digitalisationtechnical and social innovation and technical knowledge in the field of agriculture and encouraging their uptake set out in the second subparagraph of Article 5, notably through:
Amendment 4425 #
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 digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas and for the conditions of use of these technologies to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions.
Amendment 4596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall set up a committee to monitor implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan ('Monitoring Committee') before the submission of the CAP Strategic Plan. The Member State may set up regional committees if it decides to apply the Strategic Plan regionally.
Amendment 4937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU cross-cutting objective: Modernisation
Annex I – EU cross-cutting objective: Modernisation
Fostering knowledge, innovation and digitalis and innovation in agriculture and rural areas and encouraging their uptake
Amendment 4940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
R.1 Enhancing performance through knowledge and innovation: Share of farmers receiving support for advice, training, knowledge exchange, or participation in operational groups to enhance economic, environmental, climate and resource efficiencsustainability performance.
Amendment 4947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
R.3 DigitModernising agriculture: Share of farmers benefitting from support to precision farming technologywith the environmental and climate transition through CAP
Amendment 4948 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU cross-cutting objective (new) – Women’s rights (new)
Annex I – EU cross-cutting objective (new) – Women’s rights (new)
EU cross-cutting objective: Women's Rights Indicator: R.3a Establish separate data for women across every possible indicator (result and output indicators) Result indicators: Analyse the access women have to farm ownership and support Broad type of intervention: CAP support Output indicators: O.2a Evolution of farm ownership
Amendment 4966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – I.6
Annex I – Result indicators – I.6
Amendment 4971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – I.7
Annex I – Result indicators – I.7
Amendment 4972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9
Annex I – Result indicators – R.9
Amendment 4973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU specific objectives – point 3
Annex I – EU specific objectives – point 3
enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisationon a local, state and European level, and increase social, environmental, territorial and economic competitiveness
Amendment 4976 #
contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energy
Amendment 4982 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – I.12
Annex I – Result indicators – I.12
Amendment 4994 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.15
Annex I – Result indicators – R.15
Amendment 4996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.17
Annex I – Result indicators – R.17
Amendment 5065 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – EU specific objectives – point 8
Annex I – EU specific objectives – point 8
Promote employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable agroforestry
Amendment 5067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.32
Annex I – Result indicators – R.32
Amendment 5079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – I.27
Annex I – Result indicators – I.27
I.27 SustainableReduction in use of pesticides: Reduce risks and impacts of pesticides
Amendment 5086 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37 a (new)
R.37a Number of farms that have benefitted from support with the transition to organic agriculture
Amendment 5092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)