51 Amendments of Philippe LOISEAU related to 2018/0217(COD)
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The CAP's compliance-driven delivery model should be adjusted to ensure a greater focus on results and performance. Accordingly the Union should set the basic policy objectives, types of intervention and basic Union requirements while greater responsibility and accountability for meeting those objectives should be borne by the Member States. As a consequence, there is a need to ensure greater subsidiarity in order to take better account of the local conditions and needs. Accordingly, under the new delivery model, Member States should be responsible for tailoring their CAP interventions in line with basic Union requirements in order to maximize their contribution to Union CAP objectives and to establish and design the compliance and control framework for beneficiaries.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) With a view to ensuring that the amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings, the financial discipline mechanism by which the level of direct support is adjusted, should be maintained. However, the threshold of EUR 2 000 should be abolished. An agricultural reserve should be maintained, simplified and made more effective to support the agricultural sector in the event of market developments or major crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution. Article 12(2)(d) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) [New Financial Regulation] foresees that non- committed appropriations may be carried over to to the following financial year only. In order to significantly simplify the implementation for beneficiaries and national administrations, a roll-over mechanism should be used, using any unused amounts of the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector established in 2020. For this purpose a derogation from Article 12(2)(d) is necessary, allowing for non- committed appropriations of the agricultural reserve to be carried over without time limitation to finance the agricultural reserve in the following financial year(s). Furthermore, as regards the financial year 2020, a second derogation is necessary as the total unused amount of the reserve available at the end of year 2020 should be carried over to the year 2021 to the corresponding line of the new agricultural reserve without being returned to the budgetary lines which cover direct payment interventions under the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Budget discipline also requires a continuous examination of the medium- term budget position. The Commission should propose, if necessary, appropriate measures to the legislator in order to ensure that Member States respect of the ceilings provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2018) 322 final MFF Regulation]. Furthermore, the Commission should make full use of its management powers at all times to ensure compliance with the annual ceiling and, if necessary, should propose appropriate measures to the European Parliament and to the Council or to the Council to redress the budget position. If, at the end of a budget year, the annual ceiling cannot be complied with as a result of the reimbursements requested by the Member States, the Commission should be empowered to takepresent to Parliament and the Council measures allowing the provisional distribution of the available budget among the Member States in proportion to their as yet unpaid requests for reimbursement, as well as measures ensuring compliance with the ceiling fixed for the year concerned. Payments for that year should be charged to the following budget year and the total amount of Union financing per Member State should be definitively established, as should compensation between Member States in order to ensure that the established amount is complied with.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In respect of the EAGF, the financial resources required to cover the expenditure effected by the accredited paying agencies, should be provided to the Member States by the Commission in the form of reimbursements against the booking of the expenditure effected by those agencies. It is also necessary to provide that until such reimbursements have been made, in the form of monthly payments, financial resources are to be mobilised by the Member States depending on the needs of their accredited paying agenc final beneficiaries. It should explicitily be laid down in this Regulation that the administrative and personnel costs of the Member States and the beneficiaries involved in the implementation of the CAP are to be borne by themselves.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should ensure that Union aid be paid to beneficiaries in good time so that they may use it efficiently. A failure by the Member States to comply with the payment deadlines laid down in Union law might create serious difficulties for the beneficiaries and could jeopardise the Union's yearly budgeting. Therefore, expenditure made without respecting deadlines for payments should be excluded from Union financingsubject to a premium granted to the final beneficiaries and, where appropriate, compensation for the economic loss caused by the late payment. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, the Commission should be empowered to provide for exceptions from this general rule with regard to both Funds.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Member States should send the annual accounts and an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan to the Commission by 15 February N+1. Where these documents are not sent, thus preventing the Commission from clearing the accounts for the concerned paying agency or checking the eligibility of the expenditure against reported outputs, the Commission should be empowered to suspend the monthly payments and to interrupt the quarterly reimburseask the Member State concerned for a justification for the absence of documents. If this justification is not satisfactory, the Commission may refer the matter to Parliament and the Council in order, where appropriate, to suspend the monthly payments until the outstanding documents are received. This procedure must under no circumstances have the effect of endangering the economic situation of the payment agencies or the final beneficiaries.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A new form of payment suspension should be introduced for situations of abnormally low outputs. Where the outputs reported are at an abnormally low level in comparison with the declared expenditure, and where Member States cannot provide good and comprehensible reasons for this situation, the Commission should be empowered to ask Parliament and the Council, in addition to reducing the expenditure for the financial year N-1 , in the event of manifestly serious non- compliance to suspend future expenditure related to the intervention for which the output was abnormally low. Such suspensions should be subject to confirmation in the annual performance clearance decision.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) As regards the multi-annual performance monitoring the Commission should also have the power to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend payments. Accordingly in cases of delayed or insufficient progress towards targets, set out in the national CAP Strategic Plan, the Commission should be empowered to request the Member State concerned to take the necessary remedial actions in accordance with an action plan to be established in consultation with the Commission and containing clear progress indicators, by means of an implementing act. Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan or where the action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission should have the power to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend the monthly or interim payments, by means of an implementing act.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) As had been the case under Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission should be empowered to ask Parliament and the Council to suspend payments when serious deficiencies exist in the governance systems, including non- compliance with Union basic requirements and unreliability of reporting. It is, however, necessary to review the conditions for suspending payments in order to make the mechanism more efficient. The financial consequences of such suspensions should be decided the subject of an impact assessment, and should not endanger the fin an ad-hoc conformity procedurecial situation of the payment agency or the final beneficiaries.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In order to to safeguard the financial interests of the Union's budget, systems should be put in place by Member States in order to satisfy themselves that interventions financed by the Funds are actually carried out and are executed correctly, while maintaining the current robust framework for sound financial management. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/201315 of the European Parliament and of the Council15, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9516, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193918, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities including fraud, the recovery of Funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. Moreover, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137119of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union Ffunds is to fully cooperate fully in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union Ffunds grant equivalent rights. Member States should have the systems in place allowing them to report to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling OLAF to exercise its powers and ensure an efficient analysis of cases of irregularity, on detected irregularities and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, including fraud and on their follow-up as well as on the follow-up of OLAF investigations. To ensure the effective examination of complaints concerning the Funds, Member States should have in place the necessary arrangements. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999, (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 16 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1). 17 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.1996, p. 2). 18 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘'the EPPO’') (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 19 European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In order to to safeguard the financial interests of the Union's budget, systems should be put in place by Member States in order to satisfy themselves that interventions financed by the Funds are actually carried out and are executed correctly, while maintaining the current robust framework for sound financial management. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/201315 of the European Parliament and of the Council15, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9516, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193918, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities including fraud, the recovery of Funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. Moreover, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/137119 of the European Parliament and of the Council19. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union Ffunds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union Ffunds grant equivalent rights. Member States should have the systems in place allowing them to report to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling OLAF to exercise its powers and ensure an efficient analysis of cases of irregularity, on detected irregularities and other cases of non-compliance with the conditions established by Member States in the CAP Strategic Plan, including fraud and on their follow-up as well as on the follow-up of OLAF investigations. To ensure the effective examination of complaints concerning the Funds, Member States should have in place the necessary arrangements. _________________ 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom ) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999, (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 16 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1). 17 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.1996, p. 2). 18 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘'the EPPO’') (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 19 European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Conditionality is an important element of the CAP, in particular with regard to its environmental and climate elements but also concerning public health and animal related issues. This implies that controls should be carried out and, where necessary, penalties should be applied in the most serious cases and after giving the beneficiary concerned the chance to regularise his or her situation, to ensure the effectiveness of the conditionality system. To have a level playing field between beneficiaries in different Member States, certain general rules on conditionality controls and penalties should be introduced at Union level.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) In order to comply with data protection requirements, beneficiaries of the Funds should be informed of the publication of their data before that publication takes place. They should also be informed that that data may be processed by auditing and investigating bodies of the Union and Member States for the purposes of safeguarding the Union's financial interests. Furthermore, the beneficiaries should be informed about their rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the procedures applicable for exercising these rights.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92
Recital 92
(92) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States given the links between it and the other instruments of the CAP and the limits on the financial resources of the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the multiannual guarantee of Union finance and by concentrating on its priorities, be better achieved at Union level, tThe Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) market disturbances, which are likely to endanger the economic equilibrium of the holding. These include disruptions in markets for agricultural goods, for fuel and energy used for farming, for veterinary and phytosanitary treatments and for seeds.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Funds may, either on the initiative of the Commission or on its behalf, following the assent of Parliament and the Council, each directly finance the preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support activities, and the evaluation, audit and inspection, required to implement the CAP. In particular, they shall include:
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The amount of the agricultural reserve shall be at least EUR 4600 million in current prices at the beginning of each year of the period 2021-2027. The Commission may, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council, may,on its own initiative or in response to a reasoned request by a Member State, adjust the amount of the agricultural reserve during the year when appropriate in view of market developments or perspectives in the current or following year and taking into account available appropriations under the EAGF.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
An adjustment rate for direct payments interventions referred to in point (c) of Article 5(2) of this Regulation and Union financial contribution to the specific measures referred to in point (f) of Article 5(2) of this Regulation and granted under Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, ("the adjustment rate") shall be determined by the Commission, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council, when the forecasts for the financing of the interventions and measures financed under that sub-ceiling for a given financial year indicate that the applicable annual ceilings will be exceeded.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Where, on drawing up the draft budget for financial year N, there appears to be a risk that the amount referred to in Article 12 for financial year N will be exceeded, the Commission shall propose to the European Parliament and to the Council, or to the Council, the measures necessary to ensurehelp the Member States compliancey with that amount.
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. If at any time the Commission considers that there is a risk that the amount referred to in Article 12 will be exceeded and that it cannot take adequate measures to remedy the situation, it shall propose other measures to ensure compliance with that amount. Those measures are adopted by the Council where the legal basis of the relevant measure is Article 43(3) of the Treaty or by the European Parliament and the Council where the legal basis of the relevant measure is Article 43(2) of the Treaty.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Where, at the end of financial year N, reimbursement requests from the Member States exceed or are likely to exceed the amount referred to in Article 12, the Commission shall:
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) intervene on agricultural markets in the event of disruption that threatens the economic equilibrium of European farms;
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Where payment deadlines are laid down by Union law, any payment made to the beneficiaries by the paying agencies before the earliest possible date of payment and after the latest possible date of payment shall render those payments ineligible for Union financing, but only if the failure concerned is seriously detrimental to the Union's financial interests. The paying agency in question must always be given the opportunity to provide explanations.
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information referred to in Article 88 that financial ceilings set by Union law have been exceeded, the Commission shall reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State in question in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 30, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information referred to in Article 88 that the payment deadlines referred to in Article 36 have not been complied with, the Member State shall be afforded the opportunity to submit its comments within a period which shall not be less than 30 days. Where the Member State fails to submit its comments within the said period or where the Commission considers the response to be unsatisfactory, the Commission may reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State concerned in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 30, with the prior agreement of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States do not submit the documents referred to in Articles 8(3) and 11(1) by the deadlines, as provided for in Article 8(3), the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the total amount of the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3). The Commission shall reimburse the suspended amounts when it receives the missing documents from the Member State concerned, provided that the date of receipt is not later than six monthsone year after the deadline.
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where, in the framework of the annual performance clearance referred to in Article 52, the Commission establishes that the difference between the expenditure declared and the amount corresponding to the relevant reported output is more than 50% and the Member State cannot provide duly justified reasons, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member States fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where the Member State fails to submit or to implement the action plan referred to in paragraph 1 or if that action plan is manifestly insufficient to remedy the situation, the Commission may, after informing the European Parliament and the Council, adopt implementing acts suspending the monthly payments referred to in Article 19(3) or the interim payments referred to in Article 30.
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 5
Article 44 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall present a report on the implementation of this Article to the European Parliament and to the Council every two years.
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The Member States shall always have the opportunity to object to checks being carried out; in that case, a conciliation committee must be put in place. Where there are repeated checks, or if one is clearly disproportionate, the Member State concerned may refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union in order to put a stop to any illegal activity.
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
When the Union's budget is credited as referred to in the first paragraph, the Member State may retain 250 % of the corresponding amounts as flat rate recovery costs, except in cases of non- compliance attributable to its administrative authorities or other official bodies. Amounts thus recovered by Member States' paying agencies must be reused in the form of direct payments so as to support the priorities set out in the national strategy plans, for example support for the installation of young farmers or for the sectors in greatest difficulty.
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) whereas the individual concerned has committed an error in good faith which has not had consequences which are clearly disproportionate;
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that data sets collected through the integrated system which are relevant for the purposes of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 or relevant for monitoring Union policies, are shared free of charge between its public authorities and made publicly available at national level. Member States shall also provide the institutions and bodies of the Union with access to these data sets. _________________ 35 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Article 65 – paragraph 5
Amendment 675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may decide that a claimless system shall cover one or more applications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Since this system is the cause of a considerable reduction in the administrative and bureaucratic burden on final beneficiaries, it should be prioritised.
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the beneficiary, who is generally diligent, complied with their obligations without endangering the economic balance of their holding;
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) the beneficiary has not been prevented from complying with their obligations by external, unforeseen, unavoidable events.
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) shall give the beneficiary in question the opportunity to justify the failure to comply with their obligations and, where appropriate, shall enable them to resolve the situation;
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Member States may retain 20 50% of the amounts resulting from the application of the reductions and exclusions referred to in Article 86. Amounts thus recovered by Member States' paying agencies must be used as direct payments to implement the priorities set out in the national strategy plans, for example support for the installation of young farmers or for the sectors in greatest difficulty.
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96
Article 96
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97
Article 97
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98
Article 98