Activities of James NICHOLSON related to 2015/2154(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Discharge 2014: EU General Budget - EU Commission
Amendments (4)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that 2014 was a transitional year, involving significant payments for the last part of the 2007-2013 funding period and during which the final elements (the implementing and delegated acts) were put in place half way through the year for the CAP 2014-2020 funding period, and believes that the year 2015 should be considered as another transitional year as it is the first year of implementation of significant policy changes for both farmers and Member State authorities, involving new and complex rules and a high number of new applicants for direct payments;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to better ensure proportionality of penalties in relation to the nature of errors;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the Commission's proposed simplification of IACS via preventative preliminary checks which will allow national administrations to identify problems with farmers' applications, make corrections and should result in a lower rate of penalties;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges both the Commission and Member State authorities to continue to address and reduce the complexities in relation to direct payments wherever possible and give high priority to simplification of the greening measures, and particularly if there are many different levels involved in the administration of EAGF and Rural Development funds within Member States, with different approaches for the two pillars where necessary;