162 Amendments of Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The CAP must take a gender mainstreaming approach, considering that women in rural areas face particular challenges and sometimes multiple discrimination in education, vocational and professional trainings, employment and access to social protection. Meanwhile, the size of female-operated farms tends to be significantly smaller and the labour contribution of women, as farms’ spouse, is always not calculated so they have no independent income and their access to social protection could not be ensured, leading to gender pay and pension gaps in rural areas.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Member States shall aim at promoting gender equality in rural areas and must take into account the vulnerabilities of women when they develop the Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan shall be developed, implemented, monitored and evaluated in a gender- sensitive manner. In this respect, Member States shall ensure women farmer’s access to farm advisory services and encourage women to take part in the CAP Monitoring Committee. Member States shall also strengthen their capacity in gender budgeting and in collecting sex- disaggregated data.
Amendment 24 #
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. Taking into account the existing gender gaps, including digital gender gap, a gender- perspective must be incorporated and Member States may develop sub- programmes in the Strategic Plan for supporting women farmers to utilise financial instruments and to upgrade their knowledge and skills.
Amendment 25 #
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, in particular childcare and long-term care 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 strategies. Member States shall ensure equal employment opportunities between women and men and that their fundamental rights are protected.
Amendment 29 #
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. In order to improve women’s involvement in agricultural sector, Member States may consider to support young women farmers in this respect. Rules on the use and transfers of payment entitlements are also necessary in order to guarantee a smooth functioning of the system.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Taking into account the on-going development of digitalisation in agricultural sector, Member States may develop sub-programme to upgrade digital skills in rural areas and may take further measures to minimize the digital gender gap by facilitating women’s access to life- long learning, vocational and professional training in rural areas.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers, women farmers, and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers, women farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 2% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start- ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Each CAP Strategic Plan should be subject to regular monitoring of the implementation and of progress towards the established targets. Such a performance, monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP should be set up with the purpose of demonstrating the progress and assessing the impact and efficiency of policy implementation, as well as its impact on fundamental rights.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies. A performance-based policy implies annual and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives. These assessments, indicators and the performance monitoring and evaluation framework shall be developed in a gender-sensitive manner. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment- related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion, gender equality and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States will be able to add gender- sensitive indicators by breaking down the common output, result and impact indicators, which are set out in Annex I into details in their Strategic Plan.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States 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, with respect for the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall be able to develop sub-programmes in the Strategic Plan to promote young farmers’ and women farmers’ access to the farm advisory services.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h – indent 1 (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h – indent 1 (new)
– Member States may develop these interventions in a gender-mainstreaming approach and may be able to add gender- sensitive indicators to monitor and evaluate these interventions.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) investments in basic services in rural areas, including childcare and long- term care services and infrastructure;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
Article 69 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall set conditions for the submission and the content of a business plan. Programmes with a particular focus on female entrepreneurship shall be encouraged.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 a (new)
Article 69 a (new)
Article 69a Sub-programmes for women in rural areas 1. Member States shall grant support for the establishment of sub-programmes for women in rural areas 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. 2. Member States may grant support under this type of interventions for sub- programmes to improve women farmers’ access to land, credit and financial instruments, to promote their performance in education and trainings, to upgrade their knowledge and skills in digitalisation and agriculture, and for sub-programmes to promote women’s employment in rural areas, to eliminate gender pay and pension gaps, to improve work-life balance and to further prevent women in rural areas from social exclusion.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants without any form of discrimination, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) summary of the SWOT analysis as referred to in Article 103(2), a gender perspective shall be incorporated into the analysis;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where applicable, an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable geographical areas, such as the outermost regions, and an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable groups of people, such as women in rural areas;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3
Article 96 – paragraph 3
Member States shall use the most recent and most reliable data for this assessment. Member States shall make use of sex- disaggregated data when necessary.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) An explanation as to which interventions will contribute to achieving greater gender equality and to promote women's development in rural areas;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
For the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the SWOT analysis shall be developed in a gender-responsive manner when necessary.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3). Member States shall ensure the composition of Monitoring Committee to include female members.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) A gender mainstreaming approach is used in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) support and facilitate to utilise gender mainstreaming approach at different levels;
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) contribution to capacity building for Member States administrations in gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting of CAP Strategic Plans, collection of sex-disaggregated data; and creation of a platform for stakeholders to exchange the best practices in actions relevant to the specific objective of gender equality set out in Article 6 (1);
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) data collection, storage and transmission, including the collection of sex-disaggregated data;
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the ex-ante, interim, and ex post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the CAP Strategic Plan, which shall be developed in a gender- sensitive manner;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the CAP, including its impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans, including its impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) how to ensure gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting will be utilised in the proposed CAP Strategic Plan to promote gender equality in rural areas;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the CAP Strategic Plan and for collecting the data, including sex- disaggregated data, necessary to carry out evaluations;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans shall be carried out by the to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1). Such evaluations shall be carried out in a gender-sensitive manner.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 127 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A gender chapter shall be developed in the interim evaluation and ex post evaluation respectively, to evaluate the impacts and added value of CAP in promoting gender equality in rural areas.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 128 – paragraph 1
Article 128 – paragraph 1
In compliance with its reporting requirement pursuant to Article [38(3)(e)(i)] of the [New Financial Regulation], the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council the performance information referred to in that Article measured by the core set of indicators set out in Annex XII. Such indicators set out in Annex XII may be sex-disaggregated with an aim to achieving gender equality in the rural areas;
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The use of common definitions entirely set at Union level has caused certain difficulties for Member States to cater their own specificities at national, regional, and local level. Member States should therefore be given thea high degree of flexibility to specify certain definitions in their CAP Strategic Plan. In order to ensure a common level playing field, a certain framework has, however, to be set at Union level constituting the necessary essential elements to be included in those definitions (‘framework definitions’).
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas so as to ensure access for farmers to cutting-edge technology.
Amendment 507 #
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. The Commission should consider the most recent or most relevant year communicated by the Member States as the reference year for the total number of eligible hectares declared by them.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In view of further improving the performance 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, in order to avoid any dangerous trends towards speculative land grabbing, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers and ensure that genuine farmers actually receive CAP support. 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 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The CAP must take a gender mainstreaming approach, considering that women in rural areas face particular challenges and sometimes multiple discrimination in education, vocational and professional trainings, employment and access to social protection. Meanwhile, the size of female-operated farms tends to be significantly smaller and the labour contribution of women, as farms’ spouse, is always not calculated so they have no independent income and their access to social protection could not be ensured, leading to gender pay and pension gaps in rural areas.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Member States shall aim at promoting gender equality in rural areas and must take into account the vulnerabilities of women when they develop the Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan shall be developed, implemented, monitored and evaluated in a gender- sensitive manner. In this respect, Member States shall ensure women farmer’s access to farm advisory services and encourage women to take part in the CAP Monitoring Committee. Member States shall also strengthen their capacity in gender budgeting and in collecting sex- disaggregated data.
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to ensure consistency between the direct payments types of interventions and rural development types of interventions when addressing the objective of generational renewal, a frameworkspecifically corresponding definition for ‘young farmer’ with the essential elements should be set out at UnionMember State level.
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge for the purposes of investment in technology and rural digitalisation.
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart 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, reconversion, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
Amendment 586 #
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. Taking into account the existing gender gaps, including digital gender gap, a gender- perspective must be incorporated and Member States may develop sub- programmes in the Strategic Plan for supporting women farmers to utilise financial instruments and to upgrade their knowledge and skills.
Amendment 604 #
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, in particular childcare and long-term care 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 strategies.
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access for all consumers to sufficient, safe and, nutritious and reasonably priced food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands.
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the Member States should decide that 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, labour should be taken into account when applying the mechanism.
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden and bottlenecks caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area- based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio-economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve further convergence in order to continue to move progressively away from historical values.
Amendment 709 #
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. In order to improve women’s involvement in agricultural sector, Member States may consider to support young women farmers in this respect. Rules on the use and transfers of payment entitlements are also necessary in order to guarantee a smooth functioning of the system.
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In view of the acknowledged need to promote a more balanced distribution of support towards small and/or medium- sized farmers in a visible and measurable way, a specific decoupled payment per hectare, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, should be established at UnionMember State level. To allow for a better targeting of this complementary support and in view of acknowledging the differences in farm structures across the Union, Member States should have the possibility to provide different amounts of complementary support to different ranges of hectares.
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers and new entrants is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for this reason, Member States may establish a complementary income support for young farmers and new entrants. This type of interventions should be established to provide young farmersthem with an additional income support after the initial setting up.
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The CAP should ensure that Member States increase the environmental delivery by respecting local needs and farmers' actual circumstances. Member States should under direct payments in the CAP Strategic Plan set up Eco-schemes voluntary for farmers, which should be fully coordinated with the other relevant interventions. They should be defined by the Member States as a payment granted either for incentivising and remunerating the provision of public goods by agricultural practices beneficial to the environment and climate or as a compensation for the introduction of these practices. Member States should identify measures that will encourage farmers to implement organic schemes. In both cases they should aim at enhancing the environmental and climate performance of the CAP and should consequently be conceived to go beyond the mandatory requirements already prescribed by the system of conditionality. Member States may decide to set up eco- schemes for agricultural practices such as the enhanced management of permanent pastures and landscape features, and organic farming. These schemes may also include ‘entry- level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.
Amendment 766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions, especially livestock sector and special crop production, that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties, and where other tools are not sufficient enough or don´t exist. Member States should be free to identify the sectors that should benefit from this. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard.
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure a fair income and a resilient agricultural sector across the Union territory, Member States may grant support to farmers in areas facing natural and other area-specific constraints, including isolated areas with limited access. As regards payments for ANC, the designation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development policy should continue to apply. For the CAP to deliver enhanced Union added on the environment and reinforce its synergies with the financing of investments in nature and biodiversity, it is necessary to keep a separate measure aiming at compensating beneficiaries for disadvantages related to the implementation of Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directives. Support should therefore continue to be granted to farmers and forest holders to help address specific disadvantages resulting from the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC and in order to contribute to the effective management of Natura 2000 sites. Support should also be made available to farmers to help address disadvantages in river basin areas resulting from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Support should be linked to specific requirements described in the CAP Strategic Plans that go beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements. Member States should also ensure that payments to farmers do not lead to double funding with eco schemes. Furthermore, the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into account by Member States in the overall design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) Taking into account the on-going development of digitalisation in agricultural sector, Member States may develop sub-programme to upgrade digital skills in rural areas and may take further measures to minimize the digital gender gap by facilitating women’s access to life- long learning, vocational and professional training in rural areas.
Amendment 859 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers, women farmers, and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers, women farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 2% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start- ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 862 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 23% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting uppromotion and support for the setting up and operation of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP.
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The EAGF should continue financing types of interventions in the form of direct payments and sectoral types of interventions for the funding of productive agricultural activities with a view to developing a sustainable agriculture, whereas the EAFRD should continue financing types of interventions for rural development as described in this Regulation. The rules for the financial management of the CAP should be laid down separately for the two funds and for the activities supported by each of them, taking into account that the new delivery model gives more flexibility and subsidiarity for Member States to reach their objectives. Types of interventions under this Regulation should cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027.
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50%off of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
Amendment 921 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50%off of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 430 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
(66) Pursuant to paragraph 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016, there is a need to evaluate the Funds on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, canshould include measurable indicators, as a basis for evaluating the effects of the Funds on the ground.
Amendment 1039 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
(73) Each CAP Strategic Plan should be subject to regular monitoring of the implementation and of progress towards the established targets. Such a performance, monitoring and evaluation framework of the CAP should be set up with the purpose of demonstrating the progress and assessing the impact and efficiency of policy implementation, as well as its impact on fundamental rights.
Amendment 1040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) The result-orientation triggered by the delivery model requires a strong performance framework, particularly since CAP Strategic Plans would contribute to broad general objectives for other shared managed policies. A performance-based policy implies annual and multi-annual assessment on the basis of selected outputs, result and impact indicators, as defined in the performance monitoring and evaluation framework. To this end, a limited and targeted set of indicators should be selected in a way which reflects as closely as possible whether the supported intervention contributes to achieving the envisaged objectives. These assessment, indicators and the performance monitoring and evaluation framework shall be developed in a gender-sensitive manner. Result and output indicators relating to climate- and environment- related objectives may include interventions set out in national environmental and climate-planning instruments emanating from Union legislation.
Amendment 1054 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) Mechanisms should be in place to take action to protect the Union’s financial interests in case the CAP Strategic Plan implementation deviates significantly from the targets set. Member States may thus be asked to submit action plans in case of significant and non-justified underperformance. TIn exceptional cases and after timely warnings, this could lead to suspensions and, in the end, reductions of the Union funds if the planned results are not achieved. Moreover, an overall performance bonus is established as part of the incentive mechanism based on allocating the performance bonus, in view of encouraging good environmental and climate performances.
Amendment 1128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan at least the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer on the following basis:
Amendment 1242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be definedthe Member States may define "genuine farmers" in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined- Member States may further more define 'genuine farmer' in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i
(i) a maximum age limit that may non indicative age limit without exceeding 405 years shall be decided by the Member States;
Amendment 1269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point ii a (new)
(ii a) the support granted for young farmers for 10 years
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'new farmer' means a person or entity embarking on agriculture as a principal activity, not having been engaged in any farming activity for the previous 10 years, and under the conditions laid down by the Member States.
Amendment 1335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, providing farmers access to cutting-edge technology.
Amendment 1349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food security and ensure reasonably priced feed supplies;
Amendment 1382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) give farmers a firmer foothold on Union and international markets;
Amendment 1383 #
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, promoting and upholding cooperative ventures and supporting producer organisations;
Amendment 1460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion, gender equality and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States will be able to add gender- sensitive indicators by breaking down the common output, result and impact indicators which are set out in Annex I into details in their Strategic Plan.
Amendment 1551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States 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, with respect for the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination.
Amendment 1736 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall be able to develope sub-programmes in the Strategic Plan to promote young famers’ and women farmers’ access to the farm advisory services.
Amendment 1808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the cComplementary income support for young farmers and new entrants;
Amendment 1826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainability to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceedingif the amount exceeds a threshold set up by each Member State, which may not be less than EUR 6150 000 as follows:. The reduction of the amount above the threshold set up by each Member State must beat least 15percent of payments, and a maximum of 100 per cent.
Amendment 1839 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:a financial ceiling set by the Member State
Amendment 1853 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1898 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1929 #
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 paymentsbasic income support to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter in a given calendar year:
Amendment 1940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the salaries linked to an agricultural activity and related activities declared by the farmer, including taxes and social contributions related to employment; and
Amendment 1949 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the equivalent cost of regular and unpaid labour linked to an agricultural activity and related activities practiced by persons working on the farm concerned who do not receive a salary, or who receive less remuneration than the amount normally paid for the services rendered, but are rewarded through the economic result of the farm business.
Amendment 1960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the direct support referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 29
Amendment 1966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standarentire amounts of labour costs and salaries linked to an agricultural activity and related activities at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 1971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the average standarctual labour costs and salaries linked to an agricultural and related activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 1982 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shallmay 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 payments.
Amendment 2004 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2065 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall agree to the Member States declaring the most recent or most relevant year as the reference year for farmland for which basic income support is granted.
Amendment 2195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay 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.
Amendment 2203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure fair redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium-sized farms by providing for a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 2205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium-sized farms by providing for a redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 2238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
27 Member States may provide for cComplementary income support for young farmers uander the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. new entrants
Amendment 2240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may provide for complementary income support for young farmers and new entrants under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2262 #
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 23% 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 2315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers whand take measures to encourage them to make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.
Amendment 2654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) formation and organisation of producer groups
Amendment 3274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers, new farmers and rural business start-up;
Amendment 3280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas;
Amendment 3281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
( a) reconversion of agricultural production
Amendment 3299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may develop these interventions in a gender-mainstreaming approach and may be able to add gender- sensitive indicators to monitor and evaluate these interventions.
Amendment 3340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyond the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 3399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8
Article 65 – paragraph 8
8. Commitments shall be undertaken usually for a period of five to seven years. However, where necessary in order to achieve or maintain certain environmental benefits sought, Member States may determine a longer period in the CAP Strategic Plan for particular types of commitments, including by means of providing for their annual extension after the termination of the initial period. In exceptional and duly justified cases, and for new commitments directly following the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States may determine a shorter period in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) However, rural development programmes may provide for specific derogations from this rule for investments in broadband and renewable energy. in this case, clear criteria ensuring complementarity with support under other Union instruments shall be provided.
Amendment 3529 #
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, with the exception of broadband infrastructure aimed at delivering basic services in agriculture and rural areas;
Amendment 3535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) investments in access infrastructure
Amendment 3551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
However, rural development programmes may provide for specific derogations from this rule for investments in broadband and renewable energy. in this case, clear criteria ensuring complementarity with support under other Union instruments shall be provided.
Amendment 3571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) investments in basic services in rural areas, including the deployment of digital technologies and broadcasting infrastructure in agriculture and rural areas;
Amendment 3596 #
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) d) investments in access to farm and forest land, land consolidation
Amendment 3633 #
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 3654 #
3. Member States shall set conditions for the submission and the content of a business plan. Programmes with a particular focus on female entrepreneurship shall be encouraged.
Amendment 3667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 a (new)
Article 69 a (new)
Article 69 a Subprogrammes for women in rural areas 1. Member States shall grant support for the establishment of sub-programmes for women in rural areas 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. 2. Member States may grant support under this type of interventions for sub- programmes to improve women farmers’ access to land, credit and financial instruments, to promote their performance in education and trainings, to upgrade their knowledge and skills in digitalisation and agriculture, and for subprogrammes to promote women’s employment in rural areas, to eliminate gender pay and pension gaps, to improve work-life balance and to further prevent women in rural areas from social exclusion.
Amendment 3842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants without any form of discrimination, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 3879 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1
Article 80 – paragraph 1
1. Expenditure shall be eligible for contribution from the EAGF and the EAFRD from 1 January of the year following the year ofrelevant financial period. Expenditures will be subject to reimbursement following the approval of the CAP Strategic Plan by the Commission.
Amendment 3889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 80 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 73(5) and the first subparagraph, in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, catastrophic events, spread of an epizootic or of plant diseases or adverse climatic events or a significant and sudden change in the socio-economic conditions of the Member State or region, the CAP Strategic Plan may provide that eligibility of EAFRD financed expenditure relating to amendments of the plan may start from the date on which the event occurred.
Amendment 3926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(a) 780% 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 3938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 780% of the eligible public expenditure in the less developed regions;
Amendment 3968 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 4350% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
Amendment 3999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 58% 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 4022 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 320% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4023 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions of all types addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 1025% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 106% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4096 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4115 #
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 25 %, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 1025 % is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4123 #
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 24%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 106% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) summary of the SWOT analysis as referred to in Article 103(2); a gender perspective shall be incorporated into the analysis;
Amendment 4330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where applicable, an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable geographical areas, such as the outermost regions, and an analysis of the specific needs of vulnerable groups of people, such as women in rural areas;
Amendment 4348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 3
Article 96 – paragraph 3
Member States shall use the most recent and most reliable data for this assessment. Member States shall utilize sex- disaggregated data when necessary.
Amendment 4368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) An explanation as to which interventions will contribute to achieving greater gender equality and to promote women's development in rural areas;
Amendment 4388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the annual planned outputs for the intervention, and where relevant, a breakdown per uniform or average unit amount of support;
Amendment 4392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) the annual planned unit amount of support, its justification and a justified maximum upper variation of that unit amount as referred to in Article 89. Where applicable, the following information shall also be provided:
Amendment 4394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the resulting annual financial allocation for the intervention, as referred to in Article 88. Where applicable, a breakdown on amounts planned for grants and amounts planned for financial instruments shall be provided;
Amendment 4404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones.
Amendment 4435 #
For the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the SWOT analysis shall be developed in a gender-responsive manner when necessary.
Amendment 4612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3). Member States shall ensure the composition of Monitoring Committee to include women members.
Amendment 4631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) A gender mainstreaming approach is utilised in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 4661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) support and facilitate to utilise gender mainstreaming approach at different levels;
Amendment 4666 #
(ea) contribution to capacity building for Member States administrations in gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting of CAP Strategic Plans, collection of sex-disaggregated data; and creation of a platform for stakeholders to exchange the best practices in actions relevant to the specific objective of gender equality set out in Article 6(1);
Amendment 4692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) data collection, storage and transmission, including the collection of sex-disaggregated data;
Amendment 4695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 115 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the ex-ante, interim, and ex post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the CAP Strategic Plan, which shall be developed in a gender- sensitive manner;
Amendment 4706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the CAP, including its impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 4711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 116 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans, including its impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 4868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) how to ensure gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting will be utilised in the proposed CAP Strategic Plan to promote gender equality in rural areas;
Amendment 4869 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the CAP Strategic Plan and for collecting the data, including sex- disaggregated data, necessary to carry out evaluations;
Amendment 4872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans shall be carried out by the to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1). Such evaluations shall be carried out in a gender-sensitive manner.
Amendment 4881 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 127 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A gender chapter shall be developed in the interim evaluation and ex post evaluation respectively, to evaluate the impacts and added value of CAP in promoting gender equality in rural areas.
Amendment 4883 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 128 – paragraph 1
Article 128 – paragraph 1
In compliance with its reporting requirement pursuant to Article [38(3)(e)(i)] of the [New Financial Regulation], the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council the performance information referred to in that Article measured by the core set of indicators set out in Annex XII. Such indicators set out in Annex XII may be sex-disaggregated with an aim to achieving gender equality in rural areas;