17 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) To provide farmers with greater certainty, modulation should remain unchanged at 5% until 2013. The real value of the Single Farm Payment has already fallen by 12 per cent due to inflation.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to help farmers to meet the standards of modern, high-quality agriculture, it is necessary that Member States operate a comprehensive system offering advice to commerciall farmers. The farm advisory system should help farmers to produce efficiently and in a cost effective way; to become more aware of material flows and on-farm processes relating to the environment, food safety, animal health and welfare without in any way affecting their obligation and responsibility to respect those standards.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Payments provided for under Community support schemes should be made by the competent national authorities to beneficiaries in full, subject to any reductions provided for in this Regulation, and within prescribed periods. In order to render the management of direct payments more flexible, Member States should be allowed to pay direct payments in two instalments per year and, subject to the needs of the sector, have flexibility in deciding payment dates.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to achieve the objectives of the common agricultural policy, common support schemes have to be adapted to changing developments, if necessary within short time limits. Beneficiaries cannot, therefore, rely on support conditions remaining unchanged and should be prepared for a possible review of schemes in particular in the light of economic developments or the budgetary situation. The underlying principles of the CAP as enshrined in the Treaty must, however, be honoured.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Further to the integration of formerly coupled market support into the single payment scheme, the value of payment entitlements was, in those Member States opting for a historic implementation, based on the individual level of past support. With a growing number of years elapsing since the introduction of the single payment scheme and following the successive integration of further sectors into the single payment scheme, it may, in some cases, becomes increasingly harder to justify the legitimacy of significant individual differences in the support level which are only based on past support. For this reason Member States that chose the historic implementation model should be allowed under certain conditions to review the allocated payment entitlements with a view to approximating their unit value while respecting the general principles of community law and the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy. In this context Member States may take into account the specificities of geographical areas when fixing closer values. TWhe levelling ofre a Member State opts to level payment entitlements, this should take place during an adequate transition period and within a limited range of reductions in order to allow farmers to reasonably adapt to the changing levels of support.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Under the 2003 reform Member States had the option to apply the single payment scheme by way of historic or regional implementation. Since then Member States have had the opportunity to evaluate the effects of their choices as regards both their economic and administrative appropriateness. Member States should therefore be given the opportunity to review their initial choice in the light of their experience. For this reason, in addition to the possibility of levelling the value of payment entitlements, Member States that applied the historic model should be authorisedgiven the option to change over to the regional model. Furthermore, Member States that chose to apply the regional model should be given the option to review their decisions under certain conditions with the aim to approximate the value of payment entitlements according to pre- established steps, while respecting the general principles of community law and the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy. Such changes should take place during an adequate transition period and within a limited range of reductions in order to allow farmers to reasonably adapt to changing levels of support.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Specific measures are required to assist the EU sheep sector, which is in serious decline. The recommendations of European Parliament resolution of 19 June 2008 on the future of the sheep/lamb and goat sector in Europe1 should be implemented.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 2009: 75%,
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 2010: 95%,
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 2011: 115%,
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 2012: 135%,
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The amounts resulting from application of the reductions provided for in Article 7, in any Member State other than the new Member States, shall be available as additionalfor Community support for measures under rural development programming financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) as specified in Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, according to the conditions set out in the following paragraphs.
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Farm Advisory System Farm Research and Advisory System
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The research and advisory activity shall cover at least the statutory management requirements and the good agricultural and environmental condition referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 33 – indent 1 a (new)
However the underlying principles of the CAPas enshrined in the Treaty of Rome must be honoured.
Amendment 713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 90 – paragraph 5 a (new)