9 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2011/0281(COD)
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
Recital 91 a (new)
(91 a) Measures should be proposed by the Commission to ensure a soft landing in the milk and milk products sector before the abolition of quotas in 2015, in line with commitments made in 2008. Several options should be considered to allow for a more flexible approach for Member States experiencing difficulties, including a butterfat adjustment, or a linear reduction in super levy before 2015.
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The reference prices set out in Article 7(e) for the milk and milk products sector must be periodically reviewed and if necessary changed by the Commission to ensure that they provide an effective safety net mechanism to the dairy sector against extremes of downward price volatility. (a) In undertaking its review the Commission should in particular take account of developments in: - market volatility - input costs (b) In making any change to reference prices the Commission should ensure that the new reference price does not provide an incentive for increasing aggregate EU production of milk and milk products.
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 a (new)
Article 100 a (new)
Article 100 a Duration and re-institution of quota With the exceptions of Article 101, paragraphs 1, 2b, 2d and 2e, and Article 101a, this section shall apply until the end of the 2019/2020 marketing year. Member States, who in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 relinquished their quota, shall be allocated quota equivalent to what they relinquished should the regime be extended to the end of the 2019/2020 marketing year. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning the conditions under which a Member State may re-institute its quota.
Amendment 1589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 105 a (new)
Article 105 a (new)
Article 105a Transitional measures for the ending of the milk quota regime 1. The national quotas set out in of Annex VIII shall be increased by 5% in 2014/15 in the light of the final year of the milk quota regime and particular conditions existing in certain Member States. 2. A surplus levy shall be payable on milk and other milk products marketed in excess of the national quota as established in accordance with Subsection II. The levy shall be set, per 100 kilograms of milk, at EUR 27,83. However, for the year 2014/15, the levy shall be set, per 100 kilograms of milk, at EUR 10,00.
Amendment 1659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty. A rebuttable presumption of dominance shall exist in relation to the activities of a producer group or an association of producer groups if its share of total national production of the product concerned exceeds 33%, or its share of total Union production exceeds 3.5%.
Amendment 1764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where Member States, make use of the option to recognise an interbranch organisation, they shall: (a) Decide whether to grant such recognition within 4 months of the lodging of an application accompanied by all the relevant supporting evidence; (b) Carry out at intervals to be determined by them, checks to verify that such organisations are complying with the conditions governing their recognition; (c) In the event of non compliance or irregularities, impose on those organisations the applicable penalties they have laid down and decide whether, if necessary, recognition should be withdrawn; (d) Withdraw recognition if the requirements for recognition are no longer met, the interbranch organisation engages in any activities or concerted practices likely to lead to a distortion of the market in a manner incompatible with the Treaties or these Regulations.
Amendment 1785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110
Article 110
Amendment 1820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111
Article 111
Amendment 2107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 156 a (new)
Article 156 a (new)