31 Amendments of Jim HIGGINS related to 2011/0281(COD)
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Beekeeping is characterised by the diversity of production conditions and yields and the dispersion and variety of economic operators, both at the production and marketing stages. Moreover, in view of the spread of varroasis in several Member States in recent years and the problems which that disease causes to honey production, coordinated action by the Union as part of European veterinary policy continues to be necessary as varroasis cannot be completely eradicated and is to be treated with approved products. Given such circumstances and in order to improve bee health and the production and marketing of apiculture products in the Union, national programmes for the sector should be drawn up every three years with a view to improving the general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products. Those national programmes should be partly financed by the Union.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48 a) One key measure eligible for national support programmes should be the promotion and marketing of Union agricultural products in the EU and in third countries.
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82 a (new)
Recital 82 a (new)
(82a) For economic, social and environmental reasons and in the light of regional planning policy in rural areas with a wine-producing tradition, and going beyond the requirement to uphold the monitoring, diversity, prestige and quality of European wine products, the present system of planting rights in the wine sector should be maintained, while modernising its management and rendering it more flexible at Member State level.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84 a) To enable beet growers to complete their adaptation to the far-reaching reform carried out in the sugar sector in 2006 and to continue the efforts to become competitive undertaken since then, a revised version of the present quota system should be extended until the end of the 2019-2020 marketing year, if quotas do not end in 2015 as planned. The revised system should allow all member states, wishing to do so, to avail of sugar quotas. Union support should be directed towards the expansion of the sugar industry in the EU and assistance should be provided for the start up costs of sugar processing in member states. However, the considerable recurrent tensions observed on the European sugar market call for a mechanism that, for as long as necessary, automatically re-designates non-quota sugar as quota sugar, so it is possible to preserve the structural balance of this market.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) Producer organisations and their associations can play useful roles in concentrating supply and promoting best practices. Recognises that efforts must be enhanced in order to further strengthen the position of producer organisations in certain member states. Interbranch organisations can play an important part in allowing dialogue between actors in the supply chain, and in promoting best practices and market transparency. Existing rules on the definition and recognition of such organisations and their associations covering certain sectors should therefore be harmonised, streamlined and extended to provide for recognition on request under statutes set out in EU law in all sectors.
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 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. For the purposes of this Regulation, 'adverse climatic events' shall mean severe weather conditions, such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought, which destroy or reduce overall production or production of a particular crop by more than 30% compared to the average annual production of a given farmer. The average annual production shall be calculated on the basis of the preceding three-year period or on the basis of a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Within 6 months after the entry into force of the Regulation, the Commission shall review the reference prices in the milk and milk products and the beef and veal sectors and the reference price for paddy rice taking into account the evolution of production costs over a representative period.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Prices, production costs and margins reporting systems The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set up an information system on prices, production costs and margins in the commodities market, including a system for the publication of price levels, production cost and margin indicators for the commodities market. The system shall be based on information submitted by operators involved in the commodities trade. This information shall be treated with confidentiality. The Commission shall ensure that the information published does not permit the identification of individual operators.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
c a) fresh and chilled meat of sheep, pig and goats sector
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) mayshall be opened for the beef and veal sector by the Commission, by means of other implementing acts, ifbefore the average market price over a representative period adopted pursuant to Article 19(a) in a Member State or in a region of a Member State recorded on the basis of the Union scale for the classification of carcasses as adopted pursuant to in Article 18(8) is belowreaches EUR 1 560/tonne.Within six months after the entry into force of this regulation, the Commission shall review the intervention price in the beef and veal sector taking into account the evolution of production costs over a representative period.
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) may be opened by the Commission, by means of implementing acts, for the sheep and goats sector if the market situation so requires.
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) dried fodder;
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) hops;
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) olive oil and table oils;
Amendment 800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) starch potato;
Amendment 802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Aid for private storage shall be granted for butter produced from cream obtained directly and exclusively from cow's milk.
Amendment 809 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, where necessary in order to provide for market transparency to lay down the conditions under which it may decide to grantto extend the current mandatory scheme of automatic allocation of private storage aid for thedairy products listed in Article 16, taking into account average recorded Union market prices and the reference prices for the products concerned or the need to respond to a particularly difficult market situation or economic developments in the sector in one or more Member Statesto all agricultural products listed in Article 16.
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 831 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may draw up national programmes for the apiculture sector covering a period of three years. These programmes have to be developed in close cooperation with representative organisations and cooperatives in the beekeeping field.
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The Union contribution to the apiculture programmes shall not exceedbe equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.
Amendment 1209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. To be eligible for the Union contribution provided for in paragraph 2, Member States shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory.establish a reliable system of identification which makes it possible to perform regular censuses of bee populations and shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory. The financing of the census and of hive identification must not be cut from existing programmes to improve production and marketing of honey under Regulation (EC) No 797/20041. _______________ 1 OJ L 125, 28.4.2004
Amendment 1457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 – paragraph 1 h (new)
Article 101 – paragraph 1 h (new)
Article 101 h Quota allocation 1. The current quotas for the production of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup at national or regional level are fixed in Annex IIIb. A revised version of the present quota system should be extended until the end of the 2019-2020 marketing year, if quotas do not end in 2015 as planned.. The revised system should allow all member states, wishing to do so, to avail of sugar quotas. Union support should be directed towards the expansion of the sugar industry in the EU and assistance should be provided for the start up costs of sugar processing in member states. 2. The Member States shall allocate a quota to each undertaking producing sugar, isoglucose or inulin syrup established in its territory and approved under Article 101i. 3. In case of allocation of a quota to a sugar undertaking having more than one production unit, the Member States shall adopt the measures they consider necessary in order to take due account of the interests of sugar beet and cane growers.
Amendment 1739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point x
(x) encouraging healthy, moderate or responsible consumption of the products and informing about the harm linked to hazardous consumption patterns;
Amendment 2012 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 144 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 2052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 154 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Taking into account the need to react efficiently and effectively against threats of market disturbance caused by significant price rises or falls on internal or external markets or significant falls in producer margin or any other factors affecting the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 to take the necessary measures for the sector concerned, respecting any obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty.
Amendment 2079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 2103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 156 a (new)
Article 156 a (new)
Amendment 2192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
2a. Definitions of hive products - Royal jelly: Natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of nurse bees (Apis mellifera). Mainly used to feed larvae and queens, it is a fresh, natural and unprocessed product. It may be filtered (without ultrafiltration), although no substance is added. - Pollen pellets: Accumulated pollen grains harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera, which is compacted on their hind legs with the help of honey and/or nectar and bees' secretion. The protein source for the colony, the product is natural, free from additives and harvested at the entrance to the hive. - Bee pollen or bee bread: Pollen pellets packed into honeycomb cells by bees and which undergo natural processing leading to the presence of enzymes and commensal microbiota. It is used by nurse bees to feed the brood. It may not contain any additives except wax from the honeycomb cells. - Beeswax: Substance constituted solely from secretion of the wax glands of worker bees of the species Apis mellifera and used in the construction of honeycombs. - Propolis: Resin of exclusively natural and plant origin, harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera from certain plant sources, to which their own secretion is added (primarily wax and salivary secretion) in order to be used as protection for the hive. - Bee venom: Secretion from the bee's venom gland used by bees to defend against hive attackers.