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113 Amendments of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2011/0280(COD)

Amendment 120 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fixationing of the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the reversion of non- activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the adoption of requirements related to the notification of transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines within which such notification are to take place; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for young farmers; the setting out of the annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules concerning general notification requirements. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Experience from the application of the various support schemes for farmers has shown that support was in a number of cases granted to beneficiaries whose business purpose was not or only marginally targeted at an agricultural activity, such as airports, railway companies, real estate companies and companies managing sport grounds, and/or whose land was not used for agricultural activities. To ensure the better targeting of support, Member States should refrain from granting direct payments to such natural and legal persons and/or in respect of such land. Smaller part-time farmers contribute directly to the vitality of rural areas, for that reason they should not be prevented from being granted direct payments.
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 , and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #
James NICHOLSON, Vicky FORD, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areas. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grassland is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure the implementation of the ecological focus area measure in an efficient and coherent way, while taking into account Member States‘ specificities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the further definition of the types of ecological focus areas mentioned under that measure and the addition and definition of other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure the implementation of the ecological focus area measure in an efficient and coherent way, while taking into account Member States‘ specificities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the further definition of the types of ecological focus areas mentioned under that measure and the addition and definition of other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that measure.deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 269 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) In order to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in areas with specific natural constraints, Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based payment, on top of the basic payment, to all farmers operating in such areas. That payment should not replace the support given under rural development programs and should not be granted to farmers in areas which were designated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) but have not been designated in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of …. on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].deleted
2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Member States should be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 510 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions, and in order to ensure the proper observance of that condition, the Commission should be allempowered to use more than 10 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessarymonitor production levels in the sectors and regions where this form of support is applied and, where necessary, require Member States to create an incentive to maintain curduce the percentage of direnct levels of production in those regionspayments provided in coupled form. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 10 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Member States should no longer be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in, except in very clearly defined cases and for a limited period of time. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly importantessential for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010- 2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in. However, in very exceptional and duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to use more than 105 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 105 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The possibility of coupled support should be limited to small sectors with special needs and should not be used as a general tool. In conjunction with this, all coupled payments should be phased out as soon as possible.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 294 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it continued to be linked to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice. This choice should be maintained in accordance with the objectives set out in Protocol No 4 on cotton attached to the 1979 Act of Accession.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it continued to be linked to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice. TWhilst this choice should be maintained in accordance with the objectives set out in Protocol No 4 on cotton attached to the 1979 Act of Accession, its application should be strictly limited and progressively reduced.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) In order to enable the efficient application of the crop-specific payment for cotton, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules and conditions for the authorisation of land and varieties as regards the crop specific payment for cotton and of rules on the conditions for the granting of that specific payment, on the eligibility requirements and the agronomic practices, on criteria for the approval of inter-branch organisations, on obligations for producers and on the situation where the approved inter-branch organisation does not respect those criteria.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 298 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 of 23 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and establishing national restructuring programmes for the cotton sector24 provided that each cotton producing Member State has, either every four years and for the first time by 1 January 2009, to submit to the Commission a draft four-year restructuring programme or submit to the Commission, by 31 December 2009, a single draft modified restructuring programme for a duration of eight years. Experience has shown that the restructuring of the cotton sector would be better served through other measures, including those under rural development programming financed under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], which would also allow for a greater co-ordination with measures in other sectors. However, the acquired rights and legitimate expectations of undertakings already involved in restructuring programmes should be respected. Therefore the ongoing programmes of four or eight years should be allowed to continue to their end. At the end of that period, however, the programmes should end. The funds available from the four-year programmes cshould then be integrated into the available Union funds for measures under rural development from 2014. The funds available after the end of the eight year programmes would not be useful in rural development programmes in 2018 given the programming period and could therefore be more usefully transferred to support schemes under this Regulation, as already provided for in the second sub- paragraph of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 637/2008. Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 will therefore become obsolete from 1 January 2014 or 1 January 2018 as regards Member States which have, respectively, four or eight-year programmes. Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 should therefore be repealed.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers shouldcan be put in place by a member state in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments shouldcan be established by a member state. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 303 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers shouldcan be put in place by a member state in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments shouldcan be established by a member state. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) With a view to strengthening their rural development policy, Member States should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their direct payments ceiling to their support assigned for rural development. At the same time, Member States where the level of direct support remains lower than 90 % of the Union average level of support should be given the possibility to transfer funds from their support assigned for rural development to their direct payments ceiling. Such choices should be made, within certain limits and wherever possible, once and for the whole period of application of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 344 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) a crop specific payment for cotton;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
– carrying out a minimum activity to be established by Member States on agricultural arIf a Member state at national or regional level so chooses, where an area does not require maintenance activity but is insteasd naturally keptmaintained in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, activities may be defined at national or regional level;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 8, the total amount of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State pursuant to Titles III, IV and V in respect of a calendar year, after application of Article 11, shall not be higher than the ceilings set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 518 #
James NICHOLSON, Vicky FORD, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is refdelected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 519 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. For each Member State and each year, the estimated product of capping as referred to in Article 11, which is reflected by the difference between the national ceilings set out in Annex II, to which is added the amount available in accordance with Article 44, and the net ceilings set out in Annex III, is made available as Union support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR].deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 547 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following appliesthe Member state or region has established a list of activities relevant to land which is naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and no such activity is carried out:
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained fromgricultural area of a holding is used for a prohibited non- agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal yeary; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 586 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained fromgricultural area of a holding is used for a prohibited non- agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal yeary; or
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 602 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States land is not used for rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milling, breeding animals and keeping accordance with Article 4(1)(c)nimals for farming purposes.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 603 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States land is not used for rearing or growing of agricultural products including harvesting, milling, breeding animals and keeping accordance with Article 4(1)(c)nimals for farming purposes.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 653 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 5 000 of direct payments for the previous year.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 establishing the circumstances when the performance of a non agricultural activity on land will be prohibited and result in direct payments not being made
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 668 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, in particular in the first year of allocation of payment entitlements where the value of the payment entitlements is not yet definitively established as well as for new farmers;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) exceptions from the rule that the receipts during the most recent fiscal year are to be taken into account where those figures are not available; andeleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 690 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) where the total amount of direct payments claimed or due to be granted before the reductions and exclusions provided for in Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] in a given calendar year is less than EUR 1050;
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 702 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 708 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
ProDegressive reduction and capping of the paymentModulation
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 715 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows:by 4 percentage points for amounts exceeding EUR 300 000.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 717 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TMember states can choose to reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows:in the following manner:-
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 721 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 737 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 747 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000;deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 756 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 772 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. TIf a member state decides to make use of the possibility outlined in Paragraph 1, the amount referred to in paragraph 12 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 784 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 788 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. If a Member States decides to make use of the possibility available in paragraph 1, that Member State shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 790 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Any amount deducted due to progressive reduction of payments should remain in the Member States and region where it originated and can be used to fund activities under Regulation (EU) No {...}RDR
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 876 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. For Bulgaria, the total amount of complementary national direct payments to the crop specific payment for cotton shall not exceed the amounts set out in Annex V.C for each of the years referred to in that Annex.deleted
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 890 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Payment entitlements obtained under the single payment scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 shall expire on 31 December 2013. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States that, on 31 December 2013, are operating the single payment scheme on the basis of the regional model laid down in Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide, by 1 August 2013, to maintain the payment entitlements allocated in accordance with Regulation(EC) No 1782/2003 and/or Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1244 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1245 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1246 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmentdeleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1247 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmentDelete
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1259 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basicsingle payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallmay decide to observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) at least three of the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1260 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basicsingle payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shallmay decide to observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) at least three of the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1264 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FAn additional payment shall be granted to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observwho undertake under the single payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 and who undertake on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1265 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. FAn additional payment shall be granted to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observwho undertake under the single payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 and who undertake on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment:
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1283 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectaresexceeds the area corresponding to the average size of agricultural holdings as set out in Annex VI and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1284 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectaresexceeds the area corresponding to the average size of agricultural holdings as set out in Annex VI and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1313 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassareas of semi natural and uncultivated land on their holding; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1314 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassareas of semi natural and uncultivated land on their holding; and
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1390 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], Member States shall grant the additional payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1391 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], Member States shall grant the additional payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for them, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1429 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming shall be entitled ipso factoand Article 27 of Regulation (EC) no 1698/2005 as regards agri- environment commitments shall be entitled ipso facto without prejudice to payments made in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1438 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from Paragraph 1, Member States may decide to make the payment referred to in this chapter to farmers where they observe agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment as defined by the Member State. Such practices shall be of an equivalent environmental and/or climatic value to the practices referred to in Paragraph 1
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1456 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraphorganic derogation shall apply only to the units of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1501 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING, Vicky FORD, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30 Crop diversification 1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down the definition of ‘crop’ and the rules concerning the application of the precise calculation of shares of different crops.deleted
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1530 #
Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1532 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those three crops shall cover less than 5 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land.
2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1590 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
1 .Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland’. The reference areas under permanent grassland shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR. 2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grassland. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land.Article 31 deleted Permanent grassland
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1613 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland the areasreas of semi natural and uncultivated land present ofn their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 2014, hereinafter referred to as ‘'reference areas under permanent grassof semi natural and uncultivated land’.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1646 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 58 % of their reference areas under permanent grasslandof semi natural and uncultivated land, without prejudice to the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulation. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1661 #
James NICHOLSON, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1686 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Emma McCLARKIN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32 Ecological focus area 1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1688 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32 Ecological focus area 1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1693 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 72 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1820 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. 2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20, at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1). 3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out the corresponding ceiling for the payment referred to in this Chapter on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 33 deleted Financial provisions
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1822 #
Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. 2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20, at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1). 3. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out the corresponding ceiling for the payment referred to in this Chapter on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 33 deleted Financial provisions
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1838 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter,increased greening of the CAP through enhanced agri- environmental schemes in Regulation (EU)No[...] [RDR] Member Sstates shall use 320 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. in the form of Union support to agri-environmental-climate measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD as specified in Regulation (EU) No [...][RDR]
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1841 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall usemay use up to 30 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1870 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
[...]deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1871 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 3 – title
Payment for areas with natural constraintsDelete
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1881 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Robert STURDY, Anthea McINTYRE, Vicky FORD
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 and to the application of financial discipline, pro and digressive reduction and cappingmodulation, linear reduction as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted annually per eligible hectare situated in the areas to which Member States decided to grant a payment in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and shall be paid upon activation of payment entitlements on those hectares held by the farmer concerned.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1899 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 34, Member States may decide, by 1 August 2013, to use up to 5 % of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision with effect from 1 January 2017. 2. According to the percentage of the national ceiling to be used by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, fix the corresponding ceiling for that payment on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 35 deleted Financial provisions
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1919 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1948 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) natural persons who are setting up for the first time an agricultural holding as sole head of the holding, or who have already set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of an application to the basic payment scheme as referred in Article 73(1) of Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR], and
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2044 #
Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2099 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that: (a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or (b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2116 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/ordeleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2121 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010-2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2128 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States having allocated during at least one year in the period 2010-2013 more than 10 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation may decide to use more than 10 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II upon approval by the Commission in accordance with Article 41.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2145 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and decide, with effect from 2017:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2153 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 5
5. On the basis of the decision taken by each Member State pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 on the proportion of the national ceiling to be used, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, fix the corresponding ceiling for the support on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2158 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The decisions referred to in Article 39 shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that Article and, except for the decision referred to in Article 39(4)(c), the notification shall include information on the regions targeted, the selected types of farming or sectors and the level of support to be granted. and the current levels of production in the sector(s) and region(s) concerned
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2159 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The decisions referred to in Article 39(2) and (3), or, where appropriate, in Article 39(42)(a), shall also include a detailed description of the particular situation in the region targeted and of the particular characteristics of the types of farming, or specific agricultural sectors, which make the percentage referred to in Article 39(1) insufficient to address the difficulties referred to in Article 38(2) and which justify an increased level of support.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2160 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The decisions referred to in Article 39 shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that Article and, except for the decision referred to in Article 39(4)(c), the notification shall include information on the regions targeted, the selected types of farming or sectors and the level of support to be granted.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2161 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The decisions referred to in Article 39(2) and (3), or, where appropriate, in Article 39(4)(a), shall also include a detailed description of the particular situation in the region targeted and of the particular characteristics of the types of farming, or specific agricultural sectors, which make the percentage referred to in Article 39(1) insufficient to address the difficulties referred to in Article 38(2) and which justify an increased level of supportBy 1 August of the year succeeding the first year of implementation of such support, and by 1 August shall communicate to the Commission any changes which have taken place in the levels of production in the sector(s) and region(s) where coupled support has been introduced.
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2163 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, approve the decision referred to in Article 39(3), or, where appropriate, in Article 39(4)(a), where one of the following needs in the region or sector concerned is demonstrated:In cases where, on the basis of information supplied by a Member State pursuant to Article 40(2), the Commission considers that the requirements of Article 38(4) have not been fulfilled, it shall, by means of implementing acts, require that Member State to adjust its level of coupled support in such a way as to bring it into conformity with those requirements. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2)
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2165 #
James NICHOLSON, Richard ASHWORTH, Julie GIRLING
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, approve the decision referred to in Article 39(3), or, where appropriate, in Article 39(42)(a), where one of the following needs in the region or sector concerned is demonstrated:
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2166 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the necessity to sustain a certain level of specific production due to the lack of alternatives and to reduce the risk of production abandonment and the resulting social and/or environmental problems,deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2167 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the necessity to provide stable supply to the local processing industry, thus avoiding the negative social and economic consequence of any ensuing restructuring,deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2169 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the necessity to compensate disadvantages affecting farmers in a particular sector which are the consequence of continuing disturbances on the related market;deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2170 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the necessity to intervene where the existence of any other support available under this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR] or any approved State aid scheme is deemed insufficient to meet the needs referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2181 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44
[...]deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2182 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45
Article 45 Approved inter-branch organisations 1. For the purpose of this Chapter, an ‘approved inter-branch organisation’ shall mean a legal entity made up of farmers producing cotton and at least one ginner, carrying out activities such as: (a) helping to coordinate better the way cotton is placed on the market, particularly through research studies and market surveys; (b) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; (c) orienting production towards products that are better adapted to market needs and consumer demand, particularly in terms of quality and consumer protection; (d) updating methods and means to improve product quality; (e) developing marketing strategies to promote cotton via quality certification schemes. 2. The Member State where the ginners are established shall approve interbranch organisations that satisfy the criteria to be laid down pursuant to paragraph 3. 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning: (a) criteria for the approval of inter- branch organisations; (b) obligations for producers; (c) rules for the situation where the approved inter-branch organisation does not respect those criteria.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2184 #
Robert STURDY, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46 Granting of the payment 1. Farmers shall be granted the crop specific payment for cotton per eligible hectare as established in Article 44. 2. Farmers who are members of an approved inter-branch organisation shall be granted the crop specific payment for cotton per eligible hectare within the base area laid down in Article 44(1), increased by an amount of EUR 2.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2189 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as ‘Member States may establish a simplified scheme for "small farmers" known as the "small farmers scheme’"
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2193 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may operate a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as "small farmers scheme". Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as ‘the 'small farmers scheme’'
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2204 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Payments under the small farmers scheme shall replace the payments to be granted pursuant to Titles III and IV.For the purposes of this chapter, the following rules apply to those Member States who apply a small farmers scheme
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2209 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. Farmers participating in the small farmers scheme shall be exempted from the agricultural practises provided for in Chapter 2 of Title III.deleted
2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2237 #
James NICHOLSON, Julie GIRLING, Richard ASHWORTH, Anthea McINTYRE
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shallmay set the amount of the annual payment for the small farmers scheme at one of the following levels, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3:
2012/07/25
Committee: AGRI
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