16 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established the principle that farmers who do not comply with certain requirements in the areas of public, animal and plant health, environment and animal welfare shall be subject to reductions of or the exclusion from direct support. This «cross- compliance» system forms an integral part of Community support under direct payments and should therefore be maintained. However, experience has shown that a number of the requirements under the scope of cross compliance are not sufficiently relevant to the farming activity or the farm land or concern national authorities rather than farmers. It is therefore appropriate to adjust the scope of cross compliance. Should the articles of the ‘hygiene package’ in Annex II relevant to cross-compliance1 be incorporated, this should not lead to additional controls. 1 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1), Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55), and Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1).
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Furthermore, in order to avoid the abandonment of agricultural land and ensure that it is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition, Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established a Community framework within which Member States adopt standards taking account of the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic conditions and existing farming systems (land use, crop rotation, farming practices) and farm structures. The abolition of compulsory set aside within the single payment scheme may in certain cases have adverse effects for the environment, in particular as regards certain landscape features. It is therefore appropriate to reinforce the existing Community provisions aiming at protecting, where appropriate, specified landscape features.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The savings made through the modulation mechanism introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are used to finance measures under the rural development policy. Since the adoption of that regulation the agricultural sector has been faced with a number of new and demanding challenges such as climate change, the increasing importance of bio- energy, as well as the need for a better water management and a more effective protection of biodiversity. The European Community, as party to the Kyoto Protocol, has been called to adapt its policies in the light of the climate change considerations. Furthermore, following serious problems related to water scarcity and droughts, water management issues should be further addressed. Protecting biodiversity remains a major challenge and while important progress has been made, the achievement of the European Community's biodiversity target for 2010 will require additional efforts. The Community acknowledges the need to tackle these new challenges in the framework of its policies. In the area of agriculture, rural development programs adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) are an appropriate tool to deal with them. To enable Member States which have hitherto paid little attention to these challenges in connection with the EAFRD to revise their rural development programmes accordingly without being required to reduce their current rural development activities in other areas, additional funding needs to be made available. However, the financial perspectives for the period 2007 to 2013 do not provide for the financial means to reinforce the Community's rural development policy as necessary. Under these circumstances it is appropriate to mobilise a large part of the financial resources needed by providing for a gradual increase of the reduction of direct payments through modulation.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. A farmer receiving direct payments shall respect the statutory management requirements listed in Annex II, and the good agricultural and environmental condition established under Article 6, except where this is impracticable or disproportionate.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The competent national authority shall provide the farmer with the list of statutory management requirements and good agricultural and environmental condition to be respected.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Any amount of direct payments to be granted in a given calendar year to a farmer that exceeds EUR 510 000 shall be reduced for each year until 2012 by the following percentages:
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The remaining amount resulting from the application of Article 7(1) and the amounts resulting from the application of Article 7(2) shall be allocated in full to the Member State where the corresponding amounts have been generated, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 128(2). They shall be used in accordance with Article 69(5a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(2) Member States shallmay increase the value of the payment entitlements held by the farmers concerned on the basis of the amounts resulting from the application of paragraph 1.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – point b
b) to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production, without thereby contradicting the basic principle of decoupling aid.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Article 70a Specific aids for milk producers (1) Where the expenditure forecast carried out in accordance with the early warning system in Regulation (EC) No. 1290/2005, indicates that a margin of at least EUR 600 million remains in heading 2 of the financial framework for a given financial year, that amount, less the margin, shall be made available for specific aids to milk producers. (2) The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council its estimate for special aids to milk producers together with the preliminary draft budget for the financial year. (3) Specific aids to milk producers may be employed for the following types of measures: a) specific support in accordance with Article 68(1)(b) of this regulation; b) measures in accordance with Articles 20 and 36(a) of Regulation (EC) 1698/2005, provided they serve directly to support farms. (4) The Member States shall notify the Commission no later than 15 October of a given year, on the basis of the preliminary draft budget as set out in paragraph 2, which measures have been taken pursuant to paragraph 4. (5) Specific aid funding to milk producers shall be distributed among the Member States in accordance with each country’s milk reference quantities pursuant to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 1788/2003. (6) Dairy farms may receive additional income by carrying out landscape conservation tasks. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council, together with the financial perspective for the period after 2013, a proposal on the possible form to be taken by structural fund and rural development programmes to that end.
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Title III - chapter 5 - article 70 a (new)
Article 70a Special aids to milk producers (1) Where the expenditure forecast carried out in accordance with the early warning system in Regulation (EC) No. 1290/2005, indicates that a margin of at least EUR 600 million remains in heading 2 of the financial framework for a given financial year, that amount, less the margin, shall be made available for specific aids to milk producers. (2) The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council its estimate for special aids to milk producers together with the preliminary draft budget for the financial year. (3) Specific aids to milk producers may be employed for the following types of measures: a) specific support in accordance with Article 68(1)(b) of this regulation; b) measures in accordance with Articles 20 and 36(a) of Regulation (EC) 1698/2005, provided they serve directly to support farms. (4) The Member States shall notify the Commission no later than 15 October of a given year, on the basis of the preliminary draft budget as set out in paragraph 2, which measures have been taken pursuant to paragraph 4. (5) Specific aid funding to milk producers shall be distributed among the Member States in accordance with each country’s milk reference quantities pursuant to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No. 1788/2003.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 5 – column 1
Annex III – line 5 – column 1