221 Amendments of Albert DESS related to 2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall take agri- environment-climate commitments from the EU list prepared by the Commission. The established EU list for agri- environment-climate commitments should take into consideration the differences in climate and geography across Member States and should be applied across the entire territory to take advantage of the country-specific environmental and climate benefits. The Member States shall grant payments for environmental and climate performance achieved.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an administrative penalty shall be imposed on beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67 who do not comply with basic agricultural productivity, the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) basic agricultural productivity, the climate and the environment;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In order to simplify administration, minimum limits and/or tolerance levels shall be set for the respective areas/requirements of conditionality, which shall neither lead to reductions in payments nor sanctions.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In view of further improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to ~~genuine~~ farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘~~genuine~~ farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d

~~(d) the schemes for the climate and the environment.~~deleted

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~shall~~may reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – point 1

As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, underinvestment in connectivity, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, particularly through job creation and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. With a view to stabilising and diversifying the rural economy, the development, establishment and retention of non-agricultural enterprises should be supported. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)

Article 15a Member States are obligated to adopt at least one measure according to letters (a), (b) and (c) of Article 15(1) or Article 15(1)(d) or according to Article 26 of this Regulation.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

Member States may ~~grant payments to small farmers as defined by Member S~~introduce a simplified scheme for small farmers requesting support of up to EUR 1 250 for a maximum area of 10 hectatres ~~by way of a round sum~~. This scheme may consist of a flat-rate payment, replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter~~. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers~~, or a per-hectare payment, which may be different for different territories, defined in accordance with Article 18(2); Member States shall state in the CAP Strategic Plan that the corresponding intervention is voluntary for the farmers. The total surface area for flat-rate payments to small farmers should not exceed 15 % of a Member State’s total surface area.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~may provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability ('redistributive income support') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4

SCHEMES FOR THE CLIMATE AND Schemes for the climate and the environment 1. support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment ('eco- schemes') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAPUBSECTION 4 deleted THE ENVIRONMENT Article 28 Member Strategic Plans. 2. this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. 3. list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. 4. to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). 5. Under ths shall provide Member States shall support under Member States shall establish type of interventions, Member States shall only provide payments covering commitments which: (a) go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental condition established under Section 2 of Chapter I of this Title; (b) requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law; (c) established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with point (a) of Article 4(1); (d) are different from commitments in respect of whhe Those practices shall be designed go beyond the minimum go beyond the conditions Support for eco-schemes shall take payments additional to the basich payments are granted under Article 65. 6. the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare and it shall be granted as either: (a) income support as set out in Subsection 2 of this Section; or (b) beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of tcompensating Member States shall ensure that The cCommitments as set pursuant to Article 65. 7. interventions under this Article are consistent with those granted under Article 65. 8. adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with further rules on the eco-schemes.ssion is empowered to

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all ~~genuine~~ farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area- based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio-economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve further convergence in order to continue to move progressively away from historical values.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b

(b) payments compensating beneficiaries with an incentive component for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55

(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. In the Member States, regional Strategic Plans are admissible. The Strategic Plan may thus include regionally-based rural development interventions which take account of the administrative structure of the Member States.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55

(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. Taking into account the administrative structure of Member States, the Strategic Plan shall, where appropriate, include regionalised rural development interventions.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60

(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the design and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level ~~on the basis of a~~via Regional Intervention Programs in coherence with the national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60

(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the programming and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level on the basis of a national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions and sub-plans.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~environmental, climate~~schemes for agriculture, the climate, the environment, and other management commitments;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – title

~~Environmental, climate~~Schemes for agriculture, the climate, the environment, and other management ~~commitment~~obligations

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may grant payments for ~~environmental, climate~~schemes for agriculture, the climate, the environment, and other management ~~commitment~~obligations under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, States and,where appropriate, together with Regions setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Chapter III of Title II, Chapter II of Title III and Articles 41 and 43~~Articles 25 to 28 of Regulation (EU) [CPR] of the European Parliament and of the Council26 shall apply to support financed by the EAFRD under this Regulation. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) […/…] of the European Parliament and of the Council of [date] [full tittle] (OJ L ).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) 'farmer' means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity as defined by Member States; By way of derogation, Member States may provide that connected undertakings are to be considered as a single farmer for all or individual interventions under conditions to be determined by them.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) 'farmer' means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity in accordance with good farming practice as defined by Member States;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs and grant an incentive component. The payments and the incentive component may be staggered pursuant to objective criteria. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 a (new)

Article 65a Member States shall support under this type of intervention farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States shall choose agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment from a list supplied by the Commission. The established EU list for agri- environment-climate commitments should take into consideration the differences in climate and geography across Member States and should be applied across the entire territory to take advantage of the country-specific environmental and climate benefits. The Member States shall grant payments for environmental and climate performance achieved in accordance with Article 64(a). The means of achieving environmental and climate performance as per this Article must be up to 100% financed by the EU;

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title

4 ~~Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:~~Definitions

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare~~, genuine farmer and young farmer:~~ and young farmer, in order that their needs as regards the orientation of the common agricultural policy be incorporated in an EU catalogue. With the entry into force of this Regulation, the European Commission shall make that catalogue available to all Member States to promote best practices and the exchange of experiences.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with Regions, shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part

(b) 'agricultural area' shall be defined in a way that it is composed of arable land, permanent crops and permanent grassland. In this connection, landscape features and/or mobile and stationary technical installations which are essential for sound agricultural practice, may be deemed to form part of the agricultural area. The terms 'arable land', 'permanent crops' and 'permanent grassland' shall be further specified by Member States within the following framework:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part

(b) 'agricultural area' shall be defined in a way that it is composed of arable land, permanent crops and permanent grassland. In this connection, landscape features may be deemed to form part of the agricultural area. The terms 'arable land', 'permanent crops' and 'permanent grassland' shall be further specified by Member States within the following framework:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) 'arable land' shall be land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow, and include areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/199928, with Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/200529, with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or with Article 65 of this Regulation; as well as land set aside under conditionality, land set aside under measures adopted by the Member States, land subject to an obligation to convert arable land into grassland pursuant to EU or Member State measures and, where Member States so provide, any other land lying fallow or set aside, which was used for the cultivation of arable crops prior to being laid fallow or set aside. _________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80). 29 Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) 'arable land' shall be land cultivated for crop production or areas available for crop production but lying fallow, and include areas set aside in accordance with Articles 22, 23 and 24 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/199928, with Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/200529, with Article 28 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 or with Article 65 of this Regulation;. Where the Member State so decides, arable land may include all areas lying fallow which are covered by grasses or other herbaceous forage that were agricultural areas but not permanent grassland at the time of being laid fallow. _________________ 28 Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80). 29 Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

(ii) 'permanent crops' shall be non- rotational crops other than permanent grassland and permanent pasture that occupy the land for five years or more, which yield repeated harvests, including nurseries and – where the Member State so provides – crops planted in containers placed on foil, as well as short rotation coppice;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown)~~. It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;~~ as well as – where Member States so decide – land that has not been ploughed up for five years or more. It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees where this is justified in order to achieve the objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). A change in herbaceous forage shall, where Member States so decide, also constitute crop rotation if the new sowing consists of a different mix of species compared to the previous cover.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; This paragraph shall not apply to grassland, which was leased as arable land, or to arable land, which had to serve as grassland for a period of more than five years owing to a contractual obligation. Such areas may be returned to their original status.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; Member States may further define the term ‘crop rotation’, including criteria such as tilling the land or changing the crops cultivated from grasses or other herbaceous forage.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land ~~not in~~permanently excluded infrom the crop rotation of the holding ~~for five years or more~~, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; This shall be without prejudice to arable land which was or is being temporarily farmed as grassland, but is registered as arable land in the land register.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii

(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land ~~not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more,~~ used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). ~~It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed;~~Farmers shall continue to be able to convert individual areas on condition that they provide suitable substitute or replacement areas.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)

iii) Member States may also consider under points (i), (ii) and (iii) landscape features to be further specified under conditions to be laid down by them, irrespective of whether or not they are to be maintained under conditionality.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part

(c) for the purpose of types of interventions in the form of direct payments, 'eligible hectare' shall be defined in a way that it includes any agricultural area of the holding:, including mobile or stationary technical installations, in particular farm roads and water troughs, as well as crop products such as silage bales or manure heaps,

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity, including the temporary storage for up to six months of crop products (silage bales) and manure heaps generated on that land or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities, and which is at the farmer's disposal. Where duly justified for environmental reasons, eligible hectares may also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every second year.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities, and which is at the farmer's disposal. Where duly justified for environmental reasons, eligible hectares may also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every se~~cond~~veral years.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities, and which is at the farmer's disposal. Where duly justified for environmental reasons, eligible hectares may also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every se~~cond~~veral years.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) that, during the year for which support is requested, is used for an agricultural activity or, where the area is also used for non-agricultural activities, is predominantly used for agricultural activities, and which is at the farmer's disposal. Where duly justified for environmental reasons, eligible hectares may also include certain areas used for agricultural activities only every ~~secon~~third year.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)

- rewetted under environmental programmes and used for paludiculture.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2 a (new)

Furthermore, in the case of a topographical block designated as an 'eligible hectare', a tolerance limit of 5 % of the total topographical block, but not exceeding 0.5 ha, shall be set for reciprocal overuse, whether through the cultivation of fruit and/or use by several farmers. Any overuse below this limit shall not be sanctioned or pursued.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – paragraph 2 b (new)

‘Eligible hectares’ shall comprise at least 0.2 ha and shall be communicated by Member States in the format X.xx.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) Member States shall be free to define the concept of 'genuine farmer'. In this case, the concept of 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to foster a smart, resilient, competitive, economically viable and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas, including through the creation and maintenance of jobs.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1

Member States shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation and Article 4 of this Regulation in particular to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall deliver their individual intervention strategies as set out in point (b) of Article 95(1) and Article 97 of this Regulation to the Commission, and the Commission shall convert these intervention strategies into an EU document.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4

Each CAP Strategic Plan shall ~~cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027~~take effect two years after this reform enters into force.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 a (new)

The Commission shall ensure that the intervention strategies compiled by the Member States under Article 95 b of this Regulation are given consideration in the EU document.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 b (new)

The Commission shall ensure that the EU document is coherent, based on the intervention strategies proposed by the Member States in accordance with Article 95b to achieve the relevant goals of this Regulation.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy ~~and~~, sustainable forestry and ecologically sound / organic production;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) support business start-ups and business development for small non- agricultural businesses to reinforce and diversify the rural economy;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)

(hb) increase the vitality of rural areas as places to live and pursue an economic activity, and create equivalent living conditions, including by providing public services and sustainable infrastructure.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i

(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, a~~s well as~~ntimicrobial resistance and animal welfare.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i

(~~i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food waste, as well as animal welfare.~~Does not affect the English version.)

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1

1. By ~~15 February 2023 and 15 February~~30 June 2023, or delayed accordingly in the event of a delay to the Regulation coming into effect, and 30 June of each subsequent year until and including 2030, the Member States shall submit to the Commission an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the financial years 2021 and 2022. For direct payments as referred to in Chapter II of Title III, the report shall cover only financial year 2022.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States and the Commission shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) result indicators relating to the specific objectives concerned and used for the establishment of quantified milestones and targets in relation to those specific objectives in the CAP Strategic Plans and assessing progress towards the targets. The indicators relating to environment- and climate-specific objectives may cover interventions included in relevant national environmental and climate- planning instruments emanating from the Union legislation listed in Annex XI;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

However, without prejudice to Annexes IX and IXa to this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 shall continue to be applicable until 2023 to: (a) operations implemented within rural development programs approved by the Commission under this Regulation, and (b) rural development programmes approved in accordance with Article 10(2) of this Regulation before 1 January 2023.

2018/12/19
Committee: ENVI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

Member States and, where appropriate, Regions shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions based on the types of interventions set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with the common requirements set out in this Chapter.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall derive obligations relating to the agricultural environment and climate from a list supplied by the Commission. The list of obligations relating to the agricultural environment and climate that is adopted should take account of climatic and geographical differences in the Member States and should be applied across the board in order to attain appropriate environmental and climate benefits. Member States shall make payments for environmental and climate services provided.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall ensure that interventions are set out on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, are compatible with the internal market and do not distort competition.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall establish the legal framework governing the granting of Union support to beneficiaries on the basis of the CAP Strategic Plan and in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) [HzR].

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an administrative penalty shall be imposed on beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67 who do not comply with the basic agricultural productivity standard, the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the basic agricultural productivity standard, the climate and the environment;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) public ~~health, animal~~ health and plant health;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States may decide to implement parts of the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land listed in Annex III in the specific fields mentioned in paragraph 1 by means of targeted measures under Article 28 (schemes for the climate and the environment, 'eco-schemes').

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. For purposes of administrative simplification, de minimis thresholds and/or tolerance thresholds shall be defined for the various fields/requirements of conditionality, which shall not result either in deductions or in penalties.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Areas on which forest environment measures are undertaken pursuant to Article 65 shall be excluded from the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national orand, where appropriate, at regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ~~include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system provid~~retain existing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services'), or shall establish new ones in accordance with their respective specific circumstances. A brief description of this system shall be included in the CAP strategic plan.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisors, researchers, farmer organisations and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) or other similar networks established in the Member States.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point e

(e) innovation support in particular for preparing and for implementing Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114;deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d

~~(d) the schemes for the climate and the environment.~~deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~shall~~may reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)

Article 15 a Member States are required to apply at least one measure pursuant to article 15 (1) (a), (b), (c) or article 15 (1) (d) or pursuant to article 26 of this Regulation

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall set an area threshold and only grant decoupled direct payments to ~~genuine~~ farmers whose eligible area of the holding for which decoupled direct payments are claimed goes beyond this area threshold.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

When setting the area threshold, Member States shall aim at ensuring that decoupled direct payments may only be granted to ~~genuine~~ farmers if:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. Without prejudice to Articles 19 to 24, the basic income support shall be granted for each eligible hectare declared by a ~~genuine~~ farmer.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

~~2. Member States may decide to differentiate the amount of the basic income support per hectare amongst different groups of territories faced with similar socio-economic or agronomic conditions.~~deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. Where Member States having applied the basic payment scheme as laid down in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 decide not to grant the basic income support based on payment entitlements, the payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall expire on 31 December 2020. Member States which have already completed the internal alignment of payment entitlements may decide to waive the payment entitlements earlier.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5

5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that, for claim year 2026 at the latest, all payment entitlements have a value of at least 75% of the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 2026 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State ~~or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2)~~.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. No payment entitlement may be worth less than 75% of the average value of payment entitlements within a Member State.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall finance the increases in the value of payment entitlements needed to comply with paragraphs 4 and 5 by using any possible product resulting from the application of paragraph 3, and, where necessary, by reducing the difference between the unit value of payment entitlements determined in accordance with paragraph 1 and the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 2026 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State ~~or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2)~~.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Albert DESS, Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 7

7. The reductions referred to in paragraph 6 shall be based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Without prejudice to the minimum set in accordance with paragraph 5, such criteria may include the fixing of a maximum decrease ~~that may not be lower than 30%~~.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall grant ~~genuine~~ farmers holding owned or leased-in payment entitlements basic income support upon activation of those payment entitlements. Member States shall ensure that for the purpose of the activation of payment entitlements ~~genuine~~ farmers declare the eligible hectares accompanying any payment entitlement.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that payment entitlements from the reserve be only allocated to ~~genuine~~ farmers.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall allocate payment entitlements to, or increase the value of the existing payment entitlements of ~~genuine~~ farmers who are entitled by virtue of a definitive court ruling or by virtue of a definitive administrative act of the competent authority of a Member State. Member States shall ensure that those ~~genuine~~ farmers receive the number and value of payment entitlements established in that ruling or act at a date to be fixed by the Member State.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

Member States may ~~grant payments to small farmers as defined by Member States by way of a round~~introduce a simplified scheme for small farmers requesting support of up to EUR 1 250 for an area of no more than 10 hectares. This arrangement may comprise a lump sum, replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter~~. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers~~ or aid per hectare, which can be differentiated among territories according to Article 18(2); Member States shall indicate in the CAP Strategic Plan that the corresponding intervention is voluntary for farmers. The total area for lump-sum payments to small producers must not exceed 15% of the total area of a Member State.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~may provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. An amount corresponding to that fixed in Article 86(2)(a) should be allocated for redistribution in order to achieve the objective of strengthening small and medium-sized holdings.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 4

schemes for the climate and the environment Schemes for the climate and the environment 1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment (‘eco-schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. 2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. 3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. 4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). 5. Under this type of interventions, Member States shall only provide payments covering commitments which: (a) go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental condition established under Section 2 of Chapter I of this Title; (b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law; (c) go beyond the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with point (a) of Article 4(1); (d) are different from commitments in respect of which payments are granted under Article 65. 6. Support for eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare and it shall be granted as either: (a) payments additional to the basic income support as set out in Subsection 2 of this Section; or (b) payments compensating beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65. 7. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with those granted under Article 65. 8. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with further rules on the eco-schemes.deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention ~~genuine~~ farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, prevention of anti-microbial resistance as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b

(b) payments compensating beneficiaries with an incentive component for all or part of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant to Article 65.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

1. Member States may grant coupled income support to genuine farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. If they decide to grant coupled income support, they must ensure that this does not result in distortions of competition in the Internal Market.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may grant coupled income support to ~~genuine~~ farmers under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3

3. Coupled ~~income~~ support ~~shall~~is a production- limiting scheme which takes the form of an annual payment ~~per hectare or animal.~~ and is based on fixed areas and yields or a fixed number of animals; it must respect financial ceilings, which are set by the Member States for every measure taken under the CAP Strategic Plan, in accordance with Article 106, and authorised by the Commission.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: rice~~reals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato~~, milk and milk products, ~~seeds,~~ sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: 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, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, ~~sugar beet, cane and chicory,~~ fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Coupled income support will not be granted for market crops, with the exception of protein crops.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1

Member States shall grant a crop-specific payment for cotton to ~~genuine~~ farmers producing cotton falling within CN code 5201 00 under the conditions laid down in this Subsection.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall substantiate in their CAP Strategic Plans their choice of specific objectives, and ~~types of intervention. Within the chosen types of intervention, Member States shall define the interventions~~may, with appropriate justification, have their interventions deviate from the requirements in the Common Strategic Plan in order to accommodate the particular characteristics of specific sectors. If this option is taken up, Member States shall demonstrate that the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Framework will be properly satisfied.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Norbert LINS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Member States where more than 75% of beekeepers are hobbyists or subsidiary beekeepers (number of beehives ≤ 25) shall fulfil their CAP Strategic Plan requirements under Annex III of this Regulation.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2

2. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall define in its CAP Strategic Plan one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 60 to pursue the objectives chosen as laid down in paragraph 1. Within the chosen types of intervention they shall define interventions. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall substantiate in its CAP Strategic Plan the choice of objectives, types of intervention and interventions to meet those objectives, but is not obliged to complete the ex-ante evaluation report or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report referred to in Article 103(1), nor is it obliged to complete the SWOT analysis referred to in 103(2).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Norbert LINS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2

2. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall define in its CAP Strategic Plan one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 60 to pursue the objectives chosen as laid down in paragraph 1. Within the chosen types of intervention they shall define interventions. The Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall substantiate in its CAP Strategic Plan the choice of objectives, types of intervention and interventions to meet those objectives, but is not obliged to complete the ex-ante evaluation report or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report referred to in Article 103(1), nor is it obliged to complete the SWOT analysis referred to in 103(2).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The interventions defined by the Member State referred to in Article 82(3) shall only be implemented by Producer Organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including the sustainable prevention and management of tropical and zoonotic disease, as set out in point (d) of Article 6(1);

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii

(iii) preventing damage caused by adverse climatic events and promoting the use of varieties and management practices adapted to changing climate conditions, as well as the sustainable prevention and management of tropical and zoonotic disease;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi

(vi) animal health, protection and welfare;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 a (new)

Article 63 a The support programmes shall be financed by the Union. Member States may provide additional support of up to 100 % of the Union's financial contributions. Member States may set out a personal stake of no more than 50 % for the person receiving the support.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~environmental, climate~~regulations for agriculture, the climate, the environment, and other management commitments;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) investments; including measures to diversify the rural economy, support investments in non-agricultural activities and to improve site conditions for small and medium enterprises;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Ulrike MÜLLER, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) installation of young farmers and both agricultural and non-agricultural rural business start-up;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – title

~~Environmental, climate~~Regulations for agriculture, the climate, the environment, and other management ~~commitment~~obligations

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member states shall choose from a table of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, which the European Commission shall provide them with. The EU table for agri-environmental and climate obligations which is introduced must consider the differences in climate and geography between the Member States and be applied universally in order to attain appropriate environmental and climate benefits. The Member States shall pay for environmental and climate services provided in accordance with Article 64(a). The provision of environmental and climate services under this Article shall be 100 % EU financed;

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Committee: AGRI

(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, the prevention of antimicrobial resistance, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs and include an incentive component. Payments, including any incentive component, may be scaled on the basis of objective criteria. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs or provide a contribution towards income support. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments, excluding one-off payments, shall be granted annually per hectare of area.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9

9. Where support under this type of interventions is granted to agri- environment-climate commitments, commitments to convert to or maintain organic farming practices and methods as defined in Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and forest environmental and climate services, Member States shall establish a payment ~~per hectare~~.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2

2. These payments shall be granted to ~~genuine~~ farmers in respect of areas designated pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2

2. Member States may only grant support under this type of interventions for tangible and/or intangible investments, which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6. SFor holdings above a certain size, to be determined by the Member State in their CAP Strategic Plan, support toin the forestry sector shall be based on a forest management plan or equivalent instrument.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall limit the support to a maximum of 750% of the eligible costs.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title

69 Installation of young farmers ~~and~~, rural business start-up and introduction of digital technologies

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers ~~and~~, rural business start-up and the introduction of digital technologies under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)

(ca) the EU-wide introduction of digital technologies to support and expand comprehensive precision farming for all farms within the EU

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Committee: AGRI

4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 1200 000 and may be combined with financial instruments.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall grant support for risk management tools in the sense of multi-risk insurance under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk management tools, which help ~~genuine~~ farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The national and, where appropriate, the regional Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 78

Delegated powers for additional requirements for types of interventions for rural development The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with requirements additional to those laid down in this Chapter concerning the conditions for granting support for the following types of interventions for rural development: (a) management commitments as referred to in Article 65; (b) investments as referred to in Article 68; (c) cooperation as referred to in Article 71.Article 78 deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Norbert LINS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 80 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The provision of agri-environment and climate services in accordance with Articles 64(a) and 65 shall be 100 % EU financed.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 3

3. The Union financial assistance for types of intervention in the hops sector allocated to Germany shall be EUR 2 ~~188~~277 000 per year.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. At least 15% of the allocations for direct payments referred to in Annex VII shall be used to fund the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 105% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The per hectare payments which a beneficiary receives under the first pillar may not be more than twice the EU average for per hectare direct payments.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Payments from first pillar, including coupled support, shall be limited per hectare and beneficiary to the equivalent of twice the average of EU direct payments per hectare;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 a (new)

Article 86a Member States shall decide, in respect of beneficiaries of direct payments who pay more than EUR 600 per hectare in rent for their rented land or parts of their rented land, to cut the direct payments for the land for which rent of more than EUR 600 per hectare is paid by the amount per hectare in excess of EUR 600. Lump-sum payments and payments in kind shall be offset against the rent.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 87

Tracking climate expenditure 1. provided by Member States the Commission shall evaluate the contribution of the policy to the climate change objectives using a simple and common methodology. 2. expenditure target shall be estimated through the application of specific weightings differentiated on the basis whether the support makes a significant or a moderate contribution towards climate change objectives. These weighting shall be as follows: (a) Basic Income Support for Sustainability and the Complementary Income Support referred to in Title III, Chapter II, section II, subsections 2 and 3; (b) schemes for the climate and the environment referred to in Title III, Chapter II, section II, subsection 4; (c) 100% for expenditure for the interventions referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 86(2); (d) other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 66.Article 87 deleted On the basis of the information The contribution to the 40% for the expenditure under the 100% for expenditure under the 40% for expenditure for natural or

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1

1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall set out, in their CAP Strategic Plan, an indicative financial allocation for each intervention. For each intervention, the multiplication of the planned unit amount, without the application of the percentage of variation referred to in Article 89, and the planned outputs, shall equal this indicative financial allocation.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

As part of their CAP Strategic Plan proposal referred to in Article 106(1), Member States ), Member States and, where appropriate, Regions may decide to transfer:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) up to 15% of the Member State's allocation for EAFRD in financial years 2022 – 2027 to the Member State's allocation for direct payments set out in Annex IV for calendar years 2021 to 2026. Member States may only make this transfer if at least 20% of their total EAFRD allocation remains unspent.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) up to 15 percentage points provided that Member States use the corresponding increase for EAFRD financed interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate- related objectives referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1);deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States may transfer up to 15% of their allocation for direct payments to their EAFRD allocation for EAFRD-financed interventions addressing the specific agri- environmental- and climate-related objectives referred to in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1);

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1

Member States and, where appropriate, together with regions shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1

Member States shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation and Article 4 of this Regulation to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Member States shall be responsible for submitting their intervention strategies drawn up in accordance with Articles 95(1)(b) and 97 of this Regulation to the Commission, which shall implement them as an EU list.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2

Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result indicators set out in Annex I.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Jens GIESEKE, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4

Each CAP Strategic Plan shall ~~cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027~~take effect two years after the entry into force of this reform.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 a (new)

The Commission shall ensure that the intervention strategies drawn up by the Member States in accordance with Article 95b of this Regulation are included in the EU list.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 b (new)

The Commission shall guarantee the coherence of the EU list, which shall be based on the intervention strategies put forward by the Member States in accordance with Article 95b with a view to achieving the relevant objectives of this Regulation.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – title

Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specificIncreased ambition with regard to agri- environmental- and climate- related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific agri-environmental- and climate- related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1

Each Member State ~~shall establish a single~~in collaboration, where appropriate, with regions shall establish national or regional CAP Strategic Plans for its enrespectirve territory.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2

Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established and implemented at regional level via Regional Intervention Programmes, at regional level, the Member State shall ensure the coherence and the consistency with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan ~~established at national level~~.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) target and financial plans; including, where appropriate, the target and financial plans found within the Regional Intervention Programs;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)

(ea) Annex VI on the Regional Intervention Programs

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

The description of each intervention specified in the strategy referred to in point (d) of Article 95(1) shall include (if funding is provided under LEADER (Article 71(1), the provisions of this article, if relevant, shall be incorporated into the local development strategies):

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN, Ulrike MÜLLER, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1

1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones. In Member States with fully or partially regionalised strategic plans referred to in Article 93, subparagraph two, the targets can be broken down either fully or partially by region.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The elements referred to in this paragraph shall be established per year. In the event of CAP strategic plans with regional elements referred to in Article 93 of this Regulation, financial data can be reported in regional tables either on a fully or partially regional level.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Annex VI to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 95, paragraph 2, point (f) shall include the Regional Intervention Programmes.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States and, where appropriate, to the regional managing authority within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3

In duly justified cases, the Member State may also ask the Commission to partially approve a CAP Strategic Plan which ~~does not contain all elements~~only relates to the categories of intervention referred to in Title III, Chapters II, III or IV. In that case the Member State concerned shall indicate the ~~parts~~categories of intervention of the CAP Strategic Plan that are missing and provide indicative targets and financial plans as referred to in Article 100 for the whole CAP Strategic Plan in order to show the overall consistency and coherence of the plan. The missing ~~elements~~categories of intervention of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be submitted to the Commission as an amendment of the plan in accordance with Article 107.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Paolo DE CASTRO, Norbert LINS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans. where appropriate, the regional management authority may also submit to the Commission requests to amend the regional intervention programs

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 109

Delegated powers The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending this Chapter as regards: (a) procedures and time limits for the approval of CAP Strategic Plans; (b) the procedures and time limits for submission and approval of requests for amendments to CAP Strategic Plans; (c) the frequency with which the CAP Strategic Plans are to be submitted during the programming period, including the determination of exceptional cases for which the maximum number of amendments referred to in Article 107 (7) does not count.Article 109 deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

In Member States where paying bodies are established under Article 8 of EU Regulation ... (horizontal regulation) on a regional level, Managing Authorities may, in derogation from Clause 1, be established on a regional level. If more than one Managing Authority is established, then the Member State shall appoint a coordination body to promote the consistent application of EU provisions, and which shall act as a go- between for the Commission and the Managing Authorities, and which shall also guarantee their consistency and compliance with the sections of the CAP Strategic Plan drawn up on a national level in accordance with Article 93, Clause 2.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 4

4. When a part of its tasks is delegated to another body, the Managing Authority shall retain full responsibility for the efficiency and correctness of the management and implementation of those tasks. If the tasks of the Managing Authorities are carried out on a regional level in Member States, then this body shall coordinate said activity, specifically the efficiency and correctness of both the management and implementation of these tasks, in accordance with paragraph 1. The Managing Authority shall ensure that appropriate provisions are in place to allow the other body to obtain all necessary data and information for the execution of those tasks.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

The Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs progress towards achieving its targets.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall publish the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee and all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

The Member State shall publish the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee and ~~all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online~~its opinions.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

The Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs and the actions taken to address those issues;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. The Monitoring Committee ~~shall~~can give its opinion on:

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1

1. At the initiative of a Member State or, where appropriate, regions, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1

1. Member States and, in the case of Regional Intervention Programs, the regional managing authorities shall establish a performance framework which shall allow reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan during its implementation.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) the content of CAP Strategic Plans including, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs;

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point b

~~(b) the market measures and other interventions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.~~deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1

The Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee shall monitor, according to their territorial competence, the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs, on the basis of the output and result indicators.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 120

Implementing powers for the performance framework The Commission shall adopt implementing acts on the content of the performance framework. Such acts shall include the list of context indicators, other indicators needed for the appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the policy, the methods for the calculation of indicators and the necessary provisions to guarantee accuracy and reliability of the data collected by Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).Article 120 deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 1

1. By ~~15 February 2023 and 15 February~~30 June 2023, or later if the Regulation is delayed coming into force, and 30 June of each subsequent year until and including 2030, the Member States shall submit to the Commission an annual performance report on the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year. The report submitted in 2023 shall cover the financial years 2021 and 2022. For direct payments as referred to in Chapter II of Title III, the report shall cover only financial year 2022.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 11

11. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules for the presentation of the content of the annual performance report. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).deleted

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1

1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall organise each year an annual review meeting with the Commission, to be chaired jointly or by the Commission, which will take place not earlier than two months after the submission of the annual performance report.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 123

Performance bonus 1. attributed to Member States in the year 2026 to reward satisfactory performance in relation to the environmental and climate targets provided that the Member State concerned has met the condition set out in Article 124(1). 2. equal to 5% of the amount per Member State for financial year 2027 as set out in Annex IX. Resources transferred between the EAGF and the EAFRD under Articles 15 and 90 are excluded for the purpose of calculating the performance bonus.Article 123 deleted A performance bonus may be The performance bonus shall be

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Albert DESS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 124

Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. Where the target values referred to in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).rticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1

1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out ex- ante evaluations to improve the quality of the design of their CAP Strategic Plans.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1

1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans ~~shall be carried out by the~~including, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 2

2. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 3

3. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4

4. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall be responsible for evaluating the adequacy of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions for the purpose of achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 5

5. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall draw up an evaluation plan providing indications on intended evaluation activities during the implementation period.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Paolo DE CASTRO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 6

6. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall submit the evaluation plan to the Monitoring Committee no later than one year after the adoption of the CAP Strategic Plan.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

However, without prejudice to Annexes IX and IXa to this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 shall continue to apply, until 2023, to: (a) operations implemented within rural development programmes approved by the Commission under this Regulation, and (b) rural development programmes approved in accordance with Article 10(2) of this Regulation before 1 January 2023.

2018/12/10
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards

No bare soil in most sensitive period(s), ~~except for harvest preparation periods~~where appropriate

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 7

~~Council Directive 2008/71/EC of 15 July 2008 on identification and registration of pigs (OJ L 213, 8.8.2008, p. 31): Articles 3, 4 and 5~~deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 8

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1): Articles 4 and 7deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 9

Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8): Articles 3, 4 and 5deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 10

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1): Articles 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15deleted

2018/12/12
Committee: AGRI