2 Amendments of Ville ITÄLÄ related to 2009/2156(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, as a result of the reform of legislation on support for less-favoured areas and the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the previous category of 'intermediate LFAs' has been abolished and eligible areas are defined as areas 'affected by significant natural handicaps' and 'where maintaining extensive farming activity is important for the management of the land',
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers fine-tuning of the criteria for support for areas with natural handicaps to be necessary in order to be able to respond appropriately to particular geographical situations and crops grown and to exclude areas in which natural handicaps have been offset by human intervention; proposes that farm data (such as farm income) be used inter alia for this purpose; emphasises, however, that the decision on the criteria to be used for fine-tuning must be voluntary and lie with the Member States;