24 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The implementation of this regulation should be consistent with the development cooperation objectives of the Union's Policy Framework for Food Security (COM (2010) 127) with specific regards to ensure that the deployment of CAP measures do not jeopardize the food production capacity and long term food security developing countries and the ability of those populations to feed themselves, while complying with the obligation of Policy Coherence for Development under Article 208 of the Treaty on Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fixation of the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the reversion of non- activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the adoption of requirements related to the notification of transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines within which such notification are to take place; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for young farmers; the setting out of the annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules concerning general notification requirements. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States should be allowed to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments for coupled support in certain sectors in clearly defined cases. The resources that may be used for any coupled support should be limited to an appropriate level, while allowing such support to be granted in Member States or in their specific regions facing particular situations where specific typeThe decoupling of direct support and the introduction of the single payment scheme were essential elements in the process of fareforming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental and/or social reasons. Member States should be allowed to use up to 5 % of their national ceilings for this support, or 10 % in case their level of coupled support in at least one of the years of the period 2010-2013 exceeded 5 %. However, in duly justified cases where certain sensitive needs in a region are demonstrated, and upon approval by the Commission, Member States should be allowed to use more than 10 % of their national ceiling. Coupled support should only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in those regions. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/200the CAP. Experience gained through the application of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 together with the evolution of the market situation indicates that schemes that were kept outside the single payment scheme in 2013 cand Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and who do not have eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements. As regards the approval of voluntary coupled support exceeding 10 % of the annual national ceiling fixed per Member State, the Commission should further be empowered to adopt implementing acts without applying Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 now be integrated into the basic payment scheme to promote more market- oriented and sustainable agriculture.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) AMember States should be allowed to use part of their national direct payments ceiling to put in place a simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The rules on cross compliance shall however still apply to small farmers, as it is important that all farmers in receipt of EU funds, regardless of size of their holdings, adhere to minimum environmental standards. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point v
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point v
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘'permanent grassland’' means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazprovided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remaing provided that thedominant. Member States may decide to include land which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage aremain predominant traditionally not predominant in grazing areas;
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 811 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Before 1 August 2013, Member States may decide to make available as additional support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRDA as specified under Regulation (EU) No. […...] [RDR], up to 10 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 20142 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation, without national co-financing. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments.
Amendment 844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may decide, by 1 August 2015 or 1 August 2017, to review their decision referred to in this article with the effect from the subsequent year.
Amendment 913 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts to be set in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37 and 397. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
Amendment 1485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In Member States which, under Article 14(1) decide to make 10 % of their annual national ceilings for one or more calendar years 2014 to 2019 available as additional support for agro-environmental operations falling within priorities (1), (4) and (5) in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No [...] [RDR], farmers shall in the respective calendar years be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
Amendment 1731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the eligible agricultural area covers more than 10 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is eare ecological focus area. Ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips without production (except grazing and cutting), fertilisation and pesticides, areas without nitrogen fertilisation, areas with catch crops/green cover, areas with perennial energy crops, areas participating in agri-environmental schemes in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No[ ] [RDR] and going beyond the practices referred to in Article 29 (1) in terms of benefits for the climate and for the environment, and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to implement up to 3,5 percentage points of the ecological focus areas at regional level in order to obtain adjacent ecological focus areas. Member States shall designate the areas and the obligations for farmers or groups of farmers participating to meet the level of 3,5 percentage points. The aim of the designated areas and obligations shall be to underpin the implementation of Union policies on environment, climate and biodiversity. The obligations shall go beyond the practices referred to in Article 29(1) in terms of benefits for the climate and the environment. When applying ecological focus areas at the regional level, Member States shall each year inform farmers of the level of individual obligations concerning ecological focus areas with a minimum of at least 3,5%. The individual level is calculated on the basis of the implemented area managed regionally.
Amendment 1793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to further define the types of ecological focus areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areasreferred to in paragraph 1 and 1a of this Article to lay down further criteria for the types of areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to qualify as ecological focus areas; and to add other types of areas to those referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.
Amendment 1801 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, approve the decision referred to in paragraph 1a. The obligations set for the designated areas and the area managed in accordance with the obligations referred to in paragraph 1a shall be approved by the Commission. The approval shall include information on the environmental and climate effect going beyond the practices referred to in Article 29(1) in terms of benefits for the climate and the environment. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
Amendment 1922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 2008 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38
Amendment 2085 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 2157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
Article 40
Amendment 2162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
Article 41
Amendment 2195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may establish a scheme according to the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as 'small farmers scheme': Farmers holding payment entitlements allocated in 2014 pursuant to Article 21 and fulfilling the minimum requirements provided for in Article 10(1) may opt for participation in a simplified scheme under the conditions laid down in this Title, hereinafter referred to as ‘small farmers scheme’.
Amendment 2272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in this Title, Member States shall deduct the amounts corresponding to the amounts to which the small farmers would be entitled as a basic payment referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III, as a payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in Chapter 2 of Title III and, where applicable, as a payment for areas with natural constraints referred to in Chapter 3 of Title III, and as a payment for young farmers referred to in Chapter 4 of Title III and as coupled support referred to in Title IV from the total amounts available for the respective payments.