26 Amendments of Pilar AYUSO related to 2008/0103(CNS)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development, a system of compulsory progressive reduction of direct payments ("modulation") was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This system should be maintained including the exemption of payments up to EUR 5 000 from its application, other than where the profitability of farms in the Community could be at risk.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 (new)
Recital 23 (new)
(23a) The first pillar of the CAP needs to be retained in the future so as to guarantee the key role which farmers play as motors of the economy in numerous rural regions, as well as being guardians of the landscape and ensuring the high standards of food safety required by the EU.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43
Any payment entitlement which has not been activated for a period of 23 years shall be allocated to the national reserve, except in case of force majeure and exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 36(1). Priority shall be given in the utilisation of these funds to facilitating young people's access to agricultural activity with a view to ensuring the transfer between generations.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development, a system of compulsory progressive reduction of direct payments (“modulation”) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. This system should be maintained including the exemption of payments up to EUR 5 000 from its application, other than where the profitability of farms in the Community could be at risk.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new
Recital 23 a (new
(23a) The first pillar of the CAP needs to be retained in the future so as to guarantee the key role which farmers play as motors of the economy in numerous rural regions, as well as being guardians of the landscape and ensuring the high standards of food safety required by the EU.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) The de-coupling of direct support and the introduction of the single payment scheme were essential elements in the process of reforming the common agricultural policy. However several reasons called in 2003 for maintaining specific support for a number of crops. Experience gained through the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 together with the evolution of the market situation indicates that schemes that were kept outside the single payment scheme in 2003 can now be integrated into that scheme to promote a more market-oriented and sustainable agriculture. This is the case in particular for the olive oil sector, where only marginal coupling was applied. It is also the case for the durum wheat, protein crops, rice, potato starch, and nuts payments, where the decreasing effectiveness of remaining coupled payments, supports the decoupling option. In the case of flax it is also appropriate to abolish the support for processing and to integrate the relevant amounts into the single payment scheme. As regards rice, dried fodder,As regards potato starch and flax a transitional period should be provided for in order to ensure their shift to decoupled support to be as smooth as possible. As regards nuts, Member States should be allowed to continue to pay the national part of the aid in a coupled way in order to cushion the effects of decoupling.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43
Any payment entitlement which has not been activated for a period of 23 years shall be allocated to the national reserve, except in case of force majeure and exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 36(1). Priority shall be given in the utilisation of these funds to facilitating young people's access to agricultural activity with a view to ensuring the transfer between generations.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
However, Member States may introduce other clearly defined criteria, such as the quality of the producer or agricultural and/or rural employment, in order to guarantee geographical coherence, diversity and a dynamic rural environment, and the maintenance of traditional models of production that are not linked to the land.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65
Article 65
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) in the form of contributions to cropagricultural insurance premiums in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 69,
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68a Community reinsurance scheme The Commission shall study the viability of setting up a reinsurance scheme for market prices within the ceiling for CAP expenditure. The Commission shall submit a report on the subject by December 2009.
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – title
Article 69 – title
Crop insurance Agricultural insurance
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States may grant financial contributions to premiums for crop insurance againstdesigned to compensate for: (a) losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters; (b) other losses caused by climatic events; (c) economic losses caused by animal or plant diseases or pest infestations.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of this article, (a) ‘adverse climatic event’ means weather conditions which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought and destroy more than 30% of the average of annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period production cycles or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry. ; (b) 'economic losses' means all additional costs borne by a farmer on account of the exceptional measures which he adopts in order to reduce supply to the market concerned or any significant loss of production. The costs in respect of which compensation may be granted pursuant to other Community provisions and those stemming from the application of any other health, veterinary or plant-health measure shall not be regarded as economic losses.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The financial contribution granted per farmer shall be set at 680% or 50% of the insurance premium due. Member States may decide to increase the financial contribution to 70% taking account of the climatic situation or the situation of the sector concerned in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
Article 69 – paragraph 3
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. Insurance payments shall compensate for not more than the total cost of replacing losses referred to in paragraph 1 and shall not require or specify the type or quantity of future production.
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71
Article 71
Amendment 690 #
SECTION 1 A SPECIFIC QUALITY PREMIUM FOR DURUM WHEAT Article 74a Scope of application Aid shall be granted to farmers producing durum wheat falling within CN code 1001 10 00, under the conditions laid down in this Chapter. Article 74b Amount and eligibility 1. The aid shall be EUR 40 per hectare. 2. Granting of payments shall be subject to the use of certain quantities of certified seeds of varieties recognised, in the production zone, as being of high quality for the production of semolina or pasta. Article 74c Areas 1. The aid shall be granted for national base areas in the traditional production zones. The base area shall be as follows: Bulgaria 21 800 ha Greece 17 000 ha Spain 594 000 ha France 208 000 ha Italy 1 646 000 ha Cyprus 6 183 ha Hungary 2 500 ha Austria 7 000 ha Portugal 118 000 ha 2. A Member State may subdivide its base area into sub-base areas in accordance with objective criteria. Article 74d Overrun of the area 1. Where the area for which aid is claimed exceeds the base area, the area per farmer for which aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year. 2. When a Member State subdivides its base area in sub-base areas, the reduction provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply only to the farmers in sub-base areas where their limits have been exceeded. This reduction shall be made when, in the Member State concerned, the areas in sub-base areas, which have not reached their limits, have been redistributed to sub-base areas in which those limits have been exceeded.
Amendment 691 #
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Specific aid for nuts The specific payments for nuts laid down in Articles 83 to 86 of Regulation No 1782/2003 shall be maintained until 2013.
Amendment 770 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – part I – indent 3
Annex X – part I – indent 3
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – part I – indent 4
Annex X – part I – indent 4
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – part I – indent 5
Annex X – part I – indent 5
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – part I – indent 7
Annex X – part I – indent 7