Activities of Joseph DAUL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Aware of the sensitive situation within groups as regards the assistance allowance, and after weighing the different arguments, cannot endorse the second instalment of the EUR 1.500 per year; recalls its resolution on the guidelines in which an evaluation was already called for, including a detailed financial statement of the overall costs that would result from this measure;deleted

2010/04/20
Committee: BUDG

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for detailed consideration of the option of a special label for European quality products, on the basis of the existing models; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to examine and propose the launching of a European quality mark to complement the existing national and regional marks; reaffirms the position expressed in its resolution of 9 October 1998, as mentioned above; believes that any such label must also guarantee fair treatment for all market players at all stages of the production and distribution chain, in an environment- friendly context;Deleted

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that designations of origin constitute a crucial part of the European heritage which needs to be preserved; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality and help consumers choose from the range of goods on offer; considers there is a need to ~~clarify the distinction between trademarks an~~better explain the differences between trademarks and designation of origin and to take measures to enable the existing Community rules preventing registration of a trademark containing or referring to protected designations of origin (PDOs)/protected geographical indications (PGIs) by operators who do not represent the producer organisations of those PDOs/PGIs to be applied in practice;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that designations of origin constitute a crucial part of the European heritage which needs to be preserved~~; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality and~~ because of its crucial economic power and because it has a key socio-economic impact on many European regions; believes that they offer a guarantee of quality which must be reinforced, particularly by stricter control over the management of designations of origin by the applicant groups representing them; considers that they help consumers choose from the range of goods on offer; considers there is a need to clarify the distinction between trademarks and designation of origin;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers that groups applying for PGI must have access to the tools to manage their production volume in order to maintain the quality and reputation of their PGI;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Advocates the establishment of Community rules enabling groups applying for PGI to set the conditions for packaging their PGI and using its name in the sales name of processed products;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Favours simplifying the procedure for registering designations of origin and reducing the time required for obtaining them; ~~believes one means of achieving this would be to delegate responsibility to the competent national bodies;~~

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that the degree of protection of designations of origin varies between Member States; advocates legislative and procedural harmonisation in this field, and in particular of the rules on application of ex officio protection;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Believes that the international protection of designations of origin should be ~~guaranteed in the world trade negotiations; calls on the Commission to ens~~strengthened; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts, particularly at the political level, to bring about an improvement in PGI protection in the course ~~that the issue is~~of the WTO talks (either by extending the protection under Article 23 onf the ~~agenda for the WTO talks and is recognised as such by all international partners~~Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to all products, or by establishing a multilateral register of PGIs), and also in the accession negotiations for new member countries joining the WTO and bilateral agreements currently being negotiated;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Hopes that the Commission will continue to promote the concept of PGI with non-member States, particularly by undertaking more technical assistance missions in conjunction with PGI producer groups;

2009/01/30
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) It iswill be necessary to include specific invertebrate species within the scope of this Directive, as ~~there i~~soon as scientific evidence is available of the potential ability of such species to experience pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) This Directive should ~~also~~ cover embryonic and foetal forms of vertebrate animals which are intended to come to term, when it has been scientifically shown that their nervous system is capable of registering pain signals, as there is scientific evidence showing that such forms in the last third of their development have an increased risk of experiencing pain, suffering and distress, which may also affect negatively their subsequent development. Scientific evidence has also shown that procedures on embryonic and foetal forms of mammals at an earlier stage of development could result in pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, should the developmental forms be allowed to live beyond the first two thirds of their development.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) The methods selected should avoid, as far as possible, death as an end-point due to severe suffering caused by the approaching death. Where possible, it should be substituted by more humane end-points using clinical signs that determine the impending death thereby allowing the animal to be killed by a ~~human~~n appropriate method without any further suffering.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) With current scientific knowledge the use of non-human primates in scientific procedures is still necessary in biomedical research. Due to their genetic proximity to human beings and to their highly developed social skills, the use of non- human primates in scientific procedures raises specific ethical and practical problems in terms of meeting their behavioural, environmental and social needs in a laboratory environment. Furthermore, the use of non-human primates is of the highest concern to the public. Therefore the use of non-human primates should only be allowed in those essential biomedical areas for the benefit of human beings for which no other replacement alternative methods are yet available and only in cases where the procedures are carried out in relation to clinical conditions having a substantial impact on patients’ day-today functioning as being either life-threatening or debilitating, or for the preservation of the respective non-human primate species. Fundamental research in ~~some~~all areas of the biomedical sciences can provide important new information ~~relevant to many life- threatening and debilitating human conditions. The reference to life- threatening or debilitating cli~~contributing to knowledge of humans, animals or the environment. However, the high sensitivity of non-human primates and their highly developed social skills mean that fundamental research projects using such anicmal ~~conditions is established terminology in EC legislation as reflected in Regulation 141/2000/EC, in Directive 2001/20/EC, Regulation 726/2004/EC and Commission Regulation 507/2006/EC~~s should be subjected to a strict scientific review and ethical evaluation taking account of the specific characteristics of these species.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) The capture of non-human primates from the wild is highly stressful for the animals and increases the risk of injury and suffering during capture and transport. ~~In order~~With a view to gradually ending the capturing of animals from the wild for breeding purposes, only animals that are the offspring of an animal which has been bred in captivity should be made available for use in scientific procedures as soon as possible. Establishments breeding and supplying non-human primates should therefore have a strategy in place to support and facilitate the progressive move towards that goala full study should be carried out into the technical, scientific and economic feasibility of this process. Investigations should also be made into its effects – both positive and negative – on animal welfare, and consideration should be given to the European Union’s potential long-term sources of supply. Concurrently with the study called for above, the Commission and the Member States should also take the necessary measures to support appropriate transport conditions for non-human primates in the territory of the European Union.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) From the ethical standpoint, there should be an upper limit of pain, suffering and distress, above which animals should never be subjected in scientific procedures. To that effect, the performance of procedures that result in severe pain, suffering or distress and which is likely to be prolonged, should be ~~prohibited~~restricted as far as possible. When developing a common format for reporting purposes, instead of the predicted severity at the time of the ethical evaluation, the actual severity experienced by the animal should be taken into account.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29

(29) Animal welfare considerations should be given the highest priority in the context of animal keeping, breeding and use. Each head of an establishment should therefore ~~have an independent permanent ethical review body in place~~identify an ethical assessment body with the ~~primary~~ task of ~~focus~~carrying out an ethical ~~debate at establishment level, fostering a climate of care and providing tools for practical application and timely implementation of the recent technical and scientific developments in relation to~~assessment of the establishment’s projects, in accordance with the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement to enhance the life-time experience of the animals. The ~~decis~~opinions of the ~~permanent ethical review~~se ethical assessment bodyies should be properly documented and open to scrutiny during inspections by the competent authority.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

(38) It is also essential to ensure both on moral and scientific grounds that each use of animals is carefully evaluated on the scientific validity, usefulness and relevance of the expected result of that use. The likely harm to the animals should be balanced against the expected benefits of the project. Therefore, an ~~independent~~ ethical evaluation independent of those in charge of the study should be carried out as part of the authorisation process of projects involving the use of live animals. Effective implementation of an ethical evaluation should also allow for an appropriate assessment of the use of any new scientific experimental techniques as they emerge.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40

(40) To ensure that the public is informed, it is important that objective information on the projects using live animals is ~~made publicly availab~~collected and compiled. The format of that information should not violate proprietary rights or expose confidential information~~. Therefore, user establishments should provide~~ or information relating to the safety of persons and installations, or impair the safety of persons or installations. Therefore, user establishments should have the option of making available to the competent authorities anonymous non- technical summaries of those projects, including the results of any retrospective assessments~~, and make those summaries publicly available~~.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46

(46) There is a need to ensure a coherent approach to ethical evaluation and ethical review strategies at national level. Member States should establish national animal welfare and ethics committees to ~~give advice to~~set out principles for the competent authorities ~~and permanent ethical review bodies of establishments~~ in order to promote the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement. Therefore, the network of national animal welfare and ethics committees should play a role in the exchange of best practice at Community level.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47

(47) The technical and scientific advancements in biomedical research can be rapid as can the increase in knowledge of factors influencing animal welfare. It is therefore necessary to provide for review of this Directive. Such a review, based on the results of peer-assessed scientific studies, should examine possible replacement of the use of animals, and in particular non-human primates, as a matter of priority where it is possible, taking into account the advancement of science.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – Paragraph 2 – point a

(a) live non-human vertebrate animals, including independently feeding larval forms and embryonic or foetal forms ~~as fr~~of mammals, intended to come t~~he last third of their normal development~~o term, which have been scientifically shown to possess a nervous system capable of registering pain signals;

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) live invertebrate animals, including independently feeding larval forms, of those species listed in Annex I.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. This Directive shall apply to animals used in procedures, which are at an earlier stage of development than that referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2~~, if the animal is to be allowed to live beyo~~ which are intended to come to term and tha~~t stage of development and is likely to experience pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm after it has reached that stage of development~~ve been scientifically shown to possess a nervous system capable of registering pain signals.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 6 a (new)

(6a) 'ethical approach' means the approach which precedes experimentation and consists of assessing the scientific and societal grounds for using animals, with reference to humankind's duty to respect animals as living, sentient beings;

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6 b (new)

(6b) 'ethical evaluation body' means a committee with the scientific, technical and civil competences required to deliver an enlightened ethical opinion on a project;

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title

~~Human~~Appropriate methods of killing/slaughter.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that animals are killed in an authorised establishment, by an authorised person and with a minimum of pain, suffering and distress ~~and, in relation to the species included in Annex V,~~ using the appropriate humane method of killing as set out in that Annex. The Commission shall develop guidelines that it shall update as progress is made.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the procedure has one of the purposes referred to in points (1), (2)(a), (3) ~~and is undertaken with a view to the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of life- threatening or debilitating clinical conditions in human beings~~ or the purpose referred to in point (5) of Article 5;

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. ~~Member States shall ensure that animals belonging to the species listed in Annex II may only be used in procedures where those animals have been bred for use in procedu~~No later than 5 years from the entry into force of this directive, the Commission shall submit a technical feasibility study of the requirements set out in paragraph 2, detailing the consequences for animal welfares.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~However~~In the light of the results of the study referred to in paragraph 1, and if justified on scientific, economic and ethical grounds, as from the dates set out in Annex III, Member States shall ensure that non-human primates listed in that Annex may only be used in procedures where they are the offspring of non-human primates which have been bred in captivity.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. Competent authorities may grant exemptions from paragraph 1 on the basis of a scientific justification or reasons linked to animal welfare.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory phrase

1. Member States shall ensure that an animal already used in a procedure, when a different animal on which no procedure has previously been carried out could also be used, may be re-used in a new procedure totally different from the previous procedure from a scientific point of view only when all of the following conditions are met:

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the previous procedure was classified as '~~up to mild~~moderate';

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18

Member States shall encourage the establishment of programmes for the sharing of organs and tissues of animals killed by a humane method.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall ensure that persons are authorised by the competent authority or the delegated authority before they carry out any of the following functions:

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3

3. All authorisations of persons shall be granted for a limited period of time, not exceeding five years. Member States shall ensure that the renewal of an authorisation of persons is only granted on the basis of demonstration of the requisite competence. Member States shall guarantee the mutual recognition of this competence and of the authorisation.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Where the authorisation is suspended or withdrawn, Member States shall establish a mechanism for appeals against the decision.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2

2. For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1, Member States shall apply the care and accommodation ~~standards set out in Annex IV as from the dates provided for in that Annex~~guidelines before 2017.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3

~~3. Member States may allow exemptions to paragraph 2 for animal welfare reasons.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that the frequency and the extent of inspections are adequate to the number and species of animals housed, to the compliance record of the establishment with this Directive and, in the case of user establishments, to the number and types of projects carried out in those establishments. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the inspections do not jeopardise the scientific quality of the projects and the welfare of the animals.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that projects are not carried out without a prior authorisation by the competent authority or, by delegation, by the permanent ethical review body that reviews protocols and procedures.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2

2. Granting of authorisation shall be subject to favourable ethical evaluation by the competent authority or, by delegation, by the permanent ethical review body that reviews protocols and procedures.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) ~~inform~~the declaration onthat the ~~elements set out in Annex VII~~matter has been referred to the competent authority responsible for ethics.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2

2. Member States may waive the requirement in paragraph 1(b) and permit the user establishment to submit a reduced project proposal covering only the information necessary for the ethical evaluation and elements listed in Article 41(2), provided that the project involves only procedures classified as "up to m~~ild~~oderate" and does not use non-human primates.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 4

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, all projects involving only procedures classified as "~~up to mild"~~moderate" or less shall be exempted from the requirement for a retrospective assessment.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b

b) a demonstration ~~of compliance with the requirement~~that the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement have been considered.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 2 – point d

d~~) at least one person demonstrating species specific knowledge.~~eleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Any amendment or r~~Renewal of a project authorisation shall be subject to a further favourable ethical evaluation.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 2a (new)

-2a. Any ‘mild or moderate’ amendment to a procedure which does not increase its severity shall be notified to the competent authority or, by delegation, to the permanent ethical review body that reviews protocols. However, any amendment to a procedure which increases its severity shall be subject to a new ethical review.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that the decision to grant an authorisation is taken and communicated to the user establishment at the latest within 30 days from the submission of the application. Should the Member State fail to take a decision within that period, or in the case of a minor amendment, the authorisation shall be deemed to have been granted, where the project concerned involves only procedures classified as "~~up to mild"~~moderate" or less and non-human primates are not used. In all other cases, no such presumption shall apply.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall establish a national animal welfare and ethics committee that shall advise the competent authorities ~~and permanent ethical review bodie~~responsible for ethics in matters dealing with the acquisition, breeding, accommodation, care and use of animals in procedures and ensure sharing of best practices.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2

2. The national animal welfare and ethics committees shall exchange information on the operation of ~~permanent~~ ethical rev~~iew~~aluation bodies and ethical evaluation and share best practices within the Community.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. Member States shall collect and make publicly available, ~~on an annual basi~~at intervals not exceeding three years, statistical information on the use of animals in procedures, including information on the actual severity of the procedures and on the origin and species of non-human primates used in procedures.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

~~Member States shall submit that statistical information to the Commission by [three years from transposition date] and every year thereafter.~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I

Invertebrate Species referred to in Article ~~• • Cephalopods •~~2(2) 2(2) Cyclostomes • Cephalopods Decapod crustaceans

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 8

~~Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)~~deleted

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 11 a (new)

11a. Zebrafish (danio danio)

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – dates – lines 2 to 4

[715 years after ~~transposition of Directive~~confirmation of interest by the Commission] [715 years after ~~transposition of Directive~~confirmation of interest by the Commission] [105 years after ~~transposition of Directive~~confirmation of interest by the Commission]

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – title

Care and accommodation ~~standard~~guidelines referred to in Article 32

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – subtitle (new)

The care and accommodation conditions should be tailored to the scientific objective.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex V

This annex is deleted.

2009/03/16
Committee: AGRI

2008/0183(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 4 (new)

b) at a price which is in no case greater than that justified by the costs incurred by the designated organisations in implementing the operation, other than the costs that may be covered under point (b) of the second subparagraph of paragraph 6. Those organisations shall display an information panel at distribution points, or attach a sticker to mobile distribution units, indicating that the association is a beneficiary of the European food aid programme. This shall be the way of informing beneficiaries that they are receiving Community support.

2009/01/29
Committee: AGRI

2008/0183(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 27 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) costs of transport and storage of food products and administrative costs for the designated organisations directly linked with the implementation of the scheme.

2009/01/29
Committee: AGRI

2008/0183(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 27 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. The Member State shall set a ceiling corresponding to the percentage of products purchased or bartered for all transport, storage and administrative costs (including communication costs), taking account of local conditions where necessary. The financial provision shall be divided by the Member States between these three items of expenditure. All appropriations not used under this provision may be reallocated to the purchase of food.

2009/01/29
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – sub-paragraph 1

2. ~~By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where such methods are prescribed by~~In accordance with religious rites, animals may be ~~kill~~slaughtered without prior stunning, provided that the ~~kill~~slaughtering takes place in a slaughterhouse.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. ~~By way of derogation from paragraph 1, w~~Where such methods are prescribed by religious rites, animals may be killed without prior stunning, provided that the killing takes place in a slaughterhouse.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

However, Member States ~~may decide not to apply that derogation~~which, at the time of their joining the European Union, already required prior stunning, can derogate to paragraph 2.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – sub-paragraph 2

~~However,~~ Member States may decide ~~not to apply that derogation~~whether or not to authorise slaughtering without prior stunning.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. For the purposes of this Regulation the competent authority, referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, shall approve for each slaughterhouse: a) the maximum throughput for each slaughter line; b) the categories of animals and weights for which the restraining or stunning equipment available may be used; c) the maximum capacity for each lairage area intended for equidae and animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and poultry and lagomorphs.deleted

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point e

~~e) the use of electric currents that do not stun or kill the animals under controlled circumstances, in particular, any electric current application that does not span the brain.~~deleted

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c

c) actively encourage the development by operators and other interested parties of codes of good practice for the implementation of this Regulation and publish and disseminate such codes, and monitor their application, and in addition approve the technical notices concerning new stunning techniques issued for operators;

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The Commission shall establish a permanent working committee that includes representatives of the Commission and the religious authorities, in order to examine jointly possibilities for improving the welfare of animals at the time of slaughter in accordance with religious rites.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) i~~s independent and free from any conflict of interest as regards the issuance of the certificates of competence~~n the case of slaughters carried out in accordance with religious rites, the religious authority officially recognised by the Member State in question, in collaboration with the above-mentioned competent authority;

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Until 31 December 2014, Member States may provide for certificates of competence, as referred to in Article 18, to be issued without examination to persons demonstrating ~~relevant uninterrupted~~appropriate training and relevant professional experience of at least ~~[ten] years~~12 months before the entry into force of the present Regulation.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Chapter I – Table I – Line No 2 – Category of animals

Ruminants ~~up to 10 kg~~, poultry and lagomorphs.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Chapter I – Table I – Line No 2 – Key parameters - subparagraph 2

Appropriate velocity and diameter of bolt (contact plate method) according to animal size and species.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annexe II – point 3.3

~~3.3. Systems restraining bovine animals by inversion or any unnatural position shall not be us~~deleted.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3.3

3.3. Systems restraining bovine animals by inversion or any unnatural position shall not be used. This shall not apply to slaughter in accordance with religious rites.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annexe II – point 4.2

~~4.2. Electrical apparatus shall deliver a constant current.~~deleted

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1.2

1.2. Animals must be unloaded as quickly as possible after arrival and subsequently slaughtered without undue delay. In the case of poultry or lagomorphs, the total time of transport added to the time spent between unloading and slaughter shall not exceed 12 hours. In the case of mammals, except lagomorphs, the total time of transport added to the time spent between unloading and slaughter shall not exceed: (a) 19 hours for unweaned animals; (b) 24 hours for equidae and pigs; (c) 29 hours for ruminants. After the expiry of those time limits, the animals must be lairaged, fed, and subsequently given moderate amounts of food at appropriate intervals. In such cases, the animals shall be provided an appropriate amount of bedding or equivalent material which guarantees a level of comfort appropriate to the species and the number of animals concerned. This material must ensure adequate absorption of urine and faeces.deleted

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0180(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2.1

2.1. Except in the case of large bovine animals kept in individual pens for a period which does not exceed a reasonable limit, each animal shall have enough space to stand up, lie down and turn around.

2009/02/25
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) The School Fruit Scheme should be clearly identified as an EU initiative aimed at combating obesity in young people and developing their sense of taste. It should also serve, with the aid of appropriate educational programmes, to make children aware of the changing seasons in the course of a year. To that end, education authorities should, as a matter of priority, distribute seasonal fruit, giving preference to a varied range of fruits so as to enable children to discover different tastes.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8

(8) So as not to restrict the overall impact of similar national measures, Member States should also be permitted to grant additional national aid for the supply of products and related costs and accompanying measures and the Community School Fruit Scheme should be without prejudice to any separate national school fruit schemes which respect Community law. However, in order to ensure a practical effect for the Community Scheme, it should not replace current funding for existing multi-annual national School Fruit Schemes or other school distribution schemes that include fruit.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 − subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 1

1. Under conditions to be determined by the Commission, from the 2009/10 school year, Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certain EU-produced products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and bananas sectors to be determined by the Commission and may also be granted for certain related costs of logistics, distribution, equipment, communication, monitoring and evaluation.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 − subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) be used to replace current public funding for any existing national school fruit schemes or other school distribution schemes that include fruit.

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0146(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 − subpoint a

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IVa – Subsection IIa – Article 103ga – paragraph 5

5. The Community school fruit scheme shall be without prejudice to any separate national school fruit schemes which respect Community law. Pilot projects, conducted on an experimental basis in small numbers of educational establishments for limited periods of time, shall not be considered national schemes as referred to in paragraph 3(d).

2008/09/17
Committee: AGRI

2008/0104(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 4 – point 21

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – title I – chapter IV – section I – sub-section III – article 95 a – paragraph 1

1. A premium of EUR 22,25 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid for the 2009/10 ~~and~~to 201~~0/11~~2/2013 marketing years to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up to the quota limit referred to in Article 84a(2), provided that they have paid to potato producers a minimum price for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0104(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 4 – point 22

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 96

~~(22) Article 96 is~~ deleted.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0104(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 4 – point 29 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 122 – paragraph 1 b (new)

29a. The following paragraph is added to Article 122: “Member States may also recognise as producer organisations applicant groups within the meaning of Article 5, paragraph 1, of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs1. In this case the provisions of point (c)(i) of the first paragraph shall apply.” _________ 1 OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0104(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 4 – point 30

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 124 – paragraph 1

“1. Article 122 and the first paragraph of Article 123 shall apply without prejudice to the recognition, decided by Member States on the basis of national law and in compliance with Community law, of producer organisations or interbranch organisations respectively, in any sector referred to in Article 1 except for the sectors referred to in Article 122 and the first paragraph of Article 123. These interbranch organisations may act to promote, inter alia, preventive risk management, research and development, information on, and promotion of, products and branches, market analysis and information, and measures of contractualisation.”

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Furthermore, in order to avoid the abandonment of agricultural land and ensure that it is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition, Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 established a Community framework within which Member States adopt standards taking account of the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic conditions and existing farming systems (land use, crop rotation, farming practices) and farm structures. The abolition of compulsory set aside within the single payment scheme may in certain cases have adverse effects for the environment, in particular as regards ordinary biodiversity and certain landscape features. It is therefore appropriate to reinforce the existing Community provisions aiming at protecting, where appropriate, biodiversity and specified landscape features.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Protection and management of water in the context of the agricultural activity has increasingly become a problem in certain areas. It is therefore appropriate to also reinforce the existing Community framework for good agricultural and environmental condition with the aim to protect water against pollution and run-off and to manage the use of water. Biodiversity is partially a result of agricultural practices. It should be viewed as an environmental concern of the CAP. The European Community’s commitment to stemming the loss of biodiversity by 2010 makes it necessary to implement the means of achieving that goal. It is therefore appropriate also to strengthen the existing Community framework as concerns good agricultural and environmental condition, in order to preserve biodiversity throughout Community territory.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The savings made through the modulation mechanism introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are used to finance measures under the rural development policy. Since the adoption of that regulation the agricultural sector has been faced with a number of new and demanding challenges such as climate change, the increasing importance of bio- energy, as well as the need for a better water management and a more effective protection of biodiversity. The European Community, as party to the Kyoto Protocol, has been called to adapt its policies in the light of the climate change considerations. Furthermore, following serious problems related to water scarcity and droughts, water management issues should be further addressed. Protecting biodiversity remains a major challenge and while important progress has been made, the achievement of the European Community’s biodiversity target for 2010 will require additional efforts. The Community acknowledges the need to tackle these new challenges in the framework of its policies. In the area of agriculture, a minimum threshold of actions should be introduced throughout Community territory using the first pillar of the CAP, which the rural development programs adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2006 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) ~~are an appropriate tool to deal with them~~will complement in the pursuit of better-targeted actions and efforts. To enable Member States to revise their rural development programmes accordingly without being required to reduce their current rural development activities in other areas, additional funding needs to be made available. However, the financial perspectives for the period 2007 to 2013 do not provide for the financial means to reinforce the Community’s rural development policy as necessary. Under these circumstances it is appropriate to mobilise a large part of the financial resources needed by providing for a gradual increase of the reduction of direct payments through modulation.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to help farmers to meet the standards of modern, high-quality agriculture, it is necessary that Member States operate a comprehensive system offering advice to commercial farms. The farm advisory system should help farmers to become more aware of material flows and on-farm processes relating to the environment, biodiversity, food safety, animal health and welfare without in any way affecting their obligation and responsibility to respect those standards.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) Compulsory set aside of arable land was introduced as a supply control mechanism. Market developments in the arable crops sector together with the introduction of decoupled aids no longer justify the need for maintaining this instrument, which therefore should be abolished. SA proportion of the set-aside entitlements established in accordance with Articles 53 and 63(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall therefore be activated on hectares subject to the same eligibility conditions that any other entitlement. Loss of the environmental benefits of set-aside should be compensated by the introduction of new mechanisms, not least concerning biodiversity. The remainder of the set-aside entitlements should be made over to an obligation to preserve a biodiversity area, through the introduction of a biodiversity single payment entitlement.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Pilar AYUSO

Proposal for a regulation
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.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
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, and 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, 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.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37

(37) As a consequence of the integration of new schemes into the single payment scheme, provision should be made for the calculation of the new level of individual income support under that scheme. In the case of ~~nuts,~~ potato starch, flax and dried fodder, such increase should be granted on the basis of the support farmers received in most recent years. However, in the case of the integration of payments that were so far partially excluded from the single payment scheme, Member states should be given the option to use the original reference periods.

2008/09/01
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)

Article 6 a Each Member State shall be free to introduce ‘bonus’ cross-compliance that awards farmers bonus points for actions fostering biodiversity and implemented in addition to the obligations arising from good agro-environmental cross-compliance. Each Member State shall define the actions for which those points can be awarded. The bonus points may be used to offset penalty points incurred in the area of the good agricultural and environmental condition described to in Article 6. The arrangements for that offsetting shall be laid down by the Member States.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The provisions set out in paragraph 1 shall only apply to payments fully integrated into the single payment scheme.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – letter (a a) (new)

(aa) any area of the holding considered to be an agro-ecological element fostering biodiversity. Each Member State shall decide on the procedures for establishing a list of those elements;

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

In order to preserve biodiversity throughout the Community, each agricultural holding must contain a biodiversity area. That area shall be set proportionately to the utilised agricultural area of the holding at a rate fixed at a minimum threshold of 2 %, which each Member State shall be free to increase on a voluntary basis. The hectares making up that biodiversity area shall consist principally of the agro-ecological elements defined by each Member State. Those hectares shall qualify for biodiversity single payment entitlement.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States may decide by 1 August 2009 at the latest to use from 2010 up to 105% of their national ceilings referred to in Article 41 to grant support to farmers:

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – letter b

b) to address specific disadvantages affecting farmers in ~~the dairy, beef, sheep and goatmeat and rice sectors in~~ economically vulnerable or environmentally sensitive areas, such as the dairy, beef, sheep and goatmeat and rice sectors,

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. The financial contribution granted per farmer shall be set at a maximum of 60% 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..

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Pilar AYUSO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 6 - subparagraph 1

6. Member States' expenditure for the granting of financial contributions shall be co-financed by the Community from the funds referred to in Article 68(1) at a rate of 480% of the ~~eligible amounts of insurance premium~~financial contribution set in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71

~~For the years 2009, 2010, and 2011 a~~Aid shall be granted to farmers producing rice, falling within CN code 1006 10 under the conditions laid down in this section.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 1 – Section 1 a (new)

SECTION 1 A AID FOR NUTS Article 74a Scope 1. A Community aid shall be granted to farmers producing nuts under the conditions laid down in this Section. Nuts shall include: — almonds falling within CN codes 0802 11 and 0802 12, — hazelnuts or filberts falling within CN codes 0802 21 and 0802 22, — walnuts falling within CN codes 0802 31 and 0802 32, — pistachios falling within CN code 0802 50, — locust beans falling within CN code 1212 10 10. 2. Member States may differentiate the aid as a function of the products or by increasing or decreasing the national guaranteed areas (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NGA’) established in Article 74b(3). However, in each Member State, the total amount of aid granted in a given year shall not be higher than the ceiling referred to in Article 74b(1). Article 74b Areas 1. A Member State shall grant the Community aid within the limit of a ceiling calculated by multiplying the number of hectares of its NGA as fixed in paragraph 3 by the average amount of EUR 120,75. 2. A maximum guaranteed area of 829 229 ha is hereby established. 3. The maximum guaranteed area referred to in paragraph 2 shall be divided into the following NGA: National guaranteed areas (NGA) Belgium 100 ha Bulgaria 11 984 ha Germany 1 500 ha Greece 41 100 ha Spain 568 200 ha France 17 300 ha Italy 130 100 ha Cyprus 5 100 ha Luxembourg 100 ha Hungary 2 900 ha Netherlands 100 ha Austria 100 ha Poland 4 200 ha Portugal 41 300 ha Romania 1 645 ha Slovenia 300 ha Slovakia 3 100 ha United Kingdom 100 ha 4. A Member State may subdivide its NGA into sub-areas in accordance with objective criteria, in particular at regional level or in relation to the production. Article 74c Overrun of the sub-base areas When a Member State subdivides its NGA into sub-base areas and there is overrun of one or more sub-base areas, the area per farmer for which Community aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year for the farmers in the sub-base areas where the limit has been exceeded. That reduction shall be made when, in the Member State concerned, those areas within the sub-base areas that have not reached their limits have been redistributed to the sub-base areas in which those limits have been exceeded. Article 74d Conditions for eligibility 1. Payment of the Community aid shall be conditional on, in particular, minimum plot size and tree density. 2. Areas in improvement plans become eligible for aid under this scheme on 1 January of the year following the year in which the improvement plan expired. 3. Member States may make the granting of Community aid conditional on farmers being members of a producer organisation recognised under Article 125b of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. 4. If the provision of paragraph 3 is applied, Member States may decide that the payment of the aid referred to in paragraph 1 is made to a producer organisation on behalf of its members. The amount of aid received by the producer organisation shall be paid to its members. However, Member States may authorise a producer organisation, as compensation for the services provided to its members, to operate a deduction on the amount of Community aid up to a maximum of 2 %.

2008/09/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON, Joseph DAUL, Michl EBNER, Agnes SCHIERHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – line 5 – column 2

Title IV, Chapter ~~4 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003~~1, Section 1a (‘Aid for Nuts’), of this Regulation

2008/09/04
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – line 5 a (new)

Issue: Preserve biodiversity Standards: maintain a biodiversity area

2008/09/04
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – Part I – indent 4

~~- from 2010, the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;~~deleted

2008/09/04
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) In particular, increased use of biofuels for transport is one of the most effective tools by which the Community can reduce its dependence on imported oil – where the security of supply problem is most acute - and ~~influence the fuel market for~~promote sustainable modes of transport, particularly for freight, by developing intra-Community shipping lanes, river transport and rail transport.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1

This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in energy consumption and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport. It lays down rules relating to guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and electricity grid connections in relation to energy from renewable sources. It establishes economic, environmental and social sustainability criteria for ~~biofuels and other bioliquid~~all renewable energy sources.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 − point b

(b) "biomass" means the ~~biodegradable~~ fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the ~~biodegradable~~ fraction of industrial and municipal waste, whether or not they are biodegradable;

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 − paragraph 2

2. With due regard for the conditions laid down in Articles 15 and 18, Member States shall introduce appropriate measures to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds that shown in the indicative trajectory set out in Part B of Annex I.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 3 − subparagraph 1 − point a

(a) forest undisturbed by significant human activity, that is to say, forest where there has been no known significant human intervention or where the last significant human intervention was sufficiently long ago to have allowed the natural species composition and processes to have become re-established, unless it can be shown that human intervention is, and will continue to be, of an intensity and frequency such as to ensure throughout the exploitation process the permanent conservation of natural species in terms of biodiversity, in the context of forest exploitation;

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 3 − subparagraph 2

The Commission shall ~~establish~~submit proposals to the European Parliament and the Council on the criteria and geographic ranges to determine which grassland shall be covered by point (c). ~~Such a measure designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3).~~

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 4 − subparagraph 1 − point b

(b) continuously forested areas, that is to say land spanning more than 1 hectare with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 310%, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1 a (new)

Biofuels and other bioliquids taken into account in the targets referred to in paragraph 1, and which are cultivated outside the Union, shall be obtained in accordance with similar rules. Where similar rules are not applicable, the agricultural raw materials used for the production of biofuels and other bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, produced outside the Union and having an impact on global natural resources, shall be obtained in accordance with the following requirements: (a) no significant increase in emissions liable to cause acidification, eutrophication or destruction of ozone, or which are toxic; (b) no significant deterioration in soil functions or soil fertility (e.g. preservation of levels of organic matter or measures to combat erosion); (c) no significant deterioration in water quality or water resources; (d) environmentally reasonable use of fertilisers and pesticides. The national authorities and/or economic operator shall provide the Commission with reliable information certifying that the environmental protection criteria in the country concerned meet these requirements.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 − paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The following conditions shall apply to biofuels and other bioliquids produced in third countries: (a) Biofuels and other bioliquids shall be taken into account in the targets referred to in paragraph 1 only if the third country in which they were cultivated has ratified and effectively implemented all the following environmental treaties: - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; - Convention on Biological Diversity; - Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Effective implementation of these treaties shall be established in the light of the implementation reports for the third countries concerned, pursuant to the implementing provisions of these treaties and, in particular, the recommendations issued by the bodies set up under these treaties to monitor compliance with them. (b) If a third country has not ratified the treaties set out in point (a), but if the national authorities or economic operator provide the Commission with reliable information certifying that, in the third country concerned, the environment protection criteria are equivalent to those set out in these treaties, the Commission may decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, paragraph 2, that the biofuels and other bioliquids produced in these third countries may be taken into account in the targets referred to in paragraph 1. (c) The Commission shall report every two years to the European Parliament and the Council on the impact of increased demand for biofuels on social sustainability in the Community and in third countries, and on the impact of the Union’s biofuels policy on the availability of foodstuffs in exporter third countries, the ability of the population of the developing countries to gain access to these foodstuffs, and wider development questions. The first report shall be submitted in 2012. It shall deal in particular with respect for land use rights. The report shall establish, for each third country that is a significant source of raw materials intended for the manufacture of biofuels consumed in the Union, whether the third country has ratified each of the following International Labour Organisation conventions: (i) Convention concerning the minimum age for admission to employment (No 138); (ii) Convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour (No 182); (iii) Convention concerning the abolition of forced labour (No 105); (iv) Convention concerning forced labour (No 29); (v) Convention concerning equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value (No 100); (vi) Convention concerning discrimination in respect of employment and occupation (No 111); (vii) Convention concerning freedom of association and protection of the right to organise (No 87); (viii) Convention concerning the application of the principles of the right to organise and to bargain collectively (No 98). The Commission shall propose remedial measures, where appropriate.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 − paragraph 2

By 31 March 2010 at the latest, Member States shall submit to the Commission a report including a list of those ~~entitie~~areas of their territory ~~classified as NUTS 2 level in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council~~ where the typical greenhouse gas emissions (N2O) from cultivation of agricultural raw materials ~~can be expected to b~~are lower than or equal to the emissions reported under the heading "cultivation" in part D of Annex VII to this Directive, accompanied by a description of the method and data used to establish that list. The method shall take into account soil characteristics, climate and expected raw material yields.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 − paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 a (new)

By 31 March 2010 at the latest, the Commission shall submit a list of territories in third countries where the typical greenhouse gas emissions from cultivation of agricultural raw materials can be expected to be lower than or equal to the emissions reported under the heading ‘Cultivation’ in part D of Annex VII, accompanied if possible by a description of the method and data used to establish that list. Where appropriate, the Commission shall attach to its report relevant proposals concerning the values laid down in Annex VII.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 − paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall report by 31 December 2012 at the latest, and thereafter every two years, on the estimated typical and default values in Annex VII Part B and Part E, paying special attention to emissions from transport and processing, and ~~may, where necessary, decide to~~ correct the values. Such a measure designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3).

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VII − part C − paragraph 16 − subparagraph 2

In the case of biofuels and other bioliquids, all co-products, including electricity that does not fall under the scope of paragraph 14, shall be taken into account for the purposes of this calculation, except for agricultural crop residues remaining in fields, including straw, bagasse, husks, cobs and nut shells. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purpose of the calculation.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2008/0016(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex VII, part C, paragraph 16, subparagraph 3

Wastes, agricultural crop residues, including straw, bagasse, husks, cobs and nut shells, and residues from processing chains, other than biofuel processing chains, with no potential food ~~or feed~~, feed or energy use shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of these materials.

2008/06/05
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, with a view to meeting the challenges of EU food and energy security, growth and employment in all rural areas in Europe and sustainable long-term management of rural areas, young farmers need to be set up on viable holdings in a liveable environment,

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the various European policies in support of young farmers have breathed new life into Europe's farming sector by facilitating generation change and enabling young farmers to be set up on a sustainable footing,

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that, in future, the CAP must seek to remove the barriers currently facing young people wishing to set up in farming, by making generation change one of its priorities;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers the setting up or taking over of farm holdings by young people to be a major asset to the enlarged Union;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes the view that, ~~in line with the new thrust of the CAP, the diversification of income sources should be encouraged and the focus should be placed on European agricultu~~as part of the CAP 'health check', action should be taken to foster more stable and secure farm incomes – an essential pre-condition for generation change in farming – through the introduction at European level of innovative risk and crisis management tools to addre'ss ~~distinguishing features~~market fluctuations and increased price volatility;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that young farmers should be placed in the best possible position to take advantage of the opportunities provided by a greater flexibility in demand for farming-related goods and services, together with a greater opening up of emerging markets around the world with a view to the conclusion of the multilateral negotiationCalls for Community preference to be stepped up in order to provide European consumers with guarantees in respect of the health and environmental standards of products which they buy and provide compensation for European farmers subjected to competition from third countries that do not meet the same health, environmental and social standards;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Believes that the subject of the maintenance of agricultural property is closely linked to that of young farmers' setting-up arrangements and that a policy should be introduced to ensure that priority in the allocation of land is given to young farmers setting up; calls on the Commission to report on the agricultural property issue in relation to young people taking over farms;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to bring special incentives to bear with a view to ensuring that, in connection with the granting of initial setting-up support, preference is given to company-based structures, with a view to limiting the breaking upTakes the view that more effective support should be provided for the setting- up of company-based structures by introducing special measures for this type of setting-up arrangement that will not only reduce setting-up costs for the young people concerned but also enable them to organise their work in such a way as to increase the viability of farms;;

2008/04/17
Committee: AGRI

2007/2194(INI)