7 Amendments of Struan STEVENSON related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 290 #
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 types of farming or specific agricultural sectors are particularly important for economic, environmental, landscape 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 employment or production in those regions to support sectors or types of production that offer significant advantages for environmental reasons, including biodiversity and landscape sustainability and combating climate change. This support should also be available to farmers holding, on 31 December 2013, special payment entitlements allocated under Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and 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.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44 a) In order to protect the state of European landscapes, payments under this Regulation should be consistent with the principles of the European Landscape Convention and Article 3 of Treaty of Lisbon which ensures that Europe's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced. Landscape forms a key aspect of culture and regional tradition, improving cultural and geographic diversity and is also a basis for our modern biodiversity, which has been shaped by centuries of agriculture and forest management.
Amendment 435 #
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 441 #
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 either not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer or has been reseeded with similar or the same grass or forage for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant including, for example, heather;
Amendment 1274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate, landscape and the environment:
Amendment 1740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features like hedges or stone walls and archaeological sites, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 2064 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Coupled support may only be granted to sectors or to regions of a Member State where specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors undergo certain difficulties and are particularly important for economic and/or, social and/or environmental reasons, including climate protection, biodiversity and enhancement of the landscape.