1 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2011/2051(INI)
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural developmentbasic income support specific to small farmers, particularly in Member States where these farmers particularly help to stabilise rural areas; calls on the Commission to establish flexible and objective criteria for the status of small farmers to be defined by each Member State; calls for these Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity but within a range decided at Community level, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their smallse farmers; stresses, however, that this must not hamper the necessary structural change;