106 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 123 #
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 and new entrants; 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 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Advanced sustainable farming systems should be treated as forerunners, meaning that farming systems with practices going beyond the cross compliance baseline rules of the Regulation (EU) No ...[HZR] and continuously progressing to improve management of nutrients, water cycles and energy flows, in order to reduce environmental damage and waste of non- renewable resources and maintain a high degree of crop, animal and natural diversity should be the guideline and targets for the future.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Unsustainable farming systems: farming and animal breeding practices which systematically seriously breach cross compliance rules in the areas of environment and of public, animal and plant health - due to insufficient nutrient management and consequent water pollution, stocking densities being too high for the hectares available, high dependence on external energy, biocides, antibiotics, water and nutrient inputs - such systems should be excluded from CAP aid.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) With a view to ensuring that the amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], an adjustment of the level of direct support in any calendar year should be maintained. The adjustment of the direct payments should only be applied to payments to be granted to farmers in excess of EUR 5 000 in the corresponding calendar year. Taking into account the levels of direct payments for farmers in Bulgaria and Romania in the framework of the application of the phasing-in mechanism to all direct payments granted in those Member States, this instrument of financial discipline should only apply in those Member States as from 1 January 2016.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Direct payments should be reserved only for farmers and new entrants of all farm sizes and sectors if they actively produce food and other agricultural products or/and contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources; investors of capital in land and companies not actively involved in agricultural production or management of natural resources are excluded from direct payments.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The new specific small farmers scheme recognises the important role of more than three thirds of European food producers working part-time or in semi- subsistence and subsistence farming; farming on a small scale is not a disadvantage or an outgoing model of European farming; it is a living reality in many European member states and an asset of sustainable rural development and employment; therefore member states shall constructively contribute to clearly defining who these small farmers are in their countries and what they need to realise fair revenues with the support of the CAP;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effectsenabling them to invest into sustainable farming systems including those defined under the Greening measures of this Regulation, and/or which increase employment. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to innovation transition to sustainable production systems and increasing employment under Regulation (EU) No […...] of the European Parliament and of the Council of…....on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [RDR].
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The introduction of conversion and capping of payments to farmers should not only follow the principle of non discrimination between member states and farmers; it should also solve a long standing problem of extreme imbalances between advantaged and disadvantaged rural regions and their populations; 20% of farmers still receive more than 80% of direct payments with the effect that their growth always implies that a growing number of smaller farms must give up, followed by a rapid depopulation of rural areas; also payments between old and new member states remain extremely unbalanced which carries disadvantages on further; improved conditioning and allocation of direct payments and rural development support are therefore necessary, so that farmers could better cooperate in developing their business and rural development programs could provide an infrastructure which promotes generational renewal and thriving rural economies;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the averageaverage of the European Union should close one thirdhalf of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that period.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Generational renewal and improved cooperation between generations must become an outstanding priority for the distribution of direct payments to farmers and new entrants, as well as for support measures for rural development; given that only 6% of European farmers are younger than 35 and 80% older than 55 and that therefore almost 4,5 million farmers are close to retire in the coming 10 years, rural development programmes and direct support schemes should therefore specifically enhance transfer and exchange of best sustainable practices and knowledge on farms and between rural communities.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) The experience gained with the application of the single payment scheme shows that some of its main elements should be kept, including the determination of national ceilings to ensure that the total level of support does not exceed current budgetary constraints. Member States should also continue to operate a national reserve that should be used to facilitate the participation of young new farmers and new entrants in the scheme or may be used to take account of specific needs in certain regions. Rules on the transfer and use of payment entitlements should be kept but, where possible, simplified.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversificrotation, maintenance of permanent grasslandpasture and ecological focus areasinfrastructure. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) One of the objectives of the new CAP is the enhancement of environmental performance through a mandatory ‘greening’ component of direct payments which will support agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment applicable throughout the Union. For that purpose, Member States should use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual payment, on top of the basic payment, for compulsory practices to be followed by farmers addressing, as a priority, both climate and environment policy goals. Those practises should take the form of simple, generalised, non-contractual and annual actions that go beyond cross- compliance and are linked to agriculture such as crop diversification, maintenance of permanent grassland and ecological focus areasinfrastructure. The compulsory nature of those practises should also concern farmers whose holdings are fully or partly situated in ‘Natura 2000’ areas covered by Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and by Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, as long as these practises are compatible with the objectives of those Directives. Farmers who fulfil the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should benefit from the ‘greening’ component without fulfilling any further obligation, given the recognised environmental benefits of the organic farming systems. Non-respect of the ‘greening’ component should lead to penalties on the basis of Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR].
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Crop rotation is a well established agronomic practice that delivers much more than diversity. It also increases soil fertility without costly artificial inputs and reduces the need apply pesticides, so it also provides economic benefits to farmers as it reduces their dependence on external inputs. This rotation combined with the inclusion of leguminous crops would deliver for the environment, reduce farmers' production costs and would also help reduce EU dependency on protein imports for feed.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 b (new)
Recital 26 b (new)
(26b) The support for the cultivation of leguminous protein crops as part of crop rotation is substantially contributing to advanced sustainable farming systems as an integrated approach to the challenges of climate change mitigation and loss of biodiversity and soil fertility in agriculture; research and improved training and extension services for farmers in this field as well as the establishment of infrastructure for seed production, including storage and selection of local and regional varieties are essential for reducing the protein deficit of the EU and for improved income of farmers;
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grasslandpasture is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that the land under permanent grasslandpasture is maintained as such by the farmers, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the adoption of rules concerning the application of the measure.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) 7% of arable land per farm will be used in a way that increases functional biodiversity and therefore agro-ecosystem functioning or public good provision. Elements which are often already eligible as environmental measures (e.g. hedges, ditches, wetland and other semi-natural habitat fragments and other existing eligible landscape features) would be added to buffer strips to create agro- ecological infrastructures for sustainable agricultural systems. Therefore this neither "taking land out of production" nor "new set-aside", but rather an improvement to long-term efficiency of the whole system.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure the implementation of the ecological focus area measinfrastructure in an efficient and coherent way, while taking into account Member States‘’ specificities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of the further definition of the types of ecological focus areas mentioned under that measure and the addition and definition of other types of ecological focus areas that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to ininfrastructure mentioned under that measure.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct paymentaking into account that only 6% of the farmers in the EU are younger than 35 and around 80% of farmers are older than 55, a socially sustainable reinvigoration needs to take place. The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers or new entrants to start up farm businesses should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. These payments should also allow for co- operation between older and younger farmers, leading to a socially sustainable development of rural areas. For new farmers, initial funding is very important to begin activity. Therefore the investment grant for the first year should be at least 50% of the provided budget of the whole period. New entrants should be natural and legal persons as well those who start their business as a co-operative with other farms. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, an income support to young farmers and new entrants commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and the structural adjustment of their holdingsose who are affected after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area-based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers. That payment should only be granted during a period of maximum five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers and new entrants is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for that reason, an income support to young farmers and new entrants commencing their agricultural activities should be established in order to facilitate the initial establishment of young farmers and new entrants and the structural adjustment of their holdings after the initial setting up. Member States should be able to use part of their national ceilings for direct payments to grant an annual area- based payment, on top of the basic payment, to young farmers and new entrants. That payment should only be granted during a period of maximum five years, since it should only cover the initial period of the life of the business and should not become an operating aid.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Generational renewal would only take place successfully in the future if men and women are assigned the same rights and possibilities, including individual social security schemes, education, capacity building and participation in decision-making; generational renewal also requires to actively preserve and develop the critical cultural, social and recreational substance which makes life on farms and in rural communities attractive;
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) In order to guarantee the protection of the rights of beneficiaries and to avoid discrimination among them, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of defining the conditions under which a legal person may be considered eligible for receiving the payment for young farmers, in particular the application of the age-limit to one ore more natural persons participating in the legal person or new entrants.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) 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 allhelp small farmers and producer groups to participate in farming activities. For that purpose, a special scheme under the direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on. The 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 farmerseme should not be an "opt-out" model for small businesses, helping farmers leave the sector. Therefore farmers should have the possibility to leave or enter the "small farmer scheme" and move to another farming system defined in this regulation. Small farmers should not automatically be exempt from Greening measures and have to comply with cross compliance. 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 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) a payment for farmers observing agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmentadopting advanced sustainable farming practises beneficial for biodiversity, good management of soil fertility and water, the climate and the environment and which go beyond cross compliance rules;
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a payment for young farmers and new entrants who commence their agricultural activity;
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) "advanced sustainable farming systems" : farming practices going beyond existing cross compliance baseline rules of the Regulation (EU) No ...[HZR] and in continuous progress to improve their management of natural nutrients, water cycles and energy flows in a way to reduce environmental damage and waste of non-renewable resources, and maintain a high degree of crop, farm animal and natural diversity in the production system;
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) "unsustainable farming systems" : farming and animal breeding practices which systematically breach existing cross compliance baseline rules of the Regulation (EU) No ...[HZR] as a consequence of a low level of nutrient cycle management and high dependence on external energy, biocides, antibiotics, water and nutrient inputs;
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) "small farmer" : a small scale producer including part time and semi- subsistence farmers with less than 5 ha, but at least 25 % of on farm activity and total net income from production on the farm including linked processing and marketing of farm products and other farm-related services.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 2
– maintaining the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation without any particular preparatory action going beyond traditional agricultural methods and machineries, orunder good agricultural and environmental conditions and
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – indent 3
– carrying out a minimum activity to be established by Member States on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation, including farming which also reaches nature conservation objectives, for example high nature value farming systems or farming under Natura 2000 or equivalent programmes;
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘agricultural area’ means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grasslandpasture or permanent crops;
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) "crop rotation": crop cultivation including at least four different crops including one leguminous crop;
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘'permanent crops’' means non-rotational crops other than permanent grasslandpasture that occupy the land for five years or longer and yield repeated harvests, including nurseries, fruit and nut trees, olives and short rotation coppice;
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘'permanent grassland’pasture' 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 holdingforage that has not been ploughed or re-seeded for fiseven years or longer; it maythis will include other species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "permanent grasslandpastures" means land used to grow grasses or other non-herbaceous forage resources (shrubs and/or trees) naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that hais not been included in the crop rotation of the holding and has not been ploughed or re-seeded for fiseven years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided thatapart from the grasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominant;
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) "ecological infrastructure"; elements of landscape, agro-forestry, biodiversity, water and soil management, biotopes, etc which stabilise and enhance agro-ecological farming practices and environmental management system;
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) "High Nature Value farming": farming systems that host farming activities and farmland that, because of their characteristics, can be expected to support high levels of biodiversity or species and habitats of conservation concern. These systems are characterised by low intensity farming and high proportions of natural or semi-natural vegetation. It may also be characterised by a high diversity of land cover.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) "grasses or other herbaceous forageforage resources" means all herbaceous plants traditionally found in , fruit-bearing or woody feed resources found and traditionally utilised in semi-natural pastures or normally included in mixtures of seeds for pastures or meadows in the Member State (whether or not used for grazing animals);
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) "new entrant": a natural or legal person or a group of natural or legal persons, whatever legal status is granted to the group and its members by national law, whose agricultural activity is situated within the Union territory as defined in Art 52 of the treaty on the European Union and who newly starts an agricultural activity, alone or in cooperation with other farmers or new entrants as defined in Article 4 (1) a of this regulation.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) establishing the framework within which Member States shall defineing the minimum activities to be carried out on areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation;
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) establishing the criteria to be met by farmers in order to be deemed to have respected the obligation of maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation as referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1nd in good agricultural and environmental condition;
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) their agricultural areas are mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation and they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity established by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(c).
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Exclusion from Direct Payments 1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies: a) the land is not farmed or actively managed in good agricultural and environmental conditions according to article 4 of this regulation, by applicants for these payments; b) farmers who run an unsustainable farming systems: farming and animal breeding practices which systematically seriously breach cross compliance rules due to insufficient nutrient management and consequent water pollution, stocking densities being too high for the hectares available, high dependence on external energy, biocides, antibiotics, water and nutrient inputs; c) they do not carry out on those areas the minimum activity in accordance with Article 4(1)(c). 2. Criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraph 1, in particular in the first year of allocation of payment entitlements where the value of the payment entitlements is not yet definitively established as well as for new farmers.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– by 210 % for the tranche of more than EUR 15025 000 and up to EUR 2050 000;
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– by 420 % for the tranche of more than EUR 2050 000 and up to EUR 25075 000;
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 3100 000.
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– by 730 % for the tranche of more than EUR 25075 000 and up to EUR 3100 000;
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by subtracting the salaries effectively paid and declared by the farmer in the previous year, based on an average national salary in the respective sector including taxes and or employment on the holding, including taxes and social contributions related to employment, from the total amount of direct payments initially due to the farmer without taking into account the payments to be granted pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title III of this Regulation. The progressive reduction can also be offset for holdings or farmers which use advanced sustainable farming systems as defined in Article 4.
Amendment 814 #
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 EAFRD as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], up to 120 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar years 2014 to 2019 as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments.
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case they shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and economic, economic and environmental characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structure in order to avoid significant difference in regional allocation of payments should be subject to environmental and socio- economic ex ante impact assessment.
Amendment 933 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The Member States shall notify the Commission by 1 August 2013 of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, together with the measures taken for the application of paragraphs 2 and 3. The documents should be available to the public.
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – title
Payment for agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environments to establish advanced sustainable farming systems, environmental management and climate mitigation
Amendment 1262 #
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 observeadapt over the period between 2014 and 2020 on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environmenta dynamic transition towards sustainable farming systems which respond to environmental, climatic, biodiversity, soil and water management challenges in an integrated way, meaning:
Amendment 1280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threefour different crops in a rotation on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year; and
Amendment 1326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grasslandpasture on their holding; and
Amendment 1343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to have ecological focus aestablish an ecological infrastructurea on their agricultural area.
Amendment 1395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4 and to the application of financial discipline, linear reductions in accordance with Article 7, and any reductions and penalties imposed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], Member States shall grant the payment referred to in this Chapter to farmers observing those of the three practises referred to in paragraph 1 that are relevant for themimproving their farming and environmental management practises according to paragraph 1, and in function of their compliance with Articles 30, 31 and 32..
Amendment 1434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Farmers complying with other agro- ecological systems on their farm which contribute significantly to reducing pesticide use, preservation and enhancement of soil fertility, and climate change mitigation
Amendment 1503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
Crop diversificationrotation, crop diversification and cover crops
Amendment 1535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 310 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of a rotation of at least threefour different crops or fallow over four consecutive years. None of those threefour crops shall cover less than 510 % of the arable land and the main one shall not exceed 750 % of the arable land. Due to its positive impact on soil fertility and productivity, biannual grass-clover mixes can be integrated into the rotation.
Amendment 1559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Where the arable land of the farmer covers less than 10 hectares and is not entirely used for pasture or grass production (sown or natural) or, entirely left fallow, or cultivated with permanent crops, or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation of the arable land shall consist of crop diversification of at four crops, including leguminous plants with a minimum of 5% of the eligible hectares.
Amendment 1570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Ploughed arable land, or cultivated with permanent crops, or left set-aside or fallow, shall be protected with cover crops. Eligible land shall not be left without cover for more than 4 weeks, in specific cases 8 weeks.
Amendment 1594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title
Article 31 – title
Permanent grasslandpasture
Amendment 1616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Farmers shall maintain as permanent grasslandpasture the areas of their holdings declared as such in the application made pursuant to Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) No XXX (HZ) for claim year 20141, hereinafter referred to as ‘reference areas under permanent grassland’pasture'.
Amendment 1634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grasslandpasture in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.
Amendment 1650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Farmers shall be allowed to convert a maximum of 5 % of their reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 1675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grasslandpasture, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grasslandpasture in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grasslandpasture in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 1690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – title
Article 32 – title
Ecological focus ainfrastructurea
Amendment 1733 #
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, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii). pasture, is used for ecological infrastructure including landscape elements such as hedges, stone walls, land left fallow, maintained terraces and semi- natural habitats. There shall be no re- seeding, ploughing, fertiliser or pesticide use. Harvesting, mowing and grazing at densities which do not lead to degradation of the sward may take place. When areas of mixed grassland, pasture or meadow are being newly established, appropriate leguminous crops can be incorporated into the species mix in pastures or meadows for grazing or mowing purposes.
Amendment 1755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Farmers can alternatively comply with the requirements in 32 (1) if they at least cultivate 15 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) for leguminous crops for grazing if they comply to Article 4 paragraph 1 point (ba) "advanced sustainable system" or Article 4 paragraph 1 point h a "High Nature Value farming".
Amendment 1794 #
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 areasinfrastructure referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and to add and define other types of ecological focus areasinfrastructure that can be taken into account for the respect of the percentage referred to in that paragraph.
Amendment 1840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 3a minimum of 20 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II in 2014, but shall have increased the amount to 50 % by 2020.
Amendment 1904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payment for young farmers and new entrants
Amendment 1928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and new entrants who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3
Article 36 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the application of financial discipline, progressive reduction and capping, linear reductions as referred in Article 7, and any reductions and exclusions imposed pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR], the payment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be granted annually with 50% of the total amount available paid on the first year and the other 50% paid over the following years upon activation of payment entitlements by the farmer.
Amendment 2030 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds,leguminous protein crops, grain legumes, flax, flax seeds hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, vine, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, and fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2061 #
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. It shall therefore be subject to a specific impact assessment, carried out by respective Member States and notified to the Commission.
Amendment 2069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, coupled support may also be granted to farmers who held, on 31 December 2013, payment entitlements granted in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 3 of Title III and Article 71m of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and in accordance with Article 60 and the fourth subparagraph of Article 65 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009; and who are without eligible hectares for the activation of payment entitlements under the basic payment scheme as referred to in Chapter 1 of Title III of this Regulation. Coupled payments for holdings with animal husbandry and insufficient land to absorb liquid manure and other unsustainable practices are not eligible
Amendment 2074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Coupled support may only be granted to the extent necessary to create an incentive to maintain current levels of production in the regions concerned, sustainable farming practice and environmental management and farm employment in the regions concerned, based on conditions set in paragraph 2.
Amendment 2098 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Article 39 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the necessity to provide stable supply to the local processing industry and local food chains, thus avoiding the negative social and economic consequence of any ensuing restructuring,
Amendment 2179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The crop specific payment for cotton shall be paid for cotton of sound, fair and marketable quality. Cotton monoculture is not eligible.
Amendment 2208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. farmers participating in the small farmer's scheme and cooperating in a producers group as defined in article 28 and 36 of regulation 627 for the purpose of improving farm viability shall have access to a 25% increase of each individual payment.
Amendment 2219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) an amount not exceeding 1530 % of the national average payment per beneficiary;
Amendment 2248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) an amount corresponding to the national average payment per hectare multiplied by a figure corresponding to the number of hectares with a maximum of threfive.
Amendment 2255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. farmers participating in the small farmers scheme who extend their production during the period 2014-2020 beyond eligibility criteria as laid down in Art 47 and 48 of this title can apply for direct payments as laid down in Article 10 of Title II of this regulation.
Amendment 2270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1