[ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
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 effects. 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 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)15[RDR].deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union16 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/200317, and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
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 average should close one third 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~~Without prejudice to this narrowing of the gap, the level of direct payments in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia should reach at least that of the Member State which among the rest, these three countries excepted, has the lowest level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. The difference in direct payment levels per hectare within any Member State should not be greater than the difference per hectare between Member States. 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.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
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 all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on 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 cross-compliance and Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. 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.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

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:~~if they use less than half their agricultural land for agricultural activities and do not undertake on the areas not used for such activities any of the types of annual minimum activity to be established by the Member States. After having duly notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to exclude at the outset certain types of land use not comprising the exercise of an agricultural activity from eligibility for direct payments.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or~~deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
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).deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

~~2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR 5 000 of direct payments for the previous year.~~deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 for the purposes of laying down: (a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, 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: (b) exceptions from the rule that the receipts during the most recent fiscal year are to be taken into account where those figures are not available; and (c) criteria to establish when a farmer's agricultural area is to be considered as mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 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, 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. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Any funds derived from reduction of the basic payment or penalty payments pursuant to this Chapter and Articles 30, 31 and 32 on the grounds of non- compliance with the rules shall remain in the Member States and in the regions from which they derive.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Unused appropriations within the Member States’ national ceiling that were designated for financing the payments referred to in this Chapter shall remain in the Member States and shall be used for agri-environment and climate measures in accordance with the 2012 EAFRD Regulation.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Coupled support shall be progressively reduced. It shall amount in 2019 to no more than 50% of the payment made in 2014.

2012/09/17
Committee: BUDG

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
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 practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for ~~the~~a voluntary payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for ~~the~~a voluntary payment for young farmers; 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 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~~a temporary 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.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
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 effects. 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 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].deleted

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In order to facilitate the implementation of capping, notably with regard to the procedures for granting direct payments to farmers and the corresponding transfers to rural development, net ceilings should be determined for each Member State to limit the payments to be made to farmers following the application of capping. To take into account the specificities of CAP support granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and the fact that these direct payments are not subject to capping, the net ceiling for the Member States concerned should not include those direct payments.deleted

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
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 average should close one third 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~~Without prejudice to this narrowing of the gap, the level of direct payments in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia should reach at least that of the Member State which among the rest, these three countries excepted, has the lowest payment level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. The difference in direct payment levels per hectare within any Member State should not be greater than the difference per hectare between Member States. 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.

2012/07/18
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it ~~cont~~be linuked ~~to be linked~~for the last time to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice. This choice should be maintained temporarily in accordance with the objectives set out in Protocol No 4 on cotton attached to the 1979 Act of Accession. In order to make this measure more relevant in future to the challenges of the CAP, an evaluation of the necessity and effectiveness of the crop specific payment for cotton should be carried out.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
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 all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, and 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 cross- compliance and Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. 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.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

(ii) an additional payment for farmers observing agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv

(iv) a voluntary payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi

(vi) a temporary crop specific payment for cotton;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii

(vii) a voluntary simplified scheme for small farmers;

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

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:~~ if they use less than half their agricultural land for agricultural activities and do not undertake on the areas not used for such activities any of the types of annual minimum activity to be established by the Member States. After having duly notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to exclude at the outset certain types of land use not comprising the exercise of an agricultural activity from eligibility for direct payments.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the annual amount of direct payments is less than 5 % of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or~~deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
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).deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning: (a) criteria to establish the amount of direct payments relevant for the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, 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; (b) exceptions from the rule that the receipts during the most recent fiscal year are to be taken into account where those figures are not available; and (c) criteria to establish when a farmer's agricultural area is to be considered as mainly areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Astrid LULLING, Sandra KALNIETE, Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU, Jan BŘEZINA, Hermann WINKLER, Werner KUHN, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Joachim ZELLER, Albert DESS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11

Article 11 Progressive reduction and capping of the payment 1. The amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer under this Regulation in a given calendar year shall be reduced as follows: – by 20 % for the tranche of more than EUR 150 000 and up to EUR 200 000; – by 40 % for the tranche of more than EUR 200 000 and up to EUR 250 000; – by 70 % for the tranche of more than EUR 250 000 and up to EUR 300 000; – by 100 % for the tranche of more than EUR 300 000. 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, 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. 3. Member States shall ensure that no payment is made to farmers for whom it is established that, as from the date of publication of the Commission proposal for this Regulation, they artificially created the conditions to avoid the effects of this Article.deleted

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. Before 1 August 2013, ~~Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom~~the Member States may decide to make available as direct payments under this Regulation up to 5 % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], on condition that a minimum amount of 20 % of the national ceiling remains available in the EAFRD. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Member States operating the single payment scheme on the basis of a regional model in accordance with Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide against the application of Article 18(2).

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Britta REIMERS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~may~~shall decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. ~~In that case t~~They shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and economic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structure.

2012/07/19
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 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;practise crop diversification

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Farmers shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter if they fall within the following categories: (a) farmers with 20 % or more of their eligible hectares in Natura 2000 areas, national protected areas or national water protection areas, or (b) farmers with 50 % or more grassland, including perennial forage areas, or c) farmers with eligible hectares not exceeding half the average area in accordance with Annex VI of this Directive, and in any case not exceeding 15 hectares of arable land.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Farmers operating in a Member State which has introduced a single regional or national area payment by means of complete decoupling, thereby increasing the value of grassland, shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 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 at least three different crops. ~~None of those three~~The main crops shall not cover ~~less~~more than 75 % of the arable land ~~and the main crop shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land~~. The rest of the arable land shall be used for at least two other crops. Permanent grassland will be recognised as an agricultural crop of equal value.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Article 30(1) shall not apply to farms on which 65 % of the eligible agricultural area is used as permanent grassland.

2012/07/23
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Christa KLASS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Farmers with permanent grassland whose land requires structural conversion may carry out such conversion with a view to a) reseeding or b) seeding on another site on the farm.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 72 % 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 aArticle 25(2)(b)(ii).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The following shall be exempted from this requirement: a) land with payment entitlements that is farmed in the context of agri- environment-climate measures under Article 29 of the 2012 EAFRD Regulation, or b) land with payment entitlements that falls under Directive 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC, or c) land with payment entitlements that is fertilised without nitrates and is thus also designated as ecological focus area; d) land whose agricultural area comprises more than 50% of permanent grassland, or e) areas totalling less than 15 hectares under arable and permanent crops, or f) farmers with an average parcel size of 2 hectares or less.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Cultivation of the following crops shall be permitted on the agricultural areas referred to in this chapter: a) multi-annual energy plants and b) protein plants.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1

1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 10% of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The basis for payments under this Chapter should be the average of a Member State’s direct payments as a reference value, to ensure that the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment is the same for each Member State;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national ~~or, when applying Article 20,~~level. Where Article 20 is relied on, the Member States may apply the payment at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1).

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Any funds derived from reduction of the basic premium or penalty payments pursuant to this Chapter and Chapters 30, 31 and 32 on the grounds of non- compliance with the rules shall remain in the Member States and in the regions from which they derive.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Unused appropriations within the Member States’ national ceiling that were designated for financing the payments referred to in this Chapter shall remain in the Member States and shall be used for agri-environment-climate measures in accordance with the 2012 EAFRD Regulation.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34

~~[...]~~deleted

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35

1. In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 34, Member States may decide, by 1 August 2013, to use up to 5 % of their annual national ceiling set out in Annex II. The decision referred to in the first subparagraph shall be notified to the Commission by the date referred to in that subparagraph. Member States may, by 1 August 2016, review their decision with effect from 1 January 2017. 2. According to the percentage of the national ceiling to be used by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, fix the corresponding ceiling for that payment on a yearly basis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).Article 35 deleted Financial provisions

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall~~may grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 36, Member States ~~shall~~may use a percentage of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II which shall not be higher than 2 %. They shall notify the Commission, by 1 August 2013, of the estimated percentage necessary to finance that payment.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Coupled support shall be progressively reduced. It shall amount in 2019 to no more than 50% of the payment made in 2014.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Title 4 – chapter 2 – title

CTime-limited crop specific payment for cotton;

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 a (new)

Article 46a Evaluation The Commission shall be requested to submit a report on the effectiveness and necessity of the measures in Articles 42- 46 which provide for crop-specific payment for cotton in Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal and Spain. The report shall reach the Council by 31 March 2014 and shall contain proposals on alternative support for the cotton sector that are compatible with the development of the CAP.

2012/07/24
Committee: AGRI

Peter JAHR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – last sentence

In Croatia, for the years 2014-2021, the amount claimed or due to be granted as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of the amount set out in Annex Va.A, without this having any negative impact on direct payments in the current EU-27 States.

2012/10/18
Committee: AGRI

53 Amendments of Peter JAHR related to 2011/0280(COD)

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