32 Amendments of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2011/0281(COD)
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Beekeeping is characterised by the diversity of production conditions and yields and the dispersion and variety of economic operators, both at the production and marketing stages. Moreover, in view of the spread of varroasis in several Member States in recent years and the problems which that disease causes to honey production, coordinated action by the Union as part of European veterinary policy continues to be necessary as varroasis cannot be completely eradicated and is to be treated with approved products. Given such circumstances and in order to improve bee health and the production and marketing of apiculture products in the Union, national programmes for the sector should be drawn up every three years with a view to improving the general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products. Those national programmes should be partly financed by the Union.
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84 a) In order to take into account the specificities of the sugar sector, the Commission shall ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between the producers in the EU sugar sector such as to provide all stakeholders with equitable access conditions to raw materials.
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85 a (new)
Recital 85 a (new)
(85a) Data collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network should be taken into consideration when formulating studies and research with the aim of preventing crises in the various agricultural sectors, given that they reflect the performance of farms. These data should be a useful tool for crisis prevention and management.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) butter and skimmed milk powder, from 1 March to 31 August throughout the year.
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) tobacco;
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(e d) poultrymeat;
Amendment 994 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29a (new)
Article 29a (new)
Article 29а Aid to producer groups 1. During the transitional period allowed pursuant to Article 110 (new), Member States may grant to producer groups in the fruit and vegetables sector which have been formed in view of being recognised as a producer organisation: а) aid to encourage their formation and facilitate their administrative operation; b) aid, provided either directly or through credit institutions, to cover part of the investments required to attain recognition and set out in the recognition plan referred to in Article 110(1) (new). 2. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed by the Community in accordance with rules to be adopted by the Commission on the financing of such measures, including the thresholds and ceilings and the degree of Community financing. 3. The aid referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be determined for each producer group on the basis of its marketed production and shall amount, for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth years, to: а) 10%, 10%, 8%, 6% and 4% respectively of the value of marketed production. Those percentage rates may be reduced in relation to the value of marketed production which exceeds a threshold. A ceiling may be applied to the aid payable in any given year to a producer group.
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) environmental measures and methods of production, manufacture and processing respecting the environment, including organic farming and integrated production;
Amendment 1095 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall be responsible for support programmes and ensure that they are internally consistent and drawn up and implemented in an objective manner, taking into account the economic situation of the producers concerned and the need to avoid unjustified unequal treatment between producers. Member States shall be responsible for providing for and carrying out the necessary controls and penalties in case of non-compliance with the support programmes.
Amendment 1113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – title
Article 43 – title
Promotion in third-countries
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Support under this Article shall cover information or promotion measures concerning Union wines on the internal market or in third countries, thereby improving their competitiveness in those countries.
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Support for the setting up of mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations.
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 80 % of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers or producer organisations/ cooperatives for insurance against losses resulting from adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters;
Amendment 1151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) 50 % of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers or producer organisations/ cooperatives for insurance against:
Amendment 1199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may draw up national programmes for the apiculture sector covering a period of three years. These programmes have to be developed in close cooperation with representative organisations and cooperatives in the beekeeping field.
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The Union contribution to the apiculture programmes shall not exceedbe equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.
Amendment 1209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. To be eligible for the Union contribution provided for in paragraph 2, Member States shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory.establish a reliable system of identification which makes it possible to perform regular censuses of bee populations and shall carry out a study of the production and marketing structure in the beekeeping sector in their territory. The financing of the census and of hive identification must not be cut from existing programmes to improve production and marketing of honey under Regulation (EC) No 797/20041. _______________ 1 OJ L 125, 28.4.2004
Amendment 1211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 а (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 а (new)
3a. The national apiculture programmes shall be drawn up in close collaboration with the representative organisations and beekeeping cooperatives.
Amendment 1215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The measures which may be included in apiculture programmes shall be the following: а) technical assistance to beekeepers and beekeepers’ organisations; b) control of varroosis; c) rationalisation of transhumance; d) measures to support laboratories carrying out analyses of the physico- chemical properties of honey; e) measures to support the restocking of hives in the Community; f) cooperation with specialised bodies for the implementation of applied research programmes in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products.
Amendment 1486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 101 q (new)
Article 101 q (new)
Article 101 q Implementing powers 1 a. In order to take into account the specificities of the full time cane sugar refining sector, the power to adopt certain implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be conferred on the Commission in respect of establishing a list of full-time refiners.
Amendment 1603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are constituted and controlled by producers in any of the sectors listed in Article 1(2);
Amendment 1609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) dispose of adequate human, material or technical resources for carrying out their activities;
Amendment 1629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v a (new)
(va) promoting and providing technical assistance for the use of production standards, improving product quality and developing products with a protected designation of origin, a protected geographical indication or covered by a national quality label;
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 a (new)
Article 106 a (new)
Amendment 1782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 109 a (new)
Article 109 a (new)
Article 109a Producer groups in the fruit and vegetables sector 1. In Member States with a low level of producer organisation, producer groups may be formed as a legal entity or clearly defined part of a legal entity, on the initiative of farmers who are growers of one or more products of the fruit and vegetables sector and/or of such products solely intended for processing, with a view to being recognised as a producer organisation. Such producer groups may be allowed a transitional period in which to meet the conditions for recognition as a producer organisation in accordance with Article 106. In order to qualify, those producer groups shall present a phased recognition plan to the relevant Member State, acceptance of which shall signal the start of the transitional period referred to in the second subparagraph and shall constitute a preliminary recognition. The transitional period shall be no more than five years long. 2. Before acceptance of the recognition plan, Member States shall inform the Commission of their intentions and the likely financial implications thereof.
Amendment 1838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning the live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, eggs and poultrymeat sectors on measures:
Amendment 1924 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130 a Special import provisions for cane sugar for refining A European Supply Need of cane sugar for refining shall be fixed for the Community at 3.500.000 tonnes per marketing year. 1. In addition to the provision of Article 117, with regards to cane sugar for refining, import licences for cane sugar for refining shall only be issued to full- time refiners provided that the quantities concerned do not exceed the European Supply Need amount referred to in paragraph 1. 2. These import licences granted under paragraph 2 may only be transferred between full-time refiners and their validity shall expire at the end of the marketing year for which they have been issued. 3. The Commission shall suspend the application of import duties on cane sugar for refining falling within CN Code 1701 14 10 with respect to the complementary quantity which is needed to allow an adequate supply to the full-time refiners for each of the marketing years. 4. This complementary quantity shall be fixed by the Commission based on the shortfall between the European supply need referred to in paragraph 1 and the forecast supply of cane sugar for refining for the marketing year concerned. The Commission shall make a forecast at the beginning of each marketing year. The forecast will be updated on the basis of the amount of cane sugar for refining expected to be supplied during that marketing year, including any complementary quantity already issued with respect to that marketing year. 5. The update will be made in advance of the allocation of a complementary quantity and the subsequent issuance of import licenses. A significant share of the import licences for the complementary quantity, up to 70%, shall be issued each marketing year no later than the end of November. Import licences for half of the remaining complementary quantity shall be issued no later than end of February and the rest of the import licences shall be issued no later than the end of May. 6. Import licences for any remaining complementary quantity shall be allocated by 30 September of each marketing year. The import licenses for this complementary quantity granted under this paragraph shall be valid for the first three months of the following marketing year. 7. The ESN referred to in paragraph 1 may be reduced, together and in parallel with beet and isoglucose quotas, by the Commission in any marketing year when the Commission forecast that total sugar and isoglucose supply significantly exceeds demand. The reduction would be through a common percentage applied to the ESN as well as beet and isoglucose quotas.
Amendment 1934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 c (new)
Article 130 c (new)
Amendment 2080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 155 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(f a) potatoes; (f b) cereals; (f c) oilseeds; (f d) protein crops;
Amendment 2090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 155 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 580 % of the expenditure borne by Member States for the measures provided for in paragraph 1.
Amendment 2182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part I a (new)
Annex II – Part I a (new)
Part I a: Definitions concerning the sugar sector 'Full-time refiner' means a production unit: (a) of which the sole activity is refining imported raw cane sugar; and (b) in respect of sugar, which does not combine refining imported raw cane sugar with any other activity. A production unit which refined a quantity of at least 15,000 tonnes of imported raw cane sugar for refining in the marketing year 2004/2005 shall also qualify as a full-time refiner.
Amendment 2192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
Annex II – Part VIII – point 2 a (new)
2a. Definitions of hive products - Royal jelly: Natural substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of nurse bees (Apis mellifera). Mainly used to feed larvae and queens, it is a fresh, natural and unprocessed product. It may be filtered (without ultrafiltration), although no substance is added. - Pollen pellets: Accumulated pollen grains harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera, which is compacted on their hind legs with the help of honey and/or nectar and bees' secretion. The protein source for the colony, the product is natural, free from additives and harvested at the entrance to the hive. - Bee pollen or bee bread: Pollen pellets packed into honeycomb cells by bees and which undergo natural processing leading to the presence of enzymes and commensal microbiota. It is used by nurse bees to feed the brood. It may not contain any additives except wax from the honeycomb cells. - Beeswax: Substance constituted solely from secretion of the wax glands of worker bees of the species Apis mellifera and used in the construction of honeycombs. - Propolis: Resin of exclusively natural and plant origin, harvested by worker bees of the species Apis mellifera from certain plant sources, to which their own secretion is added (primarily wax and salivary secretion) in order to be used as protection for the hive. - Bee venom: Secretion from the bee's venom gland used by bees to defend against hive attackers.