Activities of Salvatore CARONNA
Plenary speeches (32)
European Public Prosecutor's Office (debate)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) (debate)
Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime (A7-0178/2013 - Monica Luisa Macovei)
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) (A7-0096/2014 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra)
Conditions of entry and residence[nbsp ]of third-country nationals (A7-0377/2013 - Cecilia Wikström)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Common provisions on European funds - European Social Fund - European Regional Development Fund and the 'investment for growth and jobs' goal - European Regional Development Fund and the 'European territorial cooperation' goal - Cohesion Fund - European grouping of territorial cooperation (debate)
Organised crime, corruption, and money laundering (debate)
Migratory flows in the Mediterranean, with particular attention to the tragic events off Lampedusa (debate)
Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (A7-0275/2013 - Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska)
Online gambling in the internal market (A7-0218/2013 - Ashley Fox)
Contribution of cooperatives to overcoming the crisis (A7-0222/2013 - Patrizia Toia)
Fund for European aid to the most deprived (A7-0183/2013 - Emer Costello)
Temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders (A7-0200/2012 - Renate Weber)
Organised crime, corruption and money laundering (A7-0175/2013 - Salvatore Iacolino)
Social housing in the European Union (A7-0155/2013 - Karima Delli)
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Avoiding food wastage (short presentation)
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Tourism in Europe (debate)
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EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013 - Future of the European Social Fund (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on how to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU PDF (224 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT the evolution of EU macro-regional strategies: present practice and future prospects, especially in the Mediterranean PDF (233 KB) DOC (158 KB)
Opinions (5)
OPINION on social housing in the European Union
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
OPINION on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
OPINION on the Commission White Paper entitled ‘Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action’
Shadow opinions (6)
OPINION on promoting the European cultural and creative sectors as sources of economic growth and jobs
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
OPINION on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU
OPINION on a sustainable future for transport
OPINION Proposal for a Council decision on the European Year of Volunteering (2011)
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (342)
Amendment 52 #
2013/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. ICalls ofn the opinionCommission to ensure that public expenditure related to the implementation of programmes co-financed by the Structural and Investment Funds shouldincurred by Member States by way of co-financing of programmes co-financed by the Structural Funds is not included in the public or equivalent structural expenditure taken into account under partnership agreements for the purpose of ascertaining that the Stability and Growth Pact is being complied with, given that the latter expenditure constitutes an obligation deriving directly from the observance of additionality, a principle central to Cohesion Policy; considers, therefore, that public expenditure incurred by Member States in the form of co- financing of programmes co-financed by the Structural Funds must be excluded from the SGP limitations because they areis is expenditures devoted to supporting competitiveness, growth and job creation, especially where youth employment is concerned;
Amendment 6 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee INT/653 of 26 March 2013 on the internal market and state aid for the regions,
Amendment 9 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard the Communication of the Commission of 1998 to the Member States on the links between regional and competition policy – reinforcing concentration and mutual consistency (COM(98)0673),
Amendment 19 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the absence of any reference to Member States’ financial capacity may further unlevel the playing field across the EU;
Amendment 24 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that achieving consistency between regional policy and competition policy has been largely recommended by the Commission inviting all EU institutions and Member States to share such responsibility when designing the various instruments in order to converge on the common goal of UE economic, social and territorial cohesion for a strong single market;
Amendment 38 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the geographical zoning of the new Guidelines on Regional State Aid 2014-2020 (RSAG) should not be reduced, and that decreasing the aid intensity should be reconsidered, taking into account the political, economic and social situation in the Member States; points out that, in the global context, the EU economy could be placed at a disadvantage relative to third countries benefitting from looser employment schemes or lower costdisadvantaged areas of the EU, necessary balance sheet adjustments in the private sector and economic uncertainty are undermining investments and access to finance, thus increasing disparities across regions; invites the Commission to introduce safeguards against the “deep pocket distortions” that may arise among Member States, like financial caps to be fine-tuned to the different fiscal capacities of Member States;
Amendment 49 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that as part of the wider modernisation process, regional State aid should be updated in line with the dynamics and pace of the post-crisis economy, which bring a need for greater flexibility when determining regional disadvantages; considers that, to that end, the selection of disadvantaged areas under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU exemption should not be conditioned by a mere mathematical subtraction of Article 107(3)(a) TFEU population from the total EU assisted population covered, but Member States should be allowed to use a broad set of parameters for determining the actual regional disadvantages; reminds the Commission that in full line with the objectives of the Treaty, particular attention shall be paid not only to the disadvantages deriving from low population density, but also from the economic complexity of mountain and insular regions, from closeness to borders as well as from natural disasters;
Amendment 62 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out to the restrictive impact of new rules on investment and growth of regions as they move from the less developed to the more developed category; is aware that certain regions eligible for State aid under the current system will not meet the zoning criteria of the RSAG in the future period; believes that these regions as well as regions severely hit by the crisis for which the public funding under Cohesion Policy and regional State Aid might be the only source of investment, should have a special safety regime, similar to that for transition regions under the Cohesion Policy, allowing them to cope with their new situation;
Amendment 74 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the role of State aid in economies which have been particularly hard hit by the crisis and for which the public funding under the Cohesion Policy might be the only source of investment; points out that the adverse economic situation is not yet reflected by the data for the 2008-2010 period, to be used by the Commission as a basis of State aid eligibility; welcomes the Commission’s intention to perform a mid-term review of the regional maps in 2016; at the same time invites the Commission to take into consideration the possibility to notify specific interventions under the regional derogations also outside the regional aid map to allow Member States to tackle the backlashes of the crisis which may arise throughout the programming period 2014-2020, as well as the long term repercussions on the real economy of the natural disasters, which may remain invisible to the statistic database used for the ex ante mapping the assisted areas;
Amendment 80 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that “isolation” (i.e. low population density) is the only geographical disadvantage which is relevant for the derogation under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU; believes that geographical disadvantages such as insularity, closeness to the border and natural disasters should also be made relevant;
Amendment 97 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its call on the Commission to provide promptly for clear guidance for assessing what is State aid under the definition of Article 107 (1) TFEU and what is not, as well as for detailed criteria for distinguishing between important and less important State aid cases as announced in the SAM road map;
Amendment 119 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the opinion that excluding large enterprises companies from State aid rules in areas covered by Article 107(3)(c) TFEU is not justified given their contribution to employment, the supply- chains that they create with SMEs, their common involvement in research and development, and the role they play in the economic crisis; takes the view that the presence of large undertakings is often key to the success of SMEs that benefit from clusters led by large companies and from their sub-contracting activities; reminds that the Commission itself recognised the knock-on effects and access to world markets brought by the investment of large companies; underlines that such a decision may lead to job losses and reduced economic activity in the regions and to the relocation of companies to other regions either within and outside the EU;
Amendment 131 #
2013/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that regional State aid must be fine-tuned to ensure it does not encourage businesses to move or relocate, in "subsidy races" caused by high differentials in aid in neighbouring and bordering regions which fragment the single market; highlights that such negative externalities may affect regions sharing a land or maritime border as well as proximity areas;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the cultural and creative industries should become a part of EU and national socio-economic strategies; stresses that, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, local and regional authorities should be encouraged to include their visions of creativity in theirthe local and regional authorities are also encouraged, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, to include the cultural and creative sectors in their medium and long- term economic strategies and policy delivery;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that funding available under the ESF and ERDF in the future multiannual financial framework, namely under the ESF and ERDF, should be used to help strengthen the cultural and creative industries as well as the national, regional and local institutional and administrative capacity to work with togethemr;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that the cultural and creative sectors may help refashion local economies by encouraging the development of new economic activities, creating new jobs and sustainable employment and making European cities and regions more attractive;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that creative people, products and services should be the basis of a strong single European market and well developed regions; calls for better use of the cultural and creative industries in attracting new investment and varied talent to Europe; calls on the Member States to support business models adapted to the limited European market, bearing in mind that the sector is made up almost entirely of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed; calls on the Member States and regions to launch strategies which would enable the mobility of artists and people working in the cultural and creative industries and help them to overcome obstacles such as those relating to different tax or social systems or language barriers;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points to the fact that the cultural and creative industries contribute to maintaining and improving Europe’s immense artistic, cultural, historical and architectural heritage; highlights that the cultural and creative sectors are of huge interest to tourists from both the EU and non-EU countriesfundamental importance to the development and expansion of the European Union tourist sector as a whole; believes that, in view of this added value, the cultural and creative sectors should be strongly supported by the future EU budget as they bring with them important economic opportunities;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2302(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of educational schemes for promoting creativity from early childhood on; stresses that since local and regional authorities are often responsible for pre-school and primary education, they mayshould play an important role in this process.
Amendment 7 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Commission, taking due account of existing best practice in a number of Member States, to review the definition of social housing so as to include further categories of beneficiaries;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)
Citation 43 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Guidelines of 15 May 2012 on best practice to limit, mitigate or compensate soil sealing (SWD(2012)0101),
Amendment 191 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that part of the own resources in the Union’s budget could be allocated to this through the use of new financial instruments and by extending the project bonds’ pilot phase to this field;
Amendment 326 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the need to develop settlement plans that take account of, and curb, unsustainable forms of land occupation and soil sealing, in line with the Commission guidelines which seek to achieve the objective of zero net land take by 2050;
Amendment 94 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Food security is a basic human right and is achieved by ensuring the availability and accessibility of stable and sufficient supplies of appropriate, healthy and nutritious food.
Amendment 100 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The provisions governing the Fund should ensure consistency with the strategies and measures to reduce food wastage along the entire supply chain, make the food chain more efficient and raise public awareness of this important issue that are set out in the European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2012.
Amendment 268 #
2012/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
When procuring food, partner organisations and public bodies shall focus on purchasing sustainable products from small- and medium-scale producers whose activities are geared to local and regional markets and consumption.
Amendment 33 #
2011/2311(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the need for a strategy to preserve and make secure urban and housing heritage in areas classified as being at high risk of earthquakes or flooding;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of regional airports in the context of air transport and their role in ensuring territorial, economic and social cohesion in the Union by connecting regions; points out that existing public service obligations should be maintained in order to guarantee the accessibility of regions, such as peripheral and island regions, that face geographical handicaps; notes the importance of airports, especially of regional airports, which are sometimes the only effective link between a region and the rest of Europes;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take greater account of the fact that good air transport connections are often decisiveimportant for the development of tourism and fundamental tor the rapid transportation of passengers and goods;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EmphasisNotes the economic importance ofwhich regional airports forhave assumed in recent years as regards job creation, particularly in less developed or disadvantaged regions, but also maintains that staff working at the airports proper or for companies providing services there or for airlines operating there have to enjoy the necessary decent contractual terms and pay rates; stresses, in that connection, the need to exploit the potential for green jobs more effectively;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to take account of environmental and meteorological factors when deciding where to locate airportsever regional airport facilities need to be renovated or expanded;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it particularly important to employ intermodal solutions where possible; takes the view that rail links between airports should be developed, as they offer an ideal way of easing the capacity problems of the airports concerned; believes that better connections between regional airports and local rail or tram services could be environmentally beneficial and help to rationalise regional transport as a whole;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2196(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes the view that the building and expansion of regional airports and related infrastructure with a low environmental impact should be properly supported by national and regional authorities and receive appropriate financing under the TEN-T Networks, the Cohesion Fund and the ERDFalso considered eligible for the purposes of applications for financing under EU funds;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the own-initiative opinion ‘Territorial cooperation in the Mediterranean through the Adriatic- Ionian macro-region’, adopted unanimously at the plenary session of the Committee of the Regions on 11 October 2011,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Mediterranean has played a major role in European historstrategy;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Mediterranean is a coherent whole, constituting a single cultural and environmental area, and sharing very many characteristics and priorities common to the ‘Mediterranean climate’: the same crops, water shortages, abundant renewable energy sources, particularly solar energy, the importance of tourism, the same natural disaster risks (fires, floods, earthquakes, water shortages) and the risks from human erroractivity, particularly maritime pollution;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the proposal for an Adriatic- Ionian macro- regional strategy is progressing, taking place in the context of longstanding cooperation and solidarity in a contiguous territory around the Adriatic Seaand Ionian Seas, and supported by the eight participating states of the Adriatic- Ionian Initiative (AII), as repeatedly demonstrated in the statements made by the eight foreign ministers who signed up to the Initiative in Ancona (2010), Brussels (2011) and Belgrade (2012);
Amendment 27 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that this type of territorial cooperation strategy is justifiedeful, particularly when these territories have historically been divided by borders, bequeathing low levels of cooperation between neighbouring territories;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the macro-regional strategy could framesteer the European Neighbourhood Policy and/or pre- accession policy in such a way as to render themtowards being more effective;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for this first examplestrategy to be the subject of a complete evaluation based on objective criteria and measurable indicators for each of the priority areas;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to support fully the approach taken with the Danube basin, which should also be evaluated and regularly monitored, and should be adequately funded;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Suggests that the Commission coordinate a consultation and dialogue process for future macro-regional strategies; takes the view that lack of cooperation or the need to strengthen existing cooperation between European territories belonging to different Member States but the same services and working area should be the basis for identifying priority areas; considers that the result of this dialogue should be a ‘projected European macro- regions map’, which would not be binding and could change depending on local dynamics;
Amendment 40 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the macro-regional strategy does not require further funding, institutional instruments or regulation, but considers funding for the monitoring thereof in the form of technical assistance appropriations justified;
Amendment 49 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the implementation of a macro-regional strategy for the Mediterranean basin, so as to give structure to this key area for Europe’s futuredevelopment and integration, and calls on the Council and the Commission to facilitate the emergence thereoft accordingly;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a macro-regional strategy that involves European, national, regional and local authorities, regional organisations, financial institutions, and NGOs from the European side of the Mediterranean basin, and that is open to neighbouring countries and/or countries at the pre-accession stage, would significantly improve territorial cooperation in this area in political and operational terms;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Hopes that the Council, following on from the decision of 24 June 2011 and taking into account the willingness shown by the territories concerned nationally, regionally and locally, historical links, traditions and the initiatives undertaken, will quickly adopt the Adriatic-Ionian macro-regional strategy, so as to realise a first step towards a Mediterranean macro- regional strategy;
Amendment 68 #
2011/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that coordinintegration of these three macro-regional strategies – western Mediterranean, Adriatic-Ionian, and eastern Mediterranean – will enable the implementation of an overall policy for the whole Mediterranean basin that is in synergy with the priorities set out by regional and international organisations;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas less food waste would mean more efficient land use, better water resource management, and positive repercussions for the whole agricultural sector worldwide, as well as boosting the fight against undernourishment in the developing world,
Amendment 15 #
2011/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to recent studies, for every kilogram of food produced 4.5 kg of CO2 are released into the atmosphere; whereas in Europe the approximately 89 M/t of food wasted produce 170 M/t CO2 eq./yr, broken down thus: food industry 59 M/t CO2 eq./yr, domestic consumption 78 M/t CO2 eq./yr, other 33 M/t CO2 eq./yr; whereas the production of the 30% of food which ends up not being consumed accounts for an additional 50% of use of water resources for irrigation, while producing a kilogram of beef requires 5-10 tonnes of water;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the threat to food security is accompanied by mirror-image rich-world scourges such as obesity, cardiovascular illnesses and cancers arising from a diet overrich in fats and proteins, the result being that the world's overfed population numbers as many as the underfed and malnourished,
Amendment 23 #
2011/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes food security to be a basic human right that is achieved through the availability, accessibility, use and temporal stability of healthy, adequate and nutritious food; stresses that world food production is conditioned by a number of factors, including the finite nature of natural resources vis-à-vis the rising global population and the limited access to food of the most vulnerable strata;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, when drawing up development policies, to support measures aimed at reducing waste along the entire food supply chain in developing countries where production methods, post- harvest management, processing and packaging infrastructure and processes are problematic and inadequate; believes, further, that improving the efficiency of the food supply chain can help the countries concerned achieve food self- sufficiency;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the direct payments scheme should be retained in order to continue to ensure competitiveness, economic stability, employment support, decent farm incomes and the sustainable development of the EU farm sector, as well as EU food and environmental security, thus ensuring that other policies and strategies, including the Europe 2020 strategy, may be properly implemented; considers, in this connection, that objective and transparent criteria need to be drawn up to ensure the provision of an appropriate level of direct support throughout the EU and to move away from the criteria used to date for allocating funding under the direct payments scheme; advocates the application of the principle of equity and flexibility in the implementation instruments, and also in relation to the various types of farms and the characteristic features of the areas in each Member State or region where farms are situated;
Amendment 57 #
2011/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that rural development measures should be consistent with and complementary to the support measures under the first pillar in order to foster varied, competitive and sustainable farming across the whole of the European Union; believes that rural development policy should support modernisation and structural improvements as well as innovation in the agricultural sector, in order to meet also the challenges posed by food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas a useful tool for preventing market crises would be to recognise producer organisations that are able to aggregate the supply of agricultural products on the markets and plan production through pre-emptive contracts enabling it to meet demand more successfully and helping to reduce price volatility,
Amendment 196 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Heading I (new) before paragraph 1
Amendment 201 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the communication from the Commission concerning a reform of agricultural policy; calls, however, for the principles set emphasises the need for a thoroughgoing reform of that common policy in order to take account below to be incorporated in the legislative proposalof the changed nature of the farming industry in the EU27 and the new international context of globalisation; calls for the continued implementation of a strong and sustainable CAP with a budget commensurate with the ambitious objectives to be pursued in an effort to meet the new challenges;
Amendment 415 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 464 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for an adequate basic allowance for small farmers, which Member States can optionally determine in those Member States where these farms help to stabilise rural development; calls for theseIs strongly in favour of establishing a specific, simplified aid scheme for the very numerous small farmers in Europe, who help to stabilise rural development and employment; in view of the very considerable diversity of farm structures within the EU, calls for Member States to decide, in accordance with subsidiarity, what percentage of the direct payments to be incorporated in the new subsidy system should be made available to their small farmers; stresses, however, that thisto participate in defining these small farmers, adopting a common criterion: the predominant role of family labour; stresses that having the benefit of this scheme must not hamper the necessary structural change in order to modernise their farms;
Amendment 481 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 502 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers thait decoupling has essentially proved its worth, given the increased effect on income and greater autonomy in decision-making on the part of farmers and the associated simplification of the CAP, and calls for this also, in general, to apply to suckler cow and sheep premiums; recognises, however, that in certain sectors and regions such as mountain regions, where there are no alternatives to relatively labour-intensive livestock farming, there may be considerable economic and environmental drawbacks which cannot be reconciled with the aims of the Treaty; acknowledges,sirable, within the limits set by the Union’s WTO commitments, not to decouple all aid in support of certain types of production (suckler cow and sheep premiums, etc.) so as to enable Member States to cope with problems specific to their territory and enable the Union to preserve its rich heritage in therefore, that production- based premiums might be defensible within a narrowly defined framework for a limited period even after 2013ms of the diversity of types of production;
Amendment 558 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ObservesIs conscious of the fact that, for historical reasons, farms in the European Union have a very diverse structure as regards size, employment arrangements and legal form; is aware that direct payments are moving away from a historical basis to area-based payments and that the provision of public goods is independent of farm size; rejects, therefore, measures which discriminate against particular types of farm, labour productivity and legal form; supports the principles of imposing ceilings and/or degressivity of direct aid in the light of the size of holding, except in the case of agricultural cooperatives or where employment is an important factor; stresses that in this way priority should be assigned to businesses which employ labour;
Amendment 575 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to submit by 31 December 2016 a report setting out comprehensively how livestock farming in Europe can be safeguarded in the long term with regard to multifunctionality and regional aspects (such as mountain areas, Nordic regions and extremely remote areas) and also dealing with the question of how far the aims of the CAP can be realised in a more efficient, targeted way by means of decoupled, indirect support, e.g. premiums for extensive grassland or pasture landvery practical proposals for helping the livestock farming sectors in the medium and long term to cope with the rising prices of raw materials used in animal feed; calls on the Commission, moreover, in view of the difficulties which certain types of livestock farm focusing on quality and sustainability encounter in gaining access to area-based premiums, to take into account their specific character and to propose a special support scheme to avoid excluding them from the new support system;
Amendment 599 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that direct payments should be madereserved only tofor active farmers; realises that, under the system of decoupled direct payments, each farmer who uses farmland for production or who tends it in order to maintain GAEC should receive direct payments; calls on the Commission therefore to devise a definition of ‘active farmer’ which the Member States can administer without additional administrative effort, while it should be ensured that traditional farming activities (full-time and various degrees of paonsiders that ‘active farmer’ means any natural or legal person whose principal activity is the exercise of an agricultural activity and/or is linked to an agricultural activity (agro- tourism, forestry, etc.); considers it necessary to specify that the definition of an active farmer should exclude cases in which the administrative costs would previously have been higher than the amount of support- time) are classified as active farming; hat certain beneficiaries would have been able to receive;
Amendment 613 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important that the CAP, like all other EU policies, be involved in the 2020 Strategy, and that it seems logical under such circumstances that the redistribution of direct aid take account of factors such as employment, the environment and combating climate change;
Amendment 625 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading before paragraph 20
Subheading before paragraph 20
III. Resource protection and environmental policy component
Amendment 634 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that better resource protection is an element in sustainable farming, which should involve separate support for environmental measures going beyond the requirements of Cross Compliance (CC), which already entail many environmental measures, and being geared to multiannual applications, as a result of which greater environmental benefits can be attained;
Amendment 659 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that resource protection should be directly linked to the granting of targeted direct payments in order to attain these environmental objectives to the maximum without the need to introduce new, bureauthat provide incentives to maximise environmental benefits and sustainability, without however creatic environmental conditions into the first pillar; considers that a flat- rate income payment, as envisaged in a top-up model in the first pillar, must cover costs and income lossng insurmountable practical hurdles for farmers or additional red tape for administrative authorities;
Amendment 666 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 692 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Rejects the option of a uniform flat- rate direct payment for the whole of the EU and recommends inclusion of the proposals already put forward in the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the future of the CAP after 2013, which provided much of the inspiration for the Commission Communication; considers that this system of direct payments should be applicable to all hectares of farmland and could combine the following three objectives; - the provision of basic aid to ensure not just the socio-economic viability of the competitive and multifunctional model for European agriculture, but also high- quality and wide-scale food safety, the supply of basic public goods, and agricultural activity that provides employment in rural areas, with safety in the workplace criteria obviously governing this employment; - the payment of supplementary aid for enforcing simple, best-practice obligations to protect the environment (protection of soil, water, biodiversity, etc.) and combat global warming adapted to the climate and natural features of each region; some of these already exist through the GAEC, but are not harmonised among Member States, such as mandatory plant cover, environmental set-aside, compulsory rotation, crop diversity (including protein crops), rates of soil organic matter, tillage restrictions, or the presence of hedges, permanent pasture, grazing land and extensively managed crops of great environmental interest; - the provision of specific aid to compensate for natural handicaps in order to maintain agricultural activity in mountain regions, environmentally- sensitive regions, regions within the Natura 2000 network and the outermost regions; this aid would supplement and complement second-pillar aid granted to less-favoured areas;
Amendment 706 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 721 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 735 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 752 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 768 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that direct payments are no longer justified without cross compliance (CC) and therefore that the CC systemonditions and therefore that a cross compliance system that is less complicated in practice and at administrative level (controls) should apply to all recipients of direct payments;
Amendment 789 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls, in view of the greater concentration of direct payments on resource protection and environmental measures, for a substantial reduction of the scope of CC; calls on the Commission to make significant progress in simplifying and harmonising rules on monitoringonsiders that attaching conditions to direct aid was a necessary first step towards the CAP taking the environment, public health, and animal health and welfare into account; considers, however, that this mechanism has raised a whole range of problems relating to administrative issues and acceptance by farmers in their work; thinks that this system should be simplified and adapted to what farmers are actually able to do; considers, finally, that any future response to environmental challenges and combating climate change will require the gradual and voluntary adoption of new technical production methods, the practical arrangements for which will be included in the conditions governing the distribution of first-pillar direct aid;
Amendment 801 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that CC should be restricted to monitoring for compliance with fundamental and recognised standards and standards closely related to farming, which lend themselves to systematic monitoringthe monitoring of CC should be linked more to fundamental evaluation criteria, based on the obligation to achieve results and closely related to farming; believes that farmers themselves should be more involved in this monitoring, given their observation skills and practical experience, and this would have the effect of setting an example and motivating less efficient farmers in particular;
Amendment 805 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for an end to disproportionate burdens imposed on livestock farming by CC, and particularly for a critical review of certain hygiene and animal marking standardsCC to be applied in a way that is adapted to the livestock sector which is currently in a very fragile situation as it has already made considerable efforts in terms of investment to upgrade the standards of buildings, installations and equipment;
Amendment 821 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the general market orientatimarket policy is one of the CAP should be maintained and that the general structure of market management instruments should likewise be retained; instruments which, through price management, plays an important role in determining farm incomes; acknowledges, however, that by virtue of the specific nature of agricultural supply and demand, agricultural markets, which are inherently very unstable, can cause serious problems for producers, processors and consumers which may go so far as to call into question the ability of agriculture to achieve its primary, strategic objective, food security; considers, therefore, that it is important to be able to take action to counter excessive price volatility in the context of the CAP and on world markets;
Amendment 852 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Emphasises that the CAP should incorporate a certain number of flexible and effective market instruments which act as a safety net, fixed at appropriate levels and available in the event of serious market disruption; points out that some of these instruments exist already, but can be adapted, whilst others can be created as needed; considers that, in view of the widely differing conditions in the individual sectors, differentiated sectoral solutions are preferable to across-the- board approaches;
Amendment 855 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33b. Takes the view that these instruments should include specific supply- management instruments which, if employed fairly and on a non- discriminatory basis, can provide effective market management and prevent crises relating to overproduction, at zero cost to the Union budget;
Amendment 858 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that, in view of the anticipatedincrease in environmental and climate dangers and the increased risk of epidemics and considerable price fluctuations on agricultural markets, additional risk prevention is of vital importance, particularly at individual farm levelhealth problems, risk management measures must be introduced to complement the range of measures intended to combat excessive price fluctuations; given the multiannual nature of such instruments, endorses the Commission’s proposal to include them among the second-pillar measures;
Amendment 895 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 915 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 919 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Considers that, with a view to preventing market crises, recognition should be given to cross-cutting instruments that are similar for all food sectors, such as producer organisations, inter-branch organisations and preventive contracting procedures, which need to be combined with sectoral solutions, in view of the totally different conditions obtaining in the various sectors, including in relation to production planning by the groups responsible for protecting designations of origin and geographical indications;
Amendment 925 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 948 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Takes the view that steps should be taken to facilitate exports and provide guarantees for EU producers and consumers by ensuring greater trade reciprocity; considers that the Commission should take responsibility for such matters, dealing directly with the relevant countries on issues relating to administration, plant protection, health, social justice and labour ethics;
Amendment 951 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 970 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission to examine the extent to which the role of producer groups or sectoral associations can be extended to all production sectors and incorporated into the risk preventionin managing markets and promoting quality can be extended to all production sectors; calls for measures of this kind to take particular account of products covered by quality-label schemes;
Amendment 987 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view, therefore, that the Commission should devise common rules on support from Member States for risk management systems, possibly by creating common rules in the common market organisation, in order to keep to a minimum any distortion of competition and trade; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to notify all measures to introduce risk management and to submit an appropriate impact assessrules governing the common market organisation; considers that these public rules must give producers more negotiating power vis-à- vis processors, increase market transparency (as regards production and sales volumes, stocks, etc.) and bring about certain changes in competition policy, which should be accepted, given that these professional market management arrangements with the legislative proposalll reduce budget expenditure;
Amendment 1007 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 1058 #
Amendment 1084 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Takes the view that rural development policy must be complementary to, and consistent with, first pillar support, in order to promote strong and sustainable diversified European agriculture across the EU; considers that this rural development policy must contribute to structural developments and innovation in agriculture throughout the EU, in order to respond to the challenges in the fields of food security, the environment, climate change and employment;
Amendment 1102 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Amendment 1121 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Emphasises that rural development policy must enable all the potentials of rural areas to be harnessed, by means of quality agricultural production focusing on direct sales, product promotion, supplying of local markets, diversification of biomass outlets (energy, green chemistry, bio-based materials, etc.), and able to create very place-specific jobs and multiple-service supply (ecotourism, educational farms, agri-tourism, etc.); considers also that this rural policy must serve to increase competitiveness, particularly in the convergence regions, by means of investment in the fields of the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products; believes, lastly, that this rural development policy must contribute to the management of natural resources (watercourses, soil, etc.) and help in the management and restoration of ecosystems, with this simultaneously providing a response to climate change;
Amendment 1132 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Insists that the measures under axis 1 of the rural development policy must better address the issues connected with the establishment of young farmers following the retirement of older farmers, with this concerning measures in connection with the establishing and modernisation of agricultural holdings; this approach should also consist of facilitating access to the farming profession for young people who are not from a farming background, and include the concept of gradual establishment, necessitating a review of aid eligibility conditions; believes, lastly, that implementation of this establishment support system should be mandatory in all the Member States;
Amendment 1133 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Proposes that agri-environmental measures should include arrangements for a 5 to 7 year ‘conversion’ agreement enabling farmers who themselves decide to move towards more sustainable production models and to innovate, to receive financial support to cover their taking on the financial risk resulting from the agronomic difficulties that could often arise in the years immediately following their change of farming practices; this aim of this incentive mechanism would be to help farmers better comply with the conditions for the granting of level two under the first pillar direct payments system;
Amendment 1137 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 d (new)
Paragraph 49 d (new)
49d. Suggests that support for consultancy, orchestration and training be incorporated into Axis 1 of the rural development policy to enable the dissemination of knowledge on innovative changes in farming practices towards more sustainable production systems, and to help innovative farmers pass on their experience;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates in this connection that the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas be retained in the second pillar; considers that it should be ascertained what cofinancing ralls on the Commission to establish objective criteria for the definition of intermediate apprears to be appropriate; calls on the Commission to reta(currently under review) without those criteria leading the existing criteria for demarcation of disadvantagedo a new demarcation that could see the abrupt exclusion of currently eligible areas;
Amendment 1163 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Calls for the improvement and reintroduction of specific rural development measures to promote quality agrifood production policies in line with the ‘quality package’ reforms currently being adopted; the prime importance of such measures must also be recognised in connection with the modernisation of quality production farms and specific information campaigns for European consumers should be organised accordingly;
Amendment 1173 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Stresses at the same time, however, that rural structures differ widely in the Member States and therefore require different measures; calls therefore for flexibility to allow the Member States to adopt voluntary measures, the cofinancing rate for which should be based on the rates current at the time; points out that the cofinancing rate should continue to take account of the specific needs and circumstances of convergence regions in the post-2013 period;
Amendment 1181 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 1203 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 1252 #
2011/2051(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 62 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for cohesion and structural policy programmes to place more emphasis on European added value; deems such added value to be achieved where EU projects bring about a lasting and measurable improvement in theand economic, infrastructural, social and/or environmental status of a disadvantaged regiondevelopment, and such improvedevelopment would not have been achievable without the European stimulus;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whether specific operational programmes for functional geographical entities such as metropolitan regions or sea or river basins will yield additional benefits; is particularly aware, in relation to such programmes, of the absence of political bodies (including democratically elected bodies) with a sufficiently wide- ranging remit to implement them; calls instead for closer coordination of macroregional or natural- environment strategies at inter- governmental levels;
Amendment 195 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that support from the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds must be more strongly oriented towards the educational and socio-political challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; takes the view, however, that across-the-board ‘Europeanisation’ of the relevant policy areas would be a doomed endeavour purelycohesion policy must retain its autonomy and its own financial groundobjectives; calls, therefore, for the further development of approaches that could serve as models, while retaining existing national and regional competences;
Amendment 244 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that GDP must be retained as the key criterion in the definition of areas eligible for maximum support (those with GDP/PE below 75% of the EU average) and, where appropriate, cohesion countries (GDP/PE below 90% of the EU average); points outconsiders that the competent national authorities must continue to have scope for the use of additional indicators at the relevant decision-making levelsshould nevertheless be able to incorporate, at the appropriate decision-making level, for each objective and in a manner reflecting geographical concentrations, additional indicators with which to assess the respective social, economic, environmental, demographic and geographical challenges faced;
Amendment 335 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 348 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is a complementary means of achieving the objectives of the European Social Fund, as it seeks to enable workers made redundant as a result of globalisation and the crisis to find work;
Amendment 373 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls, in the event that binding priorities are set for all Member States, for these to cover innovation, infrastructure and resource management and to be tailored in each case to regions’ specific ne for Member States to include among their priorities innovation, infrastructure and resource management, but considers there should be some margin for manoeuvre to take into account the scale of the programmes, the baseline scenario in each region and the results to be achieveds; stresses that it must be possible to suggest and pursue additional priorities on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls for suggested priority areas to include energy, education and training, and combating poverty;
Amendment 400 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for the funding under investment partnerships to be made conditional on the implementation of reforms by the Member States, in order to ensure that it is used efficiently in areato be subject to conditions predetermined in a dialogue between the Commission and Member States at the start of the programming period and set out in the investment partnership contracts and in the operational programmes; those predetermined conditions must be clearly defined, targeted and verifiable, and must refer solely to aspects directly related to the effectiveness of cohesion policy investments; considers it fair for such conditions to include, in particular, full implementation of existing EU legislation (e.g. on price regulation, tendering procedures, transport, the environment and health) in order to prevent irregularities and ensure effectiveness; rejects, however, the imposition of conditions requiring Member States to undertake fundamental social and economic reform;
Amendment 494 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
Amendment 504 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 51 – subparagraph 1 (new)
is opposed to structural funding being made subject to any kind of macroeconomic conditions connected with the Stability and Growth Pact since this would conflict with the very aims of cohesion policy; in the interests of enhancing programming credibility and achieving tangible results, insists on the introduction of appropriate sets of conditions, verified ex-ante and based on a place-based approach to policies, that cover all the institutional, administrative, regulatory, planning and project-related requirements needed to ensure an effective implementation of the programmes;
Amendment 513 #
2011/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Envisages that the Commission will, in future, have a greater responsibility for the improvement of national administrative procedures; takes the view, therefore, that it will be incumbent on the Commission to implement accreditation procedures for national or federal-state administrative and auditing bodies; envisages linkage between, on the one hand, successful accreditation and a reduction in the error rate and, on the other, entitlement to simplified and less frequent reporting;
Amendment 8 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Europe’s regional and local authorities play an important role in developing the European Research Area and ensuring that the Union’s various financial instruments are coordinated effectively. In particular, they should encourage linkage between the Horizon 2020 programme and the Structural Funds in connection with regional innovation strategies based on smart specialisation. The regions also play a crucial role in the dissemination and application of the results of the Horizon 2020 programme by providing complementary funding possibilities, including public sector contracts.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – paragraph 9
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – paragraph 9
A major component of ‘Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies’ are Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), defined as micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing systems. These multi- disciplinary, knowledge and capital- intensive technologies cut across many diverse sectors providing the basis for significant competitive advantage for European industry. An integrated approach, promoting the combination, convergence and cross-fertilisation effect of KETs in different innovation cycles and value chains can deliver promising research results and open the way to new industrial technologies, products, services and novel applications (e.g. in space, transport, environment, health, agriculture, etc.). The numerous interactions of KETs and enabling technologies will therefore be exploited in a flexible manner, as an important source of innovation. This will complement support for research and innovation in KETs that may be provided by national or regional authorities under the Cohesion Policy Funds within the framework of smart specialisation strategies.
Amendment 23 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
Horizon 2020 shall play a central role in the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by providing a common strategic framework for the Union's research and innovation funding, thus acting as a vehicle for leveraging public and private investment, creating new job opportunities, promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion and ensuring Europe's long-term sustainable growth and competitiveness.
Amendment 24 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.2 – paragraph 1
Powered by the expansion of the knowledge of living systems, biotechnology is set to deliver a stream of new applications and to strengthen the Union’s industrial base and its innovation capacity. Examples of the rising importance of biotechnology are in industrial applications including bio- , agricultural applications, including crop growing, the starting point of the food production value chain, and the bio-economy as a whole, and applications related to bio-chemicals, of which the market share is estimated to increase by up to 12%-20% of chemical production by 2015. A number of the so- called twelve rules of Green Chemistry are also addressed by biotechnology, due to the selectivity and efficiency of bio-systems. The possible economic burdens for Union enterprises can be reduced by harnessing the potential of biotechnology processes and bio-based products to reduce CO2 emissions, estimated to range from between 1 to 2.5 billion tons CO2 equivalent per year by 2030. In Europe’s biopharmaceutical sector, already some 20% of the current medicines are derived from biotechnology, with up to 50% of new medicines. Biotechnology also opens new avenues for exploiting the huge potential of marine resources for producing innovative industrial, health and environmental applications. The emerging sector of marine (blue) biotechnology has been predicted to grow by 10% a year.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.3 – point b – introductory part
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.3 – point b – introductory part
(b) Biotechnology-based industrial processeprocesses and products
Amendment 29 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Activities in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) must be multidisciplinary and multicultural, with a strong regional input. This requires regional cooperation at European level and the pursuit of excellence at regional level through specific programmes.
Amendment 30 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.3 – point b
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4.3 – point b
Developing industrial biotechnology for competitive industrial products and processes (e.g. chemical, health, mining, energy, pulp and paper, textile, starch, crop growing, food processing) and its environmental dimension.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Horizon 2020 shall be implemented in a way which is complementary to other Union funding programmes, including the Structural Funds.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 2
Over the coming decades, Europe will be challenged by increased competition for limited and finite natural resources, by the effects of climate change, in particular on primary production systems (agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) and by the need to provide a sustainable, safe and secure food supply for the European and an increasing global population. A 70% increase ofin the world food supply is estimated to be required to feed the 9 billion global population by 2050. Agriculture accounts for about 10 % of Union greenhouse gases emissions, and while declining in Europe, global emissions from agriculture are projected to increase up to 20% by 2030. Furthermore, Europe will need to ensure sufficient supplies of raw materials, energy and industrial products, under conditions of decreasing fossil carbon resources (oil and liquid gas production expected to decrease by about 60% by 2050), while maintaining its competitiveness. Bio-waste (estimated at up to 138 million tonnes per year in the Union, of which up to 40 % is land-filled) represents a huge problem and cost, despite its high potential added value. For example, an estimated 30% of all food produced in developed countries is discarded. Major changes are neededAccording to Eurostat figures, the quantity of food discarded in the European Union alone amounts to 89 million tonnes a year, equivalent to 180 kg per person. Measures therefore need to be taken in order to reduce thisat amount (by 50% in the Union by 2030by 2030), avoid wasting food, and reuse food that would otherwise be thrown away. Research avenues should also be explored with a view to analysing and quantifying food waste, applying appropriate methodologies. In addition, national borders are irrelevant in the spread of animal and plant pests and diseases, including zoonotic diseases, and food -borne pathogens. While effective national prevention measures are needed, action at Union level is essential for ultimate control and the effective running of the single market. The challenge is complex, affects a broad range of interconnected sectors and requires a plurality of approaches.
Amendment 42 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 43 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 4
The potential of biological resources and ecosystems could be used in a much more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner. For examples, the potential of biomass from forests, farming, and waste streams from agricultural, aquatic, industrial, and also municipal origins could be better harnessed.
Amendment 44 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 2
A fully functional European bio-economy – encompassing the sustainable production of renewable resources from land and aquatic environments and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy as well as the related public goods – will generate high European added value. Managed in a sustainable manner, it can reduce the environmental footprint of primary production and the supply chain as a whole. It can increase their competitiveness and provide jobs and business opportunities for rural and coastal development. The food security, sustainable agriculture, and overall bio- economy – -related challenges are of a European and global nature. Actions at Union level are essential to bring together clusters to achieve the necessary breadth and critical mass to complement efforts made by a single or groups of Member States. A multi-actor approach will ensure the necessary cross-fertilising interactions between researchers, businesses, farmers/producers, advisoers and end-users. The Union level is also necessary to ensure coherence in addressing this challenge across sectors and with strong links to relevant Union policies. Coordination of research and innovation at Union level will stimulate and help to accelerate the required changes across the Union.
Amendment 46 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to aroundshould lead to a minimum of 15% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies" and the priority "Societal challenges" going to SMEs.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point a
The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw- materials, while safeguarding natural resources and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource- efficient (including low-carbon) and resilient, enhancing the quality and value of agricultural products, while at the same time developing of services, concepts and policies for thriving rural livelihoods.
Amendment 48 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Horizon 2020 may be implemented through public-private partnerships where all the partners concerned commit to support the development and implementation of research and innovation activities of strategic importance to the Union's competitiveness and industrial leadership or to address specific societal challenges. This should be achieved by supporting networks, cooperation and exchanges of experience between regions, towns and other stakeholders, including cultural, scientific and research institutions.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Particular attention shall be paid to joint programming initiatives between Member States, in which European Union regions and towns may participate, where appropriate.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) Union participation in programmes undertaken by several Member States in accordance with Article 185 TFEU, with the involvement of local and regional authorities.
Amendment 52 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.3 – point b
The aim is to meet the requirements of citizens for safe, healthy and affordable food, and to make food and feed processing and distribution more sustainable and the food sector more competitive. The activities shall focus on healthy and safe foods for all, informed consumer choices, and competitive food processing methods that use less resources and produce less by-products, waste and green-house gases. Consumers have to make conscious choices and be not only informed about safe foods, but also aware of the environmental, socio-economic, and nutritional consequences entailed in their choices and in the fact of wasting food.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – introductory part
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – introductory part
(e) Materials for creative industriesPreserving and making optimum use of Europe’s cultural and artistic heritage
Amendment 54 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 1 – point 1.3 – point 1.3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Applying design and the development of converging technologies to create new business opportunities, including the preservation of materials with historical or cultural value. Assessing and understanding the mechanisms whereby the cultural heritage is damaged. Developing advanced methods and technologies for the purpose of protecting and preserving the cultural heritage. Ensuring the inclusion and rational management of the cultural heritage at historical sites and in towns.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – Part III – point 5 – point 5.2 – paragraph 4
Addressing the availability of raw materials calls for co-ordinated research and innovation efforts across many disciplines and sectors to help provide safe, economically feasible, environmentally sound and socially acceptable solutions along the entire value chain (exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and substitution). Particular innovation efforts should be focused on agricultural uses of water resources, bearing in mind the sector’s growing water needs and the fact that periods of severe drought are occurring more frequently and spreading over increasingly vast parts of the world, including for example Mediterranean Europe. Innovation in these fields will provide opportunities for growth and jobs, as well as innovative options involving science, technology, the economy, policy and governance. For this reason, a European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials is being prepared.
Amendment 181 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The EAGF and the EAFRD may each respectively finance oin a direct manner, on the initiative of the Commission and/or on its behalf, as well as on the initiative of Member States, the preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support, as well as evaluation, audit and inspection measures required to implement the common agricultural policy. Those measures shall include in particular:
Amendment 283 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 284 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
However, personnel expenditure incurred by Member States and beneficiaries of aid from the EAGF shall not be borne by the Fund.
Amendment 285 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall supplyand/or Member States shall purchase those satellite images for supply, free of charge, to the control bodies or to suppliers of services authorised by those bodies to represent them.
Amendment 286 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
The Commission and/or Member States shall remain the owner of the images and shall recover them on completion of the work. It. They may also provide that work is carried out on enhancing techniques and working methods in connection with the inspection of agricultural areas by remote sensing.
Amendment 320 #
2011/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 a (new)
Article 37 a (new)
Article 37a The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budget commitment for a rural development programme that has not been used for the purpose of prefinancing or making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 35(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure incurred by 31 December of the second year following that of the budget commitment. However, decommitment shall not apply to the 2014 budget commitment. For the purpose of the decommitment, one sixth of the 2014 commitment will be added to each of the 2015 to 2020 budget commitments.
Amendment 22 #
2011/0283(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) To prevent the risk of other Member States finding themselves in circumstances which dictate they have to apply to access financial stabilisation mechanisms, a derogation should be granted to the Stability and Growth Pact which allows national cofinancing of projects considered to be of particular relevance to economic recovery and job creation.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should be able to include in their rural development programmes thematic sub-programmes to address specific needs in areas of particular importance to them. Thematic sub- programmes should concern among others young farmers, women in agriculture, small farms, mountain areas and the creation of short supply chains. Thematic sub-programmes should also be used to provide for the possibility to address restructuring of agricultural sectors which have a strong impact on the development of rural areas. As a means to increase the efficient intervention of such thematic sub- programmes Member States should be allowed to provide for higher support rates for certain operations covered by them.
Amendment 178 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 339 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) facilitating restructuring of farms facing major structural problems, notably farms with a low degree of market participation, market-oriented farms in particular sectors and farms in need of agricultural diversificationand modernisation of farms;
Amendment 460 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may submit either a single programme for its entire territory or a set of regional programmes, a set of regional programmes or a set of national and regional programmes. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, each measure or type of operation shall be programmed at national or regional level.
Amendment 466 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States with regional programmes may also submit for approval a national framework containing common elements for these programmes without a separate budgetary allocation. If a Member State opts for a set of national and regional programmes, the national framework shall contain the common elements so as to ensure consistency and linkage between its national and regional strategies.
Amendment 475 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) young farmers and women in agriculture;
Amendment 516 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the development and promotion of agricultural products, including organic products, bearing official quality labels.
Amendment 702 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The beneficiary of support provided in paragraph 1(a) and (c) shall be respectively the provider of advice or training. Support under paragraph 1(b) shall be granted to the authority or body selected to set up the farm management, farm relief, farm advisory or forestry advisoryand the provider of training services.
Amendment 757 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Support under this measure shall cover new participation by farmers or previous participation during the 2007-2013 programming period, also through producer groups and agri-food companies, in:
Amendment 775 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 794 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support shall be granted as an annual incentive payment, the level of which shall be determined according to the level of the fixed costs arising from participation in supported schemes, for a maximum duration of five years. Payments shall be made annually on presentation of the necessary documentation. However, the producer shall make a single application covering a five-year period.
Amendment 798 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this paragraph, 'fixed costs' means the costs incurred for entering a supported quality scheme and the annual contribution for participating in that scheme, including, where necessary, expenditure on checks required to verify compliance with the specifications of the scheme. The costs of the checks incurred by producer group associations which have submitted an application for recognition of a quality label shall be admissible from the commencement of the transitional period, that is to say while the documents are being forwarded by the Member State to the Commission.
Amendment 801 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Support shall be available for groups which make new applications for participation in quality schemes (Article 17 (1)(a) and (b)), so as to help them complete preliminary technical studies (product characterisation, definition of specifications), marketing studies (marketing product location, exploratory studies) or legal studies (setting up of quality label management associations). This support shall be available for the first five years following the formal application for recognition of a quality label in a Member State.
Amendment 806 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Support shall be available for information and promotion measures in respect of products included in quality schemes (Article 17 (1)(a) and (b)). Any organisation encompassing or representing producers actively involved in a quality scheme for agricultural or agri-food products, independently of its legal form, may be considered as a beneficiary. Branch or interbranch organisations representing one or more products and/or sectors, as well as regional associations for quality foods and agricultural products shall be admissible. Promotional activities shall include in particular participation in fairs and exhibitions and/or the organisation thereof and comparable public relations activities, such as promotion through the various media or within the points of sale. The principal message should highlight the specific nature and the advantages of the products involved, in particular their quality, the use of specific production methods, high animal welfare standards and environmental conservation, which are relevant to the quality label of the product in question. Joint operations may be carried out by various producer groups, independently of their membership of an association. They may also be represented by a branch and/or interbranch organisation or a regional promotion agency. In the latter case, the regional origin of the products may be indicated, provided that it is not given greater prominence than the principal message. A specific procedure shall be followed to ensure that actions receiving rural development support are not also receiving support under Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 of the Council on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries.
Amendment 836 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) concern infrastructure related to the development and adaptation of agriculture, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, energy supply and, water management and hydro storage to sustain farming and in particular crop systems; or
Amendment 847 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are non productive investments linked to the achievement of agri- and forest- environment commitments, biodiversity conservation status of species and habitat as well as enhancing the public amenity value of a Natura 2000 area or other high nature value area to be defined in the programme.
Amendment 873 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Support under paragraph 1(a) shall be granted to agricultural holdings. In the case of investments to support farm restructuring, only farms not exceeding a certain size, to be defined by the Member States in the programme based on the SWOT analysis carried out in relation to the Union priority for rural development “enhancing competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability”, shall be eligible.
Amendment 892 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Support under this measure shall be limited to the maximum support rates laid down in Annex I. These maximum rates may be increased for young farmers, women in agriculture, collective investments and integrated projects involving support under more than one measure, investments in areas facing significant natural constraints as referred to in Article 33(3) and operations supported in the framework of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability in accordance with the support rates laid down in Annex I. However, the maximum combined support rate may not exceed 90%.
Amendment 911 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Support shall be granted to farmers or groups of farmers and undertakings engaged in the processing and/or marketing of products listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty. Support may also be granted to public entities where a link between the investment undertaken by such entities and agricultural production potential is established.
Amendment 922 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) young farmers and women in agriculture;
Amendment 962 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) shall be granted to young farmers and women in agriculture.
Amendment 1014 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Support under paragraph 1(a)(i) may also be targeted at land leasing for young farmers, taking the form of a bank guarantee for land lease contracts and support for interest rates. In such cases, the support shall be added to the flat-rate payment and subject to the rates specified in Annex I in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.
Amendment 1061 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) investments by public and private bodies in recreational infrastructure, tourist information and sign-posting of touristic sites;
Amendment 1077 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Investments under paragraph 1 shall be eligible for support where the relevant operations are implemented in accordance with plans for the development of municipalities in rural areas and their basic services, where such plans exist and shall by are consistent with any local development strategy, where one exists.
Amendment 1115 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(a) shall be granted to private and public land-owners and tenants, municipalities and to otheir associationsland managers, and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of agricultural income foregone and maintenance, including early and late cleanings, for a maximum period of tfifteen years.
Amendment 1143 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(b) shall be granted to private land public owners, and tenants, municipalities and their associations and shall cover the costs of establishment and an annual premium per hectare to cover the costs of maintenance for a maximum period of threeseven years.
Amendment 1189 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of preventive actions concerning pests and diseases, the risk of a relevant disaster occurrence must be supported by scientific evidence and acknowledged by scientific public organisations. Where relevant, the list of species of organisms harmful to plants which may cause a disaster must be provided in the programme.
Amendment 1204 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Support under paragraph 1(d) shall be subject to the formal recognition by the competent public authorities of Member States that a natural disaster has occurred and that this disaster, or measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest has caused the destruction of at least 3015% of the relevant forest potential. This percentage shall be determined on the basis of either the average existing forest potential in the three-year period immediately preceding the disaster or on the average of the five-year period immediately preceding the disaster, excluding the highest and the lowest entry.
Amendment 1212 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Support under Article 22(1)(d) shall be granted to natural persons, private forest owners, and private law and semi-public bodies, municipalities and their associations. In the case of state forests support may also be granted to bodies managing such forests, which are independent from the state budget.
Amendment 1301 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Agri-environment-climate payments cover only those commitments going beyond the relevant mandatory standards established pursuant to Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) No HR/2012 and other relevant obligations established under Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012, relevant minimum requirements for fertiliser and plant protection products use as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national legislation. All such mandatory requirements shall be identified in the programme.
Amendment 1313 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavosure to providehat persons undertaking to carry out operations under this measure withhave the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information required to implement them, including by setting up commitment-related expert advice and/or by making support under this measure conditional to relevant trainingsory services.
Amendment 1328 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. Payments shall be granted annually and shall compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary they may also cover transaction costs to a value of up to 20% of the premium paid for the agri- environment-climate commitments. Where commitments are undertaken by groups of farmers or by other land managers, the maximum level shall be 30%. Where the rural development programme does not provide for the implementation of the measure under Article 31, for operations falling within the scope of Directives 92/43/EEC, 2009/147/EC and 2000/60/EC the maximum level relating to transaction costs shall be increased to 30%.
Amendment 1336 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Where commitments under this measure include the implementation of greening measures in preparation for meeting other commitments under the measure, these greening measures may be compensated within the measure. In that case they may not receive support as 'non- productive investments' under Article 18(1)(d).
Amendment 1405 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Additional costs and income foregone shall be calculated in comparison to areas which are not affected by natural or other specific constraints, taking into account payments pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No DP/2012.
Amendment 1520 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change, such as measures relating to water management and storage to sustain farming and in particular agricultural systems;
Amendment 1530 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 36 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) horizontal and vertical cooperation among supply chain actors in the sustainable production of biomass for use in food, energy production and industrial processes and in water management and storage to sustain farming and in particular agricultural systems.
Amendment 1549 #
Amendment 1595 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Article 38
Amendment 1606 #
Amendment 1629 #
Amendment 1666 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
Article 41
Amendment 1679 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1713 #
2011/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of irrigation, onlynew investments that lead to a reduction of previous water use by at least 25%, including measures to sustain farming and modernise existing systems for the improvement of water use efficiency, shall be considered as eligible expenditure. By way of derogation, in thThe Commission shall be Member States that adhered to the Union from 2004 onwards investments in new irrigation installations can be considered eligible expenditure in cases wherepowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 90, establishing minimum standards for water use efficiency and environmental analysis provides evidence that the investment concerned is sustainable and has no negative environmental impacperformance of irrigation equipment.
Amendment 652 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Public intervention shall apply in respect of the following products subject toin accordance with the conditions laid down in this Section and any additional requirements and conditions tohat may be determined by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Articles 18 and 19:
Amendment 657 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) common wheat, durum wheat, barley and maize;
Amendment 743 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aid for private storage mayshall be granted in respect of the following products subject toproducts referred to in Article 1(2) in accordance with the conditions set out in this Section and toany further requirements and conditions to be adopted by the Commission, by means of delegated and/or implementing acts, pursuant to Articles 17 to 19:.
Amendment 835 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To implement the measure for the products referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), in relation to specific areas of production, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts: (a) link the granting of aid to respective gross margins; (b) limit the placing of the stored product on the market to the period of February to August, to prevent any overlapping with the start of the new marketing year; (c) incentivise the placing of the stored product on third-country markets, through measures – such as a targeted promotion campaign together with the supply of a 'service package' – designed to facilitate the placing of the product on the markets of 'developing countries'. The measure shall be limited to the first three months of storage.
Amendment 962 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba ) the market follow-up and administrative management in the olive oil and table olives sector;
Amendment 963 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) the dissemination of information on the activities carried out by producer organisations to improve the quality of olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 964 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(bc) the concentration of supply and the marketing of the products of farmers who are members of producer organisations;
Amendment 965 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(bd) the optimisation of production costs and stabilisation of producer prices;
Amendment 979 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 75 % for activities in the areas referred to in points (a) and (ba) of paragraph 1;
Amendment 982 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 75 % for fixed assets investments and 50 % for other activities in the area referred to in points (b), (c) and (bc) of paragraph 1;
Amendment 984 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States other than those listed above may use a part or all of the financial ceiling as defined in Article 14 of Regulation (...) of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy.
Amendment 1025 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) market withdrawal, also for products that are processed by producer organisations;
Amendment 1040 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) support for the administrative costs of setting up and maintaining mutual funds.
Amendment 1231 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation a product complies with the "general marketing standard" if it is of sound, fair and marketable quality and if, in the case of fruit and vegetables intended to be sold to consumers as fresh products, the country of origin is also indicated.
Amendment 1280 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 59 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case by case approach at the appropriate geographical level; in particular, for fresh and processed fruit and vegetable products, also with regard to the country of origin, category and, where necessary, the variety (or commercial type) of product;
Amendment 1690 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Subject to the rules adopted pursuant to Article 114(1), associations of producer organisations may carry out any of the activities or functions of producer organisations, including the opportunity to finance an operational fund and manage an operational programme.
Amendment 1732 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ix a (new)
Article 108 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ix a (new)
(ixa) promoting the definition and dissemination of production systems that are sustainable from an environmental, economic and social point of view;
Amendment 2144 #
2011/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 159 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II.
Amendment 342 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 who commence their agricultural activity and for women in farming;
Amendment 400 #
2011/0280(COD)
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, pasture and permanent grassland and/or permanent crops;
Amendment 431 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) "pasture and permanent grassland" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage to grow forage grasses naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include other species suitable for grazing provided thator features of importance for the grclasses and other herbaceous forage remain predominantification of the land as pasture;
Amendment 499 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. For each Member State and each year, the national ceiling comprising the total value of all allocated entitlements, of the national reserve and of the ceilings fixed in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37, 37a and 39 shall be as set out in Annex II.
Amendment 907 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set, for each Member State, the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts to be set in accordance with Articles 33, 35, 37, 37a and 39. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56(2).
Amendment 1323 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to maintain existing permanent grassland and pasture on their holding; and
Amendment 1331 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to use specific agronomic practices for permanent crops;
Amendment 1448 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply only to the unitareas of a holding that are used for organic production in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007covered by the actions or requirements specified therein.
Amendment 1508 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
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 yearup to 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least two different crops. None of those crops shall cover less than 10 % of the arable land. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 50 hectares, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 570 % of the arable land and the two main one shall not exceed 70crops together shall not cover more than 95 % of the arable land.
Amendment 1557 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: – where the arable land is mainly used for grass production or other forage, mainly left fallow, mainly cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the growing cycle, or a combination of these, or – where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 80% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent grassland and historical pastures, or by permanent crops.
Amendment 1600 #
Amendment 1620 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Farmers shall maintain as permanent grassland and pasture 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 2014, hereinafter referred to as “reference areas under permanent grassland and pasture”.
Amendment 1637 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The reference areas under pasture and permanent grassland and pasture shall be increased in cases where the farmer has an obligation to reconvert areas into pasture and permanent grassland in 2014 and/or in 2015 as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No […] HZR.
Amendment 1653 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 grassland and pasture. That limit shall not apply in the case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
Amendment 1678 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 pasture and permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of pasture and permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into pasture and permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under pasture and permanent grassland and pasture in case of transfer of land.
Amendment 1682 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a Permanent crops 1. Farmers with permanent crops as defined in Article 4(g) shall use specific agronomic practices laid down by Member States. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to lay down the criteria for establishing the specific agronomic practices referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1719 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. FWhere the eligible agricultural area covers more than 20 hectares, farmers shall ensure that at least 75 % 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 stripreferred to in Article 4(h) (permanent grassland and pasture) and Article 4(g) (permanent crops), is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features such as hedges or stone walls, buffer strips, land planted with nitrogen- fixing crops, short rotation coppice, poplar plantations and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1908 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Title 3 – chapter 4 – title
Payments for young farmers and women in farming
Amendment 1935 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall grant an annual payment to young farmers and to women engaged in farming and contributing to the rural economy who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 2003 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 a (new)
Article 37 a (new)
Article 37a General risk management provisions 1. Member States may cover: (a) financial contributions, paid directly to farmers or groups of farmers, to premiums for crop, animal and plant insurance against economic losses caused by adverse climatic events and animal or plant diseases or pest infestation; (b) financial contributions to mutual funds to pay financial compensations to farmers, for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease, an environmental incident or adverse climatic events, including droughts; (c) an income stabilisation tool, in the form of financial contributions to mutual funds or insurance, providing compensation to farmers who experience a severe drop in their income. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 points (b) and (c), “mutual fund” shall mean a scheme accredited by the Member State, in accordance with its national law, for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated farmers affected by economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease, an environmental incident or adverse climatic events, or experiencing a severe drop in their income. 3. Member States shall ensure that overcompensation as a result of the combination of this aid with other national or Union support instruments or private insurance schemes is avoided. Direct income support received under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (hereinafter "EGF") shall also be taken into consideration when estimating the income levels of farmers. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning the minimum and maximum duration of the commercial loans to mutual funds referred to in Articles 37c(3)(b) and 37d(4). 5. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a mid-term review concerning the implementation of the risk management measure and propose, if necessary, appropriate legislative proposals for improvement.
Amendment 2004 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 b (new)
Article 37 b (new)
Article 37b Crop, animal, and plant insurance Article 37b 1. Support under Article 37a(1)(a) shall be granted only for insurance contracts which cover loss caused by an adverse climatic event or by an animal or plant disease or a pest infestation or for a measure adopted in accordance with Directive 2000/29/EC to eradicate or contain a plant disease or pest which results in a reduction of annual production of more than 30 % as compared to the average annual production of the farmer. That average annual production shall be calculated by taking the figures for the preceding three years or for the preceding five years and excluding the highest and lowest figures, or, in duly justified exceptional circumstances, by taking the figures for a specific year in the preceding five years. The measurement of the extent of the loss caused may be tailored to the specific characteristics of each type of product using (a) biological indexes (quantity of biomass loss) or equivalent yield loss indexes established at farm, local, regional or national level, or (b) weather indexes (quantity of rainfall, temperature, etc.) established at local, regional or national level. 2. The occurrence of an adverse climatic event or the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or pest infestation must be formally recognised as such by the competent authority of the Member State concerned. Member States may, where appropriate, establish in advance criteria on the basis of which such formal recognition shall be deemed to be granted. 3. Insurance payments shall compensate for not more than the total cost of replacing the losses referred to in Article 37a(1)(a) and shall not require or specify the type or quantity of future production. Member States may limit the amount of the premium that is eligible for support by applying appropriate ceilings.
Amendment 2005 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 c (new)
Article 37 c (new)
Amendment 2006 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 d (new)
Article 37 d (new)
Amendment 2007 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 e (new)
Article 37 e (new)
Article 37e Financial provisions 1. In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 37a, Member States may decide, by 1 August 2013, to use up to 7 % 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 2015 and 1 August 2017, review their decisions with effect from the subsequent year. They shall notify the revised percentage by 1 August of the year prior that in which the revised percentage is to apply. 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).
Amendment 2057 #
2011/0280(COD)
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 reasonsand products referred to in Annex I to the Treaty.
Amendment 207 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Commission should adopt by delegated act a Common Strategic Framework which translates the objectives of the Union into key actions for the CSF Funds, in orderIn order to achieve the objectives and targets of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Common Strategic Framework should coordinate and balance investment priorities, , with the thematic objectives specific to the Funds covered by the CPR set out in this Regulation. The aim of the Common Strategic Framework is to provide clearer strategic direction to the programming process at the level of Member States and regions. The Common Strategic Framework should facilitate sectoral and territorial coordination of Union intervention under the CSF Funds covered by the CPR and with other relevant Union policies and instruments. The Common Strategic Framework should be set out in an annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 274 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In accordance with the principles of shared management, Member States and regional and local authorities should have the primary responsibility, through their management and control systems, for the implementation and control of the operations in programmes. In order to strengthen the effectiveness of the control over the selection and implementation of operations and the functioning of the management and control system, the functions of the managing authority should be specified.
Amendment 303 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 306 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 342 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87
Recital 87
(87) The frequency of audits on operations should be proportionate to the extent of the Union's support from the Funds. In particular, the number ofonly one audits shall be carried out should be reduced whwhenevere the total eligible expenditure for an operation does not exceed EUR 1200 000. Nevertheless, it should be possible to carry out audits at any time where there is evidence of an irregularity or fraud, or, following closure of a completed operation, as part of an audit sample. In order that the level of auditing by the Commission is proportionate to the risk, the Commission should be able to reduce its audit work in relation to operational programmes where there are no significant deficiencies or where the audit authority can be relied on.
Amendment 397 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the Partnership Contract and each programme respectively, athe Member States and local and regional authorities shall organise a partnership with the following partners:
Amendment 407 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 2 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) regional, local, urban and other public authorities
Amendment 472 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a) preserving and promoting the cultural and creative heritage of the Union;
Amendment 486 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Amendment 486 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6) preserving and protecting the environment, cultural and creative heritage and promoting resource efficiency;
Amendment 494 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Public or equivalent structural expenditure borne by the Member States in the form of co-financing of programmes co-financed under the Structural Funds shall not be included among the public or equivalent structural expenditure taken into account under partnership agreements for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact, since such expenditure constitutes an obligation deriving directly from observance of additionality, which is a basic principle of Cohesion Policy; hence, public expenditure borne by the Member States in the form of co-financing of programmes co-financed under the Structural Funds must be excluded from the Stability and Growth Pact limitations because such expenditure is designed to support competitiveness, growth and job creation;
Amendment 504 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Part 2 – article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills and, lifelong learning and culture;
Amendment 540 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 142 on the Common Strategic Framework within 3 months of the adoption of this Regulationon Strategic Framework is set out in Annex [X].
Amendment 544 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 12 – paragraph 2
Where there are major changes in the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the Commission shall review and, where appropriate, adopt, by delegated act in accordance with Article 142, a revised Common Strategic Frameworkmay submit a proposal to review the Common Strategic Framework or the European Parliament and the Council may ask the Commission to submit such a proposal.
Amendment 551 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall prepare a Partnership Contract for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020in cooperation with their local and regional authorities for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. In Member States whose national legislation or administrative provisions assign the regions and local authorities the role of managing operational programmes, these regions and local authorities shall participate fully in the drafting of the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 599 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Part 2 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the arrangements to ensure an integrated approach to the use of the CSF Funds covered by the CPR, for the territorial development of urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas and areas with particular territorial features, in particular the implementation arrangements for Articles 28, 29 and 99, accompanied, where appropriate, by athe list of the cities to participate in the urban development platform referred to in Article 8 of the ERDF Regulationcriteria for the designation of functional urban areas;
Amendment 645 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the Partnership Contract no later than six months after its submission by the Member State, provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. As part of its decision to adopt the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall take account of the effective involvement of the autonomous regional territories called to enter into the Partnership Contract, in accordance with the institutional system of each Member State. The Partnership Contract shall not enter into force before 1 January 2014.
Amendment 646 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where a Member State proposes an amendment to the Partnership Contract, the Commission shall carry out an assessment in accordance with paragraph 1 and, where appropriate, shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, approving the amendment within three months of its submission by the Member State.
Amendment 650 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the managing authorities shall independently select the thematic objectives and investment priorities on which to concentrate the Union's support.
Amendment 679 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
Part 2 – article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities in the framework of its assessment of the Partnership Contract and programmes. It may decide, when adopting a programme, to suspend all or part of interim payments to the programme pending the satisfactory completion of actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality. The failure to complete actions to fulfil an ex ante conditionality by the deadline set out in the programme shall constitute a basis for suspending paycommitments by the Commission.
Amendment 695 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 18
Part 2 – article 18
Amendment 711 #
Amendment 731 #
Amendment 749 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Programmes shall be submitted by the Member States at the same time aswithin six months of the submission of the Partnership Contract, with the exception of European territorial cooperation programmes, which shall be submitted within sixnine months of the approval of the Common Strategic FrameworkGeneral Regulation. All programmes shall be accompanied by the ex ante evaluation as set out in Article 48.
Amendment 755 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Part 2 – article 23 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a (new)
The possibility of multi-fund operational programmes (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD, EMFF) shall be encouraged. For this purpose the European Commission adopts any measure for the setting up and implementation of these programmes with due respect to the proportionality principle.
Amendment 780 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall make observations within threone months of the date of submission of the programme. The Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed programme.
Amendment 781 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 25 – paragraph 3
3. In accordance with the Fund-specific rules, the Commission shall approve each programme no later than sixthree months following its formal submission by the Member State(s), provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account, but not before 1 January 2014 or before adoption by the Commission of a decision approving the Partnership Contract.
Amendment 786 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the information provided in accordance with paragraph 1, taking account of the justification provided by the Member State. The Commission may make observations and the Member State shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information. In accordance with Fund- specific rules, the Commission shall approve requests for amendment of a programme no later than fivetwo months after their formal submission by the Member State provided that any observations made by the Commission have been satisfactorily taken into account. The Commission shall, where necessary, amend at the same time the decision approving the Partnership Contract in accordance with Article 15(3).
Amendment 815 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 2 – article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated and innovative character of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including clear and measurable targets for outputs or results. The strategy shall be coherent with the relevant programmes of all the CSF Funds involvedwith a focus on its integrated character, especially with respect to strategies for peri-urban and functional zones involving both urban partners and rural players;
Amendment 1143 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 2
Part 2 – article 67 – paragraph 2
2. Payments shall take the form of pre- financing, interim payments and payment of the annual balance, where applicable, and of the final balance.
Amendment 1156 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 2 – article 74 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The payment deadline for an interim payment claim may be interrupted by the authorising officer by delegation within the meaning of the Financial Regulation for a maximum period of ninesix months if:
Amendment 1174 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 77 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 2 – article 77 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) there is a risk that the breach has or could have breach has affected the amount of expenditure declared for reimbursement by the Union budget.
Amendment 1285 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 3
3. At least 25approximately 20 % of the Structural Funds resources for less developed regions, 40% 35 % for transition regions and 5240 % for more developed regions in each Member State shall be allocated to the ESF. For the purposes of this provision, the support to a Member State through the [Food for deprived people instrument] shall be considered as part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.
Amendment 1331 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
Part 3 – article 86 – paragraph 1 – point 3 bis (new)
3a) Public or equivalent structural expenditure supported by the public administration by way of co-financing of investments activated as part of CSF funding will be deducted from the calculation of structural deficit in the definition of the specific medium-term objectives for the country within the framework of EU Regulation 1466/97, and will equally be deducted in the assessment of compliance with the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, within the framework of EU Regulation 1467/97.
Amendment 1340 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 87 – paragraph 1
1. An operational programme shall consist of priority axes. A priority axis shallmay concern one Fund for aor more categoryies of region and shall correspond, without prejudice to Article 52, to a thematic objective and comprise one or more investment priorities of that thematic objective, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules. For the ESF, a priority axis may combine investment priorities from different thematic objectives set out in Article 9(8), (9), (10) and (11) in order to facilitate their contribution to other priority axes, in duly justified circumstanc, or combine one or more complementary investment priorities from different thematic objectives and Funds, in accordance with Fund-specific rules.
Amendment 1425 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 88 – paragraph 2
2. The ERDF and the ESF may finance, in a complementary manner and subject to a limit of 510 % of Union funding for each priority axis of an operational programme, a part of an operation for which the costs are eligible for support from the other Fund on the basis of eligibility rules applied to that Fund, provided that they are necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the operation and are directly linked to it.
Amendment 1450 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 91 – paragraph 2
2. Major projects submitted to the Commission for approval shall be contained in the list of major projects in an operational programme. The list shall be reviewed by the Member State or the managing authority two years following the adoption of an operational programme and may at the request of the Member State be adjusted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 26(2), in particular to include major projects with an expected completion date by the end of 2022Major projects may also be approved during the programming period.
Amendment 1588 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 107 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 107 – paragraph 4
4. Union networks comprising the members designated by the Member States and the managing authorities shall be set up by the Commission to ensure exchange on the results of the implementation of the communication strategies, the exchange of experience in implementing the information and communication measures, and the exchange of good practices. Each management authority will use the EU information network’s Europe Direct Centres effectively in the implementation of information and communication activities at a local and regional level.
Amendment 1688 #
Amendment 1693 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 120 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall reimburse as interim payments 905% of the amount resulting from applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis laid down in the decision adopting the operational programme to the eligible expenditure for the priority axis included in the payment application. It shall determine the annual balance in accordance with Article 130(1).
Amendment 1753 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 1759 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 1764 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 1766 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1768 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 134 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1798 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 140 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 140 – paragraph 1
1. Operations for which the total eligible expenditure does not exceed EUR 10250 000 shall not be subject to more than one audit by either the audit authority or the Commission prior to the closure of all the expenditure concerned under Article 131. Other operations shall not be subject to more than one audit per accounting year by the audit authority and the Commission prior to the closure of all the expenditure concerned under Article 131. These provisions are without prejudice to paragraph 4.
Amendment 1879 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part - Paragraph 1
Annex -I (new) – Introductory part - Paragraph 1
The purpose of this framework is to serve, in accordance with Article 10, as a means of coordinating, integrating and balancing the objectives of different policies in specific regional contexts, and, in particular, as a means of coordinating and balancing investment priorities with the thematic objectives set out in Article 9 and without prejudice to the priorities and objectives laid down in the fund-specific regulations.
Amendment 1902 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4
1.2.4 The ERDF and CF must continue to make major investments in Member States' and Regions infrastructures to meet the requirements of the water framework and other relevant directives. Technological solutions, aimed at contributing to sustainable actions, exist and new ones are emerging, the ERDF must therefore continue to provide support to research in this area. Such support must aim to complement measures covered by Horizon 2020. Finance for biodiversity actions may also be made available through the EAFRD and the EMFF. The EAFRD may also be used to provide support for sustainable management of natural resources, to foster knowledge transfer and innovation, enhance the competitiveness of agriculture and the inclusive development of rural areas.
Amendment 1905 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4 a (new)
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 1.2 – Paragraph 1.2.4 a (new)
Amendment 1954 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 2.1 – Paragraph 2.1.1
Annex -I (new) – Part 1 – Section 2.1 – Paragraph 2.1.1
2.1.1 With a view to achieving optimal results for sustainable growth and development on the ground, it is important to coordinate all Union policies and their instruments which play a role in achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion and a better balanced territorial development in the EU. This must also be reflected in better coordination between the Union budget and the Member States' national and sub-national budgets in strengthening the integration and effectiveness of policies and the control over public finance balances, and in financing common political priorities as well as in improved vertical cooperation between the EU and national and regional entities.
Amendment 75 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 bis (new)
Recital 5 bis (new)
(5a) In its resolution of 8 June 2011, the European Parliament pointed out that youth and culture policies are essential and among the priorities recognised for the added value they bring and their ability to reach out to citizens. It also called on the EU and the Member States to acknowledge the increasing importance of cultural and creative industries to the European economy, and their spill-over effects on other economic sectors. It also strongly emphasised that the full potential of these policies can only be realised if they are provided with adequate levels of funding in the context of cohesion policy.
Amendment 78 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In its resolution of 8 June 2011, the European Parliament recalled that tourism is a new EU competence under the Lisbon Treaty, which should, therefore, also be reflected in the next MFF. It stressed the important contribution of tourism to the European economy and the need for a European strategy for tourism aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the sector to be supported by adequate funding under the ERDF.
Amendment 79 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 quater (new)
Recital 5 quater (new)
(5c) As noted by the European Court of Auditors in Special Report No 6/2011 entitled ‘Were ERDF co-financed tourism projects effective?’, tourism interventions achieved their objectives in terms of performance, growth and employment, by creating tourism capacity and by creating or maintaining jobs
Amendment 113 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point 7 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – point 7 – point b a (new)
(ba) enhancing the regional and local mobility, by investing in the improvement of existing road infrastructure, in order to ensure an effective and efficient network safety management;
Amendment 178 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i bis (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d – point i bis (new)
(i a) investment to promote tourism including maritime tourist activity and to protect artistic and cultural heritage
Amendment 213 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 227 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 252 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) at least 80 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to thof each operational programme shall be allocated up to a maximum of three thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR];
Amendment 281 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 50 % of the total ERDF resources at national levelof each thematic programme shall be allocated to tha maximum of three thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR];
Amendment 355 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b bis (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b bis (new)
(b) a) support appropriate synergies and linkages with the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme;
Amendment 367 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 bis (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1 bis (new)
Amendment 419 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) development of SMEs in emerging areas linked to European and regional challenges such as creative and cultural industries, new forms of tourism including cultural tourism, and innovative services reflecting new societal demands or products and services linked to ageing population, care and health, eco- innovations, the low carbon economy and resource efficiency, including coordination with public procurement to speed up the market take-up of innovative solutions to address these challenges.
Amendment 457 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
(c) supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructures and in the public and private housing sector;
Amendment 521 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c – point i (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c – point i (new)
i) promoting sustainable tourism through efficient use of natural and cultural resources;
Amendment 528 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
(e) action to improve the urban environment, including regeneration of deprived urban and outlying areas and brownfield sites and reduction of air pollution;
Amendment 662 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) investing in education, skills and, lifelong learning and culture by developing education and training infrastructure and promoting cultural heritage;
Amendment 240 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) under transnational cooperation: development and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration).
Amendment 250 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
i) development and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies (within the thematic objective of enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration);
Amendment 251 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
ii) development of the capacity of regional and local administrations to deal with the consequences of demographic change and movement of the active population in various social-economic contexts (within the thematic objective enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration);
Amendment 252 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii (new)
iii) promotion of sustainable urban mobility policies through the creation of innovative, verifiable and transferable measures (within the thematic objective of promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures);
Amendment 253 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv (new)
iv) promoting and improving the wide use of ICT in rural, coastal and outlying communities (within the thematic objective of enhancing access to information and communication technology, as well as the take-up and quality of the same).
Amendment 36 #
2010/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy focuses on a twohree-fold objective - firstly to help urban areas develop their basic physical infrastructure as precondition of growth in order to fully exploit their potential contribution to the economic growth in Europe and, diversification of the economic base and energy and environmental sustainability, in particular with a view to maintaining and improving air quality in urban centres and without detriment to rivers, secondly to help urban areas modernise their economic, social and environmental characteristics through smart investments in infrastructure and services based on technological advancements and thirdly to regenerate urban areas by reclaiming industrial sites and contaminated land;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points to a great potential of modernisation of infrastructural investments through intelligent technologies which would deal with persisting problems through the concept of ‘smarter urban development’; believes that such ICT infrastructure investments can be seen as explicit driver for economic growth and innovation-based economic activity bringing together the following elements of public and private investment that can aim to generate new entrepreneurship, jobs and growth and thus should be regarded as a European priority:sustainable jobs and smart growth, in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and, in particular, the Smart Cities innovation partnership;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that urban areas are not islands within their regions and their development must therefore be closely linked with the surrounding functional or rural areas; considers that multi-level governance, regional planning and the partnership principle are the most effective tools to prevent sectorialisation and fragmentation of development policies;
Amendment 127 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 113d a (new)
Article 113d a (new)
Amendment 140 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) are made up of representatives of economic activities linked to the production of, trade in, or processing ofand the processing of and the trade in products of the milk and milk products sector. Member States shall take the measures necessary to involve all interested economic groups, from dairy farmers, processors to traders;
Amendment 155 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint iii
(iii) drawing up standard forms of contract compatible with Union rules; for the sale of raw milk to dairies and the supply of processed products to distributors and retailers in an integrated approach, taking into account the need to achieve fair competitive conditions and to avoid market distortions, in the interests of all members of the industry, Member States agreeing on the modalities of use of standard contracts in transaction within the sector;
Amendment 160 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
Article 123 – paragraph 4 – point c – subpoint vi
(vi) developing methods and instruments for improving product quality at all stages of production and marketing;, with particular reference to products of protected denomination of origin, and also through the adoption of tools to manage supply and economic participation by the producers in programmes which aim to improve quality in accordance with market demands.
Amendment 181 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
Article 126 a – paragraph 1
1. Contracts for the delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk, or to a collector within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 185f(1), may be negotiated by a producer organisation in the milk and milk products sector which is recognised under Article 122, on behalf of its farmer members for part or all of their joint production, provided that the proportion in question is not less than 75%..
Amendment 183 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
Article 126 a – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) whether or noprovided that there is a transfer of ownership of the raw milk by the farmers to the producer organisation,
Amendment 250 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. If a Member State decides that eEvery delivery of raw milk by a farmer to a processor of raw milk must be covered by a written contract between the parties, such contract shall fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.
Amendment 256 #
2010/0362(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Regulation (EC) 1234/2007
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 185 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In the case described in the first subparagraph, the Member State concerned shall also decide that if the delivery of raw milk is made through one or more collectors, each stage of the delivery must be covered by such a contract between the parties. To this end, a “"collector”" means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
Amendment 57 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In respect of names registered without reservation of the name pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, a procedure should be introduced for replacing those names with names that may be registered and automatically entered in the register with reservation of the name.
Amendment 115 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
A Member State may, on a transitional basis only, grant protection to a name or accept an amendment to a product specification under this Regulation at national level, with effect from the date on which an application is lodged with the Commission.
Amendment 127 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. In the case of products originating in the Union, marketed under a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ or the Union symbols associated with them shall appear on the labelling. In addition, the corresponding abbreviations "PDO" or "PGI" may appear on the labelling. , together with depictions of the geographical area of origin as referred to in Article 5 and text, graphics or symbols referring to the Member State and/or region is which that geographical area of origin is located.
Amendment 138 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, in particular at the request of a producer group as provided for in point (a) of Article 42that are produced or marketed in that Member State.
Amendment 141 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
To that end the Member States shall designate the authorities responsible for managing the administrative measures relating to PDO/PGI/TSG by following procedures determined by each individual Member State. The above-mentioned authorities must offer appropriate guarantees in terms of objectivity and impartiality. They must also be equipped with staff and resources that are commensurate with these objectives.
Amendment 147 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of Directive 2008/95/EC. The collective geographical marks referred to in Article 15 of Directive 2008/95/EC shall be allowed to be used on labels, together with the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
Amendment 170 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Names registered in accordance with the requirements laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), and in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, including those registered pursuant to applications referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 55(1) of this Regulation, may continue to be used under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, until 31 December 2017, unless Member States use the procedure set out in paragraph 2a of this Article.
Amendment 171 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2016, submit to the Commission a list of traditional specialities guaranteed registered in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 and complying with this Regulation. Names of those traditional specialities guaranteed may be adjusted in order to comply with Article 18 paragraph 2(b). The Commission shall publish the full list in the Official Journal of the European Union. Within the two months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, a statement of opposition referred to in Articles 48 and 49 may be submitted to the Commission. The Commission, after the opposition procedure, shall, where appropriate, adjust the entries in the register referred to in Article 22. The corresponding specifications shall be the specifications referred to in Article 19.
Amendment 186 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a 'Traditional regional products' The term 'traditional regional product' is established. This term may only be used to describe agricultural and agri-food products which prove they have a tradition of at least 25 years in the use of their name and/or in their production technique or in their processing attributes and that the optional classification 'traditional regional product' meets the relevant conditions and provides added value on the market.
Amendment 197 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States also designate the competent authorities to put in place the necessary administrative and judicial steps of article 13(3).
Amendment 200 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Member States shall inform the Commission onf the names and addresses of the competent authorities referred to in Article 33. The Commission shall make public the names and addresses of those authorities. Member States shall also undertake checks, based on a risk analysis, to ensure compliance with the requirements of this regulation and, in case of breaches, shall apply appropriate administrative penalties.
Amendment 206 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) may finance on a centralised basis on the initiative of the Commission or on its behalf, administrative support concerning the development, preparatory work, monitoring, administrative and legal support, legal defence, registration fees, renewal fees, mark watching fees, litigation fees and any other related measure required to protect and promote the use of the indications, abbreviations and symbols referring to the quality schemes from misuse, imitation, evocation or any other practice liable to mislead the consumer, within the Union and in third countries.
Amendment 208 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In case of infringement of the provisions of paragraph 1, the Member States shall apply appropriate administrative penalties.
Amendment 215 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) define rules that set out the conditions under which the protected PDO or PGI name can be used in the sales denomination of a prepared or a processed food, in accordance with Article 13(1);
Amendment 225 #
2010/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a 1. In the public interest, with the overall objective of ensuring an increasing level of quality of the products covered by this Regulation, and a balance between production and consumption, in order to eliminate speculative behaviour that runs counter to competition rules and is detrimental to quality, Member States may lay down rules at the production level, by way of implementing decisions taken by groups of operators handling the PDO or PGI considered. Such rules must not create obstacles to intra-European and/or international trade or violate relevant competition rules, shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not: (a) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation; (b) reduce an excessive proportion of the volume that is produced annually and normally available; (c) prevent the entry of new operators 2. The rules referred to in paragraph 1 must be brought to the attention of operators by publication in extenso in an official publication of the Member State concerned. 3. Decisions and actions taken by Member States in year n accordance with the provisions of this Article shall be notified to the Commission before 1 March of year n+1.
Amendment 34 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission proposal on the future EU2020 strategy; stresses the long-term nature of this strategy that aims to create framework conditions for stable growth in Europe, and agrees with the priorities identified; stresses the importance of subsequently developing a multi-level territorial approach;
Amendment 74 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that the cohesion policy is not subordinated to the EU2020 Strategy; highlights that whilst the cohesion policy's priorities should be aligned with the EU2020 objectives, sufficient flexibility should be allowed to accommodate regional specificities and support the weaker regions so as to overcome their socio- economic difficulties and reduce disparities, while at the sane time ensuring the subsequent development of innovation capacities by the more competitive regions;
Amendment 87 #
2009/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23a (new)
Paragraph 23a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of ground- level knowledge, both locally and regionally, for the objectives of the EU2020 Strategy; to this end, considers it essential to ensure the provision of joint statistics, as well as reading capacity in respect of the indicators, at both local and regional level;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that bio-waste management should be set in the more general context of a sustainable waste management cycle, both in terms of realising the rational use and conservation of resources and of reducing the global impact; observes that bio-waste cannot be disposed of in landfill sites without pre-treatment, because it is a source of emissions of methane into the atmosphere during the anaerobic phase of the life of the landfill site and of harmful percolate into aquifers;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that agriculture’s future also depends on the care, restorcare for and conservation and conservrestoration of the soil;fertile soil conditions and stresses, therefore, that policies for organic fertilisation of the soil and recovery of biomass through composting, including by using compost derived from composting of biomass, need to be promoted and supported;
Amendment 41 #
2009/2153(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the individual Member States have different waste management systems and that use of landfill continues to be the most common disposal method for municipal solid waste in the European Union; calls on the Commission to make greater efforts to enforce and secure the application of the laws on landfilling throughout the Community; urges the Commission, therefore, to continue its impact assessment with the aim of preparing a Community legislative proposal on biodegradable waste in 2010;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the need to harmonise the various fields of action, on the one hand by fully involving regional and local bodies at the design, development and implementation stages of national strategies and action plans for combating climate change, and on the other hand by harnessing the strategic regional planning instrument, incorporating all the factors connected with climate change;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recommends that a climate change monitoring platform be created with a view to helping regional and local bodies to acquire and exchange local experiences and good practices in the climate field;
Amendment 35 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that the fight against climate change may serve as an opportunity to arrive at a sustainable growth model and that the transition to a carbon-free economy could represent a significant step forward in terms of the creation of new jobs;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Advocates the development and enhancement of local public transport systems through not only the more effective utilisation of existing infrastructures but also demand management initiatives (for example, preferential lanes, ecopass tariff systems and restricted traffic zones). Considers it essential in this connection to invest in technological innovation and innovative solutions for the promotion of low- emission transport systems;
Amendment 28 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of alternative fuels (for example, natural gas, biomethane) for the purpose of establishing sustainable mobility on a wide scale; advocates development of the necessary infrastructures for the supply of such fuels and the harmonised distribution of refuelling points in geographical terms with a view also to developing industrial supply;
Amendment 12 #
2009/0072(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In fast-changing societies there is a need to ensure the effectiveness of volunteer-supporting infrastructure to allow more people to engage in voluntary activities. It is therefore important to support peer-learning and the exchange of good practices at Community level, national, regional and local level, inter alia by setting up efficient systems of cooperation and networking between volunteer organisations.
Amendment 14 #
2009/0072(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Volunteering is an essential element in fostering active citizenship, nurturing civil society and strengthening solidarity. However, volunteering and voluntary activities should not be a substitute for paid work.
Amendment 22 #
2009/0072(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. Raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering - To raise general awareness of the importance of volunteering as an expression of civic participation which contributes to issues which are of common concern of all Member States, such as a harmonious societal development and economic and social cohesion
Amendment 25 #
2009/0072(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
• exchange of experience and good practices notably by means of efficient systems of cooperation and networking between volunteer organisations;
Amendment 26 #
2009/0072(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
• conferences, events and initiatives to promote debatialogue and raise awareness of the importance and value of volunteering and to celebrate the efforts of volunteers;