291 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017 sets out the challenges, objectives and orientations for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. These objectives include, inter alia, the need for the CAP to be more result-driven, to boost modernisation and sustainability, including the economic, social, environmental and climate sustainability of the agricultural, forestry and rural areas, and to help reducing the Union legislation- related administrative burden for beneficiaries. The new policy should also simplify matters for beneficiaries and guarantee them an adequate income.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to retain the essential Union-wide elements to ensure comparability between Member State decisions, without however limiting Member States in reaching Union objectives, a framework definition for ‘agricultural area’ should be set out. The related framework definitions for ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ should be set out in a broad way to allow Member States to further specify definitions according to their local conditions. The framework definition for ‘arable land’ should be laid down in a way that allows Member States to cover different production forms, including system such as agroforestry and arable areas with shrubs and trees and that requires the inclusion of fallow land areas in order to ensure the decoupled nature of the interventions. The framework definition of ‘permanent crops’ should include both areas actually used for production and not, as well as nurseries and short rotation coppice to be defined by Member States. The framework definition of ‘permanent grassland’ should be set in a way that allows Member States to specify further criteria and allows them to include species other than grasses or other herbaceous forage that can be grazed or that may produce animal feed, whether used for actual production or not. In view of the simplification objective, the framework definitions should avoid additional burdens or pursuing agronomic or economic requirements that are unrealistic for farmers.
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations that have a direct positive impact in the farming sector and rural areas.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals, for instance by preventing supply excesses in sectors characterised by excess production, and consumers’ demands.
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set up farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate farm advisory bodies within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up- to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and risk management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aimat end, Member States mayshould set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for specific financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 24% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start- ups, up to EUR 100. 000, which can be accessed also through, or in combination with, support in the form of specific financial instrument form of supports, should be established.
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State. Taking into account the administrative structure of Member States, the Strategic Plan shall, where appropriate, include regionalised rural development interventions.
Amendment 1002 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Considering that flexibility should be accorded to Member States as regards the choice of delegating part of the design and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan at regional level on the basis of avia Regional Intervention Programs in coherence with the national framework, in order to facilitate co- ordination among the regions in addressing nation-wide challenges, it is appropriate that the CAP Strategic Plans provide a description of the interplay between national and regional interventions.
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) In a context where Member States will have much more flexibility and subsidiarity on the design of interventions, networks are a key tool to drive and steer policy and to ensure sufficient attention and capacity in the Member States. A single network should ensure better coordination between networking activities at the Union and at the national and regional levels. The European and national CAP network replace the current European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) and EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ networks and the National Rural Networks, in the form of a platform providing for more exchange of knowledge in order to capture the results and added value of the policy at European level, particularly the Horizon Europe policy. In the same perspective of improvement of the exchange of knowledge and innovation, an EIP for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’ is set up, implementing the interactive innovation model in accordance with the methodology outlined in this Regulation.
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) CAP Strategic Plans to be drawn up by Member States, States and,where appropriate, together with Regions setting targets, defining interventions and allocating financial resources, in line with the specific objectives and identified needs;
Amendment 1085 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies to Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for interventions specified in a CAP Strategic Plan drawn up by the Member States and approved by the Commission, covering the period from 1 January 20213 to 31 December 20279.
Amendment 1108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i
(i) a public or private law body, an entity with or without legal personality or a natural person, responsible for initiating or both initiating and implementing operations;
Amendment 1109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
(ii) in the context of State aid schemes, the bodentity which receives the aid;
Amendment 1114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) 'smart villages' are communities in rural areas that develop smart solutions to deal with challenges in their local context. They build on existing local strengths and opportunities to engage in a process of sustainable development of their territories. They rely on a participatory approach to develop and implement their strategies to improve their economic, social and environmental conditions, in particular by promoting innovation and mobilizing solutions offered by digital technologies. Smart villages benefit from cooperation and alliances with other communities and actors in rural and urban areas. The initiation and the implementation of smart village strategies may build on existing initiatives and can be funded by a variety of public and private sources;
Amendment 1125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with Regions, shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer and young farmer:
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iii a) When evaluating compliance with the conditions for being head of the holding, Member States shall take into account the arrangements for the participation of various members in the leadership of associations, provided they are actively involved in the management of the holding
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers. The definition shall take into consideration the changes to the definition of ‘active farmer’ made in Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 (Omnibus), which means that Member States shall use at least one of the eligibility criteria for determining who is a genuine farmer. Moreover, Member States shall be required to use the criterion for defining 'genuine farmers'.
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) 'short supply chain' shall mean a supply chain to consumers from farms which are committed to promoting cooperation, local economic development and close relations with local society and the local area.
Amendment 1326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas; to help create jobs and employment in general.
Amendment 1336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Those objectives shall be complemented by the cross-cutting objective of gender mainstreaming, of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake, particularly within the AKIS framework.
Amendment 1346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance food security and providing secure, safe and high quality food for over 500 million of EU consumers;
Amendment 1375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on quality differentiation, research, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improve the farmers' position in the value chains;
Amendment 1441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areasthe starting-up of new farms by young people;
Amendment 1451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) pPromote employment and provide incentives for job creation, growth, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food quality, security and health, including safe, nutritious andthe mandatory labelling of origin, environmental sustainable foodility, food waste, as well asnd animal welfare.
Amendment 1502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. When pursuing the specific objectives Member States shall ensure simplification and performance of the CAP support through a tangible reduction of administrative burdens.
Amendment 1521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) impact indicators related to the objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1), but also considering external factors beyond the influence of farmers and foresters, and used in the context of the CAP Strategic Plans and of the CAP.
Amendment 1549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, Regions shall pursue the objectives set out in Title II by specifying interventions based on the types of interventions set out in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title in accordance with the common requirements set out in this Chapter.
Amendment 1553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall design the interventions of their CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of Union law.
Amendment 1557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall ensure that interventions are set out on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, are compatible with the internal market and do not distort competition.
Amendment 1562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Member States may opt for certain elements of the strategic plan to be established at regional level, thus promoting the coherence of the overall strategy. Regional bodies may be tasked only with managing and implementing rural development measures.
Amendment 1563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Member States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regions, shall establish the legal framework governing the granting of Union support to beneficiaries on the basis of the CAP Strategic Plan and in accordance with the principles and requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) [HzR].
Amendment 1615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall exempt from the system of conditionality under this Article: a) Beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Article 25 b) Farmers complying with the requirements laid down in Regulation 2018/848 as regards organic farming.
Amendment 1618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Beneficiaries who receive direct payments under Article 25 (small farmers) shall be exempt from the conditionality system as referred to in this article.
Amendment 1620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Farmers who comply with the requirements laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards organic farming must be regarded as automatically complying with the conditionality system referred to in this article;
Amendment 1622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries with more than 5 ha of agricultural land for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, agronomic differences between annual crops, permanent crops and other specialized productions, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 1636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national orand, where appropriate, at regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structures.
Amendment 1644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Within the strategic plan, Member States may adopt exemptions from some of the requirements in Annex III for specific categories of farmer, inter alia on the basis of particular products or size of holding.
Amendment 1681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Beneficiaries may not comply with GAEC n. 5, 8, 9 referred to in Annex III if they adopt equivalent agricultural practices set out by Member States in the voluntary schemes for climate and environment under Article 28, or in agri- environmental-climate commitments under Article 65, provided that these practices go beyond the relevant standards of GAEC n. 5, 8, 9.
Amendment 1695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients.
Amendment 1725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. They shall be integrated within the interrelated services of farm advisory bodies, researchers, farmer organisations, cooperatives and other relevant stakeholders that form the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS).
Amendment 1729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The main priority of advisory services must be to inform farmers about innovation, in order to tackle specific issues that they themselves have to address in applying CAP rules, which must have the sole purpose of helping farmers to do their work. For this purpose, it may be useful to apply the bottom-up approach more fully, under which development and innovation requirements are defined directly by farmers and not imposed 'from above'.
Amendment 1731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the farm advice given is impartial and that advisorthose who provide the services have no conflict of interest. This paragraph shall not apply to relationships between cooperatives and their members.
Amendment 1740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The farm advisory services set up by the Member State shall cover at least the following:
Amendment 1757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) further improvements to competitiveness, sectoral integration, short supply chains and local markets, market orientation, and the promotion of entrepreneurship.
Amendment 1775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(fb) support for young farmers’ farm startups and for assistance in the five years after setting up in farming.
Amendment 1793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Advisory bodies shall operate in at least half of the fields referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reduce the amount of direct paymentsbasic income support for sustainability as referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:a financial ceiling as set by the Member State.
Amendment 1914 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to cooperatives of farmers or of small owners or workers whose purpose is to manage property in association, thus assisting farmers by improving their competitiveness and their position within the agri-food chain.
Amendment 1967 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
To calculate the amounts referred to in points a) and b), Member States shall use the actual salary costs or the average standard salaries linked to an agricultural activity at national or regional level multiplied by the number of annual work units declared by the farmer concerned.
Amendment 1981 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payments.
Amendment 1996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In the case of a legal person, Member States may refrain from applying the reduction referred to in paragraph 1 where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, or if legal persons are obliged to help strengthen the members’ agricultural structures.
Amendment 2015 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall set an area threshold or a minimum limit for direct payments of 500 EUR per beneficiary and only grant decoupled direct payments to genuine farmers whose eligible area of the holding for which decoupled direct payments are claimed goes beyond this area threshold or beyond the 500 EUR.
Amendment 2032 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the corresponding amounts equalling or exceeding those thresholds make an effective contribution to the objectives set out in Article 6(1) to which decoupled direct payments contribute.
Amendment 2143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 2152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where land is rented, payment entitlements shall be transferred to the eligible hectares.
Amendment 2187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallapplying provisions set out in Article 15, may provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallIn order to ensure redistribution of support from bigger to smaller or medium- sized farms by providing for a, Member States may grant redistributive income support in the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare, tohe amount of which should be established on the basis of criteria aimed at promoting the rational development of agricultural production and the better use of inputs in the case of farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 2214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall identify the criteria for calculating the amount to be granted for complementary redistributive income support for sustainability under the CAP Strategic Plans. Member States shall establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum numberdepending on the higher or lower intensity of thectares per farmer for which the criteria previously identified, for each farmer receiving redistributive income support shall be paid.
Amendment 2226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The maximum number of hectares shall not apply to cooperatives of farmers or of small owners or workers whose purpose is to manage property in association, thus assisting farmers by improving their competitiveness and position in the agri-food chain.
Amendment 2247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective ‘attract young farmers and facilitate business development in rural areasfarm startups by young people’ set out in point (g) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 24% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(4), Member States may provide a complementary income support for young farmers who have newly setare entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17 and who are setting up for the first time andor who are entitled to a payment underhave set up in the 5 years preceding the first submission of the application for a payment to young farmers. By way of derogation, young farmers who in the blasic income support as referred to in At year of application of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 have received the support referred to in Article 50 of that Regulation may receive the support referred to in this article for a maximum total period as referred to in paragraph 3 of this article 17. .
Amendment 2267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The cComplementary income support for young farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare granted for a maximum period of 7 years and calculated by dividing the maximum complementary income support for young farmers by the number of entitlements to aid based on property owned or leased by the farmer.
Amendment 2300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. The list may consist of measures of a type other than those covered under Article 65, or of measures of the same type but with a different level of requirement and it might include practices listed in Article 28 (5).
Amendment 2360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Those practices shall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives laid down in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) and shall be consistent with the objectives of Article 6 (1) (b).
Amendment 2389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) go beyondare at least equivalent to the relevant statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental condition established under Section 2 of Chapter I of this Title;
Amendment 2400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyondare at least equivalent to the minimum requirements for the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 2414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point d
Amendment 2441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Support for voluntary eco-schemes shall take the form of an annual payment per eligible hectare and it shall be granted as either:
Amendment 2454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) payments to compensatinge beneficiaries for all or partsome or all of the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of the commitments as set pursuant toloss of income resulting from commitments made according to this Article 65.
Amendment 2458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with and do not compromise those granted under Article 65.
Amendment 2467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 8
Article 28 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States’ interventions shall help the supported sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein listed in Article 30 addressing the difficulty or difficulties they undergo byor improving their competitiveness, their sustainability or their quality. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic plans to add more supported sectors to those listed in Article 30 based on justification included in their assessment of needs.
Amendment 2511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farmsectors relating to the products listed ing the rein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flaxlevant parts of Annex I to the Treaties, excluding fisheries and aquaculture, as defined and specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (CMO Regulation), whemp, rice, nuts, starch re those sectors are importato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materialsnt for economic, social or environmental reasons. Member States shall identify in the CAP Strategic Plans the sectors and productions to which coupled income support may be granted.
Amendment 2546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. Where the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheep and goatslivestock farming, Member States shall define asthe eligibility conditions for the support and the requirements to identify and register the animals in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council32or Council Regulation (EC) No 21/200433respectively. However, without prejudice to other applicable eligibility conditions, bovine animals or sheep and goatslivestock shall be considered as eligible for support as long as the identification and registration requirements are met by a certain date in the claim year concerned to be fixed by the Member States. _________________ 32 Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1). 33 Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8).
Amendment 2582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in point (i) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including fruit and vegetables for processing;
Amendment 2584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) fruit and vegetables sector, as referred to in points (i) and (j) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 2592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to (t) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 2603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensuring the proper functioning of types of interventions laid down in this Chapter; and an efficient, targeted and sustainable support of producer organisations and their associations in the fruit and vegetable sector in accordance with Articles 37 and 227 of Regulation 1308/2013.
Amendment 2607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the maximum level of Union financial assistance for market withdrawals referred to in point (ad) of Article 46(43(2) and for the types of interventions referred to in Article 52(3);
Amendment 2618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) planning of production, including through the establishment of a European fruit and vegetables register, updated annually by species and variety, adjusting production to demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity, optimisation of production costs and returns on investments and stabilising producer prices to enable producers who are members of POs/APOs to achieve a commercial value that is higher than the market average; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concentration of supply and the placing on the market of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector, including through direct marketing; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) research and development of sustainable production methods, including pest resilience, innovative practices boosting economic competitiveness and bolstering market developments; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (b), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1) ;
Amendment 2651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promotion and marketing of the products of the fruit and vegetables sector in order to increase their consumption, whether in a fresh or processed form; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b), (c) and (ci) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 2670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, in particular focused on water saving, energy saving, ecological packaging and, waste reduction and the monitoring of production, deliveries and flows of stored and traded waste;
Amendment 2675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) actions to plan and adjust production to demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity, of products of the fruit and vegetables sector, whether in a fresh or processed form;
Amendment 2676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets, and actions with a view to planning and adapting supply to demand;
Amendment 2722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning the maintaining and improvement of product quality, the improvement of marketing conditions, sustainable pest control techniques, sustainable use of pesticides and climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 2731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) measures to improve quality through innovation.
Amendment 2740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) setting up the initial capital stock and/or refilling of mutual funds by producer organisations and by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 2745 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) harvest insurance, including index- based insurances that cover the occurrence of a measurable hazard, that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures;
Amendment 2793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) at least 210% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 42;
Amendment 2799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 44 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) at least 5% of expenditure under operational programs covers the interventions linked to the objective referred to in point (c) of Article 42;
Amendment 2803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. operational programmes approved before the entry into force of the present regulation should be governed in accordance to the regulations under which they were approved until their completion unless the producer association or association of producer organizations voluntarily decides to adopt this regulation.
Amendment 2824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 2844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) producer organisations and associations of producer organisations operating in different Member States implementing interventions linked to the objectives referred to in points (b) and (e) of Article 42 transnationally;
Amendment 2847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) operational program is for the first time implemented by a producer organization, an association of producer organisations or an association of producer organisations operating in different Member States recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
Amendment 2848 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) operational program: – is for the first time implemented by a producer organisation that is the result of a merger or incorporation of several producer organisations; – by producer organisations which have increased their size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production) over a given period and by a given percentage to be defined; – by producer organisations which reach a certain size (in terms of both numbers of members and value of marketed production), to be defined; – by associations of producer organisations which carry out marketing activities for the production of member producer organisations; – by producer organisations which achieve the integration of 100% of their own production by marketing it together with other producer organisations, through a branch which should be a cooperative society: • established with the aim of marketing a given production; • the capital of which is 90% owned by the producer organisation; • which acquires considerable economic dimensions to be determined;
Amendment 2879 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) technical assistance to beekeepers and bee keepers' organisations including promotion of good practice and information and publicity;
Amendment 2893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) cooperation with specialised bodies for the implementation of research programs (including research and experimental programmes) in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products;
Amendment 2894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) market monitoring actions including actions to plan production and adjust supply to demand;
Amendment 2943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improve competitiveness of Union wine producers including contributing to adaptation to climate change, to improvement of sustainable production systems and reduction of environmental impact of the Union wine sector; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (b) to (f) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) use of wine making by-products for industrial, agronomic and energy purposes ensuring the quality of Union wine while protecting the environment; that objective relates to the specific objectives set out in points (d) and (e) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2960 #
(h) improve competitiveness of Union grapevine products in third countries, including the creation, diversification and consolidation of the wine markets; that objective relates to the objectives set out in points (b) and (h) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 2968 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) preserve and promote viticulture in steep and/or less advantageous areas.
Amendment 2973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards, including planting of surfaces granted under the authorisation scheme laid down in Chapter III, Title I, Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and replanting of vineyards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority, but excluding the normal renewal of vineyards consisting of replanting of the same parcel of land with the same grape variety according to the same system of vine cultivation, when vines have to come to the end of their natural life;
Amendment 2990 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) tangible and intangible investments in digitalisation and innovation consisting of development of innovative products and technological processes, connected with the products referred to in Part II of Annex VII to Regulation 1308/2013 or with by-products of wine making, processes and technologies, other investments adding value at any stage of the supply chain, including for knowledge exchange, and/or contributing to the adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 3001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – introductory part
(h) promotion carried out in third countries, to improve the competitiveness of wine companies, open and consolidate third country markets, consisting of one or more of the following:
Amendment 3007 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point iv
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point iv
(iv) studies of new or existing markets, necessary for the expansion and consolidation of market outlets;
Amendment 3011 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point vi
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h – point vi
(vi) preparation of technical files, including laboratory tests and assessments, concerning oenological practices, phytosanitary and hygiene rules, as well as other third country requirements for import of products of the wine sector, to prevent restriction of, or to facilitate access to third country markets;
Amendment 3023 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The promotion measures referred to in letter (h) of paragraph 1 shall apply only to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety.
Amendment 3029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Union financial assistance at the maximum rate, referred to in the first subparagraph shall only be granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC36 ;, as well as to producer organisations, including cooperatives, and their associations. However, it may be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013. _________________ 36 Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 3042 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Union financial assistance at itsthe maximum rate, referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply onlyonly be granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC; h, as well as to producer organisation, including cooperatives, and their associations; However, it may, apply be granted to all enterprises in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU and the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013. […]
Amendment 3056 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member States concerned shall ensure that the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine making is paid to distillers that process by-products of winemaking delivered for distillation into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92% by volume.
Amendment 3067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 54 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States concerned shall ensure priority access for individual farmers and associations to Union financial assistance granted for all types of interventions in the wine sector.
Amendment 3076 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improvement of quality of olive oil and table olives; that objective relate to the specific objective set out in points (b) and (f) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 3078 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) crisis prevention and management, aimed at improving pest resilience, avoiding and dealing with crises in the olive oil and table olives markets, including the improvement of prevention and resilience to pests; that objective relate to the specific objective set out in point (h) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 3080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. To pursue the objectives referred to in Article 56, the Member States referred to in Article 82(4) shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the types of interventions referred to in Article 60, to be defined at the level of the Member State. Within the chosen types of intervention, they shall define interventions.
Amendment 3084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 2
2. The interventions defined by the Member States referred to in Article 82(4) shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or, associations of producer organisations and/or inter-branch organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. For this purpose, Articles 61 and 62 of this Regulation shall apply.
Amendment 3088 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
Article 58 – paragraph 1
Amendment 3089 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 785% of the actual expenditure incurred for the types of intervention referred to in points (f) and (h) of Article 60(1) where the operational program is implemented in at least three third countries or non-producing Member States by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations from at least two producing Member States, 50% of the actual expenditure where for this type of intervention this condition is not met.
Amendment 3094 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5%calculated as a percentage of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations, as defined by the Member State taking into account sectoral specificities, the level of aggregation and the various approaches to the market.
Amendment 3096 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The percentage of assistance expenditure should be at least 50% over the course of the 2021-2027 programming period.
Amendment 3097 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 3
Article 58 – paragraph 3
Amendment 3131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. As regards the objectives referred to in points (a) to (g) of Articles 56 and 59, Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention:
Amendment 3132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) investments in tangible and non- tangible assets; restructuring and conversion of olive groves; research and experimental production, as well as other actions, including actions for:
Amendment 3151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
(viii) improving pest resilienceand animal disease resilience, including through appropriate cultivation practices;
Amendment 3155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point x a (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a – point x a (new)
(xa) improving the conditions for the growing, harvesting, delivery and storage of production;
Amendment 3161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) protecting public health against the use of dangerous substances at any trophic level of the food system
Amendment 3163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as the enhancement of the quality of the product; and combating pests and animal diseases;
Amendment 3169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) organic or integrated production;
Amendment 3170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) actions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport and of storage of products of one or more of the sectors referred to in point (f) of Article 40;the final product.
Amendment 3172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) plantings, replantings and modernisation of plantings in the sectors specified in point (e) of Article 39, for health reasons and to prevent their abandonment;
Amendment 3173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) for health reasons and to prevent their abandonment;
Amendment 3174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) modernisation of processing facilities in the sector specified in point (e) of Article 39;
Amendment 3178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) implementation and control of Union and national quality schemes;
Amendment 3180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) implementation of traceability and certification systems, in particular the monitoring of the quality of products sold to final consumers; the systems must make it possible to trace the origin of the olives and the oil at the various stages of the production chain.
Amendment 3182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. As regards the objective referred to in point (h) of Article 59 and point (f) of Article 56, Member States shall choose in their CAP Strategic Plans one or more of the following types of intervention:
Amendment 3188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) replanting of orchards or olive groves where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority or to adapt to climate change;
Amendment 3197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 60 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) harvest and production insurance farm insurance, whether separately or in combination, that contributes to safeguarding producers' incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations and at the same time ensuring that beneficiaries take necessary risk prevention measures.
Amendment 3208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1
Article 61 – paragraph 1
1. In each sector concerned, the objectives and the interventions set out by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans shall be implemented through approved operational programs of producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012, under the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 3216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 4
Article 61 – paragraph 4
4. Operational programs shall be submitted by producer organisations and/or associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 to the Member States for their approval.
Amendment 3222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 5
Article 61 – paragraph 5
5. Operational programs may be implemented only by producer organisations or by associations of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and producer groups recognised under Regulation (EU) 1151/2012.
Amendment 3243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 1
Article 63 – paragraph 1
1. TIn the case of implementation through approved operational programmes of producer organisations and/or associations of producer associations, the Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 62(1) actually paid and limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred.
Amendment 3249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. TIn accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the Union financial assistance shall be limited to 5% of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation or association of producer organisations.
Amendment 3254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Financial assistance other than that provided for in the preceding paragraphs shall be limited to 50% of the actual expenditure incurred.
Amendment 3263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) organic farming;
Amendment 3287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) cooperation and quality schemes;
Amendment 3288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) knowledge exchange and information.;
Amendment 3290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Amendment 3291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) protecting and preventing damage to agriculture by wildlife.
Amendment 3323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and which represent a novelty compared to commonly used agronomic practices..
Amendment 3349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d
Amendment 3359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. go beyond the minimum requirements for the protection of public health against the use of dangerous substances at any trophic level of the food system
Amendment 3360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. go beyond the minimum requirements established in the Directive 2009/128/EC
Amendment 3384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7
Article 65 – paragraph 7
7. Member States may promote and support collective schemes and result- based payments schemes to encourage farmers to deliver a significant enhancement of the quality of the environment and the development of typical agricultural landscapes at a larger scale and in a measurable way.
Amendment 3393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. These types of management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agriculture and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources; forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs;. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs.
Amendment 3425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 11
Article 65 – paragraph 11
11. Member States shall ensure that interventions under this Article are consistent with and do not compromise those granted under Article 28.
Amendment 3442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the support at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
Amendment 3462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2
Article 67 – paragraph 2
2. These payments may be granted to farmers, forest holders and other land managers in respect of areas with disadvantages referred to in paragraph 1groups and/or cooperatives of farmers, forest holders and groups and/or cooperatives of forest holders. In duly justified cases they may also be granted to other land managers.
Amendment 3468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the support at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
Amendment 3477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may only grant support for investments under the conditionunder this type of interventions for tangible and/or intangible investments, including in collective form and for collective use, which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plan6, especially with reference to boosting competitiveness.
Amendment 3499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) purchase of land with the exception of land purchase for environmental conservation or land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments;
Amendment 3542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) new investments aimed at reinforcing and increasing production capacity in sectors subject to recurrent market imbalances.
Amendment 3553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 3554 #
Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 75% of the eligible costs. Member States must establish a priority for investments made by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 3594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) collective investments and investments in digital and innovation technologies.
Amendment 3603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from the points laid down in subparagraph 3 of this paragraph, Member States shall limit their support to a maximum rate of 90% of eligible costs for investments made by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 3604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The investment intervention may include investments in basic/local services in rural areas, land purchase for environmental conservation, agricultural and forestry infrastructures linked to the environmental and climate-related issues, land purchased by young farmers through the use of financial instruments, restoring investments following natural disasters and catastrophic events, investments in irrigation respecting the river basin management, land consolidation and improvement, adapted seeds and animal breeds for improved efficiency. It may also include investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy, in forest technology and in processing, in mobilising and in marketing of forest products, in processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by the Annex I of the Treaty.
Amendment 3624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-upthe diversification of agricultural activities under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6. These tools may consist of multi-risk management systems.
Amendment 3694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The support for cooperation may be given to different kinds of cooperation schemes, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers’ clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP
Amendment 3707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) financial contributions to mutual funds, including the administrative cost of setting up and the initial capital stock of the mutual fund;
Amendment 3711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) financial contributions to an income stabilization instrument in the form of a mutual fund and providing: i) compensation to farmers in all sectors in the event of a sharp decline in their income; ii) compensation to farmers in a particular sector in the event of a sharp decline in their income.
Amendment 3722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the types and coverage of eligible insurance schemes and, mutual funds and income stabilization tools;
Amendment 3726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation; including the use of biological, climatic or economic indexes established at the farm level or at the local, regional and national levels to calculate the annual production of the farmer or its annual income
Amendment 3738 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses of at least 20% of the average annual production, earnings or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry. The support will be commensurate with the production, earnings or income that may be achieved.
Amendment 3751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 70 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. losses corresponding to at least 20% of the average annual production or average annual income of the farmer in the previous three years or its average triennial production calculated on the basis of the previous five years, excluding the highest value and the lowest value
Amendment 3755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Article 70 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 780% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall grant support for cooperation under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans to prepare and to implement Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114 and LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR], and to promote quality schemes, producer organisations or producer groups or other forms of cooperation, including producer cooperatives and groups recognised under Regulation(EU) No 1151/2012, including services aimed at improving the link between farmers and markets.
Amendment 3775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In particular, in reference to point (c) of Article 6(1), strengthening the position of primary producers within the food supply chain may be achieved through forms of cooperation, in order to guarantee a fair distribution of the added value, by introducing the financial resources and incentives required to support the creation and development of economic organisations, both vertical and horizontal, such as producer organisations, cooperatives, and their associations and inter-branch organisations, to also combat unfair and abusive trade practices along the food supply chain and by strengthening transparency in the markets and through crisis prevention tools.
Amendment 3778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may cover under this type of interventions the costs related to all necessary aspects of the cooperation, including certification costs relating to participation to an EU quality scheme.
Amendment 3789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 7
Article 71 – paragraph 7
7. In the case of cooperation in the context of farm succession and with the further aim to encourage generational renewal at farm-level, Member States may grant support only to farmers having reached the retirement age as set under national legislation.
Amendment 3794 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in paragraph 1, provides for the active and leading involvement of farms and/or agroforestry enterprises.
Amendment 3796 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and rural business knowledge exchange and informathe exchange of knowledge and information among agricultural, forestry and rural businesses, individually or collectively, regarding environmental and climate protection, under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and, rural business and smart villages knowledge exchange and information under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 2
2. Under this type of interventions Member States may cover costs of any relevant action, with priority given to measures involving young farmers, to promote innovation, access to training and advice and exchange and dissemination of knowledge and information which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to a maximum of 7585 % of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4
Article 72 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, in outermost regions and other duly justified cases Member States may apply a higher rate or a higher amount than that set in in that paragraph to achieve the specific objectives set out in Article 6. This higher rate or amount is mandatory for the interventions indicated in this Article aimed at young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 3821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The farm advisory services shall cover economic, environmental and social dimensions and deliver up to date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation. In particular action shall cover: - innovation support and related techniques to optimise the economic performance of production systems in particular digital farming; - environmental sustainability; - animal welfare.
Amendment 3824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 a (new)
Article 72 a (new)
Article 72 a Thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Member States may establish a thematic sub-programme for quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs within their strategic plans. This sub- programme shall meet the objectives referred to in Article 6(1).
Amendment 3830 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designatand any authorities identified at regional level for the management and execution of the Regional Operational Programme, containing rural development interventions, or other duly identified intermediate bodies, shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions. Member States may decide to not apply selection criteria for investment interventions clearly targeting environmental purposes or realised in connection with restoration activities.
Amendment 3840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The national and, where appropriate, the regional Managing Authority of the CAP Strategic Plan or other designated intermediate bodies shall define selection criteria for interventions relating to the following types of interventions: investments, installation of young farmers and rural business start-up, cooperation, knowledge exchange and information, after consultation of the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 111. Selection criteria shall aim to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and targeting of the support in accordance with the purpose of the interventions.
Amendment 3852 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Amendment 3859 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 a (new)
Article 74 a (new)
Article 74a. Specific financial instruments The managing authorities shall establish a fund for the disbursement of the financial instruments, to provide support as collateral for loans requested by young farmers, pursuant to point (e) of Article 4(1) of this Regulation. The Member State may allocate to that fund up to 50 % of the envelope of interventions to be used for young farmers. The Member State may apply the financial instrument referred to in this Article in combination with the support referred to in Article 69 of this Regulation.
Amendment 3904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 – paragraph 6
Article 82 – paragraph 6
6. Member States may decide in their CAP Strategic Plans to use up to 3at least 3 % of the Member States’ allocations for direct payments set out in Annex IV, after deduction of the amounts available for cotton set out in Annex VI, for types of intervention in other sectors referred to in Section 7 of Chapter III of Title III.
Amendment 3963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) 453% of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
Amendment 3979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 85 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) 80 % for management commitments referred to in Article 65 of this Regulation, for payments under Article 67 of this Regulation, for non-productive investments referred to in Article 68 of this Regulation, and for support for the European Innovation Partnership under Article 71 of this Regulation and for the LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR];
Amendment 3993 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 5 %The Member States may choose the percentage of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall beto reserved for LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR].
Amendment 4010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66.
Amendment 4028 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
At least 30% of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP strategic plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for interventions under Articles 68, 70, 71 and 72 for specific objectives aimed at fostering the development of an intelligent, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security as defined in Article 6 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of this Regulation.
Amendment 4054 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) The indicative financial allocations for the basic income support for the sustainability referred to in Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall not be lower than 70% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The indicative financial allocations for the coupled income support interventions referred to in Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be limited to a maximum of 103% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4099 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph, may be increased by a maximum of 2%, provided that the amount corresponding to the percentage exceeding the 103% is allocated to the support for protein crops under Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title III.
Amendment 4158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) 30% for investments related to Article 68;
Amendment 4163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 4169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 4182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 88 – paragraph 1
Article 88 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall set out, in their CAP Strategic Plan, an indicative financial allocation for each intervention. For each intervention, the multiplication of the planned unit amount, without the application of the percentage of variation referred to in Article 89, and the planned outputs, shall equal this indicative financial allocation.
Amendment 4193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
As part of their CAP Strategic Plan proposal referred to in Article 106(1), Member States ), Member States and, where appropriate, Regions may decide to transfer:
Amendment 4215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Member States and, where appropriate, together with regions shall establish CAP Strategic Plans in accordance with this Regulation to implement the Union support financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD for the achievement of the specific objectives set out to in Article 6.
Amendment 4223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result indicators set out in Annex I.
Amendment 4232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 91 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The approval of the CAP Strategic Plans and its implementation by Member States shall not cause any delays in the aid application period for beneficiaries nor in the timely payment of the aid, especially in the first year of implementation.
Amendment 4244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1., Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement of the specific environmental, health- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution made to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020.
Amendment 4255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall establish a singlein collaboration, where appropriate, with regions shall establish national or regional CAP Strategic Plans for its enrespectirve territory.
Amendment 4256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Article 93 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall establish a single CAP Strategic Plan for its entire territorynational CAP Strategic Plan may provide different measures applied to groups of territories with similar socio- economic or agronomic condition.
Amendment 4262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established and implemented at regional level via Regional Intervention Programmes, at regional level, the Member State shall ensure the coherence and the consistency with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national level.
Amendment 4265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Article 93 – paragraph 2
Where elements of the CAP Strategic Plan are established at regional level, the Member State shall ensure that those rural development elements are coherencet and the consistencyt with the elements of the CAP Strategic Plan established at national level.
Amendment 4304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) target and financial plans; including, where appropriate, the target and financial plans found within the Regional Intervention Programs;
Amendment 4308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the elements that ensuresystem providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management and of the elements that contribute to modernisation of the CAP;
Amendment 4310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) a list of regional operational programmes;
Amendment 4324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Annex VI on the Regional Intervention Programs
Amendment 4342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) details of the specific local needs to be defined in regional operational programmes.
Amendment 4351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) An overview of the economic architecture of the CAP strategic plan, describing the complementarity and basic conditions between the different interventions aimed at the specific objectives related to agricultural economic development and rural areas defined respectively in Article 6(1)(a) and (b) and Article 6(1)(g), (h) and (i);
Amendment 4363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architectures of the CAP Strategic Plan isreferred to in points (a) and (aa) are meant to contribute to already established long-term national targets set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI;
Amendment 4370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The description of elements common to several interventions under the national strategy or regional operational programmes, as referred to in point (c) of Article 95(1), shall include:
Amendment 4376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The description of each intervention specified in the strategy referred to in point (d) of Article 95(1), or of certain regionally managed rural development interventions specified in regional operational programmes, shall include:
Amendment 4389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 99 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the annual planned outputs for the intervention, and, where relevant, a breakdown per uniform or average unit amount of support;
Amendment 4398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 1
1. The target plan referred to in point (e) of Article 95(1) shall consist of a recapitulative table showing the targets as referred to in point (a) of Article 97(1), indicating the break-down in annual milestones.
Amendment 4407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 1
a breakdown of the Member States allocations for types of interventions in the form of direct payments after transfers as specified in points (b) and (c) based on indicative financial allocations per type of interventions and per intervention, specifying the planned outputs, the average or uniform unit amount and the maximum variation referred to in Article 89. Where applicable, the breakdown shall include the amount of the reserve of payment entitlements.
Amendment 4408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 3
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – paragraph 3
Taking into account the use of the product of reduction of payments as referred to in Articles 15 and 81(3), these indicative financial allocations, the related planned outputs and the corresponding average unit amounts or uniform unit amounts shall be established before reduction of payments;
Amendment 4409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) a breakdown of the allocations for sectoral types of interventions referred to in Section VII of Chapter III of Title III per intervention and with an indication of the planned outputs and the average unit amount;
Amendment 4410 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 100 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) a breakdown of the Member States allocations for rural development after transfers to and from direct payments as specified in point (b), per type of interventions and per intervention, including totals for the period, indicating also the applicable EAFRD contribution rate, broken down per intervention and per type of region where applicable. In case of transfer of funds from direct payments, the intervention(s) or part of intervention financed by the transfer shall be specified. This table shall also specify the planned outputs per intervention and the average or uniform unit amounts, as well as, where applicable, a breakdown of the amounts planned for grants and amounts planned for financial instruments. The amounts for technical assistance shall also be specified;
Amendment 4445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Annex VI to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in Article 95, paragraph 2, point (f) shall include the Regional Intervention Programmes.
Amendment 4462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a proposal for a CAP Strategic Plan, containing the information referred to in Article 95 no later than 1 January 2020]2.
Amendment 4463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the Member State provides for the submission of certain rural development measures to be managed at regional level, these measures shall be submitted to the Commission within three months of the submission of the national strategic plan. In all cases, the national strategic plan shall contain a basic set of rural development measures which shall replace regional management if the regional authorities do not submit such regional rural development measures within the prescribed time limits.
Amendment 4464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular,, as well as the rural development interventions managed at regional level, addressing the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
Amendment 4474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States and to the Regions within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan and on the rural development measures managed at regional level. The Member State and the Regions shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
Amendment 4476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Depending on the results of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may address observations to the Member States and, where appropriate, to the regional managing authority within three months of the date of submission of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 4483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall provide to the Commission all necessary additional information and, where appropriate, revise the proposed plan.
Amendment 4489 #
4. The Commission shall approve the proposed CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level provided that the necessary information has been submitted and the Commission is satisfied that the Plan is compatible with the general principles of Union law, the requirements set out in this Regulation, the provisions adopted pursuant to it and in Regulation (EU) [HzR].
Amendment 4494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The approval of each CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall take place no later than eight months following itstheir submission by the Member State and the Regions concerned.
Amendment 4503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 4510 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 6
Article 106 – paragraph 6
6. Each CAP Strategic Plan and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall be approved by the Commission by means of an implementing decision without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139.
Amendment 4513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7
Article 106 – paragraph 7
7. The CAP Strategic Plans and any rural development measures managed at regional level shall only have legal effects after their approval by the Commission.
Amendment 4518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The approval of the CAP Strategic Plans and its implementation by Member States shall not cause any delays in the aid application period for beneficiaries nor in the timely payment of the aid, especially in the first year of implementation.
Amendment 4523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans. where appropriate, the regional management authority may also submit to the Commission requests to amend the regional intervention programs
Amendment 4526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1
Article 107 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and the Regions may submit to the Commission requests to amend their CAP Strategic Plans and the regional operational programmes.
Amendment 4559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 5 – chapter 3 a (new)
Title 5 – chapter 3 a (new)
Amendment 4564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 110 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall designate a Managing Authority for their CAP Strategic Plans and one for each regional operational programme.
Amendment 4587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 3
Article 110 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State or the Managing Authority may designate one or more intermediate bodies including local authorities, regional development bodies or non-governmental organisations, to carry out the management and implementation of CAP Strategic Plan or regional operational programme interventions.
Amendment 4604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review all issues that affect the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs progress towards achieving its targets.
Amendment 4607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall publish the rules of procedures of the Monitoring Committee and all the data and information shared with the Monitoring Committee online.
Amendment 4615 #
The Member State and, where appropriate, regions shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3).
Amendment 4619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Member State and, where appropriate, the regions shall publish the list of the members of the Monitoring Committee online.
Amendment 4621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. TAccording to its territorial scope, the Monitoring Committee shallmay examine in particular:
Amendment 4622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) progress in CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, in Regional Intervention Programs implementation and in achieving the milestones and targets;
Amendment 4624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) any issues that affect the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs and the actions taken to address those issues;
Amendment 4645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan and the regional operational programmes, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 4646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State or, where appropriate, regions, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 4654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 1
Article 113 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall establish a national Common Agricultural Policy Network (national CAP network) for the networking of organisations and administrations, advisors, researchers, representatives of productive sectors and other innovation actors in the field of agriculture and rural development at national level at the latest 12 months after the approval by the Commission of the CAP Strategic Plan. This Network shall build on the already existing networking structures in the Member State.
Amendment 4681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 1
Article 115 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, in the case of Regional Intervention Programs, the regional managing authorities shall establish a performance framework which shall allow reporting, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan during its implementation.
Amendment 4699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 115 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the content of CAP Strategic Plans including, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs;
Amendment 4720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 119 – paragraph 1
Article 119 – paragraph 1
The Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee shall monitor, according to their territorial competence, the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan and progress made towards achieving the targets of the CAP Strategic Plan and, where appropriate, of the Regional Intervention Programs, on the basis of the output and result indicators.
Amendment 4793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 122 – paragraph 1
Article 122 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall organise each year an annual review meeting with the Commission, to be chaired jointly or by the Commission, which will take place not earlier than two months after the submission of the annual performance report.
Amendment 4864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Article 125 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out ex- ante evaluations to improve the quality of the design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 4871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall carry out evaluations of the CAP Strategic Plans shall be carried out by theincluding, where appropriate, the Regional Intervention Programs to improve the quality of the design and implementation of the plans, as well as to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, Union added value and impact in relation to their contribution to the CAP general and specific objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1).
Amendment 4873 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 2
Article 126 – paragraph 2
2. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.
Amendment 4874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 3
Article 126 – paragraph 3
3. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations.
Amendment 4875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4
Article 126 – paragraph 4
4. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall be responsible for evaluating the adequacy of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions for the purpose of achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 4876 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 5
Article 126 – paragraph 5
5. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall draw up an evaluation plan providing indications on intended evaluation activities during the implementation period.
Amendment 4877 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 6
Article 126 – paragraph 6
6. Member States and, where appropriate, regions shall submit the evaluation plan to the Monitoring Committee no later than one year after the adoption of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 4900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3
Article 131 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Articles 107, 108 and 109 TFEU shall apply to national support provided for an operations falling both within and outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU, save where support for working capital is provided through a financial instrument.
Amendment 4903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 131 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 131 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Payments made by Member States in relation to operations falling outside the scope of Article 42 TFEU shall be included by Member States in the rural development program and, where they comply with the criteria under this Regulation, shall be approved by the Commission.
Amendment 4919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is repealed with effect from 1 January 20213.
Amendment 4923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 140 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
However, it shall continue to apply to operations implemented pursuant to rural development programs approved by the Commission under that Regulation before 1 January 20213.
Amendment 4926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 is repealed with effect from 1 January 20213.
Amendment 4928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, it shall continue to apply in respect of aid applications relating to claim years starting before 1 January 20213.
Amendment 4930 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 140 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Articles 17 and 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, as well as Annex I to that Regulation where relevant for Croatia, shall continue to apply until 31 December 20213.
Amendment 5094 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 2 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – SMR 2 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 5
Annex III – GAEC 5
Amendment 5155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8
Annex III – GAEC 8
Amendment 5171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Amendment 5175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
- Minimum share of agriculturalrable area devoted to non-productive features or areas for farms with an arable area of more than 15 ha
Amendment 5189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 10
Annex III – GAEC 10
Amendment 5247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – Italy – Calendar year
Annex X – Italy – Calendar year
2021: 71 203 710 2022: 71 203 710 2023: 71 203 710 2024: 71 203 710 2025: 71 203 710 2026: 71 203 71142 407 420 2022: 142 407 420 2023: 142 407 420 2024: 142 407 420 2025: 142 407 420 2026: 142 407 420 2027 and subsequent years: 71 203 71142 407 420