65 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2011/0281(COD)
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82 a (new)
Recital 82 a (new)
(82a) The milk quota system will remain in force until alternative measures have been put in place – once the impacts have been assessed – in order to maintain market equilibrium, enable the Union market to be supplied at all times with milk and milk products, and minimise such adverse effects as might be entailed, regionally and nationally as well as locally, for milk producers in the abolition of the system.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82 b (new)
Recital 82 b (new)
(82b) The milk quota system will remain in force until alternative measures have been put in place – once the impacts have been assessed – so as to maintain market equilibrium, enable the Union market to be supplied at all times with milk and milk products, and minimise such adverse effects at local, regional, or national level as the abolition of the system might have on milk producers.
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
(83) Specific instruments will still be needed after the end of the quota systemIn the sugar sector specific instruments are needed to ensure a fair balance of rights and obligations between sugar undertakings and sugar beet growers. Therefore, the standard provisions governing agreements between them should be established.
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 a (new)
Recital 89 a (new)
(89a) The milk quota system will remain in force until means can be found to maintain market equilibrium, enable the Union market to be supplied at all times with milk and milk products, and minimise such adverse effects as might occur locally, regionally, especially in regions greatly dependent on milk production, or nationally.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 b (new)
Recital 89 b (new)
(89b) For the purposes of the preceding recital, the Commission should carry out detailed impact assessments of measures to maintain market equilibrium, enable the Union market to be supplied at all times with milk and milk products, and minimise such adverse effects as might occur locally, regionally, especially in regions greatly dependent on milk production, or nationally as a result of the market changes likely to be brought about if quotas were abolished.
Amendment 590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 146
Recital 146
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 149
Recital 149
(149) As regards cContractual relations in the milk and milk products sectors, the measures set out in this Regulation, are justified in the current economic circumstances of the dairy market and the structure of the supply chain. They should therefore be applied for a sufficiently long duration (both before and after the abolition of milk quotas) should be applied for a sufficiently long duration to allow them to have full effect. However, given their far- reaching nature, they should nevertheless be temporary in nature, and be subject to review. The Commission should adopt reports on the development of the milk market, covering in particular potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, to be submitted by 30 June 2014 and 31 December 2018 respectively,
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Where this is justified by market changes, including those occurring on input markets, reference prices may be altered in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43(2) of the Treaty.
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for butter, 370 000 tonnes;
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for beef and veal, shall not exceed the price referred to90% of the reference price stated in point (cd) of Article 127(1).
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) curd cheese made from goats’ or ewes’ milk;
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) cheese;
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) poultrymeat;
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
However, once the conditions referred to in Article 17 have been established, the Commission may, by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 160, apply the above-mentioned measures to other sectors listed in Article 1 of this Regulation.
Amendment 956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Union shall finance three-yearnational work programmes to be drawn up by the operatoproducer organisations as defined in Article 1096 in one or more of the following areas:
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the improvement of the competitiveness of olive cultivation through modernisation;
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) monitoring and regulation of the market in the olive oil and olive sector;
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) dissemination of information about the activities of producer organisations aimed at improving the quality of olive oil and table olives;
Amendment 971 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) concentration of supply and placing on the market;
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) production costs and optimisation of producer prices with a view to stabilisation.
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States other than those listed above may use all or part of the funding available within the financial limit laid down in Article 14 of Regulation [XXXX/XXXX] of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payment to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and rural development funds.
Amendment 986 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) conditions for the approval of operator organisations for the purposes of the aid scheme, and for the suspension or withdrawal of such approvalnational programmes;
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) allocation of Union financing to particular measurnational programmes;
Amendment 989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28a School olive oil scheme The Commission shall draw up a scheme to promote the use of olive oil in school meals, modelled on the school fruit and milk schemes. Member States, at national or regional level, wishing to participate in the scheme shall draw up a prior strategy for its implementation.
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) financial contributions of members or of the producer organisation itself, or of producer organisations to their association;
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Associations of producer organisations may act on behalf of their members for the purposes of managing, handling, carrying out, and submitting operational programmes.
Amendment 1023 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) production and consumption forecasting and monitoring;
Amendment 1034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) investment making for more efficient management of quantities placed on the market;
Amendment 1059 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 4,.1% of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation and/or its association.
Amendment 1063 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Where production is marketed by associations of producer organisations, the above percentage may be raised to 5% for the measures referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph.
Amendment 1100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – point a
Article 40 – point a
(a) Single Payment Scheme supportsupply concentration support measures in accordance with Article 42;
Amendment 1109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – title
Article 42 – title
Amendment 1110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where measures referred to in Article 40 are managed by producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of this Regulation, those organisations shall be treated as a priority for the purposes of financial allocations.
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2
Article 46 – paragraph 2
2. Support for the setting -up of mutual funds may be granted in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the funds and a portion of the amounts paid to members to compensate for economic losses incurred.
Amendment 1145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Support for harvest insurance shall contribute to safeguarding producers’ incomes and covering market losses incurred by producer organisations, cooperatives, and/or their members where these are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations.
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 80% of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers or producer organisations/cooperatives for insurance against losses as a resulting from of adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters;
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 47 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) 50% of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers or producer organisations/cooperatives for insurance against:
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the production or marketing of grapevine products referred to in Part II of Annex VI, including intangible investments;
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Support under paragraph 1 at its maximum rate shall apply only to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprisesbe provided primarily to producer organisations recognised under Article 106 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Title I – Chapter II – section 5 a (new)
Part II – Title I – Chapter II – section 5 a (new)
SECTION 5A SUPPORT PROGRAMMES IN THE OLIVE OIL SECTOR Article 54d Support system for the olive oil sector The Commission shall devise a support system for the olive oil sector, similar to the system proposed for the wine sector, with rules governing the allocation of Union funds to Member States and their use of those funds under five-year national support programmes (“support programmes”) to finance specific measures to support the olive oil sector.
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation a product complies with the “general marketing standard” if it is of sound, fair and marketable quality. In the case of fresh fruit and vegetables, the variety, class, and origin must be specified.
Amendment 1251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the presentation, sales descriptions, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, wrapping, year of harvesting and use of specific terms; marketing standards need not include a mandatory indication of the plant health treatments applied to products;
Amendment 1286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1, and any marketing standard applicable to fresh or processed fruit and vegetables, shall apply at every stage of marketing, including import and export, except where the Commission provides otherwise.
Amendment 1287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. A holder of fresh or processed fruit and vegetables covered by marketing standards may not display the products, offer, or hand them over, for sale, or market them within the Union in any way other than in accordance with those standards. The holder shall be responsible for ensuring that the standards are complied with.
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Without prejudice to such specific provisions as the Commission might adopt, in particular on the coherent enforcement of conformity checks in Member States, Member States shall, as regards the fruit and vegetable sector and processed fruit and vegetables, verify selectively, on the basis of a risk analysis, whether the products concerned conform to the relevant marketing standards. The checks for that purpose shall focus on the point of dispatch from the production sites, when products are being packed or loaded. If products come from third countries, the checks shall be carried out before the products are released for free circulation.
Amendment 1488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 1
Article 102 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall maintain a vineyard register which shall contain updated information on the production potential and which shall be integrated into the parcel identification systems forming part of the common agricultural policy Integrated Administration and Control System.
Amendment 1493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1
Article 103 – paragraph 1
1. The products of the wine sector shall be put into circulation in the Union with an officially authorised accompanying document. Taking into account the need to standardise and simplify the documents used by Member States, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 laying down rules on the model circulation document to be used.
Amendment 1494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2
2. Natural or legal persons or groups of persons who, in the exercise of their trade, hold products covered by the wine sector in the exercisetended to be placed ofn their trade market, in particular producers, bottlers and processors, as well as merchants, shall keep inwards and outwards registers in respect of those products.
Amendment 1495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 103 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Taking into account the need to facilitate the transport of wine products and verification thereof by Member States, as well as the provisions of paragraph 1 above, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 on:
Amendment 1496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) simplification and standardisation of the register.
Amendment 1621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 106 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) optimising production costs and stabilising producer prices, and guaranteeing fair consumer prices in relation to producer prices;
Amendment 1691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Article 107 – paragraph 2
Subject to the rules adopted pursuant to Article 114(1), associations of producer organisations may carry out any of the activities or functions of producer organisations, including financing options for an operational fund and the management of an operational programme.
Amendment 1839 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 112 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Taking into account the need to encourage action by the organisations referred to in Articles 106 to 108 to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, with the exception of action relating to withdrawal from the market, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160, concerning the live plants, beef and veal, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat, eggs and poultrymeat sectors on measures:
Amendment 1906 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Article 125 – paragraph 1
1. Tariff quotas for the import of agricultural products for release into free circulation in the Union (or a part thereof), or tariff quotas for imports of Union agricultural products into third countries which are to be partly or fully administered by the Union, resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty or any other act adopted in accordance with Article 43(2) of the Treaty shall be opened and/or administered by the Commission by means of delegated and implementing acts pursuant to Articles 126 to 128, without prejudice to quotas resulting from traditional trade flows.
Amendment 1909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) for import tariff quotas give due weight to the supply requirements of the Union market and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, and to established pre-existing special needs concerning given products in Member States, or
Amendment 1920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130 a (new)
Article 130a Derogations for imported products and special security in the sugar sector Taking into account the specific features of the sugar sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 160 concerning raw sugar import licences and covering the following: (a) The number of licences to be issued in each marketing period in order to meet the raw material supply requirements of full-time refiners. Licences may be issued at any time during a marketing year and shall be valid for that year only. (b) At the beginning of each marketing year the Commission shall draw up a forecast of raw sugar imports for refining, based on preferential origins. If the import forecast is below the supply requirements of full-time refiners, licences for imports of any origin, free of duty, may be issued in order to make up the shortfalls. The award of additional import licences of this kind may be phased over the marketing year.
Amendment 2064 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 2
Article 154 – paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to products listed in Section 2 of Part XXIV of Annex I.
Amendment 2065 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 154 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 154 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be implemented without the use of Member State co-financing.
Amendment 2219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) in respect of fresh grapes, grape must in fermentation or new wine still in fermentation, by adding sucrose, concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must;
Amendment 2220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in respect of grape must, by adding sucrose, concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must, or by partial concentration, including reverse osmosis;
Amendment 2221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 3
Annex VII – Part I – section B – paragraph 3