16 Amendments of Francisco SOSA WAGNER related to 2011/0280(COD)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The distribution of direct income support among farmers is characterised by the allocation of disproportionate amounts of payments to a rather small number of large beneficiaries. Due to economies of size, larger beneficiaries do not require the same level of unitary support for the objective of income support to be efficiently achieved. Moreover, the potential to adapt makes it easier for larger beneficiaries to operate with lower levels of unitary support. It is therefore fair to introduce a system for large beneficiaries where the support level is gradually reduced and ultimately capped to improve the distribution of payments between farmers. Such system should however take into account salaried labour intensity to avoid disproportionate effects on large farms with high employment numbers. Those maximum levels should not apply to payments granted to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment since the beneficial objectives they pursue could be diminished as a result. In order to make capping effective, Member States should establish some criteria in order to avoid abusive operations by farmers seeking to evade its effects. The proceeds of the reduction and capping of payments to large beneficiaries should remain in the Member States where they were generated and should be used for financing projects with a significant contribution to research and innovation under Regulation (EU) No […] of the European Parliament and of the Council of….on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)15[RDR].
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) "agricultural area" means any area taken up by arable land, permanent grassland or, permanent crops; or combinations thereof in an agro-forestry system.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
h) "permanent grassland" means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or longer; it may include otherwoody species suitable for grazing provided that the grasses and other herbaceous forageprovided that grazing remains the predominant; activity.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
ha) "Agro-forestry systems" means land use systems which specifically combine woodland with crop cultivation and/or livestock farming on the same land. The trees may be scattered, interspersed on the plot in groups (agro-forestry crops and forest-pasture systems) or at the edges of plots (windbreaks, hedgerows and boundaries);
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the annual amount of direct paymeneipts from the sale of agricultural products is less than 5 20% of the total receipts they obtained from non-agricultural activities in the most recent fiscal year; or
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Before 1 August 2013, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom may decide to make available as direct payments under this Regulation up to 510 % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Farmers who, in 20110, activated at least one payment entitlement under the single payment scheme or claimed support under the single area payment scheme, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, shall receive payment entitlements the first year of application of the basic payment scheme provided they are entitled to be granted direct payments in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, farmers shall receive payment entitlements the first year of application of the basic payment scheme, provided they are entitled to be granted direct payments in accordance with Article 9 and that in 20110:
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) any agricultural area of the holding that is used for an agricultural or livestock activity or, where the area is used as well for non- agricultural activities, predominantly used for agricultural activities; or
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural) or permanent crops, entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) to maintain existing permanent grassland on their holdingpasture on their holding, with the obligation for farmers to document the number of animals that use their pastures and the grazing period; and
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland or permanent crops, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 320 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II, increasing gradually to reach 30% in 2020.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant a payment to farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 and whose holdings are fully or partly situated in areas with natural constraints designated by Member States , these being understood as all agricultural areas that have some capping accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR]s they are included in an environmentally protected area with production constraints.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use up to 120 % of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II provided that: