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Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 349, the first subparagraph of Article 42 and Article 43(2) thereof,

Amendment 50 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In order to achieve the objectives of the scheme promoting the Union’s outermost regions more effectively, the POSEI programmes must include measures which ensure the supply of agricultural products and the preservation and development of quality local agricultural production, taking into account climate change imperatives. The level of programming for the regions concerned needs to be harmonised and the policy of partnership between the Commission and the Member States needs to become more systematic.

Amendment 51 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In order to achieve the objectives of the scheme promoting the Union’s outermost regions more effectively, the POSEI programmes must include measures which ensure the supply of agricultural products and the preservation and development of local agricultural production. The level of programming for the regions concerned needs to be harmonised and the policy of partnership between the Commission ~~and~~, the Member States and local authorities needs to become more systematic.

Amendment 52 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) In order not to undermine the objectives of the POSEI programmes, the Commission should perform impact assessments whenever international trade agreements are being negotiated and these are liable to pose a threat to sectors supported under the POSEI programmes. On completion of those impact assessments, the Commission should forward the results of the assessments to the European Parliament, the Council and the regional authorities of the outermost regions, prior to the conclusion of such agreements.

Amendment 53 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

Amendment 54 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) IWithout prejudicing local production and its development, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement in order to ensure the supply of essential agricultural products to the outermost regions and to compensate for the additional costs caused by their extreme remoteness~~, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement~~. In fact, the exceptional geographical situation of the outermost regions imposes additional transport costs in supplying products which are essential for human consumption, for processing or as agricultural inputs. In addition, other objective factors linked to these regions’ extreme remoteness, namely their insularity and small surface areas, lead to further constraints on economic operators and producers in the outermost regions that severely handicap their activities. These handicaps can be alleviated by lowering the price of these essential products.

Amendment 55 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions ~~and~~by mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, a~~ll the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU product~~nd to enable the supplying of those areas with the products vital to their inhabitants’ everyday lives, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transport to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.

Amendment 56 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions and mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU products of the outermost regions, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost ofs associated with the transport tof th~~ese~~ose products to the outermost regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.

Amendment 57 #

Petru Constantin LUHAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions and mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost ofs associated with the transport tof th~~ese~~ose products to the outermost regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.

Amendment 58 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Support for traditional sectors is all the more necessary because it enables them to remain competitive on the European market in the face of competition from third countries, and because new trade agreements posing a threat to these sectors have just been signed with Latin American countries and within the WTO. The Member States should, however, also ensure the diversification of agricultural activities in the outermost regions.

Amendment 59 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Support for traditional sectors is all the more necessary because it enables them to maintain the quality of their products and to remain competitive on the European market in the face of competition from Latin American and ACP countries, and because new trade agreements posing a threat to these sectors have just been signed with Latin American countries and within the WTO. The Commission should, however, ensure that the support given to traditional sectors (bananas and sugar cane) does not serve to undermine the development of all the other livestock and crop diversification sectors.

Amendment 60 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet ofn Réunion, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.

Amendment 61 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Farmers in the outermost regions should be encouraged to supply high- quality products and to prioritise their marketing. Use of the logo introduced by the Union may be useful to this end. The use of quality indicators such as labels or controlled designations of origin should be encouraged in order to promote the products of the outermost regions.

Amendment 62 #

Petru Constantin LUHAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Farmers in the outermost regions should be encouraged to supply high- quality products and to prioritise their marketing. Use of the logo introduced by the Union may be useful to this end. Controlled and guaranteed denomination of origin systems should also be encouraged and facilitated in order to promote the products of the outermost regions.

Amendment 63 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Farmers in the outermost regions should be encouraged to continue to supply high- quality products and to prioritise their marketing. Use of the logo introduced by the Union may be useful to this end.

Amendment 64 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) The plant health of agricultural crops in the outermost regions is subject to particular problems associated with the climate and the inadequacy of the control measures hitherto applied there. Programmes, including in the field of research and training, should therefore be implemented to combat harmful organisms, including by sustainable organic methods. The Union’s financial contribution towards such programmes should be defined.

Amendment 65 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) The maintenance of vineyards, which are the most widespread type of cultivation in the regions of Madeira and the Canary Islands and a very important one for the Azores, is an economic, social and environmental imperative. To help support production, neither the abandonment premiums nor the market mechanisms provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should be applicable in these regions, but nonetheless, in the Canary Islands, it should be possible to apply crisis distillation measures in the event of exceptional market disturbance arising from quality problems. Similarly, technical and socio-economic difficulties have prevented complete conversion, within the time limits established, of the areas in the regions of Madeira and the Azores under vines of hybrid varieties prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The wine produced by such vineyards is intended solely for traditional local consumption.

Amendment 66 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Support for the production of cow’s milk in Madeira and Réunion has not been sufficient to maintain the balance between domestic and external supply, chiefly because of the serious structural difficulties affecting the sector and its poor capacity to adapt to new economic environments. Consequently, authorisation to produce UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder of EU origin should continue, in order to cover local consumption more fully, without overlooking the need to ensure the long term development of that sector. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder ~~on the sales labelling~~, along with the percentages of fresh milk. In view of the current situation in the dairy sectors on Martinique and Guadeloupe, this measure should only be applied there after the Member State concerned has demonstrated its appropriateness.

Amendment 67 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

Amendment 68 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) Implementation of this Regulation must not jeopardise the level of special support from which the outermost regions have benefited up to now. For that reason, so that they can implement the appropriate measures, the Member States should have at their disposaln order to ensure that the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular the need to preserve and develop agricultural activities in the outermost regions, are satisfied, there should be a review of the sums equivalent to the support already granted by the ~~Community~~Union to the outermost regions under Regulation (EC) No 247/2006.

Amendment 69 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) Since 2006, requirements in essential products have increased in some outermost regions, particularly in the Azores and in the French overseas departments, as a result of the increasing livestock population and demographic pressure. The annual budgetary allocation for the POSEI programmes and the proportion of the budget which Member States may use for the specific supply arrangements for the regions concerned should therefore be increased.

Amendment 70 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1

This Regulation lays down specific measures for agriculture to mitigate the difficulties caused by extreme remoteness, specifically remoteness, isolation, small surface areas, terrain, difficult climate, the inevitable heightening of the impact of climate change, and economic dependence on a limited number of products of the regions of the Union referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as ‘outermost regions’.

Amendment 71 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) guaranteed supply to the outermost regions of products essential for human consumption or for processing and as agricultural inputs by mitigating the additional costs due to extreme remoteness, without harming local production and the growth thereof;

Amendment 72 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) preservation and development of sustainable agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of ~~local product~~high-quality local products so that these regions eventually become food self- sufficient, thereby avoiding needless transportation of goods.

Amendment 73 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) preservation ~~and~~, development and diversification – as far as possible – of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local products, thereby ensuring adequate incomes for farmers.

Amendment 74 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) preservation and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local production and products.

Amendment 75 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) fostering of research and innovation, in particular with a view to developing sustainable, high value-added agricultural production.

Amendment 76 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) specific measures to assist sustainable local agricultural production as provided for in Chapter IV.

Amendment 77 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) specific measures to assist local agricultural production as ~~provided for~~set out in Chapter IV.

Amendment 78 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) measures to develop research and innovation programmes which foster the emergence of sustainable, high value- added agriculture.

Amendment 79 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. At the geographical level deemed most appropriate, the competent local authorities, the relevant organisations and the representative and/or professional organisations involved shall be consulted on the draft POSEI programmes before they are submitted to the Commission for approval.

Amendment 80 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) support for research projects, measures to support research projects or measures eligible for European Union financing under Council Decision 2009/470/EC9; __________________ 9 OJ L 155, 18.06.2009, p. 30.deleted

Amendment 81 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c

(c) the steps taken to ensure the programmes are implemented effectively and appropriately, including the arrangements for publicity, monitoring and evaluation, and a specified set of quantified indicators for use in programme evaluation.; those steps shall include, inter alia, the creation of a committee to monitor and evaluate actions in support of local production;

Amendment 82 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting local authorities, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.

Amendment 83 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. No aid shall be granted for the supply of products which have already benefited from the specific supply arrangements in another outermost region, in accordance with Article 12, which deals with the impact of the advantage.

Amendment 84 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point b

(b) trade flows with the rest of the Union and the impact in terms of climate change;

Amendment 85 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d

(d) ~~where applicable,~~ the need not to obstruct the potential development of local products, in particular by carefully assessing the impact which the granting of aid for supply would have on other local products and on their development potential.

Amendment 86 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within the limits of ~~traditional~~average exports and ~~traditional~~average dispatches. These amounts arshall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of ~~dispatches or export averag~~representative figures ducovering ~~1989, 1990 and 1991~~a period of no more than five years preceding the current year;

Amendment 87 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within the limits of t~~raditional exports and traditional dispatches. Thes~~he amounts ~~are~~ established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of ~~dispatch~~the average dispatch or export figures for ~~export average~~the three years preceding the current year, subject to a minimum threshold corresponding to the average dispatch or export figures during 1989, 1990 and 1991;

Amendment 88 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within the limits of traditional exports and traditional dispatches. These amounts are established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of dispatches or export average figures ~~during 1989, 1990 and 1991~~in the three best years;

Amendment 89 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) exported to third countries as part of regional trade ~~in accordance with the destinations and conditions determined by the Commission by means of an implementing act~~;

Amendment 90 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c

~~(c) dispatched from the Azores to Madeira or vice versa;~~deleted

Amendment 91 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)

(ca) dispatched between the regions of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands;

Amendment 92 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d

~~(d) dispatched from Madeira to the Canary Islands or vice versa;~~deleted

Amendment 93 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. For the purposes of this chapter, ‘regional trade’ shall be understood as trade, for each French overseas department~~, with~~ and the Azores and Madeira and the Canary Islands, with third countries ~~established by the Commission by means of an implementing act~~.

Amendment 94 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The parts of the programme which includes measures to assist local agricultural production shall comprise at least the following elements:

Amendment 95 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) a description of the strategy proposed, the priorities selected, its quantified general and operational objectives, and an appraisal showing the expected economic, environmental and social impact, including employment effects, along with the quality of local products and the positive impact of the measures in terms of climate change;

Amendment 96 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e

~~(e) conditions for the granting of aid, the products and volumes concern~~deleted;

Amendment 97 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) the aid amount established for each measure orand the provisional amount for each action in order to achieve one or more objectives for the programme.

Amendment 98 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point d

~~(d) ceiling.~~deleted

Amendment 99 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Once the beneficiaries’ projects have been approved, the Member States may issue an attestation to make it easier for them to obtain prefinancing from a bank.

Amendment 100 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Notwithstanding Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the maximum annual amounts eligible for European Union aid, as set out in Annex I to that Regulation, may be increased up to twofold in the case of the measure to protect lakes in the Azores and the measure to preserve the landscape and traditional features of agricultural land and the conservation of stone walls supporting terraces ion Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Amendment 101 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The EAGGF contribution to programmes of the outermost regions may be increased to 85% for each of the axes set out in Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

Amendment 102 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Notwithstanding Article 114(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the production in Madeira and in the French overseas department of Réunion of UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder originating in the Union shall be authorised within the limits of local consumption requirements, in so far as this measure does not hinder that locally produced milk is collected and finds outlets. Should the Member State in question demonstrate the expediency of such a measure for the French overseas departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe, the Commission shall be empowered, in accordance with Article 33, to adopt the necessary delegated acts in order to extend this measure to the aforementioned departments. This product shall be used for local consumption only.

Amendment 103 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In respect of each financial year, the Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV, which should also include the real increases of 20% under the Special Supply Regime, which are considered necessary for Portugal and France.

Amendment 104 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The budget earmarked for the French overseas departments shall be increased proportionally once the French overseas department of Mayotte has been granted outermost region status.

Amendment 105 #

Elie HOARAU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – title

Communications ~~and~~, reports and impact assessments

Amendment 106 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall submit to the Commission, ~~not later than 31 July~~by 30 September each year, a report on the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation over the previous year.

Amendment 107 #

Nuno TEIXEIRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall submit to the Commission, ~~not later than 31 July~~by 31 August each year, a report on the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation over the previous year.

Amendment 108 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. Not later than 30 June 2015, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall submit a general report to the European Parliament and the Council showing the impact of the action taken under this Regulation, including in the banana and milk sectors, accompanied if applicable by appropriate proposals.

Amendment 109 #

Elie HOARAU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Prior to launching any trade negotiation between the European Union, on the one hand, and third countries or regional or international organisations, on the other, the Commission shall carry out impact assessments in respect of agricultural production which is supported by a POSEI programme and may be the subject of negotiation. The Commission shall base such impact assessments on the criteria laid down by the United Nations.

Amendment 110 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. In the case of entry into force of international trade agreements or of significant changes to the CAP, impact studies should be carried out concerning agriculture in the most remote regions, especially with regard to their most important products.

Amendment 111 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Following the impact studies referred to in paragraph 3a, and should it be necessary, modifications should be proposed with a view to the closer adaptation of agriculture in the most remote regions to new circumstances.

Amendment 112 #

Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA, Kader ARIF, Patrice TIROLIEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)

Article 31a Subsequent amendments Within a maximum of three years following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall make further proposals, including financial proposals, designed to take account of both the granting of outermost region status to the department of Mayotte and new diversification sectors.

source: PE-462.855

2011/06/16 INTA 7 amendments...

Amendment 18 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within the established limits of traditional exports and traditional dispatches. These amounts are established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of dispatches or export average figures ~~during 1989, 1990 and~~, taking as a reference the verified average figures for the three best years since 19891;

Amendment 19 #

Patrice TIROLIEN, Kader ARIF

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. For the purposes of this chapter, ‘regional trade’shall be understood as trade, for each French overseas department, with the Azores and Madeira and the Canary Islands, with third countries ~~established by the Commission by means of an implementing act~~belonging to the same geographical and ocean areas as those regions and with third countries with which they have historical links.

Amendment 20 #

Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA, Patrice TIROLIEN, Kader ARIF, Gabriel MATO ADROVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. To increase the market competitiveness of agricultural products from the outermost regions and improve the ability of agricultural holdings to withstand natural disasters and hazards, steps shall be taken to encourage each subsector as a whole to take out disaster risk insurance. With a view to this, cooperatives, farmers' associations and all other agricultural bodies shall be exempted from the ban on receiving state aid to promote access to agricultural insurance cover.

Amendment 21 #

Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA, Kader ARIF, Patrice TIROLIEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraphe 3 a (new)

3a. When the Union conducts trade negotiations with third countries, third- party regional organisations or international organisations likely to affect agricultural sectors supported by the POSEI, and where significant changes to the common agricultural policy are proposed, impact studies or prior assessments of the possible effects on agriculture in the outermost regions must be carried out. The criteria adopted by the Commission for such studies or assessments shall be those established by the UN.

Amendment 22 #

Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA, Patrice TIROLIEN, Kader ARIF

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) To avoid undermining the POSEI objectives, the Commission shall carry out impact studies or prior assessment of the possible effects (based on the criteria set by the UN) whenever international trade agreements are negotiated which may affect sectors supported by the POSEI. On completion, said impact studies or prior assessments of possible effects shall be forwarded by the Commission to Parliament, the Council and the local or regional authorities of the outermost regions before conclusion of the international agreements concerned.

Amendment 23 #

Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA, Kader ARIF, Patrice TIROLIEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Support for traditional sectors is all the more necessary because it enables them to maintain the quality of their products and to remain competitive on the EU market in the face of competition from third countries, and because new trade agreements posing a threat to these sectors have just been signed with Latin American countries and within the WTO. The Commission and the Member States should, however, ensure that support provided to so-called traditional sectors does not threaten the development of other diversified animal and vegetable sectors.

Amendment 24 #

Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)

(36a) As the last POSEI support Regulation, namely Regulation (EC) No 247/2006, was adopted in the light of the agreed WTO European market access tariff of EUR 176 per tonne, consequently the tariff laid down in the WTO agreements on trade in bananas and the further reductions granted in trade agreements with the Andean countries and the countries of Central America were not taken into account in the POSEI financial envelope; therefore a new updated, comprehensive and external impact assessment should be completed at an early stage and, if it shows adverse effects on EU banana producers, the financial resources available under the POSEI programme should be modified in order to introduce appropriate compensation and measures to increase the competitiveness of banana producers in the outermost regions of the Union.

source: PE-464.758

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Amendment 5 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) In keeping with the principle of subsidiarity and in order to ensure flexibility, two principles which form the basis of the programming approach adopted for the scheme promoting the Union's outermost regions, the authorities appointed by the Member State may propose amendments to the programme to bring it into line with the reality of the situation in the outermost regions. Also in keeping with this approach, the procedure for amending the programmes must be adapted to reflect the level of relevance of each type of amendment.deleted

Amendment 6 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) In order to ensure the supply of essential agricultural products to the outermost regions and to compensate for the additional costs caused by their extreme remoteness, it is appropriate to introduce a specific supply arrangement. In fact, the exceptional geographical situation of the outermost regions imposes additional transport costs in supplying products which are essential for human consumption, for processing or as agricultural inputs. In addition, other objective factors linked to these regions’ extreme remoteness, namely their insularity and small surface areas, lead to further constraints on economic operators and producers in the outermost regions that severely handicap their activities. These handicaps can be alleviated by lowering the price of these essential products.deleted

Amendment 7 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) To that end, notwithstanding Article 28 of the Treaty, imports of certain agricultural products from third countries should not be exempt from the applicable import duties. To take account of their origin and the customs treatment accorded to them under European Union law, products which have entered the Union’s customs territory under inward processing or customs warehousing arrangements ~~should~~must not be considered as direct imports, for the purpose of granting the benefits of the specific supply arrangements.

Amendment 8 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions and mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transport to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.deleted

Amendment 9 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Given the requirements relating to the monitoring of transactions benefiting from the specific supply arrangements, administrative checks must be conducted on the products concerned at the time of their import or entry into the outermost regions and also at the time of their export or dispatch from the same. In addition, in order to achieve the objectives of the arrangements, the economic advantages of the specific supply arrangements must be in terms of production costs and must reduce prices up to the end user stage. They should therefore be granted only on condition that they are actually passed on, and appropriate checks must be carried out.deleted

Amendment 10 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Since the quantities covered by the specific supply arrangements are limited to the supply requirements of the outermost regions, this system possibly does not impair the proper functioning of the internal market. Nor should the economic advantages of the specific supply arrangements provoke diversions of trade in the products concerned. Dispatching or exportation of those products from the outermost regions should therefore be prohibited. ~~Nevertheless, the dispatch or export of these products must be authorised if the financial advantage resulting from the specific supply arrangements is reimbursed.~~

Amendment 11 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) However, appropriate measures ~~should~~may be taken to allow for the necessary restructuring of the sugar processing sector in the Azores. These measures should take into account that in order for the sugar sector on the Azores to be viable, a certain level of production and processing needs to be ensured. Against this background, dispatches of sugar from the Azores to the rest of the Union should be allowed exceptionally to exceed traditional flows for a limited period of five years, subject to progressively reduced annual limits. Given that the quantities that may be re- dispatched will be proportional and limited to the extent strictly necessary for ensuring the viability of local sugar production and processing, such temporary dispatching of sugar from the Azores w~~ill~~ould perhaps not adversely affect the internal market of the Union.

Amendment 12 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) With regard to out-of-quota sugar to be supplied to the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the scheme of exemption from import duties will continue to apply. In particular, the Azores should be also authorised to benefit from the exemption from import duties for raw cane sugar within the limit of their forecast supply balance.deleted

Amendment 13 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) To date the Canary Islands have been supplied under the specific supply arrangements for skimmed milk powder containing vegetable fat with CN code 1901 90 99 for industrial processing. The continued supply of this product, which has become a traditional component of the local diet, should be permitted.deleted

Amendment 14 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet of Réunion, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.deleted

Amendment 15 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) European Union policy to assist local production in the outermost regions has involved a multitude of products and measures for their production, marketing or processing. These measures have not really proved effective ~~and ensured that agriculture continues and develops~~. The EU should not continue to support these lines of production, which are a key element to ensure the environmental, social and economic equilibrium of the outermost regions. Experience has shown that, as in the case of rural development policy, a closer partnership with local authorities can help to address the particular issues affecting the regions concerned in a more targeted way. Support to promote local production therefore needs to continue by means of the POSEI programmes.

Amendment 16 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to support the marketing of products from the outermost regions, ~~aid~~the regions should be e~~stablished to assist commercialisation of~~ncouraged to market theseir products outside of the region in which they are produced. However, this is a task for the regions themselves.

Amendment 17 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) The minimum elements which must be provided under the POSEI programmes in order to establish the measures supporting local agricultural production, specifically the description of location, the strategy proposed, the objectives and measures, should be established. The principles where these measures are consistent with other EU policies should also be stipulated, in order to avoid any incompatibility and overlapping of aid.deleted

Amendment 18 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

~~(21) In order to ensure that it can be implemented, the POSEI programme may also contain measures for financing studies, demonstration projects, training and technical assistance.~~deleted

Amendment 19 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The structures of certain farms or processing and marketing firms in the outermost regions are seriously defective and face specific difficulties. Articles 26(2) and 28(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) therefore provide for more favourable support rates for certain types of investment in the outermost regions.

Amendment 20 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and Annex I thereto determine the maximum annual amounts eligible for agri-environmental payments. T~~o take into account the specific environmental situation of certain very sensitive pasture areas in the Azores and the preservation of the landscape and traditional features~~hese amounts should on no account be exceeded, in view of the EU’s desire to cut back heavily ofn agricultural ~~land, in particular the areas of terrace cultivatio~~expenditure. Furthermore, in lin ~~Madeira, provision should be made for the possibility, in the case of certain specific measures, of increasing those amounts up to twofold~~e with the subsidiarity principle, any aid accorded is a matter between the peripheral regions and the national authorities within whose responsibility they fall.

Amendment 21 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

Amendment 22 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) The maintenance of vineyards, which are the most widespread type of cultivation in the regions of Madeira and the Canary islands and a very important one for the Azores, is an economic and environmental imperative. To help support production, neither the abandonment premiums nor the market mechanisms provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should be applicable in these regions, but nonetheless, in the Canary Islands, it should be possible to apply crisis distillation measures in the event of exceptional market disturbance arising from quality problems. Similarly, technical and socio-economic difficulties have prevented complete conversion, within the time limits established, of the areas in the regions of Madeira and the Azores under vines of hybrid varieties prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. The wine produced by such vineyards is intended solely for traditional local consumption.deleted

Amendment 23 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

Amendment 24 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) The need to maintain local milk production by means of incentives justifies not applying Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in the French overseas departments and Madeira. This exemption should apply to Madeira subject to a limit of 4 000 tonnes.deleted

Amendment 25 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) Traditional livestock farming activities should be supported. In order to meet the local consumption needs of the French overseas departments and Madeira, duty-free imports from third countries of male bovine animals intended for fattening should be authorised subject to certain conditions and up to a maximum annual limit by the authorities of the Member States within whose responsibility the peripheral areas in question fall.

Amendment 26 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) The possibility opened under Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers to enable Portugal to transfer rights to the suckler cow premium from the mainland to the Azores should be renewed and that instrument should be adjusted in the light of the support arrangements for the outermost regions. __________________ 8. OJ L 30, 31.01.09, p. 16.deleted

Amendment 27 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Tobacco growing is of historical importance in the Canary Islands. Economically speaking, tobacco preparation continues to be one of the chief industrial activities in the region. In social terms, tobacco cultivation is very labour- intensive and carried out by small farms. Since the crop is not sufficiently profitable, however, it is in danger of dying out. Tobacco is currently cultivated on only a small area on the island of La Palma, for the small-scale manufacture of cigars. Spain should therefore be authorised to continue to grant aid, in addition to EU aid, so that this traditional crop can be maintained with a view to supporting the artisanal activity associated with it. In addhe EU has no intention of granting aid to undertakings that are clearly not profitable except with EU aid. EU aid is not intended to be a covert form of state aid to maintain p unfair competition~~, t~~. To maintain the manufacture of tobacco products, ~~imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco should continue to be exempt from customs duty, up to an annual limit of 20 000 tonnes of stripped raw tobacco equivalent~~the producers may if they will approach the national authorities.

Amendment 28 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)

(34a) Funding for the banana sector should be increased in the context of specific measures to assist remote and island regions (POSEI) in order to mitigate the negative effects on EU producers’ incomes of the forthcoming reduction in customs duties on imports of bananas into the EU; attention is drawn to the fact that the Geneva multilateral agreement on trade in bananas set a reduced import tariff, which had a negative impact on EU producers’ incomes, and there are also plans to apply a reduced rate when drawing up subsequent agreements;

Amendment 29 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

Amendment 30 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) Implementation of this Regulation must not jeopardise the level of special support from which the outermost regions have benefited up to now. For that reason, so that they can implement the appropriate measures, the Member States should have at their disposaln order to ensure that the objectives of this Regulation, in particular the safeguarding and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, are met, the sums equivalent to the support already granted by the ~~Community~~Union to these regions under Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 should be reviewed.

Amendment 31 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)

(35a) Successive reductions in the single tariff set for banana imports pose periodic threats to the profitability of banana production in the outermost regions. There is therefore an ongoing need to assess the impact of tariff concessions granted by the European Union in order to determine whether the aid granted to EU producers should be reviewed.

Amendment 32 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

Amendment 33 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

Amendment 34 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e

~~e) conditions for the granting of aid, the products and volumes concern~~deleted;

Amendment 35 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d

d~~) ceiling.~~eleted

Amendment 36 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Notwithstanding Article 39(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, the maximum annual amounts eligible for European Union aid, as set out in Annex I to that Regulation, may be increased up to twofold in the case of the measure to protect lakes in the Azores and the measure to preserve the landscape and traditional features of agricultural land and the conservation of stone walls ~~support~~ing t~~erraces in Madeira~~he outermost regions.

Amendment 37 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22

State aid 1. For the agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, to which Articles 107, 108 and 109 thereof apply, the Commission may authorise, in accordance with Article 108 of the Treaty, operating aid in the sectors producing, processing and marketing those products, with a view to mitigating the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions as a result of their isolation, insularity and extreme remoteness. 2. Member States may agree additional financing for the implementation of POSEI programmes. In such cases the State aid must be notified by the Member States to the Commission and approved in accordance with this Regulation as part of those programmes. Aid thus notified shall be regarded as notified within the meaning of the first sentence of Article 108(3) of the Treaty. 3. France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year. France shall inform the Commission within 30 days of the end of each marketing year of the amount of aid actually granted. 4. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and by way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 180 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2006, Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty shall not apply to payments made under Title IV, paragraph 3 of this Article and Articles 23 and 27 of this Regulation by Member States in conformity with this Regulation. __________________ 11. OJ L 214, 04.08.06, p. 7.deleted

Amendment 38 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1

1. For the agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, to which Articles 107, 108 and 109 thereof apply, the Commission may authorise, in accordance with Article 108 of the Treaty, operating aid in the sectors producing, processing and marketing those products, with a view to mitigating the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions as a result of their isolation, insularity and extreme remoteness.deleted

Amendment 39 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3

3. France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year. France shall inform the Commission within 30 days of the end of each marketing year of the amount of aid actually granted.deleted

Amendment 40 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

~~France may grant the sugar sector in the French outermost regions aid of up to EUR 90 million per marketing year.~~deleted

Amendment 41 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. State aid may be granted to major firms established in the outermost regions for the conclusion of agricultural insurance contracts.

Amendment 42 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27

State aid for tobacco production Spain is authorised to award aid concerning the production of tobacco in the Canary Islands. The granting of this aid may not result in discrimination between producers in the islands. The amount of the aid may not exceed EUR 2 980.62 per tonne. The additional aid shall be granted for up to 10 tonnes each year.deleted

Amendment 43 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28

Exemption of tobacco from customs duties 1. No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco. The exemption provided for in the first subparagraph is granted by means of the certificates referred to in Article 11. This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent. 2. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the measures necessary to implement paragraph 1 and more specifically the measures for introducing the exemption from import duties in respect of tobacco in the Canary Islands.deleted

Amendment 44 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1

1. No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco. The exemption provided for in the first subparagraph is granted by means of the certificates referred to in Article 11. This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent.deleted

Amendment 45 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

No customs duties shall be applied to direct imports into the Canary Islands of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco falling, respectively, within: a) CN code 2401; and b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.deleted

Amendment 46 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

~~a) CN code 2401; an~~deleted

Amendment 47 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – introductory part

b) the following subheadings: – 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped, – 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped, – ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco, – 2401 30 Tobacco waste, – ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping, – ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos), – ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips, – ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.deleted

Amendment 48 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 1

~~– 2401 10 Tobacco, not stemmed/stripp~~deleted,

Amendment 49 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 2

~~– 2401 20 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripp~~deleted,

Amendment 50 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 3

~~– ex 2401 20 Outer coverings for cigars presented on supports, in reels for the manufacture of tobacco,~~deleted

Amendment 51 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 4

~~– 2401 30 Tobacco was~~delete,d

Amendment 52 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 5

~~– ex 2402 10 Unfinished cigars without wrapping,~~deleted

Amendment 53 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 6

~~– ex 2403 10 Cigarette rag (finished mixtures of tobacco for the manufacture of cigarettes, cigars, cheroots and cigarillos),~~deleted

Amendment 54 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 7

~~– ex 2403 91 Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco, whether or not put up in sheets or strips,~~deleted

Amendment 55 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – indent 8

~~– ex 2403 99 Expanded tobacco.~~deleted

Amendment 56 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

This exemption applies to the products referred to in the first subparagraph, meant to be processed in the Canary Islands in order to produce manufactured products ready for smoking, subject to an annual import limit of 20 000 tonnes of raw stripped tobacco equivalent.deleted

Amendment 57 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the measures necessary to implement paragraph 1 and more specifically the measures for introducing the exemption from import duties in respect of tobacco in the Canary Islands.deleted

Amendment 58 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Once the territory of Mayotte has acquired outermost region status, the Commission shall put forward a new proposal which seeks to increase proportionally the budget earmarked for the overseas departments, in order to take account of Mayotte's new status, and to incorporate specific provisions concerning Mayotte.

Amendment 59 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrick LE HYARIC, Marielle de SARNEZ, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 - paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall submit a report to Parliament and the Council assessing the impact that any new tariff concessions for imports of bananas into the European Union will have on producers' incomes. That report shall be accompanied, where necessary, by a legislative proposal on the adjustment of the sums laid down in paragraph 2 with the aim of offsetting the losses of income suffered by European producers.

source: PE-469.823

2011/12/07 AGRI 71 amendments...

Amendment 75 #

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 42, Article 43(2) and Article ~~43(2)~~349 thereof,

Amendment 76 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The content of the Programmes of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity ('POSEI programmes’) which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, must be established by the Member States concerned at the most appropriate geographical level and submitted by the Member States to the Commission for approval, must also be specified, following internal consultation through regional monitoring committees.

Amendment 77 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) In order to avoid undermining the efforts to achieve the objectives of the POSEI programmes, the Commission should carry out impact assessments each time an international trade agreement is negotiated which may pose a threat to the sectors supported under the POSEI programmes. Once these impact assessments or prior evaluations have been carried out, the Commission should forward the findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the elected departmental or regional authorities in the outermost regions before the international agreements in question are concluded.

Amendment 78 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) In keeping with the principle of subsidiarity and in order to ensure flexibility, two principles which form the basis of the programming approach adopted for the scheme promoting the Union's outermost regions, the authorities appointed by the Member State may, after consulting stakeholders within the regional monitoring committee, propose amendments to the programme to bring it into line with the reality of the situation in the outermost regions. Also in keeping with this approach, the procedure for amending the programmes must be adapted to reflect the level of relevance of each type of amendment.

Amendment 79 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions ~~and~~by mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EUtheir products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost ~~of transport~~arising from the transportation of the products in question to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas.

Amendment 80 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to achieve in an effective manner the lowering of prices in the outermost regions and mitigating the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, all the while maintaining the competitiveness of EU products, aid should be granted for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions. Such aid should take account of the additional cost of transport to these regions and the cost of exports to third countries and, in the case of agricultural inputs and products intended for processing, the additional costs of their extreme remoteness, specifically insularity and small surface areas, hilly terrain, difficult climate and scattered islands.

Amendment 81 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8a (new)

(8a) Whilst diversification is desirable, given the situation of the outermost regions, it is sometimes difficult to achieve.

Amendment 82 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) In order to avoid speculation which would be harmful to end users in the outermost regions, it is important to specify that the specific supply arrangements may only apply to products of sound, fair and marketable quality, where equivalent conditions have been established for end- users.

Amendment 83 #

Juozas IMBRASAS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) With regard to out-of-quota sugar to be supplied to the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the scheme of exemption from import duties will continue to apply. In particular, the Azores should be also authorised to benefit from the exemption from import duties for raw cane sugar, with~~in the limit of their forecast supply balance~~ a ceiling equal to 5% of the previous year’s imports.

Amendment 84 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Given that rice constitutes a staple of the diet of Réunion and that rice processing and polishing industries have been established there for many years, and since the island does not produce sufficient quantities of rice to meet local requirements, the import of this product to the island should continue to be exempt from any form of import tax.

Amendment 85 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) European Union policy to assist local production in the outermost regions has involved a multitude of products and measures for their production, marketing or processing. These measures have proved effective and ensured that agriculture continues and develops. The EU should continue to support these lines of production, which are a key element to ensure the environmental, social and economic equilibrium of the outermost regions. Experience has shown that, as in the case of rural development policy, a closer partnership with local authorities can help to address the particular issues affecting the regions concerned in a more targeted way. Support to promote local production therefore needs to continue by means of the POSEI programmes, structural funding and payments from the agricultural funds (the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development).

Amendment 86 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to support the marketing of products from the outermost regions, aid should be established to assist commercialisation of these products outside of the region in which they are produced, taking account of the high additional costs they face as a result of their distance from consumer markets and the need for double storage, which create crucial competitive disadvantages affecting their ability to compete in the internal market. These factors justify the need to increase the financial envelope for the POSEI programme.

Amendment 87 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Farmers in the outermost regions should be encouraged to supply high- quality products and to prioritise their marketing. Use of the logo introduced by the Union may be useful to this end, in combination with campaigns to promote the logo aimed at building consumer empathy and making it easier for consumers to recognise products from the outermost regions.

Amendment 88 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22a (new)

(22a) Wherever possible, the supply arrangements and measures to assist local production should be geared to high- quality agricultural production and innovative products with added value capable of satisfying demanding markets and market niches.

Amendment 89 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23a (new)

(23a) Account should also be taken of the additional costs affecting agricultural production in the outermost regions linked to the small size of farmland plots and their scattered nature, including greater use of agricultural diesel not only by traction machinery but also by other vehicles used to transport various items of farm machinery between farms.

Amendment 90 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) A derogation may be granted from the Commission’s consistent policy of not authorising State operating aid for the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty, in order to mitigate the specific constraints on farming in the outermost regions linked to their extreme remoteness, specifically their isolation, insularity, small surface areas, mountainous terrain and climate and their economic dependency on a small number of products. Agricultural production plays a vital role in revitalising rural areas and encouraging people to stay in them, and the outermost rural areas are particularly affected by population ageing, low population density and in some cases depopulation.

Amendment 91 #

Gabriel MATO ADROVER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) The plant health of agricultural crops in the outermost regions is subject to particular problems associated with the increase in imports, the climate and the inadequacy of the control measures hitherto applied there. Programmes should therefore be implemented to combat harmful organisms, including by ~~organic method~~sustainable and environmentally sound organic methods, alongside training programmes. The Union’s financial contribution towards such programmes should be defined.

Amendment 92 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) The restructuring of the milk sector is not yet complete in the Azores. In line with the high dependence of the Azores on milk production, combined with other handicaps connected with their extreme remoteness and the absence of profitable alternative lines of production, the derogation from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 concerning surplus levies on milk and milk products should be maintained. Likewise, in order to bring about a more rapid structural recovery that will better prepare the sector for the end of the milk-quota system, it is justified to increase the financial envelope for the POSEI programme by the amounts sufficient to cover the measures which may become necessary, in the light of the studies proposed in this Regulation on the foreseeable impact of the abolition of this scheme.

Amendment 93 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29a (new)

(29a) The decision to abolish milk quotas will have an extremely negative impact on the milk and milk product sector, to which the Commission proposal on contractual relations does not provide a response. This aspect, combined with the increase in production costs and price volatility, has caused a sharp drop in competitiveness, which means that the negative effects must be constantly assessed and specific compensatory measures introduced, through an increase in funding for the POSEI programmes, which will make it possible to guarantee the sustainability of the sector in the outermost regions in which it is established.

Amendment 94 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29a (new)

(29a) Given the irreplaceable nature of milk production in the Azores, where it is the main driving force for the economy, social stability, the quality of the environment and occupation of the land, the POSEI programme, whose aim is to adapt the common agricultural policy to the outermost regions, is the best instrument with which to lay down any measures which may be necessary to maintain current levels of production, arising from the production rights allocated.

Amendment 95 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Support for the production of cow’s milk in Madeira and Réunion has not been sufficient to maintain the balance between domestic and external supply, chiefly because of the serious structural difficulties affecting the sector and its p~~oor capacity to~~roblems in adapting to new economic environments. Consequently, authorisation to produce UHT milk reconstituted from milk powder of EU origin should continue, in order to cover local consumption more fully~~. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling~~, provided that this does not pose an obstacle to the collection and marketing of all locally produced milk, or hamper efforts to promote the expansion of local production, the medium-term aim being to secure, for Réunion, self-sufficiency in milk production. In order to inform the consumer correctly, it should be made compulsory to indicate the method by which UHT milk is reconstituted using milk powder on the sales labelling. This provision should also be applicable in Martinique, French Guiana and Guadeloupe, should France make such a request citing the wish of local stakeholders to be covered by it and their ability to develop the milk sector.

Amendment 96 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30a (new)

(30a) With a view to meeting local consumption needs for milk in Madeira and the Canary Islands, and bearing in mind the surplus that exists in the Azores, the trade dynamic among outermost regions should be fostered through specific measures that will help to activate these trade relations, in particular as regards transport. The conditions necessary for fair and equitable trade should also be guaranteed, in particular as regards the tax burden on trade.

Amendment 97 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32a (new)

(32a) Traditional livestock farming activities should be supported. In order to meet the local consumption needs of Madeira and the Canary Islands, imports of young male bovine animals, notably from the Azores, should be promoted with a view to strengthening the trade dynamic among the outermost regions. The conditions necessary for fair and equitable trade should also be guaranteed, in particular as regards the tax burden on trade.

Amendment 98 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Tobacco growing is of historical importance in the Canary Islands and the Azores. Economically speaking, tobacco preparation continues to be one of the chief industrial activities in the region. In social terms, tobacco cultivation is very labour- intensive and carried out by small farms, which, in the case of the Azores, makes crop rotation possible, thereby preventing monoculture and the excessive use of fertilisers. Since the crop is not sufficiently profitable, however, it is in danger of dying out. Tobacco is currently cultivated on only a small area on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, for the small-scale manufacture of cigars~~. Spain~~, and on the island of São Miguel in the Azores, for the production of cigars and cigarillos. Spain and Portugal should therefore be authorised to continue to grant aid, in addition to EU aid, so that this traditional crop can be maintained with a view to supporting the artisanal activity associated with it. In addition, to maintain the manufacture of tobacco products, imports into the Canary Islands and the Azores of raw and semi-manufactured tobacco should continue to be exempt from customs duty, up to an annual limit of 20 000 tonnes of stripped raw tobacco equivalent.

Amendment 99 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35a (new)

(35a) So that the objectives of this Regulation can be fulfilled, it should be possible for this instrument to avert any negative repercussions of the post-2013 reform of the common agricultural policy and the new CAP should be applied to the outermost regions selectively and progressively, taking account of their specific characteristics.

Amendment 100 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35b (new)

(35b) So that the objectives of this Regulation can be fulfilled, it should be possible for this instrument to avert the negative repercussions of bilateral and multilateral agreements at all times, for which purpose an impact assessment should be carried out before the agreements are signed, followed by the corresponding compensatory measures.

Amendment 101 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) Since 2006, requirements in essential products have increased in some outermost regions, particularly in the Azores and in the French overseas departments, as a result of the increasing livestock population and demographic pressure. The ~~proportion of the budget which Member States may use for the specific supply arrangements for the regions concerned should therefore be increased~~re should therefore be an effective increase in the financial envelope for the specific supply arrangements, in order to avoid compromising current support which is indispensable for local production, the main objective of the POSEI programme.

Amendment 102 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

b) ~~preservation and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local produc~~securing the long-term future and development of the livestock and crop diversification sectors in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local products, while significantly improving the local population’s degree of self-sufficiency by increasing domestic production and reducing imports.

Amendment 103 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b

b) preservation and development of agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and the sale of local products, in particular the higher transport costs.

Amendment 104 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point ba (new)

ba) maintaining the development and strengthening the competitiveness of traditional agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and marketing of local crops and products, whilst ensuring that the revenue generated from the products and by-products of traditional agricultural sectors is shared fairly between producers, processors and distributors.

Amendment 105 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The objectives set out in paragraph 1 must be achieved by taking a holistic approach to sustainable development which seeks both to safeguard the environment and to guarantee producers and farmers a decent income. This must also involve measures to provide farmers and processors with ongoing training in order to foster the development of high- quality, productive and sustainable agricultural sectors.

Amendment 106 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. The POSEI programmes shall be established atby the ~~geographical level which the Member State concerned deems most appropriate. It shall be prepared by the competent~~authority or authorities designated by the ~~said~~ Member State~~, which shall submit it to the Commission for approval in accordance with Article 6 after the competent authorities and organisations at the appropriate regional level have been consulted~~ concerned, at the geographical level deemed most appropriate.

Amendment 107 #

Elie HOARAU, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrice TIROLIEN, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2a (new)

2a. At the geographical level deemed most appropriate, the competent departmental or regional authorities, the relevant organisations and the representative and/or professional organisations involved must be consulted on the draft POSEI programmes before they are submitted to the Commission for approval.

Amendment 108 #

Elie HOARAU, Stéphane LE FOLL, Patrice TIROLIEN, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. ~~A single POSEI programme may be submitted for each Member State in respect of its outermost region~~The Member States shall submit to the Commission and to all the relevant organisations a clear organisational chart relating to the process of drawing up POSEI programmes.

Amendment 109 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE, Maurice PONGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Measures taken under POSEI programmes must comply with European Union law and be consistent with other EU policies and with the measures taken under such policies, without prejudice to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which grants the outermost regions special status with a view to fostering their development and their integration on a fair basis into the Union through the implementation of specific programmes and instruments tailored to their situation.

Amendment 110 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall submit a draft POSEI programme to the Commission in the light of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3). The draft programme shall be deemed admissible by the Commission only if it has been notified to the leaders of the elected departmental or regional authorities.

Amendment 111 #

Elie HOARAU, Patrice TIROLIEN, Stéphane LE FOLL, Marielle de SARNEZ, Patrick LE HYARIC, Catherine GRÈZE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting the elected departmental or regional authorities, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing act the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.

Amendment 112 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Depending on the annual evaluation of the implementation of measures included in the POSEI programmes, the Member States may, after consulting the socioeconomic operators concerned, submit to the Commission proposals for amendments thereto within the context of the financial allocation referred to in Article 29(2) and (3), to bring them more into line with the requirements of the outermost regions and the strategy proposed. The Commission shall adopt by means of an implementing acts the uniform measures for the submission of proposals for amendments to the programme.

Amendment 113 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Specific supply arrangements are hereby established for the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty, which are essential in the outermost regions for human consumption, for the manufacture of other products or as agricultural inputs, always taking account of the principle of administrative simplification for the administrations and above all for the final beneficiaries, without ever jeopardising effectiveness and the corresponding financial resources allocated to the POSEI programme.

Amendment 114 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3a (new)

3a. Paragraph 3 shall not apply in the case of products processed in French overseas departments from products which have benefited from specific supply arrangements, where these products are dispatched from one French overseas department to another.

Amendment 115 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1a (new)

1a. The Member States shall endeavour to ensure that the economic advantage of the benefits granted under the specific supply arrangements is in fact passed on to the end user, including the application of a more favourable fiscal policy for imported products or for processed products incorporating products imported under these arrangements.

Amendment 116 #

George LYON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

a) exported to third countries or dispatched to the rest of the Union within ~~the~~agreed limits of ~~traditional exports and traditional~~exports and dispatches. These amounts are established by the Commission by means of an implementing act on the basis of the dispatches or the export average figures ~~during 1989, 1990~~of the three most favourable years between 2001 and ~~199~~2011;

Amendment 117 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point ea (new)

ea) and which have incurred real costs on import that are higher than the benefits enjoyed under the specific supply arrangements, in order to ensure that the outermost regions are better integrated into the internal market. The Commission shall be responsible for granting this authorisation in accordance with the evidence provided.

Amendment 118 #

George LYON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. For the purposes of this chapter, ‘regional trade’ shall be understood as trade, for each French overseas department, ~~with~~ the Azores and Madeira and the Canary Islands, with third countries ~~established by the Commission by means of an implementing act~~belonging to the same geographical area as those outermost regions, and with countries with which there are historical trade links. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning the list of those countries, taking into account objective requests made by the Member States following consultation with the sectors concerned. This list may be revised once for each Member State concerned, at its request. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2).

Amendment 119 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14a (new)

Article 14a Milk and milk products The production of milk products in the Azores necessitates the importing of various materials that are not available locally, such as wrapping, plastics and UHT packaging, adding to production costs and final consumer prices, which means that this type of material should be taken into account in the support provided under the special supply arrangements.

Amendment 120 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. The POSEI programmes consist of specific measures designed to promote local agricultural production under the scope of Part 3, Title III of the Treaty, necessary in order to ensure the continuity and development of local agricultural production in each outermost region, always taking account of the principle of administrative simplification for the administrations and above all for the final beneficiaries, without ever jeopardising effectiveness and the corresponding financial resources allocated to the POSEI programme.

Amendment 121 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f

f) the aid amount established for each measure ~~or action~~ in order to achieve one or more objectives for the programme.

Amendment 122 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c

c) ~~individual~~the unit amount of aid;

Amendment 123 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1

1. France and Portugal shall submit programmes to the Commission for the control of organisms harmful to plants or plant products in the French overseas departments and the Azores and Madeira respectively. The programmes shall specify in particular the objectives to be achieved, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost. ~~The programmes submitted pursuant to this Article shall not concern the protection of bananas.~~

Amendment 124 #

Gabriel MATO ADROVER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. The measures referred to in Articles 85g, 85h, 85i, 85j, 85k, 85m, 103v, 103w and 103y of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall not apply to the Canary Islands.

Amendment 125 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3a (new)

3a. In some outermost regions there is also a need to encourage the conservation of the landscape and traditional features of farmland, particularly the conservation of the network of stone walls, especially those supporting terraces: maintaining the traditional landscape and ensuring that land is properly preserved is essential due to the difficult terrain and the nature of the soil. Therefore, in Article 21(1), the flexibility that Madeira currently enjoys as regards the doubling of the maximum annual amounts eligible for European Union aid (as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1628/2005) should be extended to other outermost regions.

Amendment 126 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Until the local numbers of young male bovines reach a level sufficient to ensure the maintenance and development of local beef production in the French overseas departments and Madeira, and taking account of the fact that the Azores produce a surplus and may therefore help to make up the shortfall in the remaining outermost regions, the possibility shall be introduced of importing bovine animals from third countries for fattening and consumption in the French overseas departments and Madeira, without applying import duties under the Common Customs Tariff. The Commission shall adopt, by means of an implementing acts, the measures necessary to implement this subparagraph and more specifically the means for introducing the exemption from import duties in respect of the young male bovines introduced into the French overseas departments and Madeira.

Amendment 127 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1

1. The measures provided for in this Regulation, with the exception of Article 21, shall constitute intervention intended to stabilise the agricultural markets and guarantee direct payments within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.

Amendment 128 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1a (new)

1a. There shall be a minimum effective increase in the annual amount allocated to finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV corresponding to the 20% increase in the specific supply arrangements deemed necessary for Portugal and France.

Amendment 129 #

George LYON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. In respect of each financial year, the Union shall finance the measures provided for in Chapters III and IV, up to an maximum annual sum equivalent to:

Amendment 130 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4a (new)

4a. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the impact that the dismantling of milk quotas will have on producers' incomes. This report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal concerning due compensation for the losses of income suffered by European producers at any given time.

Amendment 131 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4b (new)

4b. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the impact on the income of beef and veal producers affected by the possible EU-Mercosur agreement. This report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal concerning due compensation for the losses of income suffered by European producers at any given time.

Amendment 132 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – subparagraph 1a (new)

A common set of monitoring indicators shall be created (employment, revitalisation of the economy, improvement in living standards) with a view to the drawing-up of half-yearly interim reports and a cumulative and comprehensive annual report, in order to safeguard the implementation, outcome and impact of the POSEI programme in the outermost regions and thereby guarantee that the programme produces effective results.

Amendment 133 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – subparagraph 1b (new)

The Member States may not make aid for supply subject to any type of tax or fiscal levy, whether direct or indirect, and aid should be passed on in its entirety to the end user in accordance with the principle laid down in Article 12.

Amendment 134 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30a (new)

Article 30a Regional monitoring committees Regional monitoring committees shall meet twice a year to assess the effectiveness and level of implementation of each measure, through official, timetabled consultation of stakeholders, up to the six-month period preceding the annual request for changes to the programme.

Amendment 135 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

Amendment 136 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3a (new)

3a. The Commission shall carry out studies or assessments of the impact on local production of bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations with third countries or trade markets and of significant changes agreed with regard to the common agricultural policy. The Commission shall apply the criteria laid down by the United Nations when drawing up its reports. Where necessary, these studies or assessments shall be accompanied by proposals for a revision of the financial statement and of support measures for local production in the light of changes arising from the trade negotiations or significant changes to the common agricultural policy that have a major impact on the main production sectors in the outermost regions.

Amendment 137 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3b (new)

3b. Given its significant impact on local production sectors in the outermost regions, the studies or assessments referred to in Article 31(3a) shall include the EU-Mercosur bilateral agreement.

Amendment 138 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3c (new)

3c. Given its significant impact on local production sectors in the outermost regions, the studies or assessments referred to in Article 31(3a) shall include the effects of the abolition of the milk- quota system.

Amendment 139 #

Gabriel MATO ADROVER, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Maurice PONGA, Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES, Luís Paulo ALVES, Patrice TIROLIEN, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Elie HOARAU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3d (new)

3d. The Commission shall include a specific chapter in the analyses, studies and assessments it carries out in the context of trade agreements and the common agricultural policy for any topic in which the outermost regions have a particular interest.

Amendment 140 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31a (new)

Article 31a Extensions to the list of outermost regions Any extension to the list of outermost regions of the EU shall be coupled with increased funding for the POSEI programmes.

Amendment 141 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

41. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in this Regulation shall be conferred on the Commission for a~~n indeterminate period of time~~ five-year period. The Commission shall make a report in respect of the delegated powers not later than six months before the end of the five-year period.

Amendment 142 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

63. The European Parliament and the Council may object to the delegated act within a period of twohree months from the date of notification. At the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council this period shall be extended by one month.

Amendment 143 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

If, on expiry of that period, neither the European Parliament nor the Council has objected to the delegated act, or if, before that date, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they have decided not to raise objections, the delegated act shall ~~enter into force at the date stated in its provisions~~be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force at the date stated in its provisions or, if no date is indicated, 20 days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Amendment 144 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3а (new)

In order to avert any deficiencies in EU legislation, once the reasoned objections to the delegated act are known, the Commission shall draw up a new delegated act, adopted on the same basis as the rejected act and relating to the same non-essential elements of the regulation, but reworked in response to those reasoned objections.

Amendment 145 #