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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme (‘EU school scheme’), sectoral interventions, the creation of a protein sector, requirements for hemp, the possibility for marketing standards for cheese, protein crops and meat, application of additional import duties, rules on the availability of supplies in time of emergencies and severe crisis and securities
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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme (‘EU school scheme’), sectoral interventions, the creation of a protein sector, requirements for hemp, the possibility for marketing standards for cheese, protein crops and meat, application of additional import duties, rules on the availability of supplies in time of emergencies and severe crisis and securities
Document AGRI-AM-791110 · COM(2025)0553 – C100163/2025 – 2025/0237(COD)
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| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| Article 31a | |
| Types of intervention in the wine sector | |
| When preparing their National and Regional Partnership Plans, the Member States referred to in Article 30(4) shall select one or more of the following types of intervention with a view to achieving the objectives laid down in Article 30a (new): | |
| (a) restructuring and conversion of vineyards, which is a process consisting of one or more of the following measures: | |
| (i) varietal conversions, including grafting, particularly with a view to improving quality or environmental sustainability, adapting to climate change, enhancing the climate resilience of vines or strengthening genetic diversity; | |
| (ii) relocation of vineyards; | |
| (iii) replanting of vineyards where this is deemed necessary following mandatory grubbing for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the competent authority of the Member State; | |
| (iv) improvements to vineyard management techniques, in particular the introduction of advanced systems of sustainable production including reducing the use of pesticides, but excluding the normal renewal of vineyards consisting of replanting the same variety according to the same system of vine cultivation when vines reach the end of their natural life; | |
| (b) investments in tangible and intangible assets connected to viticulture systems, excluding operations relevant to the type of intervention provided for in point (a), at processing facilities and in wine-making infrastructure, as well as in marketing structures and tools, including marketing through wine tourism; | |
| (c) green harvesting, consisting in the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still unripe, thereby reducing the yield of the area in question to zero, and excluding non-harvesting that consists of leaving marketable grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle; | |
| (d) harvest insurance against loss of income resulting from adverse climate events comparable to natural disasters, adverse climate events, and damage caused by animals, plant diseases or pest infestations; | |
| (e) tangible and intangible investments in innovation consisting of the development of innovative products, including wine-making products and by-products, innovative processes and technologies for the production of wine products and the digitalisation of those processes and technologies, as well as other investments that add value at any stage of the supply chain, particularly for knowledge exchange and helping to adapt to climate change; | |
| (f) advisory services, in particular concerning the conditions of employment, employer obligations and occupational health and safety, direct sales, environmental sustainability and diversification from wine production; | |
| (g) distillation of wine-making by-products carried out under the restrictions laid down in Part II, Section D of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; (h) actions to raise awareness of the Union’s wines carried out in the Member States to encourage responsible wine consumption or to promote the Union’s quality schemes, encompassing designations of origin and geographical indications; | |
| (h) actions aimed at enhancing the reputation of Union vineyards by promoting wine tourism in production regions undertaken by organisations operating in the wine sector referred to in Articles 152, 156 and 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, by producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council, or any other professional organisations, wine producer organisations or associations of wine producer organisations established by Member States in their plans; | |
| (i) actions undertaken by interbranch organisations recognised by Member States in the wine sector in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 aiming at improving market knowledge; | |
| (j) promotion and communication actions carried out in third countries, consisting of one or more of the following actions and activities aimed at improving the competitiveness of the wine sector, and the opening, diversification or consolidation of the markets: | |
| (i) public-relations, advertising or publicity actions, particularly highlighting the high standards of the Union’s products, especially in terms of quality, food safety or the environment; | |
| (ii) participation at events, fairs or exhibitions of international importance; | |
| (iii) information campaigns, in particular on the Union quality schemes concerning designations of origin, geographical indications and organic production; | |
| (iv) studies of new or existing markets which are necessary for the expansion and consolidation of market outlets; | |
| (v) studies to evaluate the results of the information and promotion measures; | |
| (vi) preparation of technical files, including laboratory tests and assessments, concerning oenological practices, phytosanitary and hygiene rules, as well as other third-country requirements for import of products of the wine sector, to prevent restriction of, or to enable, access to third-country markets; | |
| (k) temporary and degressive assistance to cover administrative costs of setting up mutual funds; | |
| (l) investments in tangible and intangible assets aiming to enhance the sustainability of wine production by: | |
| (i) improving the use and management of water; | |
| (ii) converting to organic production; | |
| (iii) introducing integrated production techniques; | |
| (iv) purchasing equipment for precision or digitalised production methods; | |
| (v) contributing to soil conservation and enhancement of soil carbon sequestration; | |
| (vi) creating or conserving biodiversity-friendly habitats or preserving the landscape, including the conservation of historical features; or (vii) reducing waste production and improving waste management; | |
| (m) monitoring, diagnostic, training, communication and research to prevent the spread of relevant pests referred to in Part B of Annex II and Part C of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 undertaken by producer organisations recognised under Articles 152 and 154 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, interbranch organisations recognised by Member States under Articles 157 and 158 of that Regulation, or producer groups managing protected designation of origin and protected geographical indicators in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143; |
Esther Herranz García, Herbert Dorfmann, Charles Goerens, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Gabriel Mato, Dolors Montserrat, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Elena Nevado del Campo, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). | 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors, others than wine sector, referred to in Article 30(1). |
| Support under Article 31, in the sector referred to in Article 1(2) point (l), shall be granted to farmers, professional organisations, wine producer organisations, associations of wine producer organisations, temporary or permanent associations of two or more producers, inter-branch organisations, producer groups managing protected designation of origin and protected geographical indicators in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. or, where a Member State decides so, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Members states shall ensure that small producers have access to funding for intervention measures referred to in point (d) of Article 31 by establishing simplified procedures or setting objective and non discriminatory priority criteria on new beneficiaries, new markets, and new products. Private companies may be beneficiaries of the measure referred to in point (g) of Article 31. Member States shall not make a body governed by public law the sole beneficiary of the support. |
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| 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). | 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1), with the exception of the wine sector (j). |
| For the wine sector, beneficiaries shall include farmers, professional organisations, wine producer organisations, associations of wine producer organisations, temporary or permanent associations of two or more producers, inter-branch organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications in accordance with Article 32 and Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or, where a Member State so decides, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC. |
Member States should ensure that a broad range of beneficiaries in the wine sector have access to participate in the operational programme. In particular, in the wine sector there should be a sectoral programme, designed and managed by the Member State, rather than an operational programme managed by POs.
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| 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). | 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans, taking into account the structure and needs of the sector concerned, which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). |
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| 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). | 1. Member States shall establish in their CAP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) and (2). |
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| 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). | 1. Member States shall establish in their NRPCAP Plans which operators may benefit from interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). |
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| 1a. The eligibility of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and producer groups shall not be made conditional on ownership of the members’ products being transferred to the organisation. The diversity of organisational and marketing models, including cooperative structures, shall be preserved. |
Sectoral interventions must be open to all proven organisational forms. Linking eligibility to a transfer of ownership – for example the ownership of raw milk – would exclude from support functioning cooperative structures, particularly in mountainous and grassland regions, and should therefore be explicitly ruled out.
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish the categories of beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2), taking into account the structure, needs and market conditions of the sector concerned. Recognised producer organisations and associations of producer organisations shall be the primary beneficiaries of those interventions, without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to designate additional categories of beneficiaries in accordance with this Article. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In the fruit and vegetables sector, the sole beneficiaries of the operational programmes shall be: |
| (a) recognised producer organisations; | |
| (b) recognised associations of producer organisations; | |
| (c) their subsidiaries, where they comply with the requirement of a minimum of 90 % participation, as established in Article 31(2). | |
| Producer groups that are not recognised shall not be beneficiaries of operational programmes in this sector. |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and its subsidiaries complying with the 90 % requirement referred to in Article 31(1a) of the Regulation [amended CMO regulation] are the sole beneficiaries of the sectoral interventions for the sectors referred to in Article 1(2), point (g), and (i). |
It needs to be clarified that investments financed through operational programmes may continue to be implemented not only at the premises of the Producer Organisation or Association of Producer Organisations, but also on the holdings or premises of their producer members. This reflects the practical organisation and nature of the fruit and vegetables sector, where many investments are most effective when located close to production sites or local marketing and processing facilities rather than at the PO's headquarters.
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their CAP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
This amendment seeks to establish separate CAP plans from the Single Fund framework. It also modifies the reference to unrecognised producer groups and lays down a clear timeframe for their recognition (see subsequent amendment).
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions in sectors referred to in Article 1(2), points (f), (g) and (i) . |
Member States may restrict the beneficiaries within certain sectors (hops, olive oil, fruit and veg) to focus solely on POs and APOs. However this is not appropriate for the leguminous sectors, given that it is a newly set up sector with likely fewer producer organisations. Hence this amendment deletes the reference to point (d) leguminous crops. In the absence of existing POs, the Member State should instead set up a sectoral programme.
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their National and Regional Partnership (NRP) Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation, any subsidiaries thereof that fulfil the requirement of having at least 90 % of their shares held by the producer organisation, association of producer organisations or their producer members, and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the sectoral interventions for the sectors referred to in Article 1(2), points (g) and (i). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRCAP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the sectorial interventions referred to in Article 1(2) point (i). |
Solely producer organisations or association of producer organisations could be beneficiaries for the sector of fruit and vegetables
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRPCAP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| By way of derogation, Member States may provide in their National Development Programme (NDP) Plans that individual wine makers, wine enterprises and other operators that are active in the wine sector shall also be eligible beneficiaries for interventions planned for the wine sector. |
The wine sector has historically been based on direct-support schemes that are available to individual wine makers and vineyards. Reserving such support exclusively for producer organisations would run the risk of excluding a large number of independent vineyards, particularly in Member States where collective marketing is not the dominant model.
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). In the sectors listed in Article 1, paragraph 2 point (d), (f), (h) the beneficiaries of the intervention may also be individual farmers. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). In the sectors listed in Article 1, paragraph 2 point (d), (f), (h) the beneficiaries of the intervention may also be individual farmers. |
Sectoral interventions in niche sectors (protein, , hops, hemp and flax) should be available for implementation by other actors (e.g. individual farmers or processors) and not only by producer organisations and their associations. Restricting sectoral interventions to organised entities limits the possibilities of implementing sectoral interventions, as there are no strong traditions of organizing. We believe that the philosophy of implementing sectoral interventions could be modified, especially in relation to certain agricultural markets, e.g. niche or recovering markets such as: high protein, fibrous, hops, etc. Interventions in certain markets should not consist solely of the implementation of operational programmes by producer organisations, but could be support dedicated to a given sector in order to address specific problems in a given market or the development of a given sector.
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are among the beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are the sole beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). | 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall establish that producer organisations and association of producer organisations recognised under this Regulation and producer groups as referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are among beneficiaries of the interventions referred to in Article 30(2). |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | deleted |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their operational programme. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1), provided that they are recognised as such within 24 months of the commencement of their operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. |
This amendment seeks to establish separate CAP plans from the Single Fund framework. It also modifies the reference to unrecognised producer groups and lays down a clear timeframe for their recognition.
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme, which shall not exceed four years. Those producer groups shall, in addition to an operational programme, draw up and submit simultaneously to the competent authorities recognition plan of four years with a view to fulfilling the requirements for recognition as producers organisations laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161. Support granted to a producer group that has not been recognised as a producer organisation by the end of the operational programme and the recognition plan shall be recovered. |
| (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and, where required by the Member State, a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan where required by the Member State. |
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1), other than the wine sector. Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. |
Esther Herranz García, Herbert Dorfmann, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Gabriel Mato, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Dolors Montserrat, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Elena Nevado del Campo, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector. Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 3. Member States may decide that producer groups and entities representing other form of cooperation between producers that are constituted at the initiative of producers and controlled by them, may be beneficiaries of the interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1). Such forms of cooperation shall be identified by the competent authority of a Member State as producer groups for the duration of their first operational programme. An operational programme and a recognition plan with a view to be recognised as producer organisations in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161 prepared by those producer groups shall be submitted to the competent authorities simultaneously. The producer groups shall implement that recognition plan. | 3. Outside of the fruit and vegetables and wine sectors, Member States may authorise a group constituted and controlled by producers to be a beneficiary of sectoral interventions for a transition period of up to one year, with the objective of that group becoming recognised as a producer organisation. |
| The group will need to submit, together with their request for support, an operational programme and a recognition plan. If recognition is not achieved before that period comes to an end, the group will have to refund the support received, except when that failure to achieve recognition is due to a case of force majeure or to duly justified exceptional circumstances. | |
| This paragraph shall not apply to the wine sector, with the beneficiaries and criteria for access to interventions for that sector being governed by specific provisions established for that sector. |
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| in Article 32, the following paragraph is inserted: | |
| 3a. By way of derogation from the paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans which operators are eligible to benefit from sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). Member States may include among the eligible operators other types of operators than producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, such as wine makers, private undertakings, multi-industry organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications under Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, or any other trade body. |
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| 3a. To make the fruit and vegetables sector more competitive and sustainable and provide an established network of producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, Member States may apply incentives or systems of rewards for the following: (a) mergers designed to establish a new single legal entity; (b) consolidation processes involving the withdrawal of recognition from an existing producer organisation subject to its members having been transferred to a separate, duly recognised producer organisation. In the case of newly established producer organisations and associations of producer organisations which are required to operate on a national or Union-wide scale, the Member State may lay down priority arrangements and/or simplified procedures for the approval of their operational programmes. |
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| 3a. By way of derogation from the paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans which operators are eligible to benefit from sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). Member States may include among the eligible operators other types of operators than producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, such as wine makers, private undertakings, multi-industry organisations and producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications under Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, or any other trade body. |
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| 3a. By way of derogation from the paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans which operators are eligible to benefit from sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). Member States may include among the eligible operators other types of operators than producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, such as wine makers, private undertakings, multi-industry organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications under Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, or any other trade body. |
There is a great diversity of organisational models in the wine sector. Wine makers and businesses that produce, process and market their wines directly account for a significant part of production, in addition to producer organisations. The Regulation needs to specify the different categories of eligible beneficiaries explicitly, in order to ensure that these operators continue to benefit from sectoral interventions.
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| 3a. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. Where Member States avail themselves of the derogation provided for in Article 32(2), interventions for the wine sector may also be implemented by means of national support schemes set out in the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) Plan. |
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| 3a. By way of derogation from the paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans which operators are eligible to benefit from sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). Member States may include among the eligible operators other types of operators than producer organisations and association of producer organisations, such as interbranch organisations and producer groups managing protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. |
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| 3a. Paragraph 4 of Article 32 is modified as follows: | |
| 4. Member States shall limit the support for setting-up of producer groups, producer organisations or interbranch organisations to 10 % of the turnover of the group or organisation with a maximum of EUR 500 000 over 5 years; that support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition or the start of joint activities intended to lead to recognition as determined by Member States in the Agriculture chapter of their NRP Plans. [Art. 74, para. 3, NRP Regulation] |
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| 3(a)For the protein crop sectoral interventions referred to in Article 30(2), Member States may also recognise, upon request, producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and interbranch organisations as eligible beneficiaries under this Article. |
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| 3a. Member States shall ensure equitable access to support for producer groups, forms of cooperation and newly established organisations. |
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| 3b. By way of derogation from the paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans which operators are eligible to benefit from sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). Member States may include among the eligible operators other types of operators than producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, such as wine makers, private undertakings, multi-industry organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications under Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, or any other trade body. |
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| Article 32b | |
| Wine sectoral interventions | |
| 1. Member States shall manage the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). | |
| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 30a and include in their NRP Plans one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 31. | |
| 3. Union financial assistance for the interventions selected pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be provided in accordance with Article 33b. | |
| 4. Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans the categories of beneficiaries eligible for support under Article 31. Such support shall be granted to farmers, professional organisations, wine producer organisations, associations of wine producer organisations, temporary or permanent associations of two or more producers, inter-branch organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications in accordance with Article 32 and Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or, where a Member State so decides, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC. Member States shall ensure that small producers have access to the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). Private companies may also be beneficiaries of the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). Member States shall not designate a body governed by public law as the sole beneficiary of support. |
Esther Herranz García, Herbert Dorfmann, Charles Goerens, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Gabriel Mato, Dolors Montserrat, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Elena Nevado del Campo, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano
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| 3a. Article 32a (new) | |
| Wine Sectoral Interventions | |
| 1. Member States referred to in Article 30(2a) shall manage the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). | |
| 2. In their NRP Plans, Member States shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 30a and include in their NRP Plans one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 31. | |
| 3. Union financial assistance for the interventions selected pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be provided in accordance with Article 33b. | |
| 4. Member States shall specify in their NRP Plans the categories of beneficiaries eligible for support under Article 31. Such support shall be granted to farmers, professional organisations, wine producer organisations, associations of wine producer organisations, temporary or permanent associations of two or more producers, inter-branch organisations, producer groups managing protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications in accordance with Article 32 and Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or, where a Member State so decides, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC. Member States shall ensure that small producers have access to the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). Private companies may also be beneficiaries of the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). Member States shall not designate a body governed by public law as the sole beneficiary of support. |
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| 3a. Article 32a | |
| Operational funds | |
| 1. Producer organisations in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products sector and/or their associations may set up an operational fund. | |
| The fund shall be financed by: | |
| (a) financial contributions from: | |
| (i) members of the producer organisation and/or the producer organisation itself; or | |
| (ii) associations of producer organisations through the members of those associations; | |
| (b) Union financial assistance, which may be granted to producer organisations, or to their associations where those associations present, manage and implement an operational programme or a partial operational programme, in accordance with the terms and conditions to be adopted by the Commission by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 37a and implementing acts pursuant to Article 38a. | |
| 2. Operational funds shall be used only to finance operational programmes that have been submitted to and approved by Member States. |
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| 3b. Article 32b | |
| Sectoral innovation in the wine sector | |
| 1. The Member States referred to in Article 30(2a) shall manage the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l). | |
| 2. In their National Development Programme (NDP) Plans, Member States shall pursue one or more of the objectives set out in Article 30a and shall include one or more of the intervention types referred to in Article 31. | |
| 3. The Union’s financial assistance for interventions selected in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be awarded in accordance with Article 33b. | |
| 4. Member States shall specify the categories of beneficiary that are eligible for support under Article 31 in their National Recovery Programme (NRP) Plans. Such support shall be awarded to farmers, trade bodies, wine-producer organisations, associations of wine-producer organisations, temporary or permanent associations comprising at least two producers, multi-industry organisations, as well as producer groups managing protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications under Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 or, should a Member State so determine, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC. | |
| Member States shall ensure that small producers have access to the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). | |
| Private undertakings may also be beneficiaries of the intervention referred to in Article 31, point (d). | |
| Member States shall not make a body governed by public law the sole beneficiary of the support. |
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes proposed by their beneficaries and approved by the Member State, with the exception of the (n) tobacco and (u) ethyl alcohol sector. |
| Interventions implemented through operational programmes may take place on the holdings and/or premises of the producer organisations or the associations of producer organisations, or their producer members. | |
| By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member State shall set out a sectoral programme in their NRP Plans and manage the sectoral interventions in the sectors referred to in Article 1(2) point (l) as per Article 33a (new) (Wine) and, in the absence of existing producer organisations in the leguminous crop sector, point (d) as per Article 33c (new) (Leguminous). |
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where appropriate, producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) and Article 32(2a), carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 1(2), points a) to k), m) to t), w), along with the products listed in Annex Ia, shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. |
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1), with the exception of the wine sector, shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where appropriate, producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. |
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) may be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. |
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| 1. Interventions of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or producer groups as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. | 1. Interventions of producer organisations or associations of producer organisations as referred to in Article 32(2) carried out in the sectors referred to in Article 30(1) shall be implemented through operational programmes approved by the Member State. |
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| 1(b)Transnational producer organisations and associations of producer organisations shall be exempt from the national contribution. |
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| Member States may decide whether or not the interventions for beneficiaries in the wine and apiculture sectors and the sectors pursuant to Article 30(2) are to be carried out by means of operational programmes. Should they decide not to use operational programmes, Member States shall ensure that support is granted under the same sector-specific intervention framework that applies to other beneficiaries in the sector. |
Requiring all producer organisations to follow operational programmes would create two separate regimes for wine and apiculture, generating yet more needless administrative burdens.
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| 1(a)Operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programmes of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programmes of associations of producer organisations together with operational programmes of member organisations. | |
| To that end, the Member States shall ensure that: | |
| (a) interventions under operational programs of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed, without prejudice to Article 33(1), through contributions of those member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; | |
| (b) the interventions and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; | |
| (c) there is no double funding. |
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| 1a. Member States shall ensure that operational programmes in the protein crops sector prioritise young farmers and new entrants, inter alia through tailored eligibility or support conditions for the producer groups referred to in Article 32(3), which consist primarily of young farmers or new entrants. |
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| 1b. Member States shall ensure that operational programmes in the protein crop sector give priority consideration to young farmers and new entrants, including through adapted eligibility or support conditions for producer groups referred to in Article 32(3) composed predominantly of young farmers or new entrants. |
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| 1c. Member States shall, in the leguminous crop sector, facilitate the recognition of producer organisations under Article 154 and may provide, under the operational programmes referred to in Article 33a paragraph 1, targeted support for their establishment and development, with particular regard to leguminous and protein crops intended for direct human consumption. |
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| 2. Operational programmes shall have a minimum duration of three years and a maximum duration of seven years. | 2. (Does not affect the English version.) |
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| 3. Operational programmes shall be financed through operational funds consisting of: | 3. Operational programmes shall be financed through operational funds consisting of a combination of the following sources: |
This amendment seeks to retain the current financing mechanisms for the operational funds in the light of the specific characteristics of different sectors, and thereby ensure that existing systems remain viable.
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| 3. Operational programmes shall be financed through operational funds consisting of: | 3. Operational programmes shall be financed through operational funds consisting of a combinations of the following items: |
The amendment aims at maintaining the current arrangements for financing operating funds, taking into account the specific characteristics of the various sectors and ensuring the continuity of the current systems.
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (a) financial contributions from: | (a) financial contributions from the organisation, association or group and its members; |
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| (iii) members of the producer group or the producer group itself or both; | deleted |
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| (iii) members of the producer group or the producer group itself or both; | (iii) members of the producer group or the producer group itself or both, where applicable; |
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance. In the case of the fruit and vegetables sector, operational programmes shall be funded directly through a Union budget line which is not further divided into national allocations. The purpose of this is to ensure that producer organisations and associations of producer organisations are granted the assistance they require on an annual basis subject to the conditions of paragraph 6. |
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance; which, in the case of the fruit and vegetable sector should be directly financed, within the dedicated budget referred to in Article 10.2(2)ii of the NRPF Regulation, from a dedicated EU budget not subdivided into national allocations. |
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance which, in the case of the fruit and vegetable sector, should be directly financed within the dedicated budget referred to in Article 10(2)(2)(ii) of the NRPF Regulation and based on a dedicated EU budget that is not subdivided into national envelopes; |
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance which should be directly financed directly from the NRPP budget at EU level and not sourced from national allocations of the NRP; |
Sectoral interventions should be financed directly from the EU budget, not from the national NRP- and CAP-allocations. Under the current CAP (2023-2027), support for producer organizations (POs), APOs and TPOs is funded directly from the EAGF. Funding these projects directly from an EU fund serves a purpose: producers are incentivized to work together, regardless of the national allocated CAP funding of the Member State they are located in. Additionally, it is justified that these interventions are financed outside the national allocations, since many POs and their members are active in multiple Member States.
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance which shall be directly financed from the NRPP budget at EU level and not shourced from national allocations of the NRP; |
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| (b) Union financial assistance; | (b) Union financial assistance to be financed directly from the NRPP budget at Union level and not from the national allocations under the NRP. |
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| (ba) in the case of the fruit and vegetables sector, operational programmes shall be funded directly through a Union budget line which is not further divided into national allocations. The purpose of this is to ensure that producer organisations and associations of producer organisations are granted the assistance they require on an annual basis subject to the conditions of paragraph 6. |
The fruit and vegetables sector has hitherto been funded through the Union budget, which has served to encourage producers to work together as producer organisations and their concomitant associations, regardless of the Member State in which they are based. This has led to the emergence of a great many producer organisations that work together across the Union and the establishment of pan-Union producer organisations and their concomitant associations.
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
The reference to national contributions should be removed in line with the proposed amendments to Article 20(4) of the NRPP Regulation which – if adopted – would make sector-specific interventions exempt from national co-financing. In order to maintain a consistent funding framework, the relevant legislation should be amended accordingly.
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
Preventing that differences in national financial capacities could distort competition and underme the level playing field within the Single Market
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Carmen Crespo Díaz
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
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| (c) national contribution. | deleted |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (c) national contribution. | (c) Member States shall grant further national financial contributions to operational programmes when those contributions are provided for in this Regulation. |
| The national contributions shall apply on equivalent terms, subject to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria, in order to avoid unequal treatment and distortion of competition between Union producers. |
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| (c) national contribution. | (c) national contribution at a fixed rate for all Member States and identical for all sectors. |
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| (c) national contribution. | (c) funding for the operational programmes may be supplemented by a national contribution. |
The Commission is proposing a new 30 % co-financing requirement for the operational programmes. With public finances under strain in many countries, this would run the risk of leaving those programmes at the mercy of the financial resources that Member States are able to deploy.
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| (ca) Transnational producer organisations and associations of producer organisations shall be exempt from the application of national contributions. |
In order to avoid complexity, national contributions (if point c is not deleted altogether) shall not be applicable to transnational producer organisations and associations of producer organisations.
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| 1a. Transnational producer organisations and transnational associations of producer organisations shall be exempted from the national contribution referred to in article 33 subparagraph 3 point (c). |
Transnational producer organizations face disproportionate administrative complexity when coordinating national contributions across multiple paying agencies, particularly as the proposal lacks clear rules for cross-border programme management. Exempting these entities removes these unnecessary barriers and supports the cross-border cooperation essential for strengthening the internal market.
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| 3a. The Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in paragraph 3, point (a), actually paid by the members of the producer organisation, the association of producer organisations or the producer group, within the limits on Union financial assistance applicable to the interventions concerned. |
This amendment restores the matching principle of Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, where Union assistance equals the actual contributions paid by members. Removing this link undermines the incentive for growers to organize and invest, penalizing countries with well-organized producer sectors. Restoring the rule maintains this vital incentive while keeping the overall funding ceilings untouched.
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Operational programmes shall include several types of interventions referred to in Article 31 linked to one or more of the CAP-relevant specific objectives set out in Article 3(1), point (d), of Regulation (EU) .../... [NRP] covering one or more of the following areas: (a) concentration of supply and placing on the market of the products produced by their members; (b) improving medium- and long-term competitiveness; (c) increasing the commercial value of products; (d) reducing the impact of production on the climate and the environment; (e) crisis prevention and risk management. |
The provision specifying the maximum share of the operational fund that may be allocated to expenditure on a specific type of intervention limits the flexibility of the rules governing the implementation of operational programmes by producer organizations. Clear specification of areas to be covered in operational programmes will enable Member States to better align the activities carried out by producers organizations with the objectives that sectoral interventions are intended to achieve. Consequently, the support received by producer organizations will be better targeted. At the same time, this provision will—at least to some extent—bring consistency to the implementation of sectoral interventions across the various Member States.
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Operational programmes shall include several types of interventions referred to in Article 31 linked to one or more of the CAP-relevant specific objectives set out in Article 3(1), point (d), of Regulation (EU) .../... [NRP] covering one or more of the following areas: (a) concentration of supply and placing on the market of the products produced by their members; (b) improving medium- and long-term competitiveness; (c) increasing the commercial value of products; (d) reducing the impact of production on the climate and the environment; (e) crisis prevention and risk management. |
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on each type of objective in order to ensure a balance between the different objectives. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention or objective in order to ensure a balance. |
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Member States shall set out in their NRCAP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of measures referred to in Article 31 linked to one or more of the CAP relevant specific objectives for the sectoral interventions set out in Article 30a. |
This amendment provides greater legal certainty and clarity in the programming of interventions, preventing divergent interpretations among Member States.
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| 4. Member States shall set out in their NRP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. | 4. Member States shall set out in their CAP Plans the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual type of intervention in order to ensure a balance between the different types of interventions. |
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| For the protein crops sector, Member States shall ensure that a minimum proportion of the operational fund is used for investments in processing capacities and for sales promotion and market development measures in relation to products intended for direct human consumption. |
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| For the protein crop sector, Member States shall ensure that a minimum share of the operational fund is dedicated to investments in processing, promotion and market development activities for products intended for direct food consumption. |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Carmen Crespo Díaz
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| Member States shall ensure that the financial resources available under the CAP and the NRP plans are sufficient to support the implementation of the operational plans on sectoral interventions. |
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| in Article 33, the following paragraphs are inserted: | |
| By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), Union financial assistance at the maximum rate may only be awarded to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with an annual turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum levels of Union financial assistance set out in the first subparagraph shall be halved. |
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| 4a. 5. Provided that Article 20(4) is adhered to, Union financial assistance awarded to the recognised producer organisations and associations of producer organisations implementing that assistance in the olive-oil and table-olive sector shall be limited to: | |
| (a) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 15 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| These limits may be increased by 0.5 percentage points where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of such interventions. | |
| The Union financial assistance and national contribution to each intervention in the olive-oil and table-olive sector shall together not exceed 100 % of the actual costs of the intervention. | |
| 6. Union financial assistance for operational programmes for the fruit and vegetable sector shall be limited to 50 % of the actual expenditure committed and 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production – as referred to in Article 34 – of the beneficiaries referred to in Article 32. | |
| However, in the case of producer organisations, that percentage may be increased to 4.6 % of the value of the marketed production, provided that the amount in excess of 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production is used solely for crisis prevention and management measures. | |
| In the case of associations of producer organisations, that percentage may be increased to 4.7 % of the value of the marketed production, provided that the amount in excess of 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production is used solely for crisis prevention and management measures implemented by the association of producer organisations on behalf of its members. | |
| The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 100 % in the case of market withdrawals of fruit and vegetables which shall not exceed 5 % of the volume of marketed production of each producer organisation and which are disposed of by way of: | |
| (a) free distribution to charitable organisations and foundations approved for that purpose by the Member States, for use in their activities to assist persons whose right to public assistance is recognised in national law, in particular because they lack the necessary means of subsistence; or | |
| (b) free distribution to any of the following: penal institutions, nurseries, infant schools, schools, holiday camps, hospitals and old people’s homes designated by the Member States, which shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the quantities thus distributed are additional to the quantities normally bought in by such establishments. | |
| 7. (i) Union support covering information or promotion measures concerning Union wines in third countries shall only apply to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety. The Union’s contribution to such information and promotion measures shall not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenditure. | |
| The measures relating to the restructuring and conversion of vineyards shall be to increase the competitiveness of wine producers. Support for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards, which could also contribute to improving sustainable production systems and the environmental footprint of the wine sector, may only cover one or more of the following activities: | |
| (a) varietal conversion, including by means of grafting-on; | |
| (b) relocation of vineyards; | |
| (c) replanting of vineyards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority; | |
| (d) improvements to vineyard management techniques, in particular the introduction of advanced systems of sustainable production. | |
| The normal renewal of vineyards, which means replanting of the same parcel of land with the same wine grape variety according to the same system of vine cultivation, when vines have come to the end of their natural life, shall not be supported. | |
| Member States may lay down further specifications, especially as regards the age of the vineyards replaced. | |
| Support for the restructuring and conversion of vineyards, including improving vineyard management techniques, may only take the following forms: | |
| (a) compensation to producers for the loss of revenue due to the implementation of the measure; such compensation may cover up to 100 % of the relevant loss; | |
| (b) contribution to the costs of restructuring and conversion. The Union contribution to the actual costs of the restructuring and conversion of vineyards shall not exceed 50 %. In less developed regions, the Union contribution to the costs of restructuring and conversion shall not exceed 75 %. | |
| 7. (ii) ‘green harvesting’ means the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still in their immature stage, thereby reducing the yield of the relevant area to zero. Leaving commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle (non-harvesting) shall not be considered to be green harvesting. | |
| Support for green harvesting shall contribute to restoring the balance of supply and demand in the Union wine market in order to prevent market crises. | |
| Support for green harvesting may be granted as compensation in the form of a flat rate payment per hectare to be determined by the Member State concerned. The payment shall not exceed 50 % of the sum of the direct costs of the destruction or removal of grape bunches and the loss of revenue related to such destruction or removal. | |
| 7. (iii) Support for the setting up of mutual funds shall provide assistance to producers seeking to insure themselves against market fluctuations. Support for the setting up of mutual funds may be granted in the form of temporary and degressive aid to cover the administrative costs of the funds. | |
| 7. (iiii) Support for harvest insurance shall contribute to safeguarding producers’ incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climate events, diseases or pest infestations. Insurance contracts shall require that beneficiaries undertake necessary risk prevention measures. Support for harvest insurance may be granted in the form of a Union financial contribution which shall not exceed: | |
| (a) 80 % of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers for insurance against losses resulting from adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to natural disasters; | |
| (b) 50 % of the cost of the insurance premiums paid for by producers for insurance: | |
| (i) against losses referred to in point (a) and against other losses caused by adverse climatic events; | |
| (ii) against losses caused by animals, plant diseases or pest infestations. Support for harvest insurance may be granted if the insurance payments concerned do not compensate producers for more than 100 % of the income loss suffered, taking into account any compensation the producers may have obtained from other support schemes related to the insured risk. Support for harvest insurance shall not distort competition in the insurance market. | |
| 7. (iiiii) Support may be granted for tangible or intangible investments in processing facilities and winery infrastructure, as well as marketing structures and tools. Those investments shall be intended to improve the overall performance of the enterprise and its adaptation to market demands, as well as to increase its competitiveness, and shall concern the production or marketing of grapevine products, including with a view to improving energy savings, global energy efficiency and sustainable processes. | |
| The eligible expenditure shall exclude the non-eligible costs referred to in Article 69(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. The following maximum aid rates concerning the eligible investment costs shall apply to the Union contribution: | |
| (a) 50 % in less developed regions; | |
| (b) 40 % in regions other than less developed regions; | |
| (c) 75 % in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU; | |
| (d) 65 % in the smaller Aegean islands as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 229/2013. Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1303/2013 shall apply mutatis mutandis to support referred to in this paragraph. | |
| 7. (iiiiii) Support may be granted for the voluntary or obligatory distillation of by-products from wine making which has been carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Section D of Part II of Annex VIII. | |
| The amount of support shall be fixed per % volume and per hectolitre of alcohol produced. No aid shall be paid for the volume of alcohol contained in the by-products to be distilled which exceeds 10 % in relation to the volume of alcohol contained in the wine produced. | |
| The aid shall be paid to distillers that process by-products of wine-making delivered for distillation into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % by volume. Member States may make the granting of support conditional upon the lodging of a security by the beneficiary. | |
| The maximum applicable aid levels shall be based on collection and processing costs and shall be fixed by the Commission by means of implementing acts pursuant to Article 54. The relevant aid shall include a lump-sum amount to compensate for the costs of collection of the by-products of winemaking. That amount shall be transferred from the distiller to the producer, where the relevant costs are borne by the latter. | |
| The alcohol resulting from the supported distillation referred to in this paragraph shall be used exclusively for industrial or energy purposes to avoid distortion of competition. |
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| 4a. Member States shall establish in their NRCAP Plans rules relating to the calculation of the support for distillation of by-products of wine, ensuring a fair compensation to both distillers and wine producers. | |
| Regarding the intervention referred to in point (o) of Article 31, the amount of the Union assistance shall be fixed per % volume and per hectolitre of alcohol produced. No Union financial assistance shall be paid for the volume of alcohol contained in the by-products to be distilled which exceeds 10 % in relation to the volume of alcohol contained in the wine produced. | |
| The Member States shall ensure that the Union financial assistance for distillation of by-products of wine making is paid to distillers that process by-products of winemaking delivered for distillation into raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of at least 92 % by volume. | |
| The Union financial assistance shall include a lump sum amount to compensate for the costs of collection of the by-products of winemaking. That amount shall be transferred from the distiller to the producer in cases where the relevant costs are borne by the latter. | |
| The Member States shall ensure that the alcohol resulting from the distillation of by-products of winemaking for which a Union financial assistance has been granted is used exclusively for industrial or energy purposes that do not distort competition. |
Transfert of Art 35, paragraph 9, subparagraph 3 from NRPP . Only change is "NRCAP Plans" . New text: addition of a new second paragraph reflecting provisions of 2021/2115 Regulation, to avoid distorsions between Member States.
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| 4a. Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme: | |
| (a) at least 15 % of expenditure covers the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 31 (1), points (f) and (g); | |
| (b) the operational programme includes three or more actions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 31 (1), points (f) and (g); | |
| (c) at least 2 % of expenditure covers the interventions linked to the objective referred to in Article 31(1), point (e); and | |
| (d) the expenditure for interventions within the types of intervention referred to in Article 31(1), points (k), (l) and (p), does not exceed one third of the total expenditure. | |
| Where at least 80 % of the members of a producer organisation are subject to one or more identical agri-environment-climate or organic farming commitments provided for in [****CAP Regulation], each of those commitments shall count as an action for the minimum of three referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b). |
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| 4a. Operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programmes of member organisations. Member States shall consider the operational programmes of associations of producer organisations together with those of member organisations. | |
| To that end, the Member States shall ensure that: | |
| (a) measures under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations which are also covered by those organisations should, without prejudice to Article 33(1), be entirely financed by contributions of those member organisations of that association such funding should be collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; | |
| (b) the measures and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; | |
| (c) there is no duplication of funding. |
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| 4a. Operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programmes of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programmes of associations of producer organisations together with operational programmes of member organisations. | |
| To that end, Member States shall ensure that: | |
| (a) interventions under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed, without prejudice to Article 33(1), by contributions of the member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; | |
| (b) interventions and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; | |
| (c) there is no duplication of funding. |
For the purposes of carrying out the operational programmes for associations of producer organisations, this amendment seeks to retain the existing legal basis of Article 50(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. That legislation clarifies the relationship between the respective operational programmes of associations of producer organisations and their member organisations, and thus ensures that the relevant interventions are consistent and that no funding is duplicated.These provisions must be retained in order to ensure that associations of producer organisations have the legal certainty they require to formulate and carry out operational programmes.
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| 4a. Operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programmes of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programmes of associations of producer organisations together with operational programmes of member organisations. To that end, Member States shall ensure that: (a) interventions under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed, without prejudice to Article 33(1), by contributions of the member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; (b) interventions and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; and (c) there is no duplication of funding. |
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| 4a. Operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall not cover the same interventions as operational programmes of member organisations. Member States shall consider operational programmes of associations of producer organisations together with operational programmes of member organisations. To that end Member States shall ensure that: | |
| a. interventions under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed, without prejudice to Article 33(1), by contributions of the member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; | |
| b. Interventions and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; | |
| c. There is no duplication of funding. |
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| 4a. in Article 33, the following paragraphs are inserted: | |
| By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), Union financial assistance at the maximum rate may only be awarded to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, with fewer than 750 employees or with a turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum aid intensity of the Union shall be halved. |
Previous [Art. 35, para. 8, second subparagraph, NRP Regulation]. Abolishing the differentiated rates would penalise SMEs, which are the majority of wine-making enterprises. Adapted conditions for support are essential for guaranteeing effective access to support and avoiding a concentration of financing. Preserving differentiated rates will allow their investment capacity to be taken into account. This will contribute to the diversity of production models and the vitality of rural areas.
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| 4a. Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme, at least 15% of expenditure covers the interventions referred to Article 31, points (f) and (g). |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 4(a) All operational programmes shall pursue, at a minimum, the objective established in Article 30a(b), on concentration of supply and joint marketing of products. |
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| 4a. Member States may adapt the recognition thresholds to enable the participation of small organisations or of several entities acting jointly. |
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| 4b. Subject to compliance with Article 20(4), the Union financial assistance to be granted to recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, transnational producer organisations or transnational associations of producer organisations carrying out interventions in the olive oil and table olives sector shall be limited to 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each beneficiary. This limit shall apply as follows: | |
| (a) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| The limits set out in paragraph 1 may be increased by 0.5 percentage points where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these interventions. The combined total of Union financial assistance and the national contribution for each intervention in the olive oil and table olives sector may not exceed 100 % of the costs incurred in carrying out the intervention. |
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| 4b. Member States may also decide to raise the maximum support rates to 95 % of the total eligible costs for the interventions referred to in Article 31, point (n), where such interventions are implemented in areas that are officially classed as presenting a high or very high fire risk. |
In addition to their economic impact, the restructuring and conversion of vineyards help to maintain vegetation cover in the areas that are most exposed to fire, particularly in the Mediterranean region. The 75 % may be deemed insufficient for such work, which is often more expensive in high-risk areas. Raising the rate to 95 %, which has already been planned for some other priority interventions, would reinforce the CAP’s leverage in preventing risks and in regional resilience.
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| 4b. The Union financial assistance to each sectoral intervention referred to in Article 30 (1) shall not exceed 100 % of actual costs of the intervention. |
Transfert of Art. 35, paragraph 9, subparagraph 5, from NRPP - Modification: the words "and national contribution" has been deleted.
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| 1b. For the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), the total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes shall not be less than the percentages set out in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c). | |
| Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), no more than 5 % of expenditure covers environmental and climate-related measures. |
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| 1. Subject to compliance with the rules on national contribution to the estimated costs laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [Article 20(4) NRP Regulation], the Union total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes implementing sectoral interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector, shall be limited to: | |
| (a) 4,1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 4,5 % of the value of marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more measures linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these measure | |
| 2. For the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l) and point (i), the total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes shall not be less than the percentages set out in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c). Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), at least 15 % of expenditure covers environmental and climate-related measures. |
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| Article 33a | |
| Financing of operational programmes | |
| 1.Subject to compliance with Article 20(4) of Regulation (EU) [NRP] the combined Union financial assistance and the national contribution to be granted to recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or identified producer groups implementing interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 31 of this Regulation shall be limited to 6% of the value of the marketed production. These limit may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these interventions. | |
| 2.Subject to compliance with Article 20(4) of Regulation (EU) [NRP], the national contribution to the eligible public expenditure of the interventions in certain sectors referred to in Title I, Part II, Chapter IIa shall be 30 % of the eligible public expenditure of each intervention. | |
| 3.The maximum support rate applicable to those interventions shall be 75 % of the total eligible costs of each intervention. |
The provision of Article 35(8) of the draft NRP regulation concerning the financing of the school scheme should be transferred to the CMO regulation. Such an approach rationalizes the placement of provisions and enhances legislative transparency. The maximum limit capping the level of aid that refers to the value of marketed production, should be defined in relation to the total support granted—namely the sum of EU financial assistance and national contribution. Consequently, this limit should be raised to 6% of the value of marketed production. Specifying the exact share of aid for producer organisations to be borne by the Member State (30% of the total EU financial assistance and national contribution)—rather than using a minimum threshold for national contribution —would leave no room for Member States to increase the scale of funding for producer organisations. Retaining the option for Member States to increase freely the scale of national contribution would create a risk of unequal competition between producer organisations from Member States with differing levels of wealth.
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| Subject to compliance with the rules on national contribution to the estimated costs laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [Article 20(4) NRP Regulation], the Union total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes implementing sectoral interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector, shall be fixed at: | |
| (a) 4,1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 4,5 % of the value of marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more measures linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these measures. |
This amendment builds on Amendment 83 tabled by the rapporteur, but does not provide for "a limitation", as such wording would leave room for divergent interpretations by the competent authorities and could result in an uneven playing field. In the interests of legal certainty and uniform application throughout the Union, the level of financial support should therefore be "fixed" at a specific percentage.
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| Article 33(a) – Union funding for sector-specific measures | |
| 1. Union financial assistance for the interventions provided shall be funded by means of a specific, ringfenced Union allocation. | |
| 2. In the case of sectors for which interventions are mandatory and the wine and apiculture sectors, the financial resources available for each sector shall not be less, in real terms, than the corresponding annual average of Union expenditure for the 2021-2027 programming period, and shall be adjusted for inflation. | |
| 3. The allocation for operational programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector shall remain available at Union level and shall not be further broken down into national ceilings. | |
| 4. Funding provided under this Article may not be used to replace appropriations for income support, rural development or the POSEI programme. |
This amendment seeks to establish a specific Union allocation, which will remain the same in real terms and be adjusted for inflation. The funding model for the operational programmes for the fruit and vegetables sector should be retained at Union level. This is necessary to prevent market policies from being renationalised and to ensure that support is allocated to producers on an equal footing across the Member States.
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| 1. Union financial assistance paid to distillers for the distillation of by-products of winemaking as referred to in Article 58(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, including a lump sum amount to compensate for the costs of collection as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 60(3) thereof, shall not exceed: | |
| (a) for raw alcohol obtained from marc: EUR 1.1/%vol./hl; | |
| (b) for raw alcohol obtained from wine and lees: EUR 0.5/ %vol./hl. | |
| 2. Member States shall determine the actual amounts to be paid as Union financial assistance on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, while taking different production types into account. The terms ‘distillation of by-products of winemaking’, ‘raw alcohol’, ‘marc’ and ‘lees’ correspond to those used in the English-language versions of Union legislation. |
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| Article 33a is inserted: | |
| Where Member States specify in their National Rural Development Plans that the entities referred to in Article 32(3) of this Regulation are eligible for sectoral interventions, they shall also award support for the founding of such entities, of up to 10 % of their turnover and a limit of EUR 100 000 per annum. This support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition or the start of joint activities with a view to obtaining such recognition. If, by 2034, the entity referred to in Article 32(3) is not recognised as a producer organisation in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 152, 153, 154, 156 or 161, this support must be reimbursed by the entity in question. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| Transitional provisions for operational programmes | |
| Operational programmes approved before 1 January 2028, whose performance will extend beyond that date, shall continue to completion under the legal and financial conditions applicable at the time of their approval. | |
| Funding for programmes in the fruit and vegetables sector shall come from a Union contribution which is not broken down into national allocations. | |
| Member States shall include the corresponding commitments in their NRP plans without imposing new conditions on beneficiaries. |
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| 1. Subject to compliance with the rules on national contribution to the estimated costs laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [Article 20(4) NRP Regulation], the Union total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes implementing sectoral interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector, shall be limited to: | |
| (a) 4,1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 4,5 % of the value of marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more measures linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these measures | |
| 1a. In the hops sector Member States shall allocate the maximum Union financial assistance to the producer organisations or their associations implementing the operational programmes in proportion to the number of hectares cultivated with hops represented by each producer organisation. |
(former NRP Art. 35 - paragraph 9 - first and second subparagraph, including modifications by Rapporteur; (1a) new paragraph added in its entirety;)
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| 2. Member States whose NRP Plans include the distillation of by-products of winemaking pursuant to Article 31, point (o), shall lay down rules therein for the purposes of calculating the support available for these activities, ensuring that both distillers and wine producers are fairly compensated. | |
| Union financial assistance paid to distillers, including a lump sum amount to compensate for the costs of collection of by-products, shall not exceed: | |
| (a) for raw alcohol obtained from marc: EUR 1.1/%vol./hl; | |
| (b) for raw alcohol obtained from wine and lees: EUR 0.5/%vol./hl. | |
| Member States shall determine the actual amounts to be paid as Union financial assistance on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, while taking different production types into account. |
Setting common maximum limits for the support available for the distillation of the by-products involved in winemaking will help to ensure that the current framework is viable, provide predictability for sector operators and maintain a level playing field between the Member States. The amount of funding disbursed should continue to be determined on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria with due regard for different production types.
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| Intensity of public aid | |
| 1. The total public aid for operational programmes shall represent, at a minimum, 50 % of the eligible expenses actually incurred. | |
| 2. The percentage may be increased to 70 % in a year when performance of the programme is severely affected by abnormal rises in inputs, serious market disruption, adverse climate events, natural disasters, plant disease or pests. | |
| 3. That increase shall not apply to actions already receiving public aid equal to or over 80 %. |
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| 1b. For the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (i), (j) and (l), the total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes shall not be less than the percentages set out in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c). | |
| Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), at least 15 % of expenditure covers environmental and climate-related measures. |
This amendment builds on Amendment 85 tabled by the rapporteur, while extending its scope to include fruit and vegetables, rather than limiting it solely to the wine sector.
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| 1a. Article 33a (new) | |
| Operational Programmes in the Protein Sector | |
| 1. Operational programmes developed by Member States in the protein sector shall include at least the following elements: | |
| (a) an analysis of the situation in terms of market, production, consumption, sovereignty and the potential for development; | |
| (b) a description of the measures proposed, as well as their quantifi ed objectives to increase production and consumption of leguminous crops produced in the Union; | |
| (c) an appraisal showing the expected technical, economic, environmental and social impact; | |
| (d) a schedule for implementing the measures; | |
| (e) a general financing table showing the resources to be deployed and the envisaged indicative allocation of the resources between the measures; | |
| (f) the criteria and quantitative indicators to be used for monitoring and evaluation, as well as the steps taken to ensure that the support programmes are implemented appropriately and effectively; and | |
| (g) the designation of competent authorities and bodies responsible for implementing the support programme. With a view to improving the general conditions for the production and marketing of leguminous crops and supporting the effective implementation of operational programmes, the Commission shall establish a market observatory for the protein crops sector. That observatory shall monitor prices, production volumes and demand, as well as the development of collective action at the sector level. |
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| 4a. Article 33a | |
| Operational programmes | |
| 1. Operational programmes in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products sector shall have a minimum duration of three years and a maximum duration of five years. They shall have at least two of the objectives referred to in point (c) of Article 152(1) or two of the following objectives: | |
| (a) planning of production, including production and consumption forecasting and follow-up; | |
| (b) improvement of product quality, whether in a fresh or processed form; | |
| (c) boosting products' commercial value; | |
| (d) promotion of the products, whether in a fresh or processed form; | |
| (e) environmental measures, particularly those relating to water, and methods of production respecting the environment, including organic farming; | |
| (f) crisis prevention and management. Operational programmes shall be submitted to the Member States for their approval. | |
| 2. Associations of producer organisations may also present an entire or partial operational programme composed of measures identified, but not carried out, by member organisations under their operational programmes. | |
| The operational programmes of associations of producer organisations shall be subject to the same rules as operational programmes of producer organisations and shall be considered with the operational programmes of member organisations. To that end, the Member States shall ensure that: | |
| (a) measures under operational programmes of an association of producer organisations are entirely financed by contributions of those member organisations of that association and that such funding is collected from the operational funds of those member organisations; | |
| (b) the measures and their corresponding financial share are identified in the operational programme of each member organisation; | |
| (c) there is no duplication of funding. | |
| 3. Crisis prevention and management referred to in point (f) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 be related to avoiding and dealing with crises on the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products markets and shall cover in this context: | |
| (a) investments making the management of the volumes placed on the market more efficient; | |
| (b) training measures and exchanges of best practices; | |
| (c) promotion and communication, whether for prevention or during a crisis period; | |
| (d) support for the administrative costs of setting up mutual funds; | |
| (e) replanting of orchards where that is necessary following mandatory grubbing up for health or phytosanitary reasons on the instruction of the Member State competent authority; | |
| (f) market withdrawal; | |
| (g) green harvesting or non-harvesting in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products sector; | |
| (h) harvest insurance. | |
| Support for harvest insurance shall contribute to safeguarding producers’ incomes where there are losses as a consequence of natural disasters, adverse climate events, diseases or pest infestations. Insurance contracts shall require that beneficiaries undertake necessary risk prevention measures. Crisis prevention and management measures, including any repayment of capital and interest as referred to in the fifth subparagraph, shall not comprise more than one third of the expenditure under the operational programme. Producer organisations may take out loans on commercial terms for financing crisis prevention and management measures. In that case, the repayment of the capital and interest on those loans may form part of the operational programme and so may be eligible for Union financial assistance under Article 34a. Any specific action relating to crisis prevention and management may be financed by such loans or directly, or both. | |
| 4. For the purposes of this Section: | |
| (a) "green harvesting" means the total harvesting on a given area of unripe non-marketable products which have not been damaged prior to the green harvesting, whether due to climatic reasons, disease or otherwise; | |
| (b) “non-harvesting” means the termination of the current production cycle on the area concerned where the product is well developed and is of sound, fair and marketable quality. Destruction of products due to a climatic event or disease is not considered as non-harvesting. | |
| 5. Member States shall ensure that: | |
| (a) operational programmes include two or more environmental actions; or | |
| (b) at least 10 % of the expenditure under operational programmes covers environmental actions. Environmental actions shall respect the requirements for agri-environment-climate payments laid down in Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Where at least 80 % of the producer members of a producer organisation are subject to one or more identical agri-environment-climate commitments provided for in Article 28(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, then each one of those commitments shall count as an environmental action as referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph. | |
| Support for the environmental actions referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall cover additional costs and income foregone resulting from the action. | |
| 6. Member States shall ensure that investments which increase environmental pressure shall only be permitted in situations where effective safeguards to protect the environment from these pressures are in place. |
Esther Herranz García, Herbert Dorfmann, Charles Goerens, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Gabriel Mato, Dolors Montserrat, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Elena Nevado del Campo, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano
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| 4a. Article 33a (new) | |
| Support rates in the wine sector | |
| Member States shall cover up to 50% of the eligible costs for interventions in Article 31 points (a), (b), (c), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (m), (o), (qa), (qe) and (qf) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 in the wine sector. | |
| The financial assistance for actions referred to in Article 31 point (qd) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 may cover up to 100% of the eligible costs. The financial assistance for actions referred to in Article 31 points (d) and (qb) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 may cover up to 80% of eligible expenditure and 90% for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC active in the wine sector. | |
| The financial assistance for investments referred to in Article 31 point (a) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 may be increased to up to 80% of eligible costs for actions linked to the objective of contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the improvement of the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact of the Union wine sector. | |
| The financial assistance for actions referred to in Article 31 points (f) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 may cover 80% of the eligible costs. The financial assistance for permanent grubbing up referred to in Article 31 point (qc) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 shall not exceed 70% of the sum of the direct costs of operating the grubbing up and the estimated loss of revenue incurred during the calendar of one year for the grubbed up area following the grubbing up. In addition, Member States may provide a national contribution to the intervention of up to 30 % of the sum of the direct costs of operating the grubbing up and the estimated loss of revenue incurred during the calendar of one year for the area grubbed up following the grubbing up. 2 | |
| The financial assistance for temporary withdrawal referred to in Article 31 points (qg) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 may cover up to 80% of the eligible costs for actions linked to the vineyard parcels itself and maintenance of vineyard parcels and their preservation in good agricultural and environmental condition as well as biodiversity measures. Member States may provide a national contribution to the intervention of up to 20 % of the sum of the eligible costs. | |
| By way of derogation from second subparagraph, Member States may decide to increase the maximum support rate for interventions concerning market withdrawals for free distribution to 100 % for market withdrawals which do not exceed 5 % of the volume of the production marketed by a producer organisation. The volume of the production shall be calculated as the average of the overall volumes of products for which the producer organisation is recognised and which are marketed by the producer organisation during the three previous years. Member States shall ensure that the compensation granted for market withdrawals does not exceed the market price of the withdrawn products. |
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| 4b. The following Article 33a is inserted: | |
| Article 33a. | |
| Financing | |
| 1. Subject to compliance with the rules on national contribution to the estimated costs laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [Article 20(4) NRP Regulation], the Union total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes implementing sectoral interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector, shall be limited to: | |
| (a) 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 4.5 % of the value of the marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| These limits may be increased by 0.5 percentage points where the operational programme comprises one or more measures linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management, the development of organic farming, or environment and climate, provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage laid down in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these measures. | |
| 1(a) For transnational producer organisations and transnational associations of producer organisations, the financial assistance provided by each Member State shall be calculated on a pro-rata basis, based on the value of the marketed production of producers established within the territory of each Member State concerned. | |
| 1(b) For the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (i), the total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes shall not be less than the percentages set out in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c). | |
| Member States shall ensure that, for each operational programme, at least 15 % of expenditure covers environmental and climate-related measures. | |
| 1(c) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the financing limits shall be increased by 10 percentage points for the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (g). | |
| By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the financing limits shall be increased by 2 percentage points for the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (d). | |
| 2. Member States shall lay down rules in their NRP Plans relating to the calculation of support for the distillation of wine by-products, ensuring that distillers and wine producers receive fair compensation. | |
| 3. If Member States establish in their NRP Plans that the entities referred to in Article 32(3) of this Regulation are eligible to be beneficiaries of the sectoral interventions, the Member States shall also provide support for founding those entities, up to a limit of 10 % of their turnover and a maximum of EUR 100 000 per annum. Such support shall be degressive and limited to the first five years following recognition or the start of joint activities intended to result in recognition. | |
| 4. The Union financial assistance for each sectoral intervention referred to in Article 31 shall together not exceed 100 % of the actual costs of the intervention. |
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| 4b. Article 33a (wine) | |
| Wine sectoral programme and specific rules for the Wine sector | |
| 1. Operational programmes in the wine sector shall be obligatory for Member States listed in the Annex XI. | |
| 2. Member States shall manage the sectoral interventions in the wine sector, and shall set out, in their NRP Plans, one or more of the objectives set out in Article 30a and include one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 31. | |
| 3. The Union financial assistance (national envelope) for types of intervention in the wine sector is allocated to Member States as set out in Annex XI. | |
| 4. The maximum support rate applicable to the following interventions shall be increased to up to 80 % of the total eligible costs of each intervention, where they are linked to the objective of [contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation (Article 30a(1)(f)) and to the improvement of the sustainability of production systems and the reduction of the environmental impact of the Union wine sector]. | |
| - sustainable restructuring and conversion of vineyards (n) | |
| - investments in tangible assets and intangible assets (a) | |
| - organic and integrated production (ca) | |
| - support to the temporary withdrawal of vineyard parcels from production and preservation in good agricultural and environmental condition (nc) | |
| 4. The promotion and marketing intervention shall apply only to wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication or wines with an indication of the wine grape variety. Interventions concerning Union wines carried out in Member States shall encourage responsible consumption of wine. | |
| Promotion and marketing operations shall have a limited duration of three years. Member States may decide to extend the duration of an operation twice for a maximum of three years for each extension. Each beneficiary may receive support for different operations carried out in the same market for a maximum period of nine consecutive years. | |
| The maximum support rate applicable to promotion and marketing shall not exceed 60 % of the total eligible costs. For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC active in the wine sector, Member States may provide an additional national contribution of up to 30 % of the total eligible costs. | |
| For the purposes of this intervention, a Member State may consider the promotion and communication operations carried out in a third country to be those that cover the entire territory of the third country, an administrative part of that territory, or a type of market, as defined by that Member State, in the third country. | |
| Member States that choose in their CAP Strategic Plans this intervention shall ensure that small producers have access to funding by applying relevant measures such as establishing simplified procedures or setting objective and non-discriminatory priority criteria on new beneficiaries, new markets, and new products. | |
| 5. The Union financial assistance for types of intervention under Article 31 (na), against pests referred to in Part B of Annex II and Part C of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, may cover up to 100 % of the eligible costs.’. |
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| 4b. The following Article 33d is inserted: | |
| 1. By way of derogation from Article 33c of this Regulation and Article 21 of the NRPP Regulation, the interventions referred to in Article 42(a) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 that are implemented under operational programmes approved by a Member State for a given duration extending beyond 31 December 2027 shall, upon request, remain eligible for financing up to the end of the operational programmes, provided that such interventions are included in the NRP Plan and implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. | |
| 2. Member States that finance such operational programmes as part of their strategic plans under the CAP shall ensure that producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where relevant, other beneficiaries referred to in Article 67(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall, by no later than [15 September 2027], submit a request to the national competent authority to the effect that their operational programme: | |
| (a) should be amended to comply with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or | |
| (b) should be replaced by a new operational programme in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or | |
| (c) should continue to be implemented and financed until it comes to an end in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. If no such request is submitted by [15 September 2027], the operational programmes approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall end on 31 December 2027. |
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| 4b. Article 33a | |
| Financing | |
| 1. Subject to compliance with the rules on national contribution to the estimated costs laid down in Regulation (EU) …/… [Article 20(4) NRP Regulation], the Union total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes implementing sectoral interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 30(1) other than the wine sector, shall be limited to: | |
| (a) 4,1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; | |
| (b) 4,5 % of the value of marketed production of each association of producer organisations; | |
| (c) 5 % of the value of marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. | |
| 1b. For the sectoral interventions in the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), (i), the total financial assistance to be granted to approved operational programmes shall not be less than the percentages set out in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c). | |
| Those limits may be increased by 0,5 percentage points, where the operational programme comprises one or more measures linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management, marketed or promotion or environment and climate, provided the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these measures. |
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| 4b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), Union financial assistance at the maximum rate may only be awarded to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. | |
| For enterprises not covered by Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC with fewer than 750 employees, or with a turnover of less than EUR 200 million, the maximum aid intensity of the Union shall be halved. |
Abolishing the differentiated rates would penalise SMEs, which are the majority of wine-making enterprises. Adapted conditions for support are essential for guaranteeing effective access to support and avoiding a concentration of financing. Preserving differentiated rates will allow their investment capacity to be taken into account. This will contribute to the diversity of production models and the vitality of rural areas.
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| 4c. The following Article 33b is inserted: | |
| Article 33b | |
| Support rate | |
| 1. The support rate applicable to the sectoral interventions shall be between 50 % and 75 % of the total eligible costs of each intervention. | |
| 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to increase the maximum support rate up to 80 % of the total eligible costs of each measure linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management, the development of organic farming, or the environment and climate, as well as for producer organisations or associations of producer organisations implementing operational programmes for the first time and for the operational programme implemented for the first time by a recognised producer organisation as the result of a merger or amalgamation of two or more recognised producer organisations. | |
| 3. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may decide to compensate producers for loss of revenue due to the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 31, point (n), by covering up to 100 % of the relevant loss for a maximum period of three years. | |
| 4. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, Member States may decide to increase the maximum support rate for measures concerning market withdrawals for free distribution to 100 % for market withdrawals which do not exceed 15 % of the volume of the production marketed by a producer organisation in sector other than the wine sector. The volume of the production shall be calculated as the average of the overall volumes of products for which the producer organisation is recognised and which are marketed by the producer organisation during the three previous years. Member States shall ensure that the compensation granted for market withdrawals does not exceed the market price of the withdrawn products. | |
| 5. The minimum applicable rate of 50 % provided for in paragraph 1 shall be raised to 70 % of the actual expenditure committed over the course of a given year for operational programmes implemented by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations where, during that year, implementation of the operational programme has been considerably affected by exceptional circumstances, particularly significant increases in entry costs, severe market disruption, adverse climate events, natural disasters, plant diseases or pest infestations, as the Member State shall determine. | |
| By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the increased support rate shall not apply to interventions that already receive a public-financing contribution of 80 % or more. |
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| 4c. Article 33b (to add to AMs on Article 33b of Sargiacomo) | |
| Support Rate | |
| 4b (new) By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States shall decide to increase the maximum support rate to up to 80 % of the total eligible costs of interventions linked to the objective of contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation (Article 30a(1)(f)), and interventions of (ca) organic and integrated production, (f) actions to mitigate and/or to adapt to climate change and (g) actions to protect and/or improve the environment |
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| 4d. Article 33c (Leguminous) | |
| Sectoral programmes for the leguminous crop sector | |
| 1. In absence of existing producer organisations proposing an operational programme, Member States shall manage the sectoral interventions in the protein crops sector, and shall set out, in their NRP Plans, one or more of the objectives set out in Article 30a and include one or more of the types of intervention referred to in Article 31. | |
| 2. Member States shall ensure that operational programmes in the protein crop sector give priority consideration to young farmers and new entrants. |
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| A new Article 33c is inserted: | |
| Article 33c (new) | |
| 1. By way of derogation from Article 35 (10) and Article 21 of Regulation [NRPP], interventions referred to in Article 42, points (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, implemented through operational programmes approved by a Member State for a duration extending beyond 31 December 2027, shall, on demand, continue to be eligible for financing until the end of the operational programmes provided such interventions are included in the NRP Plan and are implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. | |
| 2. Member States financing such operational programmes under their CAP Strategic Plans shall ensure that, by 15 September 2027, producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where applicable, other beneficiaries as referred to in Article 67(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 submit to the competent national authorities a request to the effect that its operational programme: | |
| (a) is to be modified in order to comply with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or | |
| (b) is replaced by a new operational programme complying with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or | |
| (c) is to continue to be implemented and financed until its end in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. If no such request is submitted by 15 September 2027, the operational programmes approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall end on 31 December 2027. |
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| 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector. | deleted |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector. | 1. Member States shall establish in their NRP Plans the calculation method for the value of marketed production in accordance with this Article and with the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Articles 16a and 35. |
| This requirement shall apply to sectors where the value of marketed production is used to determine the amount of aid. The method shall be based on common, transparent and verifiable criteria, and shall not generate undue disparities between comparable organisations or sectors. |
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| 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector. | 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production referred to in Article 33a of this Regulation is calculated for each sector, taking into account the provisions of Article 34 and the delegated act supplementing it in accordance with the provisions of Article 35(1). |
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| 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector. | 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector, with the exception of the wine sector. |
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| 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for each sector. | 1. Member States shall indicate in their NRP Plans how the value of marketed production is calculated for the fruit and vegetables sector. |
It is perfectly reasonable to require Member States to specify how the value of marketed production is calculated for the fruit and vegetables sector, given that this information is used for the purposes of funding their operational programmes – but not for other sectors, for whom it is not. The Commission’s proposed requirement will create more needless bureaucracy.
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| 1a. Subject to compliance with Article 20(4), the Union financial assistance to be granted to recognised producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or identified producer groups implementing interventions in certain sectors referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be limited to: (a) 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; (b) 4.5 % of the value of the marketed production of each association of producer organisations; (c) 5 % of the value of the marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. These limits may be increased by 0.5 percentage points where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these interventions and in accordance with the objectives of Article 30a of this Regulation. In the case of the fruit and vegetables sector as referred to in Article 1(2)(i), the Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 33(3) actually paid and limited to 50 % of the actual expenditure incurred. In the case of the fruit and vegetables sector as referred to in Article 1(2)(i), at the request of a producer organisation or association of producer organisations, the 50 % limit provided for in the third subparagraph shall be increased to 60 % for an operational programme or part of an operational programme satisfying at least one of the following conditions: (a) transnational producer organisations implement in two or more Member States interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 31a, points (b), (e) and (f); (b) one or more producer organisations or associations of producer organisations are engaged in interventions operated on an interbranch basis; (c) the operational programme solely covers specific support for the production of organic products covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/848; (d) the producer organisation or association of producer organisations recognised under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 is carrying out an operational programme for the first time; (e) less than 20 % of the fruit and vegetable production of a producer organisation is marketed in a Member State; (f) the producer organisation operates in one of the outermost regions; (g) the operational programme comprises the interventions linked to the objectives referred to in Article 31a, points (d), (e), (f), (i) and (j); (h) the operational programme is carried out for the first time by a recognised producer organisation formed as a result of a merger between two or more recognised producer organisations. The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 3 shall be increased to 80 % for expenditure linked to the objective referred to in Article 31a, point (d), if that expenditure covers at least 5 % of the expenditure under the operational programme. The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 3 shall be increased to 80 % for expenditure linked to the objectives referred to in Article 31a, points (e) and (f), if that expenditure covers at least 20 % of the expenditure under the operational programme. The 50 % limit provided for in the third subparagraph of this paragraph shall be increased to 100 % in the following cases: (a) market withdrawals of fruit and vegetables which shall not exceed 5 % of the volume of marketed production of each producer organisation and which are disposed of by way of: (i) free distribution to charitable organisations and foundations, approved for that purpose by the Member States, for use in their activities to assist persons whose right to public assistance is recognised in national law, in particular because they lack the necessary means of subsistence; (ii) free distribution to any of the following: penal institutions, schools and public education institutions, establishments referred to in this Regulation as well as to holiday camps, hospitals and old people’s home’s designated by the Member States, which shall take all the necessary steps to ensure that the quantities thus distributed are additional to the quantities normally bought in by such establishments; (b) actions designed to provide guidance for other producer organisations recognised under this Regulation, provided that those producer organisations are based in the regions of Member States referred to in Article 53(2) of this Regulation, or guidance for individual producers. Where their respective CAP plans stipulate that the entities referred to in Article 32(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 are eligible for sector-specific support pursuant to Article 31 of that Regulation, the Member States shall, in addition to the support provided for implementing the intervention, provide support for the establishment of producer organisations in accordance with Article 74 [cooperation] of the NRP Regulation. Union financial assistance and the national contribution for each intervention in the 20 sectors described in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall not exceed 100 % of the actual cost of the intervention. |
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| 1b. In the case of the olive oil and table olives sector, Member States shall provide additional funding to supplement those costs not covered by Union financing. Subject to compliance with Article 20(4) of the NRP Regulation, the Union financial contribution for recognised producer organisations and associations of producer organisations that carry out interventions in the olive oil and table olives sector shall be limited to: (a) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation; (b) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each association of producer organisations; (c) 15 % of the value of the marketed production of each transnational producer organisation or transnational association of producer organisations. Those limits may be increased by 0.5 percentage points where the operational programme comprises one or more interventions linked to generational renewal, research and innovation, risk management or environment and climate, provided that the amount in excess of the relevant percentage set out in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) or (c), is used solely to finance expenditure related to the implementation of these interventions. Union financial assistance shall be determined in accordance with Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. |
L'applicazione forzata del modello ortofrutticolo all'OCM Olio, con il passaggio a un cofinanziamento paritetico (50% UE, 50% OP), risulta insostenibile. Senza tali modifiche, si rischia un rilevante sotto-utilizzo delle risorse, compromettendo l'efficacia delle politiche di settore.
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| The value of the marketed production for a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group shall be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation or producer group or association of producer organisations and its producer members that has been put on the market by this organisation, association or producer group and shall only include the production of those products for which the producer organisation, association or producer group is recognised or identified. | The value of the marketed production shall be calculated on the basis of the value actually invoiced at the ‘ex-organisation, association or producer group’ or ‘ex-subsidiary’ stage. |
| Subsidiaries shall be included when at least 90 % of their capital is owned by the organisation, association, its producer members or a combination of these. | |
| In the wine sector, when members directly market their production and the producer organisation performs collective duties other than sales, production marketed individually by members may be included, provided that this is duly documented and is not counted twice. |
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| The value of the marketed production for a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group shall be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation or producer group or association of producer organisations and its producer members that has been put on the market by this organisation, association or producer group and shall only include the production of those products for which the producer organisation, association or producer group is recognised or identified. | The value of the marketed production for a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group shall be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation or producer group or association of producer organisations and its producer members that has been marketed by this organisation, association or producer group and invoiced for at the organisation, association or producer-group stage, and shall only include the production of those products for which the producer organisation, association or producer group is recognised or identified. |
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| The value of the marketed production for a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group shall be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation or producer group or association of producer organisations and its producer members that has been put on the market by this organisation, association or producer group and shall only include the production of those products for which the producer organisation, association or producer group is recognised or identified. | The value of the marketed production for a producer organisation or association of producer organisations shall be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation or association of producer organisations and its producer members that has been put on the market by this organisation or association and shall only include the production of those products for which the producer organisation or association is recognised or identified. |
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| In addition, the value of marketed production shall be calculated at fresh stage or at the first processing stage on which the product is normally marketed, in bulk, where products are allowed to be marketed in bulk. It shall be further calculated at the ‘ex-organisation, association or producer group’ stage or at ‘ex-subsidiary’ stage, provided that at least 90 % of the shares or capital of the subsidiary is owned by the producer organisation, association or producer group. | In addition, the value of marketed production shall be calculated at fresh stage or at the first processing stage on which the product is normally marketed, in bulk, where products are allowed to be marketed in bulk. It shall be further calculated at the ‘ex-organisation, association or producer group’ stage or at ‘ex-subsidiary’ stage, provided that effective control over the subsidiary is ensured. |
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| In addition, the value of marketed production shall be calculated at fresh stage or at the first processing stage on which the product is normally marketed, in bulk, where products are allowed to be marketed in bulk. It shall be further calculated at the ‘ex-organisation, association or producer group’ stage or at ‘ex-subsidiary’ stage, provided that at least 90 % of the shares or capital of the subsidiary is owned by the producer organisation, association or producer group. | In addition, the value of marketed production shall be calculated at fresh stage or at the first processing stage on which the product is normally marketed, in bulk, where products are allowed to be marketed in bulk. It shall be further calculated at the ‘ex-organisation or association’ stage or at ‘ex-subsidiary’ stage, provided that at least 90 % of the shares or capital of the subsidiary is owned by the producer organisation or association. |
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| Cost of processing in case of processed products, VAT and costs of transport internal to the organisation or producer group for distance exceeding 300 km shall not be included in the calculation of the value of marketed production. | Cost of processing in case of processed products, VAT and costs of transport internal to the organisation or producer group for distance exceeding of 500 km, or such distance as may be determined by the Member States in accordance with their geographical specificities. |
The amendment increases the distance limit from 300 km, as the current threshold does not reflect the geographical differences between Member States and may disadvantage peripheral or geographically larger regions. It also replaces the 90% threshold with the criterion of effective control, better reflecting economic realities while allowing more flexible marketing structures without compromising transparency.
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| Cost of processing in case of processed products, VAT and costs of transport internal to the organisation or producer group for distance exceeding 300 km shall not be included in the calculation of the value of marketed production. | Cost of processing in case of processed products, VAT and costs of transport internal to the organisation for distance exceeding 300 km shall not be included in the calculation of the value of marketed production. |
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| Doubled counting of the values of marketed production shall be prohibited. In order to avoid double counting of values of marketed production, the production of the members of a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group which is marketed by another such organisation shall only be counted in the value of the marketed production of the latter organisation. | Doubled counting of the values of marketed production shall be prohibited. In order to avoid double counting of values of marketed production, the production of the members of a producer organisation or association of producer organisations, which is marketed by another such organisation shall only be counted in the value of the marketed production of the latter organisation. |
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| 3. Member States shall determine a 12-month calendar reference period during the three years prior to the year for which the aid is requested. | deleted |
| Where historical data on marketed production for newly recognised producer organisations, association or producer group is insufficient for the purposes of the first subparagraph, Member States shall accept the value of marketed production communicated by the producer organisation, association or group for the purpose of its recognition. |
This should be done by delegated act to ensure uniform conditions across EU and to clarify the funding of transnational producer organisations.
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| Where historical data on marketed production for newly recognised producer organisations, association or producer group is insufficient for the purposes of the first subparagraph, Member States shall accept the value of marketed production communicated by the producer organisation, association or group for the purpose of its recognition. | Where historical data on marketed production for newly recognised producer organisations or associations is insufficient for the purposes of the first subparagraph, Member States shall accept the value of marketed production communicated by the producer organisation or association for the purpose of its recognition. |
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| 4. Where for a product a reduction of at least 35 % in the value of marketed production for a given year in relation to the average of the three previous 12-month reference periods has occurred due to natural disasters, climatic events, plant diseases or pest infestations or any other reasons falling outside the responsibility and control of the organisation, association or group, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 85 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. If preventive measures were undertaken, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. | 4. Where for a product a reduction of at least 20 % in the value of marketed production for a given year in relation to the average of the three previous 12-month reference periods has occurred due to natural disasters, climatic events, plant diseases or pest infestations or any other reasons, such as severe market disruption, loss of access to markets or a sharp increase in the cost of key inputs, falling outside the responsibility and control of the organisation, association or group, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 85 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. If preventive measures were undertaken, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. |
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| 4. Where for a product a reduction of at least 35 % in the value of marketed production for a given year in relation to the average of the three previous 12-month reference periods has occurred due to natural disasters, climatic events, plant diseases or pest infestations or any other reasons falling outside the responsibility and control of the organisation, association or group, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 85 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. If preventive measures were undertaken, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. | 4. Where for a product a reduction of at least 35 % in the value of marketed production for a given year in relation to the average of the three previous 12-month reference periods has occurred due to natural disasters, climatic events, plant diseases or pest infestations or any other reasons falling outside the responsibility and control of the organisation or association, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 85 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. If preventive measures were undertaken, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of the average value in the three previous 12-month reference periods. |
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| By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for the sector referred to in Article 1(2), point (l), Member States may decide that the value of marketed production pertaining to a recognised producer organisation, association of producer organisations or producer group shall include the value of production that is marketed individually by its producer members, provided that such production is of products in respect of which the producer organisation, association or producer group is recognised or identified. |
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| 4a. Article 34a. | |
| Union financial assistance | |
| 1. The Union financial assistance shall be equal to the amount of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 32a(1) actually paid and limited to 50 % of the actual expenditure incurred. | |
| 2. The Union financial assistance shall be limited to 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation or of their association. However, in the case of producer organisations, that percentage may be increased to 4.6 % of the value of the marketed production, provided that the amount in excess of 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production is used solely for crisis prevention and management measures. In the case of associations of producer organisations, that percentage may be increased to 4.7 % of the value of the marketed production, provided that the amount in excess of 4.1 % of the value of the marketed production is used solely for crisis prevention and management measures implemented by the association of producer organisations on behalf of its members. | |
| 3. At the request of a producer organisation, the 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 60 % for an operational programme or part of an operational programme satisfying at least one of the following conditions: | |
| (a) it is submitted by several Union producer organisations operating in different Member States on transnational schemes; | |
| (b) it is submitted by one or more producer organisations engaged in schemes operated on an interbranch basis; | |
| (c) it covers solely specific support for the production of organic products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (23); | |
| (d) it is the first to be submitted by a recognised producer organisation which is the result of a merger between two recognised producer organisations; | |
| (e) it is the first to be submitted by a recognised association of producer organisations; | |
| (f) it is submitted by producer organisations in Member States where producer organisations market less than 20 % of cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-product production; | |
| (g) it is submitted by a producer organisation in one of the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU. | |
| 4. The 50 % limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 100 % in the case of market withdrawals of cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated products which shall not exceed 5 % of the volume of marketed production of each producer organisation and which are disposed of by way of: | |
| (a) free distribution to charitable organisations and foundations, approved for that purpose by the Member States, for use in their activities to assist persons whose right to public assistance is recognised in national law, in particular because they lack the necessary means of subsistence; or | |
| (b) free distribution to any of the following: penal institutions, schools, establishments referred to in Article 22, children's holiday camps, hospitals and old people’s homes designated by the Member States, which shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the quantities thus distributed are additional to the quantities normally bought in by such establishments. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 in order to supplement this Regulation with requirements additional to those laid down in this Section as regards: | The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to supplement this Regulation as regards: |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (a) ensuring the proper functioning of types of intervention laid down in this Section, in particular by avoiding distortion of competition in the internal market and to ensure sustainability; | (a) the uniform functioning of interventions and the prevention of distortion; |
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| (a) ensuring the proper functioning of types of intervention laid down in this Section, in particular by avoiding distortion of competition in the internal market and to ensure sustainability; | (a) ensuring the proper functioning of all types of intervention laid down in Article 31 of this Section, in particular by avoiding distortion of competition in the internal market and to ensure sustainability; |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (b) the rules under which producers are to withdraw the by-products of winemaking, rules on exceptions to that obligation in order to avoid additional administrative burden and rules for the voluntary certification of distillers. | (b) the calculation of the value of marketed production, including reference periods and the production of fruit and vegetables for processing; |
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| (ba) the rules on how to calculate the value of marketed production, including the reference periods and the calculation of the value of marketed production for fruit and vegetables processed into one of the processed products listed in Part X of Annex I to this Regulation. |
This amendment gives the Commission to power to establish, my means of delegated acts, harmonised rules for the purposes of calculating the value of the marketed production of fresh fruit and vegetables intended for processing. Given that the proposed regulation covers fresh fruit and vegetables intended both for the fresh produce and processed markets, a clear and uniform methodology is needed to determine what proportion of the marketed production of fresh produce intended for processing is eligible for the operational programmes.
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| (ba) the rules for the calculation of the value of marketed production, including the reference periods and the calculation of the value of the marketed production of fruit and vegetables intended for processing, which have been transformed into one of the processed products of Annex I, Part X of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013; |
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| (ba) the provisions to be included in the protein sector operational programmes and operational funds, including minimum implementation requirements, content of the programmes and eligible measures for support; |
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| (ba) the basis for the calculation of Union financial assistance referred to in this Chapter, including the reference periods and the calculation of the value of marketed production, |
The existing delegated act 126/2022 provides a level playing field by giving a clear EU-level calculation of the VMP. This should not be left at the discretion of the Member States, as it can lead not only to distortion but, in the case of multinational POs/APOs, uncertainty in the applicable funding.
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| (bb) the type of expenditure and investments covered by the measures relating to article 31 of this regulation including the eligibility of administrative and personnel costs of producer organisations, advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning product quality, sustainability, environment, climate and promotion, communication and marketing; |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (c) the eligible expenses and investments in Article 31, including administrative and personnel costs for producer organisations and associations and their subsidiaries with at least 90 % participation. | |
| (d) the advisory, technical assistance, promotion, communication and marketing services; | |
| (e) the limits as regards expenses and eligible areas; | |
| (f) the rules on by-products of wine making and certification of distillers. |
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| 1a. Delegated acts shall not impose disproportionate administrative requirements on small farms, cooperatives and producer organisations. Prior to adopting them, the Commission shall carry out a specific impact assessment on small farms and island, mountainous and remote regions and shall provide for a transitional period of at least 12 months for new substantive obligations. |
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| 1. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 21(3), expenditure related to legal commitments to beneficiaries entered into before 1 July 2027 under the following interventions may be eligible for financing under CAP plans provided that such expenditure is included in the CAP plan and that those interventions are implemented in accordance with the provisions set out below: (a) interventions undertaken pursuant to Article 42, points (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 after 31 December 2027 in accordance with the relevant provisions of Title III, Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 by means of operational programmes approved by a Member State for a duration beyond that date; (b) interventions undertaken pursuant to Article 42, points (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 after 31 December 2027 in accordance with the relevant provisions of Title III, Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2021/20115; (c) interventions undertaken pursuant to Article 70 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 after 31 December 2027 using the contribution rates specified in the relevant CAP strategic plan applicable as of 31 December 2027. 2. 21(a). Member States that provide support in the context of their CAP plans for interventions referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), shall ensure that, by [15 September 2027], producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where applicable, other beneficiaries as referred to in Article 67(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 submit to the competent national authorities a request for approval of the transition of their operational programme, specifying whether or not: (a) the operational programme should be amended to comply with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or (b) the operational programme will be replaced by a new operational programme that complies with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and this Regulation; or (c) the operational programme should continue to be carried out until its completion in accordance with the relevant provisions of Title III, Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member States shall assess the request and decide whether or not to approve it. If no such request is submitted by [15 September 2027], the operational programmes approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall come to an end on 31 December 2027. 3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 21, multiannual interventions referred to in Title IV of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 undertaken by a Member State for a duration beyond 31 December 2027 may continue to be eligible for financing until the measure or intervention has been concluded. |
A transition period that reflects the particular characteristics of each sector should be established with a view to ensuring that measures undertaken during the current programming period continue to be viable in the long term. In particular, this period should cover sector-specific interventions under the CMO, which typically consist of investments made over a number of years.
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| Article 35a. | |
| Transitional provisions relating to operational programmes | |
| 1. The interventions referred to in Article 42, points (a) and (d) to (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 that are implemented under operational programmes approved by a Member State for a given duration extending beyond 31 December 2027 may remain eligible for financing up to the end of the operational programmes, provided that such interventions are included in the PNR Plan and implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. | |
| 2. Member States that finance such operational programmes as part of their CAP strategic plans shall ensure that producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or, where relevant, other beneficiaries referred to in Article 67(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall, by no later than [15 September 2027], submit a request to the national competent authority to the effect that their operational programme: | |
| (a) should be amended to comply with this Regulation; or | |
| (b) should be replaced by a new operational programme in accordance with this Regulation; or | |
| (c) should continue to be implemented until it comes to an end, in accordance with the financial conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. | |
| If no such request is submitted by [15 September 2027], the operational programmes approved under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall end on 31 December 2027. |
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| 1a. Article 35a. | |
| National financial assistance | |
| 1. In regions of the Member States where the degree of organisation of producers in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products sector is particularly low, the Commission may adopt implementing acts authorising Member States, at their duly substantiated request, to pay producer organisations national financial assistance equal to a maximum of 80 % of the financial contributions referred to in point (a) of Article 32(1). That assistance shall be additional to the operational fund. | |
| Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2). | |
| 2. In regions of Member States where producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and the producer groups referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 market less than 15 % of the value of cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-product production and whose production of cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated products represents at least 15 % of the total agricultural output of those regions, the national financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be reimbursed by the Union at the request of the Member State concerned. | |
| The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning that reimbursement. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 229(2). |
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| 12(a) Article 35b. | |
| National framework and national strategy for operational programmes | |
| 1. Member States shall establish a national framework containing general conditions relating to the environmental actions referred to in paragraph 5 of Article 33a. That framework shall provide, in particular, that such actions are to meet the appropriate requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, in particular those set out in Article 3 thereof. | |
| Member States shall submit their proposed framework to the Commission which, by means of implementing acts adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229(2) or (3), may within three months of the submission require modifications if it finds that the proposal would not contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 191 TFEU and in the seventh Union environment action programme. Investments on individual holdings supported by operational programmes shall also respect those objectives. | |
| 2. Each Member State shall establish a national strategy for sustainable operational programmes in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products market. | |
| Such a strategy shall include: | |
| (a) an analysis of the situation in terms of strengths and weaknesses and the potential for development; | |
| (b) justification of the priorities chosen; | |
| (c) the objectives of operational programmes and instruments, and performance indicators; | |
| (d) assessment of operational programmes; | |
| (e) reporting obligations for producer organisations. | |
| The national strategy shall also integrate the national framework referred to in paragraph 1. 3. | |
| Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to Member States which have no recognised producer organisations. |
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| 12(b) Article 35c. | |
| Delegated powers | |
| In order to ensure an efficient, targeted and sustainable support of producer organisations and their associations in the cider, perry, apple and pear juice and associated-products sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 TFEU establishing rules on: (a) operational funds and operational programmes, concerning: | |
| (i) the estimated amounts, the decisions by producer organisations and their associations on the financial contributions and the use of operational funds; | |
| (ii) the measures, actions, expenditure and administrative and personnel costs to be included or excluded under operational programmes, the modification thereof and the additional requirements to be determined by Member States; | |
| (iii) the avoidance of double funding between operational programmes and rural development programmes; | |
| (iv) operational programmes of associations of producer organisations; | |
| (v) the specific rules applicable to cases in which associations of producer organisations fully or partially manage, process, implement and present, wholly or in part, operational programmes; | |
| (vi) the obligation to use common indicators for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation of operational programmes; | |
| (b) the national framework and national strategy for operational programmes concerning the obligation to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the national frameworks and the national strategies; | |
| (c) Union financial assistance, concerning: | |
| (i) the basis for the calculation of Union financial assistance and of the value of the marketed production, referred to in Article 34a(2); | |
| (ii) applicable reference periods for the calculation of aid; | |
| (iii) the provision of advance payments and the requirement to lodge a security where an advance payment of aid is made; | |
| (iv) the specific rules applicable to the financing of operational programmes of associations of producer organisations, particularly those relating to the application of the limits provided for in Article 34a(2); | |
| (d) crisis prevention and management measures, concerning: | |
| (i) the possibility for Member States not to apply one or more crisis prevention and management measures; | |
| (ii) conditions relating to points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 33(3); | |
| (iii) permissible destinations to be decided by Member States for withdrawn products; | |
| (iv) the maximum level of support for market withdrawals; | |
| (v) the requirement for prior notifications in case of market withdrawals; | |
| (vi) the basis of the calculation of the volume of marketed production for free distribution referred to in Article 34(4) and the determination of a maximum volume of marketed production in case of withdrawals; | |
| (vii) the requirement to display the Union emblem on packages of products for free distribution; | |
| (viii) the conditions for the recipients of withdrawn products; | |
| (ix) the use of terms for the purposes of this Section; | |
| (x) the conditions, to be adopted by Member States, relating to green harvesting and non-harvesting; | |
| (xi) harvest insurance; | |
| (xii) the mutual funds; | |
| (xiii) the conditions relating to, and the fixing of a ceiling for expenditure on, the replanting of orchards for health or phytosanitary reasons in accordance with point (e) of the first subparagraph of Article 33a(3); | |
| (e) national financial assistance, concerning: | |
| (i) the degree of organisation of producers; | |
| (ii) the requirement to lodge a security where an advance payment is made; | |
| (iii) the maximum proportion of Union reimbursement of the national financial assistance. |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| 13(a) in Article 62, paragraph 3, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: | |
| Where a well-determined area is gravely affected by one or both of the cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances referred to in Article 3(1), points (a) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the Member State concerned may extend the validity of the authorisations granted in accordance with Article 64 of this Regulation to be used in that area that are due to expire by the end of the marketing year in which one or both of those cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances occur by up to twelve months. | ‘Where a well-determined area, a holding or the holder of an authorisation is gravely affected by a case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the Member State concerned may extend the validity of the authorisations granted in accordance with Articles 64 and 68 of this Regulation that are due to expire by the end of the marketing year in which that case of force majeure or exceptional circumstances occur by up to twelve months. |
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| Wine grape varieties which are classified in accordance with Article 81(2)(b) and harvested in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira may be used to produce wine for distribution solely within those regions. |
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| (a) in paragraph 1, the following points are added: | deleted |
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| (j) protein crops; | |
| (k) beef; | |
| (l) pigmeat; | |
| (m) sheepmeat; | |
| (n) goatmeat; | |
| (o) cheese.; | |
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| (a) in paragraph 1, the following points are added: | (a) (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: |
| "1. Marketing standards may apply to one or more of the sectors defined in Article 1 of this Regulation."; |
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| (a) in paragraph 1, the following points are added: | (a) 1. Marketing standards may apply to one or more of the sectors and products defined in Article 1 of this Regulation. |
The Member States should retain the ability to decide which marketing standards should apply to which sector.
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| (j) protein crops; | deleted |
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| (j) protein crops; | deleted |
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| (k) beef; | deleted |
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| (k) beef; | deleted |
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| (l) pigmeat; | deleted |
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| (l) pigmeat; | deleted |
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| 1(a) rice; | |
| rabbit meat; | |
| industrial hemp; | |
| hemp intended for extraction; |
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| (m) sheepmeat; | deleted |
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| (m) sheepmeat; | deleted |
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| (n) goatmeat; | deleted |
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| (n) goatmeat; | deleted |
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| (o) cheese.; | deleted |
Existing international and national standards already provide a framework for cheese production and marketing. Additional Union marketing standards for cheese risk creating unnecessary regulatory costs, restricting regional diversity and traditional production methods, and disproportionately burdening small and medium-sized operators. Such additional rules would not be consistent with the objective of reducing bureaucracy and simplifying procedures.
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| (o) cheese.; | deleted |
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| (o) cheese.; | deleted |
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| (o) cheese.; | deleted |
establishing marketing standards is a task that should only be undertaken if the need for such marketing standards has been established, which is ot the case for cheese wher national markets remain very specific.
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| (o) cheese.’; | deleted |
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| (o) cheese.; | (o) cheese.; without prejudice to the existing marketing standards and without introducing disproportionate additional obligations for economic operators; |
The amendment updates the scope of the marketing standards to better reflect the current realities of EU agricultural production, including relevant sectors such as protein crops, meat and dairy products. It also seeks to strike a balance between consumer transparency and a simple, workable regulatory framework by avoiding disproportionate labelling and traceability requirements that could undermine the competitiveness of the internal market.
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Carmen Crespo Díaz
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| (oa) honey and apiculture products other than honey |
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| (oa) honey and other apiculture products; |
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| (oa) royal jelly; |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (v) apiculture products other than honey; |
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| (oa) hemp |
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| i) (p new) hemp |
Given evolving consumer demand and ongoing product innovation in the hemp sector, and the absence of harmonised quality requirements beyond THC-related controls, including hemp under Article 75(1) is justified to ensure uniform marketing standards, fair competition and consumer protection.
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| (oa) rice |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (i) rice; |
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| (ob) horsemeat |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (ii) rabbit meat; |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (iii) horsemeat; |
Carmen Crespo Díaz, Esther Herranz García, Susana Solís Pérez, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Elena Nevado del Campo
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| (iv) milk and milk products; |
Jessika van Leeuwen, Waldemar Buda, Céline Imart, Benoit Cassart, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| (aa) Marketing standards for meat shall include rules reserving meat-related designations exclusively for products of animal origin, including provisions preventing the use of such designations for products derived from cell culture, products consisting exclusively of non-animal ingredients and hybrid products combining animal and plant proteins. |
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| (aa) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph 2 is added: | |
| For foods offered for sale in catering establishments, bakeries, delicatessens, takeaways and in any resale trade more generally, the national origin of the main agricultural ingredient shall be brought to the consumer’s attention by means of a visible, legible label.; |
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| (aa) after paragraph 2, the following paragraph is added: | |
| In order to end the practice of force feeding ducks and geese, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act to amend Article 2.3 of Regulation (EU) 2026/343 removing the minimum weight requirements for 'foie gras' as well as the reference to feeding practices that cause hepatic fatty cellular hypertrophy. The Commission shall adopt this delegated act at the latest by 31 December 2027. |
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin. |
| By way of derogation from Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Member States may adopt or maintain national provisions stipulating that the national origin must be indicated on all foods originating from agricultural products and foods covered by this Regulation. Where such provisions are adopted, the national origin shall be indicated on the main side of the packaging in a way that is clearly visible, legible and indelible. | |
| Such indications shall take one of the following forms: | |
| (a) the flag of the Member State of origin, the height of which may not be less than 10 % of the surface area of the front of the packaging, and the proportions of which shall respect the official characteristics of the flag; or | |
| (b) the phrase ‘Origin: [Member State]’ or ‘Made in [Member State]’, printed in characters taking up at least 10 % of the main side of the packaging and in adequate contrast with the background on the packaging. For processed foods, the country of origin of the three main ingredients, determined according to their proportion of weight of the finished product, shall be indicated clearly and visibly. |
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| ‘(j) the place of farming and/or origin’; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin of the agricultural product as well as its environmental and climate performance, including the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions, on the basis of verifiable and scientifically substantiated methods and information about the animal welfare standards applied in connection with production. |
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin;; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin; including for processed products containing products referred to in paragraph 1, and for products referred to in paragraph 1 that are sold by caterers and delicatessen services. |
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin; where necessary to ensure that consumers are properly informed and without imposing labelling or traceability requirements that go beyond what is necessary and proportionate for the functioning of the internal market. |
The amendment updates the scope of the marketing standards to better reflect the current realities of EU agricultural production, including relevant sectors such as protein crops, meat and dairy products. It also seeks to strike a balance between consumer transparency and a simple, workable regulatory framework by avoiding disproportionate labelling and traceability requirements that could undermine the competitiveness of the internal market.
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin, including origin of feed for animal-based products ; |
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin; | (j) the place of farming and/or origin, and if applicable, the place of slaughtering; |
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| ‘(j) the place of farming and/or origin’; | ‘(j) the country of origin, i.e. where the produce was grown or reared’; |
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| (j) the place of farming and/or origin; | (j) the place of farming and the country of origin; |
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| (ja) The following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph 4: | |
| Point (j) shall apply to all of the marketing standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4. |
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| (ja) the origin of feed for animal-based products; |
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| (jb) the environmental and climate performance of the product, including greenhouse gas emissions intensity, on the basis of verifiable and scientifically robust methods; |
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| (jc) information relating to the animal welfare standards applied in the production. |
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| (ba) in paragraph 3, the following point is added: | |
| compliance with production methods ensuring a level of protection at least equivalent to that provided for under Union legislation, including animal welfare standards; |
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| (ba) in paragraph 3, point (n) is added: | |
| information relating to the animal welfare standards applied in production. |
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| 3a (new) Marketing standards for cheese pursuant to paragraph 1(o) shall be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and shall not undermine protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed as well as traditional designations and production procedures which are typical in the Member States, including the processing of hay milk and artisan Alpine dairy production. |
The possibility of EU-wide marketing standards for cheese must not result in a one-size-fits-all system which crowds out traditional high-quality production. The wide variety of European cheeses, ranging from hay milk cheese (a traditional speciality guaranteed) through to protected mountain cheeses, stems from regional production procedures which must not be jeopardised as a result of harmonised requirements in terms of composition.
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| 3b (new) For meat in the sectors referred to in paragraph 1(d), (k), (l), (m) and (n) and for milk and milk products, the marketing standards may also provide for the mandatory indication of their place of origin if these products are used as a primary ingredient in processed foods or delivered by mass caterers and food and beverage establishments. By 31 December 2028, the Commission shall present a legislative proposal regarding the mandatory labelling of origin by Member State for meat, milk and eggs as ingredients in processed foods and in mass catering. |
The possibility of EU-wide marketing standards for cheese must not result in a one-size-fits-all system which crowds out traditional high-quality production. The wide variety of European cheeses, ranging from hay milk cheese (a traditional speciality guaranteed) through to protected mountain cheeses, stems from regional production procedures which must not be jeopardised as a result of harmonised requirements in terms of composition.
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| (jb) For sectors where the labelling rules fall under Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, the Commission shall, within a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, adopt an implementing regulation laying down the origin-labelling rules for processed products. |
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| (ba) in paragraph 4, the following text is added: ‘point (j) shall apply to all marketing standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4;’ |
Il presente emendamento risponde alla consolidata e stringente istanza di trasparenza manifestata dai consumatori dell'Unione e dagli operatori del comparto agroalimentare in merito alla tracciabilità e all'indicazione obbligatoria del luogo di origine delle materie prime.Si ritiene pertanto doveroso che i colegislatori recepiscano tale priorità nel quadro della revisione normativa in oggetto. L'introduzione di disposizioni armonizzate sull'origine è fondamentale non solo per garantire il diritto a un'informazione corretta e consapevole, ma anche per prevenire asimmetrie informative sul mercato unico, valorizzare i modelli produttivi territoriali e tutelare l'elevato standard di qualità e sicurezza che caratterizza la produzione agroalimentare europea.
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| Article 75 - paragraph 6 is deleted: | |
| 6. In order to take into account the expectations of consumers and the need to improve the quality and the economic conditions for the production and marketing of agricultural products, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 to modify the list of sectors in paragraph 1. Such delegated acts shall be strictly limited to demonstrated needs resulting from evolving consumer demand, technical progress or the need for product innovation, and shall be subject to a Commission report to the European Parliament and to the Council evaluating, in particular, the needs of the consumer, the costs and administrative burdens for operators, including the impact on the internal market and on international trade, and the benefits offered to producers and to the end consumer. | " |
| " |
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| (aa) Article 76a (new) Mandatory labelling of origin – principle and scope | |
| 1. The following products shall only be marketed with an indication of their country of origin at all stages of marketing, including delivery to final consumers: | |
| (a) meat from the beef, pigmeat, sheepmeat and goatmeat as well as poultrymeat sectors pursuant to Article 1(2)(o), (q), (r) and (s), fresh, chilled or frozen; | |
| (b) meat products and meat preparations within the meaning of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; | |
| (c) milk and milk products pursuant to Part XVI of Annex I; | |
| (d) eggs pursuant to Article 1(2)(t). | |
| 2. The following shall be deemed the country of origin: | |
| (a) for meat: the country in which the animal was born, reared and slaughtered; if these countries are different, at least the country of rearing and the country of slaughter shall be specified; | |
| (b) for milk and milk products: the country of milking; in the case of milk products, also the country of processing if this differs from the country of milking; | |
| (c) for eggs: the country of the layer farm. | |
| 3. This Article shall be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and shall take precedence over Article 26 thereof as a sector-specific provision within the meaning of Article 1(4) thereof. |
The definitions of origin follow the tried-and-tested system established by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 (born/reared/slaughtered) and the French and Finnish approach to labelling milk (country of milking and processing). The indication of multiple countries (‘EU/non-EU’) ensures feasibility in the event that the supply source changes, without abandoning the goal of transparency. Paragraph 3 clarifies the relationship with the Food Information to Consumers Regulation; as the sector-specific agricultural market legislation, the CMO is the permitted legal framework.
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| 13a. Article 76b (new) Labelling of origin for processed foods | |
| 1. If products pursuant to Article 76a(1) are used as an ingredient in processed foods, their country of origin shall be specified pursuant to Article 76a(2) and (3) if the ingredient: | |
| (a) is a primary ingredient within the meaning of Article 2(2)(q) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, or | |
| (b) accounts for more than 25 % by weight of the final product, or | |
| (c) is referred to in the designation of the food or is characteristic of the food. | |
| 2. The country of origin shall appear in the same field of vision as the designation of the food, in a font size which complies with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. | |
| 3. Ingredient proportions accounting for less than 5 % by weight of the final product and compound ingredients accounting for less than 2 % by weight shall be exempt from the obligation under paragraph 1. | |
| 4. In the event of a change in supply sources, market participants may use up packaging and labels which have already been printed for a period of no more than six months, provided that the correct information is made accessible by other appropriate means, including digitally. |
Processed products account for approximately two thirds of meat and milk consumption. Taking into consideration factors such as the primary ingredient, a 25 % threshold and eponymous ingredients ensures that products of which consumers have the highest expectations in terms of origin are those specifically covered by the rules. De minimis thresholds and grace periods ensure proportionality, in particular for small and medium-sized processing establishments.
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| 13b. Article 76c (new) Labelling of origin for mass caterers and food and beverage establishments | |
| 1. Mass caterers within the meaning of Article 2(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 – including canteens, educational establishments, health and care facilities as well as chain restaurants – shall provide final consumers with information about the country of origin of the meat, milk and eggs used in accordance with Article 76a(2) and (3). | |
| 2. Food and beverage establishments shall inform final consumers about the country of origin of the meat used in accordance with Article 76a(2) and (3). | |
| 3. The information pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in an easily visible and accessible location, in direct relationship to the offering of the food, in one of the following ways: | |
| (a) on the menu or meal plan, | |
| (b) by means of a display or notice at the place where the food is delivered, or | |
| (c) digitally, provided that this is clearly indicated at the place where the food is delivered. | |
| 4. The information may be provided in summary form for different product categories and, if the supply source changes on a regular basis, as percentages per country of origin on the basis of the goods used over the past 12 months. | |
| 5. Member States may keep in place or adopt stricter national provisions on the indication of origin by mass caterers and food and beverage establishments provided that these provisions are compatible with the internal market. |
Out-of-home food service is the least transparent sales channel: the majority of imported meat is sold anonymously. The phased approach—comprehensive coverage for institutional catering, with restaurants initially required to provide origin information only for meat—follows the Austrian model of origin labelling in institutional catering and the French model for meat served in restaurants. Flexible methods of providing information (menus, notices, or digital formats), together with the option of indicating either categories or percentages where supply sources vary, keep the administrative burden for restaurants and catering operations low. Paragraph 5 safeguards existing national regulations.
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| 13c. Article 76d (new) Evidence of compliance, controls and penalties | |
| 1. Market participants shall base the information pursuant to Articles 76a to 76c on the traceability systems pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and on the delivery documentation; separate additional registration requirements shall not be created. | |
| 2. Compliance with Articles 76a to 76c shall be verified as part of the official controls under Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Member States shall determine effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties; in the event of first-time and minor offences, priority shall be given to requests for corrective action. | |
| 3. Misleading indications of origin, including packaging which includes national symbols, flags or suggestions of origin which contradict the actual origin pursuant to Article 76a, shall be prohibited. |
It must be possible to carry out controls to ensure compliance with the labelling requirement without creating more red tape; all of the relevant evidence can be obtained from delivery notes and the traceability system which exists in any case under general food legislation, and controls can be incorporated into the existing system of official food controls. Guidance instead of punishment for first-time offenders protects small businesses. Paragraph 3 prevents the widespread practice of suggesting a particular origin (for example red/white/red packaging suggesting an Austrian origin for non-Austrian goods) with a view to deliberately deceiving consumers.
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| 13d. Article 76e (new) Implementing provisions, transitional periods and evaluation | |
| 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 supplementing this Regulation by setting out the following: | |
| (a) more detailed rules governing the information to be provided pursuant to Articles 76a to 76c, including format, placement and abbreviations; | |
| (b) the approach to be taken in the case of products with protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, where information about the origin shall be deemed to have been provided. | |
| 2. Articles 76a to 76d shall apply from [18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]; for processed foods under Article 76b |
Staggered transitional periods and explicit facilitations for micro-enterprises and direct marketers ensure practicability and remove any basis for the foreseeable objections on grounds of red tape. It is inherent in the system that products with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication already meet the requirement to provide information about the origin. The review clause leaves the way open for a later widening of scope, for example to include honey as an ingredient or to include the food and beverage sector as a whole, without overloading the core package.
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| (14) in Article 78(1), the following points are added: | (14) in Article 78(1), point (a) is amended as follows: ‘(a) any sector involving the production of edible parts of animals, in particular beef, pigmeat, sheepmeat, goatmeat and poultry;’ |
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 962 - 1195 - Draft report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme (‘EU school scheme’), sectoral interventions, the creation of a protein sector, requirements for hemp, the possibility for marketing standards for cheese, protein crops and meat, application of additional import duties, rules on the availability of supplies in time of emergencies and severe crisis and securities}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-07-23},
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urldate = {2026-09-25},
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