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Changes to greening rules and clarifications of certain other direct payments' rules

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European farmers, 12 Jan 2017

Continuation of the previous part (3/3) ...the weighting factors for short rotation coppice and catch crop or green cover should be harmonized with the one for NFC and therefore raise up to 0.7 to provide a balanced approach of the values of the element for biodiversity. Such an adjustment could…

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European agri-cooperatives, 12 Jan 2017

Continuation of the previous part (3/3) ...the weighting factors for short rotation coppice and catch crop or green cover should be harmonized with the one for NFC and therefore raise up to 0.7 to provide a balanced approach of the values of the element for biodiversity. Such an adjustment could…

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Stichting BirdLife Europe, 12 Jan 2017

The primary objective of the 'Ecological Focus Area' requirement for the Greening payment is to protect and enhance biodiversity in the agricultural landscape. Biodiversity declines have been well documented for decades, which is most concerning as it jeopardizes the fundamental structures which…

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Deutscher Bauernverband, 28 Dec 2016

Die folgende Stellungnahme des Deutschen Bauernverbandes e.V. bezieht sich auf folgenden Verordnungsentwurf der EU-Kommission vom 15. Dezember 2016 zur Änderung der Delegierten Verordnung (EU) Nr. 639/2014: http://bit.ly/2hXen6Y und http://bit.ly/2hZoY3w. •Mit dem generellen Verbot des Einsatzes…

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Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund, 11 Jan 2017

To begin with, we welcome the efforts made by the Commission services to simplify the greening requirements and implementation. However, the overall proposal contains several parts that cannot be considered as simplification. Most notably the ban on use of plant protection products (PPP) on certain…

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Landbrug Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council, 12 Jan 2017

Danish Agriculture & Food Council has discovered that there has been added a point 10c to article 45 which is formulated as follows: “On areas referred to in paragraph 9 established by under-sowing grass or leguminous crops in the main crop, this prohibition shall apply from the moment of the…

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Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V., 11 Jan 2017

Die gegenwärtige Regelung, Pestizide auf Ökologischen Vorrangflächen (ÖVF) zuzulassen, ist paradox und widerspricht dem Ziel der ÖVF, denn dort soll explizit die Biodiversität erhalten und gefördert werden. Ein generelles Pestizid-Verbot auf Greening-Flächen muss daher selbstverständlich sein!…

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Pesticide Action Network Europe, 11 Jan 2017

PAN Europe welcomes the idea of the European Commission to ban pesticide use in Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs). These EFAs were introduced as part of the greening measures of the 2013 reform of the CAP ‘in order to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farms’. Banning pesticides is a simple and…

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Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles, 11 Jan 2017

Dès l’origine, le verdissement a été défini par le législateur comme un moyen de rémunérer les actions spécifiques des agriculteurs en faveur de l’environnement et de légitimer davantage les aides agricoles aux yeux des contribuables. Cependant, il a aussi été convenu que le verdissement ne devait…

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Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich, 4 Jan 2017

Die Landwirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich setzt sich gegen diesen EU-Vorschlag entschieden zur Wehr, da damit einer erfolgreich etablierten Regelung zur Verbesserung der Versorgung mit heimischen und GVO-freien Eiweißfuttermitteln die zentrale Grundlage entzogen würde. Es wird geradezu als…

Finnish Nature Association demands pesticide-free ecological focus areas

Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto - The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, 12 Jan 2017

The association demands that no pesticides be used in Ecological Focus Areas. They argue that chemicals pose a significant threat to conservation goals.
Achieving a pesticide ban would help the organization reach its core conservation goals.

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Ulster Farmers' Union, 12 Jan 2017

As a first comment we are very disappointed that despite Member States (MS) submitting simplification proposals in early 2015 and public consultation early in 2016 that farmers are unlikely to see meaningful simplification until 2018. The Greening rules are complex yet important information was…

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British Agriculture Bureau, 12 Jan 2017

The NFU welcomes the opportunity to feed into the consultation exercise. The NFU is disappointed with the development of the greening simplification measures within the proposed legislation, especially as they do not truly simplify the rules, but actually add burden in a number of ways –…

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Sociedad Española de Ornitología, 12 Jan 2017

Como el propio memorándum de la propuesta indica, la Comisión Europea se comprometió a revisar, en el plazo de un año, el impacto tras la designación de Superficies de Interés Ecológico (SIE) que se planteó en la última reforma de la Política Agraria Común (PAC). Cabe recalcar que lo que se expone…

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Confédération Européenne de la Production de Maïs, 10 Jan 2017

La CEPM, à l’image des agriculteurs européens, a souligné la complexité de la PAC 2014-2020 et de sa mise en œuvre dans les Etats membres. Le processus de simplification lancé sous l’impulsion du Commissaire répondait par conséquent à une attente forte des producteurs de maïs européens.…

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Euro Coop - European Community of Consumer Co-operatives, 12 Jan 2017

Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) were created as per Article 44 of Regulation 1307/2013 in order “to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farms”. Euro Coop supports the statement by the European Economic and Social Committee that “the fact that the use of pesticides is to some extent permitted in…

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Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza, 12 Jan 2017

Se contesta, en nombre de WWF España, a la consulta de la Comisión Europea para revisar el impacto ambiental de las Superficies de Interés Ecológico (SIE), planteadas en la última reforma de la Política Agraria Común (PAC). Esta respuesta pretende contribuir a asegurar la consecución del objetivo…

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Fédération française des producteurs d'Oléagineux et de Protéagineux, 11 Jan 2017

La mise en œuvre d’une PAC prenant en compte les spécificités pédoclimatiques des zones de production ainsi que les caractéristiques propres aux divers modèles agricoles rencontrés est un gage du succès et de l’appropriation des politiques par les divers intervenants. Aussi la FOP soutient la marge…

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Pestizid Aktions-Netzwerk e.V., 11 Jan 2017

The widespread pesticide use in agriculture is recognized as one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. We face a situation that today common wild plants and wild animals that had been part of the biodiversity of agricultural areas for ages can now be found on the Red Lists of endangered…

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Association Générale des Producteurs de Blé et autres céréales, 12 Jan 2017

Rappelons qu’avec le verdissement, les co-législateurs européens ont souhaité mettre la PAC à l’écoute des citoyens en garantissant la performance environnementale de l’agriculture. Rappelons ensuite que les surfaces d’intérêt écologique (SIE), l’un des 3 volets du verdissement, ont pour principal…

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Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux/BirdLife France, 12 Jan 2017

LPO-Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, the BirdLife Partner in France, supports the proposal of the Commission to implement measures aiming at reducing/banning tpesticides in sites of major ecological interest. In France, there is no specific restriction of pesticide use in the sites of…

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Lipu Odv, 12 Jan 2017

L’obiettivo principale della “ecological focus area” (EFA), una delle condizioni per ricevere il pagamento Greening, è di proteggere e migliorare la biodiversità degli agro ecosistemi. Il declino della biodiversità è un fenomeno ben documentato iniziato nel secolo scorso che preoccupa in quanto…

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Bee Life - European Beekeeping Coordination, 12 Jan 2017

Following the logic of EFAs, established ‘to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farms by boosting natural processes and so strengthening the ecosystem functions that are essential for the long term productivity and intrinsic fertility of our food production systems” (recital 44 of…

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Soil Association, 12 Jan 2017

Compared to the measures to promote wildlife conservation and protect the environment that farmers are now encouraged to take under the new Pillar 2 Countryside Stewardship scheme, we do not think that the ‘greening’ measures introduced under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy are of any…

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European Professional Beekeepers Association, 12 Jan 2017

EFAs were established ‘to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farms’ as per recital 44 of Reg.1307/2013 “by boosting natural processes and so strengthening the ecosystem functions that are essential for the long term productivity and intrinsic fertility of our food production systems”. The…

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Assemblée permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture, 11 Jan 2017

Les cultures fixatrices d’azote sont des cultures qui ont des incidences indirectes sur la biodiversité par l'utilisation réduite d'intrants dans les exploitations (non recours à la fertilisation azotée minérale sur la culture, diminution de la fertilisation des cultures suivantes, utilisation…

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An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland, 11 Jan 2017

It is widely accepted that agricultural intensification is the greatest driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss in Europe. The need to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture in Europe is the most important action the EU must take to tackle the ongoing global mass extinction event being…

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Pesticide Action Network Italy, 12 Jan 2017

There is a huge use of pesticides in EU agriculture, and this is causing health problems for the citizins, pollution of water and air, and loss of species. Pesticides should not be used in Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs). Especially the farmers and agricultural workers are facing high risk and…

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BirdLife Cyprus (Πτηνολογικός Σύνδεσμος Κύπρου), 12 Jan 2017

It is a glaring inconsistency that pesticides can be used in EFAs, and directly counterproductive to meetings its aims. The primary objective of the 'Ecological Focus Area' requirement for the Greening payment is to protect and enhance biodiversity in the agricultural landscape. Biodiversity…

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Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. , Friends of the Earth Germany, 11 Jan 2017

Das Greening ist kein Förderprogramm für den Leguminosenanbau. Dass sollte über die 2. Säule geschehen. Als praktizierender Landwirt bin ich überzeugt, dass wir eine ökologische Infrastruktur in der Feldmark benötigen, die ohne Pestizide auskommen muss. Daher hat Kommissar Hogan recht, Pestizide…

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Pesticide Action Network UK, 11 Jan 2017

Pesticides should have no place in Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs), there are already far too many pesticides used in EU agriculture and this use is driving species loss, water pollution and negative human health problems, particularly for farmers that use pesticides on a regular basis. If we are…

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Rebutting Industry Science with Knowledge Consultancy, 11 Jan 2017

Farming is obviously crucial, but not just in simple economics: no other sector is so involved and dependant on ecology. So it is only logical for humans to live by sustaining, not destroying or treating, the eco system that keeps us alive. Massive scientific literature documents the harm that…