P7_TA(2013)0490

Financing, management and monitoring of the CAP ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 20 November 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (COM(2011)0628 — C7-0341/2011 — COM(2012)0551 — C7-0312/2012 — 2011/0288(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2016/C 436/45)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0628) and the amendments to the proposal (COM(2012)0551),

having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0341/2011),

having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 April 2012 (1) and 14 November 2012 (2) ,

having regard to opinion 1/2012 of the Court of Auditors of 8 March 2012 (3) ,

having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 4 May 2012 (4) ,

having regard to its decision of 13 March 2013 on the opening of, and on the mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal (5) ,

having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 7 October 2013 to approve that position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Development, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Regional Development (A7-0363/2013),

Approves the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to this resolution;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

(1) OJ C 191, 29.6.2012, p. 116.

(2) OJ C 11, 15.1.2013, p. 88.

(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(4) OJ C 225, 27.7.2012, p. 174.

(5) Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0087.

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.)

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008

ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

on cross-compliance

The Council and the European Parliament invite the Commission to monitor the transposition and the implementation by the Member States of Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides and, where appropriate, to come forward, once these Directives have been implemented in all Member States and the obligations directly applicable to farmers have been identified, with a legislative proposal amending this regulation with a view to including the relevant parts of these Directives in the system of cross-compliance.

STATEMENT FROM THE COMMISSION

on relation to late payments made by the paying agencies to beneficiaries (Article 42(1))

The European Commission declares that when it adopts rules on the reduction of reimbursement to the paying agencies in case of payment made to the beneficiaries after the latest possible date laid down by Union legislation, the scope of the current provisions related to late payments for EAGF will be maintained.

STATEMENT FROM THE COMMISSION

on the level of implementation (Article 112b)

The European Commission confirms that in accordance with Article 4(2) TEU, the Union respects Member States' constitutional structures and, therefore, Member States are responsible for deciding at which territorial level they wish to implement the common agricultural policy, subject to respecting Union law and ensuring its effectiveness. This principle is applicable to all four Regulations of the CAP reform.