4. Support schemes for farmers under the CAP * - Modifications to the common agricultural policy * - Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development * - Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007 to 2013) * (debate)

CRE

Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers [COM(2008)0306 - C6-0240/2008 - 2008/0103(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0402/2008)

Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation on modifications to the common agricultural policy by amending Regulations (EC) No 320/2006, (EC) No 1234/2007, (EC) No 3/2008 and (EC) No […]/2008 [COM(2008)0306 - C6-0241/2008 - 2008/0104(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0401/2008)

Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [COM(2008)0306 - C6-0242/2008 - 2008/0105(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0390/2008)

Report: on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2006/144/EC on the Community strategic guidelines for rural development (programming period 2007 to 2013) [COM(2008)0306 - C6-0239/2008 - 2008/0106(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0377/2008)

Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (President-in-Office of the Council) and Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Markus Pieper (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Lutz Goepel, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Stéphane Le Foll, on behalf of the PSE Group, Niels Busk, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vincenzo Aita, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Witold Tomczak, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Peter Baco, Non-attached Member, Neil Parish, Brian Simpson, Jan Mulder, Gintaras Didžiokas, Alyn Smith, Ilda Figueiredo, Georgios Georgiou and Jim Allister.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Agnes Schierhuber, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Donato Tommaso Veraldi, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Sylwester Chruszcz, Esther Herranz García, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Anne Laperrouze, Liam Aylward, Véronique Mathieu, Lily Jacobs, Kyösti Virrankoski, Sergio Berlato, Sebastiano Sanzarello, Vincenzo Lavarra, Mairead McGuinness, Bogdan Golik, Ioannis Gklavakis, Katerina Batzeli, Esther De Lange, Giovanna Corda, Jean-Paul Denanot, María Isabel Salinas García and Alessandro Battilocchio.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Avril Doyle, Paulo Casaca, Francesco Ferrari, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Elisabeth Jeggle, Marian Harkin, Astrid Lulling, Giovanni Robusti, James Nicholson, Katerina Batzeli, Colm Burke and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Mariann Fischer Boel.

IN THE CHAIR: Adam BIELAN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.11.2008, item 5.4, minutes of 19.11.2008, item 7.1, minutes of 19.11.2008, item 7.2 and minutes of 19.11.2008, item 7.3.