# Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: a special health check

European Parliament procedure 2009/2156(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee AGRI / REGI). Stage: Procedure completed. 116 committee amendments tabled by 45 Members between 2010-02-02 and 2010-02-09.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is an own-initiative report on agriculture in areas with natural handicaps. The amendments address a strategy for intermediate disadvantaged areas and disparities between Member States, the use of biophysical and socio-economic criteria and a depopulation criterion in the fine-tuning, the 66% threshold and mapping of areas, transitional periods for areas losing status, compensatory payments for less-favoured areas, and coordination between agricultural and cohesion policy.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George LYON | United Kingdom | ALDE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96959.md |
| Vincenzo IOVINE | Italy | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97130.md |
| Marian HARKIN | Ireland | ALDE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28116.md |
| Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT | Spain | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96811.md |
| Giovanni LA VIA | Italy | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96816.md |
| Britta REIMERS | Germany | ALDE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96875.md |
| Peter JAHR | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96772.md |
| Herbert DORFMANN | Italy | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96787.md |
| Albert DESS | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28228.md |
| Elisabeth KÖSTINGER | Austria | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96882.md |
| Elisabeth JEGGLE | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4271.md |
| Richard ASHWORTH | United Kingdom | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28132.md |
| Liam AYLWARD | Ireland | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28114.md |
| Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA | Spain | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/22418.md |
| Astrid LULLING | Luxembourg | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1186.md |

## Official source documents

- PE438.451: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.451+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE438.477: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-438.477+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-2156-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-2156-INI.json

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