29. Notes that the Commission reports the errors in the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in France and Portugal since 2006; notes that before 2010 no own initiative action plan had been initiated in these countries; criticises the fact that "action plans" instigated by the Commission have only started in 2010 for Portugal and as late as in 2013 for France; considers that, although the way in which the Commission addresses the deficiencies detected in the LPIS sy ...[+++]stems in order to calculate the financial corrections gives rise to lengthy conformity procedures, delays in the adoption of action plans and reservations in the annual activity reports it makes for real financial corrections, as called for by Parliament and the Court of Auditors, rather than flat-rate corrections which are open to challenge by the Member States and recipients; supports the Commission in its approach, and calls for the systems to be improved in any way possible, including the provision of training to staff, in order to enhance their effectiveness and rapidity;

191. Considers that the way in which the Commission addresses the deficiencies detected in the LPIS system (excessively long conformity procedures leading to the flat-rate corrections with delayed inclusion of action plans and reservations in the annual activity reports) creates a financial risk to the budget of the Union; calls, in order to remedy shortcomings in LPIS systems, for action plans to be implemented promptly; calls, in the event of failure to comply with the deadlines, for proportionate reduction and suspension of monthly or intermediate payments to the Member States concerned in order to avoid creating a financial risk to ...[+++] the budget of the Union.

1. The identification system for agricultural parcels shall be established on the basis of maps, land registry documents or other cartographic references.

12. Believes that it is essential, furthermore, that within the framework of the rural development plans, priority should be given to actions tending to combat the structural rural problems (inter alia, depopulation, the abandoning of farmland, the protection of the countryside from intensive building, deforestation, and the excessive fragmentation of woodland ownership) which, if they are not held in check, will increase future levels of potential risk;

O. whereas the abandoning of agricultural land, the low direct profitability of forested land and the high cost of its maintenance do not encourage good forest management, leading to an accumulation of undergrowth, wood and other combustible material; whereas in areas where the woodland is socio-economically profitable there are considerably fewer fires,

The identification system for agricultural parcels shall be established on the basis of maps or land registry documents or other cartographic references.