In view of the prolongation of the single area payment scheme for the year 2014, Member States applying the single area payment scheme should maintain the possibility to grant transitional national aid to farmers in 2014.

“Area Navigation (RNAV)” means a method of navigation which permits aircraft operation on any desired flight path within the coverage of station-referenced navigation aids or within the limits of the capability of self-contained aids, or a combination of both,

65. Believes that direct support should move to an area basis in all Member States within the next financial programming period; this would constitute a sufficient transition period allowing farmers and agricultural structures that are still using the historical payments system the flexibility to adapt to the changes, and to avoid too radical a redistribution of support, without prejudice to promptly achieving a balanced distribution of support amongst Member States; notes that the move away from the historical basis may create particular challenges for Member States or regions with a relatively large amount of ‘naked land’ (unclaimed ...[+++]eligible land); calls for the specific needs of such regions to be given full consideration when designing future support; also believes that Member States and regions must continue to have the flexibility to regionalise their area payments system in such a way as to reflect their specific priorities while respecting fair competition in the internal market;

These include, for example, the concentration of the cross-compliance requirements on the most important provisions with the aim of improving administrative manageability, a moderate increase in the portion of cross-compliance moneys remaining in the Member States, a longer preparation time for the installation of the management advisory system with initial voluntary participation which shall only later be made obligatory, greater flexibility for the Member States with regard to the payment of advances relating to direct payments, flexible treatment of cases of hardship and problems in calculating and allocating the uniform management premium as well as the option for the Member States to exclude certain types of fruit from the areas subjec ...[+++]t to premiums, the retention of the rotating set-aside land with the possibility of secondary growth of commodities in these areas, delaying the decoupling of milk premiums in the interest of simplifying administration or a more flexible cofinancing rate for agricultural environmental measures and an occasional increase in the promotion sums in areas with specific environmental restrictions.

Will the Commission consider adding new criteria to slot allocation so that Member States may designate and protect slots at designated Member State hub airports for air services to and from remote regional centres where an adequate surface transport alternative is not available, subject to the existence of a previous link between the designated regional and the designated national airport and provided that the designated regional airport is at least six hours by surface transport from the designated hub and at least an hour by surface transport from a neighbouring designated regional airport, and may authorise ring-fencing of up to four ...[+++] rotations a day?

Will the Commission consider adding new criteria to slot allocation so that Member States may designate and protect slots at designated Member State hub airports for air services to and from remote regional centres where an adequate surface transport alternative is not available, subject to the existence of a previous link between the designated regional and the designated national airport and provided that the designated regional airport is at least six hours by surface transport from the designated hub and at least an hour by surface transport from a neighbouring designated regional airport, and may authorise ring-fencing of up to four ...[+++] rotations a day?