Translation of "manœuvres cultures maraîchères et horticulture " (French → English) :

In view of specific environmental needs, it is appropriate to provide Member States with some flexibility as regards the limits to be taken into account when the regional yields were fixed for the purpose of former area payments for crops.

66. Considers that there should be no return to coupled payments as a guiding principle of the CAP; takes the view, however, given the move from a historical to an area support model in the wake of the decisions following the Health Check, that an adequate margin for flexibility should be left to Member States; believes that this flexibility will enable Member States to respond to the specific needs of their territory and to prevent production from stopping completely or the diversity of farming from being reduced; takes the view that this margin for manoeuvre would tak ...[+++]e the form of capped coupled payments for vulnerable agriculture sectors and territories and environmentally sensitive areas, in compliance with WTO requirements, whilst ensuring fair market conditions for farmers across the EU;

As the promotion of creativity and of a capacity for innovation through lifelong learning falls within the objectives of existing Community programmes, such a Year can be implemented by using those programmes within the existing margins which they provide for setting funding priorities on an annual or multi-annual basis; programmes and policies in other fields, such as culture, communication, enterprise, cohesion, rural development, research and the information society, also contribute to promoting creativity and a capacity for innovation and may support the initiative within their respective legal frameworks.

The two headlands at the ends of the hop rows that are needed for manoeuvring agricultural machinery are included in the area, provided that the length of neither headland exceeds eight metres and they do not form part of a public right of way.

The two headlands at the ends of the hop rows that are needed for manoeuvring agricultural machinery are included in the area, provided that the length of neither headland exceeds eight metres and they do not form part of a public right of way.

2. For the purposes of this Directive, the term "agriculture and horticulture" refers to all activities falling within Group 011 of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (Statistical Office of the United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M, No 4, Rev. 1, New York, 1958), and in particular: (a) general agriculture including the growing of field crops, viticulture, and the cultivation of tropical produce ; growing of fruits, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fowers, both in the open and under glass ; landscaping;