Mae’r Cyngor yn bendant ei safiad hefyd ynghylch cosbau gwyrdd, ac y dylid cynyddu’r gosb orfodol o 30% o elfen werdd y taliadau uniongyrchol i ffermwyr i gymaint â 45% o daliadau uniongyrchol ffermwyr.  Er mawr siom, ac er gwaethaf pwysau mawr o dan arweiniad y DU, nid yw’r Cyngor wedi delio â’r posibilrwydd y gallai ffermwyr gael eu talu ddwywaith am yr un weithgarwch amgylcheddol (o dan golofn 1 a cholofn 2 – y cynllun datblygu gwledig).  O gofio gwrthwynebiad Senedd Ewrop i’r cysyniad serch hynny, rwy’n hyderus na fydd hyn yn rhan o’r rheoliadau terfynol.
The Council has also taken a tough stance with greening penalties, proposing that they go beyond loss of the mandatory 30% greening element of farmers’ direct payments and would be up to 37.5% of direct payments.  Disappointingly, despite strong UK-led pressure, the Council has not yet addressed the possibility that farmers might be paid twice for the same environmental activity (under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 – the rural development plan). Given the European Parliament’s opposition to this concept, however, I am confident that this will not form part of the final regulations.