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Lead | AGRI | LULLING Astrid (PPE) | |
Opinion | ENVI | GONZÁLEZ ÁLVAREZ Laura (GUE) | |
Opinion | REGI |
Legal Basis RoP 132
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1995/02/20
Final act published in Official Journal
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1995/01/20
Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament
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In her report on the situation of beekeeping in Europe the rapporteur, Mrs Lulling (EPP, L), called for immediate action to support beekeeping, ideally within the framework of a common organisation of the market (COM) in honey. Although not necessarily in favour of the creation of a COM in honey, Commissioner Padraig Flynn stated that the Commission accepted the recommendations contained in this report. He recognised the need to support Community producers given that 50% of the Union’s honey requirements were currently met by imports. He was also in favour of establishing measures to improve marketing and research, combat bee diseases and ensure better checks of the quality of imported honey. As regards labelling, reference to a product’s origin should be compulsory in the near future.
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T4-0030/1995
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation of beekeeping in the Community, calling once again for immediate action to support European beekeeping, ideally within the framework of a common organisation of the honey market with the simplest possible administrative arrangements. The European Parliament called on the Commission to go straight ahead and present proposals on: - an action programme to improve honey production, processing and marketing conditions; - a study of the structure of apiculture in the Member States; - steps to implement a quality policy, although it did point out that these measures would be unable to rectify the situation of apiculture in the EU. It also called on the Council to approve the introduction of a Community pollination premium for every beehive, payable to both commercial and part-time beekeepers, on ecological and socio-economic grounds. This premium should at least cover the costs of winter feeding on the basis of pre-established zones at Union level. It also called for financial compensation for income lost as the result of the absence of Community preference. Similarly, it called for imported honey to meet hygiene and quality standards. At the same time, Parliament called on the Commission to submit an action programme to combat bee diseases (varroa mite disease).�
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Debate in Parliament
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1994/12/19
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- A4-0116/1994
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1994/09/14
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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1994/06/24
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(1994)0256
summary
In this discussion paper, which starts by describing the situation of beekeepers in Europe (production, trade, consumption, market access, support measures, difficulties and demands of the industry), the Commission concludes that, with the current state of the sector throughout the European Union and current know-how on beekeeping, there is no need for a new organization of the market specifically for honey. Nor is it possible to invent a global support system such as general income support. However, apart from taking recourse to structural instruments, a set of measures could be proposed to improve the production and marketing of honey in the medium term under a framework Council regulation making provision for: - production conditions to be improved: the purpose of this measure would be to cofinance national programmes through organizations of producers in order to improve the sector by coordinating the fight against varroa mite and associated diseases, rationalizing migratory beekeeping and networking regional beekeeping centres and research institutes in order to improve the quality of honey and the genetics of bees; - studies, to be carried out by the Member States, on the structure of the sector (production and marketing census, price-formation). In addition to this programme, the Commission will design measures to enable the industry to implement a quality policy, mainly by: - defining quality specifications for different honeys based on their botanic or geographical origin; - designing harmonized analyses for checking these specifications.�
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COM(1994)0256
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(1994)0256
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0116/1994
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0030/1995
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