Activites

• #1959
• 1996/10/28 Council Meeting
• 1996/10/19 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1996/1997
  • OJ L 267 19.10.1996, p. 0001-0002
• #1963
• 1996/10/14 Council Meeting
  • 1955
• 1996/10/14 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1996/10/14 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1996/09/20 Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0496/1996 summary

    In adopting, by 88 votes to 24 with 7 abstentions, the report by Mr Honor FUNK (PPE, D), Parliament approved the measures to support the market in beef and veal and aid to producers. In its amendments the EP considered it was necessary to take the following measures: - the increase in intervention quantities should be applied gradually; - to limit such intervention, further limits should be placed on the number of heavy animals by way of premium incentives for young animals. The bullock premium should therefore be increased from ECU 123.9 to ECU 163.1; - uncastrated male animals should only receive a one-off premium at the age of 8 months. Both premiums should be retained for bullocks. The EP considered that the keeping of suckler cows also contributes to the disruption of the beef market and called for a 5% reduction from 1997 in all the Member States of the premium rights taken up for suckler cows. It opposed the encouragement of extensive stock-raising on the grounds that the Commission proposal would lead to a sharp rise in rentals. Whilst accepting an increase in the intervention quantity, Parliament considered that such purchases should not exceed 500 000 tonnes (as against 720 000 tonnes proposed by the Commission) in 1996 and 400 000 tonnes (instead of 500 000) for 1997. It suggested that, should the market situation so require, the Council could increase these quantities in tranches of up to 100 000 tonnes each, up to the ceilings initially proposed by the Commission. Finally, to restore consumer confidence, the EP proposed the establishment of a fund to promote the sale of beef products. �

• #1946
• 1996/09/17 Council Meeting
  • 1946 summary

    While awaiting Parliament’s opinion, the Council held an initial debate on the matter in question on the basis of preparatory work undertaken by the Special Committee on Agriculture. The discussion focused on a package of three proposals concerning: - the adaptation of certain current measures applying to the beef industry in order to control production and stabilise the market following the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis. These measures related in particular to the intervention scheme and the premiums system; - achieving cost savings under the EAGGF by reducing compensation payments in the arable crops sector in order to tackle the problems facing the beef sector; - changes to the eligibility requirements for receiving investment aid and for the setting-up of young farmers in the beef sector, and to the compensation allowances applying to mountainous and less-favoured regions. The Council debates served to highlight the wide range of views held on each of the Commission’s proposals. However, it was also possible to identify areas of agreement and a number of convergent positions. In this respect: - there was agreement on the need for raising the intervention limits as a short-term measure; - there was also broad support for the proposal on intervention for grazing animals; - several delegations were concerned about the Commission’s proposal on the reduction of aid for arable crops and took the view that in any case such a reduction should be subject to a time limit, since the budget problem was too; - several Member States were of the opinion that the Commission’s proposal, which sought to delay payments to the oilseed sector, would be an appropriate measure; - there was also broad support for introducing measures aimed at promoting beef consumption.

• 1996/09/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0281/1996
• 1996/09/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/07/30 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0422 summary

    OBJECTIVE: the object of the proposal for a Council Regulation is to control or restore balance on the market for beef and veal in the wake in particular of the BSE crisis, which has brought about a sharp fall in consumption, a fall in prices paid to producers and very substantial buying-in. SUBSTANCE: the proposed amendments cover: - discontinuation of the second tranche of premium for uncastrated male bovine animals and an increase in the first tranche of premium; - reduction in the ceilings for male bovine animals; - adjustment of the extensification premium: the development of extensive beef cattle raising is fostered to the extent that 60% of the animals on which the premium is currently paid will qualify for the higher premium of ECU 54; - making the application of the calf processing premium compulsory in all Member States, extending its scope to cover all male calves, and authorizing the Member States to extend it to animals withdrawn before they are 20 days old on condition they introduce the controls necessary to eliminate from the human food chain the animals thus withdrawn. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0422
• Debate in Council: 1946
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0281/1996
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0496/1996
• Debate in Council: 1955
• : Regulation 1996/1997
• : OJ L 267 19.10.1996, p. 0001-0002

History

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