Activites

• 1997/07/01 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 1997/1221
  • OJ L 173 01.07.1997, p. 0001
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• 1997/06/25 Council Meeting
• 1997/06/25 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/06/25 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 1997/06/12 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0315/1997 summary

    In adopting the report by Mrs Astrid LULLING (PPE, L), the European Parliament regretted that, contrary to the demands it had adopted unanimously, the Commission had not proposed any direct support measures. It also regretted the absence of a comprehensive and effective overall approach capable of doing justice to the ecological and economic importance of apiculture in Europe. The amendments made to the proposal seek in particular to: - introduce a pollinization premium to safeguard the ecological function of beekeeping in Europe (the premium would be ECU 2.5 annually per bee colony in Portugal, Spain and Greece and ECU 5 in the other Member States); - introduce an annual compensatory premium to offset loss of income attributable to the absence of Community preference; - oblige the Member States to submit to the Commission national programmes for each year comprising measures tailored to the situation and specific needs of their apiculture and designed to improve the situation of beekeepers and apiculture; - provide for Member States to carry out at regular intervals, in collaboration with the Commission, a study of the structures in the beekeeping sector in their territory, covering beekeepers, production, marketing and price formation. Parliament also emphasized the importance of considerable flexibility in the adoption of national measures and took the view that apiculture should be included in the compensatory allowance system laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures. �

• 1997/06/10 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1997/05/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0191/1997
• 1997/01/29 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1996/11/21 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1996)0596 summary

    OBJECTIVE : to improve the conditions for the production and marketing of honey in the European Union. SUBSTANCE: the proposal for a Council Regulation was drawn up at the request of the Agriculture Council meeting of 4 October 1994 following an exchange of views on the Commission's communication entitled Discussion Paper on European Beekeeping. The purpose of the proposal is to improve the conditions for the production and marketing of honey in the European Union by means of national programmes including technical assistance measures, controlling varroasis and associated disease, the rationalization of transhumance and the analysis of honey by regional beekeeping laboratories. It also provides that Member States should carry out a study of the production and marketing structures in the beekeeping sector in their territory by 1 July 1997. �

• 1995/07/25 Additional information

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0596
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0191/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0315/1997
• : Regulation 1997/1221
• : OJ L 173 01.07.1997, p. 0001

History

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