Activites

• 2000/12/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2000/2699
  • OJ L 311 12.12.2000, p. 0009
• #2317
• 2000/12/04 Council Meeting
• 2000/12/04 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/12/04 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• #2309
• 2000/11/20 Council Meeting
• 2000/10/26 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0477/2000 summary

    The Parliament adopted the report drafted by Mr Salvador JOVE PERES (EUL/NGL, E) aimed at preventing any further deterioration in the situation of EU fruit and vegetable producers under Commission proposals to tackle urgent problems facing the sector issued ahead of a report of the 1996 reform of the regime due by the end of the year. In its amendments to the Commission proposal (refer to the decisions of the Committee responsible - previous document), Parliament is seeking more support for producer organisations and encouraging greater incentives to pool produce, particularly in regions which achieve the highest production levels. Furthermore, Parliament is demanding a Commission proposal by 30 June 2003 and every three years thereafter on matching Community production thresholds to demand and adjusting national thresholds to actual production. It also wants the Commission to report on the functioning of the new regulation by 30 June 2001, with proposals to change the rules where necessary. Finally, the Commissioner Franz FISCHLER told the House that proposals to increase the budget for that sector were unacceptable.�

• 2000/10/25 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2000/10/10 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0273/2000
• 2000/09/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2000/07/12 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0433 summary

    PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 2200/96/EC on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, Regulation 2201/96/EC on the common organisation of the market in processed fruit and vegetables and Regulation 2202/96/EC introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits. CONTENT : the 1996 reform of the fruit and vegetable CMO was implemented from January 1997 onwards. The Commission is to submit a report to the Council on the operation of the CMO by end 2000 (for fresh produce/citrus). This report is in progress and its finalisation is dependant on the submission of information from Member States. However, four important issues have arisen which need addressing urgently. These are the rigidity of the current arrangement for processed tomatoes, the level of the guarantee quantities (quotas or thresholds) for processed tomatoes, pears and citrus fruit, a simplification of the operational fund system and an improvement of the export refunds management for fresh products. At the same time, the two existing regimes (processed peaches/pears and citrus) can be adapted in line with the new arrangement for tomatoes. For processed tomatoes, the arrangement needs to be rationalised and simplified, taking the most effective elements from the existing systems for tomatoes, peaches and pears: - use thresholds instead of quotas; - express thresholds in raw materials instead of processed products; - sub-divide Community thresholds into national thresholds; - paid aid directly to the producer organisation; - fix the aid by the Council on a permanent basis. Since tomato plantings take place in the first quarter of the year, a new arrangement has to be in place at the latest at the beginning of 2001. For operational funds, the current administrative procedure is complicated and cumbersome. A simplification is therefore required. For export funds, the current management systems do not take fully into account the precise needs of the individual operators. It must therefore be improved. Therefore, based on the above, the following amendments are proposed: - rationalisation of the arrangements for processed tomatoes, peaches/pears and citrus fruit; - adaptation of the thresholds for processed tomatoes, pears and citrus regimes, within a budgetary neutrality; - simplification of the financing system of operational funds; - improvement of the management of export refunds for fresh fruit and vegetables. In conclusion, these amendments greatly simplify current regulations, and in particular in the processed tomato sector. At the same time, the different regimes are brought into line with each other. These amendments will benefit growers who, via their organisations, will manage better the marketing of their production. A more flexible processing arrangement will enable market developments. Planning by producer organisations of operational programme expenditure will begreatly simplified, since the amount of aid now will be known to all producer organisations when drawing up their operational programmes.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/', 'title': 'Agriculture and Rural Development'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0433
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0273/2000
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0477/2000
• : Regulation 2000/2699
• : OJ L 311 12.12.2000, p. 0009

History

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