Activites

• 2007/10/26 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2007/1247
  • OJ L 282 26.10.2007, p. 0001
• #2825
• 2007/10/22 Council Meeting
• 2007/10/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2007/10/22 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2007/09/25 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0392/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Neil PARISH (EPP-ED, UK) and approved the Commission’s proposal on amending Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards national aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed.

• 2007/09/07 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0311/2007
• 2007/09/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/06/13 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2007)0323 summary

    PURPOSE: amending Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards national aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed.PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.CONTENT: in accordance with Article 8(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 the Commission shall forward to the Council a report on the results of the national aid authorised in Finland for certain quantities of seeds and for certain quantities of cereal seed together with any necessary proposals.The findings on the results of the aid granted in Finland for seeds and cereal seed production are made clear in the report “on the results of the aid authorised in Finland for certain quantities of seeds and certain quantities of cereal seed”. The report describes the developments within the seed and cereal seed sectors in Finland during the period 2000 to 2005.That report shows that seeds and cereal seed producers in Finland have access to and benefit from other aid schemes, which compensate Finnish farmers for the climatic conditions in which they operate.The report also shows that the production volume of cereal seed in Finland expe rienced an upward trend and that the imported quantity of cereal seed is small compared to the domestically produced quantity. Furthermore, there is evidence in the report to show that when domestic seeds production decreased, imports increased and vice versa, leading to the conclusion that substitution of domestic seeds with imports is possible and that national Finnish aid may distort competition with imported products.For the above reasons and for the proper functioning of the single market, the Commission considers it appropriate to discontinue the possibility for Finland to grant national aid for seeds and cereal seed starting from 2011.However, in order to provide farmers in Finland with the opportunity to prepare for a situation without national aid, it is appropriate to grant aid for the production of seeds and cereal seed, with the exception of Timothy seeds, during a final, additional transitional period after which it will be abolished. With a view to an interim review of the national aid system, Finland shall transmit, by 31 December 2008 at the latest, to the Commission a detailed report on the results of the aid authorised.

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2007)0323
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0311/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0392/2007
• : Regulation 2007/1247
• : OJ L 282 26.10.2007, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)