Activites

• 2008/05/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2008/470
  • OJ L 140 30.05.2008, p. 0001
• #2869
• 2008/05/26 Council Meeting
• 2008/05/26 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2008/05/26 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2008/05/20 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0204/2008 summary

    The European Parliament adopted, by 379 votes to 244 with 14 abstentions, a resolution amending the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the transfer of tobacco aid to the Community Tobacco Fund for the years 2008 and 2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with regard to financing of the Community Tobacco Fund. The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Sergio BERLATO (UEN, IT) on behalf of the   Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. A new recital points out that, bearing in mind the many reforms introduced since 2004, particularly in the fruit and vegetable sector, producers of raw tobacco should not be discriminated against in relation to other European farmers. Parliament proposes transferring an amount equal to 6% of the tobacco aid granted for the calendar years 2009 to 2012 to the Community Tobacco Fund. Article 110j (Scope of application) is amended to state that for the harvest years up until 2012, aid may be granted to farmers producing raw tobacco falling within CN code 2401, under the conditions laid down in the Chapter.The title of the proposal has been changed to Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the transfer of tobacco aid to the Community Tobacco Fund for the period 2009-2012 (rather than 2008 and 2009) and Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with regard to financing of the Community Tobacco Fund.

• 2008/05/19 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2008/04/21 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0164/2008
• 2008/04/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2008/02/21 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2008/02/04 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2008)0051 summary

    PURPOSE: to transfer 5% of the tobacco aid granted for the calendar years 2008 and 2009 to the Community Tobacco Fund.PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.BACKGROUND: according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the CAP, tobacco aid is granted to raw tobacco producers, for the harvest years 2006-2009. The “Single CMO Regulation” (Regulation (EC) no 1234/2007) provides for the funding of the “Community Tobacco Fund”. The Tobacco Fund is funded by transferring 5% of the 2006 and 2007 tobacco aid to it. Indeed, the Community Tobacco Fund has always been funded by the transfer of part of the tobacco aids. Transfers to the Community Tobacco Fund, for the calendar years 2006 and 2007, was proposed when the Single payment schemes was first introduced. However, later provisions extended the tobacco aid to 2008 and 2009 – without extending the funding to the Community Tobacco Fund by a reduction of the tobacco aid.Actions funded by the Community Tobacco Fund have been very successful and are a positive example of cooperation between agriculture and health policies.  CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal, therefore, is to ensure the continuation of actions funded by the Community Tobacco Fund. It intends to do so by transferring financing from the tobacco aid, an amount equal to 5% of the tobacco aid granted, for the calendar years 2008 and 2009, to the Community Tobacco Fund.

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2008)0051
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0164/2008
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0204/2008
• : Regulation 2008/470
• : OJ L 140 30.05.2008, p. 0001

History

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