A4-0337/96

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organization of the market in bananas (COM(96)0082 - C4-0233/96 - 96/0080(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the amendments adopted on 13 December 1996 ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 8.)) and the following compromise amendments:

(Compromise amendment 14)

ARTICLE 1(2)

Article 19(1a) (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 404/93)

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1a. Where, for reasons of force majeure, that is to say on account of a situation such as a serious internal political, economic, social, or institutional crisis, endemic civil war, and/or the lack of a government, an ACP State listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 cannot export to the Union the entire traditional quantity assigned in accordance with the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and until such time as normal conditions have been fully restored in that ACP State, the reference quantity used in order to allocate licences to category B operators in respect of third country and non-traditional ACP bananas shall be based on the potential operating capacity of each importer in the three preceding years. Potential operating capacity shall be determined by the average imports actually effected by each operator in the three preceding years plus the percentage difference between the volumes of those imports and the traditional quantity.

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(This amendment replaces Amendment 8, adopted at the sitting of 13 December 1996.)

(Compromise amendment 15)

ARTICLE 1(2)

Article 19(1b) (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 404/93)

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1b. While an ACP State listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, for reasons of force majeure, that is to say on account of a situation such as a serious internal political, economic, social, or institutional crisis, endemic civil war, and/or the lack of a government, is unable to export to the Union the entire traditional quantity assigned in accordance with the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, the tariff quota for third country and non-traditional ACP bananas shall be raised at the end of each year by an amount corresponding to the difference between that quantity and the exports which the ACP State has actually been able to effect during the year in question. The quota increase shall be assigned to importers of bananas from the ACP State concerned in order to make up the difference between the bananas actually imported from the ACP State in the year in question and the potential operating capacity of the importers in relation to those bananas, determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph. Imports from third countries or non-traditional ACP States effected under this paragraph shall not be taken into account in the reference quantity, but shall be calculated in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

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(This amendment replaces Amendment 9, adopted at the sitting of 13 December 1996.)

(Compromise amendment 16)

ARTICLE 1(2a) (new)

Article 19a (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 404/93)

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2a. The following Article 19a is inserted after Article 19:

'Article 19a

The Commission shall ensure, by means of appropriate information and promotion measures, that small producers in all countries who operate under conditions constituting an outstanding model from the ecological and social point of view (fair trade producers) are given greater access to the Union market.'

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(This amendment replaces Amendment 12, adopted at the sitting of 13 December 1996.)

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organization of the market in bananas (COM(96)0082 - C4-0233/96 - 96/0080(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(96)0082 - 96/0080(CNS) ((OJ C 121, 25.4.1996, p. 15.)),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0233/96),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0337/96),

1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Commission proposal;

4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.