A4-0264/96

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (COM(96)0049 - C4-0156/96 - 96/0039(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

ARTICLE 1(3)

Article 8(4) (Regulation (EC) No 3448/93)

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4. For agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, refunds shall be granted only upon request and upon presentation of a corresponding refund certificate.

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4. It may be decided, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16, to make the granting of refunds for agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty subject to the presentation of a refund certificate.

(Amendment 2)

ARTICLE 1(3)

Article 8(6) and (7) (Regulation (EC) No 3448/93)

>Original text>

6. The common rules for implementing the refund arrangements referred to in this Article, including those necessary to ensure compliance with the value limits deriving from the Agreements concluded within the framework of Article 228 of the Treaty, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. They shall take into account the particular nature of the goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty and the need to lay down effective and practicable administrative rules. They shall include:

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6. Where the arrangements for the direct offsetting referred to in Article 6(1)(b) are established within the framework of a preferential Agreement, the amounts payable on exports to the country or countries concerned by the Agreement shall be determined jointly and on the same basis as the agricultural component of the charge under the conditions laid down in the Agreement.

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(a) provisions concerning the issuing and period of validity of refund certificates;

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These amounts shall be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. The implementing rules which may be necessary pursuant to this paragraph, and in particular measures to ensure that goods declared for export under a preferential arrangement are not in fact exported under a non- preferential arrangement or vice versa, shall be adopted by the same procedure.

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(b) provisions relating to the redistribution of non-allocated or unused refund amounts.

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Where methods of analysing the agricultural products used are necessary, the methods specified for the agricultural products in question in the case of refunds on exports to third countries shall be used.

>Original text>

7. Where the arrangements for the direct offsetting referred to in Article 6(1)(b) are established within the framework of a preferential Agreement, the amounts payable on exports to the country or countries concerned by the Agreement shall be determined jointly and on the same basis as the agricultural component of the charge under the conditions laid down in the Agreement.

>Text following EP vote>

7. The common rules for implementing the refund arrangements referred to in this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.

>Original text>

These amounts shall be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16. The implementing rules which may be necessary pursuant to this paragraph, and in particular measures to ensure that goods declared for export under a preferential agreement are not in fact exported under a non- preferential arrangement or vice versa, shall be adopted by the same procedure

>Original text>

Where methods of analysing the agricultural products used are necessary, the methods specified for the agricultural products in question in the case of refunds on exports to third countries shall be used.

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (COM(96)0049 - C4-0156/96 - 96/0039(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(96)0049 - 96/0039(CNS) ((OJ C 105, 11.4.1996, p. 8.)),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 43 of the EC Treaty (C4-0156/96),

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

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A4-0264/96),

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.