Amendment 32
ARTICLE 1
Article 27, paragraph 2a (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92)
2a. Notwithstanding the provisions of the third indent of
the second subparagraph of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EC)No 1257/1999, the Communitys financial contribution tothe agri-environmental measures laid down in Articles 22 to24 of that Regulation shall be 85 %.
Amendment 34
ARTICLE 1
Article 27, paragraph 3a (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92)
3a. The restriction on support for forestry laid down in
Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall notapply to forests or wooded areas located in the CanaryIslands.
Amendment 35
ARTICLE 2, PARAGRAPH 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day ofits pub-
lication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2000.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard tocertain agricultural products as regards the structural measures (COM(2000) 774  C5-0750/2000
 2000/0309(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 774) (
1),
 having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0750/2000),
 having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
 having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the
proposed legal basis,
 having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion
of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0195/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament;
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
4. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
11. Specific measures for agricultural products *
A5-0197/2001
1.
Proposal for a Council regulation introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products
for the French overseas departments (COM(2000) 791  C5-0744/2000  2000/0313(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 1
(1) By Decision 89/687/EEC, the Council adopted a pro-
gramme of options specific to the remote and insular natureof the French overseas departments (Poseidom) in accordancewith the Communitys policy of assistance for the most remoteregions. The purpose of the programme is to facilitate theeconomic and social development of those regions and enablethem to benefit from the advantages of the single market ofwhich they are an integral part despite the objective factors
leaving them geographically and economically isolated. The
programme calls for the CAP to be applied in those regionsand provides for special measures to be adopted. In particular,it provides for measures to improve the conditions in whichagricultural products are produced and marketed in thosedepartments and to mitigate the effects of their exceptionalgeographical situation and constraints as since recognised in
Article 299(2) of the Treaty.(1) By Decision 89/687/EEC, the Council adopted a pro-
gramme of options specific to the remote and insular natureof the French overseas departments (Poseidom) in accordancewith the Communitys policy of assistance for the most remoteregions. The purpose of the programme is to facilitate theeconomic and social development of those regions and enablethem to benefit from the advantages of the single market ofwhich they are an integral part despite the objective factors
leaving them geographically and economically isolated. The
programme calls for the CAP to be applied in those regionsand provides for special measures to be adopted. In particular,it provides for measures to improve the conditions in whichagricultural products are produced and marketed in thosedepartments and to mitigate the effects of their exceptionalgeographical situation and constraints as since recognised inArticle 299(2) of the Treaty, when determining the conditions
for the application of Community measures in the Frenchoverseas departments .
Amendment 2
Recital 1a (new)
(1a) Article 299(2) of the Treaty states that the Council,
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Com-mission and after consulting the European Parliament, shalladopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying downthe conditions of application of the Treaty to the outermostregions of the European Union, in the context of, inter alia,access to the Structural Funds.
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