Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal and on publicity measures on the labelling of beef and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2067/97
Date: 1997-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, consumer information, labelling, marketing, sales promotion

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COM(97)  518  final 

97/0058 (COD) 

Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) on measures 
to promote and market quality beef and veal and on publicity measures on the labelling 
of beef and veal and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2067/97 

(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article  189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The purpose  of this amended  Commission  proposal  to the Council,  presented  pursuant  to 
Article  189a(2)  of  the  Treaty,  is  to  amend  that  proposal  following  discussions  in  the 
Council  and  the  acceptance  of  a  number  of  amendments  proposed  by  the  European 
Parliament. 

The  Council's  amendments  involve  redrafting  to  improve  the  wording  of the  text  whilst 
the  principal  amendment  submitted  by  Parliament  is the  addition  of  Article  129a  as  the 
legal  basis  for  the  consumer  information  measures  on  the  new  labelling  system  for  beef 
and beef products introduced by Regulation  (EC) No 820/97. 

The other amendments are minor ones. 

These amendments have no financial  consequences. 

Amended proposal  for  a European  Parliament  and Council  Regulation  (EC) on measures 
to promote and market quality beef and veal and on publicity measures on the labelling of 
beef and veal and repealing Regulation  (EEC) No 2067/92 

Document  COM(97) 70 final, sent by the  Commission  to  the  Council  on  19 March  1997, 
is hereby amended as follows: 

1.  The author of the Regulation is replaced by the following: 

"THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
UNION". 

2.  The first citation is replaced by the following: 

"Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in 
particular Articles 43 and  129a thereof. 

3.  The following  new recital is added: 

"Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee". 

4.  The following recital is inserted after  the second recital: 

"Whereas,  in  accordance  with  Article  129a  of  the  Treaty, 
the  Community 
contributes to the attainment  of a high level of consumer  protection  through  specific 
action  which  supports  and  supplements  the  policy  pursued  by the Member  States  to 
protect  the  health,  safety  and  economic  interests  of  consumers  and  to  provide 
adequate information  to consumers;" 

5.  The formula  adopting the Regulation  is replaced by: 

"HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION" 

6.  The first paragraph  of Article  1  is replaced  by the following: 

" The Community  may part-finance  measures undertaken  in the  Community  by trade 
and  intertrade  organisations  to  promote  quality  Community  beef  and  veal  identified 
in accordance with existing rules." 

7.  Article 4 is replaced by the following: 

"The  Community  may  part-finance  suitable  promotional  measures  undertaken  by 
trade  and  intertrade  organisations  to  promote  quality  Community  beef  and  veal  in 
third countries." 

8. 

In the second  sentence of Article 5, the word "However"  is deleted. 

9.  The following  new Article 9 is inserted  and Articles 9 and  10 of the original  proposal 

are renumbered  Articles  10 and  11 : 

2_ 

"Each  year,  the  Commission  shall  present  to  the  Council  and  to  the  European 
Parliament  a  report  on  the  application  of  this  Regulation.  The  first  report  shall  be 
presented  one year after  the entry into force of this Regulation." 

10.  The signature is replaced by the following. 

"By the European Parliament 

By the Council" 

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