WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3475/97 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL to the Commission. Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which expenditure will increase
Date: 1997-10-31
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, European Union, State aid, common agricultural policy, competitiveness, enlargement of the Union, farm price support, general budget (EU), reform of the CAP

C 158/122

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Official Journal of the European Communities

25. 5. 98

(98/C 158/158)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3473/97

by Jose· Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(31 October 1997)

Subject: Agenda 2000: CAP savings

The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future
reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Union(cid:146)s low level of competitiveness in
this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings
which  will,  in  part,  help  pay  for  the  cost  of  enlargement  to  include  the  countries  of  Eastern  Europe  without
increasing  the  Community  budget  beyond  1.27%  of  GNP.  The  agricultural  reform  will  primarily  consist  of
further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level.

Can the Commission give an estimate of the savings which could be achieved under the new CAP in the period
2001-2006?

(98/C 158/159)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3474/97

by Jose· Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(31 October 1997)

Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which savings shall be achieved

The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future
reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Union(cid:146)s low level of competitiveness in
this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings
which  will,  in  part,  help  pay  for  the  cost  of  enlargement  to  include  the  countries  of  Eastern  Europe  without
increasing  the  Community  budget  beyond  1.27%  of  GNP.  The  agricultural  reform  will  primarily  consist  of
further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level.

Can the Commission specify in which areas of agricultural policy it expects savings to be achieved and provide
an estimate of these savings?

(98/C 158/160)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3475/97

by Jose· Garc(cid:14)·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission

(31 October 1997)

Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which expenditure will increase

The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future
reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Union(cid:146)s low level of competitiveness in
this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings
which  will,  in  part,  help  pay  for  the  cost  of  enlargement  to  include  the  countries  of  Eastern  Europe  without
increasing  the  Community  budget  beyond  1.27%  of  GNP.  The  agricultural  reform  will  primarily  consist  of
further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level.

Can the Commission specify which areas of the future agricultural policy will prove to be more costly than under
the current CAP and provide an estimate as to the sums involved?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-3473/97, E-3474/97 and E-3475/97
given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(18 December 1997)

In the context of Agenda 2000, the Commission is proposing to continue the approach of the 1992 reform, i.e.
reducing  support  based  on  artificially  high  guaranteed  prices  and  increasing  support  based  on  direct  aid  to
farmers.