do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 937/1999 of 4 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 561/1999 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency
Date: 1999-05-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, award of contract, intervention agency, invitation to tender, olive oil, sale

5. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 117/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 937/1999

of 4 May 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 561/1999 on the opening of a standing invitation
to tender for the sale of olive oil held by the Spanish intervention agency

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of
20 July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on
the
the establishment of a common organisation of
market in oils and fats (1), and in particular Article 3(1)
thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 561/
1999 of 15 March 1999 on the opening of a
standing invitation to tender for the sale of olive oil
Spanish intervention agency (2)
held by
provides for the sale of some 75 000 tonnes of olive
oil between April and July 1999; whereas, because
of the current movements in the prices of virgin
olive oils not directly edible, the selling pace laid
down in the Regulation should be speeded up;

the

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

‘Five invitations shall be opened for these quantities.
Any quantities left unsold at the end of one invitation
shall be added to the quantities laid down for the next
invitation. The quantities shall be approximately:

(cid:190) one-fifth for each of the first two invitations,
(cid:190) three-fifths for the third invitation,
(cid:190) if necessary, any quantities still left unsold for the

fourth and fifth invitations.'

Article 2

The amendments to the invitations to tender referred to
in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 561/1999 shall be
published on 20 May 1999.

The lots of oil put up for sale and their present storage
location shall be displayed by FEGA, calle Beneficencia,
8, E-28004 Madrid.

A copy of the amendment to the invitation to tender
referred to above shall be sent forthwith to the Commis-
sion.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 561/1999 is hereby replaced by the following:

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 4 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(2) OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 13.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive relating to honey (COM(95)0722 C4-0403/96 96/0114(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-04
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: foodstuff

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/91

Tuesday 4 May 1999

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

−  having  regard  to  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Environment,  Public  Health  and  Consumer
Protection and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights (A4-0401/97),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament’s amendments;

Calls  on  the  Commission  to  alter  its  proposal  accordingly,  pursuant  to  Article  250(2)  of  the  EC

2.
Treaty;

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

3.
Parliament;

Asks  to  be  consulted  again  should  the  Council  intend  to  make  substantial  modifications  to  the

4.
Commission proposal;

5.

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

II.

Proposal for a Council Directive relating to honey (COM(95)0722 − C4-0403/96 − 96/0114(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the amendments adopted at the sitting of 14 January 1998 (1) and the
following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Compromise amendment 75) *

Recital 7

Whereas, as the Commission stressed in its Communication to
the European Parliament and the Council of 24 June 1994 on
European  apiculture,  the  Commission  is  encouraging  the
development  of  harmonised  methods  of  analysis  to  permit
verification  of  compliance  with  quality  specifications  for  the
different honeys resulting from their botanical or geographical
origin, in order to combat fraud; whereas work is being done
in this connection by the Ispra Joint Research Centre and the
industrial circles concerned;

Whereas, as the Commission stressed in its Communication to
the European Parliament and the Council of 24 June 1994 on
European  apiculture,  the  Commission  should  ensure  the
prompt  development  of  harmonised  methods  of  analysis  to
make it possible to ensure compliance with the composition-
al  characteristics  and  the  truthfulness  of  any  additional
specific statement for all honey marketed in the European
Union;

* Amendment 15 falls

(Compromise amendment 76) *

Article 2(2)

2. Member  States  may  provide  for  the  indication  of  the
country  of  origin  for  honeys  which  do  not  originate  in  the
Community.

2. Without  prejudice  to  paragraph  1,  the  country  of
origin  must  be  indicated  on  the  label  of  honeys  which
originate in a country outside the Community.

(1)  OJ C 34, 2.2.1998, p. 86.
(*)  OJ C 231, 9.8.1996, p. 10.

* Amendment 19 falls
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption (COM(95)0722 C4-0402/ 96 96/0113 (CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-04
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: foodstuff, human nutrition, public health, sugar

C 279/90

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.1999

Tuesday 4 May 1999

15.
Calls on the Commission to develop gender-awareness courses and ensure that they are attended by
decision-makers, to draw up gender-specific statistics in all the relevant areas, to develop an equality index
and,  in  its  annual  report  on  equal  opportunities  for  1999,  to  give  a  breakdown  of  the  appropriations
devoted to projects to benefit women in the programmes referred to as a percentage of the various total
amounts  of  appropriations  and  to  indicate  what  progress  has  been  made  in  the  establishment  of  equal
opportunities;

Instructs  its  President  to  forward  this  resolution  to  the  Council  and  the  Commission  and  to  the

16.
governments and parliaments of the Member States.

26. Sugars and other products for human consumption *

A4-0401/97

I.

Proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  relating  to  certain  sugars  intended  for  human  consumption
(COM(95)0722 − C4-0402/96 − 96/0113(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the amendments adopted at the sitting of 14 January 1998 (1) and the
following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Compromise amendment 74) *

Recital 4a (new)

Whereas the Commission intends to propose, as quickly as
possible, and at all events before 1 July 2000, the inclusion
in Directive 80/232/EEC (1) of a range of nominal weights of
the products covered by this Directive;

(1)  OJ L 51, 25.2.1980, p. 1.

* Amendments 1, 4, 7 and 8 fall

(1)  OJ C 34, 2.2.1998, p. 84.
(*)  OJ C 231, 9.8.1996, p. 6.

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Directive
relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption (COM(95)0722 − C4-0402/96 − 96/0113
(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(95)0722 − 96/0113 (CNS) (1),

−  having  been  consulted  by  the  Council  pursuant  to  Article  43  (now  Article  37)  of  the  EC  Treaty

(C4-0402/96),

(1)  OJ C 231, 9.8.1996, p. 6.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing a list of types of behaviour which seriously infringe the rules of the common fisheries policy (COM(99)0070 C4-0139/ 99 99/0050(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-04
Institutions: Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
Subjects: common fisheries policy, conservation of fish stocks, fishing controls, fishing licence, fishing rights, infringement of EU law, passport

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/67

Tuesday 4 May 1999

17. List of types of behaviour infringing the CFP * (procedure without debate)

A4-0192/99

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  establishing  a  list  of  types  of  behaviour  which  seriously
infringe the rules of the common fisheries policy (COM(99)0070 − C4-0139/99 − 99/0050(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Article 2(2)

2.
The Commission shall make the information it receives
pursuant  to  paragraph  1  available  to  the  Member  States,  the
European Parliament and the Advisory Committee of Fisher-
ies.

2.
The Commission shall make the information it receives
pursuant  to  paragraph  1  available  to  the  Member  States,  the
European Parliament and the Advisory Committee of Fisher-
ies, on an annual basis and at the latest before 30 June of
the year following the collection of the data.

(Amendment 2)

Article 2a (new)

Article 2a

In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 37 of
the Treaty and before 30 June 2000, the Council shall shall
draw up a list of the penalties which the infringements of
the Community rules referred to in Article 1 and which are
listed in the Annex hereto attract in the different Member
States and shall adopt follow-up action, in particular with a
view  to  arriving  at  comparable  penalties  for  comparable
infringements throughout the Community.

(Amendment 3)

Annex (E), indent

−  Landing, placing on sale and transporting fishery products
not  meeting  the  marketing  standards  in  force  and  in
particular those concerning minimum sizes.

−  Illegal landing of fish;
−  Placing on sale and transporting fishery products illegally
caught or landed or not meeting the marketing standards
in force and in particular those concerning minimum sizes.

(*)  OJ C 105, 15.4.1999, p. 3.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/ 388/EEC as regards the possibility of applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services (COM(99)0062 C4-0169/99 99/0056(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-04
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: VAT rate, labour force, mechanisation of agriculture, provision of services, restriction on competition, single market

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/103

Decision amending Annex V of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure

Tuesday 4 May 1999

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the letter of 4 December 1998 from its President,

−  having regard to Rule 162(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

−  having  regard  to  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Rules  of  Procedure,  the  Verification  of
Credentials and Immunities and the opinion of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0216/99),

1.

2.

3.

Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as indicated above;

Decides that the provisions thus adopted shall enter into force with immediate effect;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.

31. Reduction of VAT on labour-intensive services

*

A4-0207/99

Proposal  for  a  Council  Directive  amending  Directive  77/388/EEC  as  regards  the  possibility  of
applying on an experimental basis a reduced VAT rate on labour-intensive services (COM(99)0062
− C4-0169/99 − 99/0056(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Recital 3a (new)

3a. Whereas this reduced VAT rate may, above all, have a
favourable effect on the employment of semi- and unskilled
workers, thus complying with one of the objectives of the
employment guidelines;

(Amendment 2)

Recital 3b (new)

3b. Whereas  this  reduced  VAT  rate  may  also  have  a
favourable effect on the protection of the environment;

(Amendment 3)

Recital 7

7. Whereas,  in  view  of  the  experimental  nature  of  the
measure,  a  detailed  assessment  of  its  impact  in  terms  of  job
creation  and  efficiency  should  be  carried  out  by  the  Mem-
ber States which implement it;

7. Whereas,  in  view  of  the  experimental  nature  of  the
measure,  a  detailed  assessment  of  its  impact  in  terms  of  job
creation,  as  a  disincentive  for  undeclared  work  and  the
undeclared economy, and efficiency should be carried out by
the Member States which implement it; whereas the Commis-
sion should then compare the reports of the Member States,
in order to draw up sound conclusions and, where appro-
priate, to promote the exchange of information and diffu-
sion of best practices;