European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision amending Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics (COM(1999) 332 — C5-0042/1999 - 1999/0137(COD))
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, EU statistics, agricultural statistics, national statistics, statistical method

18.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 296/381

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Friday 17 December 1999

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 3)

ARTICLE 1(5)
Article 6(3) (Decision 96/411/EC)

5.

In Article 6, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

5.

In Article 6, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

3.
The contribution shall be paid to the Member States
in two tranches, the first of which, equivalent to 30 % of
the cost of the action, shall be paid as an advance, after
notification to and acceptance by the Commission of the
working plan for the action in question. The balance shall
be paid once the report on implementation of the action
by the Member States has been submitted to and approved
by the Commission. The Commission shall carry out any
on-the-spot checks it deems necessary in cooperation with
the competent authorities of the Member States.

3.
The contribution shall be paid to the Member States
in two tranches, the first of which, equivalent to 30 % of
the Community share of the cost of the action, shall be
paid as an advance, after notification to and acceptance by
the Commission of the working plan for the action in
question. The balance shall be paid once the report on
implementation of the action by the Member States has
been submitted to and approved by the Commission. The
Commission shall carry out any on-the-spot checks it
deems necessary in cooperation with the competent autho-
rities of the Member States.

(Amendment 5)
ARTICLE 1a (new)

Article 1a

The EAGGF shall carry out the statistical processing of
information concerning EAGGF Guarantee Section pay-
ments which is received pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 2390/1999 (1) by aggregating data concerning aid, sur-
face area or the number of livestock units affected and the
number of beneficiaries at NUTS II level in terms of the
type of measures and broken down by tranches of aid
received.

The EAGGF shall forward the results of its aggregation
exercise to Eurostat.

Each year, Eurostat shall publish the data received.

(1) OJ L 295, 16.11.1999, p. 1.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
statistics
decision amending Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural

(COM(1999) 332 7 C5-0042/1999 7 1999/0137(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(1999) 332) (1),

) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0042/1999),

) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A5-0089/

1999),

(1) OJ C 307 E, 26.10.1999, p. 29.

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Friday 17 December 1999

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

3. COM in hops *

A5-0083/1999

Proposal for a Council regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common
organisation of the market in hops (COM(1999) 302 7 C5-0081/1999 7 1999/0128(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 is amended as follows:

Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 is amended as follows:

(Amendments 1 and 2)

ARTICLE 1

Articles 8, 10, 11 and 17(2) are deleted.

1.

2.

Articles 8 and 10 are deleted.

Article 11 is replaced by the following:

‘The Commission shall ensure that all data required for
assessing the situation on the hop market is recorded,
evaluated and made available annually to market opera-
tors. Such data shall in particular relate to trends in the
area under hops, demand, the distribution of different
varieties, prices and developments in hop-growing in indi-
vidual Member States.’

3.

Article 17(2) is deleted.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Reg-
ulation (EEC) No 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(1999) 302 7
C5-0081/1999 7 1999/0128(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(1999) 302),

) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0081/1999),

) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion

of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0083/1999),