Commission proposal on the prices for agricultural products - Volume III - Legal instruments - Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing
Date: 2000-02-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid system, comitology, sericulture

24.3.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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2000/0048(CNS)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

amending Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm
rearing

(2000/C 86 E/05)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 is amended as follows:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

(cid:145)Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Whereas:

for

aid

for
reared within

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2059/92 (2), provides
the
the
silkworms
Community
Community to be fixed annually. In accordance with the
approach followed for the reform of the common organi-
sation of the markets in connection with Agenda 2000 and
in order to enable producers to work out
longer-term
the aid should be fixed without any
production plans,
limit in time, without prejudice to any revisions that may
be called for in the future.

Aid shall be granted for silkworms falling within
the combined nomenclature
subheading
falling within

1.
subheading 0106 00 90 of
and
silkworm eggs
0511 99 80 reared within the Community.

for

The aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers for each
2.
box of silkworm eggs used, on condition that the boxes
contain a minimum quantity of eggs, to be determined,
and that the worms have been successfully reared.

The aid per box of silkworm eggs used shall be

3.
EUR 133,26.(cid:146)

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Article 2

(2) The aid should be set at a level that ensures a fair standard

of living for silkworm rearers.

Detailed rules shall be adopted for the application of this
Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 4(2).

(3) Furthermore, in compliance with the provisions adopted by
the corre-
the Council on the subject of comitology,
sponding provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72
should be amended. Since the measures necessary for the
implementation of
this Regulation are management
measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures
implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (3), they should be adopted
by use of
the management procedure provided for in
Article 4 of that Decision,

the exercise of

for

(1) OJ L 100, 27.4.1972, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

The detailed rules shall cover in particular the minimum
quantity referred to in Article 1(2), the information to be
forwarded to the Commission by the Member States and
any inspection measures
the Community’s
financial interests from fraud or other irregularities.(cid:146)

to protect

3. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Article 4

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Flax and Hemp established by Article 11 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 on the common
organisation of the market in flax and hemp.

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the
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph,
management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3)
thereof.

Article 2

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

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be one month.(cid:146)

It shall apply from 1 April 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, . . .

For the Council

The President

. . .