WRITTEN QUESTION E-3320/00 by António Campos (PSE) to the Commission. Common agricultural policy.
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: agricultural statistics, common agricultural policy, exchange of information

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3320/00

by Ant(cid:243)nio Campos (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Common agricultural policy

Would the Commission please supply the following data:

1. Total area under cereals in the 15 Member States;

2. Total number of cereal producers in the Union;

3. Average labour-force density per hectare in cereal production;

4. Total EAGGF-Guarantee spending on cereals;

5. Average amount per producer received under the EAGGF-Guarantee;

6. Average amount received under the EAGGF-Guidance per worker per hectare in cereal production;

7. The percentage of Union agricultural production represented by cereals;

8. The export/import balance in the 15 Member States in the cereal sector;

9. Area occupied by the fruit and vegetable sector in the 15 Member States;

10. Total number of fruit and vegetable producers in the Union;

11. Average labour-force density per hectare in fruit and vegetable production;

12. Total EAGGF-Guarantee spending on the fruit and vegetable sector;

13. Average amount spent per fruit and vegetable producer, including the sector as a whole, under the

EAGGF-Guarantee;

14. Average amount received under the EAGGF-Guarantee per worker per hectare in fruit and vegetable

production throughout the Union;

15. The export/import balance for the Union(cid:146)s fruit and vegetable sector;

16. The percentage of the Union(cid:146)s agricultural production represented by fruit and vegetable production?

Supplementary answer
given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(17 January 2001)

The Honourable Member will find below the information available for 1997.

1.

Area under cereals in the Community: 38 105 000 hectares (ha).

Total number of cereal producers in the Community: 2 995 000 (number of holdings with cereal

2.
enterprises).

Average labour-force density per hectare in cereal production: the Commission does not have this
3.
information. However, the figures collected by the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) show that, for
all holdings specialised in arable crops, the average amount of labour used is 1,97 work units/year per
100 hectares of total utilised agricultural area (i.e. including crops other than cereals and oilseeds).

Total expenditure on cereals by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (cid:129)

4.
Guarantee Section: € 12 160,5 million.

Average total payment received per cereal producer from the EAGGF Guarantee Section: € 4 060,3

5.
per holding.

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Average total appropriation received per worker per hectare in cereal production from the EAGGF

6.
Guarantee Section: as with point 3, the Commission does not have this information.

7.

8.

9.

Percentage of Community agricultural production represented by cereals: 9,4 %.

Community trade balance for cereals: + € 2 503 million.

Area under fruit and vegetables in the Community: 4 999 000 ha (including citrus fruit).

Total number of fruit and vegetable producers in the Community: 1 620 000 (total number of

10.
holdings with either fruit or vegetable enterprises).

Average labour-force density per hectare in fruit and vegetable production: the Commission does
11.
not have this information. However, the figures collected by the FADN show that, for all holdings
labour used are respectively 21,94 and
specialised in fruit and vegetables,
17,41 work units/year per 100 hectares of total utilised agricultural area (i.e.
including land used for
other purposes than fruit and vegetables).

the average amounts of

12.

Total EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure on fruit and vegetables: € 1 553,3 million.

Average total appropriation spent per fruit and vegetable producer under the EAGGF Guarantee

13.
Section: € 959 per holding.

Average total payment received per worker per hectare in fruit and vegetable production from the

14.
EAGGF Guarantee Section: as with point 11, the Commission does not have this information.

Community trade balance for fruit and vegetables (Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomencla-

15.
ture): (cid:129) € 6 885 million.

Percentage of Community agricultural production represented by fruit and vegetables (including

16.
citrus fruit): 15,2 %.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-3322/00

by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission

(25 October 2000)

Subject: Sugar Management Committee opinion on draft Regulation No 1481/2000

Does the Commission agree that according to current legislation, draft Regulation No 1481/2000 of 6 July
2000 (1) should be referred to the Sugar Management Committee for its opinion?

If so, would the Commission provide me with a copy of the Committee(cid:146)s approval of the draft regulation
pursuant to the minutes of the Committee(cid:146)s meeting?

(1) OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 6.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(8 December 2000)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 February 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of
certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira (1) provides in Article 10 that the Commission
should determine, according to the (cid:145)Comitology(cid:146) procedure, the measures for implementing the specific
supply arrangement. These measures include in particular producing special supply balances.