European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council regulation on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89, Decision 97/256/EC and Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 ((COM(2000) 628 - C5-0525/2000– 2000/0111(CNS))
Date: 2000-11-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, European Agency for Reconstruction, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, cooperation agreement, economic reconstruction, financial aid

8.8.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 223/175

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Wednesday 15 November 2000

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 40)
Article 10

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by a management com-
mittee composed of the representatives of the Member States and
chaired by the representative of the Commission.

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by an advisory com-
mittee as referred to in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/EC,
having regard to Articles 7 and 8 thereof.

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

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/

3.
468/EC shall be one month.

The period provided for in Article 3(2) of Decision 1999/

3.
468/EC shall be one month.

4.
The Committee may examine any other question concerning the
implementation of this Regulation which is submitted to it by the
Chairman, whether or not at the request of the representative of a
Member State, and in particular any question relating to the pro-
gramming or general implementation of measures or to co-financing.

4.
Individual funding decisions shall under no circum-
stances be submitted to the committee by the Commis-
sion.

(Amendment 39)
Article 11(2)

Every year the Commission shall submit a progress report
2.
to the European Parliament and the Council on implementation
of the Community assistance.

Every year, before the end of July, the Commission
2.
shall submit a progress report to the European Parliament and
the Council on implementation of the Community assistance.
Every three months the Commission shall inform the Eur-
opean Parliament of the state of the annual budgetary
implementation by country and by sector.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council regulation on
assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89, Decision
97/256/EC and Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 ((COM(2000) 628 4 C5-0525/2000− 2000/0111(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

( having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 628),

( having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 308 of the EC Treaty (C5-0525/2000),

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

( having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and
the opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence
Policy, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Cul-
ture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (A5-0330/2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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 Parlia-

3.
ment;

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Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text

4.
approved by Parliament;

5.

6.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

8. COM in pigmeat *

A5-0305/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organi-
sation of the market in pigmeat (COM(2000) 193 4 C5-0225/2000 4 2000/0076(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 1

For a long time the European Union market in pigmeat
(1)
has been subject to cyclical movements, with periods in which
the supply of pigmeat has been in balance and prices have
been satisfactory followed by periods when supplies have been
plentiful and market prices have consequently been low. For
some years now, this cycle has been more pronounced and the
periods of recession have been lengthening, endangering the cash
flow situation of pigfarmers. Steps should be taken, therefore, to
amend Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and to authorise the Member
States to establish a regulatory fund making it possible for pig-
farmers, who participate on a voluntary basis, to cope with
fluctuations in market prices. To ensure the satisfactory opera-
tion of the funds and in particular their financing, provision
should be made for a minimum period of participation and
for the lodging of a security by the pigfarmers concerned.

(1) OJ C 248 E, 29.8.2000, p. 121.

For a long time the European Union market in pigmeat
(1)
has been subject to cyclical movements, with periods in which
the supply of pigmeat has been in balance and prices have
been satisfactory followed by periods when supplies have been
plentiful and market prices have consequently been low. For
some years now, this cycle has become increasingly dis-
rupted by periods of market imbalance, provoking deep
recessions which endanger the cash-flow situation and
incomes of pigfarmers and cause many of them, including
the most vulnerable (young farmers, farmers who have
made investments and small farmers) to go bankrupt or
to work in the employ of others after having been bought
out by bigger production units. This trend is diametrically
opposed to the European model of farming, which is
based on the multifunctionality so often cited by various
European bodies. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, which, whilst
laying down a number of non-mandatory, non-automatic
provisions on intervention, now seems to be totally incap-
able of dealing effectively with the recent recessions
experienced by a pigfarming sector that has been exten-
sively restructured since the 1980s.

It is therefore essential to adapt existing rules by
(1a)
calling on the Member States to establish a regulatory fund
making it possible for pigfarmers, who participate on a volun-
tary basis, to cope with fluctuations in market prices and pro-
viding them with a new instrument for averting reces-
sions. To ensure the satisfactory operation of the funds and
in particular their financing, provision should be made for a
minimum period of participation and for the lodging of a
security by the pigfarmers concerned.