European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures (COM(2000) 774 — C5-0750/2000 — 2000/0309(CNS))
Date: 2001-06-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Canary Islands, Structural Funds, fishing industry, structural policy

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Thursday 14 June 2001

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 32
ARTICLE 1
Article 27, paragraph 2a (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92)

2a.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the third indent of
the second subparagraph of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1257/1999, the Community(cid:146)s financial contribution to
the agri-environmental measures laid down in Articles 22 to
24 of that Regulation shall be 85 %.

Amendment 34
ARTICLE 1
Article 27, paragraph 3a (new) (Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92)

The restriction on support for forestry laid down in
3a.
Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall not
apply to forests or wooded areas located in the Canary
Islands.

Amendment 35
ARTICLE 2, PARAGRAPH 1

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its pub-
lication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to
certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures (COM(2000) 774 (cid:129) C5-0750/2000
(cid:129) 2000/0309(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 774) (1),

(cid:129) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0750/2000),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the

proposed legal basis,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion

of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0195/2001),

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

3.
Parliament;

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 276.

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4.

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

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5.

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

11. Specific measures for agricultural products *

A5-0197/2001

Proposal for a Council regulation introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products
for the French overseas departments (COM(2000) 791 (cid:129) C5-0744/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0313(CNS))

1.

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1

the Council adopted a pro-
(1) By Decision 89/687/EEC,
gramme of options specific to the remote and insular nature
of the French overseas departments (Poseidom) in accordance
with the Community(cid:146)s policy of assistance for the most remote
regions. The purpose of the programme is to facilitate the
economic and social development of those regions and enable
them to benefit from the advantages of the single market of
which they are an integral part despite the objective factors
leaving them geographically and economically isolated. The
programme calls for the CAP to be applied in those regions
and provides for special measures to be adopted. In particular,
it provides for measures to improve the conditions in which
agricultural products are produced and marketed in those
departments and to mitigate the effects of their exceptional
geographical situation and constraints as since recognised in
Article 299(2) of the Treaty.

the Council adopted a pro-
(1) By Decision 89/687/EEC,
gramme of options specific to the remote and insular nature
of the French overseas departments (Poseidom) in accordance
with the Community(cid:146)s policy of assistance for the most remote
regions. The purpose of the programme is to facilitate the
economic and social development of those regions and enable
them to benefit from the advantages of the single market of
which they are an integral part despite the objective factors
leaving them geographically and economically isolated. The
programme calls for the CAP to be applied in those regions
and provides for special measures to be adopted. In particular,
it provides for measures to improve the conditions in which
agricultural products are produced and marketed in those
departments and to mitigate the effects of their exceptional
geographical situation and constraints as since recognised in
Article 299(2) of the Treaty, when determining the conditions
for the application of Community measures in the French
overseas departments.

Amendment 2

Recital 1a (new)

(1a) Article 299(2) of the Treaty states that the Council,
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Com-
mission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall
adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down
the conditions of application of the Treaty to the outermost
regions of the European Union, in the context of, inter alia,
access to the Structural Funds.

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 289.