European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisation of the market in bananas (COM(2001) 477 — C5-0436/2001 — 2001/0187(CNS))
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: common organisation of markets, tariff quota, tropical fruit

25.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 177 E/135

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Wednesday 12 December 2001

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

the conclusion of negotiations with the Community’s trading
partners on the rate of the common customs tariff, and in
any case before 31 December 2004, the Commission shall
submit a report to the European Parliament and Council on
the foreseeable impact on the incomes of Community pro-
ducers and ACP producers of the move to a common customs
tariff, and shall propose appropriate compensatory measures.

Amendment 13
ARTICLE 1, POINT 3
Article 18, paragraph 2 (Regulation (EEC) No 404/93)

Imports under tariff quotas ‘A’ and ‘B’ and imports of
2.
bananas from third countries other than the ACP countries
shall be subject to customs duty of € 75 per tonne. Imports of
products originating in the ACP countries shall be subject to a
zero duty.

Imports under tariff quotas ‘A’ and ‘B’ originating from
2.
countries other than the ACP countries shall be subject to cus-
toms duty of € 75 per tonne. Imports of products originating
in the ACP countries shall be subject to a zero duty until
31 December 2007.

Amendment 14
ARTICLE 1, point 3
Article 18, paragraph 4 (Regulation (EEC) 404/93)

A tariff preference of € 300 per tonne shall apply to

4.
imports originating in ACP countries.

4.
A tariff preference of € 300 per tonne shall apply to
imports outside tariff quotas ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ which originate
in ACP countries.

Amendment 15
ARTICLE 1, point 3
Article 18, paragraph 6, subparagraph 1 (Regulation (EEC) 404/93)

6.
The additional tariff quota provided for in paragraph 1(b)
may be increased if demand in the Community increases as
indicated by a balance sheet of production, consumption,
imports and exports.

6.
The additional tariff quota provided for in paragraph 1(b)
and the autonomous tariff quota provided for in para-
graph 1(c) shall be increased by the same proportion if
demand in the Community increases as indicated by a balance
sheet of production, consumption, imports and exports.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
in bananas
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisation of

the market

(COM(2001) 477 & C5-0436/2001 & 2001/0187(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

/ having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 477) (1),

/ having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0436/2001),

(1) OJ C 304 E, 30.10.2001, p. 331.

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/ 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 opinions
of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and the Committee on Development and
Cooperation (A5-0443/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250, paragraph 2 of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Should the Council intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament, calls on the Council to

3.
notify Parliament;

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

4.
approved by Parliament;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Com-

5.
mission proposal;

6.

Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.

6. EAEC/KEDO agreement (procedure without debate)

A5-0448/2001

European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication on the proposal for a Council
decision approving the conclusion by the Commission of an agreement between the European
Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organi-
sation (KEDO) (SEC(2001) 1349 & C5-0596/2001- 2001/2252(COS))

The European Parliament,

/ having regard to the Commission communication (SEC(2001) 1349 / C5-0596/2001),

/ having regard to the Euratom Treaty, in particular Article 101(2) thereof,

/ having regard to its resolution of 23 March 1999 on the Agreement on terms and conditions of the
Accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
Organisation (KEDO) (1),

/ having regard to the resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

in

Vienna (2), calling for permission to carry out nuclear inspections in the DPRK,

/ having regard to the report of its second ad hoc delegation which visited the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK) / and the KEDO site at Kumho / in October-November 2000 (3) and to
its resolutions of 17 January 2001 and 31 May 2001 respectively on relations between the European
Union and the DPRK following on from the above visit (4), and on the outcome of the Council and
Commission mission to Korea (5),

(1) OJ C 177, 22.6.1999, p. 47.
(2) Resolution GC(44) RES/26, September 2000.
(3) Report of the EP ad hoc delegation to the DPRK from 31.10.2000 to 4.11.2000 (document available in English

only).

(4) OJ C 262,18.9.2001, p. 169.
(5)
‘Texts Adopted’, Item 9.