European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 April 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch (COM(2006)0827 - C6-0046/2007 - 2006/0268(CNS))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agricultural quota, marketing year, minimum price, potato, starch

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— having regard to the letter of 1 March 2007 sent to the President of the Parliament by the chairman of
the working party set up under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC regarding the issues connected with
data protection, especially in the operation of the SWIFT system,

Tuesday 24 April 2007

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinions of
the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Legal Affairs
(A6-0298/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0245

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 April 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and Council on payment services in
the internal market amending Directives 97/7/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and
repealing Directive 97/5/EC

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Directive 2007/64/EC.)

P6_TA(2007)0129

Quota system in relation to the production of potato starch *

for a Council
European Parliament
regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the
production of potato starch (COM(2006)0827 — C6-0046/2007 — 2006/0268(CNS))

legislative resolution of 24 April 2007 on the proposal

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0827) (1),

— having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0046/2007),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0137/2007),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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1.

2.

3.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal sub-

4.
stantially;

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 3

(3)
Producer Member States should allocate their quotas for a
period of two years among all potato starch manufacturers on
the basis of the quotas for the 2006/2007 marketing year.

(3)
Producer Member States should allocate their quotas for a
period of four years among all potato starch manufacturers on
the basis of the quotas for the 2006/2007 marketing year.

Amendment 2
ARTICLE 1, POINT 1
Article 2, paragraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1868/94)

The potato-starch producing Member States shall be allo-
1.
cated quotas for the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing
years in accordance with the Annex.

The potato-starch producing Member States shall be allo-
1.
cated quotas for the 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and
2010/2011 marketing years in accordance with the Annex.

Amendment 3
ARTICLE 1, POINT 1
Article 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1868/94)

2.
Each producer Member State referred to in the Annex
shall allocate its quota among potato-starch manufacturers for
use in the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years on the
basis of
in
2006/2007, subject to application of the second subparagraph.

the sub-quotas available to each manufacturer

in

2.
Each producer Member State referred to in the Annex
shall allocate its quota among potato-starch manufacturers for
use
2007/2008,
and
2010/2011 marketing years on the basis of
the sub-quotas
available to each manufacturer in 2006/2007, subject to appli-
cation of the second subparagraph.

2008/2009,

2009/2010

the

Amendment 4
ARTICLE 1, POINT 1
Article 3 (Regulation (EC) No 1868/94)

The Commission shall present the Council, before 1 January
2009, with a report on the functioning of the quota system
within the Community, accompanied by appropriate proposals.
This report shall take account of developments on the potato
starch and cereal starch markets.

The Commission shall present the Council, before 1 January
2011, with a report on the functioning of the quota system
within the Community, accompanied by appropriate proposals.
This report shall take account of developments on the potato
starch and cereal starch markets. However, should an agree-
ment within the World Trade Organization lead to a reduction
in export refunds and in import duties for tapioca-starch, the
Commission shall present the European Parliament and the
Council with an impact report before that deadline.