European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (COM(2006)0755 - C6-0044/2007 - 2006/0256(CNS))
Date: 2007-05-10
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: cereals, common organisation of markets, intervention agency, intervention price, market intervention

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Official Journal of the European Union

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24.4.2008

Thursday 24 May 2007

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(e)

(f)

the minimum sugar content of beet to be delivered;

a requirement for consultation between the manufacturer
and the sellers' representatives before the starting date of
beet deliveries is fixed;

(g)

the payment of premiums to sellers for early or late
deliveries;

(h)

details of:

(i)

the part of the pulp referred to in Point IX(1)(b),

(ii) the costs referred to in Point IX(1)(c),

(iii)

the compensation referred to in Point IX(1)(d);

(i)

the removal of pulp by the seller;

(j) without prejudice to the provisions concerning the mini-
mum price for quota beet, as laid down in Article 5(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, rules on how any differ-
ence between the reference price and the actual selling
price of the sugar is to be allocated between the manu-
facturer and sellers.

POINT XIII

Where there is no set agreement within the trade as to how
the quantities of beet intended for the manufacture of sugar
within the quota limits which the manufacturer offers to
buy before sowing should be allocated among the sellers, the
Member State concerned may itself lay down rules for such
allocation.

Those rules may also grant to traditional sellers of beet to
than those which they
cooperatives delivery rights other
would enjoy if they belonged to such cooperatives.

P6_TA(2007)0208

Common organisation of the market in cereals *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation
amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals
(COM(2006)0755 — C6-0044/2007 — 2006/0256(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0755) (1),

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

(C6-0044/2007),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0141/2007);

(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

4.
substantially;

it intends to amend the Commission proposal

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
RECITAL 6

(6)
It is therefore necessary to adopt appropriate measures to
guarantee the proper functioning of the Community market in
cereals. To this end, the discontinuation of the intervention
arrangements for maize, as provided for under Regulation (EC)
No 1784/2003, would appear to be the most appropriate mea-
sure taking into account the facts set out above and the outlets
available to producers on the market.

(6)
It is therefore necessary to adopt appropriate measures to
guarantee the proper functioning of the Community market in
cereals. To this end, the annual volume of purchases of maize
under the intervention arrangements as provided for under Reg-
ulation (EC) No 1784/2003 should be limited,
taking into
account the facts set out above.

Amendment 2
ARTICLE 1, POINT 2
Article 5, paragraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003)

2.

In Article 5, paragraph (1) is replaced by the following:

deleted

1.
The intervention agencies designated by the Member
States shall buy in any common wheat, durum wheat,
barley or sorghum offered to them and harvested in the
Community, provided that the offers comply with the con-
ditions laid down, in particular in respect of quality and
quantity.

Amendments 3 and 4
ARTICLE 1, POINT 2A (new)
Article 5, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1a and 1b (new) (Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003)

2a. In Article 5(1), the following subparagraphs are added:

By way of derogation from the arrangements laid down in
the first subparagraph, intervention buying-in of maize
shall be subject to the following annual ceilings:

— 2 million tonnes in the 2007/08 marketing year,

— 1 million tonnes in the 2008/09 marketing year,

— 0 tonnes as from the 2009/10 marketing year.

By 31 December 2008, the Commission shall present a
report assessing the trends on the maize market, the eco-
nomic situation of the sector and the question of whether
intervention should be abolished or extended, accompa-
nied, if necessary, by new legislative proposals.