Modifications to the common agricultural policy#European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on modifications to the common agricultural policy by amending Regulations (EC) No 320/2006, (EC) No 1234/2007, (EC) No 3/2008 and (EC) No [...]/2008 (COM(2008)0306 — C6-0241/2008 — 2008/0104(CNS))
Date: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: aid to agriculture, amendment, common agricultural policy, common organisation of markets, consultation procedure, drafting of EU law, reform of the CAP, resolution of parliament








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22.1.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 16/173





Modifications to the common agricultural policy *
P6_TA(2008)0550
European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 November 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on modifications to the common agricultural policy by amending Regulations (EC) No 320/2006, (EC) No 1234/2007, (EC) No 3/2008 and (EC) No […]/2008 (COM(2008)0306 — C6-0241/2008 — 2008/0104(CNS))
(2010/C 16 E/36)
(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2008)0306),










—


having regard to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0241/2008),










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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0401/2008),




1.   Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2.   Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;
3.   Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;
4.   Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;
5.   Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.






TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION


AMENDMENTS





Amendment 1


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 3











(3)


In respect of cereals the system should be modified to ensure competitiveness and market orientation for the sector while keeping the role of intervention as a safety net in case of market disruptions and facilitating farmers' response to market conditions. The Council Conclusions on the reform of the intervention system for maize provided for a review of the whole cereals intervention system in the context of the Health Check, based on an analysis which indicated a certain risk for additional barley intervention if prices were low. The present outlook for cereals has however since changed significantly, and is characterised by a favourable world market price environment driven by expanding world demand and low global cereal stocks. Within this context, setting intervention levels to zero for other feed grains in the same time frame as the maize reform would allow for intervention without having negative implications for the cereals market as a whole. The outlook for the cereals sector also applies for durum wheat, meaning that buying into intervention could be abolished since it has lost its relevance with market prices always significantly above the intervention price. Since intervention for cereals is to be a safety net 
rather than an element which influences price formation, the differences in harvesting periods across Member States, which effectively start the marketing campaigns, are not longer relevant since the system will no longer provide for prices reflecting intervention levels plus monthly increments. In the interests of simplification the dates for cereals intervention should therefore be harmonised across the Community
.












(3)


In respect of cereals the system should be modified to ensure competitiveness and market orientation for the sector while keeping the role of intervention as a safety net in case of market disruptions and facilitating farmers' response to market conditions. The Council Conclusions on the reform of the intervention system for maize provided for a review of the whole cereals intervention system in the context of the Health Check, based on an analysis which indicated a certain risk for additional barley intervention if prices were low. The present outlook for cereals has however since changed significantly, and is characterised by a favourable world market price environment driven by expanding world demand and low global cereal stocks. Within this context, setting intervention levels to zero for other feed grains in the same time frame as the maize reform would allow for intervention without having negative implications for the cereals market as a whole. The outlook for the cereals sector also applies for durum wheat, meaning that buying into intervention could be abolished since it has lost its relevance with market prices always significantly above the intervention price. Since intervention for cereals is to be a safety net, 
intervention should only take place during the last three months of the marketing year
.









Amendment 2


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 4











(4)


Since the 2003 reform, the competitiveness of the rice sector has increased, with stable production, falling stocks in the view of increasing demand both in the Community and on the world market, with the expected price significantly above the intervention price. 
Therefore providing for buying into intervention for rice is no longer necessary and so should be abolished
.












(4)


Since the 2003 reform, the competitiveness of the rice sector has increased, with stable production, falling stocks in the view of increasing demand both in the Community and on the world market, with the expected price significantly above the intervention price. 
Intervention should nevertheless be maintained as a safety net
.









Amendment 3


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 6











(6)


The abolition of intervention for 
these products
 may safely be carried out in 2009 since the current market situation and perspectives suggest that intervention would not, in any case, be applicable for them in 2009.












(6)


The abolition of intervention for 
rice and pigmeat
 may safely be carried out in 2009 since the current market situation and perspectives suggest that intervention would not, in any case, be applicable for them in 2009.









Amendment 5


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 8a (new)





 










(8a)





With effect from 2009, investment support for milk producers should no longer be limited to the established quota volume so that producers can make investments more specifically geared to market requirements.










Amendment 6


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 10













(10)





Aid for private storage of butter is not widely used. Nevertheless due to the seasonal pattern of milk production in the Community there will always be a seasonal pattern of butter production. Therefore, temporary pressure on the butter market may occur which could be alleviated by seasonal storage. The decision should, however, be taken by the Commission based on sound market analysis rather than an obligation to open the scheme every year and so the scheme should become optional.









deleted







Amendment 7


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 12











(12)


Disposal aids for butter for pastry and ice cream and for direct consumption have been reduced in line with the reduction of the intervention price for butter as from 2004 and have consequently been zero before tenders were suspended due to the favourable market situation. 
Disposal aid schemes are no longer needed to support the market at intervention price level and should therefore be abolished
.












(12)


Disposal aids for butter for pastry and ice cream and for direct consumption have been reduced in line with the reduction of the intervention price for butter as from 2004 and have consequently been zero before tenders were suspended due to the favourable market situation.









Amendment 8


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 13











(13)


As was the case in the common agricultural policy reform of 2003, to enhance the competitiveness of Community agriculture and to promote more market-oriented and sustainable agriculture, it is necessary to continue the shift from production support to producer support by abolishing the existing aids in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) for 
dried fodder
, flax, hemp and potato starch and integrating support for these products into the system of decoupled income support for each farm. As was the case for the 2003 CAP reform, while decoupling aid paid to farmers will leave the actual amounts paid unchanged, it will significantly increase the effectiveness of the income aid.












(13)


As was the case in the common agricultural policy reform of 2003, to enhance the competitiveness of Community agriculture and to promote more market-oriented and sustainable agriculture, it is necessary to continue the shift from production support to producer support by abolishing the existing aids in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) for flax, hemp and potato starch and integrating support for these products into the system of decoupled income support for each farm. As was the case for the 2003 CAP reform, while decoupling aid paid to farmers will leave the actual amounts paid unchanged, it will significantly increase the effectiveness of the income aid.









Amendment 9


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 14











(14)


The Council decided in 2000 to phase out the aid for short flax and hemp fibre. This decision was implemented with effect from the 2009/2010 marketing year by the amendments made to the single CMO by Regulation (EC) No 247/2008, as was the phasing out of the additional processing aid for processors of flax grown in traditional areas. Aid for long flax fibre should be decoupled. However in order to allow the industry to adapt, 
half of
 the shift to the single payment scheme should take place 
in 2011 and the remaining part in
 2013.












(14)


The Council decided in 2000 to phase out the aid for short flax and hemp fibre. This decision was implemented with effect from the 2009/2010 marketing year by the amendments made to the single CMO by Regulation (EC) No 247/2008, as was the phasing out of the additional processing aid for processors of flax grown in traditional areas. Aid for long flax fibre should be decoupled. However in order to allow the industry to adapt, the shift to the single payment scheme should take place 
by
 2013 
at the latest
.









Amendment 10


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 15











(15)


The dried fodder regime was reformed in 2003, when part of the aid was given to producers and decoupled. In the context of the overall orientation of the Health Check towards more market orientation, and the present outlook in feed markets, the transition to full decoupling for the entire sector should therefore be completed by decoupling the remaining aid to the industry.












(15)


The dried fodder regime was reformed in 2003, when part of the aid was given to producers and decoupled. In the context of the overall orientation of the Health Check towards more market orientation, and the present outlook in feed markets, the transition to full decoupling for the entire sector should therefore be completed, 
by 2013 at the latest
, by decoupling the remaining aid to the industry.










It should be possible to mitigate the effects of ending the payment of aid to processors by appropriate adjustments in the price paid to producers of the raw materials, who will themselves be receiving increased direct aid entitlements as a result of decoupling. The ending of the aid to processors is also justified in the light of the market situation and perspectives for protein crops as a whole. Given the fact that the sector has already been restructuring since the 2003 reform and the particular negative environmental impact that the production of dehydrated fodder has recently been found to generate, the aid should be decoupled although a short transitional period of two years should be provided for to allow the sector to adjust.




 





Amendment 11


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 17













(17)





Developments in domestic and international cereal and starch markets render the starch production refund no longer pertinent with respect to its initial objectives, and should therefore be abolished. The market situation and perspectives are such that the aid has been set at zero for some time and this would be expected to continue, so that rapid abolition may be effected without negative effects for the sector.









deleted







Amendment 12


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 18













(18)





The provisions on exceptional market support measures related to animal diseases are to be dealt with in a horizontal provision on risk management, and so should be deleted from Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.









deleted







Amendment 13


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Recital 19











(19)


Producer organisations can serve 
a useful
 role in grouping supply in sectors where there is an imbalance in concentration of producers and purchasers. Member States should therefore be able to recognise producer organisations in all sectors.












(19)




While crop insurance or mutual funds can contribute to corrective risk management, this can be very costly in economic and social terms. Parallel efforts should therefore be made to develop preventive risk management instruments
. Producer organisations 
and interbranch organisations
 can serve 
an important
 role in 
this preventive risk management, particularly by
 grouping supply in sectors where there is an imbalance in concentration of producers and purchasers 
or by improving knowledge of the markets
. Member States should therefore be able to recognise producer organisations 
and professional organisations
 in all sectors.









Amendment 42


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 1 — point –1 (new)


Regulation (EC) No 247/2006


Article 4 — paragraph 3





 










(–1)





Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 is replaced by the following:









 









3.




By way of derogation from paragraph 2(a), 
it shall be permitted to market from the Azores to the rest of the Community the following maximum quantities of sugar (code NC 1701) during

the following years:








 










—






2008
: 3 000 tonnes,








 










—






2009
: 2 285 tonnes,








 










—






2010
: 1 570 tonnes,








 










—






2011
: 855 tonnes,









Amendment 44


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 1 — point –1a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 247/2006


Article 5 — paragraph 1





 










(–1a)





Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 is replaced by the following:









 









1.




During the period referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, 
the C sugar referred to in Article 13 of that Regulation, exported pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota and introduced to be consumed in Madeira and the Canary Islands in the form of white sugar under code NC 1701 and to be refined and consumed in the Azores as raw sugar under code NC 1701 12 10 and/or NC 1701 11 10, shall benefit, under the conditions of this Regulation, from the exemption regime relating to import duties within the limit of the supply estimates

referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.









Amendment 66


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 1


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 8 — paragraph 1 — point (b)













(1)





Point (b) of Article 8(1) is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 14


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 2


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 10













(2)





Article 10 is amended as follows:









deleted














(a)





Paragraph 1 is amended as follows:







 












(i)





point (a) is replaced by the following:







 










‘
(a)






common wheat, barley, maize and sorghum
;’






 












(ii)





point (b) is deleted).







 












(b)





Paragraph 2 is deleted.







 





Amendment 15


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 3


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 11 — point a











(a)


for cereals, from 
1 November
 to 31 May;












(a)


for cereals, from 
1 March
 to 31 May;









Amendment 16


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 3


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 11 — point (da) (new)





 










(da)





for pigmeat, throughout any marketing year.










Amendment 17


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 3


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 12 — paragraph 1 — point b a (new)





 










(ba)





shall be opened for pigmeat by the Commission, without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1), if the average market price for pig carcasses over a representative period, as established by reference to the prices recorded in each Member State on the representative markets of the Community and weighted by means of coefficients reflecting the relative size of the pig herd in each Member State, is, and is likely to remain, at less than 103 % of the reference price.










Amendment 18


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 3


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 12 — paragraph 2











2.


Public intervention for common wheat may be suspended by the Commission, 
without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1)
, if the price for wheat with a minimum protein content of 11 % ‘Rouen delivered’ is higher than the reference price.












2.


Public intervention for common wheat may be suspended by the Commission if the price for wheat with a minimum protein content of 11 % ‘Rouen delivered’ is higher than the reference price.








It shall be reopened by the Commission, 
without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 195(1)
, if the conditions provided for in the first subparagraph of this paragraph no longer apply.


It shall be reopened by the Commission if the conditions provided for in the first subparagraph of this paragraph no longer apply.





Amendment 67


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 4


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Subsection III — Article 18













4)





Subsection III of Section II of Chapter I of Title I of Part II is replaced by the following:









deleted








Subsection III




 






Intervention prices




 






Article 18




 






Intervention prices




 












1.





The intervention prices and the quantities accepted for intervention for the products referred to in Article 10(a), (d), (e) and (f) shall be determined by the Commission by means of tendering procedures. In special circumstances, tendering procedures may be restricted to, or the intervention prices and the quantities accepted for intervention may be fixed per, Member State or per region of a Member State on the basis of recorded average market prices.







 












2.





The intervention price determined in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not be higher:







 












(a)





for cereals, than the respective reference prices;







 












(b)





for beef, than the average market price recorded in a Member State or a region of a Member State increased by an amount to be determined by the Commission on the basis of objective criteria;







 












(c)





for butter, than 90 % of the reference price;







 












(d)





for skimmed milk powder, than the reference price.







 












3.





The intervention price for sugar shall be 80 % of the reference price fixed for the marketing year following the marketing year during which the offer is lodged. However, if the quality of the sugar offered to the paying agency differs from the standard quality defined in point B of Annex IV for which the reference price is fixed, the intervention price shall be increased or reduced accordingly.







 





Amendment 43


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 4 a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 26 — paragraph 2 — point (a) — point (ii a) (new)





 










4a)





In Article 26(2)(a), the following point is inserted:









 










(iia)





for utilisation under the specific supply regime provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006










Amendment 19


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 5


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Part II — Title I — Chapter I — Section III — Subsection I













(5)





Subsection I of Section III of Chapter I of Title I of Part II is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 20


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 6


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 31













(6)





Article 31 is amended as follows:









deleted














(a)





Paragraph 1 is amended as follows:







 












(i)





after point (c) the following points are inserted:







 












(ca)





unsalted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 82 %, a maximum milk solids non-fat content, by weight, of 2 %, and a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 %;







 












(cb)





salted butter produced from cream or milk in an approved undertaking of the Community of a minimum butterfat content, by weight, of 80 %, a maximum milk solids non-fat content, by weight, of 2 %, a maximum water content, by weight, of 16 % and a maximum salt content, by weight, of 2 %;







 












(ii)





point (e) is deleted;







 












(b)





In paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is deleted.







 





Amendment 21


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 7


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 34a (new)













7.





The following Article 34a is inserted:









deleted








Article 34a




 






Conditions of granting for butter




 












1.





The Commission may decide to grant aid for private storage for butter in particular if developments in prices and stocks of the products indicate a serious imbalance in the market which could be avoided or reduced by means of seasonal storage.







 












2.





The amount of aid shall be fixed by the Commission taking account of storage costs and the likely development in butter prices.







 





Amendment 22


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 8


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 36













(8)





Article 36 is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 23


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 11


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 44













(11)





Article 44 is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 24


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 12 — point a


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 46 — paragraph 1













(a)





Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:









deleted














1.





For the exceptional support measures referred to in Article 45, the Community shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States.







 





Amendment 25


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 14a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 66 — paragraph 5a (new)





 










(14a)





In Article 66, the following paragraph is added:









 










5 a.





Member States may apply for temporary quota increases based on underutilisation of milk quotas in other Member States, on the condition that they can prove that their dairy market is not likely to enjoy a soft landing under the basic rules. To this end the Commission shall calculate every year the underutilisation of milk quotas. The Commission shall assess potential applications by Member States for extra quota increases and present a proposal for the temporary handing out of production quotas at the beginning of each marketing year. These temporary quotas in a given marketing year shall always remain below the level of underutilisation of quotas in the marketing year before the given marketing year. The Commission may be assisted by the Committee referred to in Article 195(1).










Amendment 26


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 14b (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 78 — paragraph 3a (new)





 










(14b)





In Article 78, the following paragraph 3a is inserted:









 










3 a.





All the revenue deriving from the payment of the additional levy to the Union and the appropriations saved from the agricultural budget should be paid into the milk fund so that flanking measures can be implemented in the milk sector.









 




Measures supported pursuant to Article 68 [general rules] of Regulation (EC) No […]/2008 [new regulation on direct payments] may not be funded under this system.







Amendment 27


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 17


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Part II — Title I — Chapter IV — Section I — Subsection I













17.





Subsection I of Section I of Chapter IV of Title I of Part II is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 28


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 18a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 91 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 2





 










18a.





In Article 91(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:









 



During the marketing years 2009/10 to 2012/13 aid shall also be granted under the same conditions for processing the straw of short flax and hemp grown for fibre.





Amendment 29


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 19


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 92 — paragraph 1











1.


The amount of processing aid provided for in Article 91 shall be fixed 
for long flax fibre
:












1.


The amount of processing aid provided for in Article 91 shall be fixed:














(a)




EUR 200
 for the 2009/2010 
and 2010/2011
 marketing years; 
and














(a)



for long flax fibre, EUR 160 per tonne for the 2009/2010 
to 2012/2013
 marketing years;














(b)




EUR 100
 for the 
2011/2012 and
 2012/2013 marketing years;












(b)



for short flax
fibre
and hemp fibre containing not more than 7,5 % impurities and shives, EUR 90 per tonne for the 
2009/2010 to
 2012/2013 marketing years.








 



However, the Member State may, with reference to traditional outlets, also decide to grant aid:





 









(a)



for short flax fibre containing a percentage of impurities and shives of between 7,5 % and 15 %;








 









(b)



for hemp fibre containing a percentage of impurities and shives of between 7,5 % and 25 %.








 



In the cases provided for in the second subparagraph, the Member State shall grant the aid in respect of a quantity which amounts to not more than the quantity produced, on the basis of 7,5 % of impurities and shives.






Amendment 30


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 20a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 94 — paragraph 1 a





 










(20a)





In Article 94, paragraph 1a is replaced by the following:









 









1a.




A maximum guaranteed quantity of 147 265 tonnes

for each of the

marketing

years 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 shall be established for short flax fibre and hemp fibre in respect of which aid may be granted. That quantity shall be apportioned among certain Member States

as national guaranteed quantities

in accordance with point A. II. of Annex XI.









Amendment 31


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 20b (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 94 a





 










(20b)





Article 94a is replaced by the following:









 




Article 94a






 




Additional aid






 



During the

2009/2010 to 2012/2013

marketing

years, additional aid shall be granted to the authorised primary processor in respect of areas under flax in zones I and II as described in point A. III. of Annex XI and the straw production of which has been the subject of:




 









(a)



a sale/purchase contract or a commitment as referred to in Article 91(1); and








 









(b)



aid for processing into long fibre.








 



The amount of additional aid shall be EUR 120 per hectare in zone I and EUR 50 per hectare in zone II.






Amendment 32


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 21


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 95a — paragraph 1











1.


A premium of EUR 22,25 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid for the 2009/2010 
and 2010/2011
 marketing years to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up to the quota limit referred to in Article 84a(2), provided that they have paid to potato producers a minimum price for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit.












1.


A premium of EUR 22,25 per tonne of starch produced shall be paid for the 2009/2010 
to 2012/2013
 marketing years to undertakings producing potato starch for the quantity of potato starch up to the quota limit referred to in Article 84a(2), provided that they have paid to potato producers a minimum price for all the potatoes necessary to produce starch up to that quota limit.









Amendment 33


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 22


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 96













(22)





Article 96 is deleted.









deleted







Amendment 35


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 29a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 122 — paragraph 1b (new)





 










29a.





The following paragraph is added to Article 122:









 




Member States may also recognise as producer organisations applicant groups within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1). In this case the provisions of point (c)(i) of the first paragraph of this Article shall apply.







Amendment 36


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 30


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 124 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 1a (new)





 




These interbranch organisations may act to promote, inter alia, preventive risk management, research and development, information on, and promotion of, products and branches, market analysis and information, and measures of contractualisation.







Amendment 37


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 30a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 162 — paragraph 1 — point a — point i





 










(30a)






In Article 162(1)(a), point (i) is deleted

 (2).









Amendment 38


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 30 b (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 162 — paragraph 1 — point a — point ii





 










(30b)






In Article 162(1)(a), point (ii) is deleted

 (2).









Amendment 39


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 31a (new)


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 182 — paragraph 3





 










(31a)





Article 182(3) is replaced by the following text:









 









3.




Member States which reduce their sugar quota by more than 50 % of the sugar quota laid down on 20 February 2006 in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 may grant temporary state aid

up to the 2013/2014 marketing year
.








 




Depending on the application by the Member States concerned the Commission shall take a decision on the total amount of state aid available for such a measure.






 




In the case of

Italy the temporary aid referred to in the first subparagraph shall not exceed a total of EUR 11 per marketing year and per tonne of sugar beet, to be

allocated

to sugar-beet growers and

to

the transport of sugar beet.




 



Finland may grant

sugar-beet growers

up to EUR 350 per hectare

and

per marketing year.




 




Within thirty days of the end of each marketing year

the Member States concerned shall inform the Commission of the amount of state aid actually granted in

the course of that

marketing year.





Amendment 40


Proposal for a regulation — amending act


Article 4 — point 32


Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


Article 184 — point 5











(5)


before 
30 June 2011
 to the European Parliament and Council on the 
conditions for smoothly phasing out the milk quota system, including, in particular, possible further increases in quotas or possible reductions in the superlevy
.












(5)


before 
31 December 2010
 to the European Parliament and Council on the 
state of the milk market. The report shall also analyse the effectiveness of the Member States' management systems in relation to the liberalisation of the quota scheme. Where appropriate the report shall be accompanied by suitable proposals
.










(1)  

OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.



(2)  
The articles and annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 must be adapted as a result.