Opinion of the Commission pursuant to article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c) of the EC treaty on the European Parliament's amendment to the Council's common position regarding the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on plant protection products, amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to article 250(2) of the ec treaty
Date: 2009-09-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU action, EU statistics, data collection, marketing standard, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, statistics

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 17.9.2009 
COM(2009) 486 final 

2006/0258 (COD) 

OPINION OF THE COMMISSION 

pursuant to Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c) of the EC Treaty 
on the European Parliament's amendment 
to the Council's common position regarding the 
proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning 
statistics on plant protection products, amending the proposal of the Commission 
pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty 

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2006/0258 (COD) 

OPINION OF THE COMMISSION 

pursuant to Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c) of the EC Treaty 
on the European Parliament's amendment 
to the Council's common position regarding the 
proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning 
statistics on plant protection products, amending the proposal of the Commission 
pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c), of the EC Treaty provides for the Commission to 
deliver an opinion on amendments proposed by the European Parliament on second reading. 
The Commission sets out its opinion below on the amendment proposed by Parliament.  

2. 

BACKGROUND 

Date of transmission of the proposal to the EP and the Council 
(document COM(2006) 778 final — 2006/0258 (COD):  

11 December 2006 

Date  of  the  opinion  of  the  European  Economic  and  Social 
Committee: 

11 July 2007 

Date of the opinion of the European Parliament, first reading: 

12 March 2008 

Date of adoption of the common position (by unanimity): 

20 November 2008 

Date of the opinion of the European Parliament, second reading: 

24 April 2009 

3. 

PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSAL 

The  proposed  Regulation  creates  a  legal  framework  and  defines  harmonised  rules  for  the 
collection  and  dissemination  of  statistics  on  the  sale  and  use  of  plant  protection  products. 
In particular, it defines rules for:  

•  data collection frequency (annually for sales – every 5 years for use); 

•  data collection methods, with considerable flexibility given to the Member States; 

•  the  format  and  periodicity  of  reporting  obligations,  which  can  be  specified  in 

detail by the Commission through the comitology procedure. 

This  Regulation  concerning  statistics  on  plant  protection  products  is  part  of  a  legislative 
package  that  includes  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  establishing  a  framework  for  Community  action  to  achieve  a  sustainable  use  of 

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pesticides  (COM(2006)  373  final)  and  the  proposal  for  a  Regulation  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  concerning  the  placing  of  plant  protection  products  on  the 
market (COM(2006) 388 final), on which agreement was reached between the co-legislators 
in January 2009 (AGRI Council). 

4. 

OPINION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT 

The Commission accepts amendment 41.  

At the same time, the Commission welcomes the invitation communicated to the Council by 
the  Chairs  of  the  political  groups  of  the  European  Parliament  to  reconfirm  the  entire 
compromise  as  negotiated  during  the  second  reading  stage  between  representatives  of  the 
European Parliament and the Council.  

5. 

CONCLUSION 

Pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty, the Commission amends its proposal as set out 
above. 

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