WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3475/97 by José GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL to the Commission. Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which expenditure will increase
C 158/122 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 5. 98 (98/C 158/158) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3473/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Agenda 2000: CAP savings The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Unionís low level of competitiveness in this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings which will, in part, help pay for the cost of enlargement to include the countries of Eastern Europe without increasing the Community budget beyond 1. 27% of GNP. The agricultural reform will primarily consist of further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level. Can the Commission give an estimate of the savings which could be achieved under the new CAP in the period 2001-2006? (98/C 158/159) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3474/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which savings shall be achieved The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Unionís low level of competitiveness in this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings which will, in part, help pay for the cost of enlargement to include the countries of Eastern Europe without increasing the Community budget beyond 1. 27% of GNP. The agricultural reform will primarily consist of further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level. Can the Commission specify in which areas of agricultural policy it expects savings to be achieved and provide an estimate of these savings? (98/C 158/160) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3475/97 by Jose· Garc ·a-Margallo y Marfil (PPE) to the Commission (31 October 1997) Subject: Agenda 2000: areas of CAP in which expenditure will increase The Agenda 2000 presented by the Commission on 15 July 1997 (COM(97) 2000 final) considers that the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intended to tackle the Unionís low level of competitiveness in this area and to enable it to cope with the global liberalization of the market in food products, will lead to savings which will, in part, help pay for the cost of enlargement to include the countries of Eastern Europe without increasing the Community budget beyond 1. 27% of GNP. The agricultural reform will primarily consist of further switches from price support schemes to direct payments, fixed at a suitable level. Can the Commission specify which areas of the future agricultural policy will prove to be more costly than under the current CAP and provide an estimate as to the sums involved? Joint answer to Written Questions E-3473/97, E-3474/97 and E-3475/97 given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (18 December 1997) In the context of Agenda 2000, the Commission is proposing to continue the approach of the 1992 reform, i. e. reducing support based on artificially high guaranteed prices and increasing support based on direct aid to farmers