European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council Directive on the marketing of forest reproductive material (COM(1999) 188 — C5-0128/1999 - 1999/0092(CNS))
11. 7. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 194/71 TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION Thursday 2 December 1999 AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 20) Article 26(2a) (new) 2a. However, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden may maintain their national legislation relating to the marketing of forest reproductive material, as laid down in Council Directive 66/404/EEC, within their territory until 1 January 2003 at the latest; the Republic of Finland may maintain its national leg- islation on external quality standards relating to the marketing of forest reproductive material, as laid down in Council Directive 71/161/EEC, within its ter- ritory until 1 January 2003 at the latest. (Amendment 21) Article 27, 1st paragraph Directive 66/404/EEC and Directive 71/161/EEC are hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2000. Directive 66/404/EEC and Directive 71/161/EEC are hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2003. (Amendment 22) Article 27, 2nd paragraph (new) The Member States shall be allowed to market until exhaustion stocks of forest reproductive material accumu- lated before 1 January 2003. European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on the market- ing of forest reproductive material (COM(1999) 188 C5-0128/1999 1999/0092(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, $ having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, (COM(1999) 188) (1), $ having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0128/1999), $ having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, $ having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0072/1999); 1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended; Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC 2. Treaty; (1) OJ C 199, 14. 7. 1999, p. 1. C 194/72 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11. 7. 2000 Thursday 2 December 1999 Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parlia- 3. ment; Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to make substantial modifications to the Commi- 4. ssion proposal; 5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. 10. COM in processed fruit and vegetable products * A5-0068/1999 Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisa- tion of the market in fruit and vegetable products (COM(1999) 376 C5-0140/1999 1999/ 0161(CNS)) The proposal was amended as follows: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (1) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 4a (new) (4a) Whereas, in the light of experience, it is desirable to revise the existing quota regime to make it more flexible and permit closer adaptation to production conditions and market needs, thus promoting the competitiveness of the Community industry vis-à-vis third-country imports; (Amendment 2) Recital 4b (new) (4b) Whereas the existing total amount payable in aid to processing is not sufficient to cover market demand, and needs to be increased in line with the steady increase in consumption; (Amendment 3) Article 1a (new) Article 1a The Commission shall submit to the Council and the Euro- pean Parliament, before the start of the next marketing year, proposals for setting up a system of guarantee thresholds by Member State, with a view to boosting the competitiveness and adaptability of the Community indus- try in the context of the evolution of market and consu- mer demand, without harming the relative internal stabi- lity of the sector (1) OJ C 307 E, 26. 10. 1999, p. 31