Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (codified version)'
C 138/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 5. 1999 3. Specific comments 3. 1. The Committee stresses the continued relevance of the 15th and 17th recitals to Directive 95/53/EC on analytical methods and laboratories authorized to carry out inspections. Brussels, 24 March 1999. 3. 2. The Committee takes the view that the first indent of Article 9(b)(1) of the proposed changes should read as follows: ‘— suspend imports from all or part of the third country concerned or from one or more specific production plants, and, where appropriate, any third country of transit and/or. ’ The President of the Economic and Social Committee Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (codified version)’ (1999/C 138/06) On 22 March 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Articles 43 and 198 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the above-mentioned proposal. The Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, which was responsible for preparing the Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion on 2 March 1999. The rapporteur was Mr Strasser. At its 362nd plenary session (meeting of 24 March 1999) the Economic and Social Committee adopted the following opinion with 96 votes in favour and six abstentions. The Commission’s proposal to consolidate the CMO in 1. sugar was drawn up on the basis of a consolidated version of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and the instruments amending it. The new regulation therefore supersedes the various regu- lations incorporated in it. 2. The Economic and Social Committee welcomes the Commission proposal, as consolidation will satisfy the need for clarity in Community legislation. Examination of the text has revealed that the Commission proposal does not contain any substantive changes, merely the formal amendments required by the consolidation process itself. The text contains misprints, mistranslations and errors 3. which affect its meaning. The Committee calls on the Com- mission to vet the text for such errors and to make the necessary corrections. Brussels, 24 March 1999. The President of the Economic and Social Committee Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI