WRITTEN QUESTION E-0046/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission. Cologne process: adjustment of the Poseima programme in the Azores as regards liqueur wines.
24. 10. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 303 E/131 However, in the field of cereals the practical impact of this system has declined both because Community prices are being brought more into line with world prices and because it does not make any allowances for differences in the costs of transport between islands. Could the Commission propose measures to improve harmonisation of the prices of cereals and their derivatives in the various islands of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in relation to prices in the regionís major port? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1. (2000/C 303 E/136) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0045/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: adjustment of the Poseima programme in the Azores with regard to incentives for vegetable farming Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (1) introduced measures of potentially significance for agricultural development in the Azores and Madeira, but which have been relatively little exploited because of the high proportion of co-funding required (20 % from private and 30 % from public authorities respectively). Does the Commission envisage introducing lower rates of co-funding? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1. (2000/C 303 E/137) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0046/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: adjustment of the Poseima programme in the Azores as regards liqueur wines Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (1) establishes arrangements for aid to assist the manufacture of Madeira liqueur wine. Could the Commission envisage introducing similar arrangements for Pico liqueur wine, a traditional export in the last century which efforts are now being made to relaunch? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1. (2000/C 303 E/138) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0047/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: adjustment of the Poseima programme in the Azores with regard to suckler cow premiums Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (1) lays down a maximum of 78 000 head for the Azores dairy herd, although a recent census reveals a figure closer to 88 000 at present. Does the Commission intend to update this statistic in the aforesaid Regulation? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1