Commission proposal on the prices for agricultural products - Volume III - Legal instruments - Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing
24. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 86 E/9 2000/0048(CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. of. amending Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing (2000/C 86 E/05) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 is amended as follows: Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social Whereas: for aid for reared within (1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2059/92 (2), provides the the silkworms Community Community to be fixed annually. In accordance with the approach followed for the reform of the common organi- sation of the markets in connection with Agenda 2000 and in order to enable producers to work out longer-term the aid should be fixed without any production plans, limit in time, without prejudice to any revisions that may be called for in the future. Aid shall be granted for silkworms falling within the combined nomenclature subheading falling within 1. subheading 0106 00 90 of and silkworm eggs 0511 99 80 reared within the Community. for The aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers for each 2. box of silkworm eggs used, on condition that the boxes contain a minimum quantity of eggs, to be determined, and that the worms have been successfully reared. The aid per box of silkworm eggs used shall be 3. EUR 133,26. í 2. Article 2 is replaced by the following: Article 2 (2) The aid should be set at a level that ensures a fair standard of living for silkworm rearers. Detailed rules shall be adopted for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4(2). (3) Furthermore, in compliance with the provisions adopted by the corre- the Council on the subject of comitology, sponding provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 should be amended. Since the measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation are management measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures implementing powers conferred on the Commission (3), they should be adopted by use of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision, the exercise of for (1) OJ L 100, 27. 4. 1972, p. 1. (2) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 19. (3) OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 23. The detailed rules shall cover in particular the minimum quantity referred to in Article 1(2), the information to be forwarded to the Commission by the Member States and any inspection measures the Community’s financial interests from fraud or other irregularities. í to protect 3. Article 4 is replaced by the following: Article 4 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp established by Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp. C 86 E/10 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 3. 2000 the 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) thereof. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 3. 1999/468/EC shall be one month. í It shall apply from 1 April 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels,. For the Council The President