WRITTEN QUESTION E-0049/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission. Cologne process: revision of the Poseima programme and aid for organic farming.
C 303 E/132 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 24. 10. 2000 (2000/C 303 E/139) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0048/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: adjustment of the Poseima programme in the Azores with regard to trade in agricultural produce Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763 (1) (Poseidom) lays down specific measures on the marketing of certain agricultural products from ultraperipheral regions in neighbouring regions. Transport problems and market structures mean that, the high quality dairy produce and beef produced in the Azores Autonomous Region is normally sold only on the European mainland at present. Does the Commission think that the Poseima programme could include measures like those found in Article 3 of the Poseidom Regulation, with the aim of encouraging exports of Azores agricultural products to other neighbouring regions such as the other Macaronesian archipelagos and the eastern seaboard of the USA and Canada? (1) OJ L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1. (2000/C 303 E/140) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0049/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: revision of the Poseima programme and aid for organic farming Organic farming in the Azores is only now beginning to develop, and Regulation (EEC) No 1600/1992 (1) makes no specific provision for developing it further. Both in terms of considerations, organic farming merits closer attention. the needs of Azores promotion strategy and of commercial and environmental Does the Commission not think that when the aforesaid Regulation is revised, provision should be made for special incentives for organic farmers? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1. (2000/C 303 E/141) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0050/00 by Paulo Casaca (PSE) to the Commission (20 January 2000) Subject: Cologne process: revision of the Poseima programme and aid for the supply of breeding animals Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (1) established aid for the importing of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species, but Commission bans on movement of this species within the European Union has rendered such aid meaningless. Furthermore, on the larger islands of the Azores, there has been considerable genetic improvement of the bovine species, while artificial insemination has become general practice. Would it not therefore be possible for the revised regulation to provide aid for transporting breeding animals of the bovine species within the territory of the Azores Autonomous Region? (1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1