Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1999/2000 marketing year (COM(99)0038 C4-0081/99 99/0029(CNS)) (Consultation procedure)
30. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 219/197 Wednesday 14 April 1999 6. Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1999/2000 marketing year (COM(99)0038 − C4-0081/99 − 99/0029(CNS)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 2) Recital 2 Whereas Article 4(2) of the said Regulation provides that the amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested so as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into account the price for flax and hemp fibres and seed on the world market; Whereas Article 4(2) of the said Regulation provides that the amount is to be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested so as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed; whereas it is to be fixed taking into account the price for flax and hemp fibres and seed on the world market and whereas it should allow continuity and the develop- ment of specific sectors using agricultural products for non-food purposes; (*) OJ C 59, 1. 3. 1999, p. 9. Legislative resolution embodying Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the aid for fibre flax and hemp and the amount withheld to finance measures to promote the use of flax fibre for the 1999/2000 marketing year (COM(99)0038 − C4-0081/99 − 99/0029(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, − having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council COM(99)0038 − 99/0029(CNS)) (1), − having been consulted by the Council (C4-0081/99), − having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, − having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and of the Committee on External Economic Relations (A4-0168/99), 1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament’s amendments; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by 2. Parliament; Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 3. Commission proposal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 59, 1. 3. 1999, p. 9