title: Direktiva Komisije 1999/97/ES z dne 13. decembra 1999 o spremembi Direktive Sveta 95/21/ES o uveljavitvi mednarodnih standardov za varnost ladij, preprečevanje onesnaževanja ter pogoje za življenje in delo na ladjah, ki uporabljajo pristanišča Skupnosti in plujejo v vodah v pristojnosti držav članic (pomorska inšpekcija)Besedilo velja za EGP.

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text: 384 SL Uradni list Evropske unije 07/Zv. 4 31999L0097 23. 12. 1999 URADNI LIST EVROPSKIH SKUPNOSTI L 331/67 DIREKTIVA KOMISIJE 1999/97/ES z dne 13. decembra 1999 o spremembi Direktive Sveta 95/21/ES o uveljavitvi mednarodnih standardov za varnost ladij, preprečevanje onesnaževanja ter pogoje za življenje in delo na ladjah, ki uporabljajo pristanišča Skupnosti in plujejo v vodah v pristojnosti držav članic (pomorska inšpekcija) (Besedilo velja za EGP) KOMISIJA EVROPSKIH SKUPNOSTI JE ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti, ob upoštevanju Direktive Sveta 95/21/ES z dne 19. junija 1995 o uveljavitvi mednarodnih standardov za varnost ladij, prepre- čevanje onesnaževanja ter pogoje za življenje in delo na ladjah, ki uporabljajo pristanišča Skupnosti in plujejo v vodah v pri- stojnosti držav članic (pomorska inšpekcija) (1), kakor je bila nazadnje spremenjena z Direktivo 98/42/ES (2), in zlasti člena 19 Direktive, ker je treba upoštevati spremembe konvencij, protoko- lov, kodeksov in resolucij Mednarodne pomorske organi- zacije (IMO), ki so začele veljati, pa tudi razvoj v okviru Pariškega memoranduma o soglasju (Pariški MOU); ker je lahko objava podatkov o ladjah, zadržanih v pri- staniščih Skupnosti v skladu z Direktivo 95/21/ES, spod- buda za njihove lastnike, da sprejmejo sanacijske ukrepe, ne da bi bili v to prisiljeni, in lahko dvigne ozaveščenost o varnosti v pomorskem gospodarstvu; ker je treba zato razširiti seznam podatkov za objavo, zlasti zaradi vključitve podrobnejših podatkov o zadevni ladji, zadržanju in sprejetih ukrepih, pa tudi podatkov o ladjah, ki jim je bil zavrnjen dostop do pristanišč Sku- pnosti; ker bi moralo biti jasneje opredeljeno, koliko so za pomanjkljivosti, ki so povzročile zadržanje ladje, odgovorni klasifikacijski zavodi, kar zadeva preglede; ker bi bilo treba povečati učinkovitost takega ukrepa s pogo- stejšo objavo podatkov, in sicer na mesečni podlagi; (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) ker bi morale države članice sprejeti vse potrebne ukrepe, da odstranijo vsako pravno oviro za objavo seznama ladij, ki so bile pregledane, zadržane ali jim je bil zavrnjen dostop do katerega koli pristanišča Sku- pnosti, zlasti s spremembo nacionalne zakonodaje o var- stvu podatkov, če je to potrebno; ker je treba izboljšati globalni ciljni faktor, opisan v delu II Priloge I k Direktivi 95/21/ES glede na izkušnje, pri- dobljene pri njegovem izvajanju; ker se lahko vrednost ciljnega faktorja pogosto prilagodi v okviru Pariškega MOU in je pozneje vključena v sistem Sirenac; ker zado- stuje vpogled v zbirko podatkov Sirenac, da bi izvedeli vrednost ciljnega faktorja ladje; ker se zdi zato nepo- trebno vnesti to vrednost v Direktivo 95/21/ES; ker je treba spremeniti seznam spričeval in dokumentov iz Priloge II k Direktivi 95/21/ES zaradi upoštevanja sprememb, ki so začele veljati v mednarodnem pravu; ker so ukrepi, predvideni v tej direktivi, v skladu z mne- njem odbora, ustanovljenega na podlagi člena 12 Direk- tive Sveta 93/75/EGS (3), kakor je bila nazadnje spreme- njena z Direktivo Sveta 98/74/ES (4), SPREJELA NASLEDNJO DIREKTIVO: Člen 1 Direktiva 95/21/ES se spremeni: 1. Člen 2 se spremeni: ker je večja preglednost podatkov v zvezi z inšpekcij- skimi pregledi ladij nujen in pomemben element za spodbujanje kakovosti prevoza v pomorskem prometu znotraj Skupnosti, pa tudi po vsem svetu; ker bi morali biti postopki za večjo in pravočasno razpoložljivost takih podatkov določeni v sodelovanju med državami članicami in Komisijo; (a) v točki 1 se besede „ki veljajo na dan 1. julija 1998“ nadomestijo z besedami „ki veljajo na dan 1. julija 1999“; (b) v točki 2 se besede „kakor velja na dan 14. januarja 1998“ nadomestijo z besedami „kakor velja na dan 1. julija 1999“. (1) UL L 157, 7. 7. 1995, str. 1. (2) UL L 184, 27. 6. 1998, str. 40. (3) UL L 247, 5. 10. 1993, str. 19. (4) UL L 276, 13. 10. 1998, str. 7. 07/Zv. 4 SL Uradni list Evropske unije 385 2. Člen 15 se nadomesti: „Člen 15 Objava podatkov Pristojni organ vsake države članice sprejme potrebne 1. ukrepe za zagotovitev, da so podatki, navedeni v delu I Pri- loge VIII o ladjah, ki so bile zadržane ali jim je bil zavrnjen dostop do pristanišča te države članice v prejšnjem mesecu, objavljeni vsaj enkrat na mesec. 2. Podatki, ki so na voljo v sistemu Sirenac za ladje, pre- gledane v pristaniščih držav članic, in navedeni v delu I in delu II Priloge VIII, se objavijo po vzpostavitvi primernih tehničnih ukrepov, kakor hitro je to mogoče po zaključku pregleda ali razveljavitvi zadržanja. Države članice in Komisija sodelujejo pri vzpostavitvi 3. ustreznih tehničnih ukrepov iz odstavka 2. Po potrebi se informacijski sistem Sirenac spremeni 4. zaradi izpolnjevanja zgoraj navedenih zahtev. “ 3. Priloga I se spremeni, kakor je predvideno v Prilogi k tej direktivi. 4. Priloga II se spremeni: (a) Sedma alinea točke 2 se nadomesti: „— spričevalo o oprostitvi, ki vključuje specifikacijo tovora, če je primerno. “ (b) Naslednje besedilo se vstavi za točko 28: 33. Knjiga ladij, ki prevažajo razsuti tovor. 34. Načrt natovarjanja in raztovarjanja ladij, ki pre- važajo razsuti tovor. “ 5. Dodana je nova Priloga VIII, kakor je predvideno v Prilogi k tej direktivi. Člen 2 1. Države članice sprejmejo zakone in druge predpise, potrebne za uskladitev s to direktivo, najpozneje v 12 mesecih po sprejetju te direktive. O tem takoj obvestijo Komisijo. Države članice se v sprejetih predpisih sklicujejo na to direk- tivo ali pa sklic nanjo navedejo ob njihovi uradni objavi. Način sklicevanja določijo države članice. Države članice sporočijo Komisiji predpise nacionalne 2. zakonodaje, sprejete na področju, ki ga ureja ta direktiva. Člen 3 Ta direktiva začne veljati sedmi dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Evropskih skupnosti. Člen 4 „29. Načrt ravnanja z odpadki in dnevnik o ravnanju z Ta direktiva je naslovljena na države članice. odpadki. 30. Računalniško podprt sistem za pomoč poveljnikom potniških ladij pri odločanju. informacijski V Bruslju, 13. decembra 1999 31. Načrt sodelovanja s službami iskanja in reševanja (SAR) za potniške ladje, ki plujejo na rednih pro- gah. 32. Seznam operativnih omejitev za potniške ladje. Za Komisijo Loyola DE PALACIO Podpredsednica 386 SL Uradni list Evropske unije 07/Zv. 4 1. Priloga I se spremeni: PRILOGA (a) v točki 6 dela Ise besedi ali umaknjene vstavita za besedi »začasno izključene«; (b) del IIse nadomesti: „II. Globalni ciljni faktor Naslednje ladje morajo biti prednostno pregledane. 1. Ladje, ki priplujejo v pristanišče države članice prvič oziroma prvič po 12 mesecih ali več. Pri uporabi teh meril države članice upoštevajo tudi tiste preglede, ki so jih izvedle članice MOU. Če ni ustreznih podatkov za ta namen, države članice upoštevajo razpoložljive podatke v sistemu Sirenac in pregledajo tiste ladje, ki niso bile vpisane v Sirenacovo zbirko podatkov od začetka njene veljavnosti dne 1. janu- arja 1993. 2. Ladje, ki jih v preteklih šestih mesecih ni pregledala nobena država članica. 3. Ladje, katerih predpisana spričevala o konstrukciji in ladijski opremi, izdana v skladu s konvencijami, in klasifikacijska spričevala je izdala organizacija, ki ni priznana po določbah Direktive Sveta 94/57/ES z dne 22. novembra 1994 o skupnih predpisih in standardih za organizacije, pooblaščene za inšpekcij- ski pregled in nadzor ladij ter za ustrezne ukrepe pomorskih uprav (UL L 319, 12. 12. 1994, str. 20). 4. Ladje, ki plujejo pod zastavo države s preglednice triletnega povprečja z nadpovprečnim številom zadržanj in zamud, objavljene v letnem poročilu MOU. 5. Ladje, ki jim je bilo dovoljeno zapustiti pristanišče države članice pod nekaterimi pogoji, in sicer: (a) če odpravijo pomanjkljivosti pred izplutjem; (b) če odpravijo pomanjkljivosti v naslednjem pristanišču; (c) če odpravijo pomanjkljivosti v 14 dneh; (d) če so za pomanjkljivosti določeni drugi pogoji. Če so bili izvedeni ukrepi in odpravljene vse pomanjkljivosti, se to upošteva. 6. Ladje, pri katerih so bile ugotovljene pomanjkljivosti pri prejšnjem pregledu, glede na število pomanjk- ljivosti. 7. Ladje, ki so bile zadržane v prejšnjem pristanišču. 8. Ladje, ki plujejo pod zastavo države, ki ni ratificirala vseh ustreznih mednarodnih konvencij iz člena 2 te direktive. 9. Ladje, ki plujejo pod zastavo države z nadpovprečno stopnjo pomanjkljivosti. 10. Ladje z nadpovprečno stopnjo pomanjkljivosti pri klasifikaciji. 11. Ladje, ki so v kategoriji, za katero je bil odrejen razširjeni pregled (na podlagi člena 7 te direktive). 12. Druge ladje, starejše od 13 let. Pri določanju prednostnega vrstnega reda za pregled zgoraj navedenih ladij pristojni organ določi vrstni red z globalnim ciljnim faktorjem, prikazanim v informacijskem sistemu Sirenac, v skladu z oddelkom 1 Priloge I k Pariškemu MOU. Višji ciljni faktor pomeni večjo prednost. Ciljni faktor je seštevek uporabnih vrednosti ciljnega faktorja, kakršne so opredeljene v okviru MOU. Točke 5, 6 in 7 se nanašajo samo na preglede iz zadnjih 12 mesecev. Globalni ciljni faktor ne sme biti manjši od seštevka vrednosti, določenih za točke 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 in 12. Če Komisija v treh mesecih od uvedbe novih vrednosti ciljnega faktorja v okviru MOU oceni, da so te vrednosti neprimerne, se lahko odloči v skladu s postopkom iz člena 19 Direktive 95/21/ES, da se te vred- nosti ne uporabijo za namene te direktive. “ 07/Zv. 4 SL Uradni list Evropske unije 387 2. Doda se novaPriloga VIII: „PRILOGA VIII Objava podatkov o zadržanjih in inšpekcijskih pregledih v pristaniščih držav članic (kakor je navedeno v členu 15) I. Podatki, objavljeni v skladu s členom 15(1), vključujejo: — ime ladje, — številko IMO, — vrsto ladje, — tonažo (bt), — leto zgraditve, — ime in naslov lastnika ladje ali upravljavca ladje, — državo, pod katere zastavo pluje, — klasifikacijski zavod ali klasifikacijske zavode, če je primerno, ki so izdali morebitna klasifikacijska spriče- vala za to ladjo, — klasifikacijski zavod ali klasifikacijske zavode in/ali katero koli stranko, ki so izdali spričevala za to ladjo v skladu s konvencijami, v imenu države, pod katere zastavo pluje, vključno z navedbo izdanih spričeval, — število zadržanj v predhodnih 24 mesecih, — državo in pristanišče zadržanja, — datum, na katerega je bilo zadržanje razveljavljeno, — trajanje zadržanja v dnevih, — število ugotovljenih pomanjkljivosti in razloge za zadržanje, navedene jasno in nedvoumno, — če je ladji zavrnjen dostop do katerega koli pristanišča znotraj Skupnosti, razloge za tak ukrep, navedene jasno in nedvoumno, — navedbo o tem, ali je klasifikacijski zavod ali drugi zasebni organ, ki je izvedel ustrezni nadzor, odgovoren za pomanjkljivosti, ki so posamično ali skupaj privedle do zadržanja, — opis vseh ukrepov, sprejetih za ladjo, ki ji je bilo dovoljeno nadaljevati plovbo do najbližje primerne ladje- delnice ali ki ji je bil zavrnjen dostop do katerega koli pristanišča v Skupnosti. II. Podatki o pregledanih ladjah, objavljeni v skladu s členom 15(2), vključujejo naslednje: — ime ladje, — številko IMO, — vrsto ladje, — tonažo (bt), — leto zgraditve, — ime in naslov lastnika ladje ali upravljavca ladje, — državo, pod katere zastave pluje, — klasifikacijski zavod ali klasifikacijske zavode, če je primerno, ki so izdali morebitna klasifikacijska spriče- vala za to ladjo, — klasifikacijski zavod ali klasifikacijske zavode in/ali katero koli stranko, ki so izdali spričevala za to ladjo v skladu s konvencijami, v imenu države, pod katere zastavo pluje, vključno z navedbo izdanih spričeval, — državo, pristanišče in datum inšpekcijskega pregleda, — število pomanjkljivosti po kategorijah pomanjkljivosti. “


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text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 13. 12. 1999 COM(1999) 492 final 1999/0201 (CNS) 1999/0202 (CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION adjusting, for the sixth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on production aid for cotton (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. INTRODUCTION This Explanatory Memorandum and its accompanying legislative proposals are drafted in response to paragraph 11 of Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, amended inter alia by Protocol 14 annexed to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, which required a report on the operation of the aid scheme. This requirement was partly anticipated in 1997/98 by the Report from the Commission to the Council on Greek requests in the cotton sector (COM(1998) 10 final). In June 1998, after the report had been studied and some of the recommended measures adopted, the Council invited the Commission to examine: – – – – the possibility of introducing a system enabling the aid to be paid directly to the producer, the compatibility of such a system with current commercial practice in the cotton sector, the possibility of setting up a system of regionalised penalties, the problems inherent in managing and monitoring such systems. In evaluating the desired changes, attention has been paid to simplifying the rules and ensuring that the effectiveness of controls is maintained or improved. This was because the Court of Auditors, in its annual reports1, had found serious shortcomings in the controls on the cotton aid scheme. 2. THE COTTON AID SCHEME The Community rules governing the arrangements for cotton are based on a Protocol annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece. Following the accession of Spain and Portugal, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece was adopted, in particular to establish a maximum guaranteed quantity. Since then, this Council Regulation has been amended four times, to adapt some of its Articles but also to amend certain sections of Protocol 4. In addition, Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 lays down the general rules for the system of aid. This rather unusual legislative arrangement has become exceptionally complex and, in order to simplify it, the provisions of the Protocol should be reduced to essentials and all the other legislative measures should be brought together in a single Council Regulation. 1 OJ C 309, 16. 11. 1993, p. 1. JO C 340, 17. 11. 1996, p. 1. 2 The cotton arrangements are based on a minimum price per tonne of unginned cotton to be paid to producers by cotton ginning undertakings. The ginning undertakings receive Community aid per tonne, which varies according to market quotations so that ginned cotton can be sold at the world price. In addition, since the 1998/99 marketing year, it has been possible for producer groups to have ginning carried out on their behalf and to receive aid through the ginning undertakings. The scheme is subject to guaranteed national quantities (GNQs) of 782 000 tonnes for Greece and 249 000 tonnes for Spain. If production exceeds the guaranteed national quantity, the guide price, the aid and the minimum price are reduced, although this does not necessarily ensure budget neutrality. However, there is a mechanism which, under limits certain conditions, limited to production. Under most EUR 770 million, although it can be much higher, particularly when the world price is low and interest in the crop is growing as at present. Expenditure could exceed EUR 900 million. in particular when the world price is relatively high, circumstances, budgetary expenditure is Advances on the aid are paid, on the basis of the world prices recorded and crop estimates made before the beginning of the marketing year (1 September). Moreover, since the 1998/99 marketing year, advances have been revised on the basis of a new crop estimate made at the end of November when ginning is well under way. Between 1982 and 1992, the Community encouraged the creation of producer groups in the cotton sector. Start-up aid and investment aid were provided, chiefly for the purchase of harvesting machinery. In both Greece and Spain, all growers now have access to harvesting machinery. The producer groups manage this machinery pool. Since 1992, the production aid scheme has encouraged the creation of producer groups and has facilitated their operation. In Greece, 20 ginning cooperatives, accounting for about a quarter of all the ginning undertakings in the country (around 75 in all) own about one third of the ginning capacity. The total ginning capacity does not pose any special difficulties given the level of production in Greece. In Spain, the 10 ginning cooperatives account for almost half of the 22 undertakings. There is surplus ginning capacity in relation to the supply from producers, particularly noticeable in recent marketing years (1993/94 to 1995/96) because of the persisting drought. Monitoring the scheme focuses mainly on the following points: – – – – the producer makes a declaration of area sown, which is included in the area aid application provided for under the integrated administration and control system (IACS), producers and ginning undertakings conclude contracts, which include an undertaking to pay the minimum price, the unginned cotton is placed in supervised storage at the ginning undertaking, stock accounts are kept undertaking. for products entering and leaving the ginning 3 By checking these different points it is possible to determine the origin of each batch of unginned cotton, verify whether the quantities tally with the declared areas sown and identify which bales of cotton fibre are produced from which unginned cotton. Checks on the application of the rules under the EAGGF accounts clearance procedure led to a financial correction amounting to 10% of the expenditure declared by Greece for the 1991 and 1992 financial years. In its Statement of Assurance for 1994, the Court of Auditors also reported shortcomings in compliance with certain provisions among Greek ginning undertakings. A financial correction of EUR 3. 2 million was applied. Since 1994, inspection procedures in Greece have been reviewed and the current view of the EAGGF accounts clearance department is that inspection arrangements have improved. All in all, the present system enables a fairly high quality of cotton to be produced and permits the ginned cotton to be sold at the world price. However, the latest figures available show a disturbing rise in areas sown and output. This suggests that situations could arise which would make it difficult to respect overall budgetary discipline and to take environmental considerations into account. In order to overcome this problem, the budget neutrality of the cotton regime must be strengthened. It is therefore proposed to increase the percentage reduction in the guide price, without, however, amending the other components of the stabiliser mechanism. 3. DIRECT AID TO PRODUCERS Disputes often arise between producers and ginning undertakings because of the time it takes for the advances on the aid paid to the processor to be passed on to the producer in the minimum price, and because of the adjustments to the minimum price according to the quality of the cotton. From the 1995/96 marketing year, the Community grading scale for increasing and reducing the minimum price according to quality was abolished in the interests of subsidiarity and at the unanimous request of all operators in the sector. As things now stand, when the quality of the cotton delivered does not correspond to the standard quality, the price agreed is adjusted proportionally by common consent between the contracting parties. In Greece, where there is no interbranch agreement, the intervention agency has imposed a scale of increases and reductions. It also charges a 1% levy on payments made by ginning undertakings to producers, thereby throwing the system out of balance. While it is both difficult and inappropriate to regulate contractual relations between producers and ginning undertakings at Community level, it is important that the aid be paid in full to the beneficiaries in order for it to accomplish its role of bridging the gap between the guide price and the world market price. It is also worthwhile clarifying certain rules that must be complied with, such as the link there should be between the quality of unginned and ginned cotton, and the obligation to pay an advance on the minimum price. In these circumstances, and to ensure that the aid more directly benefits producers, Greece has asked whether it would be possible to grant the aid directly to those producer organisations (POs) that pay the minimum price to their members, have ginning carried out under contract, and market the ginned cotton. This arrangement would be optional and, at least to start with, very few POs would qualify. None of the POs without ginning facilities currently market their ginned cotton. 4 There are two main obstacles to the payment of direct aid to POs on the above terms: – – in order to market ginned cotton, a PO must have sufficient capital to be able to guarantee the bank loans necessary to pay the minimum price; they must also have marketing equipment and premises (storage, handling, communications) and qualified staff, particularly managers able to monitor the world market, manage variable aid and conclude sales contracts. There is a considerable risk that the payment of the minimum price or the repayment of bank loans would place such POs in financial difficulties, the quantities of unginned and ginned cotton on which the aid is paid would still have to be checked mainly on the premises of the ginning undertaking carrying out the contract work. If the checks at ginning undertakings revealed irregularities, the POs could disclaim responsibility. It therefore appears that producer groups that do not carry out their own ginning do not have the resources required to manage the variable aid arrangements under the current regime. The matter should be re-examined in a few years, in the light of the experience gained by groups that have their cotton ginned under contract against reimbursement of the aid received by the ginning undertakings under the rules introduced at the beginning of the 1998/99 marketing year. To date, this option has not been used. In the light of the above, the current scheme whereby the aid is granted to ginning undertakings for the quantity they produce should be maintained. 4. REGIONALISATION OF PENALTIES Greece wishes to establish the principle of regionalised cotton cultivation in order to prevent it from spreading to non-traditional zones in regions where water consumption is a source of conflict and poses a problem of environmental management. In Spain, cotton growing is concentrated almost exclusively in Andalusia. The relationship between cotton and the environment is an ambivalent one. On the one hand, cotton is the most important textile fibre of plant origin and it is mainly because it is "natural" that it is perceived as superior to the competing synthetic fibres. On the other hand, however, the environmental consequences of cotton cultivation are sometimes condemned because of the high water consumption, the use of pesticides and fertilisers and the trend towards a one-crop economy in certain areas: the absence of crop rotation is liable to exhaust the soil and increase the dangers of plant diseases in the long term. Many initiatives are already being undertaken throughout the sector to palliate these drawbacks. Drip irrigation and sowing under plastic help rationalise water consumption. Greece has initiated a programme to reduce the use of fertilisers and introduce drip irrigation, particularly on areas sown to cotton. In Spain, the "Asociaciones para Tratamientos Integrados del Algodón" (ATRIAS) have launched initiatives to cut production costs and introduce integrated pest control. to regionalise the guaranteed national quantity (GNQ) with The Greek request guaranteed regional quantities (GRQs) could be a source of complication, risk for the EAGGF and conflicts between regions in relation to the following: 5 – – – regional production estimates and advances on aid, the reallocation of GRQs not fully utilised in some regions, verifying the origin of unginned cotton, which could qualify for different levels of aid per tonne. Another solution put forward by Greece involves individual quotas. Under this proposal, the aid would continue to be paid to ginning undertakings, as it is under the present regime, with a GNQ for all the cotton produced. Producers would continue to be paid the minimum price, minus an appropriate reduction, for individual quotas which together would give a total figure equal to estimated production. Any cotton produced in excess of the individual quotas would not be subject to the minimum price requirement. The precedents for this type of system, particularly as applied to milk and durum wheat, have shown it to be complicated. There are two main practical difficulties: – – managing the individual quotas, which would have to be reallocated every year, is a source of serious conflicts, the presence on the market of cheap ginned cotton giving ginning undertakings the same entitlement to aid as cotton at the minimum price seems likely to encourage deflections of normal marketing flows as well as fraud. Either of the two solutions proposed, whether regionalisation of GNQs or individual quotas, would therefore result in additional complexity, more disputes and increased danger of fraud. However, in order to attain the objective of checking the spread of is proposed that Member States introduce the appropriate cotton cultivation, environmental measures and restrict the surface areas or zones where cotton cultivation is eligible for aid on the basis of objective environmental criteria. In the light of the above, the proposal is in line with the general environmental objectives in the Agenda 2000 decisions. It is proposed that Member States send the Commission a report before 31 December 2003 on the environmental situation in the sector. it 5. OTHER ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS One potential source of difficulties in the way the current regime operates lies in the detailed rules for fixing the aid. Under the current regime, the aid to be granted is the amount valid on the date when the ginning undertaking makes its application. Ginning undertakings can make one or more applications, for one or more quantities, at any time between the date on which the cotton enters the undertaking (not before 1 September) the latest. This arrangement enables ginning and the following 31 March at undertakings to receive an amount that takes account of the world market price on the date of conclusion of the sales contract for the fibre produced. The rules prevent beneficiaries from making an aid application before they are actually in possession of the product, and discourages contracts from being concluded on the world market before the harvest period. One proposal would be to extend the period during which the amount of the aid is fixed, but this would mean severing the link between calculating the quantities eligible for the aid and the physical check on each batch of cotton that enters an undertaking. 6 For example, aid applications for quantities specified by the applicant would involve the amounts in force at the time of application, between 1 July and the following 31 March. The total quantity covered by applications would have to correspond to the total quantity of cotton entering the undertaking between 1 September and the following 31 March. By contrast, the advances on aid would continue to be based, as they are today, on the quantities actually placed under supervision in the undertaking concerned. 6. PROPOSED MEASURES Having examined the operation of the cotton regime, the Commission's main proposals are as follows: – – – – – – – maintain the current aid scheme, provide for aid to be granted in full to beneficiaries and lay down certain rules on payments and adjustment of the minimum price, increase the percentage reduction of the guide price, provide for Member States to draw up objective environmental criteria and, where necessary, restrict eligibility for the aid to certain areas, provide for a report from the Member States on the impact on the sector of national environmental measures, extend the period during which aid applications may be made under an updated system for the calculation of eligible quantities, simplify the Community rules by bringing the principles governing the cotton regime together in Protocol 4 and the legislative provisions on the production aid for cotton together in a single Council Regulation. The proposed measures will simplify not only the rules but also the conditions for fixing and granting the aid, which is mostly paid to small and medium-sized undertakings. They also contribute to improving respect for the environment and for budgetary discipline. This set of measures will contribute to the general goal of uniform application of the rules governing agricultural production. They fall within the exclusive competence of the Community. 7 1999/0201 (CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION adjusting, for the sixth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece2, and in particular paragraph 11 of Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/953, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission4, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament5, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee6, Whereas: (1) (2) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Examination of the operation of the system of aid for cotton and of the support scheme for arable crops, as provided for in paragraph 11 of Protocol 4, reveals a need for adjustment of the system for cotton. Measures concerning cotton are set out in Protocol 4, in Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/817, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/988, and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol No 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece9, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/95. The system provided for in Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece should be maintained, in particular the opportunity for the Council to adjust the system, and, in the interests of simplification, the implementing measures concerning cotton production aid should be brought together in one Council Regulation, OJ L 291, 19. 11. 1979, p. 174. OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48. OJ L 190, 4. 7. 1998, p. 4. OJ L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14. 8 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 is replaced by the following: Article 1 "3. The system referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the grant of an aid to production. " Paragraph 6 of Protocol 4 is replaced by the following: Article 2 "6. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall decide on the adjustments necessary to the system introduced pursuant to this Protocol and shall adopt the general rules necessary for implementing the provisions of this Protocol. " Paragraphs 7, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Protocol 4 are deleted. Article 3 Paragraph 13 of Protocol 4 becomes paragraph 7. Article 4 Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 9 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 0 5. 1 6. 0 6. 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENT BUDGET HEADING: B1-141 APPROPRIATIONS: EUR 812 million TITLE: Proposal for a Council Regulation adjusting, for the sixth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece. LEGAL BASIS: Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece AIMS OF THE MEASURE: To update Protocol 4. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS EXPENDITURE - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS) NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OTHER REVENUE - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) NATIONAL - - - 5. 0. 1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 5. 1. 1 ESTIMATED REVENUE 5. 2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS (EUR million) CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR (1999) (EUR million) FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR (2000) (EUR million) - - - - - - 2001 2002 2003 2004 - - - - - - - - CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? YES / NO CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO 6. 2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? 6. 3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? OBSERVATIONS: The measure as such has no financial impact compared to the current situation. 10 1999/0202 (CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on production aid for cotton THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular the first subparagraph of paragraph 6 of Protocol 4 on cotton10, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. /199911, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission12, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament13, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee14, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Examination of the operation of the aid scheme provided for in paragraph 11 of Protocol 4 reveals a need to maintain the existing arrangements for cotton, but with certain adjustments. The measures relating to cotton are laid down in Protocol 4, Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/8115, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/9816 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece17, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/9518. The arrangements provided for in Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece should be maintained, particularly the possibility for the Council to adjust the scheme, and, in the interests of simplification, all the implementing measures needed for the grant of the aid should be brought together in a single Council Regulation. for Paragraph 6 of implementing the scheme must be adopted. The production aid provided for in the Protocol stipulates that the necessary measures OJ L 291, 19. 11. 1979, p. 174. See this OJ. OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. OJ L 190, 4. 7. 1998, p. 4. OJ L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 14. OJ L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. 11 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 is currently based on a system, in the framework of guaranteed national quantities, that guarantees a minimum price to producers and, through the aid paid to ginning undertakings, makes up the difference between the guide price and the world market price. In the light of experience, the foundations of the system and its various components should be maintained. The guide price, the minimum price payable to producers and the guaranteed national quantities should be fixed at levels that maintain the balance achieved between crops and enable operators to run medium-term production and processing programmes. The provisions for determining the world market price for unginned cotton should be maintained. This price may be established on the basis of the relationship between the price agreed for ginned cotton and the price calculated for unginned cotton. When calculating the price of ginned cotton, account should be taken of offers made on the world market and of quotations on those exchanges that are important for international trade. The current mechanism, whereby when a certain production quantity is exceeded the aid is reduced proportionately in the Member States responsible for the overrun, should be maintained in order to ensure that penalties are applied fairly. However, the reduction in the guide price may be limited provided that, taking account in particular of the average world market price, a certain level of expenditure is not exceeded. The consequences of the guaranteed national quantities mechanism must be applied to both the minimum price and the aid. The percentage reduction in the guide price which now applies, equal to half the overrun in the national guaranteed quantity, may under certain circumstances threaten budgetary discipline. That percentage should therefore be increased. To ensure that the system is balanced, the production aid should henceforth be paid in full to beneficiaries, without prejudice to the various reductions provided for by the Community rules. The current state of production structures is such that the aid should be granted to ginning undertakings, which then pay producers a price at least equal to the minimum price and an advance on that price, and which accept certain conditions regarding checks on the quantities eligible for aid. The aid varies in amount according to the world market price and needs to be applied to the quantities of cotton eligible for aid depending on the actual period when the aid application is made. The current scheme allows ginning undertakings to fix that amount, in particular, of the date of conclusion of sales contracts for the ginned cotton in their possession. In order better to facilitate the disposal of ginned cotton on the world market, it is advisable in future to allow contracts to be concluded before the harvesting period and, consequently, to extend the period during which aid applications may be submitted. in their aid applications, on the basis, (10) Contractual relations between producers and ginning undertakings should not be regulated at Community level. The principle of common consent between the contracting parties should be maintained but spelt out in greater detail. 12 (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) The amount of aid to be granted cannot be known until actual production in each Member State has been determined. To offset the adverse effects of late payment of aid, provision should continue to be made for part of the aid to be paid in advance. The producer Member States must set up the control arrangements necessary to ensure that the aid system operates correctly, using where applicable the integrated administration and control system provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes19, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/9720. The cultivation of cotton in regions not suited to it is likely to have harmful effects on the environment as well as on the agricultural economy of those regions where this crop is important. In order to take account of environmental objectives, the appropriate the Member States should determine and adopt land for cotton environmental measures to regulate the use of agricultural production. In future, the Member States must introduce measures to restrict the crop under objective environmental criteria and remind producers of the need to comply with the legislation in force. The Member States should draw up a report on the impact on the cotton sector of national environmental measures at a time when an assessment is possible. In order to facilitate the implementation and administration of the aid system, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within a management committee. The Management Committee for Flax and Hemp provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp21, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/9422, should be used for that purpose. Since the measures 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 for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission23, they should be adopted by use of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision. In order to ensure that Community expenditure linked to the application of the measures provided for in this Regulation is subject to financial and monetary rules and adequate procedures, and in view of the specifically agricultural nature of unginned cotton, Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy24 and Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro25 should apply in this area. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 1. OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 1. OJ L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1. OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 23. OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999, p. 103. OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 1. 13 (17) The adjustments to the scheme provided for in this Regulation should be implemented as smoothly as possible and transitional measures may therefore be required, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES Article 1 1. 2. This Regulation lays down the measures needed for the grant of the production aid provided for in paragraph 3 of Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece. For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) (b) "unginned cotton" means the fruit of the cotton plant (Gossypium) which has reached maturity and been harvested and which contains pod and leaf fragments and soil matter; "ginned cotton" means cotton fibres (other than linters and waste), neither carded nor combed, from which the seeds and most of the pod and leaf fragments and soil matter have been removed. 3. The marketing year shall run from 1 September to 31 August. Article 2 1. 2. The amount of the production aid for unginned cotton shall be fixed by the Commission on the basis of the difference between: – – a guide price fixed for unginned cotton in accordance with Article 3(1) and Article 7, and the world market price determined in accordance with Article 4. The aid shall be granted for unginned cotton purchased at a price at least equal to the minimum price, fixed in accordance with Article 3(2) and Article 9. CHAPTER II: PRICE MECHANISM Article 3 1. The guide price shall be set at EUR 106. 30 per 100 kg of unginned cotton. This price shall relate to cotton: – – of sound and fair merchantable quality, containing 10% moisture and 3% impurities, 14 – with the characteristics needed to produce, after ginning, 32% grade 5 fibres (white middling) 28 mm in length (1-3/32"). The minimum price shall be set at EUR 100. 99 per 100 kg of unginned cotton for the quality selected for the ex holding guide price. Article 4 The world market price for unginned cotton shall be determined by taking account of the historical relationship between the world market price for ginned cotton and the price calculated for unginned cotton. It shall be fixed periodically by the Commission on the basis of the world market price for ginned cotton referred to in Article 5. If the world market price for unginned cotton cannot be determined in accordance with paragraph 1, it shall be established on the basis of the most recent price determined. Article 5 The world market price for ginned cotton shall be determined on the basis of a grade 5 (white middling) product with a fibre length of 28 mm (1-3/32"), account being taken of the offers made on the world market and of the quotations on one or more European exchanges that are important for international trade. This price shall be determined using the most favourable offers and quotations among those that are considered representative of the real market price cif for the product delivered to a Community port. Where the offers and quotations recorded do not satisfy the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the necessary adjustments shall be made. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. CHAPTER III: STABILISER MECHANISM Article 6 A guaranteed national quantity for unginned cotton shall be introduced, equal for each marketing year to: – – – 782 000 tonnes for Greece, 249 000 tonnes for Spain, 1 500 tonnes in each of the other Member States. 15 Article 7 Without prejudice to Article 8, if during a marketing year the sum of actual production in Spain and Greece exceeds 1 031 000 tonnes, the guide price referred to in Article 3(1) shall be reduced for that marketing year in any Member State where actual production exceeds the guaranteed national quantity. The guide price shall be reduced for the Member State concerned by a percentage equal to 60% of the percentage by which its guaranteed national quantity has been exceeded. However, if actual production in either Spain or Greece is lower than its guaranteed national quantity, the difference between the total actual production of the two Member States and 1 031 000 tonnes shall be expressed as a percentage of the guaranteed national quantity that has been exceeded, and the guide price shall be reduced by 60% of that percentage. If during a marketing year: Article 8 – – – Article 7 has been applied, the weighted average of the world market price adopted in order to fix the amount of aid is greater than EUR 30. 20 per 100 kg, and the total budget expenditure on the aid system is less than EUR 770 million, the budget remainder referred to in the third indent shall be used in order to increase aid in each Member State where actual production exceeds its guaranteed national quantity. However, the amount of aid as increased under the first subparagraph may not exceed: – – either the amount of aid calculated without application of Article 7, or the amount of aid calculated after application of Article 7 on the basis of 1 120 000 tonnes of unginned cotton subdivided into a guaranteed national quantity of 270 000 tonnes for Spain and 850 000 tonnes for Greece. The minimum price referred to in Article 3(2) shall be reduced by the same amount as the guide price under Article 7. Article 9 CHAPTER IV: AID BENEFICIARIES Article 10 The aid shall be paid in full to the beneficiaries referred to in Articles 11 and 12 who make an application. 16 Article 11 In order to receive aid, cotton ginning undertakings other than those referred to in Article 12 must: (a) have submitted a signed contract stipulating, in particular, payment to the producer of a price at least equal to the minimum price and containing a clause specifying that: (b) (c) (d) 1. – – where Article 7 is applied, the agreed price will be adjusted in consequence of the effect of the application of that Article on the aid, if the quality of the cotton delivered differs from the quality referred to in Article 3(2), the price agreed will be adjusted by common consent between the contracting parties in proportion to the effect of that difference in quality on the price of the ginned product in relation to the price referred to in Article 5; have paid an advance on the minimum price of an amount to be determined by common consent between the contracting parties, subject to conditions to be laid down; keep stock accounts on ginned and unginned cotton that satisfy requirements to be laid down and provide the other supporting documents necessary so that entitlement to the aid can be checked; furnish proof that the cotton delivered under the contract is the subject of the declaration of area sown referred to in Article 15(2). Article 12 In order to receive the aid, cotton ginning undertakings that gin cotton on behalf of individual producers or producer groups meeting the criteria laid down in paragraph 4 of Protocol 4 must: (a) have submitted a statement, approved by the producer or producer group concerned, giving details of the conditions under which the ginning is carried out and how the aid is administered; (b) undertake to pass on the full amount of the aid to the individual producers or, where applicable, the producer groups concerned; (c) satisfy the conditions referred to in Article 11(c); (d) (e) furnish proof that the cotton referred to in the statement referred to in (a) has been the subject of the declaration of area sown referred to in Article 15(2); furnish proof that producer groups are obliged to comply with an undertaking equivalent to the clause in the contract referred to in Article 11(a) and an undertaking by such groups to keep and produce supporting documents concerning payment of the minimum price to their members. 17 2. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. Failure to comply with the clause or undertaking referred to in paragraph 1(e) by a producer group having ginning carried out on its behalf shall be considered a failure to meet the criteria referred to in paragraph 4 of Protocol 4. CHAPTER V: GRANT OF THE AID Article 13 The amount of the aid to be paid shall be the amount applicable on the day the application for aid is made. Aid applications shall be lodged, together with a security where required, during a period to be determined, for a quantity of unginned cotton which must enter the cotton ginning undertaking after the beginning of the marketing year concerned and before a date to be specified. Entitlement to the aid shall be acquired when the cotton is ginned. However, aid may be paid in advance, at the request of the interested party, from 16 October following the start of the marketing year, when the unginned cotton enters the cotton ginning undertaking, provided an adequate security has been lodged. The amount of the advance shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 3. The balance of the aid shall be paid before the end of the marketing year at the latest, once any adjustments to the aid resulting from application of Article 7 have been determined. The amount of the advance shall be equal to the guide price referred to in Article 3(1), minus the world price and reduced further by an amount calculated in accordance with Article 7, but replacing actual production by the estimated production fixed in accordance with the first indent of Article 17(2), plus 15%. From 16 December following the start of the marketing year, the amount of the advance referred to in the first subparagraph shall be replaced by a revised amount calculated using the same method but based on the revised production estimate fixed in accordance with the second indent of Article 17(2), plus at least 7,5%. Advances paid between 16 October and 15 December shall be increased accordingly, except where the difference between the two amounts is less than EUR 1/100 kg. Article 14 The aid shall be paid only for products of sound and fair merchantable quality. If the quantity of ginned cotton is less than or equal to 33% of the quantity of unginned cotton that has entered the cotton ginning undertaking, aid shall be granted for the quantity of ginned cotton, multiplied by 100 and divided by 32. 18 If the quantity of ginned cotton is greater than 33% of the quantity of unginned cotton that has entered the cotton ginning undertaking, aid shall be granted for the quantity of unginned cotton, multiplied by 33 and divided by 32. 3. The quantity of ginned cotton shall be equal to its weight, adjusted where necessary for any difference between: – and – the percentage of impurities recorded compared to the representative percentage for grade 5 the percentage moisture content representative of commercial fibre. recorded compared to the level Article 15 1. 2. The producer Member States shall set up a system of penalties and controls enabling them, in particular, to ensure that the minimum price is complied with and to ascertain: – – – the quantity of unginned Community cotton which has entered each cotton ginning undertaking, the quantity of unginned Community cotton which has been ginned, the quantity of ginned cotton obtained in each cotton ginning undertaking from the cotton referred to in the first indent. The Member States shall establish a system of declarations of the areas sown, in particular to ensure that cotton covered by aid applications is of the origin stated. 1. Member States shall determine, for the cotton sector: Article 16 – – – measures to improve the environment, in particular cultivation techniques to reduce the negative impact on the environment, research programmes to develop more environmentally friendly growing methods, the means of informing producers of the results of such research and the advantages of using the techniques concerned. 2. The Member States shall take the environmental measures they consider suitable in view of the specific situation of the agricultural areas used for cotton production. In addition, the Member States shall take the necessary steps to remind producers that they are required to comply with environmental legislation. 19 3. The Member States shall, where appropriate, restrict the areas eligible for the production aid for unginned cotton on the basis of objective criteria relating to: 4. 1. – – – – the agricultural economy of those regions where cotton is a major crop, the soil and climate in the areas in question, the management of irrigation water, rotation systems and cultivation methods environment. likely to improve the Before 31 December 2003, the producer Member States shall send the Commission a report on the environmental situation in the cotton sector and the impact of national measures adopted in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. CHAPTER VI: GENERAL Article 17 For the detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation and the information to be forwarded by the Member States to the Commission, the Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp established by Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70. Such rules shall concern, inter alia, all the necessary inspection measures to protect the European Community's financial interests against fraud and other irregularities. These measures may be based on the integrated administration and control system established by Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92. Where reference is made to this subparagraph, the management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply in compliance with Article 7(3) thereof. The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one month. 2. In accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall fix for each Member State concerned, before dates to be specified: – – – taking account of crop forecasts, the estimated production referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 13(3) and the resultant provisional reduction in the guide price, taking account of the progress of the harvest, the revised production estimate referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 13(3) and the new resultant provisional reduction in the guide price, taking account in particular of the quantities on which aid has been applied for, actual production in the current marketing year, together with the reduction in the guide price referred to in Article 7 and the increase in the aid referred to in Article 8. 20 Article 18 Regulations (EC) No 2799/98 and No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the arrangements provided for in this Regulation. Article 19 If it proves necessary to introduce transitional measures to facilitate implementation of the adjustments to the system laid down by this Regulation, such measures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 17(1). They shall apply until the end of the 2000/2001 marketing year at the latest. Regulations (EEC) No 1964/87 and (EC) No 1554/95 are hereby repealed. Article 20 Article 21 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 2000. However, Article 19 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, For the Council The President 21 FINANCIAL STATEMENT BUDGET HEADING: B1-141 APPROPRIATIONS: EUR 862 mill. (LA) TITLE: Proposal for a Council Regulation on production aid for cotton. LEGAL BASIS: Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece AIMS OF THE MEASURE: with the Council’s instructions of June 1998. Amendment of the common organisation of the market in cotton in accordance PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS (EUR million) 770 CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR (1999) (EUR million) Not applicable FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR (2000) (EUR million) Not applicable FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS EXPENDITURE - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OTHER OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) NATIONAL - - REVENUE - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 0 5. 1 5. 0. 1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 5. 1. 1 ESTIMATED REVENUE 5. 2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: - 2001 770 2002 770 2003 770 2004 770 6. 0 6. 1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 6. 2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? 6. 3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? OBSERVATIONS: YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO YES / NO The proposal amends the method in force for calculating the aid to increase from 50% to 60% the amount of the overrun in the MGQs to be taken into account to reduce the guide price. As all the other components remain unchanged, with an overrun at the current level (between 50% and 60%) and a world market price of between EUR 302 and EUR 347 a tonne (in line with the average in recent years), total expenditure stands at EUR 770 million since the system of increases applies. For higher prices, the second ceiling applies, reducing expenditure progressively, as in the past. However, for prices lower than EUR 302 a tonne, the proposal enables expenditure to be reduced considerably. By way of an example, at the (very low) price of EUR 221 a tonne recorded as the weighted average in 1998/99, total expenditure for production used for the 1999/2000 harvest would be EUR 772 million instead of around EUR 872 million. 22


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text: 02/Zv. 9 SL Uradni list Evropske unije 317 31999R2626 L 321/3 URADNI LIST EVROPSKIH SKUPNOSTI 14. 12. 1999 UREDBA KOMISIJE (ES) št. 2626/1999 z dne 13. decembra 1999 o spremembi Priloge I k Uredbi Sveta (EGS) št. 2658/87 o tarifni in statistični nomenklaturi ter skupni carinski tarifi KOMISIJA EVROPSKIH SKUPNOSTI JE – ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti, ob upoštevanju Uredbe Sveta (EGS) št. 2658/87 z dne 23. julija 1987 o tarifni in statistični nomenklaturi ter skupni carinski tarifi (1), kakor je bila nazadnje spremenjena z Uredbo Komisije (ES) št. 2204/1999 (2), in zlasti člena 9 Uredbe, ob upoštevanju naslednjega: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Treba je razlikovati med gobami, pripravljenimi ali konzerviranimi v kisu ali ocetni kislini iz tarifne podšte- vilke 2001 90 50, na eni strani, in gobami, ki niso priprav- ljene ali konzervirane s kisom ali ocetno kislino iz tarifne podštevilke 2003 10, na drugi strani. V skladu z besedilom Pojasnjevalnih opomb harmonizira- nega sistema k tarifni podštevilki 2001, se lahko proizvo- dom iz navedene tarifne številke med drugimi dodatki doda sol. V tem primeru se sol doda samo za namen pri- prave. Da bi jih lahko razlikovali od proizvodov iz tarifne pod- številke 2003 10, se zdi potrebno omejiti celotno vsebnost soli v proizvodih iz tarifne podštevilke 2001 90 50. Zdi se primerno omejiti vsebnost soli na največ 2,5 % po teži. Treba je pojasniti Dodatno opombo št. 1 k Poglavju 20, da bi upoštevala to odločitev. Točki 3 in 4 Priloge k Uredbi Komisije (ES) št. 1196/97 (3), ki sta prej služili za razvrščanje takih proizvodov na pod- lagi njihove vsebnosti kisa, ne glede na vsebnost soli, je treba preklicati. (7) Ukrepi, predvideni v tej uredbi, so v skladu z mnenjem Odbora za carinski zakonik – SPREJELA NASLEDNJO UREDBO: Člen 1 Dodatna opomba 1 k Poglavju 20 Kombinirane nomenklature, priložena k Uredbi (EGS) št. 2658/87, se nadomesti z: „1. Za namen tarifne številke 2001 morajo imeti zelenjava, sadje, oreški in drugi užitni deli rastlin, pripravljeni ali konzer- virani v kisu ali ocetni kislini, vsebnost prosto hlapljive kisline 0,5 % po teži ali več, izraženo kot ocetna kislina. Poleg tega gobe, ki sodijo pod tarifno podštevilko 2001 90 50, ne bi smele imeti vsebnost soli, ki presega 2,5 % po teži. “ Člen 2 Točki 3 in 4 Priloge k Uredbi (ES) št. 1196/97 se razveljavita. Člen 3 Ta uredba začne veljati 21. dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Evropskih skupnosti. Ta uredba je v celoti zavezujoča in se neposredno uporablja v vseh državah članicah. V Bruslju, 13. decembra 1999 Za Komisijo Mario MONTI Član Komisije (1) UL L 256, 7. 9. 1987, str. 1. (2) UL L 278, 28. 10. 1999, str. 1. (3) UL L 170, 28. 6. 1997, str. 13


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-2424/99 van Roberta Angelilli (UEN) aan de Commissie. Erkenning van sport binnen het Verdrag.

eurovoc_concepts:
principle of subsidiarity
social role
sport

text: 1. 8. 2000 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 219 E/159 Op basis van de door het geachte parlementslid verstrekte informatie, waaruit blijkt dat er problemen met de locatie van deze installatie kunnen zijn, is de Commissie evenwel van oordeel dat Richtlijn 97/11/EG van de Raad van 3 maart 1997 tot wijziging van Richtlijn 85/337/EEG betreffende de milieueffectbeoor- deling van bepaalde openbare en particuliere projecten (4) in dit geval van toepassing kan zijn. De Commissie zal passende maatregelen nemen om ervoor te zorgen dat de communautaire wetgeving en met name de vermelde richtlijn worden nageleefd. (1) (2) (3) (4) PB L 163 van 14. 6. 1989. PB L 203 van 15. 7. 1989. PB L 365 van 31. 12. 1994. PB L 73 van 14. 3. 1997. (2000/C 219 E/202) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-2424/99 van Roberta Angelilli (NI) aan de Commissie (13 december 1999) Betreft: Erkenning van sport binnen het Verdrag De sociale functie van de sport wordt erkend in het Europees Handvest voor de sport van 1992 en in de verklaring over sport die vervat is in het Verdrag van Amsterdam, waarin wordt gewezen op (cid:132)de sociale betekenis van de sport, en in het bijzonder de rol die zij kan spelen bij het scheppen van de identiteit en het nader tot elkaar brengen van personen(cid:148). Om deze reden heeft de sport een niet te vervangen rol, die niet kan worden gelijk gesteld aan die van andere economische activiteiten, zoals in de huidige communautaire regelgeving het geval is. In het zogenaamde arrest Bosman van het Europese Hof van Justitie van 15 december 1995 werd bepaald dat er geen beperkingen mogen worden gesteld aan de transfer van beroepssportlieden in de lidstaten. Dit brengt het risico met zich mee dat het publiek zich niet langer meer met een nationaal team kan identificeren, terwijl dit ook nadelige gevolgen heeft voor de werkgelegenheid voor jongeren en de opleiding van jonge sportlieden. Gelet op het subsidiariteitsbeginsel, dat pleit voor een respect voor de autonomie van de nationale sportinstellingen en structuren, die zelf voor de regulering van deze sector zorg zouden moeten dragen, en overwegende dat de Europese Raad te Wenen van 11 en 12 december 1998 de sociale rol van de sport heeft erkend en de Commissie heeft verzocht met het oog op de intergouvernementele conferentie hierover een verslag uit te brengen aan de Europese Raad van Helsinki, zou ik de Commissie willen vragen: 1. Heeft zij werkgroepen opgericht voor de opstelling van dit rapport? 2. Is zij met de opstelling hiervan zodanig gevorderd dat verzekerd kan worden dat deze werkzaamheden op tijd voor de topconferentie van Helsinki worden afgesloten? 3. Acht zij het nodig om met het oog op de komende intergouvernementele conferentie een officieel amendement op het Verdrag voor te stellen, waarbij aan titel XII (ex titel IX) een artikel wordt toegevoegd waarin, naar analogie van wat in de sector cultuur is gebeurd, het specifieke karakter en de eigen aard van de sport worden erkend en de noodzaak van inachtneming van de subsidiariteit bij de communautaire maatregelen op dit gebied wordt onderstreept? Antwoord van mevrouw Reding namens de Commissie (7 januari 2000) 1. In het kader van de voorbereiding van het verslag van Helsinki over sport is de Commissie ingegaan op het in de Verklaring betreffende sport van Amsterdam geformuleerde verzoek om de sportorganisaties te raadplegen wanneer belangrijke kwesties in verband met sport aan de orde zijn. Daartoe heeft de Commissie een discussienota gepubliceerd, waarop veel respons en commentaar van de sportorganisaties is gekomen. Dit document lag aan de basis van de Europese conferentie over sport die in mei 1999 werd gehouden in Olympia. Deze conferentie bood alle geledingen van de wereld van de sport (cid:129) bonden, overheden, andere communautaire instellingen, bedrijven, media (cid:129) een unieke gelegenheid om hun standpunt over sport uiteen te zetten. Tenslotte heeft de Commissie ook rekening gehouden met het verslag over sport van het ComitØ van de Regio(cid:146)s. C 219 E/160 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 1. 8. 2000 De Commissie heeft het verslag (1) tijdens haar vergadering van 1 december 1999 goedgekeurd opdat 2. de Europese Raad van Helsinki deze kwestie zou kunnen behandelen. De Commissie heeft haar bijdrage (2) aan de intergouvernementele conferentie reeds goedgekeurd. De 3. eventuele opneming van een artikel over sport wordt daarin niet voorgesteld. (1) COM(1999) 644 def. (2) COM(1999) 592 def. (2000/C 219 E/203) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-2425/99 van Ioannis Souladakis (PSE) aan de Raad (16 december 1999) Betreft: Bescherming van Europese bedrijven in Kosovo Tijdens de behandeling op 16 november 1999 van de mondelinge vraag H-0608/99 aan de Commissie over de bescherming van de belangen van EU-bedrijven in Kosovo verklaarde commissaris Patten dat hij niet op de hoogte was van druk op en bedreigingen tegen Europese bedrijven in Kosovo (1). Om de informatieleemte terzake op te vullen, heb ik hem persoonlijk een kopie bezorgd van de desbetreffende briefwisseling tussen het bedrijf (cid:132)Mytilineos(cid:148) en de heren Kouchner en Dixon. Verder heb ik hem verzocht zich te informeren over de huidige situatie en werking van de telecommunicatiesector in Kosovo opdat hij zich hierover een volledig beeld zou kunnen vormen. Een goede communicatie tussen het Europees Parlement en de Commissie kan alleen maar bijdragen tot de bescherming van de EU-belangen waar deze eventueel worden bedreigd. Momenteel staan in Kosovo soevereine rechten van Europese bedrijven op het spel. De Griekse telecommunicatieorganisatie OTE en het Italiaanse STET International, die een participatie hebben van respectievelijk 20 % en 29 % in Srbija Telekom, lijden schade doordat aan Srbija Telekom verschuldigde taksen voor het gebruik van telecom- municatiediensten in Kosovo niet worden betaald, terwijl het UCK, met de steun van bepaalde krachten achter de schermen, erop aandringt dat deze twee bedrijven het vernielde netwerk zouden herstellen om het vervolgens te laten nationaliseren door Albaniº, wat in strijd is met de internationale overeenkomsten. De flagrantste schending is evenwel zeer recent: een (cid:132)bijzondere commissie(cid:148), waarin ook VN-vertegen- woordigers en Kosovo-Albanezen zitting hebben, heeft immers volkomen onwettelijk de rechten voor mobiele telefonie aan het Franse bedrijf Alcatel toegewezen. Deze rechten zijn echter exclusief in handen van OTE en STET International, zoals is overeengekomen in reeds van kracht zijnde internationale akkoorden die bepalen dat Kosovo deel uitmaakt van de vitale zone waar deze bedrijven hun activiteiten uitoefenen en dus ook winst kunnen maken. Kan de Commissie meedelen hoe zij de wettelijke belangen van Europese bedrijven in Kosovo zal beschermen, die momenteel worden bedreigd door illegale circuits waarbij nu zelfs ook VN-functionarissen betrokken geraken, tegen hun mandaat in dat bepaalt dat ze de rechtsorde in de regio moeten handhaven? (1) Volledig verslag van de vergadering van 16 november 1999, blz. 60. Antwoord (14 februari 2000) De Raad is tot op heden niet benaderd door een van de in de vraag van de geachte afgevaardigde genoemde bedrijven. De Raad gaat ervan uit dat deze bedrijven over de door de geachte afgevaardigde ter sprake gebrachte problemen contact hebben opgenomen met het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken van het land waar hun hoofdzetel is gevestigd en/of met de speciale vertegenwoordiger van de secretaris- generaal van de VN voor Kosovo, de heer Bernard Kouchner. De Raad blijft vasthouden aan de totstandkoming van een levensvatbare en goed functionerende markt- economie in Kosovo. De EU heeft wat dit betreft een speciale verantwoordelijkheid op zich genomen nu de secretaris-generaal van de VN, Kofi Annan, het beheer van pijler IV van de UNMIK (die verantwoordelijk is voor wederopbouw en economische uitwikkeling) aan de Europese Unie heeft toevertrouwd


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-2451/99 van Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (ELDR) aan de Commissie. Overlappingen van vergaderingen van Commissie en Europees Parlement.

eurovoc_concepts:
administration of the Institutions
communications policy
interinstitutional relations (EU)
parliamentary session
promotion of the European idea
public awareness campaign

text: 21. 11. 2000 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 330 E/11 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Hoeveel asbest werd tot 1997 geproduceerd en gebruikt in de Europese Unie? In hoeveel fabrieken werd volgens de Commissie gebruik gemaakt van asbest? In hoeveel kantoorgebouwen werd volgens de Commissie gebruik gemaakt van asbest? In hoeveel privØwoningen werd volgens de Commissie gebruik gemaakt van asbest? In hoeveel schoolgebouwen werd volgens de Commissie gebruik gemaakt van asbest? 7. Welke gebouwen moeten volgens de Commissie prioritair worden gesaneerd? 8. Welke richtlijnen heeft de Commissie uitgevaardigd om te komen tot een snelle en efficiºnte sanering van de historische asbestvervuiling? Antwoord van de heer Liikanen namens de Commissie (3 maart 2000) Het in de handel brengen en de toepassing van vijf van de zes verschillende soorten asbest is sinds 1991 in de Gemeenschap verboden. De Commissie keurde op 26 juli 1999 Richtlijn 1999/77/EG van 26 juli 1999 goed tot zesde aanpassing aan de technische vooruitgang van bijlage I bij Richtlijn 76/769/EEG van de Raad betreffende de onderlinge aanpassing van de wettelijke en bestuursrechtelijke bepalingen der lidstaten inzake de beperking van het op de markt brengen en van het gebruik van bepaalde gevaarlijke stoffen en preparaten (asbest) (1), waarmee dit verbod uiterlijk met ingang van 1 januari 2005 tot alle soorten asbest wordt uitgebreid. Er zijn slechts in zeer beperkte mate uitzonderingen op dit verbod, en deze zullen v(cid:243)(cid:243)r 1 januari 2003 nog eens door de Commissie worden bekeken. Het is de bedoeling dat op grond van deze richtlijn iedere toename van de voorraad asbest in de Gemeenschap wordt tegengegaan. De Commissie bezit geen gedetailleerde inventaris van het gebruik van asbest in de lidstaten. De Commissie beschikt niet over de informatie die gevraagd wordt in de punten 2-7 van de vraag van het geachte parlementslid. Voor asbestafval geldt de algemene wetgeving inzake afval, namelijk Richtlijn 75/442/EG van de Raad van 15 juli 1975 (2), zoals later gewijzigd. Bovendien vormt asbest gevaarlijk afval op grond van Richtlijn 91/ 689/EEG of 12 december 1991 (3) wanneer het zich bevindt in isolatiemateriaal dat deel uitmaakt van bouw- en sloopafval. Richtlijn 87/217/EEG van de Raad van 19 maart 1987 inzake voorkoming en vermindering van verontreiniging van het milieu door asbest (4) bevat een aantal grondregels voor het opruimen en het verwijderen van asbestafval. Op grond van deze bepalingen is het niet vereist om asbestafval snel en efficiºnt te verwijderen. (1) PB L 207 van 6. 8. 1999. (2) PB L 194 van 25. 7. 1975. (3) PB L 377 van 31. 12. 1991. (4) PB L 85 van 28. 3. 1987. (2000/C 330 E/010) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG P-2451/99 van Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (ELDR) aan de Commissie (13 december 1999) Betreft: Overlappingen van vergaderingen van Commissie en Europees Parlement De Commissie organiseert regelmatig vergaderingen of (pers) conferenties op tijdstippen dat het Europees Parlement haar plenaire zitting in Straatsburg of Brussel houdt. Commissaris Kinnock bijvoorbeeld, organiseert vrijdag 19 november 1999 een persconferentie en werklunch in Den Haag, waar ook Europarlementariºrs voor uitgenodigd zijn, terwijl het Europees Parlement die dag in Straatsburg vergadert. Is de Commissie met mij van mening dat dergelijke overlapping van vergaderingen en confrerenties 1. onwenselijk is aangzien de Commissie bij Parlementsvergaderingen aanwezig dient te zijn? C 330 E/12 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 21. 11. 2000 Is de Commissie zich ervan bewust dat de verslaggeving in de pers van de resultaten van plenaire 2. zittingen van het Parlement te lijden heeft onder de overlap, aangezien journalisten maar op een plaats tegelijk kunnen zijn? 3. Is de Commissie het met mij eens dat de beeldvorming over Europa in het algemeen en over het Europees Parlement in het bijzonder, erbij gebaat is wanneer de Instellingen rekening houden met elkaars vergaderroosters? Antwoord van de heer Prodi namens de Commissie (25 januari 2000) De commissarissen doen hun best om ervoor te zorgen dat dergelijke vergaderingen niet samenvallen met Parlementszittingen waarop zij aanwezig dienen te zijn. Zoals alle commissarissen is de heer Kinnock er zich terdege van bewust dat hij tijdens plenaire vergaderingen als eerste plicht heeft het woord te voeren of daarbij vragen te beantwoorden die tot zijn bevoegdheidsterrein behoren. De Commissie weet hoe het tijdschema van de vergaderingen er uitziet en zal het nodige doen om onwenselijke overlappingen te voorkomen. Zij sluit zich volledig aan bij de zienswijze van het geachte parlementslid dat het belangrijk is dat de Europese instellingen rekening houden met elkaars vergader- roosters. (2000/C 330 E/011) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-2486/99 van Joachim Wuermeling (PPE-DE) en Maria Berger (PSE) aan de Commissie (16 december 1999) Betreft: Uitbreiding naar het Oosten (cid:129) aankondiging van een steuninstrument voor grensregio(cid:146)s door G(cid:252)nther Verheugen Commissielid G(cid:252)nter Verheugen heeft in een interview van 18 november 1999 in het tijdschrift Focus de wens te kennen gegeven dat de Commissie een steuninstrument in het leven roept voor regio(cid:146)s aan de grenzen met de landen van Midden- en Oost-Europa om de nadelen als gevolg van de uitbreiding naar het Oosten voor deze in het bijzonder hierbij betrokken gebieden op te vangen. Hoever zijn de werkzaamheden voor het verwezenlijken van een dergelijk steuninstrument in de 1. Commissie gevorderd? Kan de Commissie reeds nadere bijzonderheden geven over de structuur, looptijd en omvang van het 2. steuninstrument? 3. Moet volgens de Commissie, afgezien van de steun met EU-middelen, de steunverlening aan grens- gebieden met nationale fondsen worden vergemakkelijkt? Antwoord van de heer Barnier namens de Commissie (21 januari 2000) Tijdens de komende programmeringsperiode 2000-2006 zal het communautaire initiatief Interreg III bijzondere aandacht besteden aan de activiteiten ten behoeve van de aan de buitengrenzen van de Gemeenschap gelegen regio(cid:146)s, met het oog op de uitbreiding. De stimulerende maatregelen ten behoeve van deze regio(cid:146)s vallen immers onder deel A (cid:132)grensoverschrijdende samenwerking(cid:148), waarvoor ten minste 50 % van de algemene financiºle middelen van dit instrument worden uitgetrokken. In haar ontwerp-richtsnoeren voor bovengenoemd initiatief (1) heeft de Commissie de uitvoeringsvoor- waarden vastgesteld. Dit voorstel ligt momenteel ter bestudering bij de lidstaten en de overige communau- taire instellingen. Na het advies van het Parlement, dat naar verwacht in februari 2000 wordt gegeven, zullen deze richtsnoeren definitief door de Commissie worden goedgekeurd en aan de lidstaten worden medegedeeld. Aan het einde van deze procedure beschikken laatstgenoemde over zes maanden om hun voorstellen voor de programma(cid:146)s in te dienen. Zoals het geval is voor alle in het kader van de Structuurfondsen medegefinancierde programma(cid:146)s, moet de communautaire steun uit hoofde van Interreg een nationale tegenprestatie hebben. (1) COM(1999) 479 def


title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-2338/99 von Ioannis Marínos (PPE-DE) an die Kommission. Freier Kapitalverkehr im Gesundheitssektor.

text: C 303 E/50 Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften DE 24. 10. 2000 (2000/C 303 E/044) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-2338/99 von Ioannis Mar(cid:237)nos (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (13. Dezember 1999) Betrifft: Freier Kapitalverkehr im Gesundheitssektor Der Bereitstellung von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen kommt an der Schwelle zu einem neuen Jahrtausend eine eigene gewichtige Rolle zu. Mir ist bekannt, da(cid:223) es zur Zeit keine einheitliche Gesundheitspolitik in der EU gibt. Mir ist jedoch klar, da(cid:223) diese trotz aller Schwierigkeiten einmal Wirklichkeit werden wird. Kann die Kommission folgende Fragen beantworten: (cid:129) Sind Beschr(cid:228)nkungen irgendwelcher Art f(cid:252)r den freien Kapitalverkehr im Bereich der Bereitstellung von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen in der EU zul(cid:228)ssig? D(cid:252)rfen von einem Mitgliedstaat im Rahmen von Gesundheitsversorgungsprogrammen mengenm(cid:228)(cid:223)ige Beschr(cid:228)nkungen oder Pr(cid:228)ferenzsysteme in bezug auf die Ausstattung der Heil- und Pflegest(cid:228)tten oder in bezug auf den Zugang eines Staatsangeh(cid:246)rigen eines EU-Mitgliedstaates zu einer T(cid:228)tigkeit im Bereich der Gesundheitsdienstleistungen vorgeschrieben werden? (cid:129) Umfa(cid:223)t der freie Kapital- und Personenverkehr auch Nichtregierungsorganisationen ohne Gewinn- zweck, wie z. B. religi(cid:246)se NRO? K(cid:246)nnen Angeh(cid:246)rige jedes religi(cid:246)sen Bekenntnisses in jedem Mitglied- staat eine Klinik oder Kliniken errichten? Antwort von Herrn Bolkestein im Namen der Kommission (2. Februar 2000) Die Frage des Herrn Abgeordneten betrifft verschiedene den Binnenmarkt betreffende Freiheiten: den freien Kapitalverkehr (Artikel 56) (vorm. Artikel 73B) nach dem EG-Vertrag, das Niederlassungsrecht (Artikel 43) (vorm. Artikel 52), den freien Dienstleistungsverkehr (Artikel 49) (vorm. Artikel 59) und die Freiz(cid:252)gigkeit der Arbeitnehmer (Artikel 39) (vorm. Artikel 48). Soweit es um Gesundheitsdienstleistungen geht, handelt es sich beim freien Kapitalverkehr um eine durch den EG-Vertrag garantierte Freiheit, die im Prinzip f(cid:252)r Investitionen aller Art in Unternehmen gilt, die auf dem betreffenden Sektor t(cid:228)tig sind (dies gilt sowohl f(cid:252)r Direkt- als auch Portfolio-Investitionen). Bestimmte, sich ggf. auf Ausnahmeregelungen des EG-Vertrages st(cid:252)tzende diskriminierende Ma(cid:223)nahmen (in den Bereichen (cid:246)ffentliche Ordnung, Sicherheit und Gesundheit) im Zusammenhang mit derartigen Investi- tionen lassen sich, was ihre Vereinbarkeit mit dem Vertrag angeht, erst nach sorgf(cid:228)ltiger Pr(cid:252)fung bewerten. Investitionen in Unternehmen, die auf dem Gesundheitssektor t(cid:228)tig sind, k(cid:246)nnen auch durch nichtdis- kriminierende Ma(cid:223)nahmen beschnitten werden, falls sie folgende vier Grundvoraussetzungen erf(cid:252)llen: sie d(cid:252)rfen nicht diskriminierend wirken, m(cid:252)ssen durch zwingende Erfordernisse des allgemeinen Interesses gerechtfertigt und zweckdienlich sein, und sie d(cid:252)rfen das zur Erreichung des Ziels erforderliche Ma(cid:223) nicht sprengen. Ob die jeweiligen Ma(cid:223)nahmen vertragskonform sind, l(cid:228)(cid:223)t sich erst nach eingehender Pr(cid:252)fung beurteilen. Diese Bestimmungen und Grunds(cid:228)tze gelten auch f(cid:252)r Nichtregierungsorganisationen ohne Gewinnzweck wie z. B. Religionsgemeinschaften. Auch letztere kommen in den Genu(cid:223) des im EG-Vertrag verankerten freien Kapitalverkehrs, allerdings nur in dem Ma(cid:223)e, wie diese Freiheit nicht durch nationale Ma(cid:223)nahmen eingeschr(cid:228)nkt wird, die aus Gr(cid:252)nden der (cid:246)ffentlichen Sicherheit, Ordnung, Gesundheit oder ganz allgemein aufgrund der vorgenannten Erw(cid:228)gungen als im (cid:132)allgemeinen Interesse(cid:147) gerechtfertigt erscheinen. Bez(cid:252)glich des Niederlassungsrechts und des freien Dienstleistungsverkehrs k(cid:246)nnen die Mitgliedstaaten Beschr(cid:228)nkungen in ihre nationalen Regelungen aufnehmen, wenn die in Artikel 46 (vorm. Artikel 56) des EG-Vertrages angef(cid:252)hrten Gr(cid:252)nde (Gemeinwohl, (cid:246)ffentliche Sicherheit und Gesundheit) als Rechtferti- gung f(cid:252)r derartige nationale Ma(cid:223)nahmen herhalten k(cid:246)nnen bzw. diese Vorrang vor dem (cid:246)ffentlichen Interesse haben. Voraussetzung ist allerdings, da(cid:223) sie vor dem Hintergrund des von dem Mitgliedstaat verfolgten einschl(cid:228)gigen Zieles nicht unangemessen erscheinen. S(cid:228)mtliche in der EU niedergelassenen, auf Erwerbszweck ausgerichteten Wirtschaftsteilnehmer, die sich in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat niederlassen wollen, genie(cid:223)en Niederlassungsfreiheit. Sowohl die in einem Mitgliedstaat niedergelassenen Wirtschafts- 24. 10. 2000 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften C 303 E/51 teilnehmer, die grenz(cid:252)berschreitende Dienstleistungen erbringen wollen, ohne sich hierzu in dem betref- fenden Land niederzulassen, als auch die Empf(cid:228)nger solcher Dienstleistungen (wie z. B. Patienten, die Leistungen im Gesundheitsbereich in Anspruch nehmen), kommen in den Genu(cid:223) der Dienstleistungs- freiheit. Nationale Vorschriften, die es Krankenh(cid:228)usern untersagen, einen Erwerbszweck zu verfolgen, sind mit dem EG-Vertrag vereinbar. Der Gerichtshof best(cid:228)tigte diesen bereits in Artikel 48 (2) (vorm. Artikel 58) des EG- Vertrages verankerten Grundsatz in der Rechtssache (cid:132)Sodemare(cid:147) (Rechtssache C-70/95, Urteil vom 17. 6. 1997, Slg. I 3395). Andere Beschr(cid:228)nkungen sind im Lichte der Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache (cid:132)Kohll(cid:147) zu pr(cid:252)fen (C-158/96, Urteil vom 28. 4. 1998, Slg. I 1931), in der auf Fragen der (cid:246)ffentlichen Gesundheit, insbesondere die Aufrechterhaltung einer allen zug(cid:228)nglichen, angemessenen Versorgung im medizinischen und Krankenhausbereich sowie auf spezielle (cid:252)bergeordnete (cid:246)ffentliche Belange Bezug genommen wird, was so zu verstehen, da(cid:223) eine finanzielle (cid:220)berforderung des jeweiligen Sozialschutzsystems verhindert werden mu(cid:223). Quantitative Beschr(cid:228)nkungen oder Vorzugsbehandlungen m(cid:252)ssen im Einklang mit diesen Erfordernissen stehen. Sie d(cid:252)rfen auf keinen Fall de jure oder de facto zu Diskriminierungen zwischen den B(cid:252)rgern der Europ(cid:228)ischen Union f(cid:252)hren. Was die nach Artikel 39 (vorm. Artikel 48) des EG-Vertrages gegebene M(cid:246)glichkeit f(cid:252)r B(cid:252)rger der Europ(cid:228)ischen Union angeht, auf dem Gesundheitssektor t(cid:228)tig zu werden, z. B. in Krankenh(cid:228)usern eine Anstellung zu finden, gilt, da(cid:223) die Bedingungen f(cid:252)r Besch(cid:228)ftigungsverh(cid:228)ltnisse von den Mitgliedstaaten festgelegt werden. Die in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten geltenden Regeln m(cid:252)ssen jedoch mit dem Gemein- schaftsrecht vereinbar sein, insbesondere mit den Richtlinien des Rates 89/48/EWG (1) und 92/51/EWG (2) (cid:252)ber die allgemeine Regelung f(cid:252)r die Anerkennung beruflicher Qualifikationen sowie den Richtlinien des Rates 77/452/EWG (3), 78/686/EWG (4), 80/154/EWG (5), 85/433/EWG (6) und 93/16/EWG (7) betreffend die gegenseitige Anerkennung von Diplomen f(cid:252)r Krankenschwestern und Krankenpfleger, Zahn(cid:228)rzte, Hebammen, Apotheker und ˜rzte. (1) ABl. L 19 vom 24. 1. 1989. (2) ABl. L 209 vom 24. 7. 1992. (3) ABl. L 176 vom 15. 7. 1977. (4) ABl. L 233 vom 24. 8. 1978. (5) ABl. L 33 vom 11. 2. 1980. (6) ABl. L 253 vom 24. 9. 1985. (7) ABl. L 165 vom 7. 7. 1993. (2000/C 303 E/045) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-2349/99 von Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) an die Kommission (13. Dezember 1999) Betrifft: EU-Zusch(cid:252)sse Welches Verfahren wird f(cid:252)r die Verg(cid:252)tung der Vermittlungsgremien (private Unternehmen, die mit der Europ(cid:228)ischen Kommission in einem Vertragsverh(cid:228)ltnis stehen) angewandt, die EU-Zusch(cid:252)sse verwalten? Wieviel Prozent der Mittel machen derartige Verg(cid:252)tungen im Durchschnitt aus? Antwort von Frau Schreyer im Namen der Kommission (25. Februar 2000) F(cid:252)r Vermittlungsgremien, die der Kommission im Rahmen eines privatrechtlichen Vertrags technische oder administrative Hilfe bei der Verwaltung von EU-Zusch(cid:252)ssen leisten, gibt es zweierlei Verg(cid:252)tungsregelun- gen: entweder Zahlung eines Pauschalbetrags, wobei der Kommission keine zus(cid:228)tzlichen Kosten (aus- genommen Kosten f(cid:252)r etwaige von der Kommission verlangte Ad hoc-Pr(cid:252)fungen) in Rechnung gestellt werden d(cid:252)rfen, oder Zahlung einer leistungsbezogenen Verg(cid:252)tung, die gegebenenfalls Pauschalelemente beinhaltet. In diesem Fall k(cid:246)nnen auch erstattungsf(cid:228)hige Kosten angerechnet werden (Fahr-, Material-, Gemein- und Rechnungspr(cid:252)fungskosten). Die erbrachten Leistungen werden im Rahmen des Voranschlags nach Ma(cid:223)gabe der Spezifizierungen im Anhang zum Vertrag verg(cid:252)tet. Alle Zahlungen werden auf der Grundlage von Originalrechnungen geleistet. 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title: INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-2379/99 di Françoise Grossetête (PPE-DE) al Consiglio. Regolamenti CEE/ONU R 108 e R 109.

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text: C 219 E/152 Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee IT 1. 8. 2000 Risposta data dal sig. Fischler in nome della Commissione (17 dicembre 1999) Il Consiglio ha fissato il metodo di calcolo del premio per pecora, che si basa sulla differenza fra il prezzo medio comunitario e il prezzo di base, ed ha stabilito l(cid:146)importo erogabile a titolo di supplemento mondo rurale. Un metodo alternativo non potrebbe essere utilizzato senza una radicale riforma del regime che disciplina il settore degli ovini. Escludere gli ovini dal calcolo del premio di estensivazione creerebbe una disparit(cid:224) fra i produttori. Un(cid:146)azienda che allevasse esclusivamente bovini verrebbe considerata un(cid:146)azienda con una densit(cid:224) di carico da allevamento inferiore rispetto ad un(cid:146)azienda mista con il medesimo numero di capi bovini e nella quale vengono allevati anche ovini. Nel contesto dei negoziati dell(cid:146)Organizzazione mondiale del commercio (OMC), la Comunit(cid:224) propugna una liberalizzazione equilibrata e leale degli scambi ma mira altres(cid:236) a promuovere un settore agricolo competitivo e in grado di garantire la propria sopravvivenza. L(cid:146)obbligo di etichettare le importazioni non pu(cid:242) essere imposto se non vige un(cid:146)esigenza analoga per gli agnelli allevati nella Comunit(cid:224). Per il momento la Commissione non prevede di introdurre un(cid:146)etichettatura per le carni di agnello. (2000/C 219 E/193) INTERROGAZIONE SCRITTA E-2379/99 di Fran(cid:231)oise GrossetŒte (PPE-DE) al Consiglio (13 dicembre 1999) Oggetto: Regolamenti CEE/ONU R 108 e R 109 L(cid:146)impiego razionale delle risorse naturali Ł un elemento essenziale dello sviluppo sostenibile e la strategia per lo smaltimento dei rifiuti adottata dall(cid:146)Unione europea d(cid:224) la priorit(cid:224) alla prevenzione e, qualora ci(cid:242) non sia possibile, al riciclaggio, al riutilizzo e al recupero. Lo sviluppo di un(cid:146)industria europea di qualit(cid:224) per la rigenerazione dei pneumatici consentirebbe di riutilizzarli e di ridurre il consumo di materie prime non rinnovabili, garantendo nel contempo elevati standard di sicurezza per i consumatori. il che La qualit(cid:224) dei pneumatici rigenerati disponibili sul mercato unico Ł attualmente molto varia, contribuisce a diminuire la loro affidabilit(cid:224) e priva cos(cid:236) il consumatore di una parte dei succitati vantaggi. I regolamenti pneumatici rigenerati. internazionali CEE/ONU R 108 e R 109 si propongono di migliorare la qualit(cid:224) dei Tenuto conto della risposta della Commissione all(cid:146)interrogazione n. 68 (H-0114/99) (1), potrebbe il Consiglio far sapere la propria posizione relativamente all(cid:146)adesione immediata dell(cid:146)Unione europea a tali due regolamenti? (1) Dibattiti del Parlamento europeo (marzo 1999). Risposta (31 gennaio 2000) Come Ł indicato nell(cid:146)interrogazione dell(cid:146)Onorevole Parlamentare, scopo dei regolamenti internazionali CEE/ ONU R 108 e R 109 Ł di migliorare la qualit(cid:224) dei pneumatici rigenerati. Al momento, la legislazione comunitaria non contempla pneumatici rigenerati. Di fatto la direttiva 92/23/CEE del Consiglio relativa ai pneumatici dei veicoli a motore e dei loro rimorchi nonchØ al loro montaggio si applica a qualsiasi pneumatico nuovo destinato all(cid:146)equipaggiamento dei veicoli ai quali si applica la direttiva 70/156/CEE. Sinora la Commissione non ha trasmesso al Consiglio nØ una proposta mirante a istituire una normativa comunitaria nel settore dei pneumatici regenerati nØ iniziative che consentano di esaminare la questione dell(cid:146)adesione della Comunit(cid:224) ai regolamenti R 108 e R 109