ПРОЕКТОДОКЛАД  относно предложението за Директива на Съвета за изменение на Директива 2001/114/ЕО относно определени частично или напълно дехидратирани консервирани млека, предназначени за консумация от човека

19.7.2007 - (COM(2007)0058 – C6‑0083/2007 – 2007/0025(CNS)) - *

Комисия по земеделие и развитие на селските райони
Докладчик: Elisabeth Jeggle

ПРОЕКТ НА ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛНА РЕЗОЛЮЦИЯ НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИЯ ПАРЛАМЕНТ

относно предложението за Директива на Съвета за изменение на Директива 2001/114/ЕО относно определени частично или напълно дехидратирани консервирани млека, предназначени за консумация от човека

(COM(2007)0058 – C6‑0083/2007 – 2007/0025(CNS))

(Процедура на консултация)

Европейският парламент,

–   като взе предвид предложението на Комисията към Съвета (COM(2007)0058)[1],

–   като взе предвид член 37 от Договора за Европейската общност, съгласно който Съветът се е консултирал с него (C6‑0083/2007),

–   като взе предвид член 51 от своя правилник,

–   като взе предвид доклада на комисията по земеделие и развитие на селските райони (A6‑0282/2007),

1.  одобрява предложението на Комисията;

2.  отправя покана към Съвета, в случай че възнамерява да се разграничи от текста, одобрен от Парламента, да информира последния за това;

3.  призовава Съвета да се консултира отново с него, в случай че възнамерява да внесе съществени промени в предложението на Комисията;

4.  възлага на своя председател да предаде позицията на Съвета и на Комисията.

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ИЗЛОЖЕНИЕ НА МОТИВИТЕ

The European Commission

The Commission proposal confines itself to amending Annex I to Directive 2001/114/EC. The Commission proposes allowing standardisation of protein content in the Community and bringing it into line with the standard of the Codex Alimentarius (a minimum protein content of 34%, expressed in fat-free dry matter).

Analysis

Standardisation of protein content is not currently allowed. The natural protein content of collected milk must be maintained in preserved milk. The natural protein content of milk powder is currently between 31 and 37%. The European milk industry and exporters of milk powder and condensed milk (‘preserved milk’ means milk powder and condensed milk) have long been calling for the Community rules on protein content for these products to be brought into line with international standards (Codex).

The proposed authorisation of standardisation at a minimum protein content of 34% expressed in fat-free dry matter makes it possible for European manufacturers to compete with manufacturers in third countries under the same conditions. Competitors from third countries are already allowed to produce in accordance with the Codex rules, putting them at an economic advantage.

The intervention price for skimmed milk powder (SMP) is currently based on a protein content of 35.6%. The Commission now proposes aligning the intervention standard with the value for protein standardisation of 34%, which will inevitably bring adjustments of the intervention price for SMP in its wake.

The proposal to lower the intervention price for SMP is part of the proposal to amend the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999), which is the subject of a separate European Parliament report.

The European Commission expects standardisation at 34% to mean that significant quantities of protein will come onto the EU market. The Commission expects, in view of the high demand, that the increased availability will not lead to significant, if any, additional costs for the Community.

Standardisation of preserved milk coupled with a lowering of the intervention price for SMP will probably lead to a slight increase in SMP production, while the bulk of the supplementary quantity of proteins obtained through standardisation will be absorbed by increased production of cheese and fresh dairy products. The Commission expects, in turn, that that increase will generate a higher fat use in those products and correspondingly lower butter production and butter exports.

In the view of the European Commission, the lowering of the intervention price for SMP by 28% as of 2008 and the expected lower expenditure on butter exports will lead to budgetary savings. All in all, the European Commission expects that the standardisation will lead to budget economies of EUR 19.55 million as an annual average for the years 2008-2013 (EUR 117.3 million in total).

Rapporteur’s position and conclusions

The rapporteur welcomes the standardisation of protein content, since it offers European manufacturers the chance to compete on an equal footing with imported products, as well as simplifying international trade.

The rapporteur therefore supports the Commission’s proposal, suggesting no further amendments.

It must, however, be stressed that the related proposal to lower the intervention price for SMP (proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products) will be the subject of a separate report by the European Parliament.

The rapporteur also wishes to point out that the European Commission expects lower expenditure on butter exports and a lowering of the intervention price for SMP as a result of the standardisation, with consequent budgetary savings.

In the context of her opinion on the modification of the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, and not in connection with the proposal being dealt with here, the rapporteur has recommended setting up a milk fund restructuring programme. This approach seemed preferable from a legal point of view, since although the expected savings are an indirect consequence of the protein standardisation, the savings will be obtained in the form of lower expenditure on butter exports and the intervention price for SMP as of 2008.

The milk fund restructuring programme could be used for market promotion and nutrition education measures for the milk sector, assistance towards ensuring a soft landing for milk producers in the forthcoming Health Check or support for any accompanying measures that may be needed in the milk sector between now and 2013.

ПРОЦЕДУРА

Заглавие	Консервирани млека, предназначени за консумация от човека (изменение на Директива 2001/114/ЕО)
Позовавания	COM(2007)0058 - C6-0083/2007 - 2007/0025(CNS)
Дата на консултация с ЕП	7.3.2007
Водеща комисия        Дата на обявяване в заседание	AGRI 15.3.2007
Подпомагаща(и) комисия(и)        Дата на обявяване в заседание	ENVI 15.3.2007
Неизказано становище        Дата на решението	ENVI 27.3.2007
Докладчик(ци)        Дата на назначаване	Elisabeth Jeggle 26.2.2007
Разглеждане в комисия	11.4.2007		4.6.2007		17.7.2007
Дата на приемане	17.7.2007
Резултат от окончателното гласуване	+: –: 0:	30 1
Членове, присъствали на окончателното гласуване	Katerina Batzeli, Sergio Berlato, Bernadette Bourzai, Niels Busk, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Giuseppe Castiglione, Albert Deß, Michl Ebner, Duarte Freitas, Ioannis Gklavakis, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Esther Herranz García, Elisabeth Jeggle, Stéphane Le Foll, Jean-Claude Martinez, Mairead McGuinness, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Neil Parish, Radu Podgorean, Willem Schuth, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Alyn Smith, Marc Tarabella, Witold Tomczak, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski
Заместник(ци), присъствал(и) на окончателното гласуване	Alejandro Cercas, Esther De Lange, Ilda Figueiredo, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Hans-Peter Mayer, James Nicholson
Дата на внасяне	19.7.2007