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Procedure : 1999/0236(CNS)
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Document selected : A5-0124/2000

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A5-0124/2000

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Texts adopted :

P5_TA(2000)0210
P5_TA(2000)0211
P5_TA(2000)0306
P5_TA(2000)0307

Texts adopted
Tuesday, 16 May 2000 - Strasbourg
Flax and hemp for fibre *
P5_TA(2000)0211A5-0124/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp grown for fibre (COM(1999) 576 - C5-0281/1999 - 1999/0237(CNS) )

The proposal was amended as follows(1) :

Text proposed by the Commission(2)   Amendments by Parliament
(Amendment 18)
Recital 5
   (5) In view of the differences between the market for long flax fibre and the market for short flax fibre and hemp fibre, the aid should be differentiated according to which of the two types of fibre is obtained. In order to ensure that overall support is sufficient to maintain traditional production of long flax fibre in conditions similar to those provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 4 July 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp, the aid granted to primary processors should be gradually increased to offset the gradual reduction in the aid per hectare paid to growers under Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 and, ultimately, the abolition of the aid for short flax fibre. The aid for short flax fibre and hemp fibre granted to primary processors should be fixed at a level that will give new products and their potential outlets the time to reach equilibrium.
   (5) In order to ensure that support is sufficient to maintain the processing of flax and hemp straw, processing aid should be granted which takes account of the economic viability of the sector.
(Amendment 19)
Recital 6
   (6) In order to prevent any fraudulent increases in the quantities eligible for aid, the Member States should fix maximum quantities on the basis of the areas covered by straw purchase contracts.
   (6) In order to rule out fraud, a purchase contract should be a requirement for receiving processing aid. A derogation should apply only in cases in which producers carry out primary processing themselves. Different criteria should apply in such cases.
(Amendment 20)
Recital 7
   (7) In order to keep down the expenditure incurred in applying this Regulation, a stabiliser mechanism should be introduced for both types of fibre obtained, i.e. long flax fibre and short flax fibre and hemp fibre. In order to ensure reasonable production levels in each Member State, a maximum guaranteed quantity should be set for both types of fibre, to be distributed among the Member States as national guaranteed quantities. However, national guaranteed quantities will be fixed for short flax fibre and hemp fibre only for the time needed to allow the new products to adjust to the market. The national guaranteed quantities should be fixed taking account of the most recent average areas under fibre flax and hemp, adjusted where necessary to reflect the areas actually in production, multiplied by average fibre yields.
Deleted
(Amendment 21)
Recital 8
   (8) To enable the Member States to make adjustments between the quantities thus obtained, conditions should be laid down governing transfers between the two national guaranteed quantities allocated to each. Any such transfers should be carried out on the basis of a coefficient to ensure budgetary equivalence.
Deleted
(Amendment 22)
Recital 11
   (11) In order to prevent illicit crops from disturbing the common organisation of the market in hemp for fibre, provision should be made for checks on imports of hemp and hemp seed to ensure that such products have a low tetrahydrocannabinol content. In addition, hemp seeds intended for uses other than sowing may be imported only if they have been denatured and can no longer germinate.
   (11) In order to prevent illicit crops from disturbing the common organisation of the market in hemp for fibre, provision should be made for checks on imports of hemp and hemp seed to ensure that such products have a low tetrahydrocannabinol content.
(Amendment 23)
Recital 16a (new)
(16a) In order to prevent misuse of funds, processing aid should be granted only if the processor provides the competent authorities, within a period of 18 months, with proof of processing.
(Amendment 24)
Article 2(1), 2nd subparagraph
The aid shall be granted to authorised primary processors on the basis of the quantity of fibre actually obtained from straw purchased under a contract concluded with a farmer.
The aid shall be granted to authorised primary processors on the basis of the quantity of fibre actually obtained from straw purchased under a contract concluded with a farmer. The aid shall also be granted where the farmer and the primary processor are one and the same person and no purchase contract therefore exists.
(Amendment 25)
Article 2(1), 3rd subparagraph a (new)
The processing aid shall be paid only on condition that the processor has provided the competent authorities, within a period of 18 months, with proof of processing. This deadline may be extended, on application, in cases of 'force majeure'. The application must be submitted within a reasonable period of time to the competent authorities responsible for deciding on the matter.
(Amendment 26)
Article 2(2)(a) and (b)
   (a) for long flax fibre:
   (a) for long flax fibre: EUR 120 from the 2001/2002 marketing year onwards ,
   - EUR 60 for the 2000/2001 marketing year,
   - EUR 120 for the 2001/2002 marketing year,
   - EUR 180 for the 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 marketing years,
   - EUR 200 from the 2005/2006 marketing year onwards, !EMPHASBIU;!EEMPHASBIU;
   (b) for short flax fibre and hemp fibre containing not more than 5% impurities and shives : EUR 40 for the 2000/2001 to 2004/2005 marketing years .
   (b) for short flax fibre and hemp fibre: EUR 70 from the 2001/2002 marketing year onwards .
(Amendment 27)
Article 2(3), 2nd subparagraph
The restrictions referred to in the first subparagraph shall be fixed by the Member States so as to comply with the national guaranteed quantities referred to in Article 3.
Deleted
(Amendment 28)
Article 3(1)
   1. A maximum guaranteed quantity of 75 500 tonnes per marketing year shall be established for long flax fibre. That quantity shall be apportioned as follows among the Member States as national guaranteed quantities:
   1. A maximum guaranteed quantity for the EU - apportioned as national maximum quantities - per marketing year shall be established for long flax fibre. That maximum quantity shall be calculated on the basis of the actual processing capacities in the Member States and the planned processing capacities for which irreversible investments have already been made.
   - 13 800 tonnes for Belgium,
   - 300 tonnes for Germany,
   - 55 800 tonnes for France,
   - 4 800 tonnes for the Netherlands,
   - 150 tonnes for Austria,
   - 200 tonnes for Finland,
   - 50 tonnes for each of the other Member States.
(Amendment 29)
Article 3(2)
   2. A maximum guaranteed quantity of 119 250 tonnes per marketing year shall be established for short flax fibre and hemp fibre containing not more than 5% impurities and shives. That quantity shall be apportioned as follows among the Member States as national guaranteed quantities:
   2. A maximum quantity for the EU - apportioned as maximum national quantities - per marketing year shall be established for short flax fibre and hemp fibre. This maximum quantity shall be calculated on the basis of the actual processing capacities in the Member States and the planned processing capacities for which irreversible investments have already been made.
   - 10 350 tonnes for Belgium,
   - 100 tonnes for Denmark,
   - 6 300 tonnes for Germany,
   - 18 700 tonnes for Spain,
   - 61 350 tonnes for France,
   - 100 tonnes for Italy,
   - 5 550 tonnes for the Netherlands,
   - 1 750 tonnes for Austria,
   - 650 tonnes for Portugal,
   - 1 000 tonnes for Finland,
   - 1 150 tonnes for Sweden,
   - 12 100 tonnes for the United Kingdom,
   - 50 tonnes for each of the other Member States.
The national guaranteed quantities for short flax fibre and hemp fibre, reduced where applicable in accordance with paragraph 3, shall cease to apply from the 2005/06 marketing year.
(Amendment 30)
Article 3(3)
   3. Each Member State may transfer part of its national guaranteed quantity as referred to in paragraph 1 to its national guaranteed quantity as referred to in paragraph 2 and vice versa.
Deleted
Transfers as referred to in the first subparagraph shall be carried out on the basis of an equivalence of one tonne of long flax fibre to five tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre.
Processing aid shall be paid only in respect of the quantities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, adjusted in accordance with the first two subparagraphs of this paragraph.
(Amendment 31)
Article 4(2), 3rd indent
   - hemp seeds other than for sowing, falling with CN code 1207 99 91, must have been denatured so they can no longer germinate.
Deleted
(Amendment 32)
Article 8, 1st indent
   - the conditions for authorisation of primary processors, specifically excluding processors of hemp products used in human nutrition,
   - the conditions for authorisation of primary processors,
(Amendment 33)
Article 8, 2nd indent
   - the conditions to be met by approved primary processors as regards straw purchase contracts,
   - the conditions to be met by approved primary processors as regards straw purchase contracts, and the conditions to be met where, because the flax or hemp grower and the primary processor are one and the same person, there is no purchase contract which can be presented,
(Amendment 34)
Article 8, 3rd indent
   - the criteria to be met, firstly, by long flax fibre and, secondly, by short flax fibre and hemp fibre containing not more than 5% impurities and shives ,
   - the criteria to be met, firstly, by long flax fibre and, secondly, by short flax fibre and hemp fibre,
(Amendment 35)
Article 8, 6th indent
   - the conditions for transfers between the national guaranteed quantities referred to in Article 3(3).
Deleted
(Amendment 36)
Article 13, 2nd paragraph
It shall apply from 1 July 2000 .
It shall apply from 1 July 2001 .

(1) The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 69(2).
(2) OJ C 56 E, 29.2.2000, p. 19.

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