51996AP0117(03)

Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the monthly price increases for paddy rice for the 1996/97 marketing year (COM(96)0044 - C4-0162/96 - 96/0059(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 18)

Recital 2a (new)

>Text following EP vote>

Whereas the entry into force of the reform of the common organization of the market in rice and the relevant price reductions threaten to bring this sector into a state of crisis; whereas it is therefore appropriate to maintain the monthly increases at the same level as the previous marketing year;

(Amendment 19)

Article 1

>Original text>

For the 1996/97 marketing year, the monthly increases provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072 shall be ECU 2.06/t for the intervention price.

>Text following EP vote>

For the 1996/97 marketing year, the monthly increases provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072 shall be ECU 2.28/t for the intervention price.

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the monthly price increases for paddy rice for the 1996/97 marketing year (COM(96)0044 - C4-0162/96 - 96/0059(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(96)0044 - 96/0059(CNS) ((OJ C 125, 27.4.1996, p. 7.)),

- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty (C4-0162/96),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on External Economic Relations and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0117/96),

1. Approves the Commission proposal subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the Commission proposal;

4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.