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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2102/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. CAP reform — Mediterranean produce.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2102/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. CAP reform — Mediterranean produce.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2102/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. CAP reform — Mediterranean produce.
OJ C 33E, 6.2.2004, pp. 215–216
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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2102/03
by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission
(25 June 2003)
Subject: CAP reform — Mediterranean produce
Recently, on 3 June, at the close of the European Parliament's debate on the reform of the CAP, Mr Fischler (Commissioner) gave an undertaking that Mediterranean produce would soon be entitled to the same support as that for which other types of agricultural produce are eligible. This is a most interesting and important statement.
The Commission:
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would the Commission say what measures will flow from this granting of aid for Mediterranean produce? |
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when, how and in respect of which products does the Commission intend to implement this new policy? |
Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission
(28 July 2003)
At the meeting on 26 June 2003 of the Council of Agricultural Ministers in Luxembourg, the Commission engaged itself to submit in autumn 2003 a communication on the reform of the common market organisations for three major Mediterranean products, namely olive oil, tobacco and cotton, and to follow that communication with legal proposals.
As in its July 2002 communication, the Commission intends to provide a long-term policy perspective for these sectors in line with their present budgetary envelope and the new framework for agricultural expenditure agreed at the Brussels European Council in October 2002, based on the objectives and the approach of the reform agreed by the Council of Ministers at that same meeting in Luxembourg.
The Communication to the Council and the Parliament will contain a detailed presentation of the reform proposal and its modalities of application for olive oil, cotton and tobacco. For sugar, there will be a description of the various options and their impact. At the same time, the Commission will also consider the adoption of a proposal for the reform of CMO for hops.
The relevant legal propositions for olive oil, cotton and tobacco will be presented to the Council and the Parliament before the end of November 2003.