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Commission measures in 2008-2013 to make use of CAP remote-sensing applications * European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy (COM(2007)0383 — C6-0273/2007 — 2007/0132(CNS))
Commission measures in 2008-2013 to make use of CAP remote-sensing applications * European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy (COM(2007)0383 — C6-0273/2007 — 2007/0132(CNS))
Commission measures in 2008-2013 to make use of CAP remote-sensing applications * European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy (COM(2007)0383 — C6-0273/2007 — 2007/0132(CNS))
OJ C 41E, 19.2.2009, p. 104–106
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
19.2.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 41/104 |
P6_TA(2008)0010
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 January 2008 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy (COM(2007)0383 — C6-0273/2007 — 2007/0132(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0383), |
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having regard to Article 37(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0273/2007), |
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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0508/2007), |
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Approves the Commission proposal as amended; |
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Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty, |
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Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION |
AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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Amendment 1 |
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Recital 2 |
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(2) Experience gained in 2004-07, within the framework of Decision No 1445/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2000 on the application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 1999 to 2003, as amended, and the decisions which preceded it, has enabled the agro-meteorological system for forecasting yields and monitoring land and crop conditions to achieve an advanced operational and development stage and to demonstrate its effectiveness . |
(2) Experience gained in 2004-2007, within the framework of Decision No 1445/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2000 on the application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 1999 to 2003, as amended, and the decisions which preceded it, has both provided enhanced knowledge on monitoring land use, land cover and environmental parameters (LUCAS project), and generated an operational and development stage of the agro-meteorological system for monitoring crops and forecasting yields (MARS project) . |
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Amendment 2 |
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Recital 2a (new) |
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(2a) Only the MARS pilot project, which falls within the scope of Decision No 2066/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on the continued application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 2004 to 2007 (1) falls within the scope of the present Regulation. More specifically, only the operational measures undertaken by the Commission which make use of remote-sensing applications within the framework of the common agricultural policy fall within the scope of the present Regulation. |
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Amendment 3 |
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Recital 5 |
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(5) It should also be laid down that the information and estimates which result from the measures undertaken and are held by the Commission should be made available to the Member States, and the European Parliament and the Council should be informed by means of an interim and a final report of the conditions for implementation of the remote-sensing measures undertaken and on the use of the resources made available to the Commission, accompanied, where appropriate, by a proposal to continue these measures beyond the period laid down in this Regulation. |
(5) It should also be laid down that the information and estimates which result from the measures undertaken are held by the Commission and are used solely for estimating yields and not for control purposes. The information and the estimates should be made available to the Member States, and the European Parliament and the Council should be informed by means of an interim and a final report of the conditions for implementation of the remote-sensing measures undertaken and on the use of the resources made available to the Commission, accompanied, where appropriate, by a proposal to continue these measures beyond the period laid down in this Regulation. |
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Amendment 4 |
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Article 1, paragraph 1, introductory part |
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Amendment 5 |
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Article 1, paragraph 1, point (a) |
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(a) manage agricultural markets; |
(a) help manage agricultural markets; |
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Amendment 6 |
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Article 1, paragraph 1, point (c) |
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(c) promote access to the information referred to in point (b); |
(c) promote access to the information referred to in point (b) by the bodies so authorised in accordance with this Regulation only ; |
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Amendment 7 |
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Article 1, paragraph 2, point (b) |
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(b) creation of a spatial data infrastructure and a website; |
(b) improvement of the JRC Agriculture Unit website making all relevant research data freely available to the public ; |
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Amendment 8 |
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Article 1, paragraph 2, point (ba) (new) |
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(ba) creation of an inventory of all spatial data, remote-sensing and agro-meteorological projects and consolidation of existing spatial data infrastructure and websites; |
(1) OJ L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 9.