51998PC0139

Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1) (98/C 123/11) COM(1998) 139 final - 96/0039(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC-Treaty on 11 March 1998)

The proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (COM(96) 49 final - 96/0039(CNS)) is hereby amended as follows:

1. the fifth and sixth recitals are replaced by the following:

'Whereas, following the amendments made to the various Regulations on the common organisation of the markets in the agriculture sector by Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, (¹) refunds for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty may be granted only if they are in line with the commitments entered into by the Community pursuant to Article 228 of the Treaty; whereas the arrangements needed to ensure compliance with such commitments can be adopted under the procedure referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93;

(¹) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105.`;

2. in Article 1(2), as regards the amendment of the third subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93, 'For the goods listed in Table 2 of Annex B, the agricultural component of the charge shall be part of the single ad valorem duty applicable to imports of such goods.` shall be replaced by 'For the goods listed in Table 2 of Annex B, the agricultural component of the charge shall be part of the charge applicable to imports of such goods.`;

3. Article 1(3) is deleted; Article 1(4)-(10) shall be renumbered Article 1(3)-(9);

4. the second paragraph of Article 2 is deleted.

Statement by the Commission

'The Commission will propose, pursuant to Article 13(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market in cereals and the equivalent provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of the markets providing for the granting of refunds for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and under the procedure provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93, appropriate measures ensuring that the payment of the refunds in question is within the limits resulting from the agreements concluded pursuant to Article 228 of the Treaty.`

(1) OJ C 105, 11.4.1996.