EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ««« « « 2004 « « 2009 « « ««« Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 12.10.2006 PE 378.887v01-00 AMENDMENTS 251-409 Draft report (PE 374.352v01-00) Katerina Batzeli Reform of the common organisation of the market in wine (2006/2109(INI)) Motion for a resolution Amendment by Astrid Lulling Amendment 251 Paragraph 13 deleted Or. en Amendment by Carmen Fraga Estévez, Pilar Ayuso, Esther Herranz García Amendment 252 Paragraph 13 deleted Or. es AM\634235EN.doc PE 378.887v01-00 EN EN Amendment by Elisabeth Jeggle, Christa Klaß, Lutz Goepel, Albert Deß, Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness Amendment 253 Paragraph 13 deleted Or. de Amendment by Stéphane Le Foll, Jean-Claude Fruteau Amendment 254 Paragraph 13 13. Considers that because wine production is subject to considerable variability market regulation measures need to continue and, to make these measures really effective, Member States must be given the option of making them compulsory in all or part of their territory; considers that, if professional operators are to play a part in controlling supply, use of cofinancing of such measures by the industry must be made possible and encouraged; Or. fr Amendment by Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Gábor Harangozó Amendment 255 Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the adaptation of criteria for setting in motion these distillation arrangements is necessary (e.g. an increase in the yield of alcohol content of by- products which are distilled (deletion), a figure which may vary depending on market trends; (deletion) the establishment of a price level which benefits wine-growers and producers more than the distillers, who will remain responsible for carrying out distilling; Or. en Amendment by Katerina Batzeli Amendment 256 Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points out that the increase in distillation of by-products from 10% to, for example, 15% will operate as follows: PE 378.887v01-00 2/48 AM\634235EN.doc EN (a) the 10% will remain as applicable under the current arrangements for the distillation of by-products, (b) the increase of, for example, 5% applies solely to table wines, the (distillation) price of which is to be determined by taking into account the value of table wines and not that of the by-products (pomace and wine lees), (c) all the alcohol produced under points (a) and (b) may, if Member States, the regions or producers so choose, be disposed of as potable alcohol; Or. el Amendment by Katerina Batzeli Amendment 257 Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses that the proposed crisis management mechanism, which is similar to the current arrangements for the distillation of by-products, is not compulsory for those producers to whom a derogation from the compulsory distillation of by-products already applies under the present COM, while the increase of, for example, 5% applies only to table wines; Or. el Amendment by Carmen Fraga Estévez, Pilar Ayuso, Esther Herranz García Amendment 258 Paragraph 14 deleted Or. es Amendment by Christa Klaß Amendment 259 Paragraph 14 14. Proposes that the minimum distillation price to be paid to the producer be set at Community level and be charged to the first pillar and that it should not be permitted to top it up using national funds; also proposes that, in the event of repeated recourse to distillation, the minimum price be payable on a degressive basis, in order to avoid providing incentives for the production of unsaleable quantities; Or. de AM\634235EN.doc 3/48 PE 378.887v01-00 EN Amendment by Robert Navarro Amendment 260 Paragraph 14 14. Proposes that the minimum price to be paid to the producer be set at Community level and be charged to the first pillar and that it should not be permitted to top it up using national funds; stresses that this minimum price must be indexed on the basis of the cost of living in the country concerned; Or. fr Amendment by Elisabeth Jeggle, Lutz Goepel, Albert Deß, Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness Amendment 261 Paragraph 14 14. Proposes that the minimum price to be paid to the producer be set, on a degressive basis, at Community level and be charged to the first pillar and that it should not be permitted to top it up using national funds; Or. de Amendment by Giuseppe Castiglione Amendment 262 Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. considers it necessary to create a new crisis management mechanism to be used in the event of specific, serious and real situations of emergency that should be identified in accordance with objective criteria defined beforehand at Community level; Or. it Amendment by Michl Ebner Amendment 263 Paragraph 15 deleted PE 378.887v01-00 4/48 AM\634235EN.doc EN Or. de Amendment by Carmen Fraga Estévez, Pilar Ayuso, Esther Herranz García Amendment 264 Paragraph 15 deleted Or. es Amendment by Elisabeth Jeggle, Christa Klaß, Lutz Goepel, Albert Deß, Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness Amendment 265 Paragraph 15 15. Believes that the public storage of alcohol should be abolished and that the sale of alcohol obtained through crisis distillation should be replaced by the immediate organisation of direct sales through invitations to tender; Or. de Amendment by Elisabeth Jeggle, Christa Klaß, Lutz Goepel, Albert Deß, Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness Amendment 266 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. de Amendment by Stéphane Le Foll, Jean-Claude Fruteau Amendment 267 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. fr AM\634235EN.doc 5/48 PE 378.887v01-00 EN Amendment by Vincenzo Lavarra Amendment 268 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. it Amendment by Carmen Fraga Estévez, Pilar Ayuso, Esther Herranz García Amendment 269 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. es Amendment by Sergio Berlato, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci Amendment 270 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. it Amendment by Armando Veneto Amendment 271 Paragraph 16 deleted Or. it Amendment by Vincenzo Aita Amendment 272 Paragraph 16 deleted PE 378.887v01-00 6/48 AM\634235EN.doc EN Or. it Amendment by Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Gábor Harangozó, Stéphane Le Foll, Jean-Claude Fruteau Amendment 273 Paragraph 16 16. Stresses that in order to achieve the objective of a gradually reducing surpluses and balancing supply and demand (deletion), national and regional development programmes have to contribute to this goal trough adaptation of wine growing to the market demand. In the framework of these programmes measures of regional and temporary character may be applied; Or. en Amendment by Astrid Lulling, Anne Laperrouze Amendment 274 Paragraph 16 16. Stresses that in order to achieve the objective of a gradually reducing surpluses and balancing supply and demand during the transitional period (2008-2010) access to the new market management mechanism should be linked to an obligation to reduce surpluses through programmes to restrict the wine-growing potential at national and regional levels; recommends, however, that Member States which have not resorted regularly to the distillation mechanisms should be able to receive the Community funds allocated to their national SDPW for the implementation of other Community policies and measures, namely promotion for internal and external markets; Or. en Amendment by Elisabeth Jeggle, Christa Klaß, Lutz Goepel, Albert Deß, Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness Amendment 275 Paragraph 17 deleted Or. de AM\634235EN.doc 7/48 PE 378.887v01-00 EN Amendment by Carmen Fraga Estévez, Pilar Ayuso, Esther Herranz García Amendment 276 Paragraph 17 deleted Or. es Amendment by Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Gábor Harangozó Amendment 277 Paragraph 17 deleted Or. en Amendment by Bernadette Bourzai, Bernadette Vergnaud, Robert Navarro, Béatrice Patrie, Marie-Hélène Aubert Amendment 278 Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that the role of this new market management and adjustment mechanism must be assessed before the end of the first phase of reform and, if necessary, adapted to developments in the management system for new plantings; Or. fr Amendment by Jean Marie Beaupuy Amendment 279 Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that the role of this new market management and adjustment mechanism could be reduced and that it might even be withdrawn, depending on (deletion) the opening of the market during the second reform phase of the CMO (2012-2015); Or. fr PE 378.887v01-00 8/48 AM\634235EN.doc EN Amendment by Anne Laperrouze Amendment 280 Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that the role of this new market management and adjustment mechanism could be reduced after the end of the transition period (2010); Or. fr Amendment by Astrid Lulling Amendment 281 Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that the role of this new market management and adjustment mechanism could be reduced (deletion), depending on the situation in the market during the second reform phase of the CMO (2012-2015); Or. fr Amendment by Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos Amendment 282 Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that the role of this new market management and adjustment mechanism could be reduced and that it might even be withdrawn, depending on progress in liberalising new planting and in opening the market during the second reform phase of the CMO (2012-2015), subject to the exception referred to in the following paragraph; Or. pt Amendment by Vincenzo Aita Amendment 283 Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses the need to maintain aid for must used to produce grape juice, the aim being to maintain a product used for a purpose other than wine production that is important for the sector and helps to maintain market equilibrium; Or. it AM\634235EN.doc 9/48 PE 378.887v01-00 EN Amendment by Robert Navarro Amendment 284 Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Wishes to point out the importance of distillation in pollution control in vineyards and its energy potential (production of bioethanol); considers that reform of distillation aid should make provision for the continuation of a sufficient number of distilleries, spread evenly across European territory, to carry out these environmental functions; adds that aid for the transport of waste to the distilleries could be envisaged; Or.