Translation of "Agenda 2000 " (English → French) :

The communication "Agenda 2000 : For a stronger and wider Union" [COM(97) 2000], which the Commission presented on 16 July 1997, was a comprehensive response to these requests.

AU. whereas, in its resolution of 24 May 1996 and in its positions of 17 December 1999 and of 5 September 2000 on improving agricultural statistics, Parliament called unanimously for information derived from payments under the EAGGF Guarantee Section to be used for statistical purposes; whereas Parliament's recommendations have not been followed; whereas the Commission should have submitted a feasibility study by 31 December 2001 but did not do so; whereas such information would have been very useful when Agenda 2000 was being drawn up and for the purposes of the direct-aid simplification regulation, the mid-term review and the enlarg ...[+++]ement negotiations,

21. Calls for compulsory and gradually increasing modulation within the first pillar with the intention of reducing disparities in area payments between regions in the EU as part of the review of Agenda 2000 and thus creating an aid system which distorts competition less and which can be defended (in future trade negotiations) as a necessary instrument to support the European model of agriculture; the money saved from the first pillar shall be used for rural development in all areas of the European Union; considers in this connection that measures aimed at young people entering the industry and holdings wishing to invest should be give ...[+++]n support over and above that provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 , as is the case for early-retirement measures, measures for disadvantaged areas and areas subject to environmental constraints, and agri-environmental and afforestation measures;

22. Calls on the Commission, with a view to the Agenda 2000 review in 2006, to submit fresh proposals for the compulsory, uniform modulation of first-pillar aid for the purpose of covering and strengthening the wide range of initiatives which the Commission itself intends to implement by means of rural development; calls for conditionality between the disbursement of direct payments and the provision of services within a multifunctional system and calls on the Commission to extend eco-conditionality measures in favour of sustainable development;

A. whereas the Berlin European Council created the second pillar within the common agricultural poliy (CAP) and at the same time strengthened it substantially, and the mid-term review of Agenda 2000 must be seen as an opportunity to take further steps towards consolidating rural development,

1. Considers that a general reform of the principles and instruments adopted in connection with Agenda 2000 should not be carried out at the time of the Agenda 2000 mid-term review; nonetheless, in the light of experience it would be advisable to carry out certain adjustments, including to the COMs which are not mentioned in Agenda 2000;