Conseil UE Council of the European Union Brussels, 20 April 2017 (OR. en) 8070/17 DRAFT MINUTES 1 Subject: LIMITE PUBLIC PV/CONS 17 AGRI 190 PECHE 144 3529th meeting of the Council of the European Union (Agriculture and Fisheries), held in Luxembourg on 3 April 2017 1 Information on Council legislative deliberations, on other cases of Council deliberations open to the public and on public debates may be found in Addendum 1 to these minutes. 8070/17 1
CONTENTS Page 1. Adoption of the agenda... 3 NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES 2. Approval of the list of "A" items... 3 LEGISLATIVE DELIBERATIONS 3. Approval of the list of "A" items... 3 4. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,(EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Omnibus proposal) [First reading]... 3 NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES 5. Simplification: Commission report on the implementation of Ecological Focus Areas... 4 6. Any other business... 4 a) Simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy b) Meat fraud in Brazil ANNEX - Statements for the Council minutes... 5 * * * 8070/17 2
1. Adoption of the agenda 7641/17 OJ CONS 17 AGRI 159 PECHE 122 The Council adopted the above agenda. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 7644/17 PTS A 25 The Council adopted the "A" items listed in 7644/17. The documents on item 18 should read as follows: Item 18: 7458/17 CDR 55 + COR 1 REV 1 + COR 1 REV 2 (fr) 7457/17 CDR 54 + COR 1 REV 1 Statements related to these items are set out in the Annex. LEGISLATIVE DELIBERATIONS (Public deliberation in accordance with Article (16(8) of the Treaty on European Union) 3. Approval of the list of "A" items 7643/17 PTS A 24 The Council adopted the "A" items listed in 7643/17. Details on these items are set out in the Addendum. 8070/17 3
4. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,(EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Omnibus proposal) [First reading] Interinstitutional file: 2016/0282 (COD) = State of play and exchange of views 7707/17 AGRI 164 AGRILEG 65 AGRIFIN 32 AGRISTR 29 AGRIORG 33 CODEC 490 The Council took note of the state of play of discussions on the Omnibus proposal and held an exchange of views on the key outstanding issues so as to provide political guidance to the SCA with a view to enabling it to reach agreement on 10 April. The Commission made the statements set out in the annex. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES 5. Simplification: Commission report on the implementation of Ecological Focus Areas = Presentation by the Commission = Exchange of views 7766/17 AGRI 171 AGRIORG 35 AGRILEG 69 AGRIFIN 34 AGRISTR 31 The Council took note of the Commission's representative presentation of the report on the implementation of Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) as well as of Ministers' views. 6. Any other business a) Simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy = Information from the Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish delegations 7763/17 AGRI 170 AGRIORG 34 AGRIFIN 33 AGRISTR 30 + ADD 1 The Council took note of the information provided by the Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Swedish delegations regarding the CAP simplification exercise, as well as of Ministers' and the Commission's representative comments. 8070/17 4
b) Meat fraud in Brazil = Information from the Commission on the state of play 7845/17 AGRI 177 VETER 29 The Council took note of the information provided by the Commission's representative on the state of play of the meat fraud in Brazil. The Council also took note of delegations' comments and of the Commission's reaction. 8070/17 5
ANNEX STATEMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL MINUTES Ad "B" item 4: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,(EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Omnibus proposal) [First reading] = State of play and exchange of views STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION ON REGIONAL CRISES "The Commission confirms that Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products already contains, in Articles 219 and 221, the necessary legal base allowing it, subject to the availability of budgetary resources, to address market disturbances and other specific problems, including at regional level, with the possibility of granting direct financial assistance to farmers 2. Moreover, the Commission's proposal to add a sector-specific income stabilisation tool to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development will allow Member States to include in their rural development programmes the possibility of compensating farmers in a specific sector in the case of a significant drop in their income." STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION ON PAYMENT REDUCTIONS "Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 3 allows Member States to review their decision on a reduction of payments on an annual basis, including the possibility of introducing capping for the first time. When doing so, Member States should respect their other legal obligations under Union law. In particular, they should ensure that the amounts available for rural development as a result of the application of Article 11 are not reduced and that the legitimate expectations of the farmers are duly taken into account, which implies that a review decision should be taken sufficiently in advance before the start of the claim year to which it is supposed to apply for the first time." 2 3 Examples: Regulation (EC) No 1263/2014 (Baltics) and Regulation (EC) No 1370/2014 (Finland) OJ L 347 of 20.12.2013, p. 680 8070/17 6 ANNEX
Ad "A" item 6: Commission Regulation (EU) No /.. of XXX amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) = Decision not to oppose adoption STATEMENT BY GERMANY "Germany takes it that the recitals in the German version will be adapted as follows: In recital 19, the words 'zu vermeiden' will be added after 'nicht mehr hergestellt werden'. In recital 21, the second sentence will be replaced by the following: 'Es wurde ebenfalls nach Artikel 59 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1907/2006 als für die Aufnahme infrage kommender Stoff ermittelt und in die entsprechende Liste aufgenommen, und die Agentur sprach sich am 6. Februar 2014 in ihrer Empfehlung gemäß Artikel 58 der Verordnung für seine vorrangige Aufnahme in Anhang XIV der Verordnung aus.' In recital 22, the third sentence will be replaced by the following: 'Es wurde ebenfalls nach Artikel 59 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1907/2006 als für die Aufnahme infrage kommender Stoff ermittelt und in die entsprechende Liste aufgenommen, und die Agentur sprach sich am 6. Februar 2014 in ihrer Empfehlung gemäß Artikel 58 der Verordnung für seine vorrangige Aufnahme in Anhang XIV der Verordnung aus.' In recital 23, the second sentence will be replaced by the following: 'Sie wurden ebenfalls nach Artikel 59 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1907/2006 als für die Aufnahme infrage kommende Stoffe ermittelt und in die entsprechende Liste aufgenommen, und die Agentur sprach sich am 6. Februar 2014 in ihrer Empfehlung gemäß Artikel 58 der Verordnung für ihre vorrangige Aufnahme in Anhang XIV der Verordnung aus.' In recital 24, the second sentence will be replaced by the following: 'Sie wurden ebenfalls nach Artikel 59 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1907/2006 als für die Aufnahme infrage kommende Stoffe ermittelt und in die entsprechende Liste aufgenommen, und die Agentur sprach sich am 1. Juli 2015 in ihrer Empfehlung gemäß Artikel 58 der Verordnung für ihre vorrangige Aufnahme in Anhang XIV der Verordnung aus.' Furthermore, in the list in Annex XIV, Germany takes it that the following changes will be made: In item 39 'N-Pentyl-isopentylphthalat' will be changed to 'n-pentyl-isopentylphthalat'. In item 41, 'Pech, Kohlenteer, hohe Temp.' will be changed to 'Pech, Kohlenteer, Hochtemp.'. In items 42 and 43, 'Endokrinschädliche Wirkung auf die Umwelt (Artikel 57 Buchstabe f)' will be changed to 'Endokrinschädliche Eigenschaften (Artikel 57 Buchstabe f Umwelt)'." 8070/17 7 ANNEX
Ad "A" item 7: Commission Regulation (EU) / of XXX amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related substances = Decision not to oppose adoption STATEMENT BY GERMANY "Germany takes it that the recitals in the German version will be adapted as follows: In the penultimate sentence of recital 4, the words 'medizinische Geräte' will be replaced by 'Medizinprodukte'. In the last sentence of recital 6, the word 'Latextinte' will be replaced by 'Latexdruckfarbe', the words 'Medizinische textilien' will be corrected to 'medizinische Textilien', and 'medizinische Geräte' will be changed to 'Medizinprodukte'. In the first sentence of recital 7, the word 'Ausrüstung' will be replaced by 'Materialien'. Furthermore, in entry 68 in Annex XVII, Germany takes it that the following changes will be made: In paragraph 3, point (a)(ii), the word 'Latextinte' will be replaced by 'Latexdruckfarbe'. In paragraph 3, the content of point (b)(i) will be replaced by 'Arbeitsschutztextilien'. In paragraph 3, point (b)(ii), the spelling of 'medizinische Textilien' will be corrected. In paragraph 3, point (c) will be changed to '(c) [Datum 15 Jahre nach Inkrafttreten dieser Verordnung] für andere medizinische GeräteMedizinprodukte als implantierbare medizinische GeräteMedizinprodukte unter im Anwendungsbereich der Richtlinie 93/42/EWG.' In paragraph 4, point (d)(i) will be changed to '(i) in der Herstellung implantierbarer Medizinprodukte Im Anwendungsbereich der Richtlinie 93/42/EWG;'. In paragraph 5, point (b), the word 'gefahrlos' will be replaced by the word 'sicher'. In paragraph 6, point (b) will be changed to the following: '(b) implantierbare Medizinprodukte, die in Übereinstimmung mit Absatz 4 Buchstabe d Ziffer i hergestellt wurden;'." 8070/17 8 ANNEX