Agricultural prices 1996/1997: premiums for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties

This proposal for a regulation was rejected by the European Parliament at the May 1996 session and referred back to committee in application of Article 59 of the Rules of Procedure. The committee will have two months in which to present its report. However, after intense debate, the Committee on Agriculture decided to uphold the rejection of the Commission proposal in order to pressurize the European Commission into submitting a new text. The Council, for its part, will be able to take a decision at its next meeting (24-25 June 1996) in full knowledge of the position of the European Parliament.�