Agricultural prices 2000/2001: silkworms (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 845/72)

PURPOSE: special measures to encourage silkworm rearing for the 2000/2001 marketing year. CONTENT: As a result of the decisions on Agenda 2000 in May 1999 and the reforms of the common market organisations (CMOs) since 1992, the yearly fixing of institutional prices and amounts now affects only a few sectors. Silkworm rearing accounts for a tiny part of the Community's agricultural activity and of world silk production. However, it is an important activity in some rural areas and should therefore be preserved by keeping the aid at the current level of EUR 133.26 per box of silk seed. In line with the multiannual approach, that amount will be fixed in the basic Regulation for the sector (Regulation 845/72/EEC). The proposal also updates the existing Regulation by bringing the committee procedures into line with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission.�