Raw tobacco: common organisation of the market COM (amend regul. 2075/92/EEC)

OBJECTIVE: to amend Regulation 2075/92/EEC on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco. CONTENT: the present proposal seeks to extend by one year the application of the current arrangements in order to provide the time needed for the implementation of the reform proposed by the Commission in the report on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco, which it submitted to the Council and to Parliament. This reform would then only apply from the time of the 1999 harvest. The urgency procedure is also requested in order that the quotas for the 1998 harvest can be allocated before 31 January 1998. �