Support system for producers of certain arable corps

By adopting the report by Mr Honor FUNK (PPE, D) by 247 votes to 137, with 10 abstentions, the European Parliament rejected the Commission's proposals for a reduction in the compensatory payments for arable crops, and especially oilseeds. As regards the deferment of the advance payment (the maximum having been increased to 65% for oilseeds), it called for only the part of the advance payments which could not be covered by the 1997 budget to be paid from 16 October 1997 if the appropriations available for financing the advance prove insufficient. �