Sheepmeat and goatmeat, common organisation of the markets COM: intervention measures. Special report 3/95 Court of Auditors

In adopting the report by Mr John Joseph McCARTIN (PPE, IRL), Parliament fully endorsed the findings and the conclusions of the Court of Auditors Special Report No 3/95 on the implementation of the intervention measures provided for by the organization of the market in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector, and called on the Commission to propose alternatives to the present system whereby progressively only less favoured regions will be granted aid, while at the same time introducing criteria for safeguarding the environment and for town and country planning. Parliament also called on the Commission to: - ensure that a comparable level of checks is achieved in the administration of the market organization in all Member States and that in particular there is a comparable definition of the existing provisions on risk analysis, - ensure that a uniform Community register is being used in each Member State, - ensure a uniform procedure for establishing the market prices in the Member States. It also called on the Member States to pay greater attention to the statistical information forwarded to the Commission and to keep more strictly to the deadlines for the transfer of this information. It considered that non-compliance with these provisions should mean that the premiums will not be paid. Finally, it called on the Commission to examine more closely the mechanism of premiums, in particular in relation to the premium systems for other agricultural activities in the same regions, and to make more detailed proposals on the basis of the results of this investigation. �