In order to ensure that the wine, fruit and vegetable sectors receive additional support as soon as possible, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture gave its green light on Tuesday 2 June, by a very large majority (46 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention), to the draft delegated regulation presented by the European Commission on 4 May, instead of waiting until the two-month objection period had elapsed (see EUROPE 12496/16).
The measures provide for additional flexibility for farmers and producer organisations in the event of changes to operational programmes.
On the other hand, MEPs have launched a procedure that could lead to the rejection of another delegated regulation that the Commission presented on 30 April (see EUROPE 12493/30). Again by a very large majority (36 votes in favour, 11 against and 1 abstention), they recommend that Parliament veto an older set of market measures for wine, fruit and vegetable producers, which are already in place, on the grounds that they do not go far enough to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)