§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the recipients of exported EU tobacco by(a) country and (b) grade; what quantities are involved; what 142W the new rights of access under Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to commence in the upper north west region. [112530]
§ Alun MichaelI announced in November last year that the new right for the public to walk on mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land will be rolled out on a region by region basis. This will give walkers the right to walk in open countryside and on registered common land as early as possible, rather than having to wait for the mapping process to be completed for the whole country. I intend to open the upper and lower north west regions in the autumn of 2004.
This is a demanding timetable as we will need to have in place not only the conclusive maps for those regions but also all necessary restrictions and exclusions. Guidance and codes of practice will also need to be available to walkers and landowners. These mechanisms are necessary under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (The CROW Act) and it is important for them to be in force in each region before access land is made available to the public so that the interests of both land managers and walkers are safeguarded. We expect to meet the target of having all access land open by the end of 2005.
§ Andrew BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 16 January,Official Report, column 735W, if she will set out the timetable for the implementation of regulations under Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [112801]
§ Alun MichaelThe table below records the progress we have already mace towards bringing regulations into force and our timetable for completing the process. As I explained in my answer of 16 January, the precise timing may vary but we are firmly committed to ensuring the necessary regulations are made to allow the new right of public access under the Act to be rolled out as planned.
quantity of each grade is destroyed by the Communities; what the cost in 2003 is of (i) subsidy and (ii) destruction, broken down by grade; which countries are recipients of production subsidy; and if she will make a statement. [111076]
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§ Mr. MorleyExports of tobacco in 2001, the latest full year available, were as shown in the table.
There is no provision under the EU regime for tobacco to be destroyed.
The cost of production subsidies in 2002 was 970 million euros (£610 million at 2002 exchange rates1). The budget provision for 2003 is £956 million euros (£623 million2).
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EU exports to world of tobacco, 2001 (latest full year) Units=tons Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse— CN Code 2401 Tobacco, not stemmed/ stripped— CN Code 240110 Tobacco, partly of wholly stemmed/stripped— CN Code 240120 Tobacco refuse— CN Code 240130 World 388,238 124,219 78,674 56,577 of which: France 21,694 2,050 1,510 15,778 Netherlands 40,016 11,957 10,453 3,338 Germany 41,557 7,666 10,909 5,311 Italy 11,290 6,426 1,444 407 United Kingdom 17,376 2,055 8,234 2,598 Ireland 7,856 833 4,168 1,578 Denmark 782 368 100 1 Greece 9,876 1,446 607 1,706 Portugal 2,958 403 658 599 Spain 3,911 208 631 553 Belgium 19,279 4,719 4,287 2,959 Luxembourg 8,404 7,821 26 45 Norway 957 152 100 253 Sweden 252 181 14 0 Finland 102 67 0 8 Austria 7,084 1,132 3,603 1,237 Switzerland 7,178 1,913 934 183 Andorra 138 0 9 0 Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 Malta 2 0 0 2 Turkey 4,266 14 744 904 Latvia 1,329 180 159 329 Lithuania 416 197 219 0 Poland 5,113 1,840 816 187 Czech Rep. 903 273 253 146 Slovakia 664 162 106 182 Hungary 2,556 667 1,392 83 Romania 6,290 1095 955 1,093 Bulagaria 1,251 128 0 747 Albania 121 121 0 0 Ukraine 7,332 1,443 1,001 556 Belarus 1,054 670 159 149 Moldova 773 392 119 0 Russia 36,630 13,923 6,485 6,589 Georgia 339 185 79 0 Armenia 227 187 0 0 Azerbaijan 4,509 806 2,181 13 Kasakhstan 1,149 68 170 300 Uzbekistan 279 18 0 87 Kyrghistan 132 0 0 131 Slovenia 1,544 39 912 57 Croatia 149 0 0 0 Bosnia-Herz. 199 0 152 0 Serb. Monten. 3,143 559 1,365 723 For. JRep. Mac. 1,393 428 572 316 Morocco 648 648 0 0 Algeria 7,610 5,160 1,000 0 Tunisia 4,924 2,501 20 239 Libyan Arab Jamahir 363 0 213 0 Egypt 17,918 10,050 1,107 335 Mauritania 636 629 0 7 Mali 38 38 0 0 Burkina Faso 349 0 18 0 Senegal 788 91 0 13 Guinea 19 0 0 0 Ivory Coast 3,617 51 37 118 The countries in which tobacco subsidies are paid are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
This Government are opposed to the payment of production subsidies for tobacco and seeks their elimination as part of the continuing reform of the common agricultural policy.
1Based on the average for 2002: 0.628685 euro to the GB pound.
2Based on 2 January 2003 exchange rate of 0.652000 euro to the GB pound.
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EU exports to world of tobacco, 2001 (latest full year) Units=tons Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse— CN Code 2401 Tobacco, not stemmed/ stripped— CN Code 240110 Tobacco, partly of wholly stemmed/stripped— CN Code 240120 Tobacco refuse— CN Code 240130 Ghana 21 0 21 0 Gabon 20 20 0 0 Rwanda 137 0 137 0 Ethiopia 100 0 100 0 Kenya 22 0 18 4 Tanzania 13 0 13 0 Madagascar 237 26 0 0 Zimbabwe 17 16 1 0 South Africa 1,322 74 1,047 3 USA 20,775 10,788 2,184 2,926 Canada 346 185 159 0 Mexico 1,354 673 0 384 Honduras 48 48 0 0 Cuba 21 21 0 0 Haiti 40 0 0 0 Dominican R. 427 176 139 0 Jamaica 79 0 0 0 Trinidad, Tob. 492 157 0 0 Colombia 2,129 95 40 356 Venezuela 2,009 30 0 1,979 Ecuador 15 15 0 0 Brazil 951 868 0 83 Chile 175 127 32 0 Bolivia 30 0 0 0 Paraguay 539 281 0 0 Uruguay 3,495 3,413 0 0 Argentina 361 342 0 0 Cyprus 10 10 0 0 Lebanon 455 0 257 0 Iran 59 0 0 0 Israel 978 374 300 0 Jordan 147 147 0 0 Saudi Arabia 30 8 22 0 U.A. Emirates 25 0 0 25 Pakistan 1 0 0 0 India 71 49 18 4 Bangladesh 842 352 370 120 Sri Lanka 166 131 32 3 Vietnam 149 1 6 0 Cambodia 271 0 271 0 Indonesia 3,911 3,412 494 3 Malaysia 611 298 218 95 Singapore 2,994 23 2,056 156 Philippines 566 67 0 0 North Korea 208 208 0 0 South Korea 4,419 4,419 0 0 Japan 7,877 4,081 2,296 35 Taiwan 366 364 0 0 Hong Kong 1,980 565 366 538 Macao 16 16 0 0 Australia 444 367 77 0 New Zealand 10 10 0 0 Source:
Comest, Eurostat—disk no. 12/2002. Extracted: 30 April 2003.