(Amendment 30)
Annex (B), fourth indent
/dashsupport the establishment of partnerships including
players from the Central and East European countries.2dashsupport the establishment of partnerships including
players from the Central and East European countries ,
Cyprus and Malta, as well as from other countrieswhich have signed association agreements withthe European Community.
(Amendment 37)
Annex (C)
C. Accompanying measures needed to analyse and monitor
activities in the field of sustainable development and LocalAgenda 21, 20 %C. Accompanying measures needed to analyse and monitor
activities in the field of sustainable urbandevelopment
and Local Agenda 21, 20 %
/dash reports on the level, extent and nature of urban pro-
blems which could be addressed at Community level;/dash reports on the level, extent and nature of urban pro-
blems which could be addressed at Community level;
/dash analytical reviews of the local penetration of ‘sustain-
able development’ in other areas covered by Communitypolicies./dash analytical reviews of the local penetration of a sus-
tainable approach to urban development in areasother than environment policy, taking particularlythe coherent relationship with structural policiesinto consideration;
2dash testing and support functions for consolidation,
coordination, use, dissemination and developmentof the monitoring initiative Towards a Local Sus-tainability Profile/European Common Indicators.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on a Community Framework for cooperation to promote sustainable
urban development (COM(1999) 557 2dash C5-0309/1999 2dash 1999/0233(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
/dash having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(1999) 557)(1),
/dash having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commis-
sion submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0309/1999),
/dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,/dash having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport andTourism (A5-0350/2000),
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or
replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
10. COM in bananas *
A5-0374/2000
Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisa-
tion of the market in bananas (COM(1999) 582 2dash C5-0277/1999 2dash 1999/0235(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION(1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Amendment 1)
Recital 1a (new)
(1a) The common organisation of the market in bananas
is extremely important for the ACP producer countriesand the outermost regions of the Union in terms ofexport revenues, employment, the development of infra-structures and environmental protection.
(Amendment 2)
Recital 1b (new)
(1b) The fundamental principles which governed the
establishment of the common organisation of the market
in bananas were designed to guarantee European consu-mers the variety and balance of the sources of supply forthe market on the basis of respect for Community prefer-ence and the Community’s various international obliga-tions, contracted primarily towards its ACP partners, asset out in Protocol No 5 of the Lomé Convention andreaffirmed when the Cotonou Agreement was signed.
(Amendment 3)
Recital 1c (new)
(1c) When it was established, the common organisation
of the market in bananas was based on a compromiserespecting the interests of the various sources of supply,while taking account of the Union’s previous commit-ments, namely Community preference, preferential accessfor ACP countries and the GATT rules with regard to
third countries.
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