TEXTS ADOPTED
1. Visa requirements for third-country nationals * (procedure without report)
C5-0505/2001
Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third coun-
tries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and thosewhose nationals are exempt from that requirement (COM(2001)570 xdash C5-0505/2001 xdash 2001/
0231(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)The proposal was approved.
2. Restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and
preparations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) ***II (procedure without
debate)
A5-0382/2001
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a Euro-
pean Parliament and Council directive amending for the twentieth time Council Directive 76/769/
EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (9461/1/2001 xdash C5-0301/2001 xdash 2000/0104(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
Rdash having regard to the Council common position (9461/1/2001 Rdash C5-0301/2001)(1),
Rdash having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(2000)260)(3),
Rdash having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2001)268)(4),
Rdash having regard to Article251(2) of the EC Treaty,Rdash having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,Rdash having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0382/2001),
1. Amends the common position as follows;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 301, 26.10.2001, p. 39.
(2) OJ C 267, 21.9.2001, p. 41.
(3) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 138.
(4) OJ C 213 E, 31.7.2001, p. 296.27.6.2002 EN C153E/233 Official Journal of the European Communities
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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 1
(1) Limitations already adopted or planned by certain
Member States on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCP) following Parcom (Convention for the Prevention ofMarine Pollution from Land-Based Sources) Decision 95/1directly affect the completion and functioning of the internalmarket; it is therefore necessary to approximate the laws ofthe Member States in this field and consequently to amendAnnex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 onthe approximation of the laws, regulations and administrativeprovisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on themarketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parations.(1) Limitations already adopted or planned by certain
Member States on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCP) following Parcom (Convention for the Prevention ofMarine Pollution from Land-Based Sources) Decision 95/1directly affect the completion and functioning of the internalmarket; it is therefore necessary to approximate the laws ofthe Member States in this field and consequently to amendAnnex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 onthe approximation of the laws, regulations and administrativeprovisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on themarketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parationsinfullaccordancewithParcomDecision95/1 .
Amendment 2
Recital 4
(4) All remaining uses of SCCPs are to be reviewed in the
light of new scientific knowledge, inparticularwithregardto
emissionsfromitemscontainingSCCPs.(4) All remaining uses of SCCPs are to be reviewed in the
light of new scientific knowledge. In the light of the results
of studies undertaken under the Convention for the Protec-tion of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic(OSPAR) on the uses of all chlorinated paraffins pursuanttoParcomDecision95/1,theCommissionshouldmakepro-posalstoreducesuchuses.
3. Generalised tariff preferences (2002-2004) * (procedure without debate)
A5-0404/2001
Proposal for a Council regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (COM(2001)293 xdash C5-0374/2001 xdash 2001/0131(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION(1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 1a (new)
(1a) The European Union’s common commercial policy
must be consistent with and consolidate the objectives ofdevelopment policy, in particular the eradication of povertyandthe promotion of sustainable development in the devel-opingcountries.
(1) OJ C 270 E, 25.9. 2001, p. 24.C153E/234 EN 27.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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