guidelines on implementation of the International
Safety Management (ISM) Code by administra-tions’ 8dash the application and maintenance of the
safety management system, both shore-based and
on board ships, intended to be covered in the cer-tification.(19) on guidelines on implementation of the
International Safety Management (ISM) Code byadministrations’ 8dash the application and mainte-
nance of the safety management system, both
shore-based and on board ships, intended to becovered in the certification.
(oa) At the end of paragraph 8 of Section ‘B. Specific
minimum criteria’, the following words shall beadded: ‘if its main office is not located in theUnion, it shall be subject to certification by theMember State in which it has its main branch orregional office or, failing that, by the MemberState which first requested its recognition andgranted it any of the authorisations provided forin Article 3.’
(p) The word ‘should’ shall be replaced by the word ‘must’
in paragraph 9 of Section ‘B. SPECIFIC’.(p) The word ‘should’ shall be replaced by the word ‘must’
in paragraph 9 of Section ‘B. Specific minimum cri-
teria’.
(pa) A paragraph 9a shall be added to Section B:
9a. A classification society may not be engaged ifit is to any degree identical with or has business,personal or family links to the shipowner oroperator. This incompatibility shall also apply tosurveyors employed by classification societies.This incompatibility shall be regulated in the gen-eral terms contained in the administrative law ofthe Member States.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Councildirective amending Council Directive 94/57/EC on common rules and standards for ship inspec-tion and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations
(COM(2000) 142 /dash C5-0175/2000 /dash 2000/0066(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
8dash having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2000) 142)(
1),
8dash having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission
submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0175/2000),
8dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
8dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism and the
opinions of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and the Committee onthe Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0342/2000),
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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.
8. Preparation of Nice European Council
B5-0884, 0886, 0890 and 0891/2000
European Parliament resolution on the preparation of the 7-9 December 2000 Nice European
Council, including the common commercial policy (Article 133 of the EC Treaty)
The European Parliament,
8dash having regard to the Council and Commission statements on the preparation of the 7-9 December
2000 Nice European Council,
8dash having regard to its resolutions of 16 March 2000(1) and 3 October 2000(2) on the drawing up of a
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
8dash having regard to its resolution of 13 April 2000(3) containing its proposals concerning the IGC,
8dash having regard to its resolutions of 30 November 2000 on progress in implementing the CFSP(4) and
on the Common European Security and Defence Policy after Cologne and Helsinki(5),
A. reiterating its proposal that the EU institutions, the Member States and the candidate countries with
which negotiations have been started should do everything in their power to ensure that Parliamentcan give its assent to the first accession treaties before the European elections in 2004, in order thatthese countries may have the prospect of participating in those elections, and to the subsequent trea-ties during the course of the next parliamentary term,
B. whereas the Treaty of Nice will be assessed on:
8dash how it facilitates the accession of new Member States by contributing to the Union’s efficiency
and effectiveness,
8dash how successful it is in bringing Europe closer to the citizen,
1. Expresses its deep concern at the current state of the IGC negotiations; appeals to the Heads of State
or Government, recalling the inescapable necessity to reach an agreement at Nice which 8dash in the contextof the major historical challenge of enlargement 8dash is capable of ensuring that the democratic legitimacyand efficiency of the Union are enhanced;
Rendering the Union more democratic and efficient
2. Recalls that a general extension of qualified majority voting in the Council is essential, although it
should not apply to constitutional issues; calls, failing agreement on the immediate introduction of quali-fied majority voting in the most controversial fields, for deadlines to be laid down in the Treaty;
(1) ‘Texts Adopted,’ Item 4.
(2) ‘Texts Adopted’, Item 10.
(3) ‘Texts Adopted’, Item 7.
(4) ‘Texts Adopted’, Item 9.
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