Amendment 10
SOLE ARTICLE, POINT 1A (new)
Article1, paragraph4 (Decision 1999/733/EC)
1a. Article1(4) shall be replaced by the following:
4. The Community financial assistance shall be man-
aged by the Commission in close consultation with thePolitical and Security Committee (PSC) and the Econ-omic and Financial Committee and in a manner consist-ent with any agreement reached between the IMF and theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Amendment 11
SOLE ARTICLE, POINT 1B (new)
Article2, paragraph1 (Decision 1999/733/EC)
1b. Article2(1) shall be replaced by the following:
1. The Commission is empowered to agree with the
authorities of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo-nia, after consultation with the Political and SecurityCommittee (PSC) and the Economic and Financial Com-mittee, the economic policy conditions attached to theCommunity macro-financial assistance. These conditionsshall be consistent with the agreements referred to in
Article1(4).
Amendment 12
SOLE ARTICLE, POINT 1C (new)
Article2, paragraph2 (Decision 1999/733/EC)
1c. Article2(2) shall be replaced by the following:
2. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals, in
consultation with the Political and Security Committee(PSC) and the Economic and Financial Committee and
in coordination with the IMF, that economic policies in
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are inaccordance with the objectives of this macro-financialassistance and that its conditions are being fulfilled. Itshall inform the budgetary authority of the results ofits verifications.
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutionontheamendedproposalforaCouncildecisionamend-ing Council Decision 1999/733/EC providing supplementary macro-financial assistance to the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (COM(2001)613 Tdash C5-0486/2001Tdash 2001/0213(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
Jdash having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001)519),
Jdash having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2001)613),
Jdash having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article308 of the EC Treaty (C5-0486/2001),Jdash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,C153E/300 EN 27.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Jdash having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0353/2001),
Jdash having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0385/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament;
4. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
16. Macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina *
A5-0411/2001
ProposalforaCouncildecisionamendingCouncilDecision1999/325/ECprovidingmacro-financial
assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina (COM(2001)610 Tdash C5-0558/2001Tdash 2001/0250(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
CITATION 1a (new)
Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December
1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Com-munities(
1) and in particular Article26 thereof,
(1) OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
Amendment 2
CITATION 1b (new)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of
5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Her-zegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and theFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regu-lation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC)No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC(
1),and in particular Article6(4)
thereof,
(1) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1.27.6.2002 EN C153E/301 Official Journal of the European Communities
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