xdash having regard to its position at second reading(1) on the Council common position(2),
xdash having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position
(COM(2000) 496xdash C5-0452/2000),
xdash having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,
xdash having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,
xdash having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0372/2000),
1. Approves the joint text;
2. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of
the EC Treaty;
3. Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;
4. Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.
(1) ‘Texts Adopted’, 11.4.2000, Item 2.
(2) OJ C 17, 20.1.2000, p. 8.
5. Additives other than colours and sweeteners ***II
A5-0347/2000
European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amendingDirective 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (9662/1/2000 Mdash C5-0425/
2000 Mdash 1999/0158(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
xdash having regard to the Council common position (9662/1/2000 xdash C5-0425/2000)(
1),
xdash having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1999) 329)(3),
xdash having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2000) 451)(4),
xdash having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
xdash having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,
xdash having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0347/2000),
1. Amends the common position as follows;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 300, 20.10.2000, p. 45.
(2) ‘Texts Adopted’ of 11.4.2000, Item 3.
(3) OJ C 21 E, 25.1.2000, p. 42.
(4) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 238.C 232/286 EN 17.8.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities
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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Amendment 1)
ARTICLE 1(2)
Annex II, table (Directive 95/2/EC)
2. in Annex II, the following row shall be added: Deleted
Prepacked peeled and/or cut
unprocessed carrotsE 401
Sodium alginatequantum satis
6. Competition between postal services ***I
A5-0361/2000
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amendingDirective 97/67/EC with
regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services (COM(2000) 319 Mdash
C5-0375/2000 Mdash 2000/0139(COD))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION(1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Amendment 1)
Recital 2
(2) Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the devel-
opment of the internal market of Community postal servicesand the improvement of quality of service established a regula-tory framework for the postal sector at Community level,including measures to guarantee a universal service, the settingof maximum limits for the postal services which Member States
may reserve to their universal service provider(s) with a view to
the maintenance of the universal service , and a timetable for deci-
sion-making on the further opening of the market to competition, forthe purposes of creating a single market in postal services .(2) Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the devel-
opment of the internal market of Community postal servicesand the improvement of quality of service established a regula-tory framework for the postal sector at Community level,including measures to guarantee a universal service, the settingof maximum limits for the postal services which Member States
may reserve to their universal service provider(s) with a view to
the maintenance of the universal service.
(Amendment 2)
Recital 4a (new)
(4a) Measures in this area must be designed in such a
way that the social tasks of the Community pursuant toArticle 2 of the Treaty Mdash namely, a high level of employ-ment and of social protection Mdash are also achieved asobjectives.
(1) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 220.17.8.2001 EN C 232/287 Official Journal of the European Communities
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