European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the com-
mon organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM(1999) 55 3dash C4-0141/
1999 3dash 1999/0047(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
’dash having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(1999) 55)(1),
’dash having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37of the EC Treaty (C4-0141/1999),’dash having regard to Rule 67of its Rules of Procedure,’dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on
Budgets (A5-0067/1999),
1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament’s amendments;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parlia-
ment;
4. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal;5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 78, 20.3.1999, p. 1.
12. Protection of juveniles of marine organisms *
A5-0025/1999
Proposal for a Council regulation amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of
30 March 1998 for the conservaton of fishery resources through technical measures for the pro-
tection of juveniles of marine organisms (COM(1999) 141 3dash C4-0224/1999 3dash 1999/0081(CNS))
The proposal was approved.
Legislative resolution of the European Parliament on the proposal for a Council regulation amend-
ing for the third time Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fisheryresources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms
(COM(1999) 141 3dash C4-0224/1999 3dash 1999/0081(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
’dash having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(1999) 141)(
1),
’dash having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37of the EC Treaty (C4-0224/1999),’dash having regard to Rule 67of its Rules of Procedure,’dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A5-0025/1999);
(1) OJ C 114, 27.4.1999, p. 9.11.7.2000 EN C 194/87 Official Journal of the European Communities
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1. Approves the Commission proposal;
2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parlia-
ment;
3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Comission proposal substantially;4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
13. Preparation of European Council in Helsinki
B5-0308, 0309, 0311 and 0312/1999
European Parliament resolution on the preparation of the meeting of the European Council in
Helsinki on 10 and 11 December 1999
The European Parliament,
’dash having regard to the conclusions of the Luxembourg, Berlin and Cologne European Councils, and
having heard the statements by the President of the Council and the President of the Commission onthe forthcoming Helsinki European Council,
’dash having regard to its resolution of 18 November 1999 on the preparation of the reform of the Treaties
and the next Intergovernmental Conference(
1),
’dash having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1999(2) on the establishment of the Charter of Fun-
damental Rights,
’dash having regard to the Commission communication of 13 October 1999 containing the 1999 regular
reports on the applicant countries’ progress towards accession and a composite paper proposing therevision of the EU’s enlargement strategy,
Internal Market and information society
1. Calls upon the European Council to endorse strongly the Internal Market strategy recently published
by the Commission and to press the Commission to place this strategy at the centre of policy developmentacross all its responsible directorates;
2. Welcomes the high prioity given by the Finnish presidency to information society issues, and the
launch of a European information society strategy at Helsinki; emphasises its view that the widespreadadoption of electronic commerce by large and small enterprises will significantly increase the dynamismand openness of the European economy; calls upon the Council to continue the emphasis given to thiswork and to put in place a coordinated legal framework that will encourage consumer and business sup-port for electronic commerce;
Intergovernmental Conference
3. Reiterates its request that the Community method be adopted and that it be fully involved at all
stages and at all levels of the IGC through the two representatives it elects;
4. Urges the European Council to accept the clearly expressed will of Parliament that the agenda of the
IGC should be widened in order to meet the dual challenge of enlargement and democracy;
5. Requests that the European Council should not pre-empt the decisions or limit the options of the
Convention established to draft the Charter of Fundamental Rights, especially with regard to its legal char-acter;
(1) ‘Texts adopted’ of 18 November 1999, Item 4.
(2) Minutes of the sitting of 16 September 1999, Part II, Item 10a.C 194/88 EN 11.7.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities
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