(Amendment 13)
Article12(3a)(new)
3a. The Member States and the Commission shall coop-
erate in establishing common criteria for identifying shipsreferred to in Article 8(2)(c).
(Amendment 14)
Article14
1.The Commission shall be assisted by theCommitteesetup
pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofDirective93/75/EEC(
4).The Commission shall be assisted by a regulatory committee
as referred to in Article 5of Decision 1999/468/EC, havingregard to Articles 7 and 8 thereof.
2. Wherereferenceismadetothisparagraph,theregulatorypro-
cedureprovided forinArticle5of Decision 1999/468/EC shall
apply,incompliancewiththeprovisionsofArticle8thereof.The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/
EC shall be three months.
The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/
EC shall befixedasthree months.
(4) OJ L 247, 5.10.1993,p. 19. Directive as last amended by Directive
98/74/EC(OJL276,13.10.1998,p.7).
(Amendment 15)
Article16(1),1stsubparagraph
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive before … (5) and forthwith inform the Commission
thereof.1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive before … (5) and forthwith inform the Commission
thereof.
(5)Twentyfour months following the date of entry into force of this
Directive.(5)Eighteen months following the date of entry into force of this
Directive.
3. Technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles ***II
A5-0040/2000
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a Euro-
pean Parliament and Council directive on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness
of commercial vehicles circulating in the Community (11287/1/1999 wdash C5-0323/1999 wdash 1998/
0097(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
TheEuropeanParliament,
0dash having regard to the Council common position (11287/1/1999 0dash C5-0323/1999)(1),
0dash having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1998) 117)(3),
(1) OJ C 29, 1.2.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 150, 28.5.1999, p. 27 and OJ C 54, 25.2.2000, p. 79.
(3) OJ C 190, 18.6.1998, p. 10.C 377/40 EN 29.12.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities
Tuesday 14 March 2000
COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
0dash having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(1999) 458),
0dash having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,0dash having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,
0dash having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Policy, Trans-
port and Tourism (A5-0040/2000),
1. Amends the common position as follows;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
COUNCIL
COMMON POSITIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Amendment 1)
Recital2
(2) It is in the interests of road safety, environmental protec-
tion and equitable competition that commercial vehicles should
be used only if they are maintained toahighdegreeof technical
roadworthiness;(2) It is in the interests of road safety, environmental protec-
tion and fair competition that commercial vehicles should be
used only if they are maintained in a state of full technical
roadworthiness;
(Amendment 3)
Article9a(new)
Article 9a
Member States shall draw up arrangements for the penal-
ties applicable where a driver or undertaking fails to abideby the technical requirements to be verified on the basis
of this Directive. They shall take all necessary measures to
ensure that these penalties are enforced. The penaltiesthus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dis-suasive.29.12.2000 EN C 377/41 Official Journal of the European Communities
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