3. Transportofdangerousgoodsbyroad***I (procedure without report)
C5-0129/2000
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 95/50/EC on uni-
formprocedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (COM(2000) 106 8dash
C5-0129/20008dash2000/0044(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)The proposal was approved.
4. EUR-OP (procedure without report)
C5-0080/2000
Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of
Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of theRegionsontheorganisationandoperationoftheOfficeforOfficialPublicationsoftheEuropean
Communities(EC,ECSC,Euratom)(C5-0080/20008dash2000/2043(ACI))
The proposal was approved.
5. Emissionofgaseousandparticulatepollutants***II (procedure without debate)
A5-0071/2000
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutionontheCouncilcommonpositionforadoptingaEuro-
peanParliamentandCouncildirectiveonactiontobetakenagainsttheemissionofgaseousandparticulatepollutantsbyenginesintendedtopoweragriculturalorforestrytractorsandamending
CouncilDirective74/150/EEC(10323/1/19998dashC5-0225/19998dash1998/0247(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
ydash having regard to the Council common position (10323/1/1999 ydash C5-0225/1999) (
1),
ydash having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1998) 472) (3),
ydash having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(1999) 386),
ydash having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
ydash having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,ydash having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0071/2000),
(1) OJ C 17, 20.1.2000, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 279, 1.10.1999, p. 208.
(3) OJ C 303, 2.10.1998, p. 9.7.2.2001 EN C 40/119 Official Journal of the European Communities
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1. Approves the common position;
2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of
the EC Treaty;
4. 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;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
6. ExchangeoffinancialinformationbetweenMemberStates* (procedure with-
out debate)
A5-0102/2000
Initiative of the Republic of Finland with a view to adopting a Council decision concerning
arrangementsforcooperationbetweenfinancialintelligenceunitsoftheMemberStatesinrespect
ofexchanginginformation(11636/19998dashC5-0330/19998dash1999/0824(CNS))
The initiative was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND (1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Amendment 1)
Recital 7a (new)
(7a) in the event of fraud, corruption or other illegal
activitiesaffectingtheEuropeanUnion’sfinancialintereststheCommissionandtheauthorities responsible forcom-bating money laundering must cooperate and exchangeusefulinformation;
(Amendment 3)
Recital 7b (new)
(7b) theMemberStatesmustorganisetheFIUsinsucha
wayastoensurethatinformationanddocumentsaresub-mittedwithinareasonablespaceoftime,
(Amendment 4)
Article 1(1)
1. Member States shall ensure that Financial Intelligence Units
(FIUs), set up or designated to receive disclosures of financial
information for the purpose of combating money launderingshall cooperate to assemble, analyse and investigate relevantinformation.1. Member States shall designate Financial Intelligence
Units (FIUs), set up to receive disclosures of financial informa-tion for thesolepurpose of combating money laundering as
defined by Directive 91/308/EEC, and shallensure that
they cooperate to assemble, analyse and investigate relevant
information.Intheeventoffraud,corruptionorotherille-
galactivities that mayaffect the European Union’sfinan-
cialintereststheFIUsshallalsocooperatewiththeCom-
mission.Informationexchangedmaynotbeusedforanypurposeotherthancombatingmoneylaundering.
(1) OJ C 362, 16.12.1999, p. 6.C 40/120 EN 7.2.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities
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