European Parliament decision adapting its Rules of Procedure to the provisions of European Par-
liament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to Parliament, Council and
Commission documents (2001/2135(REG))
The European Parliament,
Ddash having regard to the letter of 29 June 2001 from its President,Ddash having regard to Article255 of the EC Treaty, Articles28(1) and 41(1) of the EU Treaty and Arti-
cles42 and 52(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Ddash having regard to Rule 181 of its Rules of Procedure,
Ddash having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the opinion of the Com-
mittee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (A5-0349/2001),
1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as indicated above;
2. Decides to revoke the Bureau decisions of 10 July 1997 on public access to Parliament documents
and of 17 April 1998on fees to be paid for delivery of very large documents;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.
5. Amendment to the Rules of Procedure: Setting-up of interparliamentary
delegations and joint parliamentary committees
A5-0346/2000
Parliament’s Rules of Procedure
FORMER TEXT NEW TEXT
Amendment 2
Rule 170, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2
The European Parliament shall appoint its representatives in
accordance with Rule 168.Deleted
Amendment 3
Rule 170, paragraph 5
5. The composition of European Parliament delegations to
joint parliamentary committees shall be established at the
same time and under the same conditions as for standingcommittees .5. The election of the Members of European Parliament del-
egations to joint parliamentary committees and the constitu-
tion of the bureauxof these delegations shalltake place in
accordance with the procedure laid down for interparliamen-tary delegations .
European Parliament decision amending its Rules of Procedure as regards the setting-up of inter-
parliamentary delegations and joint parliamentary committees (1999/2196(REG))
The European Parliament,
Ddash having regard to the letter of 21 October 1999 from its President,Ddash having regard to Rules 180 and 181 of its Rules of Procedure,Ddash having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A5-0346/2000),C140E/120 EN 13.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
Tuesday 13 November 2001
1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as indicated above;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.
6. Electronic communications ***I
A5-0374/2001
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive concerning the processing of personal
data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (COM(2000)385 *dash
C5-0439/2000 *dash 2000/0189(COD))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION(1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 1a (new)
(1a) Articles7 and 8 of the European Union Charter of
Fundamental Rights, proclaimed in Nice on 7 December2000, seek to guarantee respect for private life and communi-cations, including personal data.
Amendment 2
Recital 5a (new)
(5a) Information that is part of a broadcasting service pro-
vided over a public communications network is intended for apotentially unlimited audience and does not constitute a com-munication within the meaning of this Directive. However, ifit is possible to identify the individual subscriber or user
receiving such information, for example with video-on-
demand services, the information conveyed is covered withinthe meaning of a communication for the purposes of thisDirective.
Amendment 3
Recital 8
(8) The Member States, providers and users concerned,
together with the competent Community bodies, should coop-erate in introducing and developing the relevant technologieswhere this is necessary to apply the guarantees provided forby this Directive and taking particular account of the objec-
tives of minimising the processing of personal data and ofusing anonymous or pseudonymous data where possible .(8) The Member States, providers and users concerned,
together with the competent Community bodies, should ensure
that the processing of personal data is limited to a minimumand that anonymous or pseudonymous data are usedwherever possible, and should cooperate in introducing and
developing the relevant technologies where this is necessary toapply the guarantees provided for by this Directive.
(1) OJ C 365 E, 19.12.2000, p. 223.13.6.2002 EN C140E/121 Official Journal of the European Communities
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