ANNEX
2001budgetaryprocedureTdash
Jointdeclarationonaprogressreporttobesubmitted
bytheCommissionby30June2001
The Parliament and Council welcome the efforts undertaken by the Commission for reform and in parti-
cular the efforts to improve the efficiency and performance of budget implementation. They welcome thereport submitted on 15 November 2000 on the outstanding commitments. They consequently ask theCommission to submit a report, by 30 June 2001, including the following elements:
1. Progress made on
8dash reduction of outstanding commitments to a normal level by December 2003,8dash improved simplification of the cycle of projects,8dash improved implementation of programmes, and
8dash limitation of the duration of commitments;
2. Functioning of comitology in the framework of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999, in
particular in relation to heading 4;
3. Progress on the reform package of the Commission, including the early retirement proposal;
4. Information on the performance targets for each of the major programmes in heading 4, on the basis
of quarterly expenditure plans and profiles of commitments and payments during the year in order tomonitor how the programmes are performing;
5. Improvements made to ensure a better match between legislative and budgetary procedure, without
changing the pragmatic budgetary timetable agreed by the three Institutions.
When examining this report, the Council and Parliament will also take stock of the procedure for approval
by the Budget Authority of the financial impact of foreign policy proposals and discuss the state of play
concerning access by the European Parliament to confidential foreign policy information held by the Coun-cil.
4. Officialinspectionsinthefieldofanimalnutrition***III
A5-0372/2000
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutiononthejointtextapprovedbytheConciliationCommit-
teeforaEuropeanParliamentandCouncildirectiveamendingDirective95/53/ECfixing theprin-ciples governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition (C5-0499/
2000Tdash1998/0301(COD))
(Codecision procedure: third reading)
The European Parliament,
8dash having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (C5-0499/2000),
8dash having regard to its position at first reading(
1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1998) 602)(2),
(1) OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p.150 and OJ C 107, 13.4.2000, p. 63.
(2) OJ C 346, 14.11.1998, p. 9.17.8.2001 EN C 232/285 Official Journal of the European Communities
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8dash having regard to its position at second reading(1) on the Council common position(2),
8dash having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position
(COM(2000) 496 8dash C5-0452/2000),
8dash having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,
8dash having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,
8dash 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. Additivesotherthancoloursandsweeteners ***II
A5-0347/2000
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutiononthecommonpositionadoptedbytheCouncilwitha
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 (9662/1/2000Tdash C5-0425/
2000Tdash1999/0158(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
8dash having regard to the Council common position (9662/1/2000 8dash C5-0425/2000)(
1),
8dash having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1999) 329)(3),
8dash having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2000) 451)(4),
8dash having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
8dash having regard to Rule 80of its Rules of Procedure,
8dash 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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