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PART II
Texts adopted by the European Parliament
1. Speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I (procedure without
debate)
A4-0491/98
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on speedometers for two- or three-wheel
motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or
three-wheel motor vehicles (COM(98)0285 › C4-0317/98 › 98/0163(COD))
The proposal was approved.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliaments opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament
and Council Directive on speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and amendingCouncil Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles
(COM(98)0285 › C4-0317/98 › 98/0163(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
› having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(98)0285 ›
98/0163(COD) (
1),
› having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission
submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0317/98),
› having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,› having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affaires and Industrial
Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0491/98),
1. Approves the Commission proposal;
2. Points out that the Commission is required to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend to
make to its proposal as amended by Parliament;
3. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 212, 8.7.1998, p. 7.
2. CFA and Comorian francs (procedure without debate)
A4-0484/98
Resolution on the recommendation from the Commission for a Council Decision concerning
exchange rate matters relating to the CFA franc and the Comorian franc (COM(98)0412 ›
C4-0558/98)
The European Parliament ,
› having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, COM(98)0412 › C4-0558/98,› having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0484/98),
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1. Approves the arrangements for pegging the CFA franc to the euro via the French franc;
2. Hopes that France, which stands as guarantor of the smooth functioning of these arrangements, will
continue to maintain an attitude of constant vigilance;
3. Calls for economic and social indicators to be established for the purpose of analysing the
development of the CFA countries, which are the subject of a full-scale trial of the influence which thelinkage to a single currency of world importance can have on the success of a regional economy;
4. Calls for an information campaign to be launched as a matter of urgency with a view to explaining to
the citizens of the CFA countries the meaning and importance of this monetary operation;
5. Calls for a similar campaign to be aimed at the general public in Europe, so as to explain the meaning
and importance of this linkage.
6. Requests the Council and the Commission to take account of the following proposed modification to
the recommendation:
COMMISSION
RECOMMENDATIONMODIFICATIONS
BY PARLIAMENT
(Modification 1)
Article 4
France may negotiate and conclude modifications to the
present agreements to the extent that the nature or scope of the
agreements are not changed . It shall inform in advance the
Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee ofsuch changes.France may negotiate and conclude modifications to the
present agreements to the extent that such modifications have
no direct or indirect impact on the stability of the euro oron the ECBs commitments . It shall inform in advance the
Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee ofsuch changes.
7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and Council.
3. Transparency in the European Union
A4-0476/98
Resolution on openness within the European Union
The European Parliament ,
› having regard to the provisions on openness in the Amsterdam Treaty, and in particular Articles A, 8d,
151, 191a and Declarations 9, 35 and 41 thereof,
› having regard to the interinstitutional agreement of 25 October 1993 on democracy, transparency and
subsidiarity,
› having regard to the existing codes on public access to documents in the different EU institutions and
bodies,
› having regard to the initiatives taken on openness by the three explorers (1) and IGC monitor (2) of
its Committee on Institutional Affairs,
› having regard to its resolution of 16 July 1998 on the Special Report by the European Ombudsman to
the European Parliament following his own-initiative inquiry into public access to documents(C4-0157/98) (
3),
(1) Mr B. Donnelly, Mr Saint-Pierre and Mr Tsatsos: working document on Transparency and Democracy of November 1994
(PE 210.692/A+B/rev.).
(2) Mr Bonde (working documents PE 227.237, PE 222.239, and PE 222.240).
(3) OJ C 292, 21.9.1998, p. 170.