Amendment 20
Article 23
Article 23 Deleted.Committee procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee for
Executive Agencies, composed of representatives of theMember States and chaired by a representative of the Com-mission.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regula-
tory procedure provided for in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, subject to Article 7 of that Decision.
3. The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision
1999/468/EC shall be three months.
Amendment 21
Article 23a (new)
Article 23a
Evaluation
An external assessment report covering the first three years
of operation of each executive agency shall be drawn up and
submitted to the agencys steering committee, to the Commis-sion and to the European Parliament. Where appropriate, thereport shall include recommendations concerning the changesto be made to the current statute.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying downthe statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Com-
munity programmes (COM(2000) 788  C5-0036/2001  2000/0337(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 788) (
1),
 having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 308 of the EC Treaty (C5-0036/2001), having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee
on Budgets (A5-0216/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament;
(1) OJ C 120 E, 24.4.2001, p. 140.C 65 E/292 EN 14.3.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
4. Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text
approved by Parliament;
5. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
7. Radio spectrum policy ***I
A5-0232/2001
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision on a regulatory framework for radio
spectrum policy in the European Community (COM(2000) 407  C5-0449/2000  2000/
0187(COD))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 1
(1) On 10 November 1999 the Commission presented a
communication to the European Parliament, the Council, theEconomic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions proposing the next steps in radio spectrum policy on
the basis of the results of the public consultation on the GreenPaper on radio spectrum policy in the context of EuropeanCommunity policies such as telecommunications, broadcasting,transport and R & D. This Communication received the support
ofthe European Parliament in a Resolution of 18 May 2000. It
underlined the need for action at Community level to achievea harmonised and balanced approach on the use of radio
spectrum in the Community in order to fulfil internal market
principles and to protect Community interests at inter-national level.(1) On 10 November 1999 the Commission presented a
communication to the European Parliament, the Council, theEconomic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions proposing the next steps in radio spectrum policy on
the basis of the results of the public consultation on the GreenPaper on radio spectrum policy in the context of EuropeanCommunity policies such as telecommunications, broadcasting,transport and R & D. This Communication, which was wel-
comed by the European Parliament in a Resolution of 18 May
2000, emphasised that a certain degree of further harmon-
isation of Community policy on the radio spectrum was desir-
able, in particular for pan-European services and appli-cations, and that it was necessary to ensure that MemberStates transposed in a binding way the decisions of the Euro-pean Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Adminis-trations (CEPT).
Amendment 2
Recital 2
(2) Where necessary, policy principles on the use of radio
spectrum need to be defined at Community level with a view
to meeting Community policy objectives, in particular in theareas of communications, broadcasting, transport, researchwhich all require, to various extents, the use of radio spectrum ,(2) Policy principles on the use of radio spectrum should be
defined at Community level with a view to meeting Commun-ity policy objectives, in particular in the areas of communi-cations, broadcasting, transport and research which all require,
to various extents, the use of radio spectrum. On the basis of14.3.2002 EN C 65 E/293 Official Journal of the European Communities
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(1) OJ C 365 E, 19.12.2000, p. 256.