Joint Declaration by Bulgaria and Romania on the implementation of the forthcoming Directive on
the Management of Waste from Extractive Industries
In view of the significance of the present Directive for environmental protection in Europe, Bulgaria and
Romania, in their status of States acceding the European Union, consider it an important part of the acquis .
In this respect Bulgaria and Romania will transpose the directive into their national legislation by the dateof transposition indicated in the text.
Bulgaria and Romania are committed to make all necessary efforts to implement the Directive within the
deadlines provided for in the text. Both Bulgaria and Romania are already taking measures to ensure com-pliance of the existing installations falling into the scope of the European legislation in force, such as theWaste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive, the IPPC Directive and the respective legislation concer-ning surface and groundwater protection.
With the present Joint Declaration Bulgaria and Romania state their strong political will to undertake all
necessary measures to comply with the provisions of the Directive on the Management of Waste fromExtractive Industries in the same way as the other Member States.
P6_TA(2006)0015
Bathing water ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-tee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management ofbathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (PE-CONS 3659/2005 — C6-0373/2005
— 2002/0254(COD))
(Codecision procedure: third reading)
The European Parliament,
— having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3659/2005 —
C6-0373/2005),
— having regard to its position at first reading (
1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(2002)0581) (2),
— having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2004)0245) (3),
— having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5),
— having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position
(COM(2005)0277) (6),
— having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0415/2005),24.11.2006 C 287 E/164 Il- Ġurnal Uffi ċjali ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea
L-Erbg ħa, 18 ta' Jannar 2006MT
(1) OJ C 82 E, 1.4.2004, p. 115.
(2) OJ C 45 E, 25.2.2003, p. 127.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.
(4)Texts Adopted , 10.5.2005, P6_TA(2005)0165.
(5) OJ C 111 E, 11.5.2005, p. 1.
(6) Not yet published in OJ.
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 to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published inthe Official Journal of the European Union ;
4. Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.
P6_TA(2006)0016
Application of the Aarhus Convention to EC institutions and bodies ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regula-
tion of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Aar-hus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to
Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (6273/2/2005 —
C6-0297/2005 — 2003/0242(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
— having regard to the Council common position (6273/2/2005 — C6-0297/2005),
— having regard to its position at first reading (
1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(2003)0622) (2),
— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety (A6-0381/2005),
1. Approves the common position as amended;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 612.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
P6_TC2-COD(2003)0242
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 18 January 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participa-tion in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions
and bodies
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
— Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) the-
reof,24.11.2006 C 287 E/165 Il-Ġurnal Uffi ċjali ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea
L-Erbg ħa, 18 ta' Jannar 2006MT