A4-0002/95

Resolution om ett interinstitutionellt avtal om officiell kodifiering av gemenskapslagstiftningen

Europaparlamentet utfärdar denna resolution

- med beaktande av Fördraget om Europeiska unionen, i synnerhet artikel 189b i Romfördraget,

- med beaktande av resolutionen av den 26 maj 1989 ((EGT nr C 258, 26.6.1989, s. 386)) om förenkling, förtydligande och kodifiering av gemenskapslagstiftningen,

- med beaktande av resolutionen av den 6 maj 1994 ((EGT nr C 205, 25.7.1994, s. 514)) om möjligheter till insyn i gemenskapslagstiftningen och behovet av att kodifiera den,

- med beaktande av utkastet till avtal (ad referendum) mellan kommissionens, parlamentets och rådets rättsavdelningar samt kommissionens och rådets godkännande av detsamma,

- med beaktande av det interinstitutionella avtal som ingicks den 20 december 1994,

- med beaktande av artikel 148 i arbetsordningen,

- med beaktande av betänkandet från utskottet för rättsliga frågor och medborgarrätt (A4-0002/95), och

A. Det finns ett akut behov av att förenkla och kodifiera gemenskapens lagstiftning i syfte att göra den lättare att tillämpa.

B. Kodifierad gemenskapslagstiftning borde antagas så snart som möjligt inom ramen för gemenskapens normala beslutsprocess (jfr. Ordförandes slutsatser - toppmötet i Edinburgh - den 12 december 1992, bilaga 3 till del A, s. 6),

C. Parlamentets, rådets och kommissionens rättsavdelningar har gjort försök till att utarbeta ett utkast till avtal om «en snabbare arbetsmetod för officiell kodifiering av lagstiftning».

Parlamentet

4. godkänner detta avtal såsom det föreligger i bilagan, med förbehåll för att följande förklarande tolkning läggs till punkt 5:

'Parliament, for its part, considers that particularly where there is an amendment either to the legal basis or to the procedure for adopting the text in question, it must reserve its view as to whether the codification is desirable in view of the need to respect the 'normal legislative procedure' within the meaning of paragraph 5 of this agreement.'

5. uppdrar åt sin ordförande att vidarebefordra denna resolution till rådet och kommissionen och att vidtaga nödvändiga åtgärder för att offentliggöra texten ovan i Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning efter att den godkänts av berörda institutioner.

ANNEXINTERINSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT OF 20 DECEMBER 1994

Accelerated working method

for official codification

of legislative texts

1. For the purposes of the present working method, official codification means the procedure for repealing the acts being codified and replacing them with a single act which does not in any way change their substance.

2. The priority areas for codification will be agreed upon by the three institutions concerned, on a proposal from the Commission. The Commission will list in its work programme the proposals for codification it intends to put forward.

3. In its proposals for codification, the Commission undertakes not to change the substance of the acts being codified.

4. The consultative working party composed of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission will examine such proposals as soon as it has been adopted by the Commission. It will deliver an opinion as soon as possible on whether the Commission has in fact confined itself to simple codification and not made any substantive changes.

5. The normal legislative procedure of the Community will be fully respected.

6. The objective of the Commission proposal, i.e. simple codification of existing texts, will constitute a legal limit, prohibiting any substantive change by the European Parliament and the Council.

7. The Commission proposal will be examined in all its aspects under an accelerated procedure within the European Parliament (one committee to consider the proposal and simplified procedure for its approval) and the Council (consideration by one working party and 'I/A items' procedure in COREPER- Council).

8. Should it appear necessary during the legislative procedure to go beyond simple codification and to make substantive changes, it will be for the Commission, if need be, to present the proposal or proposals necessary for that purpose.

Done at Brussels on the twentieth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.

For the EuropeanFor the Council For the Commission of

Parliamentof the European Union the European Communities

JOINT DECLARATIONSRELATING TO PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE ACCELERATED

WORKING METHOD FOR OFFICIAL CODIFICATIONThe European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree that the consultative working party will deliver its opinion in good time for the institutions to have the opinion before starting to consider the relevant proposal.

RELATING TO PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE ACCELERATED

WORKING METHOD FOR OFFICIAL CODIFICATIONThe European Parliament, the Council and the Commission affirm that consideration of the Commission proposals for official codification 'in all their aspects' within Parliament and the Council will be carried out in such a way as to avoid undermining the two objectives of codification, i.e. treatment by a single body within the institutions and under an almost automatic procedure.

In particular, the three institutions agree that consideration of the Commission proposals in all their aspects does not involve calling into question substantive solutions accepted at the time the acts being codified were adopted.

RELATING TO PARAGRAPH 8 OF THE ACCELERATED

WORKING METHOD FOR OFFICIAL CODIFICATIONThe European Parliament, the Council and the Commission note the fact that in the event that it should appear necessary to go beyond pure codification and make substantive changes, the Commission will, in its proposals, be able to choose on a case-by-case basis between recasting or presenting a separate proposal for amendment while still permitting consideration of the proposal for codification in which the substantive change will be incorporated once adopted.