Decision on the proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part (7652/96 - COM(96)0254 C4- 0418/96 96/0151(AVC))(Assent procedure)
Date: 1999-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Uzbekistan, approximation of laws, dismissal

C 175/432

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.6.1999

Friday 12 March 1999

3.  Partnership  and  cooperation  agreement  with  Uzbekistan ***  −  Relations

with new independent states of Central Asia

(a)  A4-0071/99

Decision  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  and  Commission  Decision  on  the  conclusion  of  the
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part (7652/96 − COM(96)0254 −
C4-0418/96 − 96/0151(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having  regard  to  the  proposal  for  a  Council  and  Commission  decision  (COM(96)0254  −

96/0151(AVC)],

−  having  regard  to  the  Council’s  request  for  Parliament’s  assent  pursuant  to  Article  228(3),  second

subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (7652/96 − C4-0418/96),

−  having regard to the Interim Agreement between the European Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of
Uzbekistan,  of  the  other  part,  on  trade  and  trade-related  matters  [COM(96)0466  −  10521/96  −
C4-0082/97 − 96/0236(CNS)] (1),

−  having regard to Rule 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

−  having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence
Policy  and  the  opinions  of  the  Committee  on  Budgets,  the  Committee  on  External  Economic
Relations and the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy (A4-0071/99),

1.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, and the governments

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of Uzbekistan.

(1)  See Council Decision 98/138/EC of 26.1.98, OJ L 43, 14.2.1998, p. 1.

(b)  A4-0069/99

Resolution on the Communication from the Commission − Towards a European Union strategy for
relations with the Independent States of Central Asia (COM(95)0206 − C4-0256/96)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission Communication, COM(95)0206 − C4-0256/96,

−  having regard to its resolution of 30 November 1995 on the proposal for a Council and Commission
Decision  on  the  conclusion  of  the  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  between  the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part (1),

−  having  regard  to  its  decision  of  13  March  1997  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  and  Commission
Decision  on  the  conclusion  of  the  partnership  and  cooperation  agreement  between  the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other
part (2),

(1)  OJ C 339, 18.12.1995, p. 51.
(2)  OJ C 115, 14.4.1997, p. 196.