Decision on common position (EC) No 15/99 adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation laying down the requirements for the implementation of development cooperation operations which contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms (5240/1/99 - C4-0036/99 97/0191(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading)
Date: 1999-04-14
Institutions: Committee on Development, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, EU aid, European political cooperation, democracy, human rights, rule of law, short-term economic policy

30.7.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 219/215

Wednesday 14 April 1999

26. Rare diseases

***III

A4-0166/99

Decision on the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, for a European Parliament and
Council Decision adopting a programme of Community action on rare diseases in the context of the
framework  for  action  in  the  field  of  public  health  (1999-2003)  (3602/99  −  C4-0124/99  −
97/0146(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant declarations

(3602/99 − C4-0124/99 − 97/0146(COD)),

−  having regard to its opinion at first reading (1)  on  the  Commission  proposal  to  Parliament  and  the

Council, COM(97)0225 and COM(98)0232 (2),

−  having regard to its decision on the common position (3),

−  having  regard  to  the  Commission’s  opinion  on  Parliament’s  amendments  to  the  common  position

(COM(98)0643 − C4-0630/98),

−  having regard to Article 189b(5) of the EC Treaty,

−  having regard to Rule 77(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

−  having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A4-0166/99),

1.

Approves the joint text and the relevant joint declaration;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, pursuant to Article 191(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General to duly sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.

(1)  OJ C 104, 6.4.1998, p. 127.
(2)  OJ C 203, 3.7.1997, p. 6 and OJ C 160, 27.5.1998, p. 8.
(3)  OJ C 328, 26.10.1998, p. 148.

27. Democracy and rule of law **II

A4-0135/99

Decision  on  common  position  (EC)  No  15/99  adopted  by  the  Council  with  a  view  to  adopting  a
Council  Regulation  laying  down  the  requirements  for  the  implementation  of  development
cooperation operations which contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating
democracy and the rule of law and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms
(5240/1/99 − C4-0036/99 − 97/0191(SYN))

(Cooperation procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the common position of the Council, 5240/1/99 − 97/0191(SYN) (1),

−  having regard to its opinion at first reading (2) on the Council draft (9581/98),

(1)  OJ C 58, 1.3.1999, p. 17.
(2)  Minutes of 17.12.1998, Part II, Item 5.