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Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 77/780/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up, the pursuit and the prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions (COM(98)0461 -C4-0532/98 98/0253(COD)) (Codecision procedure: first reading)
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, credit institution, freedom to provide services, proposal (EU), technical barriers to trade

30.7.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 219/421

II.

Thursday 15 April 1999

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 77/780/EEC on the
coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit
of the business of credit institutions (COM(98)0461 − C4-0532/98 − 98/0253(COD))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 24)

Recital 4a (new)

Whereas it is necessary for electronic money to be redeem-
able to ensure bearer confidence;

(Amendment 25)

Article 1a (new)

Article 1a

Article  2a  of  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive
99/.../EC on the taking up, the pursuit and the prudential
supervision of the business of electronic money institutions
shall apply to credit institutions.

(*)  OJ C 317, 15.10.1998, p. 12.

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament
and Council Directive amending Directive 77/780/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and
administrative provisions relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions
(COM(98)0461 − C4-0532/98 − 98/0253(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

−  having  regard  to  the  Commission  proposal  to  Parliament  and  the  Council,  COM(98)0461  −

98/0253(COD) (1),

−  having  regard  to  Article  189b(2)  and  57(2)  of  the  EC  Treaty,  pursuant  to  which  the  Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0532/98),

−  having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens’ Rights and the opinion of

the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0156/99),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament’s amendments;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

(1)  OJ C 317, 15.10.1998, p. 12.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/1999 of 15 April 1999 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 566/1999
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, award of contract, import, maize

L 101/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16. 4. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 790/1999

of 15 April 1999

fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection
with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 566/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
12(1) thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the maximum reduc-
tion in the duty on maize imported into Spain was
opened pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EC) No
566/1999 (3);

Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1839/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1963/95 (5), the Commission, acting under the procedure
laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty;
whereas in fixing this maximum the criteria provided for
in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must
be taken into account; whereas a contract is awarded to

any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the
maximum reduction in the duty;

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal in question
results in the maximum reduction in the import duty
being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;

Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 9 to 15 April 1999, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
566/1999, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize
imported shall be 68,95 EUR/t and be valid for a total
maximum quantity of 235 000 tonnes.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 189, 10.8.1995, p. 22.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 787/1999 of 15 April 1999 fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1746/98
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, rye

16. 4. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 101/61

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 787/1999

of 15 April 1999

fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to
tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1746/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of rye to all third countries was opened
pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1746/98 (5);

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of
the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No

1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
than the
tenderer whose bid is equal
maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
relates to an export tax;

to or

lower

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
amount specified in Article 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 9 to 15 April 1999, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
1746/98, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shall
be EUR 71,45/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 219, 7.8.1998, p. 3.
Resolution on the murder of Rosemary Nelson
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Northern Ireland, homicide, judicial inquiry, lawyer, public safety













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Resolution on the murder of Rosemary Nelson  


Official Journal C 219 , 30/07/1999 P. 0408 





B4-0391, 0398 and 0421/99Resolution on the murder of Rosemary NelsonThe European Parliament,- having regard to its resolutions on the peace process in Northern Ireland,A. whereas Rosemary Nelson, a leading human rights lawyer, was murdered in a car bomb attack while leaving her home on 15 March 1999,B. whereas many of Ms Nelson's clients over the last 10 years were people detained for questioning about alleged politically motivated offences,C. whereas Ms Nelson testified to the US Congressional SubCommittee on International Operations and human rights in September 1998 on the death threats, harassment, physical and verbal abuse she claimed to receive from officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),D. whereas the Independent Commission for Police Complaints (ICPC) report on the investigation into alleged threats against Rosemary Nelson concluded that there were a number of serious concerns,E. whereas RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan announced that the investigation into the murder would be undertaken by the RUC but overseen by David Philips, a UK Chief Constable, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),F. whereas the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dato Param Cumarasawamy, reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the shooting of another Irish lawyer, Pat Finucane, 10 years ago, has criticised the RUC for failing to take note of complaints that defence lawyers had been harassed and intimidated by the police,1. Condemns the murder of Rosemary Nelson and offers its condolences to her family, friends and colleagues;2. Calls for the police investigation into her murder to be conducted by an independent team of investigators, as a guarantee of the objectivity of the investigation and the only way to be assured of the confidence and cooperation of the public;3. Furthermore, calls for a full independent judicial enquiry into all of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Ms Nelson;4. Believes that any democratic society should ensure the safety of members of the legal profession and that such people should not be in danger of assassination because of their work;5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the British and Irish governments, the governments of the Member States, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 983/99 by Concepció FERRER Action to eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade with the United States
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament, FERRER
Subjects: GATT, United States, World Trade Organisation, clothing, customs formalities, export (EU), non-tariff barrier, textile industry, textile product, trade restriction

C 348/146

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

3.12.1999

Answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission

(29 April 1999)

The Commission aims to avoid the use of such terms as ‘mentally handicapped’, ‘handicap’, or ‘handicapped’ in
English language texts being aware that people with disabilities consider them to be pejorative terms in
English. The preferred usage is, respectively, ‘with learning difficulties’, ‘disability’ and ‘disabled’.

(1999/C 348/201)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0975/99

by Eluned Morgan (PSE) to the Commission

(7 April 1999)

Subject: Ritual slaughter of animals in religious festival

Can the Commission clarify the legal situation with regard to the ritual slaughter of animals in religious
festivals in the open in Member States and how is this enforced?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(27 April 1999)

Council Directive 93/119/EEC of 22 December 1993 on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter and
killing (1), requires that ritual slaughter must take place in an abattoir and must comply with other Community
public health, animal health and welfare requirements.

The Commission is aware that in certain Member States some slaughtering of animals during the religious
festival of Eid-el-Kabir may take place outside slaughterhouses. The Commission has raised the matter within
the standing veterinary committee. Most Member States have underlined that they have transposed the
Directive in such a way to prohibit slaughter outside the slaughterhouses.

However, in a minority of Member States ritual slaughter outside slaughterhouses either takes place illegally or
is subject to a certain degree of toleration by the competent authorities.

The Commission intends to raise the situation in the standing veterinary committee again and then draw its
conclusions.

(1) OJ L 340, 31.12.1993.

(1999/C 348/202)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0983/99

by Concepció Ferrer (PPE) to the Commission

(15 April 1999)

Subject: Action to eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade with the United States

The customs formalities imposed by the United States are particularly detailed and require a large amount of
information, most of which would appear to be irrelevant for customs or statistical purposes. This is
prejudicial to European exporters, especially those in the textile sector.

Does the United States plan to act to resolve this problem? If not, does the Commission intend to take any
action in this area?
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1086/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Trade relations between the EU and Morocco
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Parliament, VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
Subjects: Morocco, association agreement (EU), cooperation agreement (EU), import (EU), import policy, tariff exemption, trading operation













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1086/99 by Daniel VARELA SUANZES- CARPEGNA Trade relations between the EU and Morocco  


Official Journal C 370 , 21/12/1999 P. 0162 





WRITTEN QUESTION P-1086/99by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (PPE) to the Commission(15 April 1999)Subject: Trade relations between the EU and MoroccoThe European Community and Morocco signed a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement. on 26 February 1996.Will the Commission provide a detailed breakdown of the balance of trade since that agreement entered into force and, in particular, state what industrial products of Moroccan origin have entered the EU exempt from customs duties and equivalent taxes and free from all forms of import restrictions or equivalent measures since then, indicating the quantities involved?Will it also provide a detailed breakdown of the Moroccan products that have been admitted into the Community under duty-free arrangements or subject to a reduction in tariff protection, indicating the quantities involved?Answer given by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission(4 May 1999)The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement setting up an association between the Community and its Member States, on the one part, and Morocco, on the other, was signed on 26 February 1996 but is not yet in force since Italy has not ratified it. Pending ratification, which the Commission hopes will take place soon, trade relations between the Commission and Morocco are still governed by the EC-Morocco Cooperation Agreement and the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and Morocco, signed in Rabat on 27 April 1976.Under these agreements and the later protocols of adjustment, industrial products originating in Morocco can be imported into the Community without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and are exempt of customs duties and charges having equivalent effect. Note that in the case of products of the processing of agricultural products, the exemption applies to the ad valorem duty alone, not to the agricultural element. These arrangements will continue under the new Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement signed in 1996. However, some voluntary restraint measures that existed for some Moroccan textile exports are no longer applicable, the relevant EC-Morocco arrangement having expired on 31 December 1997. Exports of Moroccan textiles thus enjoy the same liberal arrangements as other manufactures.The EC-Morocco trade balance usually records a surplus for the Community, which stood at EUR 1000 million in 1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 789/1999 of 15 April 1999 fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, common wheat, export refund

16. 4. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 101/63

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 789/1999

of 15 April 1999

fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the
measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the
market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to certain ACP States
was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2004/98 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 456/
1999 (6);

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the
tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of

the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
tenderer whose bid is equal
than the
maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid
relates to an export tax;

to or

lower

Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal in question
results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the
amount specified in Article 1;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For tenders notified from 9 to 15 April 1999, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No
2004/98,
the maximum refund on exportation of
common wheat shall be EUR 40,50 EUR/t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24.5.1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 258, 22.9.1998, p. 4.
(6) OJ L 55, 3.3.1999, p. 5.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/1999 of 15 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/99 wine year
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, distillation, exchange of information, harvest, storage, table wine

16. 4. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 101/35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 777/1999

of 15 April 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as
provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/99
wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
the
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of
market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1627/98 (2), and in particular Article 38(5) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181/91 (4), lays
down detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided
for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No
822/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/
98 (5) fixes the prices, the aid and certain other factors
applicable to preventive distillation for the 1998/99 wine
year;

Whereas Article 1(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2486/98 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 573/
1999 (7), sets 12 March 1999 as the date for the approval
of contracts and declarations by the competent author-

ities; whereas that date should be put back on account of
the administrative difficulties arising from the large
number of contracts;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 1(6) of Regulation (EC)
No 2486/98,
‘12 March 1999' is replaced by ‘22 March
1999'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 241, 1.9.1988, p. 88.
(4) OJ L 202, 24.7.1991, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 63.
(6) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 18.
(7) OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 18.