do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions (COM(98) 0168 C4-0302/98 98/0117(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: Community loan, budgetary discipline (EU), budgetary reserve (EU), credit guarantee, financial management, foreign policy, fund (EU), report, third country

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/373

Thursday 6 May 1999

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 36)

Annex IV(3a) (new)

3a. a  breakdown  of  the  measures  in  the  infrastructure

sector by mode of transport;

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (COM(98)0138 − C4-0301/98 −
98/0091(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(98)0138 − 98/0091(CNS) (1),

−  having  regard  to  the  Commission  communication  to  the  Council  on  Agenda  2000:  Instrument  for
Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA), assistance to the applicant countries (COM(98)0182),

−  having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 235 (now Article 308) of the EC Treaty

(C4-0301/98),

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

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Policy and the opinions of the Committee on
Budgets, the Committee on External Economic Relations, the Committee on Employment and Social
Affairs, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health
and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Women’s Rights (A4-0382/98),

−  whereas the changes made by the European Council of 24 to 26 March 1999 are consistent with the

amendments adopted by Parliament on 19 November 1998,

−  having regard to the second report of the Committee on Regional Policy (A4-0238/99),

1.

2.

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

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

(1)  OJ C 164, 29.5.1998, p. 4.

(l)  A4-0146/99

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
(EC, Euratom) amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee
Fund for external actions (COM(98)0168 − C4-0302/98 − 98/0117(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council in the form on which political agreement has

been reached in Council (COM(98)0168 − 98/0117 (CNS)),

−  having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 235 (now Article 308) of the EC Treaty and

Article 203 of the EAEC Treaty (C4-0302/98),
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(98)0380 C4-0501/98 98/ 0219(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Honduras

C 279/404

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.1999

Thursday 6 May 1999

20. EC-Mexico Partnership Agreement

***

A4-0220/99

Decision  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  conclusion  of  the  Economic
Partnership, Political Co-ordination and Co-operation Agreement between the European Commun-
ity  and  its  Member  States,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  United  Mexican  States,  on  the  other  part
(COM(97)0527 − 11618/97 and 11620/97 and COR 1 − C4-0023/98 − 97/0289(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the proposal for a Council Decision (COM(97)0527 − 97/0289(AVC)) (1),

−  having  regard  to  the  Economic  Partnership,  Political  Co-ordination  and  Co-operation  Agreement
between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the United Mexican
States, on the other part, and the joint declarations adopted,

−  having  regard  to  the  Council’s  request  for  Parliament’s  assent  pursuant  to  Article  228(3)  (current
Article  300(3)),  second  subparagraph  of  the  EC  Treaty  (11618/97  and  11620/97  and  COR  1  −
C4-0023/98),

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

−  having  regard  to  the  recommendation  of  the  Committee  on  External  Economic  Relations  and  the
opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy and the Committee on
Development and Cooperation (A4-0220/99),

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the Agreement;

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

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the United Mexican States.

(1)  OJ C 350, 19.11.1997, p. 6.

21. Exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission *

A4-0169/99

Proposal for a Council Decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (COM(98)0380 − C4-0501/98 − 98/0219(CNS))

The proposal was approved subject to the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third indent of Article 145 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third indent of Article 202 thereof
concerning acts adopted by the Council,

(*)  OJ C 279, 8.9.1998, p. 5.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 956/1999 of 6 May 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 119/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7. 5. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 956/1999

of 6 May 1999

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain
fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-
eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-
sion fixes the standard values for imports from third
countries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-
lated in the Annex thereto;

in compliance with the above criteria,

Whereas,
the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out
in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.

7. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 119/7

to the Commission Regulation of 6 May 1999 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999
052
628
999
220
999
052
999
204
212
600
624
999
388
400
508
512
528
720
804
999

67,5
87,9
77,7
56,9
136,2
96,5
206,1
206,1
52,9
52,9
40,6
63,8
63,1
52,5
55,0
81,8
79,4
74,3
76,7
71,9
82,3
103,0
81,3

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19). Code

‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the financing of the common agricultural policy (COM(98)0158 C4-0298/98 98/ 0112(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: EAGGF, common agricultural policy, financing policy, support policy

C 279/376

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.1999

Thursday 6 May 1999

(n)  A4-0213/99

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  on  the  financing  of  the  common  agricultural  policy
(COM(98)0158 − C4-0298/98 − 98/0112(CNS))

The proposal was adopted with the amendments of 28 January 1999 (1)

(1)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 1(a).

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on
the financing of the common agricultural policy (COM(98)0158 − C4-0298/98 − 98/0112(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(98)0158 − 98/0112(CNS) (1),

−  having  been  consulted  by  the  Council  pursuant  to  Article  43  (now  Article  37)  of  the  EC  Treaty

(C4-0298/98),

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

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions

of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Regional Policy (A4-0444/98),

−  having  regard  to  the  second  report  of  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development

(A4-0213/99)

1.

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

Notes the amendments made to the Commission proposal made by the European Council of 24 to

2.
26 March 1999;

3.

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

(1)  OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 85.

(o)  A4-0231/99

Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy (COM(98)0158 − C4-0299/98 − 98/0113(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the amendments adopted on 28 January 1999 (1).

(1)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 1(b).
Resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement concerning internal investigations by the Fraud Prevention Office (COM(99)0140 - C4-0184/99)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: Community budget, EU action, fact-finding mission, fraud against the EU, town planning

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/279

Thursday 6 May 1999

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

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy

and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0376/97),

−  having  regard  to  the  second  report  of  the  Committee  on  Economic  and  Monetary  Affairs  and

Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A4-0266/99),

1.

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

Calls  on  the  Commission  to  alter  its  proposal  accordingly,  pursuant  to  Article  250(2)  of  the  EC

2.
Treaty;

Asks  to  be  consulted  again  should  the  Council  intend  to  make  substantial  modifications  to  the

3.
Commission proposal;

4.

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

15. Interinstitutional  agreement  on  the  Fraud  Prevention  Office  (procedure

without debate)

A4-0263/99

Resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement concerning internal investigations by the Fraud
Prevention Office (COM(99)0140 − C4-0184/99)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Treaties, and in particular Article 199 of the EC Treaty,

−  having regard to the work of the group of high-level representatives of the European Parliament, the

Council and the Commission on the urgent establishment of a new anti-fraud agency (1),

−  having regard to the draft interinstitutional agreement concerning internal investigations by the Fraud
Prevention Office, drawn up on the basis of a Commission proposal (COM(99)0140 − C4-0184/99),

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0263/99),

Approves  the  draft  interinstitutional  agreement  concerning  internal  investigations  by  the  Fraud

1.
Prevention Office (2);

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the parliaments

2.
and governments of the Member States.

(1)  See paragraph 9, first indent, of its resolution of 14 January 1999 on improving the financial management of the Commission,

OJ C 104, 14.4.1999, p. 106.
Interinstitutional Agreement signed on 25 May 1999 (OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15).

(2)
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (COM(98)0158 C4- 0294/98 98/0109(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: Jamaica, aid to agriculture, cattle, fresh meat, intervention price, reform of the CAP, slaughter premium, starch, support policy, third country

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/377

Thursday 6 May 1999

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
establishing  common  rules  for  direct  support  schemes  under  the  common  agricultural  policy
(COM(98)0158 − C4-0299/98 − 98/0113(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(98)0158 − 98/0113(CNS) (1),

−  having  been  consulted  by  the  Council  pursuant  to  Article  43  (now  Article  37)  of  the  EC  Treaty

(C4-0299/98),

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

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinions
of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Regional Policy, the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0480/98),

−  having  regard  to  the  second  report  of  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development

(A4-0231/99),

1.

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

Notes  the  amendments  made  to  the  Commission  proposal  by  the  European  Council  of  24  to  26

2.
March 1999;

3.

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

(1)  OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 93.

(p)  A4-0212/99

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  on  the  common  organisation  of  the  market  in  beef  and  veal
(COM(98)0158 − C4-0294/98 − 98/0109(CNS))

The  proposal  was  approved  with  the  amendments  adopted  on  28  January  1999 (1)  and  the  following
amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Article 24a (new)

Article 24a

1.
The intervention measures taken to avoid or cushion a
substantial  fall  in  prices  shall  consist  in  buying-in  opera-
tions by the intervention agencies.

Such  intervention  measures  may  be  taken  in  respect  of
adult bovine animals and in respect of fresh or chilled meat
from  such  animals  presented  as  carcases,  half  carcases,
compensated quarters, forequarters or hindquarters, clas-
sified in accordance with the Community grading scale laid
down in Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81.

(1)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 1(c).
(*)  OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 13.
Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (COM(98)0158 C4-0293/98 98/0108 (CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, aid to agriculture, cereal-growing, crop production, olive-growing, reform of the CAP

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/383

Thursday 6 May 1999

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market in cereals and
repealing  Regulation  EEC  No  2731/75  fixing  standard  qualities  for  common  wheat,  rye,  barley,
maize and durum wheat (COM(98)0158 − C4-0292/98 − 98/0107(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(98)0158 − 98/0107 (CNS) (1),

−  having  been  consulted  by  the  Council  pursuant  to  Article  43  (now  Article  37)  of  the  EC  Treaty

(C4-0292/98),

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

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A4-0496/98),

−  having  regard  to  the  second  report  of  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development

(A4-0215/99),

1.

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

Notes  the  amendments  made  to  the  Commission  proposal  by  the  European  Council  of  24  to  26

2.
March 1999;

3.

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

(1)  OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 1.

II.

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  establishing  a  support  system  for  producers  of  certain  arable
crops (COM(98)0158 − C4-0293/98 − 98/0108(CNS))

The  proposal  was  approved  with  the  amendments  adopted  on  28  January  1999 (1)  and  the  following
amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Article 4a (new)

Article 4a

As regards oilseeds, the area payment shall be reduced to
the basic level of payments per hectare for cereals in four
successive phases:

−  EUR 86,43 per tonne for the 2000 harvest

−  EUR 78,62 per tonne for the 2001 harvest

−  EUR 70,81 per tonne for the 2002 harvest

−  EUR 63,00 per tonne from the 2003 harvest onwards.

(Replaces paragraph 1 of Amendment 28 adopted on 28 January 1999)

(1)  Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 1.
(*)  OJ C 170, 4.6.1998, p. 4.
Decision on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Economic Partnership, Political Co- ordination and Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the United Mexican States, on the other part (COM(97)0527 11618/ 97+11620/97+COR 1 - C4-0023/98 97/0289(AVC))(Assent procedure)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on External Economic Relations, European Parliament
Subjects: Mexico, cooperation agreement (EU), economic agreement, political cooperation

C 279/404

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.1999

Thursday 6 May 1999

20. EC-Mexico Partnership Agreement

***

A4-0220/99

Decision  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  conclusion  of  the  Economic
Partnership, Political Co-ordination and Co-operation Agreement between the European Commun-
ity  and  its  Member  States,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  United  Mexican  States,  on  the  other  part
(COM(97)0527 − 11618/97 and 11620/97 and COR 1 − C4-0023/98 − 97/0289(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the proposal for a Council Decision (COM(97)0527 − 97/0289(AVC)) (1),

−  having  regard  to  the  Economic  Partnership,  Political  Co-ordination  and  Co-operation  Agreement
between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the United Mexican
States, on the other part, and the joint declarations adopted,

−  having  regard  to  the  Council’s  request  for  Parliament’s  assent  pursuant  to  Article  228(3)  (current
Article  300(3)),  second  subparagraph  of  the  EC  Treaty  (11618/97  and  11620/97  and  COR  1  −
C4-0023/98),

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

−  having  regard  to  the  recommendation  of  the  Committee  on  External  Economic  Relations  and  the
opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy and the Committee on
Development and Cooperation (A4-0220/99),

1.

Gives its assent to the conclusion of the Agreement;

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

2.
and parliaments of the Member States and of the United Mexican States.

(1)  OJ C 350, 19.11.1997, p. 6.

21. Exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission *

A4-0169/99

Proposal for a Council Decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (COM(98)0380 − C4-0501/98 − 98/0219(CNS))

The proposal was approved subject to the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third indent of Article 145 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third indent of Article 202 thereof
concerning acts adopted by the Council,

(*)  OJ C 279, 8.9.1998, p. 5.