Legislative resolution confirming Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the enforcement of seafarers' hours of work on board ships using Community ports (COM(98)0662 C4-0717/98 98/0321(COD) - former 98/0321(SYN)) (Codecision procedure: confirmation of first reading)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: arrangement of working time, collective agreement, crew, occupational safety, working time

1.10.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 279/271

Thursday 6 May 1999

7.  Working time for seafarers

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Legislative resolution confirming Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament
and Council Directive concerning the enforcement of seafarers’ hours of work on board ships using
Community ports (COM(98)0662 − C4-0717/98 − 98/0321(COD) − former 98/0321(SYN))

(Codecision procedure: confirmation of first reading)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the list of Commission proposals pending as at 1 May 1999 for which the entry into

force of the Treaty of Amsterdam necessitates a change in legal basis and/or procedure,

−  having regard to its resolution of 4 May 1999 on the implications of the entry into force of the Treaty
of Amsterdam (list of proposals pending as at 1 May 1999 indicating new legal bases and any changes
in legislative procedure following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam) (1),

−  having  regard  to  the  Proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Directive  concerning  the
enforcement of seafarers’ hours of work on board ships using Community ports (COM(98)0662 −
C4-0717/98 − 98/0321(COD), confirmed by the Commission on 3 May 1999,

−  having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

Confirms  as  its  first  reading  under  the  codecision  procedure  its  vote  of  14  April  1999 (2)  on  the
1.
proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive concerning the enforcement of seafarers’ hours
of work on board ships using Community ports (COM(98)0662 − C4-0717/98 − 98/0321(COD);

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

2.
Treaty,

Calls  on  the  Council  to  approve  all  Parliament’s  amendments  and  definitively  adopt  the  act  as

3.
amended;

Points out that the Commission is requested to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend

4.
to make to its proposal as amended by Parliament;

5.

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

(1)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 7.
(2)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 24(b)II.

8.  Eco-label

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Legislative resolution confirming Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament
and  Council  Regulation  on  a  revised  Community  eco-label  award  scheme  (COM(96)0603  −
C4-0157/97 − 96/0312(COD) − former 96/0312(SYN))

(Codecision procedure: confirmation of first reading)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the list of Commission proposals pending as at 1 May 1999 for which the entry into

force of the Treaty of Amsterdam necessitates a change in legal basis and/or procedure,

−  having regard to its resolution of 4 May 1999 on the implications of the entry into force of the Treaty
of Amsterdam (list of proposals pending as at 1 May 1999 indicating new legal bases and any changes
in legislative procedure following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam) (1),

(1)  Minutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 7.