Legislative resolution confirming Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco- management and audit scheme (COM(98)0622 C4-0683/98 98/0303(COD) - former 98/0303(SYN)) (Codecision procedure: confirmation of first reading)
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: environmental impact, environmental monitoring, industrial enterprise, industrial pollution, pollution control measures

C 279/274

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1.10.1999

Thursday 6 May 1999

11. Incineration of waste

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Legislative resolution confirming Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive on
the incineration of waste (COM(98)0558 − C4-0668/98 − 98/0289(COD) − former 98/0289(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 a Council Directive on the incineration of waste (COM(98)0558 −

C4-0668/98 − 98/0289(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  a  Council  Directive  on  the  incineration  of  waste  (COM(98)0558  −  C4-0668/98  −
98/0289(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 31.

12. Eco-management and audit scheme

***I

Legislative resolution confirming Parliament’s opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament
and  Council  Regulation  allowing  voluntary  participation  by  organisations  in  a  Community
eco-management  and  audit  scheme  (COM(98)0622  −  C4-0683/98  −  98/0303(COD)  −  former
98/0303(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.