European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision adopting a multiannual programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community (ALTENER) (1998-2002) (7122/1/1999 – C5-0032/1999 - 1997/0370(COD))
Date: 1999-10-06
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
Subjects: EU policy, Mediterranean Sea, action programme, dumping of waste, energy policy, international cooperation, marine pollution, renewable energy

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(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to the report by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer

Protection (A5-0014/1999),

Confirms, as first reading under the codecision procedure, the text adopted on 1 April 1998 (1) con-
1.
cerning the proposal for a Council Directive on the limitation of the emission of oxides of nitrogen from
civil subsonic jet aeroplanes (COM(1997) 629 (cid:1) C4-0107/1998 (cid:1) 1997/0349 (COD) (cid:1) formerly 1997/
0349(SYN));

Confirms, as first readings under the new legal basis proposed by the Commission, the texts adopted

2.
on

(a) 18 February 1998 (2) concerning the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive
amending Directive 89/0662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intraCommunity trade with a view
to the completion of the internal market, in order to reinforce checking (COM(1997) 643 (cid:1) C4-0659/
1997 (cid:1) 1997/0334 (COD));

(b) 16 December 1998 (3) concerning the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive
amending Directive 95/0053/EC fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections
in the field of animal nutrition (COM(1998) 602 (cid:1) C4-0614/1998 (cid:1) 1998/0301(COD));

3.
Confirms, as first reading under the codecision procedure and under the new legal basis proposed by
the Commission, the text adopted on 23 April 1982 (4) concerning the proposal for a Council Decision on
general conditions to be followed for establishing microbiological criteria for foodstuffs and feedingstuffs,
including their preparation, in the veterinary, foodstuffs and animal nutrition sectors (COM(1981) 495 (cid:1)
1-0574/1981 (cid:1)1981/1104(COD) (cid:1) formerly 1981/1104(CNS))

4.

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

(1) OJ C 138, 4.5.1998, p. 84.
(2) OJ C 80, 16.3.1998, p. 90.
(3) OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p. 150.
(4) OJ C 125, 17.5.1982, p. 161.

11. Altener multiannual programme (1998-2002) ***II

A5-0016/1999

European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with
a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision adopting a multiannual
programme for the promotion of renewable energy sources in the Community (Altener)
(1998-2002) (7122/1/1999 * C5-0032/1999 * 1997/0370(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the common position of the Council (7122/1/1999 (cid:1) C5-0032/1999 (1)),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1997) 550),

(1) OJ C 243, 27.8.1999, p. 47.
(2) OJ C 175, 21.6.1999, p. 262.

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(cid:1) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(1999) 212),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, External

Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0016/1999),

1.

2.

Amends the common position as follows;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

COMMON POSITION
OF THE COUNCIL

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Recital 11a (new)

(11a)
in its Resolution of 14 November 1996 (1) on the
Commission White Paper on an energy policy for the
European Union, the European Parliament called on the
Commission to develop a financial programme to stimu-
late renewable energy; in its abovementioned Resolution
of 15 May 1997 on the Green Paper on renewable sources
of energy, it called for attention to be paid to the possibi-
lity of coordinating policies and initiatives in the sphere
of renewable energy and energy efficiency in order to
develop potential existing synergies and avoid duplication
of efforts wherever possible; in its abovementioned Reso-
lution of 18 June 1998 on the White Paper on renewable
sources of energy, it called for a Charter on Renewable
Energies (Eurenew) to be drawn up;

(1) OJ C 362, 2.12.1996, p. 279.

(Amendment 10)

Recital 26

it is politically and economically desirable to open the
(26)
Altener programme to the associated central and east European
countries, in accordance with the conclusions of the Copenha-
gen European Council of 21-22 June 1993 as confirmed by
subsequent European Councils and as outlined in the Commi-
ssion communication on that subject in May 1994, and also to
Cyprus;

in accordance with the conclusions of

it is politically and economically desirable to open the
(26)
Altener programme to the associated central and eastern Euro-
pean countries,
the
Copenhagen European Council of 21-22 June 1993 as con-
firmed by subsequent European Councils and as outlined in
the Commission communication on that subject in May 1994,
and also to the associated Mediterranean countries and
Cyprus;

(Amendment 2)

Recital 27a (new)

(27a) Council Decision 1999/0468/EC (1) established new
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers con-
ferred on the Commission with the aim of improving the
involvement of the European Parliament;

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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COMMON POSITION
OF THE COUNCIL

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 3)

Article 1(1)(a)

(a) help create the necessary conditions for the implementation
of a Community action plan for renewable energy sources, and
in particular the legal, socio-economic and administrative
conditions;

(a) help create the necessary conditions for implementing
the Community strategy and action plan and boosting
the ‘Campaign for take-off’, as called for in the Com-
mission White Paper of 26 November 1997 entitled
‘Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy’,
and in particular the legal, socio-economic and administra-
tive conditions;

(Amendment 4)

Article 1(1)(ba) (new)

(ba)

establish the bases for the development of new
instruments and mechanisms which will allow faster
coordinated market penetration of all sustainable
energy technologies.

(Amendment 5)

Article 1(3), 1st and 2nd subparagraphs

The financial framework for the implementation of the
3.
Altener programme shall be EUR 74 million. Of this amount,
EUR 29,6 million shall be for the period 1998-1999.

The financial framework for the implementation of the
3.
Altener programme shall be EUR 81,1 million. Of this amount,
EUR 29,6 million shall be for the period 1998-1999.

The financial framework for the period 2000-2002 shall be
EUR 44,4 million. This amount shall be reviewed if it is not
consistent with the financial perspective for that period.

The financial framework for the period 2000-2002 shall be
EUR 51,5 million. This amount shall be reviewed if it is not
consistent with the financial perspective for that period.

(Amendment 6)

Article 2(ea) (new)

(ea)

targeted actions to promote the export of techno-
logy associated with renewable
energy sources
through greater inclusion thereof in the energy and
cooperation areas of external policy, and by strength-
ening the European Renewable Energies Export Coun-
cil.

(Amendment 8)

Article 5

The Commission shall be assisted, for the purposes of imple-
menting the Altener programme, by the Committee referred
to in Article 4 of Council Decision 1999/0021/EC, Euratom.

The Commission shall be assisted, for the purposes of imple-
menting the Altener programme, by the Committee referred
to in Article 4 of Decision 1999/0021/EC, Euratom, operating
in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Decision
1999/0468/EC.