European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (COM(1998) 249 - C5−0222/1999 — 1998/0141 (AVC))
Date: 2000-02-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: World Intellectual Property Organisation, broadcasting, copyright, literary and artistic property, new technology

C 339/128

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Wednesday 16 February 2000

2. Scrapie ***I

A5-0023/2000

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC
as regards scrapie (COM(1998) 623 ) C4-0026/1999 ) 1998/0324(COD))

The proposal was approved.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council
directive amending Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards scrapie (COM(1998) 623 ) C4-0026/
1999 ) 1998/0324(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:25) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(1998) 623) (1),

(cid:25) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 152 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0026/1999),

(cid:25) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:25) having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion

of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0023/2000),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) OJ C 45, 19.2.1999, p. 33.

3. WIPO treaty (copyright, performances, phonograms) ***

A5-0008/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the approval,
on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Perfor-
mances and Phonograms Treaty (COM(1998) 249 ) C5-0222/1999 ) 1998/0141(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:25) having regard to the Commission proposal (11221/1999 (cid:25) COM(1998) 249 (cid:25) 1998/0141(AVC)) (1),

(cid:25) having regard to the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty,

(cid:25) having regard to the Council’s request for Parliament’s assent pursuant to Article 300(3), second sub-
paragraph in conjunction with Article 47(2), Article 55 and Article 95 of the EC Treaty (C5-0222/
1999),

(1) OJ C 165, 30.5.1998, p. 8.

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(cid:25) having regard to Rules 86 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:25) having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and
the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (A5-0008/2000),

1.

Gives its assent to the approval of the Treaties;

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council, the Commission, the gov-
2.
ernments and parliaments of the Member States and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

4. Additives in feedingstuffs *

A5-0015/2000

Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding-
stuffs (COM(1999) 388 ) C5-0134/1999 ) 1999/0168(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows (1):

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (2)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 152 thereof,

(Amendment 1)
Citation 1

(Amendment 2)
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) Whereas if, on 1 April 1998, there was more than
one person responsible for putting an additive into circu-
lation, each such person will hold a provisional authorisa-
tion linked to it during the re-evaluation procedure,
provided he makes an application for authorisation in
accordance with Article 9g(5);

(Amendment 4)
ARTICLE −1 (new)
Article 7a (Directive 70/524/EEC)

Article −1

Article 7a of Directive 70/524/EEC is replaced by the fol-
lowing:

Article 7a

1.
If an additive consists of or contains genetically
modified organisms within the meaning of Article
2(1) and (2) of Council Directive 90/220/EEC of
23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the envir-
onment of genetically modified organisms (1), it shall
be authorised only if it is safe for human health and
the environment.

(1) The matter was then referred back to committee pursuant to Rule 69(2).
(2) OJ C 307 E, 26.10.1999, p. 38.