European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries (12487/1/1999 – C5-0014/2000 — 1999/0015(COD))
Date: 2000-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Development, European Parliament
Subjects: developing countries, forest conservation, silviculture, sustainable development, tropical forest

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TEXTS ADOPTED

1. Conservation and sustainable forest management ***II

A5-0048/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on measures to promote the con-
servation and sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries
(12487/1/1999 - C5-0014/2000 - 1999/0015(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:17) having regard to the Council common position (12487/1/1999 (cid:17) C5-0014/2000),

(cid:17) having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1999) 41) (2),

(cid:17) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2000) 54 (cid:17) C5-0092/2000),

(cid:17) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:17) having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:17) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Development and

Cooperation (A5-0048/2000),

1.

2.

Amends the common position as follows;

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

COUNCIL
COMMON POSITION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 11

Provision should be made for funding the activities

(11)
referred to in this Regulation;

to in this Regulation;

Provision should be made for funding the activities
(11)
referred
financial
resources are necessary for a significant contribution to
the protection of tropical and other forests in developing
countries, where deforestation has led, or threatens to
lead, to environmental disasters such as flooding or air
pollution;

considerable

(Amendment 2)
Article 3, 3rd indent a (new)

- ensuring the active participation of forest-dependent
people and local communities in the development of
national forest policies and in development planning.

(1) OJ C 279, 1.10.1999, p. 184.
(2) OJ C 87, 29.3.1999, p. 97.

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COMMON POSITION

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 3)
Article 3, 3rd indent b (new)

- improving coordination and the flow of information
between Commission and Member State projects so
as to set up coherent actions in the regions con-
cerned.

(Amendment 4)
Article 4(3), 3rd indent

(cid:17) participation of forest-dependent people and local commu-
nities in activities carried out under this Regulation, taking
into account their development priorities and economic,
social and cultural rights, inter alia through capacity build-
ing, in order to ensure their full participation in all deci-
sion- making processes.

(cid:17) providing prior information and ensuring the partici-
pation of forest-dependent people and local communities
in activities carried out under this Regulation, taking into
account their development priorities and economic, social
and cultural rights, inter alia through capacity building, in
order to ensure their full participation in all decision-mak-
ing processes.

(Amendment 5)
Article 4(3), 4th indent

(cid:17) sustainability of any proposed activity, social, economic as

well as environmental.

(cid:17) sustainability of any proposed activity, social, economic as
well as environmental; no funding shall be possible if
there are serious doubts as to the environmental,
social or socio-cultural sustainability of the activity
envisaged.

(Amendment 6)
Article 4(5), 2nd paragraph (new)

Activities carried out shall be evaluated taking into
account the opinion of forest-dependent people.

(Amendment 7)
Article 4(7)

7. When appropriate, activities shall be carried out within
the framework of regional organisations and international pro-
grammes of cooperation and shall be supportive to the devel-
opment of a global policy on the conservation and sustainable
management of forests.

7. When appropriate, activities shall be carried out within
the framework of regional organisations and international pro-
grammes of cooperation and shall be supportive to the devel-
opment of a global policy on the conservation and sustainable
management of forests in which Community policy can be
integrated.

(Amendment 8)
Article 7, 2nd paragraph (new)

Notwithstanding the other measures that the Commission
shall take to protect the Community’s financial interests,
bank or credit guarantees shall not be required where
such a requirement would preclude the participation of
the recipients and partners identified in Article 5.

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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

The financial framework for implementing this Regulation dur-
ing the period from 2000 to 2006 shall be € 63 million.

The financial framework for implementing this Regulation dur-
ing the period from 2000 to 2006 shall be € 249 million.

(Amendment 9)
Article 8, 1st paragraph

(Amendment 10)
Article 9(2)

Each year, the Commission shall adopt,

2.
in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 10(2), strategic guide-
lines and priorities for implementing the activities to be carried
out in the following year.

Each year, the Commission shall adopt,

2.
in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 10(2), strategic guide-
lines and priorities for implementing the activities to be carried
out in the following year. It shall inform the European Par-
liament thereof.

(Amendment 13)
Article 9(3)

3.
Decisions relating to grants of € 2 million or more for
individual activities financed under this Regulation shall be
adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 10(2).

3.
Decisions relating to grants of € 2 million or more for
individual activities financed under this Regulation shall be
adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure
laid down in subparagraph 1a of Article 10(2).

(Amendment 11)
Article 10(2)

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management
procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

2.
The measures to be taken for the implementation of
this Regulation concerning strategic guidelines and priori-
ties shall be adopted by use of the management procedure
referred to in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC, having
regard to Articles 7 and 8 thereof.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/
EC shall be one month.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/
EC shall be one month.

The measures to be taken for the implementation of this
Regulation concerning all other matters shall be adopted
by use of the advisory procedure referred to in Article 3
of Decision 1999/468/EC, having regard to Articles 7 and
8 thereof.