European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that directive (C5-0183/2000 - 1998/0318(COD))
Date: 2000-05-17
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: arrangement of working time, crew, occupational safety, transport staff

C 59/92

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EN

23.2.2001

Wednesday 17 May 2000

5. Carbon dioxide emissions from new passenger cars ***III

A5-0128/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a scheme to monitor the average
specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (C5-0105/2000 ( 1998/0202(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (C5-0105/2000),

(cid:19) having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1998) 348) (2),

(cid:19) having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(1999) 58) (3),

(cid:19) having regard to its position at second reading on the Council common position (4),

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position

(COM(2000) 44 (cid:19) C5-0070/2000),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:19) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:19) having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0128/2000),

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

4.

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

(1) OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p. 240.
(2) OJ C 231, 23.7.1998, p. 6.
(3) OJ C 83, 25.3.1999, p. 9.
(4) Texts Adopted of 2 December 1999, Item 4.

6. Organisation of working time ***III

A5-0129/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council directive 93/104/EC con-
cerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities
excluded from that directive (C5-0183/2000 ( 1998/0318(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:19) having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission

statements (C5-0183/2000),

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(cid:19) having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1998) 662) (2),

(cid:19) having regard to its position at second reading on the Council common position (3),

(cid:19) having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position

(COM(1999) 699 (cid:19) C5-0051/2000),

(cid:19) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:19) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:19) having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0129/2000),

1.

Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission statements thereon;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

4.

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

(1) OJ C 219, 30.7.1999, p. 231.
(2) OJ C 43, 17.2.1999, p. 16.
(3) Texts Adopted of 16 November 1999, Item 2.

7. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ***I

A5-0117/2000

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation laying down rules for the prevention
and control of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (COM(1998) 623 ( C4-0025/
1999 ( 1998/0323(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 1a (new)

(1a) Whereas, in view of the worrying reports of scien-
tific evidence that TSE infections may be transmitted
through blood, and in view of the increase in the number
of TSE cases also outside the United Kingdom, Commun-
ity policy to prevent and reduce the spread of encephalo-
pathies urgently needs to be reconsidered in the light of
these new discoveries;

(1) OJ C 45, 19.2.1999, p. 2.