European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, with specific reference to a simplified application of the nomenclature of products (14100/1/1999 C5-0134/2000 — 1997/0162(COD))
Date: 2000-06-14
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: intra-EU trade, simplification of formalities, statistics, tariff nomenclature, trading operation

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TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday 14 June 2000

1. Schengen Agreement * (procedure without report)

C5-0216/2000

Initiative of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg with a view to the adoption of a Council decision
establishing a procedure for amending Artices 40(4) and (5), 41(7) and 65(2) of the Convention
implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at
common borders (7217/2000 5 C5-0216/2000 5 2000/0803(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The initiative was approved.

2. Tempus III * (procedure without report)

C5-0231/2000

Proposal for a Council decision modifying Decision 1999/311/EC of 29 April 1999 adopting the
the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III)
third phase of

(2000-2006) (COM(2000) 184 5 C5-0231/2000 5 2000/0074(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

3. Statistics for trade between Member States ***II

A5-0153/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States,
with specific reference to a simplified application of the nomenclature of products (14100/1/1999
C5-0134/2000 5 1997/0162(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:24) having regard to the Council common position (14100/1/1999 (cid:24) C5-0134/2000) (1),

(cid:24) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1997) 275) (3),

(cid:24) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(1998) 269) (4),

(cid:24) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(1) OJ C 87, 24.3.2000, p. 11.
(2) OJ C 138, 4.5.1998, p. 90.
(3) OJ C 245, 12.8.1997, p. 12.
(4) OJ C 164, 29.5.1998, p. 14.

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(cid:24) having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:24) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the

Internal Market (A5-0153/2000),

1.

2.

Approves the common position;

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

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

3.
the EC Treaty;

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

4.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

5.

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

4. Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products ***I

A5-0156/2000

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the approximation of the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture,
presentation and sale of tobacco products (COM(1999) 594 5 C5-0016/2000 5 1999/0244(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 75)
Recital 3

(3) Those barriers should be eliminated and, to this end, the
rules relating to the manufacture, presentation and sale of
tobacco products should be approximated, whilst leaving Mem-
ber States the possibility of introducing, under certain condi-
tions, such requirements as they consider necessary in order
to guarantee the protection of the health of individuals.

(3) Those barriers should be eliminated and, to this end, the
rules relating to the manufacture, presentation and sale of
tobacco products should be approximated, whilst leaving Mem-
ber States the possibility of introducing, under certain condi-
tions, such requirements as they consider necessary in order
to guarantee the protection of
individuals.
The price of tobacco products can influence to a large
extent whether consumption of such products begins or
ceases. A ban on the sale of tobacco products to persons
under 16 may discourage more young people from start-
ing to use these products.

the health of

(Amendment 2)
Recital 4

In accordance with Article 95(3) of the Treaty, the Com-
(4)
mission is obliged, in its proposals under Article 95(1) con-
cerning health, safety, environmental protection and consumer
protection, to take as a base a high level of protection.

In accordance with Article 95(3) of the Treaty, the Com-
(4)
mission is obliged, in its proposals under Article 95(1) con-
cerning health, safety, environmental protection and consumer
protection, to take as a base a high level of protection, taking
account in particular of any new development based on
scientific facts.