European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 95/53/EC fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition (C5-0499/2000 — 1998/0301(COD))
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU control, animal nutrition, food inspection, health control

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ANNEX

2001 budgetary procedure (cid:16)
Joint declaration on a progress report to be submitted
by the Commission by 30 June 2001

The Parliament and Council welcome the efforts undertaken by the Commission for reform and in parti-
cular the efforts to improve the efficiency and performance of budget implementation. They welcome the
report submitted on 15 November 2000 on the outstanding commitments. They consequently ask the
Commission to submit a report, by 30 June 2001, including the following elements:

1.

Progress made on

& reduction of outstanding commitments to a normal level by December 2003,

& improved simplification of the cycle of projects,

& improved implementation of programmes, and

& limitation of the duration of commitments;

2.

Functioning of comitology in the framework of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999, in
particular in relation to heading 4;

3.

Progress on the reform package of the Commission, including the early retirement proposal;

4.

5.

Information on the performance targets for each of the major programmes in heading 4, on the basis
of quarterly expenditure plans and profiles of commitments and payments during the year in order to
monitor how the programmes are performing;

Improvements made to ensure a better match between legislative and budgetary procedure, without
changing the pragmatic budgetary timetable agreed by the three Institutions.

When examining this report, the Council and Parliament will also take stock of the procedure for approval
by the Budget Authority of the financial impact of foreign policy proposals and discuss the state of play
concerning access by the European Parliament to confidential foreign policy information held by the Coun-
cil.

4. Official inspections in the field of animal nutrition ***III

A5-0372/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 95/53/EC fixing the prin-
ciples governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition (C5-0499/
2000 (cid:16) 1998/0301(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

& having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (C5-0499/2000),

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

Council (COM(1998) 602) (2),

(1) OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p.150 and OJ C 107, 13.4.2000, p. 63.
(2) OJ C 346, 14.11.1998, p. 9.

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& having regard to its position at second reading (1) on the Council common position (2),

& having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position

(COM(2000) 496 & C5-0452/2000),

& having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

& having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

& having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0372/2000),

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.

‘Texts Adopted’, 11.4.2000, Item 2.

(1)
(2) OJ C 17, 20.1.2000, p. 8.

5. Additives other than colours and sweeteners ***II

A5-0347/2000

European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a
view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (9662/1/2000 (cid:16) C5-0425/
2000 (cid:16) 1999/0158(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

& having regard to the Council common position (9662/1/2000 & C5-0425/2000) (1),

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

Council (COM(1999) 329) (3),

& having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2000) 451) (4),

& having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

& having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

& having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,

Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0347/2000),

1.

2.

Amends the common position as follows;

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

‘Texts Adopted’ of 11.4.2000, Item 3.

(1) OJ C 300, 20.10.2000, p. 45.
(2)
(3) OJ C 21 E, 25.1.2000, p. 42.
(4) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 238.