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 - C5-0425/2000 - 1999/0158(COD))
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer protection, food additive, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition

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

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position

(COM(2000) 496 (cid:1) C5-0452/2000),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) 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 * C5-0425/
2000 * 1999/0158(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

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

(cid:1) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

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

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2000) 451) (4),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) 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.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
ARTICLE 1(2)
Annex II, table (Directive 95/2/EC)

2.

in Annex II, the following row shall be added:

Deleted

Prepacked peeled and/or cut
unprocessed carrots

E 401
Sodium alginate

quantum satis

6. Competition between postal services ***I

A5-0361/2000

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 97/67/EC with
regard to the further opening to competition of Community postal services (COM(2000) 319 *
C5-0375/2000 * 2000/0139(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 2

(2) Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the devel-
opment of the internal market of Community postal services
and the improvement of quality of service established a regula-
tory framework for the postal sector at Community level,
including measures to guarantee a universal service, the setting
of maximum limits for the postal services which Member States
may reserve to their universal service provider(s) with a view to
the maintenance of the universal service, and a timetable for deci-
sion-making on the further opening of the market to competition, for
the purposes of creating a single market in postal services.

(2) Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the devel-
opment of the internal market of Community postal services
and the improvement of quality of service established a regula-
tory framework for the postal sector at Community level,
including measures to guarantee a universal service, the setting
of maximum limits for the postal services which Member States
may reserve to their universal service provider(s) with a view to
the maintenance of the universal service.

(Amendment 2)
Recital 4a (new)

(4a) Measures in this area must be designed in such a
way that the social tasks of the Community pursuant to
Article 2 of the Treaty * namely, a high level of employ-
ment and of social protection * are also achieved as
objectives.

(1) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 220.