European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community Framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban development (COM(1999) 557 — C5-0309/1999 — 1999/0233(COD))
Date: 2000-12-14
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, EU regional policy, sustainable development, urban area, urbanisation

17.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 232/319

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 14 December 2000

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 30)
Annex (B), fourth indent

(cid:17) support the establishment of partnerships including
players from the Central and East European countries.

(cid:1) support the establishment of partnerships including
players from the Central and East European countries,
Cyprus and Malta, as well as from other countries
which have signed association agreements with
the European Community.

(Amendment 37)
Annex (C)

C. Accompanying measures needed to analyse and monitor
activities in the field of sustainable development and Local
Agenda 21, 20 %

C. Accompanying measures needed to analyse and monitor
activities in the field of sustainable urban development
and Local Agenda 21, 20 %

# reports on the level, extent and nature of urban pro-
blems which could be addressed at Community level;

# reports on the level, extent and nature of urban pro-
blems which could be addressed at Community level;

# analytical reviews of the local penetration of ‘sustain-
in other areas covered by Community

able development’
policies.

# analytical reviews of the local penetration of a sus-
tainable approach to urban development in areas
other than environment policy, taking particularly
the coherent relationship with structural policies
into consideration;

(cid:1) testing and support functions for consolidation,
coordination, use, dissemination and development
of the monitoring initiative Towards a Local Sus-
tainability Profile/European Common Indicators.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on a Community Framework for cooperation to promote sustainable
urban development (COM(1999) 557 (cid:1) C5-0309/1999 (cid:1) 1999/0233(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

# having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(1999) 557) (1),

# having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commis-

sion submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0309/1999),

# having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

# having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy
and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and
Tourism (A5-0350/2000),

(1) OJ C 56 E, 29.2.2000, p. 68.

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1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

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

10. COM in bananas *

A5-0374/2000

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisa-
tion of the market in bananas (COM(1999) 582 (cid:1) C5-0277/1999 (cid:1) 1999/0235(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 1a (new)

(1a) The common organisation of the market in bananas
is extremely important for the ACP producer countries
and the outermost regions of the Union in terms of
export revenues, employment, the development of infra-
structures and environmental protection.

(Amendment 2)
Recital 1b (new)

(1b) The fundamental principles which governed the
establishment of the common organisation of the market
in bananas were designed to guarantee European consu-
mers the variety and balance of the sources of supply for
the market on the basis of respect for Community prefer-
ence and the Community’s various international obliga-
tions, contracted primarily towards its ACP partners, as
set out in Protocol No 5 of the Lomé Convention and
reaffirmed when the Cotonou Agreement was signed.

(Amendment 3)
Recital 1c (new)

(1c) When it was established, the common organisation
of the market in bananas was based on a compromise
respecting the interests of the various sources of supply,
while taking account of the Union’s previous commit-
ments, namely Community preference, preferential access
for ACP countries and the GATT rules with regard to
third countries.

(1) OJ C 177 E, 27.6.2000, p. 28.