European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications and supplementing Directives 77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC concerning the professions of nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor (C5-0680/2000 — 1997/0345(COD))
Date: 2001-02-01
Institutions: Delegation to the Conciliation Committee, European Parliament
Subjects: health care profession, professional qualifications, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment, town-planning profession, vocational training

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(cid:1) having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(1999) 616) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at second reading 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) 572 (cid:1) C5-0481/2000),

(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 (A5-0014/2001),

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 116 E, 26.4.2000, p. 40.
(2)

‘Texts adopted’, 5.7.2000, Item 7.

6. Recognition of professional qualifications ***III

A5-0012/2001

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/
EEC on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications and supplementing
Directives 77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/
EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC concerning the professions
of nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect,
pharmacist and doctor (C5-0680/2000 0 1997/0345(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Council,

Commission and Parliament statements (C5-0680/2000),

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

Council (COM(1997) 638) (2),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

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

(COM(2000) 527 (cid:1) C5-0435/2000),

(1) OJ C 226, 20.7.1998, p. 19.
(2) OJ C 28, 26.1.1998, p. 1.
(3)
(4) OJ C 119, 27.4.2000, p. 1.

‘Texts Adopted’, 5.7.2000, Item 8.

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(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 (A5-0012/2001),

Approves the joint text, confirms its statement thereon and draws attention to the Council and Com-

1.
mission 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.

7. Energy efficiency labelling ***I

A5-0006/2001

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community Energy
and Communication Technology Equipment
Efficiency Labelling Programme

for Office

(COM(2000) 18 0 C5-0061/2000 0 2000/0033(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 2a

(2a) There are, however, other measures for reducing the
electricity consumption of
such as
switching it off when not needed. The Commission should
ascertain which measures are appropriate in order also to
exploit this energy-saving potential.

such equipment,

(Amendment 2)
Recital 6

(6) Moreover, Article 174 of the Treaty calls for the protec-
tion and improvement of the environment and prudent and
rational utilisation of natural CO2 resources, these two objec-
tives being among those of the Community policy on the
environment; electricity generation and consumption account
for 30 % of man-made carbon dioxides (CO2) emissions and
some 35 % of primary energy consumption in the Community,
these percentages are increasing.

(6) Moreover, Article 174 of the Treaty calls for the protec-
tion and improvement of the environment and prudent and
rational utilisation of natural resources, these two objectives
being among those of the Community policy on the environ-
ment; electricity generation and consumption account for 30 %
of man-made carbon dioxides (CO2) emissions and some 35 %
of primary energy consumption in the Community, stand-by
losses from electrical equipment account for about 10 %
of electricity consumption, and these percentages
are
increasing.

(1) OJ C 150 E, 30.5.2000, p. 73.