European Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2037/1/2000REV1 – C5-0588/2000 — 2000/2266(ACI))
Date: 2001-07-03
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU act, Internet, codification of EU law, drafting of EU law, interinstitutional agreement

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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14.3.2002

Tuesday 3 July 2001

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 28
Annex III

This annex is deleted.

Amendment 29
Annex IV

This annex is deleted.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on measuring instruments (COM(2000) 566 (cid:129) C5-0478/2000 (cid:129) 2000/
0233(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament and the Council

(COM(2000) 566) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0478/2000),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, External Trade Research and Energy

(A5-0221/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.
replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 1.

5. Recasting of legal acts (procedure without debate)

A5-0230/2001

European Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement on a more structured use
of the recasting technique for legal acts (2037/1/2000 rev. 1 (cid:129) C5-0588/2000 (cid:129) 2000/2266(ACI))

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the draft interinstitutional agreement (2037/1/2000 rev. 1 (cid:129) C5-0588/2000),

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (A5-0230/

2001),

A. whereas the European Union is a community based on the rule of law,

B. whereas citizens, to whom the law is addressed, must be able to understand their rights and duties

with ease,

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1.
Is in favour of concluding an interinstitutional agreement on a more structured use of the recasting
technique for legal acts; approves the terms of the draft interinstitutional agreement; makes the future
conclusion of the agreement subject to the condition that it contains a clause worded as follows:

This agreement shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply to any proposal for recasting submitted from the date of its entry into force. An assess-
ment of the application of this agreement shall take place three years after its entry into force.

For this purpose the Legal Services of the institutions signatory to the agreement shall submit an
assessment report and propose, where appropriate, any changes required.

Calls on the Commission to step up its work of electronic consolidation of the main legal acts in

2.
force and make the results accessible via the Internet;

3.
Instructs its rapporteur to conduct the negotiations necessary for fulfilling the above conditions with
the Council and Commission, under the authority of the President of Parliament and in close cooperation
with the committee responsible;

Approves the draft interinstitutional agreement provided it includes the above clause; instructs its

4.
President to sign the interinstitutional agreement once the above clause has been incorporated;

5.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

6. Framework strategy on Gender Equality (cid:129) Work Programme for 2001

(procedure without debate)

A5-0224/2001

European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication to the Council and the Euro-
(cid:145)Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (cid:129) Work Programme for 2001(cid:146)
pean Parliament

(COM(2001) 119 (cid:129) SEC(2001) 382 (cid:129) C5-0193/2001 (cid:129) 2001/2089(COS))

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission communication (COM(2001) 119 (cid:129) SEC(2001) 382 (cid:129) C5-0193/

2001),

(cid:129) having regard to the Council Decision of 20 December 2000 establishing a programme relating to the

Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005) (1),

(cid:129) having regard to its opinion of 15 November 2000 on the proposal for a Council decision on the
programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005)
(COM(2000) 335 (cid:129) C5-0386/2000 (cid:129) 2000/0143(CNS)) (2),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 47(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Women(cid:146)s Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0224/

2001),

A. having regard to the need to promote gender equality and to integrate this objective into those

policies which have a direct and indirect impact on the lives of both sexes,

(1) OJ L 17, 19.1.2001, p. 22.
(2)
(cid:145)Texts Adopted(cid:146), Item 3.