European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EEC and 1999/311/EC, and Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2001) 551 — C5-0477/2001 — 2001/0223(CNS))
Date: 2001-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU programme, European Agency for Reconstruction, aid system, cooperation policy, non-refundable aid

27.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 153 E/297

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 29 November 2001

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 7
ARTICLE 2, POINT 4
Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

4.

In Article 7 paragraph 3 first subparagraph ‘Federal Repub-
is replaced by ‘Federal Republic of
lic of Yugoslavia’
Yugoslavia and of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia’.

4.

first

In Article 7, paragraph 3,
subparagraph ‘Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia’ is followed by ‘or other regions
or countries to which the mandate of the European
Agency for Reconstruction may be extended after consul-
tation of the European Parliament’.

Amendment 8
ARTICLE 2, POINT 5
Article 7, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

5.

In Article 7 paragraph 3 second subparagraph ‘Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia’ is replaced by ‘Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia and to the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia’.

5.

In Article 7, paragraph 3, second subparagraph ‘Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia’ is followed by ‘or other regions
or countries to which the mandate of the European
Agency for Reconstruction may be extended after consul-
tation of the European Parliament’.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing
Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90
and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC, and Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the
European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2001) 551 0 C5-0477/2001 0 2001/0223(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

’ having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 551),

’ having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 308 of the EC Treaty (C5-0477/2001),

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

’ having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security

and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0386/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

3.
Parliament;

Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text

4.
approved by Parliament;

5.

6.

Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to substantially amend the Commission proposal;

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