European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council directive amending for the twentieth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (9461/1/2001 – C5-0301/2001 — 2000/0104(COD))
Date: 2001-11-29
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, dangerous substance, environmental protection, marketing, occupational safety, paraffin, pollution control measures

27.6.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 153 E/233

TEXTS ADOPTED

Thursday 29 November 2001

1. Visa requirements for third-country nationals * (procedure without report)

C5-0505/2001

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third coun-
tries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those
whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (COM(2001) 570 2 C5-0505/2001 2 2001/
0231(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The proposal was approved.

2. Restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and
(procedure without

preparations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) ***II
debate)

A5-0382/2001

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a Euro-
pean Parliament and Council directive amending for the twentieth time Council Directive 76/769/
EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parations (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (9461/1/2001 2 C5-0301/2001 2 2000/0104(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:25) having regard to the Council common position (9461/1/2001 (cid:25) C5-0301/2001) (1),

(cid:25) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2000) 260) (3),

(cid:25) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(2001) 268) (4),

(cid:25) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:25) having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:25) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,

Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0382/2001),

1.

2.

Amends the common position as follows;

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

(1) OJ C 301, 26.10.2001, p. 39.
(2) OJ C 267, 21.9.2001, p. 41.
(3) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 138.
(4) OJ C 213 E, 31.7.2001, p. 296.

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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Recital 1

Limitations

(1)
already adopted or planned by certain
Member States on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins
(SCCP) following Parcom (Convention for the Prevention of
Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources) Decision 95/1
directly affect the completion and functioning of the internal
market;
it is therefore necessary to approximate the laws of
the Member States in this field and consequently to amend
Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on
the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the
marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parations.

Limitations

(1)
already adopted or planned by certain
Member States on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins
(SCCP) following Parcom (Convention for the Prevention of
Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources) Decision 95/1
directly affect the completion and functioning of the internal
market;
it is therefore necessary to approximate the laws of
the Member States in this field and consequently to amend
Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on
the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the
marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and pre-
parations in full accordance with Parcom Decision 95/1.

Amendment 2
Recital 4

(4) All remaining uses of SCCPs are to be reviewed in the
light of new scientific knowledge, in particular with regard to
emissions from items containing SCCPs.

(4) All remaining uses of SCCPs are to be reviewed in the
light of new scientific knowledge. In the light of the results
of studies undertaken under the Convention for the Protec-
tion of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
(OSPAR) on the uses of all chlorinated paraffins pursuant
to Parcom Decision 95/1, the Commission should make pro-
posals to reduce such uses.

3. Generalised tariff preferences (2002-2004) * (procedure without debate)

A5-0404/2001

Proposal for a Council regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (COM(2001) 293 2 C5-0374/2001 2 2001/0131(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Recital 1a (new)

(1a) The European Union’s common commercial policy
must be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of
development policy, in particular the eradication of poverty
and the promotion of sustainable development in the devel-
oping countries.

(1) OJ C 270 E, 25.9. 2001, p. 24.