European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (COM(2004)0592 - C6-0118/2004 - 2004/0202(COD))
Date: 2005-04-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Cyprus, Czechia, EU statistics, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, accession to the European Union, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

C 33 E/132

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

9.2.2006

Tuesday 12 April 2005

P6_TA(2005)0083

TEXTS ADOPTED

Common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of
the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics
(NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hun-
gary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (COM(2004)0592 — C6-0118/
2004 — 2004/0202(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal of the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council (COM

(2004)0592) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted its proposal (C6-0118/2004),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0067/2005),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Asks the Commission to reconsult Parliament should it propose to amend its proposal substantially or

2.
replace it by another text;

3.
Supports the Commission in submitting a communication to the European Parliament and the Coun-
cil on the appropriateness of establishing rules on a Europe-wide basis for more detailed levels in the NUTS
classification, as provided for in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for
statistics (NUTS) (2);

4.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

P6_TA(2005)0084

Designation of Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany, the
Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland with a view to adopting a Council Decision on protecting the euro
against counterfeiting, by designating Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counter-
feiting (14811/2004 — C6-0221/2004 — 2004/0817(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French
Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (14811/
2004) (1),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.