European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2005)0155 - C6-0120/2005 - 2005/0061(CNS))
Date: 2005-06-09
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Economic and Monetary Union, European accounting system, budget deficit, public administration, public debt

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The following point [XX] is added to Annex I of Directive 76/769/EEC:

ANNEX

‘[XX]. Polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

(1)

1. Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)
CAS No. 50-32-8

2. Benzo(e)pyren (BeP)
CAS No. 192-97-2

3. Benzo(a)anthracene (BaA)

CAS No. 56-55-3

4. Chrysen (CHR)

CAS No. 218-01-9

5. Benzo(b)fluoranthene (BbFA)

CAS No. 205-99-2

6. Benzo(j)fluoranthene (BjFA)

CAS No. 205-82-3

7. Benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkFA)

CAS No. 207-08-9

8. Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (DBAhA)

CAS No. 53-70-3

Extender oils may not be placed on the market and
used for the production of tyres or parts of tyres, if
they contain
— more than 1 mg/kg BaP, or
— more than 10 mg/kg of the sum of all listed

PAHs.

if the PCA
These limits are regarded as kept,
extract is less than 3 % by mass, as measured by
the Institute of Petroleum standard IP346:1998
(Determination of polycyclic aromatics in unused
lubricating base oils and asphaltene free petroleum
extraction
fractions — Dimethyl
refractive index method), provided that compliance
with the limit values of BaP and of the listed
PAHs, as well as the correlation of the measured
values with the PCA extract, is controlled by the
manufacturer or importer every 6 months or after
each major operational
is
earliest.

change, whichever

sulphoxide

(2) Furthermore, the tyres and treads for retreading
manufactured after 1 January 2010 may not be
placed on the market if they contain extender oils
exceeding the limits indicated in paragraph 1.
These limits are regarded as kept, if the vulcanised
rubber compounds do not exceed the limit of
0,35 % Bay protons as measured and calculated by
ISO 21461 (Rubber vulcanized — Determination
rubber
of
compounds).

in vulcanized

aromaticity

oil

of

(3) By way of derogation, paragraph 2 shall not apply
to retreaded tyres if their tread does not contain
extender oils exceeding the limits indicated in
paragraph 1.’

P6_TA(2005)0233

Excessive deficit procedure *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive
deficit procedure (COM(2005)0155 — C6-0120/2005 — 2005/0061(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0155) (1),

— having regard to Article 104(14), second subparagraph of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Council consulted Parliament (C6-0120/2005),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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

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— having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0158/2005),

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;

3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal

4.
substantially;

5.

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

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 5 a (new)

(5a)
It is necessary to define the concept of an exceptional
and temporary excess over the reference value as referred to
in Article 104(2)(a).

Amendment 2

Recital 5 b (new)

(5b) The Council should in this context, inter alia, use the
multiannual budgetary forecasts and the common external
assumptions provided by the Commission.

Amendment 4

Recital 12

(12) The current overall maximum period of 10 months
from the reporting dates established in Article 4(2) and (3) of
Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 until the decision to impose
sanctions would be inconsistent with the amended deadlines
in each step of the procedure and the possibility to issue
revised recommendations under Article 104(7) or revised
notices under Article 104(9). The overall maximum period
should therefore be adjusted in accordance with these amend-
ments.

(12) The current overall maximum period of 10 months
from the reporting dates established in Article 4(2) and (3) of
Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 until the decision to impose
sanctions would be inconsistent with the amended deadlines
in each step of the procedure and the possibility to issue
revised recommendations under Article 104(7) or revised
notices under Article 104(9). The overall maximum period
should therefore be adjusted in accordance with these amend-
ments but should not exceed three years from the occurrence
of the excessive deficit.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 5

Article 1, point 1
Article 2, paragraph 2 (Regulation (EC) No 1467/97)

2.
The Commission and the Council, when assessing and
deciding upon the existence of an excessive deficit according
to paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 104 of the Treaty, may
consider an excess over the reference value resulting from a
severe economic downturn as exceptional in the sense of the
second indent of Article 104(2)(a) if the excess over the refer-
ence value results from a negative growth rate or an accumu-
lated loss of output during a protracted period of very low
growth relative to potential growth.

2.
The Commission and the Council, when assessing and
deciding upon the existence of an excessive deficit according
to paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 104 of the Treaty, may, after
comparing the figures submitted to the Commission by the
Member States with the reports submitted by the national
central banks to the ECB, consider an excess over the refer-
ence value resulting from a severe economic downturn as
exceptional
the second indent of Article
104(2)(a) if the excess over the reference value results from a
negative growth rate or an accumulated loss of output during
a protracted period of very low growth relative to potential
growth.

in the sense of

Amendment 6

Article 1, point 1
Article 2, paragraph 3 (Regulation (EC) No 1467/97)

3.
The Commission, when preparing a report under Article
104(3) shall take into account all other relevant factors. The
report shall, in particular, appropriately reflect developments
in the medium-term economic and budgetary position. The
Commission shall also give due consideration to factors which
the Member State has put
forward publicly and to the
Commission within one month of the reporting dates estab-
lished in Article 4(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 3605/93.

3.
The Commission, when preparing a report under Article
104(3) shall take into account all other relevant factors which
must be clearly set out in an agreed list of relevant factors
to be taken into account. The report shall,
in particular,
appropriately reflect developments
in the medium-term
economic and budgetary position. The Commission shall also
give due consideration to factors which the Member State has
put
forward publicly and to the Commission within one
month of the reporting dates established in Article 4(2) and
(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 The European Parliament
shall be informed regularly about the existence of an exces-
sive deficit and the monitoring process.

Amendment 7

Article 1, point 2, point (b)
Article 3, paragraph 4 (Regulation (EC) No 1467/97)

4.
The Council recommendation made in accordance with
Article 104(7) shall establish a deadline of six months at the
most for effective action to be taken by the Member State
concerned. The Council recommendation shall also establish a
deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit, which
should be completed in the year following its identification
unless there are special circumstances. In the recommenda-
tion, the Council shall request that the Member State achieves
improvement in the cyclically-adjusted
a minimum annual
balance net of one-off and temporary measures, in order to
ensure the correction of the excessive deficit within the dead-
line set in the recommendation.

4.
The Council recommendation made in accordance with
Article 104(7) shall establish a deadline of six months at the
most for effective action to be taken by the Member State
concerned. The Council recommendation shall also establish a
deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit, which
should be completed in the year following its identification
unless there are special circumstances,
in which case, the
excessive deficit must be corrected within three years after
the Council shall
its occurrence.
request that the Member State achieves a minimum annual
improvement in the cyclically-adjusted balance net of one-off
and temporary measures, in order to ensure the correction of
the excessive deficit within the deadline set in the recommen-
dation.

In the recommendation,