European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (7524/8/2006 - C6-0267/2006 - 2003/0256(COD))
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: Community certification, European Chemicals Agency, chemical industry, chemical product, environmental risk prevention, marketing, scientific report

23.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317 E/365

TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

P6_TA(2006)0552

European Chemicals Agency ***II

European Parliament
legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation,
Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency,
amending Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as
Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and
2000/21/EC (7524/8/2006 — C6-0267/2006 — 2003/0256(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (7524/8/2006 — C6-0267/2006) (1),
— having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2003)0644) (3),

— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public

Health and Food Safety (A6-0352/2006),

— having regard to the Commission statements which are annexed to this legislative resolution and which

will be published together with the legislative act in the Official Journal;

1. Approves the common position as amended;

2.

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

(1) OJ C 276 E, 14.11.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 280 E, 18.11.2006, p. 303.
(3) Not yet published in the OJ.

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0256

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 December 2006 with a view
to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH),
establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and
2000/21/EC

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at second reading corresponds to
the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006).