do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters (COM(2004)0718 - C6-0154/2004 - 2004/0251(COD))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: access to the courts, civil law, commercial law, judicial proceedings, mediator

31.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 27 E/129

TEXTS ADOPTED

Thursday 29 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0088

Mediation in civil and commercial matters ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial
matters (COM(2004)0718 — C6-0154/2004 — 2004/0251(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2004)0718),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 61(c) and 67(5) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0154/2004),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0074/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0251

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 Mars 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects
of mediation in civil and commercial matters

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 61(c) and the
second indent of Article 67(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

(1) OJ C 286, 17.11.2005, p. 1.
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 29 March 2007.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners (COM(2005)0593 - C6-0039/2006 - 2005/0242(COD))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: civil liability, guarantee, indemnification, maritime safety, maritime transport, pollution from ships

C 27 E/166

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

31.1.2008

Thursday 29 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0094

Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners
(COM(2005)0593 — C6-0039/2006 — 2005/0242(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0593) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0039/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the

Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0055/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0242

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 March 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the civil
liability and financial guarantees of shipowners

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

(1) OJ C 318, 23.12.2006, p. 195.
(2) OJ C 229, 22.9.2006, p. 38.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 29 March 2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4585 — BMW Intec/Dekra Südleasing Services) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, hire purchase, management, merger control, motor vehicle industry, parent company, restrictive-practice authorisation, vehicle fleet

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/27

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4585 — BMW Intec/Dekra Südleasing Services)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/08)

On 23 March 2007, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4585. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4554 — Berkshire Hathaway/TTI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/09)

On 21 March 2007, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4554. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 347/2007 of 29 March 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 347/2007

of 29 March 2007

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third sub-
paragraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender,
it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the
tendering period ending on 27 March 2007.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March
2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for
a permanent tender.

Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender
procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk
products (3)
the

and following an examination of

the permanent

For
tender opened by Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 27 March
2007, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred
to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 276/2007 (OJ L 76, 16.3.2007, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 128/2007 (OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 6).

L 90/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

ANNEX

Product

Export refund Code

(EUR/100 kg)

Maximum amount of export refund for export to
the destinations referred to in the second
subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 581/2004

Butter

Butteroil

ex 0405 10 19 9700

ex 0405 90 10 9000

90,00

110,00
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the review of the medical device directives (COM(2005)0681 - C6-0006/2006 - 2005/0263(COD))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: chemical product, marketing, medical device, occupational safety, public health, radiobiology, standardisation

C 27 E/138

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

31.1.2008

Thursday 29 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0091

Review of the medical device directives ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC
and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the review of the
medical device directives (COM(2005)0681 — C6-0006/2006 — 2005/0263(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0681) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0006/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and
the opinions of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on
Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0332/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0263

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 March 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive No …/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and
Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Directive 2007/47/EC.)
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance with flag State requirements (COM(2005)0586 - C6-0062/2006 - 2005/0236(COD))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: International Maritime Organisation, environmental protection, international convention, international standard, law of the sea, maritime safety, pollution from ships, ship's flag

C 27 E/140

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

31.1.2008

Thursday 29 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0093

Compliance with the obligations of flag States ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
the Council on compliance with flag State requirements
European Parliament

and of

(COM(2005)0586 — C6-0062/2006 — 2005/0236(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0586) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0062/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0058/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0236

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 29 March 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance
with flag State requirements

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

(1) OJ C 318, 23.12.2006, p. 195.
(2) OJ C 229, 22.9.2006, p. 38.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 29 March 2007.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/Capitalleben) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, life assurance, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation

29.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/29

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4547 — KKR/Permira/Prosiebensat.1)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/12)

On 22 February 2007, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web
including company, case

site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions,
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4547. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4571 — Swiss Life/Capitalleben)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 72/13)

On 19 March 2007, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public after it is
cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4571. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 350/2007 of 29 March 2007 fixing production refunds on cereals
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: barley, maize, oats, potato, production refund, starch, wheat

L 90/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/2007

of 29 March 2007

fixing production refunds on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of
29 September 2003, on the common organisation of
the
market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

(2)

(3)

The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should
be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact
amount to be paid.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June
1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No
1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals
and rice sectors respectively (2) lays down the conditions
for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating
the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation.
The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary
for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may
be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes
significantly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:

(a) EUR/tonne 0,00 for starch from maize, wheat, barley and

oats;

(b) EUR/tonne 0,00 for potato starch.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1950/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 351/2007 of 29 March 2007 on the issue of import licences for olive oil under the Tunisian tariff quota
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Tunisia, import licence, olive oil, tariff quota

30.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 351/2007

of 29 March 2007

on the issue of import licences for olive oil under the Tunisian tariff quota

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/822/EC of 22
December 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures and amendment of
the Agricultural
Protocols to the EC/Tunisia Association Agreement (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of
for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

tariff quotas

import

Whereas:

(1)

Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 to the Euro-
Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of
the other part (3) opens a tariff quota, at a zero rate of
duty, for imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN
codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in
Tunisia and transported directly from Tunisia to the
Community, up to the limit laid down for each year.

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening
and
providing for
tariff quota for
olive oil originating in Tunisia (4)

the administration of

Applications were submitted to the competent authorities
in accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1918/2006 for import licences covering a total quantity
exceeding the limit of 5 000 tonnes laid down for March.

Under these circumstances, the Commission must set a
percentage allocation to allow the issue of licences in
proportion to the quantity available,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences submitted on 26 and 27 March
2007 under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 shall
be accepted for 24,897202 % of the quantity applied for. The
limit of 5 000 tonnes laid down for March has been reached.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 March 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 92.
(2) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 84.