P6_TA(2007)0444#Framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides ***I#European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides (COM(2006)0373 — C6-0246/2006 — 2006/0132(COD))
Date: 2007-10-23
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: environmental impact, pesticide, pollution control, sustainable agriculture

16.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263 E/157

Tuesday 23 October 2007

Whereas:

(1) The European Union has created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘Fund’)

to
provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural
changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.

(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the

annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.

(4) France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, concerning two cases of redundancies in the auto-

mobile sector: Peugeot SA and Renault SA,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, the European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised for a total amount of EUR 3 816 280.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Strasbourg, 23 October 2007

For the European Parliament
The President

For the Council
The President

P6_TA(2007)0444

Framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 October 2007 on the proposal for a directive of
the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to
achieve a sustainable use of pesticides (COM(2006)0373 — C6-0246/2006 — 2006/0132(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0373),

— having regard to Articles 251(2) and 175 of

the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0246/2006),

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— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

— having regard to Rules 51 and 35 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 Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Agriculture
and Rural Development (A6-0347/2007),

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.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0132

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 October 2007 with a view to
the adoption of Directive 2008/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a
framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides

(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 Articles 152(4) and
175(1) 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),

Whereas:

(1)

In line with Articles 2 and 7 of Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (4), a
common legal framework for achieving a sustainable use of pesticides should be established, taking
account of the precautionary principle.

(1) OJ C 161, 13.7.2007, p. 48.
(2) OJ C 146, 30.6.2007, p. 48.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 23 October 2007.
(4) OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.