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31.1.2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 27 E/71

**Thursday 3 May 2001**

TEXT PROPOSED

BY THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN

AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 20

_Article 6, paragraph 2_

2. The use of the sample within the receiving Member State
shall be agreed between the sending and receiving Member
States, it being understood that samples can only be used for
prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal
offences.

2. The use of the sample within the receiving Member State
shall be agreed between the sending and receiving Member
States, it being understood that samples can only be used for
prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal
offences, **or for the analysis of samples** .

Amendment 21

_Article 7, paragraph 1_

1. This Decision shall be subject to evaluation _before … (_ _[1]_ _)_ . 1. This Decision shall be subject to evaluation **at least two**
**and no more than four years after its entry into force** .

_(_ _[1]_ _)_ _Five years after the date of entry into effect of this Decision._

Amendment 22

_Article 7, paragraph 2_

2. For the purpose of the said evaluation the national contact point of each sending Member State shall hold in archive a
copy of every sample transmission form issued during at least
the previous _five_ years.

2. For the purpose of the said evaluation the national contact point of each sending Member State shall hold in archive a
copy of every sample transmission form issued during at least
the previous **ten** years.

**European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Kingdom of Sweden with a**
**view to the adoption of a JHA Council decision on the transmission of samples of illegal narcotic**
**substances (14008/2000 �C5-0734/2000 �2000/0826(CNS))**

(Consultation procedure)

_The European Parliament,_

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having regard to the initiative of the Kingdom of Sweden (14008/2000) ( [1] ),

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having regard to Article 34(2) (c) of the EU Treaty,

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having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty (C5-0734/2000),

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having regard to Rules 106 and 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs (A5-0121/2001),

1. Approves the Kingdom of Sweden initiative as amended;

2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by
Parliament;

3. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Kingdom of Sweden initiative substantially;

4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission, and the government of
the Kingdom of Sweden.

( [1] ) OJ C 10, 12.1.2001, p. 4.