Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

C 87 E/52 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 11.4.2002

**Tuesday 2 October 2001**

TEXT PROPOSED

BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS

BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 9

_Article 2b (new)_

_**Article 2b**_

_**The Commission shall set up an expert group, with the par-**_
_**ticipation of the European Parliament, to draw up proposals**_
_**for a European research foundation.**_

**European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council decision laying**
**down the multiannual technical guidelines for the research programme of the Coal and Steel**
**Research Fund (COM(2001)121 �C5-0167/2001 �2000/0364(CNS))**

(Consultation procedure)

_The European Parliament,_

�
having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council COM(2001) 121) ( [1] ),

�
having been consulted by the Council (C5-0167/2001),

�
having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

�
having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and
the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0297/2001),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;

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

4. Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text
approved by Parliament;

5. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

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

( [1] ) OJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 15.