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C 69 E/56 Official Journal of the European Union EN 19.3.2004

**Thursday 19 June 2003**

**P5_TA(2003)0278**

**Protection of animals used for scientific purposes ***II**

**European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a Euro-**
**pean Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 86/609/EEC on the approxi-**
**mation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the**
**protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (5240/1/2003 �**
**C5-0134/2003 �2001/0277(COD))**

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

_The European Parliament_,

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having regard to the Council common position (5240/1/2003 �C5-0134/2003) ( [1] ),

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having regard to its position at first reading ( [2] ) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(2001) 703) ( [3] ),

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having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

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having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0185/2003),

1. Approves the common position;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of
the EC Treaty;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

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

( [1] ) OJ C 113 E, 13.5.2003, p. 59.
( [2] ) P5_TA(2002)0339.
( [3] ) OJ C 25 E, 29.1.2002, p. 536.

**P5_TA(2003)0279**

**Community statistics on science and technology ***II**

**Common Position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the Euro-**
**pean Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community**
**statistics on science and technology (14089/1/2002 �C5-0130/2003 �2001/0197(COD))**

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The common position was approved. The act was accordingly deemed adopted in accordance with the
common position.