CELEX: 51992PC0237
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-26
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the establishment of a European Drugs Monitoring Centre and a European Information Network on Drugs and Drug Addiction (REITOX)

1 . 7 . 92                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 164 / 27
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                                                             (Preparatory Acts)
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                     Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the establishment of a
                     European Drugs Monitoring Centre and a European Information Network on Drugs and Drug
                                                           Addiction (Reitox) (')
                                                              (92 /C 164/ 12)
                                                            COM(92) 237 final
                     (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 26 May 1992)
Following the European Parliament's adoption of its                        5 . in Article 2, a new paragraph ( 14a) is inserted :
draft legislative resolution giving its opinion on the
Commission proposal, which is based on Article 25 of
the EEC Treaty, the Commission has decided to amend                            ' 14a. not collect information which could be, or is
the said proposal as follows :                                                         intended to be, used to identify individuals or
                                                                                       small groups of persons.' (amendment No 10).
   1 . Article 2 (4) is amended to read :
                                                                           6 . in Article 3 , a new paragraph (2a) is inserted :
        '4. set up and make available open scientific docu­
             mentation resources ; the management board                        '(2a) During the initial period mentioned in
             may, however, rule that information and docu­                     Article 16 after this Regulation comes into effect,
             mentation which are not intended to be made                       particular attention shall be paid to priorities 1 , 2
             public shall be regarded as confidential and not                  and 3.' (amendment No 14).
             made generally available.' (amendment No 5);
                                                                           7 . Article 4 (6) is amended to read :
  2 . Article 2 (5) is amended to read :
                                                                               '6. In the light in particular of the multi-annual
             '. . . facilitate exchanges and cooperation between               work programme, the Centre shall periodically
             decision-makers,       researchers,   field  workers,             re-examine the list of the component elements of the
             information specialists and the protagonists                      network and shall make such changes as may be
             concerned by the drugs problem in governmental                    decided on by the management board.' (amendment
             and non-governmental organizations' (amend­                       No 17) (2).
             ment No 6);
                                                                           8 . Article 7 ( 1 ), first paragraph, is amended to read :
  3. in Article 2, a new paragraph (6a) is inserted :
                                                                               ' 1 . The Centre shall have a management board
        '6a. carry out cost/benefit analyses of current                        consisting of one representative from each Member
               anti-drug policies.' (amendment No 7);                          State, two representatives from the Commission, one
                                                                               MEP and one person recognized as being
                                                                               particularly qualified in the field of drugs. The latter
  4. Article 2 ( 8) is amended to read :                                       two shall be designated by the European Parliament ;
                                                                               the composition of the management board shall
        '8 . collect, register and analyse information on the                  reflect in a balanced manner the various aspects of
             state of consumption, production and trafficking                  the drug phenomenon.' (amendment No 18 );
             of drugs and their consequences in the fields
             of activity described in Article 3 .' (amendment
             No 8).
                                                                         (2) Deletion of the phrase 'taking account of any new desig­
                                                                              nations made by the Member States' from the Commission's
O OT No C 43 , 18 . 2 . 1992 , p. 2 .                                         initial proposal.
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  9 . Article 7 (3) is amended to read :                                  Commission Section, payments for services rendered,
                                                                          and any financial contributions from the organiz­
      '3. The management board shall adopt a multi­                       ations and non-Community countries mentioned in
      annual work programme based on the priority areas                   Articles 11 and 12 .' (amendment No 25);
      set out in Article 3 ( 1 ), using as its basis a draft
      submitted by the Centre's director, referred to in             12 . Article 10 ( 10) is amended to read :
      Article 8 , after consulting the Scientific Committee
      referred to in Article 9, and after receiving the
      opinion of the Commission, the Celad and the                        ' 10. Monitoring of the commitment and payment
      European Parliament. The first multi-annual                         of all the Centre's expenditure and of the estab­
      programme shall be adopted within nine months of                    lishment and recovery of all the Centre's revenue
      the entry into force of this Regulation.' (amendment                shall be carried out by the financial controller of the
                                                                          Commission.' (amendment No 27);
      No 20).
10 . Article 9 (2) is amended to read :                              13 . Article 10 ( 13) is amended to read :
      '2 . The Scientific Committee shall be made up of                   ' 13 . The Financial Regulation applicable to the
      15 to 25 experts particularly qualified in the field of             general budget of the European Communities shall
      drugs, especially in the priority fields of activity                apply to the Centre. The Council may, acting by a
      referred to in Article 3 ( 1 ); these experts shall be              qualified majority on a proposal from the
      appointed by the management board on the basis of                   Commission, and after consulting Parliament and
      proposals from the Member States , the Commission,                  the management board, grant derogations from the
      the European Parliament, international organizations                general Financial Regulation when the specific
      and European bodies associated with the Centre's                    requirements of the functioning of the Centre so
      work, as provided for in Article 11 ( 1 ).' (amendment              dictate .' (amendment No 30);
      No 24);
                                                                     14 . Article 11 ( 1 ) is amended to read :
1 1 . Article 1 0 (4) is amended to read :
                                                                          ' 1 . The Centre shall actively seek the cooperation
      '4 .  The Centre's revenue shall, without prejudice                 of international organizations and other European
      to other resources, consist of a subsidy from the                   governmental and non-governmental bodies, already
      Community entered against a specific heading in the                 in existence or to be set up and competent in the
      general budget of the European Communities,                         sector of drugs.' (amendment No 31 ).
                Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks
                         in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market
                                                          (92/ C 164 / 13)
                                                       COM(92) 211 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 3 June 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            Having regard to the opinion of the European
                                                                     Parliament,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     Social Committee,
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the Community is to adopt measures to
                                                                     establish the internal market progressively during the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   period up to 31 December 1992 ;