CELEX: 51998PC0608(01)
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-28
Title: Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 2085/97/EC establishing a programme of support, including translation, in the field of books and reading (Ariane)

C 372/28             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  2.12.98
recognised by them. In accordance with the procedure               3.ÚÙThe opinion shall be entered in the summary
laid down in Article 3, the Commission shall report                record. Each Member State shall also have the right to
annually to the Member States on the implementing                  have its individual position entered in the record.
arrangements, the methods used, the utilisation of appro-
priations, the evaluation of the results and on the way            4.ÚÙThe Commission shall take full account of the
that the work should be conducted in the following year.           Committee’s opinion. It shall inform the Committee of
                                                                   the way in which it has done so.
                           Article 3
                                                                                             Article 4
1.ÚÙWhere reference to the procedure laid down in this
Article is made, the Standing Committee for Agricultural           By 31 July 2003 at the latest, the Commission shall
Statistics, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, shall        present a report to Parliament and the Council on the
be consulted, either at the initiative of its chairman or at       implementation of these measures, including in it any
the request of a representative of a Member State.                 proposals on how remote-sensing and aerial-survey tech-
                                                                   niques may continue to be used for agricultural statistics.
2.ÚÙThe Commission representative shall present to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The                                           Article 5
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
time limit which the chairman may lay down according               This Decision shall enter into force on the day following
to the urgency of the matter. Where appropriate, a vote            its publication in the Official Journal of the European
shall be taken.                                                    Communities.
              Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision
              No 2085/97/EC establishing a programme of support, including translation, in the field of
                                          books and reading (Ariane programme) (Î)
                                                         (98/C 372/09)
                                                    (Text with EEA relevance)
                                           COM(1998) 608 final — 98/0282(COD)
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty on 28 October 1998)
              (Î)ÙOJ C 319, 16.10.1998, p. 13.
                     ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                AMENDED PROPOSAL
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL                            THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,                                             OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 128 thereof,                  Community, and in particular Article 128 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the               Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the
Regions,                                                           Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in               Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 189b of the Treaty,                                        Article 189b of the Treaty,
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                  ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                               AMENDED PROPOSAL
(1)ÙWhereas Decision No 2085/97/EC of the European             (1)ÙWhereas Decision No 2085/97/EC of the European
    Parliament and of the Council establishes a                    Parliament and of the Council establishes a
    programme of support, including translation, in the            programme of support, including translation, in the
    field of books and reading (Ariane) for the period             field of books and reading (Ariane) for the period
    1 January 1997 to 31 December 1998;                            1 January 1997 to 31 December 1998;
(2)ÙWhereas the third paragraph of Article 8 of that           (2)ÙWhereas the third paragraph of Article 8 of that
    Decision provides for any suitable measure to be               Decision provides for any suitable measure to be
    taken to avoid interruption of the programme;                  taken to avoid interruption of the programme;
(3)ÙWhereas the Commission presented a proposal to the         (3)ÙWhereas the Commission presented a proposal to the
    European Parliament and the Council on 28 May                  European Parliament and the Council on 28 May
    1998 for a Decision establishing a single financing            1998 for a Decision establishing a single financing
    and programming instrument for cultural coop-                  and programming instrument for cultural coop-
    eration for the period 1 January 2000 to 31                    eration for the period 1 January 2000 to 31
    December 2004;                                                 December 2004;
(4)ÙWhereas, pending adoption of that proposal, there is       (4)ÙWhereas, pending adoption of that proposal, there is
    a need to ensure the continuity of cultural action by          a need to ensure the continuity of cultural action by
    the European Community in the fields covered by                the European Community in the fields covered by
    the Ariane programme,                                          the Ariane programme,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:                                       HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                         Article 1                                                      Article 1
Decision No 2085/97/EC is amended as follows:                  Decision No 2085/97/EC is amended as follows:
1.ÙIn Article 1, ‘31 December 1998’ is replaced by             1.ÙIn Article 1, ‘31 December 1998’ is replaced by
   ‘31 December 1999’.                                            ‘31 December 1999’.
2.ÙIn Article 6, ‘ECU 7 million’ is replaced by ‘EUR           2.ÙIn Article 6, ‘ECU 7 million’ is replaced by ‘EUR 11,1
   10 million’.                                                   million’.
                         Article 2                                                      Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.        This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.