(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

-  having regard to the Council common position (7456/1/2000 - C5-0329/2000 ),(1)

-  having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(1999) 157 (3) ),

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

-  having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,

-  having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0229/2000 ),

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 245, 25.8.2000, p. 14. (2) OJ C 154, 5.6.2000, p. 365. (3) OJ C 181, 26.6.1999, p. 25.