on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No .../2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
(7525/3/2006 – C6-0268/2006 – 2003/0257(COD))
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No .../2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
– having regard to the Council common position (7525/3/2006 – C6-0268/2006),
– having regard to its position at first reading(1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0644)(2),
– having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
– having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0345/2006),
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 to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (CE) No .../2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency
Date receipt of common position announced in plenary
7.9.2006
Committee responsible Date announced in plenary
ENVI 7.9.2006
Rapporteur(s) Date appointed
Guido Sacconi 27.7.2004
Previous rapporteur(s)
Discussed in committee
12.7.2006
3.10.2006
10.10.2006
Date adopted
10.10.2006
Result of final vote
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0:
50
3
1
Members present for the final vote
Georgs Andrejevs, Liam Aylward, Irena Belohorská, Johannes Blokland, John Bowis, Frieda Brepoels, Hiltrud Breyer, Martin Callanan, Chris Davies, Avril Doyle, Mojca Drčar Murko, Jill Evans, Anne Ferreira, Matthias Groote, Satu Hassi, Gyula Hegyi, Jens Holm, Mary Honeyball, Caroline Jackson, Dan Jørgensen, Christa Klaß, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Holger Krahmer, Aldis Kušķis, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Peter Liese, Jules Maaten, Linda McAvan, Roberto Musacchio, Riitta Myller, Péter Olajos, Miroslav Ouzký, Frédérique Ries, Guido Sacconi, Karin Scheele, Carl Schlyter, Richard Seeber, Bogusław Sonik, María Sornosa Martínez, Antonios Trakatellis, Thomas Ulmer, Marcello Vernola, Anja Weisgerber, Åsa Westlund, Anders Wijkman
Substitute(s) present for the final vote
María del Pilar Ayuso González, Bairbre de Brún, Lena Ek, Hélène Goudin, Genowefa Grabowska, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Caroline Lucas, Ria Oomen-Ruijten
Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote