RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators

7.2.2005 - (COM(2004)0449 – 15633/2004 - C6‑0032/2005 – 2004/0134(AVC)) - ***

Committee on International Trade
Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo
(Simplified procedure – Rule 43(1) of the Rules of Procedure)
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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators

(COM(2004)0449 – 15633/2004 -C6‑0032/2005 – 2004/0134(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0449[1] - 15633/2004),

–   having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997[2] (C6‑0032/2005),

–   having regard to Rules 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6‑0030/2005),

1.  Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

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

• [1]  Not yet published in OJ.
• [2]  OJ 346 L, 17.12.1997, p. 78.

PROCEDURE

Title	Proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators
References	COM(2004)0449 – 15633/2004 - C6-0032/2005 – 2004/0134(AVC)
Legal basis	Article 4(2), second indent of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27.11.1997
Basis in Rules of Procedure	Rules 75(1) and 43
Date of consulting Parliament	1.2.2005
Committee responsible   Date announced in plenary	INTA 11.1.2005
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)   Date announced in plenary
Not delivering opinion(s)   Date of decision
Enhanced cooperation   Date announced in plenary
Rapporteur(s)   Date appointed	Enrique Barón Crespo 14.9.2004
Previous rapporteur(s)
Simplified procedure   Date of decision	Rule 43(1) 14.9.2004
Legal basis disputed   Date of JURI opinion		/
Financial endowment amended   Date of BUDG opinion		/
Discussed in committee	2.12.2004
Date adopted	2.12.2004
Result of final vote	for: against: abstentions:		19 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Enrique Barón Crespo, Daniel Caspary, Giulietto Chiesa, Christofer Fjellner, Béla Glattfelder, Sajjad Karim, Alain Lipietz, Helmuth Markov, David Martin, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Georgios Papastamkos, Bogusław Rogalski, Peter Šťastný, Johan Van Hecke and Zbigniew Zaleski
Substitutes present for the final vote	Giorgio Carollo, Albert Deß, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and István Szent-Iványi
Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
Date tabled – A6	7.2.2005			A6-0030/2005
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