3. Communication of Council common positions

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 57(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Common position adopted by the Council on 20 December 2004 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (12884/1/2004 - C6-0006/2005 - 2002/0254(COD))

   referred to responsible:   ENVI

- Common position adopted by the Council on 22 December 2004 with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders, as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles (14238/1/2004 - C6-0007/2005 - 2003/0198(COD))

   referred to responsible:   LIBE

- Common position adopted by the Council on 21 December 2004 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (13781/2/2004 - C6-0008/2005 - 2002/0061(COD))

   referred to responsible:   IMCO

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 14.01.2005.