6. 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 25 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 - 2013) (12032/2/2006 - C6-0318/2006 - 2005/0043(COD))
referred to responsible: ITRE

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations ("ROME II") (09751/7/2006 - C6-0317/2006 - 2003/0168(COD))
referred to responsible: JURI

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the programme "Europe for Citizens" to promote active European citizenship (09575/1/2006 - C6-0316/2006 - 2005/0041(COD))
referred to responsible: CULT

- Council Common position adopted by the Council on 18 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (10351/1/2006 - C6-0314/2006 - 2005/0017(COD))
referred to responsible: FEMM

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 18 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and on the right of reply in relation to the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and on-line information services industry (09577/1/2006 - C6-0313/2006 - 2004/0117(COD))
referred to responsible: CULT

- Common position adopted by the Council on 18 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences (Recast) (09010/1/2006 - C6-0312/2006 - 2003/0252(COD))
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 24 July 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on international rail passengers' rights and obligations (05892/1/2006 - C6-0311/2006 - 2004/0049(COD))
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Common position adopted by the Council on 14 September 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community (05893/5/2006 - C6-0310/2006 - 2004/0048(COD))
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 24 July 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (05895/2/2006 - C6-0309/2006 - 2004/0047(COD))
referred to responsible: TRAN

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 29.09.2006.