4. 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 14 November 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) (14153/2/2006 - C6-0422/2006 - 2005/0203(COD))
referred to responsible: CULT

- Common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 (14283/1/2006 - C6-0421/2006 - 2005/0223(COD))
referred to responsible: PECH

- Common position adopted by the Council on 14 November 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme of Community action in the field of consumer policy (2007-2013) (13241/1/2006 - C6-0420/2006 - 2005/0042B(COD))
referred to responsible: IMCO

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 17.11.2006.