8. 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 2007 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and 2000/60/EC (11486/3/2007 - C6-0055/2008 - 2006/0129(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 20 December 2007 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (11406/4/2007 - C6-0056/2008 - 2005/0281(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 22.02.2008.