12. Communication of Council common positions

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

- Common position adopted by the Council on 2 October 2008 with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (09815/3/2008 - C6-0343/2008 - 2007/0020(COD))
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The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (10.10.2008).