11. 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 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Training Foundation (recast) (11263/4/2008 - C6-0422/2008 - 2007/0163(COD))
referred to responsible: EMPL

- Common Position adopted by the Council on 18 November 2008 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (11915/3/2008 - C6-0425/2008 - 2007/0187(COD))
referred to responsible: IMCO

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (21.11.2008).