European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council directive amending for the nineteenth time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (azocolourants) (15079/1/2001 – C5&nbhy;0071/2002 – 1999/0269(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Council common position (15079/1/2001 – C5&nbhy;0071/2002),
– having regard to its position at first reading(1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(1999) 620(2)),
– having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2000) 785(3)),
– having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
– having regard to Rule 78 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5&nbhy;0194/2002),
1. Approves the common position;
2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;
3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;
4. Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.