Amended proposal for a Council Directive on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community - (codified version) (COM(1999) 365 - C5-0264/1999 - 1997/0338(CNS))
C 339/38 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 29. 11. 2000 Tuesday 15 February 2000 TEXTS ADOPTED 1. Organisms harmful to plants or plant products * (procedure without report) C5-0264/1999 Amended proposal for a Council Directive on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (codified version) (COM(1999) 365 - C5-0264/1999 - 1997/0338(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The proposal was approved. 2. ‘Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’ B5-0109/2000 European Parliament resolution on the progress made in 1999 in the implementation of the area of freedom, security and justice provided for in Article 2, fourth indent, of the Treaty on European Union The European Parliament, having regard to the Treaties, the protocols and declarations attached thereto and, in particular, Article 39 of the Treaty on European Union and the other provisions referring to the application of Community law, A. whereas the aim of the annual debate is to monitor the progress made in implementing the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) and the undertakings given on the basis of the Treaties, interna- tional agreements, secondary law and European Council guidelines, B. having regard to its resolution of 14 January 1999 on the progress made in 1998 in the implementa- tion of cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs pursuant to Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (1) and the other resolutions adopted since then concerning the implementation of the AFSJ, C. whereas the AFSJ cannot be established properly and with the necessary guarantees for as long as Parliament is denied the power of codecision and the Court of Justice is unable to exercise a power of judicial review in every sphere, D. whereas the legal frame of reference for the AFSJ is developing in a rather complicated way, affording scant transparency and largely beyond the comprehension of citizens; whereas the position is such that the very principle of legal certainty is in jeopardy, E. whereas the most significant events of 1999 have been: (a) the entry into force on 1 May of the Treaty of Amsterdam, which: on the one hand, brought certain previously intergovernmental policies within the Commun- ity sphere, while limiting, however, the role of the Court of Justice and inexplicably delaying for five years the assumption of joint responsibility by the European Parliament for the new Title IV of the EC Treaty, thereby preventing genuine judicial and democratic control over decisions taken in this area; (1) OJ C 104, 14. 4. 1999, p. 135