European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from compression ignition engines for use in vehicles and the emission of gaseous pollutants from positive ignition engines fuelled with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles and amending Council Directive 88/0077/EEC (5734/1/1999 - C5-0028/1999 - 1997/0350(COD))
7. 7. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 189/43 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL Tuesday 16 November 1999 AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 7) ARTICLE 1(7) Article 17b(2) (Directive 93/0104/EC) 2. Member States shall, however, take the necessary mea- sures to ensure that any worker on board a sea-going fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State is entitled to adequate rest. 2. Member States shall, however, take the necessary mea- sures to ensure that any worker on board a sea-going fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State is entitled to adequate rest and a maximum number of weekly hours worked of 48 hours over a reference period of 12 months. These provisions shall not be subject to derogation. (Amendment 8) ARTICLE 2(1), footnote (*) (*) Four years after the date of entry into force of this Direc- (*) Two years after the date of entry into force of this Direc- tive tive (Amendment 9) ARTICLE 3a (new) Article 3a Not later than … (*) the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member States and with management and labour at European level, review the operation of the provisions with regard to workers concerned with the carriage of passengers on regular urban transport services, with a view to proposing a coherent and suitable approach in this sector. (*) Five years from the date of entry into force of this Directive. 3. Emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by vehicles ***II A5-0043/1999 European Parliament legislative resolution on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and parti- culate pollutants from compression ignition engines for use in vehicles and the emission of gas- eous pollutants from positive ignition engines fuelled with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles and amending Council Directive 88/0077/EEC (5734/1/1999 6 C5-0028/1999 6 1997/0350(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, ( having regard to the Council common position (5734/1/1999 ( C5-0028/1999) (1), ( having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(1997) 627) (3), (1) OJ C 296, 15. 10. 1999, p. 1. (2) OJ C 341, 9. 11. 1998, p. 74. (3) OJ C 173, 8. 6. 1998, p. 1. C 189/44 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 7. 7. 2000 Tuesday 16 November 1999 ( having regard to the Commission’s amended proposals (COM(1998) 776 (1) and COM(1999) 89) (2), ( 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 (A5-0043/1999); 1. 2. Approves the common position; Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of 3. the EC Treaty; Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of 4. 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 the Commission. (1) OJ C 43, 17. 2. 1999, p. 25. (2) OJ C 103, 14. 4. 1999, p. 5. 4. Community energy policy A5-0039/1999 European Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission on strengthening environmental integration within Community energy policy (COM(1998) 571 6 C4-0040/1999) The European Parliament, ( having regard to the Commission communication (COM(1998) 571 ( C4-0040/1999), ( having regard to its previous resolutions: ( of 14 November 1996 on the White Paper on an energy policy for the European Union (1), ( of 19 November 1997 on the Energy Dimension of Climate Change (2), ( of 18 December 1997 on an overall view of energy policy and actions (3), ( of 15 May 1998 on a Community strategy to promote combined heat and power and to disman- tle barriers to its development (4), ( of 18 June 1998 on energy for the future: renewable sources of energy ( White Paper for a Community Strategy and Action Plan (5), ( of 8 October 1998 on adopting a multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1998 - 2002) and connected measures (6), ( of 11 March 1999 on energy efficiency in the European Community: a strategy for the rational use of energy (7), (1) OJ C 362, 2. 12. 1996, p. 279. (2) OJ C 371, 8. 12. 1997, p. 77. (3) OJ C 14, 19. 1. 1998, p. 178. (4) OJ C 167, 1. 6. 1998, p. 308. (5) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998, p. 215. (6) OJ C 328, 26. 10. 1998, p. 168. (7) OJ C 175, 21. 6. 1999, p. 292