Decision on common position (EC) No 61/98 established by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (10577/98 - C4-0564/98 97/0105(SYN))(Cooperation procedure: second reading)
28. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 150/75 Tuesday 9 February 1999 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT 3 (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the committee. (b) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Coun- cil a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority. If, on the expiry of a period of three months from the date of referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 3. addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. 4. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. 20. Reduction of sulphur content of certain liquid fuels **II A4-0002/99 Decision on common position (EC) No 61/98 established by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (10577/98 − C4-0564/98 − 97/0105(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, − having regard to the common position of the Council, 10577/98 − 97/0105(SYN) (1), − having regard to its opinion at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to the Council COM(97)0088 (3), − having regard to the amended Commission proposal COM(98)0385 (4), − having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Articles 189c and 130s(1) of the EC Treaty (C4-0564/98), − having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, − having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0002/99), 1. 2. Approves the common position; Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 364, 25. 11. 1998, p. 20. (2) OJ C 167, 1. 6. 1998, p. 111. (3) OJ C 190, 21. 6. 1997, p. 9. (4) OJ C 259, 18. 8. 1998, p. 5