Resolution on the recommendation from the Commission for a Council Decision concerning exchange rate matters relating to the CFA franc and the Comorian franc (COM(98)0412 - C4-0558/98)
14. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 104/19 Tuesday 12 January 1999 PART II Texts adopted by the European Parliament 1. Speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I (procedure without debate) A4-0491/98 Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (COM(98)0285 › C4-0317/98 › 98/0163(COD)) The proposal was approved. Legislative resolution embodying Parliamentís opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (COM(98)0285 › C4-0317/98 › 98/0163(COD)) (Codecision procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(98)0285 › 98/0163(COD) (1), › having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0317/98), › having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affaires and Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0491/98), 1. Approves the Commission proposal; Points out that the Commission is required to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend to 2. make to its proposal as amended by Parliament; 3. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 212, 8. 7. 1998, p. 7. 2. CFA and Comorian francs (procedure without debate) A4-0484/98 Resolution on the recommendation from the Commission for a Council Decision concerning exchange rate matters relating to the CFA franc and the Comorian franc (COM(98)0412 › C4-0558/98) The European Parliament, › having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, COM(98)0412 › C4-0558/98, › having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0484/98), C 104/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 1999 Tuesday 12 January 1999 1. Approves the arrangements for pegging the CFA franc to the euro via the French franc; Hopes that France, which stands as guarantor of the smooth functioning of these arrangements, will 2. continue to maintain an attitude of constant vigilance; 3. Calls for economic and social indicators to be established for the purpose of analysing the development of the CFA countries, which are the subject of a full-scale trial of the influence which the linkage to a single currency of world importance can have on the success of a regional economy; Calls for an information campaign to be launched as a matter of urgency with a view to explaining to 4. the citizens of the CFA countries the meaning and importance of this monetary operation; Calls for a similar campaign to be aimed at the general public in Europe, so as to explain the meaning 5. and importance of this linkage. Requests the Council and the Commission to take account of the following proposed modification to 6. the recommendation: COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION MODIFICATIONS BY PARLIAMENT (Modification 1) Article 4 France may negotiate and conclude modifications to the present agreements to the extent that the nature or scope of the agreements are not changed. It shall inform in advance the Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee of such changes. France may negotiate and conclude modifications to the present agreements to the extent that such modifications have no direct or indirect impact on the stability of the euro or on the ECBís commitments. It shall inform in advance the Commission and the Economic and Financial Committee of such changes. 7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and Council. 3. Transparency in the European Union A4-0476/98 Resolution on openness within the European Union The European Parliament, › having regard to the provisions on openness in the Amsterdam Treaty, and in particular Articles A, 8d, 151, 191a and Declarations 9, 35 and 41 thereof, › having regard to the interinstitutional agreement of 25 October 1993 on democracy, transparency and subsidiarity, › having regard to the existing codes on public access to documents in the different EU institutions and bodies, › having regard to the initiatives taken on openness by the three áexplorersí (1) and IGC monitor (2) of its Committee on Institutional Affairs, › having regard to its resolution of 16 July 1998 on the Special Report by the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following his own-initiative inquiry into public access to documents (C4-0157/98) (3), (1) Mr B. Donnelly, Mr Saint-Pierre and Mr Tsatsos: working document on Transparency and Democracyí of November 1994 (PE 210. 692/A+B/rev. ). (2) Mr Bonde (working documents PE 227. 237, PE 222. 239, and PE 222. 240). (3) OJ C 292, 21. 9. 1998, p. 170