Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council extending Decision No 710/97/EC on a co-ordinated authorisation approach in the field of satellite personal communication services in the Community
C 150 E/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 2000 Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council extending Decision No 710/97/EC on a coordinated authorisation approach in the field of satellite personal communi- cation services in the Community (2000/C 150 E/04) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(1999) 745 final - 2000/0020(COD) (Submitted by the Commission on 7 January 2000) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (2) It is appropriate to extend this Decision until 31 December 2003. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47, 55 and 95 thereof, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, Whereas: Article 1 The words of Article 12 of Decision No 710/97/EC áand shall remain in force for three years after that dateí are replaced by the following: áand shall remain in force until 31 December 2003. í (1) Decision No 710/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 1997 on a coordinated author- isation approach in the field of satellite personal communi- cation services in the Community will expire on 13 May 2000. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities