Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (COM(98)0085 C4-0129/98 98/0072(COD))(Codecision procedure: first reading)
28. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 150/363 Thursday 11 February 1999 6. Coffee and chicory extracts ***III A4-0054/99 Decision on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council Directive on coffee extracts and chicory extracts (3633/98 − C4-0023/99 − 96/0117(COD)) (Codecision procedure: third reading) The European Parliament, − having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (3633/98 − C4-0023/99 − 96/0117(COD)), − having regard to its opinion at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(95)0722 (2), − having regard to its decision on the common position (3), − having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position (COM(98)0599 − C4-0617/98), − having regard to Article 189b(5) of the EC Treaty, − having regard to Rule 77(2) of its Rules of Procedure, − having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A4-0054/99), 1. Approves the joint text; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, pursuant to Article 191(1) of 2. the EC Treaty; Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of 3. the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) OJ C 339, 10. 11. 1997, p. 129. (2) OJ C 231, 9. 8. 1996, p. 24. (3) OJ C 313, 12. 10. 1998, p. 90. 7. Deliberate release into environment of GMOs ***I A4-0024/99 Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (COM(98)0085 − C4-0129/98 − 98/0072(COD)) The proposal was approved with the following amendments: TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION (*) AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 1) Recital 4a (new) Whereas means must be sought of providing GMOs with genetically stable characteristics which make it possible to (*) OJ C 139, 4. 5. 1998, p. 1