Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 2085/97/EC establishing a programme of support, including translation, in the field of books and reading (Ariane) (12620/98 - C4-0656/98 98/ 0282(COD))(Codecision procedure: second reading)
9. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 98/225 Thursday 17 December 1998 B7-5310 Exceptional financial assistance to Armenia and Georgia A-321 Town twinning schemes in the European Community The Commission is invited to produce a detailed report on the implementation of the programme and on the contribution of the EU grant to compensate for the social costs due to the austerity economic measures implemented in 1998 and expected in 1999í. (Am. 160, second reading) The Commission will produce an evaluation and a report (. ) on the breakdown of expenditure and details of town-twinning schemes in the EU and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and activities benefiting from this appropriationí. (Am. 112) yes yes 2. Ariane ***II (procedure without debate) A4-0504/98 Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 2085/97/EC establishing a pro- gramme of support, including translation, in the field of books and reading (Ariane) (12620/98 › C4-0656/98 › 98/0282(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, › having regard to the common position of the Council (12620/98 › C4-0656/98 › 98/0282(COD)), › having regard to its opinion at first reading ( 1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(98)0539) ( 2), › having regard to the amended proposal (COM(98)0608)( 3), › having regard to Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty, › having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure, › having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media (A4-0504/98), 1. Approves the common position; Calls on the Council to adopt the act definitively, and as soon as possible, in accordance with the 2. common position; Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 191(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; 5. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. (1) Minutes of Sitting of 9. 10. 1998, Part II, Item 8(a). (2) OJ C 319, 16. 10. 98, p. 13. (3) OJ C 372, 2. 12. 1998, p. 28