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Document C:1999:153:TOC

Official Journal of the European Communities, C 153, 01 June 1999


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Official Journal
of the European Communities
ISSN 0378-6986

C 153
Volume 42
1 June 1999
English editionInformation and Notices

Notice NoContentsPage
I Information
European Parliament
1998/99 session
(1999/C 153/01)Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday 24 February 1999
1. Resumption of session 1
2. Communication by the President 1
3. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 1
4. Referral to committees 2
5. Documents received 2
6. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council 4
7. Petitions 4
8. Order of business 5
9. Speaking time 6
10. Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish question (statements followed by debate) 6
11. Draft agreement with South Africa (statement followed by debate) 6
12. Harmonisation of social legislation on transport (debate) 6
13. Socrates and Youth for Europe: Turkey ***I (debate) 7
14. Socrates programme (second phase) ***II (debate) 7
15. Tobacco taxes * (debate) 7
16. Regionalisation of common fisheries policy (debate) 7
17. Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish question - Draft Agreement with South Africa (motions for resolutions tabled) 7
18. Legal protection of inventions: grace period (debate) 8
19. Reinforcing cohesion and competitiveness (debate) 8
20. Packaging ***I (debate) 8
21. Labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs ***I (debate) 8
22. Agenda for next sitting 9
(1999/C 153/02)Minutes of the sitting of 25 February 1999
Part I: Proceedings of the sitting
1. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 11
2. Documents received 11
3. Year 2000 computer problem (debate) 12
4. Safety, hygiene and health protection at work (debate) 12
VOTING TIME
5. Inland waterway transport **II (procedure without debate) (vote) 13
6. Socrates and Youth for Europe: Turkey ***I (vote) 13
7. Registration documents for vehicles **II (procedure without debate) (vote) 13
8. Socrates programme (second phase) ***II (vote) 13
9. Legal protection of inventions: grace period (vote) 13
10. Packaging ***I (vote) 14
11. Labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs ***I (vote) 14
12. Tobacco taxes * (vote) 14
13. Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish question (vote) 15
14. Draft agreement with South Africa (vote) 15
15. Harmonisation of social legislation on transport (vote) 15
16. Regionalisation of common fisheries policy (vote) 15
17. Reinforcing cohesion and competitiveness (vote) 15
18. Year 2000 computer problem (vote) 16
19. Safety, hygiene and health protection at work (vote) 16
END OF VOTING TIME
20. Referral to committee 17
21. Membership of committees and delegations 17
22. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting 17
23. Dates for next sittings 17
24. Adjournment of session 17
Part II: Texts adopted by Parliament
1. Inland waterway transport **II (procedure without debate)
A4-0060/99
Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council regulation on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport (13585/1/98 – C4-0005/99 - 98/0281(SYN))
18
2. Socrates and Youth for Europe: Turkey ***I
A4-0048/99
I. Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending the basic Decision relating to the Socrates programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries (COM(96)0199 - C4-0293/96 - 96/0130(COD)) 19
Legislative resolution 20
II. Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending the basic Decision relating to the third phase of the Youth for Europe programme to include Turkey among the beneficiary countries (COM(96)0199 - C4-0294/96 - 96/0131(COD)) 21
Legislative resolution 23
3. Registration documents for vehicles **II (procedure without debate)
A4-0033/99
Decision on common position (EC) No 65/98 adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Directive (EC) on the registration documents for vehicles (11408/1/98 - C4-0613/98 - 97/0150(SYN))
23
4. Socrates programme (second phase) ***II
A4-0062/99
Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education ‘Socrates' (13327/98 - C4-0018/99 - 98/0195(COD))
24
5. Packaging ***I
A4-0053/99
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on marking of packaging and on the establishment of a conformity assessment procedure for packaging (COM(96)0191 - C4-0627/96 - 96/0123(COD))
28
Legislative resolution 32
6. Labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs ***I
A4-0003/99
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 79/112/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (COM(97)0020 - C4-0059/97 - 97/0027(COD))
33
Legislative resolution 36
7. Tobacco taxes *
A4-0021/99
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 92/79/EEC on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes, Directive 92/80/EEC on the approximation of taxes on manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes and Directive 95/59/EC on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco (COM(98)0320 - C4-0402/98 - 98/0189(CNS))
37
Legislative resolution 38
8. Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdish question
B4-0223/99
Resolution on the arrest of Mr Öcalan and the need for a political solution to the Kurdish question
39
9. Draft agreement with South Africa
B4-0222/99
Resolution on the refusal of the Council to approve the Draft Agreement on Trade and Cooperation with South Africa
40
10. Harmonisation of social legislation on transport
A4-0032/99
Resolution on transport policy and the harmonisation of social legislation
41
11. Regionalisation of common fisheries policy
A4-0018/99
Resolution on the regionalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy
45
12. Reinforcing cohesion and competitiveness
A4-0027/99
Resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on reinforcing cohesion and competitiveness through research, technological development and innovation (COM(98)0275 - C4-0491/98)
48
13. Year 2000 computer problem
A4-0014/99
Resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on The Year 2000 computer problem (COM(98)0102 - C4-0233/98)
52
14. Safety, hygiene and health protection at work
A4-0050/99
Resolution on the 21st annual activity report of the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work - 1996 (COM(97)0728 - C4-0189/98), the activity report of the Safety and Health Commission for the Mining and Other Extractive Industries - 1996 (COM(97)0729 - C4-0190/98) and the mid-term report on the Community Programme concerning Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work (1996-2000) (COM(98)0511 - C4-0041/9952)
55
Key to symbols used
*Consultation procedure
**ICooperation procedure: first reading
**IICooperation procedure: second reading
***Assent procedure
***ICodecision procedure: first reading
***IICodecision procedure: second reading
***IIICodecision procedure: third reading
(The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission.)
Information relating to voting time
Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments.
Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees
FASECommittee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
AGRICommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development
BUDGCommittee on Budgets
ECONCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
RTDECommittee on Research, Technological Development and Energy
RELACommittee on External Economic Relations
LEGACommittee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
SOCICommittee on Social Affairs and Employment
REGICommittee on Regional Policy
TRANCommittee on Transport and Tourism
ENVICommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection
CULTCommittee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media
DEVECommittee on Development and Cooperation
CIVICommittee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
INSTCommittee on Institutional Affairs
CONTCommittee on Budgetary Control
FISHCommittee on Fisheries
RULECommittee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities
WOMECommittee on Women's Rights
PETICommittee on Petitions
Abbreviations used for political groups
PSEGroup of the Party of the European Socialists
PPEGroup of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
ELDRGroup of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
UPEUnion for Europe Group
GUE/NGLConfederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
VGreen Group in the European Parliament
AREGroup of the European Radical Alliance
I-EDNGroup of Independents for a Europe of Nations
NINon-attached Members
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