52005AP0165

P6_TA(2005)0165

Quality of bathing water ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (12884/1/2004 — C6-0006/2005 — 2002/0254(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,,

- having regard to the Council common position (12884/1/2004 — C6-0006/2005),

- having regard to its position at first reading [1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2002)0581) [2],

- having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2004)0245) [3],

- having regard to Article 251 (2) of the EC Treaty,

- having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0102/2005),

1. Approves the common position as amended;

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

[1] OJ C 82 E, 1.4.2004, p. 115.

[2] OJ C 45 E, 25.2.2003, p. 127.

[3] Not yet published in OJ.

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