51996AP0210(01)

A4-0210/96

Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails (C4-0288/96 - 95/0287(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0288/96 - 95/0287(COD),

- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 96, 1.4.1996, p. 235.)) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(95)0570) ((OJ C 28, 1.2.1996, p. 8.)),

- 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 Agriculture and Rural Development (A4-0210/96),

1. Approves the common position;

2. Calls on the Council to adopt the act definitively, and as soon as possible, in accordance with the common position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 191(1) of the EC Treaty;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal;

5. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.