title: Opinion of the Commission pursuant to Article 251(2) (c) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on end of life vehicles, amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty

text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 16. 03. 2000 COM(2000) 166 final 1997/0194 (COD) OPINION OF THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 251 (2) (c) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on End of Life Vehicles AMENDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Article 251, paragraph 2, letter c) of the Treaty establishing the European Community establishes that the Commission gives an opinion on the amendments proposed by the European Parliament in the second reading. The Commission hereafter gives its opinion on the thirty-two amendments proposed by the European Parliament. In conformity with Article 250, paragraph 2 of the EC Treaty, an amended proposal is attached, which includes all or parts of the thirteen amendments of the Parliament accepted by the Commission. 1. Background Transmission of the Proposal Parliament to the Council and the European 24 September 1997 Consultation of the European Parliament by the Council 3 December 1997 Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee Opinion of the European Parliament – first reading 25 February 1998 11 February 1999 Amended Proposal of the Commission (COM (1999) 176 final) 28 April 1999 Adoption of the Common Position Opinion of the Commission on the Common Position (SEC (1999) 1549 final) 29 July 1999 1 October 1999 In this last document (SEC (1999) 1549 final), the Commission considered the Common Position in line with the amended Proposal of the Commission (COM (1999) 176 final) and, as a consequence, the Commission supports the Common Position. 2. Objective of the Commission Proposal The Proposal is designed firstly to preserve and improve the quality of the environment and secondly to ensure the functioning of the internal market and avoid distortions to competition. To this end, it establishes measures on the prevention of waste from vehicles (including restrictions on the use of hazardous substances in new vehicles), on the collection of vehicles as well as their treatment, recycling and recovery. The Proposal is based on the 'producer responsibility' principle. 3. Commission opinion on the Parliament's amendments The Commission accepts in full, in part or in principle thirteen of the thirty-two amendments adopted by the Parliament. They are incorporated in the new amended proposal and may therefore be re-examined by the Council. 3. 1. Amendments accepted by the Commission Amendment 5 (in part), 24 and 25 (on recital 22 and Article 8 respectively) replace the term 'dismantling manual' with the term 'dismantling information'. A definition of dismantling information is given in Amendment 8 (introducing a new paragraph in Article 2). Amendment 2 5 adds also a reference to the contents of Article 8. All these changes, although not very significant, bring more precision to the text and can be accepted. Amendment 6 (on a new recital) as well as amendment 26 deal with the Committee procedure (Article 11). The Commission can accept amendment 6. Amendment 26 can be accepted in principle although the Commission refers to the standard wording in use for regulatory committees. The first part of amendment 9 (on Article 3(1)) establishes that the Directive shall apply irrespective of how the vehicles have been serviced during their use and of whether they have been equipped with original or non-original spare parts. The Commission accepts this addition, which is considered useful in light of the aims of the Directive. Amendment 10 introduces a new paragraph in Article 3 aimed at excluding 'special purpose' vehicles (ambulances, hearses, motor-caravans) from the provisions of Article 7 (quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery). This is in line with the original Proposal from the Commission and can be accepted. Amendment 12 (third part) aims at replacing the word 'and' with the word 'or' and can be accepted. Amendment 15 deals with Article 5(3) on the conditions for deregistration of end of life vehicles. Amendment 20 deals with permit conditions (Article 6(2)). Amendment 15 adds collection points and producers to the subjects which, if licensed, may issue certificates of destruction. Amendment 20 requires collection undertakings to be at least registered with competent authorities. These changes are line with the aims of the Directive and can be accepted. In addition, amendment 15 gives Member States the possibility to allow for temporary deregistration without the delivery of the certificate of destruction. This is in line with the Commission's original proposal and can be accepted. Amendment 21 on Article 6(5) changes the words 'may encourage' with the words 'shall encourage'. The Commission can agree to this change. Amendment 22 on Article 7(1) adds a number of requirements and requires component manufacturers to provide recovery facilities with information on a number of technical aspects. The Commission can accept this amendment. 3. 2. Amendments not accepted by the Commission Amendment 2 on recital 8 refers to the inclusion of spare and replacements parts into the scope of the Directive. Amendment 14 requires spare and replacement parts to be included in the collection requirements set out in Article 5(1). The Commission considers that spare and replacement parts would de facto be covered by collection infrastructures anyway and therefore there is no need for an explicit widening of the Directive's scope. Amendments 3 (on recital 9), 7 (on a new paragraph of Article 2(1)), and 9 (second part) (on Article 3(1)) aim at excluding 'cherished' vehicles from the scope of the Directive. The Commission understands that 'cherished' vehicles are not covered by the definition of 'waste' set out by Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and therefore are not covered by the scope of the end of life vehicles directive. A specific exclusion of 'cherished' vehicles from the end of life vehicles Directive may lead to the interpretation that these vehicles are waste, thus creating confusion on the general definition of waste. For this reason the Commission cannot accept these amendments. 3 Amendment 5, first part, replaces the word 'recycling' in recital 22 with the word 'recovery'. The Commission considers the term 'recycling' to be more appropriate in the context of that provision and therefore cannot accept the amendment. Amendments 4, 11, 12, 13, 28, 30 and 32/48 deal with the issue of heavy metals (recital 10 and Article 4(2)). Amendments 4 and 11 require the stripping of mercury containing components prior to shredding as well as an incitement not to landfill cadmium, lead and hexavalent chromium. The Commission cannot accept that a general prohibition to use heavy metals in new vehicles, as foreseen by Article 4(2), would be easier to apply in practice. For this reason, the Commission also cannot accept amendment 30 on Annex I, requiring the dismantling of mercury containing components from end of life vehicles. in light of the fact these amendments, Amendment 12 (first two parts) considerably delays the phase-out of heavy metals, which would enter into force in 2005 instead of 18 months after the entry into force of the Directive and it would be linked to the type-approval of vehicles, which implies a further delay of up to 7 years. This is a major weakening of the level of environmental protection as set out in the Common Position and the Commission cannot accept it. Amendments 13, 32 and 48 introduce new derogations in Article 4(2) and Annex II, dealing with the phase-out of heavy metals. The Commission believes the derogations already included in the Common Position to be sufficient. In addition, the Commission considers amendment 13 to be already covered by Article 4(2)b(i). Therefore, the Commission cannot accept these amendments. The matter of derogations to the heavy-metal phase-out should be left to the technical Committee set up by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as foreseen in Article 11 of the Common Position. For this reason, the Commission can also not accept amendment 28 deleting one of the derogations included in the Common Position. Amendments 1, 17, 19, 27 and 45(rev 2) deal with the issue of producer responsibility (Article 5(4)). Amendment 1 on recital 7 deletes the standard phrase 'take the necessary measures' and has no clear added value. The Commission cannot accept this amendment. Amendment 45 limits the producer responsibility to vehicles registered 18 months after the entry into force of the Directive. This considerably weakens one of the basic environmental pillars of the Directive and the Commission cannot accept it. Amendment 17 adds the terms 'direct or indirect' to the term 'cost' in the first subparagraph of Article 5(4). The Commission does not see any added value in this change, besides a risk of confusion of its interpretation, therefore the amendment cannot be accepted. Amendment 19 concerns a report to be prepared by the Commission on possible distortions of competitions. The Commission does not see how this report would be of any use, given that rules for monitoring competition already exist in the Treaty. Therefore, also amendment 19 cannot be accepted. Finally, amendment 27 on Article 12 delays the entry into force of Article 5(4) in relation to new vehicles. This change cannot be accepted by the Commission. Amendment 23 introduces a new paragraph into Article 7(1) requiring the Commission to adopt quality standards for reusable components. The Commission underlines that such rules would need to be adopted under the framework of Directive 70/156/EEC, thus the decision would need to be taken by the European Parliament and the Council. In addition, the Commission does not see how this amendment would fit in the scope of the end of life vehicles Directive. Amendment 23 cannot be accepted. 4 Amendment 29 and 31 deal with Annex I. Amendment 29 is less stringent than the Common Position. Such change is not justified, and cannot be accepted. Amendment 31 on Annex I adds some conditions to the obligations to dismantle tyres and large plastic components in view of their recycling. These conditions considerably weaken the dismantling obligations and therefore undermine the potential for recycling such components, given that the non metallic fractions resulting from shredding operations are generally not suitable for recycling. The Commission cannot accept this amendment. Amendment 40/47 deals with Article 7(4) on recyclability requirements to be introduced into Directive 70/156/EEC and delays the date by which vehicles must be reusable/ recyclable to a minimum of 85% and reusable/recoverable to a minimum of 95%. The Commission cannot accept this delay. 5 1997/0194 (COD) Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on End of Life Vehicles amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175 (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee2, Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions3, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty4, Whereas: (1) (2) The different national measures concerning end-of-life vehicles should be harmonised in order, first, to minimise the impact of end-of-life vehicles on the environment, thus contributing to the protection, preservation and improvement of the quality of the environment and energy conservation, and, second, to ensure the smooth operation of the internal market and avoid distortions of competition in the Community. A Community-wide framework is necessary in order to ensure coherence between national approaches in attaining the objectives stated above, particularly with a view to the design of vehicles for recycling and recovery, to the requirements for collection and treatment facilities, and to the attainment of the targets for re-use, recycling and recovery, the principle of subsidiarity and the polluter-pays principle. taking into account (3) Every year end-of-life vehicles in the Community generate between 8 and 9 million tonnes of waste, which must be managed correctly. 1 2 3 4 OJ C …, …, p. … OJ C …, …, p. … OJ C …, …, p. … OJ C …, …, p. … 6 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) In order to implement the precautionary and preventive principles and in line with the Community strategy for waste management, the generation of waste must be avoided as much as possible. It is a further fundamental principle that waste should be re-used and recovered, and that preference be given to re-use and recycling. Member States should take measures to ensure that economic operators set up systems for the collection, treatment and recovery of end-of-life vehicles. Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that the last holder and/or owner can deliver the end-of-life vehicle to an authorised treatment facility without any cost as a result of the vehicle having no or a negative market value; Member States should ensure that producers meet all, or a significant part of, the costs of the implementation of these measures; the normal functioning of market forces should not be hindered. This Directive should cover vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, including their components and materials, without prejudice to safety standards, air emissions and noise control. by used several existing This Directive should be understood as having borrowed, where appropriate, the terminology Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances 5, Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers 6, and Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste7. directives, namely (10) It is important that preventive measures be applied from the conception phase of the vehicle onwards and take the form, in particular, of reduction and control of hazardous substances in vehicles, in order to prevent their release into the environment, to facilitate recycling and to avoid the disposal of hazardous waste; in particular the use of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium should be prohibited; these heavy metals should only be used in certain applications according to a list which will be regularly reviewed. (11) The recycling of all plastics from end-of-life vehicles should be continuously improved; whereas the Commission is currently examining the environmental impacts of PVC; the Commission will, on the basis of this work, make proposals as appropriate as to the use of PVC including considerations for vehicles. (12) The requirements for dismantling, re-use and recycling of end-of-life vehicles and their components should be integrated in the design and production of new vehicles. 5 6 7 OJ 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 98/98/EC (OJ L 355, 30. 12. 1998, p. 1). OJ L 42, 23. 2. 1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 98/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 11, 16. 1. 1999, p. 25). OJ L 194, 25. 7. 1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (OJ L 135, 6. 6. 1996, p. 32). 7 (13) The development of markets for recycled materials should be encouraged. (14) In order to ensure that end-of-life vehicles are discarded without endangering the environment, appropriate collection systems should be set up. (15) A certificate of destruction, to be used as a condition for the de-registration of end-of-life vehicles, should be introduced; Member States without a de-registration system should set up a system according to which a certificate of destruction is notified to the relevant competent authority when the end-of-life vehicle is transferred to a treatment facility. (16) Collection and treatment operators should be allowed to operate only when they have received a permit or, in case a registration is used instead of a permit, specific conditions have been complied with. (17) The recyclability and recoverability of vehicles should be promoted. (18) (19) (20) It is important to lay down requirements for storage and treatment operations in order to prevent negative impacts on the environment and to avoid the emergence of distortions in trade and competition. In order to achieve results in the short term and to give operators, consumers and public authorities the necessary perspective for the longer term, quantified targets for re-use, recycling and recovery to be achieved by economic operators should be set. Producers should ensure that vehicles are designed and manufactured in such a way as to allow the quantified targets for re-use, recycling and recovery to be achieved; to this end the Commission will promote the preparation of European standards and will take the other necessary measures in order to amend the pertinent European vehicle type- approval legislation. (21) Member States should ensure that in implementing the provisions of this Directive competition is preserved, in particular as regards the access of small and medium- sized enterprises to the collection, dismantling, treatment and recycling market. (22) In order to facilitate the dismantling and recycling of end-of-life vehicles, vehicle manufacturers should provide authorized treatment requisite dismantling manuals information in particular for hazardous materials; vehicle manufacturers and material producers should use common component and material coding standards; the preparation of European standards, where in addition, appropriate, should be promoted. facilities with all (23) Vehicle manufacturers and material producers should use component and material coding standards, to be established by the Commission assisted by the relevant committee; in the preparation of these standards the Commission will take account, as appropriate, of the work going on in this area in the relevant international for a. (24) Community-wide data on end-of-life vehicles is needed in order to monitor the implementation of the objectives of this Directive. (25) Consumers have to be adequately informed in order to adjust their behaviour to this end information should be made available by the relevant and attitudes; economic operators. 8 (26) Member States may choose to implement certain provisions by means of agreements with the economic sector concerned, provided that certain conditions are met. (27) The adaptation to scientific and technical progress of the requirements for treatment facilities and for the use of hazardous substances and, as well as the adoption of minimum standards for the certificate of destruction, the formats for the database and the implementation measures necessary to control compliance with the quantified targets should be effected by the Commission under a Committee procedure. (28) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission8. HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Objectives This Directive lays down measures which aim, as a first priority, at the prevention of waste from vehicles and, in addition, at the re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of- life vehicles and their components so as to reduce the disposal of waste, as well as at the improvement in the environmental performance of all of the economic operators involved in the life cycle of vehicles and especially the operators directly involved in the treatment of end-of-life vehicles. Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Directive: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8 "vehicle" means any vehicle designated as category m1 or n1 defined in Annex II (A) to Directive 70/156/EEC, and three wheel motor vehicles as defined in Directive 92/61/EEC, but excluding motor tricycles; "end-of-life vehicle" means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC; "producer" means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into a Member State; "prevention" means measures aiming at harmfulness for substances; the environment of end-of-life vehicles, the reduction of the quantity and the their materials and "treatment" means any activity after the end-of-life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, shearing, shredding, recovery or preparation for OJ l84, 17. 7. 1999, p. 23. 9 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 1. 2. 3. disposal of the shredder wastes, and any other operation carried out for the recovery and/or disposal of the end-of-life vehicle and its components; "re-use" means any operation by which components of end-of-life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived; "recycling" means the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery. Energy recovery means the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat; "recovery" means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex II B to Directive 75/442/EEC; "disposal" means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex II A to Directive 75/442/EEC; "economic operators" means producers, distributors, collectors, motor vehicle insurance companies, dismantlers, recyclers and other shredders, treatment operators of end-of-life vehicles, including their components and materials; recoverers, "hazardous substance" means any substance which is considered to be dangerous under Directive 67/548/EEC; "shredder" means any device used for tearing into pieces or fragmenting end-of-life vehicles, including for the purpose of obtaining directly reusable metal scrap. information required for the correct and "dismantling information" means all environmentally sound treatment of end-of-life vehicles. It shall be made available to authorised recovery undertakings by vehicle manufacturers and component producers in the form of manuals or by means of electronic media (eg. CD-ROM, on-line services). Article 3 Scope This Directive shall cover vehicles and end-of-life vehicles, including their components and materials. This shall apply irrespective of how the vehicle has been serviced or repaired during use and irrespective of whether it is equipped with components supplied by the producer or with other components whose fitting as spare or replacement parts accords with the appropriate Community provisions or domestic provisions. This Directive shall apply without prejudice to existing Community legislation and relevant national legislation, in particular as regards safety standards, air emissions and noise controls and the protection of soil and water. a) Where a producer only makes or imports vehicles that are exempt from Directive 70/156/EEC by virtue of Article 8(2)(a) thereof, Member States may 10 4. 1. 2. exempt that producer and his vehicles from Articles 7(4), 8 and 9 of this Directive. b) Special-purpose vehicles as defined in the second indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 70/156/EEC shall be excluded from the provisions of Article 7 of this Directive. For three wheel motor vehicles only Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6 of this Directive shall apply. Article 4 Prevention In order to promote the prevention of waste Member States shall encourage, in particular: a) b) c) vehicle manufacturers, in liaison with material and equipment manufacturers, to limit the use of hazardous substances in vehicles and to reduce them as far as possible from the conception of the vehicle onwards, so as in particular to prevent their release into the environment, make recycling easier, and avoid the need to dispose of hazardous waste; the design and production of new vehicles which take into full account and facilitate the dismantling, re-use and recovery, in particular the recycling, of end-of-life vehicles, their components and materials. vehicle manufacturers, in liaison with material and equipment manufacturers, to integrate an increasing quantity of recycled material in vehicles and other products, in order to develop the markets for recycled materials. a) Member States shall ensure that materials and components of vehicles put on the market after. do not contain lead, mercury, cadmium and or hexavalent chromium other than in cases listed in Annex II under the conditions specified therein; b) In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 the Commission shall on a regular basis, according to technical and scientific progress, amend Annex II, in order to: i) ii) as necessary, establish maximum concentration values up to which the existence of the substances referred to in subparagraph (a) in specific materials and components of vehicles shall be tolerated; exempt certain materials and components of vehicles from the provisions of subparagraph (a) if the use of these substances is unavoidable; 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 11 * * iii) iv) delete materials and components of vehicles from Annex II if the use of these substances is avoidable; under points (i) and (ii) designate those materials and components of vehicles that can be stripped before further treatment; they shall be labelled or made identifiable by other appropriate means; c) The Commission shall amend Annex II for the first time not later than. **. In any case none of the exemptions listed therein shall be deleted from the Annex before 1 January 2003. Article 5 Collection 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure: – – that economic operators set up systems for the collection of all end-of-life vehicles, the adequate availability of collection facilities within their territory. 2. 3. Member States shall also take the necessary measures to ensure that all end-of-life vehicles are transferred to authorised treatment facilities. Member States shall set up a system according to which the presentation of a certificate of destruction is a condition for deregistration of the end-of-life vehicle. This certificate shall be issued to the holder and/or owner when the end-of-life vehicle is transferred to a treatment facility, collection point or producer. Only treatment facilities, collection points and producers which have obtained a permit in accordance with Article 6 shall be permitted to issue a certificate of destruction. Member States may permit producers, dealers and collectors on behalf of an authorised treatment facility to issue certificates of destruction provided that they the end-of-life vehicle is transferred to an authorised treatment guarantee that facility. Temporary deregistration without presentation of a certificate of destruction shall be permissible. Issuing the certificate of destruction by treatment facilities or dealers or collectors on behalf of an authorised treatment facility does not entitle them to claim any financial reimbursement, except in cases where this has been explicitly arranged by Member States. Member States which do not have a deregistration system at the date of entry into force of this Directive shall set up a system according to which a certificate of destruction is notified to the relevant competent authority when the end-of-life vehicle is transferred to a treatment facility and shall otherwise comply with the terms of this paragraph. Member States making use of this subparagraph shall inform the Commission of the reasons thereof. ** 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 12 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the delivery of the vehicle to an authorised treatment facility in accordance with paragraph 3 occurs without any cost for the last holder and/or owner as a result of the vehicle's having no or a negative market value. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that producers meet all, or a significant part of, the costs of the implementation of this measure and/or take back end-of-life vehicles under the same conditions as referred to in the first subparagraph. Member States may provide that the delivery of end-of-life vehicles is not fully free of charge if the end-of-life vehicle does not contain the essential components of a vehicle, in particular the engine and the coachwork, or contains waste which has been added to the end-of-life vehicle. The Commission shall the first subparagraph to ensure that it does not result in market distortions, and if necessary shall propose to the European Parliament and the Council an amendment thereto. implementation of regularly monitor the 5. 1. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that competent authorities mutually recognise and accept the certificates of destruction issued in other Member States in accordance with paragraph 3. To this end, the Commission shall draw up, not later than. * the minimum requirements for the certificate of destruction. Article 6 Treatment Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that all end-of-life vehicles are stored (even temporarily) and treated in accordance with the general requirements laid down in Article 4 of Directive 75/442/EEC, and in compliance with the minimum technical requirements set out in the Annex I to this Directive, without prejudice to national regulations on health and environment. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any establishment or undertaking carrying out treatment operations obtains a permit from or be registered with the competent authorities, in compliance with Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Directive take the necessary measures to ensure that 75/442/EEC. Member States shall undertakings which collect end-of-life vehicles, even if they do not carry out treatment operations (collection points), are registered with the competent authorities. The derogation from the permit requirement referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Directive 75/442/EEC may apply to recovery operations concerning waste of end-of- life vehicles after they have been treated according to Annex I(3) to this Directive if there is an inspection by the competent authorities before the registration. This inspection shall verify: a) type and quantities of waste to be treated; * 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 13 3. 4. 5. 1. b) c) general technical requirements to be complied with; safety precautions to be taken, in order to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 4 of Directive 75/442/EEC. This inspection shall take place once a year. Member States using the derogation shall send the results to the Commission. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any establishment or undertaking carrying out the following obligations in accordance with the Annex I: treatment operations fulfils at least a) b) c) treatment or other End-of-life vehicles shall be stripped before further equivalent arrangements shall be made in order to reduce any adverse impact on the environment. Components or materials labelled or otherwise made identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2) shall be stripped before further treatment; Hazardous materials and components shall be removed and segregated in a selective way so as not to contaminate subsequent shredder waste from end-of- life vehicles; Stripping operations and storage shall be carried out in such a way as to ensure the suitability of vehicle components for re-use and recovery, and in particular for recycling. Treatment operations for depollution of end-of-life vehicles as referred to in Annex I(3) shall be carried out as soon as possible. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the permit or registration referred to in paragraph 2 includes all conditions necessary for compliance with the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. Member States shall may encourage establishments or undertakings which carry out treatment operations to introduce certified environmental management systems. Article 7 Re-use and recovery Member States shall take the necessary measures to encourage the re-use of components which are suitable for re-use, the recovery of components which cannot be re-used and the giving of preference to recycling when environmentally viable, without prejudice to safety requirments requirements regarding the safety of vehicles and environmental requirements, particularly those relating to exhaust gases and noise. Component producers must make available to authorised recovery facilities the requisite information concerning dismantling, storage and testing of components which can be re-used. 14 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the following targets are attained by economic operators: a) b) No later than 1 January 2006, for all end-of-life vehicles, the re-use and recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 85% by an average weight per vehicle and year. Within the same time limit the re-use and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of 80% by an average weight per vehicle and year. For vehicles produced before 1 January 1980, Member States may lay down lower targets, but not lower than 75% for re-use and recovery and not lower than 70% for re-use and recycling. Member States making use of this subparagraph shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of the reasons therefor; No later than 1 January 2015, for all end-of-life vehicles, the re-use and recovery shall be increased to a minimum of 95% by an average weight per vehicle and year. Within the same time limit, the re-use and recycling shall be increased to a minimum of 85% by an average weight per vehicle and year. By 31 December 2005 at the latest the European Parliament and the Council shall re-examine the targets referred to in paragraph (b) on the basis of a report of the Commission, accompanied by a proposal. In its report the Commission shall take into account the development of the material composition of vehicles and any other relevant environmental aspects related to vehicles. The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11, establish the detailed rules necessary to control compliance of Member States with the targets set out in this paragraph. In doing so the Commission shall take into account all relevant factors, inter alia the availability of data and the issue of exports and imports of end-of-life vehicles. The Commission shall take this measure not later than. *. On the basis of a proposal from the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council shall establish targets for re-use and recovery and for re-use and recycling for the years beyond 2015. In order to prepare an amendment to Directive 70/156/EEC, the Commission shall promote the preparation of European standards relating to the dismantlability, recoverability and recyclability of vehicles. Once the standards are agreed, but in any case no later than by the end of 2001, the European Parliament and the Council, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, shall amend Directive 70/156/EEC so that vehicles type-approved in accordance with that Directive and put on the market after three years after the amendment of the Directive 70/156/EEC are re-usable and/or recyclable to a minimum of 85% by weight per vehicle and are re-usable and/or recoverable to a minimum of 95% by weight per vehicle. Article 8 Coding standards/dismantling manuals information 3. 4. * 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 15 1. 2. 3. 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that producers, in concert with material and equipment manufacturers, use component and material coding standards, in particular to facilitate the identification of those components and materials which are suitable for re-use and recovery. Not later than. * the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11 establish the standards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. In so doing, the Commission shall take account of the work going on in this area in the relevant international fora and contribute to this work as appropriate. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that producers provide dismantling manuals information for each type of new vehicle put on the market within six months after the vehicle is put on the market. These manuals This information shall identify, as far as it is needed by treatment facilities in order to comply with the provisions of this Directive, the different vehicle components and materials, and the location of all hazardous substances in the vehicles, in particular with a view to the achievement of the objectives laid down in Article 7. Article 9 Reporting and information At three year intervals Member States shall send a report to the Commission on the implementation of this Directive. The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC 9 with a view to establishing databases on end-of-life vehicles and their treatment. The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be made to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three-year period covered by it. The first report shall cover the period of three years from. *. The Commission shall publish a report on the implementation of this Directive within nine months of receiving the reports from the Member States. 2. Member States shall require in each case the relevant economic operators to publish information on: – – – the design of vehicles and their components with a view to their recoverability and recyclability, the environmentally sound treatment of end-of-life vehicles, in particular the removal of all fluids and dismantling, the development and optimisation of ways to re-use, recycle and recover end- of-life vehicles and their components, * 9 * 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. OJ L 377, 31. 12. 1991, p. 48. 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 16 – the progress achieved with regard to recovery and recycling to reduce the waste to be disposed of and to increase the recovery and recycling rates. The producer must make this information accessible to the prospective buyers of vehicles. It shall be included in promotional literature used in marketing of the new vehicle. Article 10 Implementation 1. 2. 3. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by. *. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by Member States. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Provided that the objectives set out in this Directive are achieved, Member States may transpose the provisions set out in Articles 4(1), 5(1), 7(1), 8(1), 8(3) and 9(2) and specify the detailed rules of implementation of Article 5(4) by means of agreements between the competent authorities and the economic sectors concerned. Such agreements shall meet the following requirements: a) b) c) d) e) f) agreements shall be enforceable; agreements need to specify objectives with the corresponding deadlines; agreements shall be published in the national official journal or an official document equally accessible to the public and transmitted to the Commission; the results achieved under an agreement shall be monitored regularly, reported to the competent authorities and the Commission and made available to the public under the conditions set out in the agreement; the competent authorities shall make provisions to examine the progress reached under the agreement; in case of non-compliance with the agreement Member States must implement the relevant provisions of regulatory or administrative measures. this Directive by legislative, * 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 17 Article 11 Committee procedure The Commission, assisted by the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC, and according to the procedure laid down therein, shall adopt The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee instituted by Article 18 of Directive the Member States and chaired by the 75/442/EEC composed of representative of the Commission. representatives of Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) and Article 8 thereof. The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months. The Commission, according to the procedure laid down herein, shall adopt: a) b) c) d) 1. 2. 3. the amendments necessary for adapting the Annexes to this Directive to scientific and technical progress; the minimum requirements, as referred to in Article 5(5), for the certificate of destruction; the formats relating to the database system referred to in Article 9; the detailed rules referred to in Article 7(2), third subparagraph. Article 12 Entry into force This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 5(4) shall apply – – as from 1 January 2001 for vehicles put on the market as from this date; as from 1 January 2006 for vehicles put on the market before the date referred to in the first indent. In Annex II, point 11, a maximum value of 5 g per vehicle may apply until …………………………. *. * 30 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. 18 Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, For the European Parliament The President For the Council The President 19 ANNEX I Minimum technical requirements for treatment in accordance with Article 6(1) and (3) 1. Sites for storage (including temporary storage) of end-of-life vehicles prior to their treatment: – – Impermeable surfaces for appropriate areas with the provision of spillage collection facilities, decanters and cleanser-degreasers, Equipment for the treatment of water, including rainwater, in compliance with health and environmental regulations. 2. Sites for treatment: – – – – – – Impermeable surfaces for appropriate areas with the provision of spillage collection facilities, decanters and cleanser-degreasers, Appropriate storage for dismantled spare parts, including impermeable storage for oil-contaminated spare parts, Appropriate containers for storage of batteries (with electrolyte neutralisation on site or elsewhere), filters and PCB/PCT-containing condensers, Appropriate storage tanks for the segregated storage of end-of-life vehicle fluids: fuel, motor oil, gear box oil, transmission oil, hydraulic oil, cooling liquids, antifreeze, brake fluids, battery acids, air conditioning system fluids and any other fluid contained in the end-of-life vehicle, Equipment for the treatment of water, including rainwater, in compliance with health and environmental regulations, Appropriate storage for used tyres, including the prevention of fire hazards and excessive stockpiling. 3. Treatment operations for depollution of end-of-life vehicles: – – – removal of batteries and liquified gas tanks, removal or neutralisation of potential explosive components (e. g. air bags), removal and separate collection and storage of fuel, motor oil, transmission oil, gear box oil, hydraulic oil, cooling liquids, antifreeze, brake fluids, air conditioning system fluids and any other fluid contained in the end-of-life vehicle, unless they are necessary for the re-use of the parts concerned. 4. Treatment operations in order to promote recycling: – – removal of catalysts, removal of metal components containing copper, aluminium and magnesium if these metals are not segregated in the shredding process, 20 – – removal of containers, etc. ), tyres and large plastic components (bumpers, dash board, fluid removal of glass. 5. Storage operations are to be carried out avoiding damage to components containing fluids or to recoverable components and spare parts. 21 ANNEX II Materials and components exempt from Article 4(2)(a) Materials and components Lead as an alloying element 1. Steel containing up to 0,3% lead by weight 2. Aluminium containing up to 0,4% lead by weight 3. Window levers and wheel rims containing up to 4% lead by weight 4. Copper alloy containing up to 4% lead by weight Lead as a metal in components 5. Batteries 6. Coating inside petrol tanks 7. Vibration dampers 8. Vulcanising agent for high pressure or fuel hoses 9. Stabiliser in protective paints 10. Solder in applications electronic circuit boards and other Hexavalent chromium 11. Corrosion preventative coating on numerous key vehicle components (maximum 2 g per vehicle) Mercury 12. Bulbs To be labelled or made identifiable in accordance with Article 4(2)(b)(iv) X X X X X 22


title: Ändrat förslag till rådets förordning om genomförandet av åtgärder för att förstärka tullunionen mellan EG och Turkiet

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text: 31. 10. 2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 311 E/5 ˜ndrat f(cid:246)rslag till r(cid:229)dets f(cid:246)rordning om genomf(cid:246)randet av (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder f(cid:246)r att f(cid:246)rst(cid:228)rka tullunionen mellan EG och Turkiet (1) (2000/C 311 E/02) KOM(2000) 141 slutlig (cid:151) 1998/299(CNS) (Framlagt av kommissionen den 16 mars 2000 enligt artikel 250. 2 i EG-f(cid:246)rdraget) (1) EGT C 408, 29. 12. 1998, s. 14. URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG EUROPEISKA UNIONENS R¯D HAR ANTAGIT DENNA F(cid:214)RORDNING Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat med beaktande av F(cid:246)rdraget om uppr(cid:228)ttandet av Europeiska gemenskapen, s(cid:228)rskilt artikel 308 i detta, med beaktande av kommissionens f(cid:246)rslag, med beaktande av Europaparlamentets yttrande, och av f(cid:246)ljande sk(cid:228)l: (1) Europeiska r(cid:229)det bekr(cid:228)ftade vid sitt m(cid:246)te i Luxemburg den 12(cid:150)13 december 1997 att det (cid:228)r m(cid:246)jligt f(cid:246)r Turkiet att bli medlem i Europeiska unionen. (2) Kommissionen lade den 4 mars 1998 inf(cid:246)r r(cid:229)det fram ett meddelande med rubriken (cid:148)Europeisk strategi f(cid:246)r Turkiet (cid:150) Inledande konkreta f(cid:246)rslag fr(cid:229)n kommissionen(cid:148) i avsikt att f(cid:246)rbereda Turkiet f(cid:246)r anslutningen. (3) Europeiska r(cid:229)det bed(cid:246)mde vid sitt m(cid:246)te i Cardiff den 15(cid:150)16 juni 1998 att detta meddelande utg(cid:246)r en god grund f(cid:246)r att f(cid:246)rb(cid:228)ttra och vidareutveckla f(cid:246)rbindelserna mellan Europeiska unionen och Turkiet. (4) Kommissionen uppmanades vid Europeiska r(cid:229)dets m(cid:246)te i Cardiff att l(cid:228)gga fram de f(cid:246)rslag som kr(cid:228)vs f(cid:246)r att genom- f(cid:246)ra den europeiska strategin. (5) Europeiska r(cid:229)det erinrade vid sitt m(cid:246)te i Cardiff om att den europeiska strategin kr(cid:228)ver ekonomiskt st(cid:246)d. (6) I r(cid:229)dets slutsatser av den 13 september 1999 h(cid:228)nvisades till det finansiella st(cid:246)det till Turkiet. C 311 E/6 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 31. 10. 2000 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG (7) Tullunionen mellan EG och Turkiet tr(cid:228)dde i kraft den 31 december 1995 och Turkiet forts(cid:228)tter att genomf(cid:246)ra eko- nomiska reformer. (8) Europeiska r(cid:229)det f(cid:246)rklarade vid sitt m(cid:246)te i Helsingfors den 10(cid:150)11 december 1999 att Turkiet (cid:228)r ett kandidatland som har de n(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga f(cid:246)ruts(cid:228)ttningarna f(cid:246)r att ansluta sig till unionen p(cid:229) grundval av samma kriterier som till(cid:228)mpas f(cid:246)r de (cid:246)vriga kandidatl(cid:228)nderna. (9) Best(cid:228)mmelserna i den h(cid:228)r f(cid:246)rordningen grundar sig p(cid:229) respekten f(cid:246)r de demokratiska principerna, f(cid:246)r r(cid:228)ttsstaten, f(cid:246)r de m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheterna och f(cid:246)r de grundl(cid:228)ggande friheterna, samt respekten f(cid:246)r folkr(cid:228)tten, vilka ligger till grund f(cid:246)r Europeiska gemenskapens och dess medlems- staters politik. (10) Gemenskapen f(cid:228)ster vikt vid att f(cid:246)rb(cid:228)ttra demokratin i landet och respekten f(cid:246)r de grundl(cid:228)ggande m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)t- tigheterna och g(cid:246)ra det civila samh(cid:228)llet mera delaktigt i. (10) Gemenskapen f(cid:228)ster stor vikt vid Turkiets behov av att landet och respekten f(cid:246)rb(cid:228)ttra och fr(cid:228)mja demokratin i f(cid:246)r de grundl(cid:228)ggande m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheterna och av att g(cid:246)ra det civila samh(cid:228)llet mera delaktigt i denna process. (11) Europaparlamentet har i olika resolutioner framf(cid:246)r allt h(cid:228)nvisat till betydelsen av respekten f(cid:246)r m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttig- heter i Turkiet f(cid:246)r utvecklingen av f(cid:246)rbindelserna mellan Turkiet och Europeiska unionen, i synnerhet i resolutio- nerna av den 13 december 1995 om m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheter i Turkiet, av den 17 september 1998 om kommissionens rapporter om utvecklingen av relationerna med Turkiet ikrafttr(cid:228)dande, av den 3 december efter 1998 om meddelandet fr(cid:229)n kommissionen till r(cid:229)det och Europaparlamentet om den vidare utvecklingen av f(cid:246)rbin- delserna med Turkiet och meddelandet fr(cid:229)n kommissionen till r(cid:229)det (cid:148)Europeisk strategi f(cid:246)r Turkiet, inledande kon- kreta f(cid:246)rslag fr(cid:229)n kommissionen(cid:148) och av den 6 oktober 1999 om Turkiet (3). tullunionens (12) Europaparlamentet, r(cid:229)det och kommissionen avgav den 6 mars 1995 en f(cid:246)rklaring om inf(cid:246)rande av finansiella be- st(cid:228)mmelser i r(cid:228)ttsakterna (1). Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat (13) Ett interinstitutionellt avtal om budgetdisciplin och f(cid:246)r- b(cid:228)ttring av budgetf(cid:246)rfarandet (2) sl(cid:246)ts den 6 maj 1999 mellan Europaparlamentet, r(cid:229)det och kommissionen. ___________ (1) EGT C 102, 4. 4. 1996, s. 4. (2) EGT C 172, 18. 6. 1999, s. 1. ___________ (3) EGT C 17, 22. 1. 1996, s. 46; EGT C 313, 12. 10. 1998, s. 176; EGT C 398, 21. 12. 1998, s. 57 respektive protokoll med detta datum. 31. 10. 2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 311 E/7 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG (14) Utan att det p(cid:229)verkar budgetmyndighetens befogenheter f(cid:246)resl(cid:229)s som finansiell ram f(cid:246)r perioden 2000(cid:150)2002 ett fler(cid:229)rigt referensbelopp avsett att spegla lagstiftarens in- tentioner. Denna referens skall ing(cid:229) i den fler(cid:229)riga finan- siella ramen f(cid:246)r Medelhavsomr(cid:229)det. (15) De (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som beh(cid:246)vs f(cid:246)r genomf(cid:246)randet av denna f(cid:246)r- ordning utg(cid:246)r f(cid:246)rvaltnings(cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder enligt artikel 2 i r(cid:229)dets beslut 1999/468/EG av den 28 juni 1999 om de f(cid:246)rfaran- den som skall till(cid:228)mpas vid ut(cid:246)vandet av kommissionens genomf(cid:246)randebefogenheter (1) och de b(cid:246)r antas enligt f(cid:246)r- valtningsf(cid:246)rfarandet i artikel 4 i n(cid:228)mnda beslut. (16) F(cid:246)r att denna f(cid:246)rordning skall kunna antas anges i f(cid:246)r- draget inga andra befogenheter (cid:228)n den som fastst(cid:228)lls i artikel 308. Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat H˜RIGENOM F(cid:214)RESKRIVS F(cid:214)LJANDE. Artikel 1 Gemenskapen skall bidra till Turkiets anstr(cid:228)ngningar att f(cid:246)r- bereda sig f(cid:246)r anslutningen genom att n(cid:228)rma landet till unio- nen p(cid:229) samtliga omr(cid:229)den som r(cid:246)r en f(cid:246)rdjupning av tullunio- nen. Artikel 2 Den finansiella ram som speglar lagstiftarens intentioner skall uppg(cid:229) till 15 miljoner euro f(cid:246)r perioden 2000(cid:150)2002. Denna referens skall inte p(cid:229)verka budgetmyndighetens befogenheter s(cid:229)som dessa anges i f(cid:246)rdraget. Budgetmyndigheten skall fast- st(cid:228)lla det (cid:229)rliga beloppet med utg(cid:229)ngspunkt i de anslag som finns tillg(cid:228)ngliga f(cid:246)r varje budget(cid:229)r och i samband med detta ta h(cid:228)nsyn till principerna f(cid:246)r sund f(cid:246)rvaltning i artikel 2 i bud- getf(cid:246)rordningen. Artikel 3 Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat Projekten och (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna inom detta samarbete skall inte 1. vara (cid:246)ppna enbart f(cid:246)r den turkiska staten och regionerna, utan (cid:228)ven f(cid:246)r lokala myndigheter, regionala organisationer, offentliga organ, lokala och traditionella samh(cid:228)llen, f(cid:246)retagens st(cid:246)dorga- nisationer, kooperativ och det civila samh(cid:228)llet, d(cid:228)ribland f(cid:246)r- eningar, stiftelser och icke-statliga organisationer. ___________ (1) EGT L 184, 17. 7. 1999, s. 23. C 311 E/8 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 31. 10. 2000 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG 2. Om en v(cid:228)sentlig faktor f(cid:246)r fullf(cid:246)ljandet av st(cid:246)d(cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna till f(cid:246)rm(cid:229)n f(cid:246)r Turkiet saknas, s(cid:229)som fallet (cid:228)r vid kr(cid:228)nkning av de demokratiska principerna, av r(cid:228)ttsstaten, av de m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheterna och de grundl(cid:228)ggande friheterna samt av interna- tionell r(cid:228)tt, f(cid:229)r r(cid:229)det p(cid:229) f(cid:246)rslag av kommissionen med kvalifi- cerad majoritet besluta om att vidta l(cid:228)mpliga (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder. Kommissionen skall underr(cid:228)tta den kommittØ som anges i ar- tikel 7 i denna f(cid:246)rordning samt den gemensamma parlamenta- rikerkommittØn och den gemensamma ekonomiska och sociala kommittØn EU-Turkiet om sin prelimin(cid:228)ra programplanering. Artikel 4 Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat Finansiering av projekt och (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder inom samarbetet kan komma att omfatta f(cid:246)ljande omr(cid:229)den: (cid:151) St(cid:246)d till anpassning av den turkiska lagstiftningen till ge- menskapslagstiftningen och st(cid:246)d till utvecklingen av insti- tutionerna i samband med detta. (cid:151) Tilltr(cid:228)de till den inre marknaden, bl. a. genom inf(cid:246)randet av n(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga instrument f(cid:246)r certifiering och kvalitetsstyrning. (cid:151) St(cid:246)d till en liberalisering av kapitalr(cid:246)relser mellan gemen- skapen och Turkiet. (cid:151) Samarbete med sikte p(cid:229) att f(cid:246)rdjupa tullunionen mellan Europeiska gemenskapen och Turkiet, bl. a. genom att Tur- kiet inf(cid:246)rlivas med det Europa-t(cid:228)ckande systemet f(cid:246)r ur- sprungsregler och genom st(cid:246)d till Turkiets anslutning till konventionerna om transitering och om det administrativa enhetsdokumentet. (cid:151) St(cid:246)d till en anpassning av Turkiets jordbrukspolitik s(cid:229) att de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder inom den gemensamma jordbrukspolitiken som kr(cid:228)vs f(cid:246)r inr(cid:228)ttande av den fria r(cid:246)rligheten f(cid:246)r jordbruks- produkter antas. (cid:151) Samarbete p(cid:229) veterin(cid:228)r- och v(cid:228)xtskyddsomr(cid:229)det. (cid:151) Deltagande i vissa gemenskapsprogram och i vissa gemen- skapsorgans verksamhet, s(cid:228)rskilt p(cid:229) omr(cid:229)dena milj(cid:246), forsk- ning, utbildning och ungdom. (cid:151) Samarbete i fr(cid:229)ga om konkurrens- och konsumentpolitik, ny teknik och informationssamh(cid:228)llet. (cid:151) Samarbete i fr(cid:229)ga om r(cid:228)ttsliga och inrikes fr(cid:229)gor. (cid:151) Allt samarbete f(cid:246)r att f(cid:246)rsvara och fr(cid:228)mja demokratin, r(cid:228)tts- staten, m(cid:228)nskliga r(cid:228)ttigheter och skyddet av minoriteterna. 31. 10. 2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 311 E/9 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG Artikel 5 Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat Det ekonomiska st(cid:246)d som ges enligt denna f(cid:246)rordning 1. skall utg(cid:229) i form av g(cid:229)vobist(cid:229)nd. 2. De (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som avses i denna f(cid:246)rordning kan ha formen av tekniskt bist(cid:229)nd, utbildning eller andra tj(cid:228)nster, materiel och arbete, liksom revision och utv(cid:228)rderings- och kontrolluppdrag. 2. De (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som avses i denna f(cid:246)rordning kan ha formen av tekniskt bist(cid:229)nd, utbildning eller andra tj(cid:228)nster, materiel och arbete, liksom revision och utv(cid:228)rderings- och kontrolluppdrag, inom de gr(cid:228)nser som budgetmyndigheten har fastst(cid:228)llt under det (cid:229)rliga budgetf(cid:246)rfarandet. 3. Gemenskapsfinansieringen kan bland annat t(cid:228)cka investe- ringar, f(cid:246)rutom k(cid:246)p av fastigheter, och fasta kostnader (som f(cid:229)r innefatta kostnader f(cid:246)r administration, underh(cid:229)ll och drift). Av- sikten (cid:228)r emellertid att st(cid:246)dmottagarna skall (cid:246)verta de fasta kostnaderna. Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat 4. De parter som anges i artikel 3 skall bidra ekonomiskt till varje (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rd inom samarbetet. Storleken p(cid:229) detta bidrag skall avg(cid:246)ras med h(cid:228)nsyn till varje ber(cid:246)rd partners m(cid:246)jligheter och med h(cid:228)nsyn till typen av (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rd. I s(cid:228)rskilda fall och d(cid:229) sam- arbetspartnern (cid:228)r antingen en icke-statlig organisation eller ett gemenskapsorgan kan bidrag ges in natura. 5. M(cid:246)jligheterna till samfinansiering med andra bidrags- givare, s(cid:228)rskilt medlemsstaterna, skall unders(cid:246)kas. 6. N(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder skall vidtas f(cid:246)r att gemenskapskarak- t(cid:228)ren hos det st(cid:246)d som ges i enlighet med denna f(cid:246)rordning skall komma till uttryck. 7. Kommissionen skall i samarbete med medlemsstaterna ta alla n(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga initiativ f(cid:246)r att s(cid:228)kerst(cid:228)lla en god samordning med (cid:246)vriga ber(cid:246)rda bidragsgivare. Artikel 6 1. Kommissionen skall ansvara f(cid:246)r f(cid:246)rberedelser av, beslut om och f(cid:246)rvaltning av (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder enligt denna f(cid:246)rordning, i en- lighet med g(cid:228)llande budgetf(cid:246)rfaranden och andra f(cid:246)rfaranden, s(cid:228)rskilt enligt budgetf(cid:246)rordningen f(cid:246)r Europeiska gemenskaper- nas allm(cid:228)nna budget. C 311 E/10 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 31. 10. 2000 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG Vid utv(cid:228)rderingen av projekten och programmen skall 2. man ta h(cid:228)nsyn till f(cid:246)ljande faktorer: (cid:151) Hur pass effektiva och genomf(cid:246)rbara (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna (cid:228)r. (cid:151) Kulturella och sociala aspekter samt j(cid:228)mst(cid:228)lldhetsaspekten. (cid:151) Hur v(cid:228)l milj(cid:246)n bevaras och skyddas, p(cid:229) grundval av prin- ciperna f(cid:246)r en h(cid:229)llbar utveckling. (cid:151) S(cid:229)dan utveckling av institutioner som kr(cid:228)vs f(cid:246)r att uppn(cid:229) Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rdens m(cid:229)l. (cid:151) Erfarenhet fr(cid:229)n andra (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder av samma typ. 3. Beslut som r(cid:246)r (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder vars finansiering i enlighet med denna f(cid:246)rordning (cid:246)verstiger 2 miljoner euro per (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rd skall fattas enligt det f(cid:246)rfarande som anges i artikel 7. Kommissionen skall vidta alla n(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder f(cid:246)r att un- derl(cid:228)tta f(cid:246)r de sm(cid:229) icke-statliga organisationerna som drivs utan vinstsyfte att f(cid:229) del av bidragen. Kommissionen skall kortfattat informera den kommittØ som anges i artikel 7 om de beslut den har f(cid:246)r avsikt att fatta r(cid:246)rande finansiering av projekt och program f(cid:246)r vilka kost- naderna inte (cid:246)verstiger 2 miljoner euro. S(cid:229)dan information skall l(cid:228)mnas senast en vecka innan beslutet fattas. 4. Kommissionen har, utan att inh(cid:228)mta synpunkter fr(cid:229)n den kommittØ som anges i artikel 7, befogenhet att godk(cid:228)nna yt- terligare (cid:229)taganden som (cid:228)r n(cid:246)dv(cid:228)ndiga f(cid:246)r att t(cid:228)cka f(cid:246)rv(cid:228)ntade eller konstaterade (cid:246)verskridanden i samband med (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna, n(cid:228)r (cid:246)verskridandet eller det ytterligare behovet inte (cid:246)verstiger 20 % av det ursprungliga (cid:229)tagande som fastst(cid:228)llts i finansie- ringsbeslutet. Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat N(cid:228)r ett s(cid:229)dant ytterligare (cid:229)tagande som (cid:229)syftas i f(cid:246)rsta stycket (cid:228)r mindre (cid:228)n 4 miljoner euro, skall kommissionen informera den kommittØ som (cid:229)syftas i artikel 7. N(cid:228)r ett s(cid:229)dant ytterligare (cid:229)tagande (cid:246)verstiger 4 miljoner ecu, men (cid:228)r mindre (cid:228)n 20 %, skall kommittØns synpunkter inh(cid:228)mtas. 5. I alla (cid:246)verenskommelser eller avtal om finansiering som ing(cid:229)s med st(cid:246)d av denna f(cid:246)rordning skall det f(cid:246)reskrivas att kommissionen och revisionsr(cid:228)tten f(cid:229)r utf(cid:246)ra kontroller p(cid:229) plats enligt de sedvanliga f(cid:246)rfaranden som kommissionen har fast- st(cid:228)llt inom ramen f(cid:246)r g(cid:228)llande best(cid:228)mmelser, s(cid:228)rskilt enligt budgetf(cid:246)rordningen f(cid:246)r Europeiska gemenskapernas allm(cid:228)nna budget. 31. 10. 2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 311 E/11 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG I den m(cid:229)n (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna tar sig uttryck i finansierings(cid:246)ver- 6. enskommelser mellan gemenskapen och Turkiet skall det i dessa f(cid:246)reskrivas att betalning av skatter, tullar och avgifter inte skall finansieras av gemenskapen. Deltagandet i anbudsf(cid:246)rfaranden och upphandling (cid:228)r (cid:246)p- 7. pet f(cid:246)r alla fysiska och juridiska personer i medlemsstaterna och i Turkiet p(cid:229) samma villkor. Leveranserna skall ha sitt ursprung i medlemsstaterna 8. eller i Turkiet. Artikel 7 1. Kommissionen skall bitr(cid:228)das av Med-kommittØn, som in- r(cid:228)ttats genom f(cid:246)rordning (EG) nr 1488/96 av den 23 juli 1996 (1), best(cid:229)ende av f(cid:246)retr(cid:228)dare f(cid:246)r medlemsstaterna och med en f(cid:246)retr(cid:228)dare f(cid:246)r kommissionen som ordf(cid:246)rande. 2. N(cid:228)r h(cid:228)nvisning sker till denna artikel skall f(cid:246)rvaltnings- f(cid:246)rfarandet i artikel 4 i beslut 1999/468/EG till(cid:228)mpas, varvid best(cid:228)mmelserna i artikel 7. 3 i det beslutet skall iakttas. Den period som avses i artikel 4. 3 i beslut 1999/468/EG 3. skall vara tre m(cid:229)nader. Artikel 8 Artikel 8 En g(cid:229)ng om (cid:229)ret skall ett (cid:229)siktsutbyte (cid:228)ga rum p(cid:229) grundval av en framst(cid:228)llning som kommissionens f(cid:246)retr(cid:228)dare skall g(cid:246)ra om den prelimin(cid:228)ra de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som skall vidtas under det kom- mande (cid:229)ret. Detta skall ske vid ett m(cid:246)te med den kommittØ som avses i artikel 7. En g(cid:229)ng om (cid:229)ret skall ett (cid:229)siktsutbyte (cid:228)ga rum p(cid:229) grundval av en framst(cid:228)llning som kommissionens f(cid:246)retr(cid:228)dare skall g(cid:246)ra om den prelimin(cid:228)ra programplaneringen av de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som skall vidtas under det kommande (cid:229)ret. Detta skall ske vid ett m(cid:246)te med den kommittØ som avses i artikel 7. Europaparlamentet skall informeras om de f(cid:246)rslag och resultat som diskussionerna utmynnar i. Artikel 9 Kommissionen skall under (cid:229)rets f(cid:246)rsta kvartal (cid:246)verl(cid:228)mna en (cid:229)rs rapport till Europaparlamentet och r(cid:229)det. Denna (cid:229)rsrapport skall (cid:229)tminstone inneh(cid:229)lla a) en detaljerad sammanfattning av de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som har finan- sierats under f(cid:246)reg(cid:229)ende budget(cid:229)r, b) prelimin(cid:228)r programplanering f(cid:246)r innevarande budget(cid:229)r och uppgifter om i vilket utvecklingsskede (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rderna i program- met befinner sig, c) ber(cid:228)kningar f(cid:246)r programmet och de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som skall ge- nomf(cid:246)ras under det kommande budget(cid:229)ret, d) en sammanfattning av de eventuella utv(cid:228)rderingar som har gjorts av s(cid:228)rskilda (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder, och ___________ (1) EGT L 189, 30. 7. 1996, s. 1. C 311 E/12 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 31. 10. 2000 URSPRUNGLIGT F(cid:214)RSLAG ˜NDRAT F(cid:214)RSLAG e) uppgifter om de organ med vilka avtal har ing(cid:229)tts och kon- trakt slutits. Artikel 10 Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat Kommissionen skall regelbundet utv(cid:228)rdera de (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som gemenskapen finansierar f(cid:246)r att fastst(cid:228)lla om de m(cid:229)l som st(cid:228)llts upp f(cid:246)r dessa (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder har uppn(cid:229)tts och f(cid:246)r att ange riktlinjer f(cid:246)r att f(cid:246)rb(cid:228)ttra framtida (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rders effektivitet. Kommissionen skall (cid:246)verl(cid:228)mna en sammanfattning av de utv(cid:228)rderingar som gjorts till den kommittØ som avses i artikel 7, vilka denna kommittØ i f(cid:246)rekommande fall skall kunna granska. Utv(cid:228)r- deringsrapporterna skall finnas tillg(cid:228)ngliga f(cid:246)r de medlemssta- ter som (cid:246)nskar ta del av dem. Artikel 11 Artikel 11 Skall kommissionen till Europaparlamentet och r(cid:229)det (cid:246)ver- l(cid:228)mna en rapport med en utv(cid:228)rdering av samtliga (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som har finansierats av gemenskapen i enlighet med denna f(cid:246)rordning. Rapporten skall (cid:228)ven inneh(cid:229)lla f(cid:246)rslag om fram- tiden f(cid:246)r denna f(cid:246)rordning, och, om s(cid:229) kr(cid:228)vs, om (cid:228)ndringar som b(cid:246)r g(cid:246)ras i den. Sex m(cid:229)nader innan den tre(cid:229)riga finansieringsplanen l(cid:246)per ut skall kommissionen till Europaparlamentet och r(cid:229)det (cid:246)verl(cid:228)mna en rapport med en utv(cid:228)rdering av samtliga (cid:229)tg(cid:228)rder som har finansierats av gemenskapen i enlighet med denna f(cid:246)rordning. Rapporten skall (cid:228)ven inneh(cid:229)lla f(cid:246)rslag om framtiden f(cid:246)r denna f(cid:246)rordning, och, om s(cid:229) kr(cid:228)vs, om (cid:228)ndringar som b(cid:246)r g(cid:246)ras i den. Artikel 12 Of(cid:246)r(cid:228)ndrat Denna f(cid:246)rordning tr(cid:228)der i kraft den tredje dagen efter det att den har offentliggjorts i Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tid- ning. Denna f(cid:246)rordning (cid:228)r till alla delar bindande och direkt till- l(cid:228)mplig i alla medlemsstater


title: Komission asetus (EY) N:o 585/2000, annettu 16 päivänä maaliskuuta 2000, perustamissopimuksen liitteeseen I kuulumattomina tavaroina vietäviin tiettyihin maitotuotteisiin sovellettavien tukien määrien vahvistamisesta

eurovoc_concepts:
butter
export refund
powdered milk

formats: pdf print

text: L 69/50 FI Euroopan yhteisöjen virallinen lehti 17. 3. 2000 KOMISSION ASETUS (EY) N:o 585/2000, annettu 16 päivänä maaliskuuta 2000, perustamissopimuksen liitteeseen I kuulumattomina tavaroina vietäviin tiettyihin maitotuotteisiin sovellettavien tukien määrien vahvistamisesta EUROOPAN YHTEISÖJEN KOMISSIO, joka ottaa huomioon Euroopan yhteisön perustamissopimuksen, ottaa huomioon maito- ja maitotuotealan yhteisestä markkina- järjestelystä 15 päivänä toukokuuta 1999 annetun neuvoston asetuksen (EY) N:o 1255/1999 (1), ja erityisesti sen 31 artiklan, sekä katsoo seuraavaa: tavaroina tuotteiden maailmanmarkkinoiden Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1255/1999 31 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaan kyseisen asetuksen 1 artiklan a–e ja g kohdassa tarkoitettujen ja yhteisön markkinoiden hintojen ero voidaan kattaa vien- tituella. Tiettyjen perustamissopimuksen liitteeseen I kuulumattomina vietävien maataloustuot- teiden vientituen myöntämisjärjestelmän soveltamista koskevista yksityiskohtaisista säännöistä ja tuen määrän vahvistamisperusteista 30 päivänä toukokuuta 1994 annetussa komission asetuksessa (EY) N:o 1222/94 (2), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EY) N:o 238/2000 (3), määritellään tuotteet, joille olisi vahvistettava niiden vientiin asetuksen (EY) N:o 1255/ 1999 liitteessä lueteltuina tavaroina sovellettava tuen määrä. (4) (5) (6) (7) Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1255/1999 12 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaan yhteisössä tuotetulle ja kaseiiniksi muutetulle tämä jos rasvattomalle maidolle myönnetään tukea, maito ja tästä maidosta valmistettu kaseiini täyttävät tietyt edellytykset. jäätelöiden ja muiden Voin myynnistä alennettuun hintaan sekä konditoria- tuotteiden, elintarvikkeiden valmistukseen tarkoitetulle kermalle, voille ja voiöljylle myönnettävästä tuesta 15 päivänä joulukuuta 1997 annetussa komission asetuksessa (EY) N:o 2571/97 (4), sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EY) N:o 494/1999 (5), sallitaan voin ja kerman toimitta- minen alennettuun hintaan tiettyjä tavaroita valmistaville laitoksille. On varmistettava jatkossakin varojen tiukka hallinnointi ottaen huomioon menoarviot ja varojen saatavuus. Maidon ja maitotuotteiden hallintokomitea ei ole antanut lausuntoa puheenjohtajansa asettamassa määrä- ajassa, ON ANTANUT TÄMÄN ASETUKSEN: 1 artikla Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1222/94 4 artiklan 1 kohdan ensim- mäisen alakohdan mukaan tuen määrä 100 kilogram- malle kutakin kyseistä perustuotetta on vahvistettava kullekin kuukaudelle. Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1222/94 liitteessä A ja asetuksen (EY) 1. N:o 1255/1999 1 artiklassa tarkoitettuihin perustuotteisiin, jotka viedään asetuksen (EY) N:o 1255/1999 liitteessä luetel- tuina tavaroina, sovellettavat vientituen määrät vahvistetaan liitteen mukaisesti. otettava huomioon Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1222/94 4 artiklan 3 kohdassa säädetään, että tuen määrän vahvistamiseksi on tarvit- taessa jäsenvaltioissa mainitun asetuksen liitteessä A lueteltujen perustuot- teiden tai niihin rinnastettavien tuotteiden osalta sovel- lettava tuotantotuki, avustukset tai muut vaikutukseltaan vastaavat toimenpiteet kyseisen alan yhteisestä markki- najärjestelystä annetun asetuksen säännösten mukaisesti. kaikissa Tuen määrää ei vahvisteta niille edellisessä kohdassa 2. tarkoitetuille tuotteille, joita ei mainita liitteessä. 2 artikla Tämä asetus tulee voimaan 17 päivänä maaliskuuta 2000. (1) EYVL L 160, 26. 6. 1999, s. 48. (2) EYVL L 136, 31. 5. 1994, s. 5. (3) EYVL L 24, 29. 1. 2000, s. 45. (4) EYVL L 350, 20. 12. 1997, s. 3. (5) EYVL L 59, 6. 3. 1999, s. 17. (1) (2) (3) 17. 3. 2000 FI Euroopan yhteisöjen virallinen lehti L 69/51 Tämä asetus on kaikilta osiltaan velvoittava, ja sitä sovelletaan sellaisenaan kaikissa jäsenval- tioissa. Tehty Brysselissä 16 päivänä maaliskuuta 2000. Komission puolesta Erkki LIIKANEN Komission jäsen perustamissopimuksen liitteeseen I kuulumattomina tavaroina vietäviin tiettyihin maitotuotteisiin sovellettavien tukien vahvistamisesta 16 päivänä maaliskuuta 2000 annettuun komission asetukseen LIITE Tavaroiden kuvaus (EUR/100 kg) Tuen määrä CN-koodi ex 0402 10 19 Maito jauheena, rakeina tai muussa kiinteässä muodossa, lisättyä sokeria tai muuta makeutusainetta sisältämätön, rasvapitoisuus enintään 1,5 painopro- senttia (TJ 2): a) vietäessä CN-koodiin 3501 kuuluvia tavaroita b) vietäessä muita tavaroita ex 0402 21 19 Maito jauheena, rakeina tai muussa kiinteässä muodossa, lisättyä sokeria tai muuta makeutusainetta sisältämätön, rasvapitoisuus 26 painoprosenttia (TJ 3): a) vietäessä TJ 3:n kaltaisina tuotteina voita tai kermaa sisältäviä tavaroita alennetulla hinnalla asetuksen (EY) N:o 2571/97 mukaisesti b) vietäessä muita tavaroita ex 0405 10 Voi, jossa on rasvaa 82 painoprosenttia (TJ 6): a) vietäessä alennetulla hinnalla toimitettua voita tai kermaa sisältäviä tavaroita, jotka on valmistettu asetuksessa (EY) N:o 2571/97 annettujen edellytysten mukaisesti b) vietäessä CN-koodiin 2106 90 98 kuuluvia tavaroita, joiden maitorasvapitoi- suus on vähintään 40 painoprosenttia c) vietäessä muita tavaroita — 68,95 72,38 98,94 67,35 169,60 162,35


title: SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-0781/00 van Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) aan de Commissie. Voedselautoriteit.

eurovoc_concepts:
European social policy
foodstuff
health risk
labelling

text: C 374 E/152 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 28. 12. 2000 De Nederlandse regering heeft de Commissie meegedeeld dat de regeling per 1 februari 2000 is 3. afgeschaft. (1) PB C 307 van 7. 10. 1998, blz. 10. (2) PB L 280 van 30. 10. 1999, blz. 87. (2000/C 374 E/180) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-0781/00 van Roger Helmer (PPE-DE) aan de Commissie (16 maart 2000) Betreft: Voedselautoriteit Tijdens de vraag-en-antwoordvergadering van de Milieucommissie van 23 februari 2000 over de voorge- stelde instelling van een (cid:132)voedselautoriteit(cid:148) maakte commissaris Byrne duidelijk dat hij van mening is dat de voorgestelde instantie zich niet alleen met normen voor voedsel dient bezig te houden, maar ook met voedings- en dieetvraagstukken. Hij voegde daaraan toe: (cid:132)zodat de voedselautoriteit niet slechts vanuit een ivoren toren griezelverhalen vertelt(cid:148). Voorts verklaarde commissaris Byrne dat de voedselautoriteit gebruik dient te maken van adviserend onderzoek dat door externe organisaties in de lidstaten in opdracht kan zijn gegeven. Kan de Commissie met deze opmerkingen in gedachten meer zeggen over deze duidelijke gelegenheid om een en ander in een ruimer kader te bezien? Meer in het bijzonder, stemt de Commissie ermee in dat het nodig is om informatie ter vermindering van ziekterisico(cid:146)s op de verpakking van voedsel toe te staan en aan voorschriften te binden, zodat de klanten positieve gezondheidsinformatie ontvangen in verband met voedsel? Antwoord van de heer Byrne namens de Commissie (3 mei 2000) Zoals wordt aangegeven in het door de Commissie op 12 januari 2000 goedgekeurde Witboek over voedselveiligheid (1) zal naar verwachting in september 2000 een voorstel worden gepresenteerd voor een richtlijn van het Europees Parlement en de Raad over voedingssupplementen. Op dit moment stelt de Commissie een diepgaand onderzoek in naar voedingssupplementen, ter voorberei- ding van een dergelijk voorstel. Het is niet eenvoudig de geachte afgevaardigde op dit moment informatie te doen toekomen over de strekking van het voorstel, aangezien de werkzaamheden zich nog maar in de beginfase bevinden. Wat de standpunten van de Commissie over claims inzake de vermindering van de risico(cid:146)s van ziekten betreft, wordt de geachte afgevaardigde verwezen naar het antwoord van de Commissie op schriftelijke vraag E-232/00 van mevrouw Thomas-Mauro (2). (1) COM(1999) 719 def. (2) PB C 303 E van 24. 10. 2000. (2000/C 374 E/181) SCHRIFTELIJKE VRAAG E-0786/00 van Paulo Casaca (PSE) aan de Raad (16 maart 2000) Betreft: Justitiºle samenwerking op het gebied van pedofilie Met de invoering van een samenwerkingsbeleid op het gebied van justitie en binnenlandse zaken in het Verdrag van Maastricht is een essentiºle stap gezet in de richting van de Europese integratie. Het is namelijk moeilijk te begrijpen dat in een Europa met een volledig vrij verkeer en vestigingsvrijheid de justitie nog onderhevig blijft aan starre grenzen


title: SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0796/00 von Chris Davies (ELDR) an die Kommission. Transport landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere.

eurovoc_concepts:
Food and Veterinary Office
administration of the Institutions
animal production
application of EU law
competence of the Member States
transport of animals

text: 13. 2. 2001 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften C 46 E/45 Software und Hardware eingebauten Instrumenten, die zum Abfangen von Kommunikationen auf dem Internet benutzt werden. Die Arbeitsgruppe forderte die Software- und Hardwareunternehmen auf, Produkte zu entwickeln, die den Schutz der Privatsph(cid:228)re gew(cid:228)hrleisten und den Datenschutzbestimmungen der allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinie 95/46/EG sowie der Datenschutzrichtlinie f(cid:252)r den Telekommunika- tionsbereich 97/66/EG (2) entsprechen. Eines der Ziele der (cid:220)berpr(cid:252)fung des rechtlichen Rahmens f(cid:252)r die Telekommunikation von 1999 ist es, eine koh(cid:228)rente, technologieneutrale Anwendung der vorhandenen Vorschriften sicherzustellen und ˜nderungen vorzuschlagen, wo die Technologieneutralit(cid:228)t nicht gew(cid:228)hr- ist. Zur Zeit sind Anbieter (cid:246)ffentlicher Telekommunikationsdienste und -netze ausdr(cid:252)cklich leistet verpflichtet, die Sicherheit ihrer Netze zu gew(cid:228)hrleisten, die Vertraulichkeit der Kommunikationen sicherzustellen und mit der (cid:220)bermittlung zusammenh(cid:228)ngende Daten zu l(cid:246)schen. Seit der Annahme der Richtlinie (cid:252)ber den Datenschutz im Bereich der Telekommunikation haben sich die (cid:252)ber Telekommunikationsnetze erh(cid:228)ltlichen Dienste mit der Verbreitung des Internets ver(cid:228)ndert. Was die f(cid:252)r diese neuen Telekommunikationsdienste n(cid:246)tige Software betrifft, beispielsweise bestimmte Software zur Versendung von Emails und Abfrageprogramme f(cid:252)r das Internet, ist die Einhaltung der Datenschutzvor- schriften nicht ganz zufriedenstellend, wie die Datenschutzgruppe festgestellt hat. Wenn der Schutz der Privatsph(cid:228)re von Benutzern davon abh(cid:228)ngt, da(cid:223) bestimmte f(cid:252)r einen Telekommunikationsdienst wichtige Funktionen im Netz oder in der Software vorhanden sind, ist die Technologieneutralit(cid:228)t eindeutig nicht gew(cid:228)hrleistet. Die Kommission zieht verschiedene L(cid:246)sungsm(cid:246)glichkeiten f(cid:252)r dieses Problem in Erw(cid:228)gung. Konkrete Vorschl(cid:228)ge werden unterbreitet, wenn die Kommission ihre Vorschl(cid:228)ge f(cid:252)r Rechtsvorschriften (cid:252)ber den neuen Rechtsrahmen f(cid:252)r elektronische Kommunikation verabschiedet. Die Kommission wird ihrer Pflicht zur (cid:220)berwachung der Umsetzung und tats(cid:228)chlichen 3. und 4. Anwendung der Richtlinien durch die Mitgliedstaaten gem(cid:228)(cid:223) dem EG-Vertrag nachkommen und dabei die Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofs (cid:252)ber die strenge Auslegung der Ausnahmen zu den Grundprinzipien des Rechts und den staatsb(cid:252)rgerlichen Grundrechten beachten. Im Rahmen dieser (cid:220)berwachung wird die Kommission die Verh(cid:228)ltnism(cid:228)(cid:223)igkeit der Gesetzesma(cid:223)nahmen pr(cid:252)fen, die die Mitgliedstaaten auf der Grundlage von Artikel 13 der Richtlinie 95/46/EG sowie Artikel 14 Absatz 1 der Richtlinie 97/66/EG verabschiedet haben. Nach diesen Bestimmungen k(cid:246)nnen die Mitgliedstaaten Rechtsvorschriften erlassen, die bestimmte in den Richtlinien festgelegte Datenschutzgrunds(cid:228)tze einschr(cid:228)nken k(cid:246)nnen, um die in Artikel 13 bzw. Artikel 14 genannten Interessen zu sch(cid:252)tzen. Bisher wurden die Datenschutzrichtlinien in den Mitgliedstaaten nur sehr z(cid:246)gerlich umgesetzt und angewandt. Die Kommission hat Vertragsverletzungsverfahren eingeleitet. Es ist jedoch zur Zeit schwierig, sich einen umfassenden (cid:220)berblick (cid:252)ber die Lage bez(cid:252)glich der Verh(cid:228)ltnism(cid:228)(cid:223)igkeit der einzelstaatlichen Rechtsvorschriften zu machen, die ein legales Abfangen von Telekommunikationsfl(cid:252)ssen erm(cid:246)glichen. Die Kommission wird im n(cid:228)chsten Bericht (cid:252)ber die Anwendung des Vorschriftenpakets f(cid:252)r die Telekom- munikation (cid:252)ber weitere Entwicklungen Bericht erstatten. (1) Richtlinie 95/46/EG des Europ(cid:228)ischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 24. Oktober 1995 zum Schutz nat(cid:252)rlicher Personen bei der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten und zum freien Datenverkehr (ABl. L 281 vom 23. 11. 1995). (2) Richtlinie 97/66/EG des Europ(cid:228)ischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 15. Dezember 1997 (cid:252)ber die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten und den Schutz der Privatsph(cid:228)re im Bereich der Telekommunikation (ABl. L 24 vom 30. 1. 1998. ). (2001/C 46 E/051) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0796/00 von Chris Davies (ELDR) an die Kommission (16. M(cid:228)rz 2000) Betrifft: Transport landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere Kommissionsmitglied David Byrne hat in der Sitzung der Eurogruppe (cid:132)Tierschutz(cid:147) vom 16. Februar d. J. landwirtschaftlicher Zusagen hinsichtlich der Durchsetzung der Rechtsvorschriften f(cid:252)r den Transport C 46 E/46 Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften DE 13. 2. 2001 Nutztiere gegeben und hat in dieser Sitzung angedeutet, da(cid:223) das Lebensmittel- und Veterin(cid:228)ramt nur (cid:252)ber einen einzigen Inspektor verf(cid:252)gt, der speziell f(cid:252)r Transportfragen zust(cid:228)ndig ist. Kann die Kommission daher mitteilen, welche zus(cid:228)tzlichen Schritte sie zu unternehmen gedenkt, um sicherzustellen, da(cid:223) die Mitgliedstaaten die einschl(cid:228)gigen Rechtsvorschriften durchsetzen, und wie viele Bedienstete eingestellt werden, die speziell f(cid:252)r diesen Bereich zust(cid:228)ndig sind? Antwort von Herrn Byrne im Namen der Kommission (2. Mai 2000) Die Kommission befa(cid:223)t sich seit langem mit dem Problem des Wohlergehens der Tiere w(cid:228)hrend des Transports. Die erste Richtlinie (cid:252)ber den Schutz von Tieren beim Transport wurde 1977 erlassen (Richtlinie 77/489/EWG des Rates vom 18. Juli 1977 (1)). Sie wurde ersetzt durch die Richtlinie 91/628/EWG des Rates vom 19. November 1991 (2), die sp(cid:228)ter durch die Richtlinie 95/29/EG des Rates vom 29. Juni 1995 (3) ge(cid:228)ndert wurde. F(cid:252)r die praktische Umsetzung der Gemeinschaftsbestimmungen sind die Beh(cid:246)rden der Mitgliedstaaten zust(cid:228)ndig. Nach Artikel 13 der Richtlinie 95/29/EG des Rates unterbreitet die Kommission drei Jahre nach Inkrafttreten der Richtlinie dem Rat einen Bericht (cid:252)ber die Erfahrungen der Mitgliedstaaten seit der Umsetzung dieser Richtlinie sowie gegebenenfalls entsprechende Vorschl(cid:228)ge. Dieser Bericht, in dem alle verf(cid:252)gbaren Informationen Ber(cid:252)cksichtigung finden werden, wird dem Rat vor Juni 2000 zugehen. Die Kommission wird in Anbetracht der Schlu(cid:223)folgerungen des Berichts Vorschl(cid:228)ge ausarbeiten, wie die geltenden Rechtsvorschriften ge(cid:228)ndert werden sollten, um eine bessere Durchf(cid:252)hrung zu gew(cid:228)hrleisten. Im Lebensmittel- und Veterin(cid:228)ramt der Kommission in Dublin sind derzeit drei tier(cid:228)rztliche Sachverst(cid:228)n- dige der Kommission speziell f(cid:252)r Fragen im Zusammenhang mit dem Wohlergehen der Tiere zust(cid:228)ndig. Bei ihren Kontrollbesuchen in den Mitgliedstaaten untersuchen sie unter anderem auch Fragen des Wohlergehens der Tiere beim Transport. Der Umsetzung der Richtlinie 91/628/EWG des Rates (cid:252)ber den Schutz von Tieren beim Transport soll innerhalb der Arbeit der Gruppe (cid:132)Artgerechte Tierhaltung(cid:147) auch weiterhin Priorit(cid:228)t einger(cid:228)umt werden. Auch bei den Kontrollbesuchen anderer Inspektoren des Lebensmittel- und Veterin(cid:228)ramtes werden Fragen des Wohlergehens der Tiere ber(cid:252)cksichtigt. Dies gilt insbesondere f(cid:252)r das Wohlergehen von Legehennen in Legebatterien sowie den Schutz der Tiere bei der Schlachtung. (1) ABl. L 200 vom 8. 8. 1977. (2) ABl. L 340 vom 11. 12. 1991. (3) ABl. L 148 vom 30. 6. 1995. (2001/C 46 E/052) SCHRIFTLICHE ANFRAGE E-0798/00 von Sami Na(cid:239)r (PSE) an die Kommission (16. M(cid:228)rz 2000) Betrifft: Mitteilung der Kommission zu ihren strategischen Zielen 2000-2005 und ihrem Arbeitsprogramm f(cid:252)r das Jahr 2000 (KOM(2000) 154 endg. ) 1. In ihrer Einleitung befa(cid:223)t sich die Kommission mit der Modernisierung unseres Gesellschaftsmodells. a) Weshalb ist sie der Auffassung, da(cid:223) die Reform des Wohlfahrtsstaats unerl(cid:228)(cid:223)lich ist? b) Auf welche Art und Weise mu(cid:223) dieser Staat modernisiert werden, um (cid:132)solidarisch ((cid:133)), gerecht, um das Wohl der B(cid:252)rger besorgt zu bleiben und im Kontext sinkender Staatsausgaben die soziale Ausgrenzung abzulehnen?(cid:147)


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EU relations
Peru
freedom of expression
organisation of elections
presidential election
protection of freedoms

text: 29. 12. 2000 NL Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen C 377/357 Donderdag, 16 maart 2000 (cid:1) in de wederopbouwfase vooral woningen, scholen, ziekenhuizen, communicatie- en vervoersinfrastruc- tuur te herstellen; wijst erop dat hierdoor geen afbreuk mag worden gedaan aan de lopende samenwerkings- en ontwikke- lingsprogramma’s; 4. verzoekt derhalve de internationale gemeenschap om meer helikopters en boten en/of de benodigde financiële middelen ter beschikking te stellen voor de redding van degenen die nog steeds geïsoleerd zijn; spreekt zich uit voor een internationale conferentie om de onmisbare noodhulp op internationaal 5. niveau op gang te brengen, evenals voor economische en financiële maatregelen voor de noodzakelijke wederopbouw van de getroffen regio’s en het herstel van de sterk gedupeerde Mozambikaanse economie; verzoekt de lidstaten van de Europese Unie die tot de schuldeisers van Mozambique behoren om de 6. aflossing van de schulden van dit land met onmiddellijke ingang op te schorten en te overwegen deze schulden geheel kwijt te schelden; dringt er bij de Commissie en de lidstaten op aan hun hulp in samenwerking met de derde landen en 7. multilaterale organisaties te coördineren; 8. verzoekt de Commissie en de lidstaten specifieke steun uit te trekken voor het opruimen van mijnen en specialisten ter beschikking te stellen die de leiding van deze acties en de opleiding van plaatselijk personeel op zich kunnen nemen; 9. is van mening dat er dringend structuren en mechanismen voor internationale samenwerking in het leven moeten worden geroepen om mensen in nood spoedhulp te kunnen bieden en de bestaande buiten- gewone technische hulpbronnen voor echte humanitaire doeleinden te kunnen inzetten; verwijst ook naar de situatie in Madagaskar, die veel ernstiger is dan aanvankelijk werd gedacht, en 10. dringt erop aan dat ook voor dit land adequate steun ter beschikking wordt gesteld; 11. verzoekt zijn Voorzitter deze resolutie te doen toekomen aan de Raad, de Commissie, de parlemen- ten van de lidstaten, de regering en het parlement van Mozambique, de regering en het parlement van Madagaskar, de Organisatie voor Afrikaanse Eenheid en de secretaris-generaal van de VN. 11. Mensenrechten: Presidentiële verkiezingen in Peru B5-0255, 0264, 0270 en 0280/2000 Resolutie van het Europees Parlement over de verkiezingen in Peru Het Europees Parlement, (cid:1) onder verwijzing naar zijn eerder resoluties over Peru, A. overwegende dat in april 2000 in Peru verkeizingen zullen worden gehouden, B. het feit betreurend dat drie rechters van het Constitutionele Hof uit hun ambt zijn gezet omdat zij zich verzetten tegen de mogelijkheid van herverkiezing van de president, die neerkomt op een con- troversiële interpretatie van de vigerende wetgeving, C. van oordeel dat in de aanloop naar de verkiezingen in Peru een aantal onregelmatigheden zijn gesigna- leerd en dat ook de rol van de media hierin te wensen overlaat; D. overwegende dat het leger in een aantal regio’s nog steeds bepaalde civiele taken voor haar rekening neemt, spreekt de hoop uit dat de presidentsverkiezingen op 9 april 2000 in Peru vrijelijk, transparant en in 1. overeenstemming met de universeel erkende democratische spelregels zullen verlopen; C 377/358 Publicatieblad van de Europese Gemeenschappen NL 29. 12. 2000 Donderdag, 16 maart 2000 roept de Peruviaanse autoriteiten op tot het nemen van passende maatregelen ter waarborging van 2. een vrij, eerlijk en transparant verloop van de verkiezingen; 3. dringt er bij de Peruviaanse autoriteiten op aan alle democratische politieke groeperingen maximale vrijheid van meningsuiting te garanderen, zodat zij onder gelijke voorwaarden aan deze verkiezingen kun- nen deelnemen, en hun gratis proportionele ruimte of zendtijd ter beschikking te stellen in de media; betreurt het feit dat Peru zich onlangs heeft onttrokken aan de jurisdictie van het Inter-Amerikaanse 4. Hof voor de rechten van de mens en verzoekt de regering van Peru op dit besluit terug te komen; 5. benadrukt de absolute noodzaak van een duidelijke scheiding tussen de rechterlijke, de uitvoerende en de wetgevende macht en dringt er bij de regering van Peru op aan zich niet te mengen in de werking van de rechterlijke macht; verzoekt de regeringsautoriteiten erop toe te zien dat de Comités voor Zelfbescherming op het platte- 6. land zich afzijdig houden in de aanloop naar de verkiezingen en tijdens de verkiezingen zelf; verzoekt de regering, de politieke partijen, de maatschappelijke organisaties, de media, in het bijzon- 7. der de televisiemaatschappijen, en de ombudsman een voorlichtingscampagne op te zetten over het geheime karakter van de stemming, en alle maatregelen te nemen om dit geheime karakter te waarborgen; verzoekt de politieke partijen in de mate van het mogelijke te zorgen voor aanwezigheid van hun 8. vertegenwoordigers en waarnemers op alle stembureaus; 9. verzoekt de Commissie deze verkiezingen in het bestaande institutionele kader te volgen teneinde na te gaan of zij verlopen in overeenstemming met de essentiële elementen die ten grondslag liggen aan de Overeenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en het Andes-Pact, die sinds mei 1998 van kracht is en waarbij Peru zich heeft aangesloten; 10. verzoekt zijn Voorzitter deze resolutie te doen toekomen aan de Raad, de Commissie, de president en de regering van de republiek Peru, de Organisatie van Amerikaanse Staten, het Andes-Pact en het Latijns-Amerikaanse Parlement. 12. Mensenrechten: Oorlogsmisdaden in Tsjetsjenië B5-0245, 0256, 0261, 0265 en 0271/2000 Resolutie van het Europees Parlement over schendingen van de mensenrechten en het humanitaire recht in Tsjetsjenië Het Europees Parlement, (cid:1) onder verwijzing naar zijn resoluties van 7 oktober 1999 (1), 18 november 1999 (2) en 20 januari 2000 (3) over de situatie in Tsjetsjenië en 17 februari 2000 over de zaak Andrei Babitsky, de vrijheid van de media en schendingen van de mensenrechten in Tsjetsjenië (4), (cid:1) gezien de aanbeveling nr. 1444 (2000) van de Raad van Europa over het herstel van de rechtsstaat, naleving van de mensenrechten en democratie in Tsjetsjenië, (cid:1) onder verwijzing naar de resultaten van de vergadering van de EU-troïka met de minister van Buiten- landse zaken Ivanov van de Russische federatie op 4 maart 2000, A. ernstig verontrust over het voortdurende gewapende conflict in Tsjetsjenië, met als gevolg een steeds groter aantal vluchtelingen en ontheemden, in Tsjetsjenië en de omliggende regio’s waar een totaal gebrek is aan infrastructurele voorzieningen die nodig zijn om hen op te vangen; (1) Punt 1 van de aangenomen teksten van die datum. (2) Punt 15 van de aangenomen teksten van die datum. (3) Punt 6 van de aangenomen teksten van die datum. (4) Punt 16 van de aangenomen teksten van die datum


title: QUESTION ÉCRITE E-0794/00 posée par Mary Banotti (PPE-DE) à la Commission. Taxe d'immatriculation.

eurovoc_concepts:
EU policy
Ireland
motor car
tax harmonisation
vehicle registration
vehicle tax

text: 28. 12. 2000 FR Journal officiel des CommunautØs europØennes C 374 E/157 RØponse donnØe par Mme de Palacio au nom de la Commission (11 avril 2000) Les autoritØs irlandaises ont rØcemment confirmØ qu(cid:146)elles avaient l(cid:146)intention de notifier (cid:224) la Commission la mise en place d(cid:146)un nouveau mØcanisme de soutien en faveur de la tourbe en Irlande. DŁs rØception de cette notification, la Commission examinera la compatibilitØ du mØcanisme de soutien proposØ avec les rŁgles communautaires relatives aux aides d(cid:146)(cid:201)tat. La Commission Øtudiera (cid:224) cette occasion les dispositions prises par l(cid:146)Irlande en matiŁre d(cid:146)obligation de service public et de sØcuritØ des approvisionnements dans la perspective de la production d(cid:146)ØlectricitØ (cid:224) partir de la tourbe. Cette analyse tiendra compte de la rØcente Øvolution du cadre juridique en vue de la libØralisation du marchØ europØen de l(cid:146)ØlectricitØ. (2000/C 374 E/186) QUESTION (cid:201)CRITE E-0794/00 posØe par Mary Banotti (PPE-DE) (cid:224) la Commission (16 mars 2000) Objet: Taxe d(cid:146)immatriculation Compte tenu de l(cid:146)anomalie actuellement constatØe en Irlande oø la taxe d(cid:146)immatriculation peut s(cid:146)Ølever (cid:224) 25 % du prix de vente d(cid:146)une voiture neuve sur le marchØ libre, et du fait que les consommateurs europØens acquittent la TVA sur l(cid:146)achat d(cid:146)une nouvelle voiture, la Commission envisage-t-elle de prendre des mesures contre l(cid:146)Irlande pour ce qui Øquivaut (cid:224) la double imposition des acheteurs de voiture irlandais? RØponse donnØe par M. Bolkestein au nom de la Commission (27 avril 2000) La Commission informe l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire qu(cid:146)au stade actuel du droit communautaire les (cid:201)tats membres ont la possibilitØ de percevoir des taxes sur les voitures autres que la TVA. Par ailleurs, la sixiŁme directive TVA (77/388/CEE) (1) prØvoit expressØment une telle possibilitØ, dans son article 33: Sans prØjudice d(cid:146)autres dispositions communautaires, ((cid:133)) les dispositions de la prØsente directive ne font pas obstacle au maintien ou (cid:224) l(cid:146)introduction par un (cid:201)tat membre de ((cid:133)) tous imp(cid:244)ts, droits et taxes n(cid:146)ayant pas le caractŁre de taxes sur le chiffre d(cid:146)affaires, (cid:224) condition, toutefois, que ces imp(cid:244)ts, droits et taxes ne donnent pas lieu dans les Øchanges entre (cid:201)tats membres (cid:224) des formalitØs liØes au passage d(cid:146)une frontiŁre. Or, la taxe (cid:224) laquelle fait rØfØrence l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire ne s(cid:146)apparente pas (cid:224) la TVA et elle ne donne pas lieu (cid:224) des formalitØs liØes au passage d(cid:146)une frontiŁre. Il convient de souligner, cependant, que si les (cid:201)tats membres sont libres d(cid:146)exercer leur souverainetØ fiscale sur les vØhicules, ils doivent nØanmoins respecter un principe jurisprudentiel dØsormais consolidØ, (cid:224) savoir celui de la prise en compte, aux fins de l(cid:146)application de la taxe, de la dØprØciation des vØhicules d(cid:146)occasion en provenance d(cid:146)autres (cid:201)tats membres. Par ailleurs, conformØment (cid:224) la directive 83/183/CEE relative aux franchises fiscales applicables aux importations dØfinitives de biens personnels des particuliers en prove- nance d(cid:146)un (cid:201)tat membre (2), les voitures immatriculØes dans un (cid:201)tat membre suite (cid:224) un dØmØnagement (cid:224) partir d(cid:146)un autre (cid:201)tat membre doivent Œtre exonØrØes de toute taxe (cid:224) la consommation. La Commission prØpare actuellement une Øtude pour Øvaluer en particulier l(cid:146)ampleur de la distorsion du marchØ intØrieur due au non-rapprochement des lØgislations sur l(cid:146)imposition des vØhicules au niveau de la CommunautØ. La Commission projette Øgalement de lancer une discussion, cette annØe, avec les adminis- trations des (cid:201)tats membres et d(cid:146)autres institutions communautaires sur des options futures concernant l(cid:146)action de la CommunautØ dans le domaine de l(cid:146)imposition des vØhicules. (1) (2) JO L 145 du 13. 6. 1977. JO L 105 du 23. 4. 1983