A4-0050/94

Decision on the common position of the Council on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (C4-0015/94 - 00/0424(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

-having regard to the common position of the Council (C4-0015/94 - 00/0424(COD)),

-having regard to its opinion at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(92)0255,

-having regard to the Commission's amended proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(93)0290,

-having regard to Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty,

-having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure,

-having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (A4-0050/94),

1.Amends the common position as follows;

2.Calls on the Commission to support Parliament's amendments in the opinion it is required to deliver pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty;

3.Calls on the Council to approve all Parliament's amendments, amend its common position accordingly and definitively adopt the act;

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