A4-0120/95

Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (C4-0051/95 - 00/0287(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

-having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0051/95 - 00/0287(COD),

-having regard to its opinion at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(90)0314,

-having regard to the amended Commission proposal, COM(92)0422,

-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 Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy (A4-0120/95),

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.

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