A4-0290/95

Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on the legal protection of databases (C4-0370/95 - 00/0393(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

-having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0370/95 - 00/0393(COD),

-having regard to its opinion at first reading on the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(92)0024),

-having regard to the amended Commission proposal, COM(93)0464,

-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 (A4-0290/95),

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.Calls for the Conciliation Committee to be convened, pursuant to Article 189b(3) of the EC Treaty, should the Council not adopt the act;

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

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