12 February 2001

Commission Opinion on EP Amendments on Common Position

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The commission opinion on the EP report amends the original commission proposal. The EP adopted (second reading) 15 amendments to the council's common position. The commission accepted 3 of those amendments in full and one in part but rejected the others. The amendments accepted by the commission relate to:

the limitation of derogations;

the specifications in the bid document;

the period for transposing the directive and finally,

extension of the 'principle of neutrality'.
The rejected amendments relate to the clarification of words and terms as well as the scope of the directive. Others concern contributing new ideas, employees' rights and finally, amendments of principle. The commission is altering its proposal as indicated above.

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