Single currency: Member states fulfilling criteria (art. 109 J, para. 2 and 4, EC treaty)

The committee adopted by 54 votes to 3, with 2 abstentions, the proposal for an oral resolution concerning the recommendation of the Council of Ministers for Economic Affairs and Finance of 1 May, pursuant to Article 109j (2) of the Treaty. Members of the committee noted that the proposal adopted by the Council corresponded to the recommendation adopted by the Commission on 25 March 1998, concerning which Parliament had delivered a favourable opinion on 30 April 1998 (CNS 98128). �