Consumers and environment: availibility of information on fuel economy of new passengers cars

The committee unanimously adopted the recommendation for second reading (codecision procedure) by Dirk STERCKX (ELDR, B) approving the Council's common position. As the common position incorporated 14 of Parliament's 29 amendments at first reading and as MEPs considered it important to make the relevant information available to consumers as soon as possible, they decided not to adopt any further amendments. If no amendments were adopted by Parliament at its forthcoming part-session, conciliation could be avoided and the directive could come into force in the Member States by the end of the year 2000.