Interinstitutional agreement on the official codification of Community legislation

In adopting the report by Mr Jean-Pierre COT (PSE, F), the European Parliament stressed the urgent need to simplify and consolidate Community legislation with a view to facilitate its application. It approved the draft agreement with the inclusion of an interpretative statement following Article 5: "Parliament feels that, particularly where there is a change to the legal base or to the procedure for adopting the text concerned, it should reserve its assessment on the codification procedure, taking account of the necessary respect for the 'normal legislative process' in the sense of paragraph 5 of the agreement". �