Translation of "traité d'amsterdam " (French → English) :

I would like to suggest that the Belgian Presidency, which has done such excellent work in the past few weeks, should take a look at the Treaty of Amsterdam and tell the Council that, if the Council of Ministers so decides, decisions on legal and home affairs policy may be reached by majority voting – a legal possibility provided for in the Treaty of Amsterdam – so that we can come to the necessary decisions at a European level and can meet the challenge of combating terrorism, a phenomenon that knows no frontiers.

Mr Marcelino Oreja, Member of the Commission responsible for institutional affairs and a negotiator of the Amsterdam Treaty, declared that, "the new Treaty is a step forward in the process of European integration. From 1 May the EU will have a system which is more effective, more open to dialogue with the people of Europe, more democratic and more geared to the outside world".

C. whereas within the sphere of Title VI of the EU Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, consultation is required only for the adoption of specific legal acts (Article 39(1)), but whereas in Article K.6, second paragraph, of the EU Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of Maastricht, consultation was required "on the principal aspects of activities" in respect of cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, and whereas one of the basic principles underlying the Treaty of Amsterdam was to strengthen Parliament's position,

The new Treaty also sets out to simplify the Community Treaties, deleting more than 56 obsolete articles and renumbering the rest in order to make the whole more legible. By way of example, Article 189b on the codecision procedure now becomes Article 251.

C. whereas within the sphere of Title VI of the EU Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, consultation is required only for the adoption of specific legal acts (Article 39(1)), but whereas in Article K.6, second paragraph, of the EU Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of Maastricht, consultation was required ‘on the principal aspects of activities’ in respect of cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, and whereas one of the basic principles underlying the Treaty of Amsterdam was to strengthen Parliament’s position,

As for the questions by Mrs Frahm and Mr Sjöstedt, I can confirm that, under the terms of Article 255(2) of the Treaty, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam, general principles and limits on grounds of public or private interest governing this right of access to documents shall be determined by the Council, acting in accordance with the codecision procedure with this Parliament, on the basis of a proposal by the European Commission. As you know, any such proposal will have to be tabled in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam, that is within two years of the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, or in other wo ...[+++]rds before 1 May 2001.