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1998/2090(CNS) European Central Bank ECB, Executive Board appointment: Mr Duisenberg as President

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON RANDZIO-PLATH Christa (icon: PES PES)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 109A-p2, EC before Amsterdam E 109L-p1

Events

1998/05/28
   Final act published in Official Journal
1998/05/26
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
1998/05/26
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1998/05/13
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1998/05/13
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur considered that the six candidates formed a good team. While regretting the events of 2 and 3 May which had led to Mr Duisenberg’s statement that he would not continue until the end of his term of office, she stressed that he had then declared that he alone would decide the date of his departure. He had therefore shown that the weekend’s events had not compromised his future independence. The rapporteur also welcomed the fact that the six candidates had said they were ready to come to Parliament to present not only the ECB’s annual report but also the four quarterly reports, and perhaps also on other occasions. However, the rapporteur regretted the hostility shown towards the idea of rapidly publishing the minutes of meetings of the ECB’s decision-making bodies. Mrs Randzio-Plath also welcomed the appointment of a woman to the ECB’s Executive Board and, in fundamental terms, expressed her approval that the six candidates were well aware that the ECB’s aim was price stability. The President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Brown, said that this was the second stage in the consultation procedure begun on 2 May when Parliament had accepted the candidatures of 11 countries for the third phase of Economic and Monetary Union. He then indicated the term of office of each of the Executive Board members, including President Duisenberg. He confirmed that the European Central Bank would present an annual report and that the Executive Board members would participate in quarterly meetings on economic and monetary developments. Finally, he was pleased that everyone shared the goal of price stability in order to ensure high levels of growth and employment which would allow the current estimate of 18 million unemployed in the Union to be reduced.

1998/05/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1998/05/11
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
1998/05/11
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
1998/05/11
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1998/05/11
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
1998/05/11
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1998/05/03
   CSL - Legislative proposal
1998/05/03
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents
1998/05/02
   CSL - Council Meeting
1998/05/02
   CSL - Council Meeting
1998/04/14
   EP - Responsible Committee

Documents

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

activities
  • date: 1998-05-02T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Heads of State or Government meeting_id: 2088
  • date: 1998-05-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=7993%2F98&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Legislative proposal published title: 07993/1998 body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 1998-04-14T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1998-182&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A4-0182/1998
  • date: 1998-05-13T00:00:00 body: EP docs: type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T4-0254/1998 type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=41998D0345 title: Decision 1998/345 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1998:154:TOC title: OJ L 154 28.05.1998, p. 0033 type: Final act published in Official Journal
committees/0
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Responsible Committee
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EP
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Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy
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ECON
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1998-04-14T00:00:00
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committees/0
body
EP
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True
committee
ECON
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1998-04-14T00:00:00
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Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy
rapporteur
group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa
council
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN meeting_id: 2089 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2089*&MEET_DATE=02/05/1998 date: 1998-05-02T00:00:00
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Heads of State or Government meeting_id: 2088 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=2088*&MEET_DATE=02/05/1998 date: 1998-05-02T00:00:00
docs
  • date: 1998-05-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=7993%2F98&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 07993/1998 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1998:139:TOC title: OJ L 139 11.05.1998, p. 0036 summary: type: Legislative proposal body: CSL
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 docs: title: PE226.966 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1998-182&language=EN title: A4-0182/1998 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1998:167:TOC title: OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0012 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1998-05-13T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1998:167:TOC title: OJ C 167 01.06.1998, p. 0075-0086 title: T4-0254/1998 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
events
  • date: 1998-05-03T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=7993%2F98&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 07993/1998 summary:
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1998-182&language=EN title: A4-0182/1998
  • date: 1998-05-13T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP summary: The rapporteur considered that the six candidates formed a good team. While regretting the events of 2 and 3 May which had led to Mr Duisenberg’s statement that he would not continue until the end of his term of office, she stressed that he had then declared that he alone would decide the date of his departure. He had therefore shown that the weekend’s events had not compromised his future independence. The rapporteur also welcomed the fact that the six candidates had said they were ready to come to Parliament to present not only the ECB’s annual report but also the four quarterly reports, and perhaps also on other occasions. However, the rapporteur regretted the hostility shown towards the idea of rapidly publishing the minutes of meetings of the ECB’s decision-making bodies. Mrs Randzio-Plath also welcomed the appointment of a woman to the ECB’s Executive Board and, in fundamental terms, expressed her approval that the six candidates were well aware that the ECB’s aim was price stability. The President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Brown, said that this was the second stage in the consultation procedure begun on 2 May when Parliament had accepted the candidatures of 11 countries for the third phase of Economic and Monetary Union. He then indicated the term of office of each of the Executive Board members, including President Duisenberg. He confirmed that the European Central Bank would present an annual report and that the Executive Board members would participate in quarterly meetings on economic and monetary developments. Finally, he was pleased that everyone shared the goal of price stability in order to ensure high levels of growth and employment which would allow the current estimate of 18 million unemployed in the Union to be reduced.
  • date: 1998-05-13T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: title: T4-0254/1998 summary:
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 1998-05-28T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: title: Decision 1998/345 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=41998D0345 title: OJ L 154 28.05.1998, p. 0033 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1998:154:TOC
links
other
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
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Old
ECON/4/10041
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  • ECON/4/10041
procedure/final/url
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http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=41998D0345
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https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=41998D0345
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EC before Amsterdam E 109-p1
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EC before Amsterdam E 109L-p1
procedure/legal_basis/1
EC before Amsterdam E 109-p2
procedure/subject
Old
  • 5.20.03 European Central Bank (ECB), ESCB
New
5.20.03
European Central Bank (ECB), ESCB
activities
  • date: 1998-05-02T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Heads of State or Government meeting_id: 2088
  • date: 1998-05-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=7993%2F98&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Legislative proposal published title: 07993/1998 body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
  • date: 1998-05-11T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 1998-04-14T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1998-182&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A4-0182/1998
  • date: 1998-05-13T00:00:00 body: EP docs: type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T4-0254/1998 type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-26T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
  • date: 1998-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=41998D0345 title: Decision 1998/345 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1998:154:TOC title: OJ L 154 28.05.1998, p. 0033 type: Final act published in Official Journal
committees
  • body: EP responsible: True committee: ECON date: 1998-04-14T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa
links
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  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
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ECON/4/10041
reference
1998/2090(CNS)
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Procedure completed
instrument
Recommendation
title
European Central Bank ECB, Executive Board appointment: Mr Duisenberg as President
type
CNS - Consultation procedure
final
subject
5.20.03 European Central Bank (ECB), ESCB