Fireogtyve af de otteogtyve ændringsforslag, som Europa-Parlamentet havde stillet til førstebehandlingen, er allerede medtaget i Rådets fælles holdning efter forinden at være overtaget af Kommissionen.
Twenty four of the twenty eight amendments that the European Parliament submitted during the first reading are already included in the common position of the Council of Ministers, since they had previously been accepted by the European Commission.