La position commune, annoncée lors de la période de session d'octobre, incorpore tels quels plusieurs des amendements adoptés par le Parlement en première lecture ou les adopte en les modifiant légèrement pour refléter l'accord avec le Parlement européen ou respecter les règles relatives à la qualité de la rédaction législative.
In the Council's Common Position announced in the European Parliament's October plenary session several of the amendments adopted by the EP in first reading either have been included as they were adopted by the EP in the Common Position's text or have been slightly reworded so as to reflect the agreement with the European Parliament or to comply by the rules for good legislative drafting.