At the sitting of 6 February 2002 the President of Parliament announced that the common position had been received and referred to the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (15483/3/2001 - C5–0036/2002).
6. Calls for a more flexible and development-oriented use of the various criteria for debt reduction under the mentioned initiative to ensure quicker and deeper debt relief for a larger group of countries, especially countries in extreme positions such as those recovering from internal conflict;