10.8.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 202/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) DECISION No 1753/2000/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 June 2000 establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), After consulting the committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), and in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 9 March 2000, Whereas: (1) The ultimate objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level such as to avoid t...