Mr President, as rapporteur I wish to move an oral amendment. There is a compromise amendment proposed by the Socialist Group. It involves an exemption from the need for a prospectus on behalf of the most creditworthy Member States. We should make it clear that we want this exemption to apply only to debt securities, so that they would not, for example, be able to undertake a privatisation without a prospectus, and therefore insert the word 'debt' at the beginning of the compromise on No. 65. (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0049/2002) by Mrs Carrilho, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation extending and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 on decentralised cooperation[COM(2001) 576 – C5-0509/2001 – 2001/0243(COD)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0061/2002) by Mr Pérez Royo, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a Council directive to ensue effective taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments within the Community [COM(2001) 400 – C5-0402/2001 – 2001/0164(CNS)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0029/2002) by Mr Bautista Ojeda, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council regulation extending the financing of quality and marketing improvement plans for certain nuts and locust beans approved under Title IIa of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and providing for a specific aid for hazelnuts [COM(2001) 667 – C5-0652/2001 – 2001/0275(CNS)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0065/2002) by Mr Cunha, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council regulation fixing the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety group and Member State for the 2002, 2003 and 2004 harvests and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 [COM(2001) 684 – C5-0678/2001 – 2001/0276(CNS)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0041/2002) by Mr Lage, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 of 17 July 1998 introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Réunion as a result of those regions’ remoteness [COM(2001) 498 – C5-0446/2001 – 2001/0200(CNS)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0040/2002) by Mr Maat, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic on fishing off the coast of Gabon for the period 3 December 2001 to 2 December 2005 [COM(2001) 765 – C5-0040/2002 – 2001/0301(CNS)] (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0063/2002) by Mrs Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the biodiversity action plans in the areas of conservation of natural resources, agriculture, fisheries, and development and economic cooperation [COM(2001) 162 – C5-0467/2001 – 2001/2189(COS)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0459/2001) by Mrs Sornosa Martínez, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the implementation of Directive 91/271/EEC on urban waste-water treatment [2000/2318(INI)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Joint motion for a resolution(1) on tax on steel imports into the United States (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0062/2002) by Mr Trentin, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the state of the European economy – preparatory report with a view to the Commission recommendation on broad economic policy guidelines [2002/2014(INI)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0048/2002) by Mr Della Vedova, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the Commission communication to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee on tax policy in the European Union – Priorities for the years ahead [COM(2001) 260 – C5-0597/2001 – 2001/2248(COS)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0409/2001) by Mr Carnero González, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on the legal personality of the European Union [2001/2021(INI)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0050/2002) by Mrs Carlotti, on behalf of the Committee on Development and Cooperation, on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2001 [2001/2012(INI)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0045/2002) by Mrs Langenhagen, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, on the fish processing industry [2000/2303(INI)] (Parliament adopted the resolution) EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE - Lipietz report (A5-0060/2002)

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