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| 29.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 290/13 |
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29.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 290/13

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MINUTES

(2006/C 290 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.00.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission







  — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, and determining the content of Annex XI (COM(2006)0007 — C6-0029/2006 — 2006/0008(COD))






  referred to | responsible: EMPL |
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1)

from the Council and Commission

from the Council and Commission

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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, and determining the content of Annex XI (COM(2006)0007 — C6-0029/2006 — 2006/0008(COD))

referred to

responsible: EMPL

| — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) (COM(2005)0587 — C6-0038/2006 — 2005/0237(COD))






  referred to | responsible: TRAN |
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| | opinion: ENVI |

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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) (COM(2005)0587 — C6-0038/2006 — 2005/0237(COD))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

opinion: ENVI

| — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners (COM(2005)0593 — C6-0039/2006 — 2005/0242(COD))






  referred to | responsible: TRAN |
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| | opinion: JURI |

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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners (COM(2005)0593 — C6-0039/2006 — 2005/0242(COD))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

opinion: JURI

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (COM(2005)0692 — C6-0040/2006 — 2005/0280(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: PECH |
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| | opinion: DEVE, BUDG |

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Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (COM(2005)0692 — C6-0040/2006 — 2005/0280(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: DEVE, BUDG

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing (Codified version) (COM(2006)0004 — C6-0042/2006 — 2006/0003(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: JURI |
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Proposal for a Council regulation laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing (Codified version) (COM(2006)0004 — C6-0042/2006 — 2006/0003(CNS))

referred to

responsible: JURI

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (COM(2005)0676 — C6-0442/2005 — 2005/0258(COD))






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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (COM(2005)0676 — C6-0442/2005 — 2005/0258(COD))

referred to

responsible: EMPL

| 2) | from the Conciliation Committee







  — | Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (03668/2005 — C6-0001/2006 — 1992/0449B(COD)) |
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2)

from the Conciliation Committee

from the Conciliation Committee

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Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (03668/2005 — C6-0001/2006 — 1992/0449B(COD))

3.   Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

(announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

| I. | CULTURAL HERITAGE IN AZERBAIJAN







  — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group, on cultural heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0111/2006) |
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I.

CULTURAL HERITAGE IN AZERBAIJAN

CULTURAL HERITAGE IN AZERBAIJAN

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Pasqualina Napoletano, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group, on cultural heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0111/2006)

| — | Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the protection of cultural heritage in the South Caucuses (B6-0115/2006) |
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Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the protection of cultural heritage in the South Caucuses (B6-0115/2006)

| — | Frédérique Ries, Thierry Cornillet and Bernard Lehideux, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the destruction of cultural heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0126/2006) |
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Frédérique Ries, Thierry Cornillet and Bernard Lehideux, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the destruction of cultural heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0126/2006)

| — | Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Ioannis Kasoulides, Jürgen Schröder and Jacques Toubon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0129/2006) |
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Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Ioannis Kasoulides, Jürgen Schröder and Jacques Toubon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on heritage in Azerbaijan (B6-0129/2006)

| — | Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage by Azerbaijan (B6-0130/2006) |
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Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage by Azerbaijan (B6-0130/2006)

| — | Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on heritage in the territory of Azerbaijan (B6-0134/2006). |
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Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on heritage in the territory of Azerbaijan (B6-0134/2006).

| II. | SRI LANKA







  — | Pasqualina Napoletano and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0110/2006) |
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II.

SRI LANKA

SRI LANKA

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Pasqualina Napoletano and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0110/2006)

| — | Esko Seppänen and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0116/2006) |
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Esko Seppänen and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0116/2006)

| — | Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0128/2006) |
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Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Sri Lanka (B6-0128/2006)

| — | Sajjad Karim and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0131/2006) |
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Sajjad Karim and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0131/2006)

| — | Geoffrey Van Orden, Bernd Posselt, Jürgen Schröder, Charles Tannock and Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0132/2006) |
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Geoffrey Van Orden, Bernd Posselt, Jürgen Schröder, Charles Tannock and Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0132/2006)

| — | Frithjof Schmidt, Jean Lambert, Gérard Onesta and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0133/2006). |
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Frithjof Schmidt, Jean Lambert, Gérard Onesta and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Sri Lanka (B6-0133/2006).

| III. | GUANTÁNAMO







  — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Martine Roure and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0112/2006) |
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III.

GUANTÁNAMO

GUANTÁNAMO

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Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Martine Roure and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0112/2006)

| — | Giusto Catania, Gabriele Zimmer, Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Marco Rizzo and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the death penalty in the USA and Guantánamo (B6-0117/2006) |
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Giusto Catania, Gabriele Zimmer, Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Marco Rizzo and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the death penalty in the USA and Guantánamo (B6-0117/2006)

| — | Simon Coveney and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0118/2006) |
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Simon Coveney and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0118/2006)

| — | Sarah Ludford, Cecilia Malmström and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0127/2006) |
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Sarah Ludford, Cecilia Malmström and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0127/2006)

| — | Cem Özdemir, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Hélène Flautre, Angelika Beer, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0135/2006). |
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Cem Özdemir, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Hélène Flautre, Angelika Beer, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guantánamo (B6-0135/2006).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4.   The Human Rights and Democracy Clause (debate)

(debate)

Report on the Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU agreements [2005/2057(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Vittorio Agnoletto (A6-0004/2006)

Vittorio Agnoletto introduced the report.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Fernando Fernández Martín (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Glyn Ford (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Simon Coveney, Richard Howitt, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Bruno Gollnisch, Georgios Papastamkos, Panagiotis Beglitis, Cem Özdemir, Philip Claeys and Bogusław Sonik.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Józef Pinior, Bernat Joan i Marí, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Libor Rouček, John Attard-Montalto, Ana Maria Gomes, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Katalin Lévai and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.12.

Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.12

5.   Local border traffic ***I (debate)

(debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions [COM(2005)0056 — C6-0049/2005 — 2005/0006 (COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Mihael Brejc (A6-0406/2005)

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Mihael Brejc introduced the report.

The following spoke: Karl von Wogau (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Ewa Klamt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho, Genowefa Grabowska, István Szent-Iványi, Barbara Kudrycka, Kinga Gál and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.5.

Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.5

6.   Heating and cooling from renewable energy sources (debate)

(debate)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy [2005/2122(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Mechtild Rothe (A6-0020/2006)

Mechtild Rothe introduced the report.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Non-attached Member, Jan Březina, Andres Tarand, Patrizia Toia, Peter Liese, Vladimír Maňka, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Den Dover, Bernadette Bourzai, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Péter Olajos, Paul Rübig, Herbert Reul and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.14.

Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 7.14.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

7.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

7.1.   Retreaded tyres *** (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decisions 2001/507/EC and 2001/509/ EC with a view to making United Nations Economic Commission For Europe (UN/ECE) Regulations 109 and 108 on retreaded tyres compulsory [COM(2004)0774 — 9916/2005 — C6-0315/2005 — 2004/0271 (AVC)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0012/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0045)

(P6_TA(2006)0045)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

7.2.   Mechanical coupling components for vehicles *** (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No 55 on provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles [COM(2005)0019 — 11233/2005 — C6-0317/2005 — 2005/0002(AVC)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0011/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0046)

(P6_TA(2006)0046)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

7.3.   COM for dried fodder * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation correcting Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market for dried fodder [COM(2005)0572 — C6-0410/2005 — 2005/0225(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A6-0008/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0047)

(P6_TA(2006)0047)

7.4.   Repeal of two monetary policy regulations * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3181/78 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 in the area of Monetary Policy [COM(2005)0611 — C6-0010/2006 — 2005/0233(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A6-0010/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0048)

(P6_TA(2006)0048)

7.5.   Local border traffic ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions [COM(2005)0056 — C6-0049/2005 — 2005/0006 (COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Mihael Brejc (A6-0406/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0049)

(P6_TA(2006)0049)

7.6.   EC-Solomon Islands fishing agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Solomon Islands on fishing off the Solomon Islands [COM (2005)0404 — C6-0320/2005 — 2005/0168(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A6-0018/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0050)

(P6_TA(2006)0050)

7.7.   Confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities [2005/2005(INI)] — Committee on Petitions.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0394/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0051)

(P6_TA(2006)0051)

7.8.   Exposure of workers to artificial optical radiation ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the conciliation committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) [PE-CONS 3668/2005 — C6-0001/2006 — 1992/ 0449B(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Csaba Őry (A6-0026/2006)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0052)

(P6_TA(2006)0052)

7.9.   Protection of chickens kept for meat production * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production [COM(2005)0221 — C6-0190/2005 — 2005/0099(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Thijs Berman (A6-0017/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0053)

(P6_TA(2006)0053)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0053)

(P6_TA(2006)0053)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Graham Booth, on the conduct of the vote. |
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Graham Booth, on the conduct of the vote.

7.10.   State aid reform (vote)

(vote)

Report on State aid reform 2005-2009 [2005/2165(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Gunnar Hökmark (A6-0009/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0054)

(P6_TA(2006)0054)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Gunnar Hökmark (rapporteur), on the fact that parts 2 and 3 of amendment 8 had fallen as part 1 had been rejected; |
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Gunnar Hökmark (rapporteur), on the fact that parts 2 and 3 of amendment 8 had fallen as part 1 had been rejected;

| — | Gunnar Hökmark, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 5, which was incorporated. |
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Gunnar Hökmark, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 5, which was incorporated.

7.11.   Globalisation and the internal market (vote)

(vote)

Report on the effects of globalisation on the internal market [2004/2225(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A6-0021/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0055)

(P6_TA(2006)0055)

7.12.   The Human Rights and Democracy Clause (vote)

(vote)

Report on the Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU agreements [2005/2057(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Vittorio Agnoletto (A6-0004/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0056)

(P6_TA(2006)0056)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Vittorio Agnoletto (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to amendment 7, which was incorporated. |
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Vittorio Agnoletto (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to amendment 7, which was incorporated.

7.13.   Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box) (vote)

(vote)

Report on the review of certain access restrictions in the Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box) [2005/2190(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Catherine Stihler (A6-0016/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0057)

(P6_TA(2006)0057)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Catherine Stihler (rapporteur), before the vote. |
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Catherine Stihler (rapporteur), before the vote.

7.14.   Heating and cooling from renewable energy sources (vote)

(vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy [2005/2122(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Mechtild Rothe (A6-0020/2006)

(Qualified majority for paragraph 1 and the annex)

(Qualified majority for paragraph 1 and the annex)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0058)

(P6_TA(2006)0058)

8.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Verbatim Report of Proceedings

Oral explanations of vote:

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Csaba Őry — A6-0026/2006

| — | Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin |
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Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin

Report: Thijs Berman — A6-0017/2006

| — | Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness and Frank Vanhecke |
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Albert Jan Maat, Mairead McGuinness and Frank Vanhecke

Report: Vittorio Agnoletto — A6-0004/2006

| — | Bruno Gollnisch, Andreas Mölzer |
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Bruno Gollnisch, Andreas Mölzer

9.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

Séance en direct

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(The sitting was suspended at 12.45 and resumed at 15.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 12.45 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

10.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11.   Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Date of sitting: 12.05.2005

The future of Europe sixty years after the Second World War — B6-0290/2005/rev

resolution (as a whole)

for: Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis

for:

12.   Services ***I (debate)

(debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market [COM(2004)0002 — C5-0069/2004 — 2004/0001(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0409/2005)

Evelyne Gebhardt introduced the report.

The following spoke: Martin Bartenstein (President-in-Office of the Council), José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The President informed the House that a demonstration against the directive on services in the internal market was currently taking place peacefully outside Parliament.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Adam Jerzy Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Christopher Heaton-Harris (draftsman of the opinion of the CONT Committee), Pervenche Berès (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Kartika Tamara Liotard (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Marie-Hélène Descamps (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Kurt Lechner (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Raül Romeva i Rueda (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Marcin Libicki (draftsman of the opinion of the PETI Committee), Anne Van Lancker (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee) and Malcolm Harbour.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Robert Goebbels, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Pierre Jonckheer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Philippe de Villiers, Guntars Krasts, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Marianne Thyssen, Richard Falbr, Philippe de Villiers, who finished his speech, as he had previously been cut off before the speaking time allotted to him had elapsed, Bernard Lehideux, Jean Lambert, Roberto Musacchio, Mario Borghezio, Roberta Angelilli, James Hugh Allister, Othmar Karas, Hannes Swoboda, Martin Bartenstein, Toine Manders, Elisabeth Schroedter, Ilda Figueiredo, Johannes Blokland, Eoin Ryan and Jana Bobošíková.

The debate was suspended at that point for Question Time.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

13.   Question Time (Council)

(Council)

The President reminded the House of the rules relating to the new arrangements for Question Time (Minutes of 18.01.2006, Item 11).

(Minutes of 18.01.2006, Item 11)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B6-0002/2006).

First part

First part

Question 1 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Accession negotiations with Serbia-Montenegro.

Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Bart Staes and Hubert Pirker.

Question 2 (Richard Corbett): Council President's criticism of the Court of Justice.

Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Richard Corbett, Reinhard Rack and Paul Rübig.

Question 3 (Vytautas Landsbergis): Estonia's border with Russia.

Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Vytautas Landsbergis, Richard Seeber and Bernd Posselt.

Question 4 (Proinsias De Rossa): Council voting in public.

Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Proinsias De Rossa, Richard Corbett and Gay Mitchell.

Question 5 (Laima Liucija Andrikienė): New financial perspective 2007-2013.

Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Reinhard Rack and Agnes Schierhuber.

Second part

Second part

Question 6 (Bernd Posselt): The EU's energy dependence.

Question 7 (Gay Mitchell): Fuel security.

Martin Bartenstein (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the questions and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Gay Mitchell, Paul Rübig and Richard Seeber.

Question 8 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 9 (Othmar Karas): Additional occupational pensions.

Martin Bartenstein answered the question and supplementaries by Othmar Karas, Hubert Pirker and Richard Seeber.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

(see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings)

Council Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.00 and resumed at 21.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 19.00 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

14.   Services ***I (continuation of debate)

(continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Jacques Toubon, Harlem Désir, Ona Juknevičienė, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, who asked, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, that the sitting be suspended before the final vote on Thursday, Jonas Sjöstedt, Jens-Peter Bonde, Rolandas Pavilionis, Hans-Peter Martin, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Cecilia Malmström, Carl Schlyter, Georgios Toussas, Hélène Goudin, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Edit Herczog, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Hélène Flautre, Bairbre de Brún, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, Jacek Protasiewicz, Arlene McCarthy, Bronisław Geremek, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Avril Doyle, Jan Andersson, Luigi Cocilovo, Vladimír Železný and Zuzana Roithová.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Barbara Weiler, Sophia in 't Veld, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Maria Matsouka, Diana Wallis, Małgorzata Handzlik, Proinsias De Rossa, Šarūnas Birutis, Zita Pleštinská, Ieke van den Burg, Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda, Dariusz Rosati, Alexander Stubb, Manuel Medina Ortega, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Bernadette Vergnaud, Stefano Zappalà, Joel Hasse Ferreira, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Mia De Vits, József Szájer, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Thomas Mann, Lasse Lehtinen, Bogusław Sonik, Joseph Muscat, Astrid Lulling, Vladimír Maňka, Gunnar Hökmark, Amalia Sartori, Simon Busuttil, Ivo Strejček, Simon Coveney, Riccardo Ventre, John Purvis, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Valdis Dombrovskis and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 6.1.

Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 6.1

15.   New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millennium Goals (debate)

(debate)

Commission statement: New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millennium Goals

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Glenys Kinnock, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, Karin Scheele and Michel Rocard.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

| — | Nirj Deva, Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Eoin Ryan, Roberts Zīle and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on new financial mechanisms for development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0119/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Nirj Deva, Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Eoin Ryan, Roberts Zīle and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on new financial mechanisms for development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0119/2006),

| — | Luisa Morgantini, Gabriele Zimmer, Feleknas Uca and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on finance for development (B6-0121/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Luisa Morgantini, Gabriele Zimmer, Feleknas Uca and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on finance for development (B6-0121/2006),

| — | Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on new financial instruments for development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0124/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on new financial instruments for development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0124/2006),

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Glenys Kinnock, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Glyn Ford, Claude Moraes, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Reino Paasilinna, Thijs Berman and Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, on new methods for financing development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0142/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Pasqualina Napoletano, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Glenys Kinnock, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Glyn Ford, Claude Moraes, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Reino Paasilinna, Thijs Berman and Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, on new methods for financing development in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (B6-0142/2006),

| — | Caroline Lucas, Margrete Auken and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millennium Goals (B6-0143/2006). |
| --- | --- |

—

Caroline Lucas, Margrete Auken and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millennium Goals (B6-0143/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 6.3.

Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 6.3

16.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 368.298/OJME).

17.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Antonios Trakatellis

Vice-President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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Abadjiev Dimitar, Anastase Roberta Alma, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Ciornei Silvia, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel, Dumitrescu Cristian, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Iacob Ridzi Monica Maria, Ivanova Iglika, Kazak Tchetin, Kelemen Atilla Béla Ladislau, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Marinescu Marian-Jean, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Muscă Monica Octavia, Nicolae Şerban, Paparizov Atanas Atanassov, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Petre Maria, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Severin Adrian, Shouleva Lydia, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Sofianski Stefan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Tîrle Radu, Vigenin Kristian, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

| + | adopted |
| --- | --- |
| - | rejected |
| | lapsed |
| W | withdrawn |
| RCV (..., ..., ...) | roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions) |
| EV (..., ..., ...) | electronic vote (for, against, abstentions) |
| split | split vote |
| sep | separate vote |
| am | amendment |
| CA | compromise amendment |
| CP | corresponding part |
| D | deleting amendment |
| = | identical amendments |
| § | paragraph |
| art | article |
| rec | recital |
| MOT | motion for a resolution |
| JT MOT | joint motion for a resolution |
| SEC | secret ballot |

+

adopted

-

rejected

lapsed

W

withdrawn

RCV (..., ..., ...)

roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

EV (..., ..., ...)

electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

split

split vote

sep

separate vote

am

amendment

CA

compromise amendment

CP

corresponding part

D

deleting amendment

=

identical amendments

§

paragraph

art

article

rec

recital

MOT

motion for a resolution

JT MOT

joint motion for a resolution

SEC

secret ballot

1.   Retreaded tyres ***

Recommendation: Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (A6-0012/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

2.   Mechanical coupling components for vehicles ***

Recommendation: Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (A6-0011/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

3.   COM for dried fodder *

Report: Joseph DAUL (A6-0008/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | RCV | + | 578, 13, 10 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

RCV

+

578, 13, 10

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE: final vote

4.   Repeal of two monetary policy regulations *

Report: Pervenche BERÈS (A6-0010/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

5.   Local border traffic ***I

Report: Mihael BREJC (A6-0406/2005)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

6.   EC-Solomon Islands fishing agreement *

Report: Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ (A6-0018/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

7.   Confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities

Report: Michael CASHMAN (A6-0394/2005)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | EV | + | 398, 161, 64 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

EV

+

398, 161, 64

8.   Exposure of workers to artificial optical radiation ***III

Report: Csaba ŐRY (A6-0026/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | RCV | + | 570, 16, 49 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

RCV

+

570, 16, 49

Request for roll-call vote

ALDE: joint text

9.   Protection of chickens kept for meat production *

Report: Thijs BERMAN (A6-0017/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-7
  9-11
  14-16
  18-20
  22-23
  28-31
  35
  37
  39-40 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote | 8 | committee | RCV | + | 591, 38, 10 |
| 21 | committee | RCV | + | 613, 13, 8 |
| 26 | committee | split | | |
| 1/EV | + | 508, 133, 7 |
| 2/EV | + | 321, 315, 12 |
| 38 | committee | sep | + | |
| art 3, § 2 | 47=
  53= | Verts/ALE
  JØRGENSEN et al | RCV | - | 172, 460, 18 |
| 12 | committee | RCV | + | 418, 129, 11 |
| art 3, after § 2 | 48 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 259, 377, 16 |
| art 3, § 3, subpara 1 | 49=
  54= | Verts/ALE
  JØRGENSEN et al | RCV | - | 171, 464, 14 |
| 13 | committee | RCV | + | 431, 202, 14 |
| art 5 | 44 | IND/DEM | RCV | - | 47, 590, 16 |
| 17 | committee | | + | |
| after art 5 | 42 | ALDE | | + | |
| art 6, § 1, subpara 2 | 50 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 346, 257, 36 |
| annex 1, point 2 | 55 | JØRGENSEN et al | EV | + | 379, 185, 74 |
| 24 | committee | | | |
| annex 1, point 3 | 56 | JØRGENSEN et al | split | | |
| 1 | - | |
| 2/EV | + | 359, 277, 6 |
| annex 1, point 4 | 57 | JØRGENSEN et al | | - | |
| 25 | committee | | + | |
| annex 1, point 7 | 27 | committee | | + | |
| 58 | JØRGENSEN et al | | - | |
| annex 1, after point 7 | 59 | JØRGENSEN et al | | - | |
| annex 1, point 10 | 60 | JØRGENSEN et al | | + | |
| annex 1, point 11, after subpara a) | 45 | IND/DEM | | - | |
| annex 2, point 1 | 61 | JØRGENSEN et al | RCV | - | 172, 465, 15 |
| annex 2, point 3 | 32 | committee | EV | + | 429, 210, 7 |
| 62 | JØRGENSEN et al | | | |
| annex 3, point 1, introductory part | 33 | committee | | + | |
| 63 | JØRGENSEN et al | | | |
| annex 3, point 2, subpara 1 | 64 cp | JØRGENSEN et al | EV | - | 229, 409, 11 |
| annex 3, point 2, subpara 2 | 34 | committee | | + | |
| 64 cp | JØRGENSEN et al | | | |
| annex 4, point 1, subpara 1 | 36 | committee | | + | |
| 51=
  65= | Verts/ALE
  JØRGENSEN et al | EV | - | 213, 432, 2 |
| annex 4, point 3, table 1, line 2 | 52 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 43=
  66= | PSE
  JØRGENSEN et al | | - | |
| annex 4, point 3, table 1, line 3 | 68 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| annex 4, point 4, § 2 | 46 | IND/DEM | RCV | - | 145, 445, 65 |
| annex 5, point (d) | 41 | committee | | + | |
| 67 | JØRGENSEN et al | | | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-7

9-11

14-16

18-20

22-23

28-31

35

37

39-40

committee

+

amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote

8

committee

RCV

+

591, 38, 10

21

committee

RCV

+

613, 13, 8

26

committee

split

1/EV

+

508, 133, 7

2/EV

+

321, 315, 12

38

committee

sep

+

art 3, § 2

47=

53=

Verts/ALE

JØRGENSEN et al

RCV

-

172, 460, 18

12

committee

RCV

+

418, 129, 11

art 3, after § 2

48

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

259, 377, 16

art 3, § 3, subpara 1

49=

54=

Verts/ALE

JØRGENSEN et al

RCV

-

171, 464, 14

13

committee

RCV

+

431, 202, 14

art 5

44

IND/DEM

RCV

-

47, 590, 16

17

committee

+

after art 5

42

ALDE

+

art 6, § 1, subpara 2

50

Verts/ALE

EV

+

346, 257, 36

annex 1, point 2

55

JØRGENSEN et al

EV

+

379, 185, 74

24

committee

annex 1, point 3

56

JØRGENSEN et al

split

1

-

2/EV

+

359, 277, 6

annex 1, point 4

57

JØRGENSEN et al

-

25

committee

+

annex 1, point 7

27

committee

+

58

JØRGENSEN et al

-

annex 1, after point 7

59

JØRGENSEN et al

-

annex 1, point 10

60

JØRGENSEN et al

+

annex 1, point 11, after subpara a)

45

IND/DEM

-

annex 2, point 1

61

JØRGENSEN et al

RCV

-

172, 465, 15

annex 2, point 3

32

committee

EV

+

429, 210, 7

62

JØRGENSEN et al

annex 3, point 1, introductory part

33

committee

+

63

JØRGENSEN et al

annex 3, point 2, subpara 1

64 cp

JØRGENSEN et al

EV

-

229, 409, 11

annex 3, point 2, subpara 2

34

committee

+

64 cp

JØRGENSEN et al

annex 4, point 1, subpara 1

36

committee

+

51=

65=

Verts/ALE

JØRGENSEN et al

EV

-

213, 432, 2

annex 4, point 3, table 1, line 2

52

Verts/ALE

-

43=

66=

PSE

JØRGENSEN et al

-

annex 4, point 3, table 1, line 3

68

Verts/ALE

-

annex 4, point 4, § 2

46

IND/DEM

RCV

-

145, 445, 65

annex 5, point (d)

41

committee

+

67

JØRGENSEN et al

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: ams 47, 48 and 49

PSE: ams 8, 12, 13, 21, 47/53, 49/54 and 61

IND/DEM: ams 44 and 46

Request for separate vote

PSE: am 38

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 26

1st part: text as a whole without ‘50 lux’

2nd part: those words

am 56

1st part: up to ‘5 centimetres’

2nd part: remainder

10.   State aid reform

Report: Gunnar HÖKMARK (A6-0009/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | 3 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 555, 84, 7 |
| after § 3 | 8 | Verts/ALE | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | - | 285, 364, 6 |
| 2 | | |
| 3 | | |
| after § 4 | 9 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 7 | 10 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after § 10 | 21 | WEBER et al | | + | |
| § 12 | 11 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 331, 304, 9 |
| § 17 | 1 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 19 | 12 | Verts/ALE | RCV | + | 342, 308, 4 |
| after § 26 | 13 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 129, 354, 170 |
| 19 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 27 | 20 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| § 28 | 6 | PSE | | + | |
| § 32 | 14 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 34 | 15 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 35 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 37 | 2 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| § 40 | 16 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after § 40 | 17 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 281, 352, 20 |
| after § 41 | 18 | Verts/ALE | RCV | + | 340, 296, 12 |
| rec B | 7 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § | original text | sep | + | |
| rec C | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| after rec C | 4 | PSE | | + | |
| rec F | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| after rec H | 5 | PSE | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

3

PPE-DE

EV

+

555, 84, 7

after § 3

8

Verts/ALE

split/RCV

1

-

285, 364, 6

2

3

after § 4

9

Verts/ALE

-

§ 7

10

Verts/ALE

-

after § 10

21

WEBER et al

+

§ 12

11

Verts/ALE

EV

+

331, 304, 9

§ 17

1

PPE-DE

+

after § 19

12

Verts/ALE

RCV

+

342, 308, 4

after § 26

13

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

129, 354, 170

19

GUE/NGL

-

after § 27

20

GUE/NGL

-

§ 28

6

PSE

+

§ 32

14

Verts/ALE

-

§ 34

15

Verts/ALE

-

§ 35

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 37

2

PPE-DE

+

§ 40

16

Verts/ALE

-

after § 40

17

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

281, 352, 20

after § 41

18

Verts/ALE

RCV

+

340, 296, 12

rec B

7

Verts/ALE

-

§

original text

sep

+

rec C

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

after rec C

4

PSE

+

rec F

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

after rec H

5

PSE

+

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: ams 8, 12, 13, 17 and 18

Request for separate vote

PSE: rec B

Requests for split votes

PSE

rec C

1st part: up to ‘be proportionate’

2nd part: remainder

ALDE

rec F

1st part: up to ‘appropriate intervals’

2nd part: remainder

Verts/ALE

§ 35

1st part: up to ‘of a region; therefore’

2nd part: remainder

GUE/NGL

am 8

1st part:‘considers that ... fulfil their missions’ without the words ‘in accordance with art 83 and art III-122 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe’

2nd part:‘in accordance with art 83 and art III-122 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe’

3rd part: remainder

Miscellaneous

Gunnar Hökmark (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to amendment 5, which now read as follows:

‘Ha. whereas State aid which does not distort competition is a permissible means of promoting economic development and can thus be one means to promote the Lisbon agenda for economic growth and jobs, alongside other tools including Community funding such as the Structural Funds,’

11.   Globalisation and the internal market

Report: Edit HERCZOG (A6-0021/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| after § 26 | 1 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 448, 179, 16 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after § 26

1

PPE-DE

RCV

+

448, 179, 16

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Request for roll-call vote

IND/DEM: am 1

12.   The Human Rights and Democracy Clause

Report: Vittorio AGNOLETTO (A6-0004/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 4 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 7, point (b), subpara 2 | 7 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 391, 208, 34


  oral amendment |
| § 7, point (f) | 11 | Verts/ALE | RCV | + | 325, 301, 10 |
| § 9 | 2 | ALDE | | + | |
| § 12, point (c) | 5 | PSE | | + | |
| § 12, point (d) | 6 | PSE | | + | |
| § 13 | 3=
  8=
  13= | ALDE
  PSE
  Verts/ALE | | + | |
| after § 20 | 14 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 357, 251, 18 |
| citation 9 | 1=
  9/rev=
  10= | ALDE
  PSE
  Verts/ALE | | + | |
| rec D | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| after rec G | 4 | PSE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 4

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 7, point (b), subpara 2

7

PPE-DE

EV

+

391, 208, 34

oral amendment

§ 7, point (f)

11

Verts/ALE

RCV

+

325, 301, 10

§ 9

2

ALDE

+

§ 12, point (c)

5

PSE

+

§ 12, point (d)

6

PSE

+

§ 13

3=

8=

13=

ALDE

PSE

Verts/ALE

+

after § 20

14

Verts/ALE

EV

+

357, 251, 18

citation 9

1=

9/rev=

10=

ALDE

PSE

Verts/ALE

+

rec D

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

after rec G

4

PSE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Amendment 12 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote (Rule 151(1)).

Request for roll-call vote

Verts/ALE: am 11

Requests for split votes

UEN

rec D

1st part: up to ‘and of democratic principles’

2nd part: remainder

§ 4

1st part: up to ‘EU-third country cooperation,’

2nd part: remainder

Miscellaneous

Mr Agnoletto moved an oral amendment to amendment 7:

‘... called upon to pay special attention to implementing policies for gender equality and women's rights whilst satisfying itself that the third country authorities uphold the fundamental rights not to be arbitrarily arrested, tortured or executed and that their citizens have access to an impartial court of law as a priority’

13.   Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box)

Report: Catherine STIHLER (A6-0016/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 8 | § | original text | sep/EV | + | 374, 245, 17 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 560, 56, 15 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 8

§

original text

sep/EV

+

374, 245, 17

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

560, 56, 15

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE: final vote

Request for separate vote

PPE-DE: § 8

14.   Heating and cooling from renewable energy sources

Report: Mechtild ROTHE (A6-0020/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| annex, part A, § 1 | 3 | Verts/ALE | | - | qualified majority |
| annex, part B, section 1, § 1 | 5 | Verts/ALE | | - | qualified majority |
| annex, part B, section 1, § 2 | 1 | PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE | | + | qualified majority |
| annex, part B, section 4, § 11 | § | original text | sep/EV | - | 332, 272, 8


  qualified majority |
| annex, part B, section 4, § 12 | § | original text | sep/EV | - | 325, 280, 8


  qualified majority |
| vote: § 1 and annex (as a whole) | EV | + | 519, 60, 24


  qualified majority |
| after rec E | 4 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| rec G | 2 | PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

annex, part A, § 1

3

Verts/ALE

-

qualified majority

annex, part B, section 1, § 1

5

Verts/ALE

-

qualified majority

annex, part B, section 1, § 2

1

PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE

+

qualified majority

annex, part B, section 4, § 11

§

original text

sep/EV

-

332, 272, 8

qualified majority

annex, part B, section 4, § 12

§

original text

sep/EV

-

325, 280, 8

qualified majority

vote: § 1 and annex (as a whole)

EV

+

519, 60, 24

qualified majority

after rec E

4

Verts/ALE

-

rec G

2

PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Request for separate vote

PPE-DE: annex, part B, section 4, §§ 11 and 12

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Daul report A6-0008/2006

Resolution

For: 578

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 13

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Wohlin

Abstention: 10

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Salvini, Speroni, de Villiers

NI: Belohorská, Mote

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

2.   Őry report A6-0026/2006

Resolution

For: 570

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Kohlíček, Maštálka, Remek

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 16

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, Wise

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: von Wogau

Abstention: 49

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers

NI: Allister, Baco, Bobošíková, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martinez, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Mathieu, Piskorski

PSE: Tabajdi

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For:
  John Attard-Montalto, Sajjad Karim, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

3.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 8

For: 591

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Goudin, Lundgren, Piotrowski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 38

ALDE: Resetarits

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Liotard, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Mote

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Lamassoure, Siekierski, Zaleski, Zwiefka

PSE: Casaca

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Auken

Abstention: 10

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Karatzaferis, Louis, de Villiers

PPE-DE: Belet, Marques

UEN: Kristovskis, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For:
  Sajjad Karim

4.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 21

For: 613

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 13

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise

NI: Mote

PPE-DE: Lamassoure, Siekierski, Zwiefka

Abstention: 8

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Karatzaferis, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Železný

PPE-DE: Marques

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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5.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendments 47 + 53

For: 172

ALDE: Bourlanges, Bowles, Hall, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Guidoni, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fontaine, García-Margallo y Marfil, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Olajos, Parish, Purvis, Seeberg, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sumberg, Surján, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wijkman, von Wogau, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Bösch, Bullmann, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Ferreira Anne, Gill, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lavarra, Leichtfried, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Mann Erika, Martin David, Masip Hidalgo, Moraes, Morgan, Myller, Napoletano, Piecyk, Pinior, Prets, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Scheele, Segelström, Stihler, Titley, Tzampazi, Vincenzi, Westlund, Willmott, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 460

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Sinnott, Wise

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Claeys, De Michelis, Giertych, Kozlík, Mote, Rutowicz, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stubb, Sudre, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Castex, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Schulz, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 18

ALDE: Attwooll

GUE/NGL: Pflüger

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Nattrass, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Belohorská, Helmer

PPE-DE: Nicholson

PSE: Swoboda

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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6.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 12

For: 498

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Giertych, Kozlík, Masiel, Mussolini, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Dehaene, Demetriou, Deß, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stubb, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Against: 129

ALDE: Resetarits

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Meijer, Pflüger, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Cirino Pomicino, Coveney, Daul, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Grossetête, Guellec, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Higgins, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, Lamassoure, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mathieu, Nicholson, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Purvis, Siekierski, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Lehtinen

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 11

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Louis, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, de Villiers

NI: Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Doyle, Marques, Mitchell

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

7.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 48

For: 259

ALDE: Attwooll, Bourlanges, Bowles, Chiesa, Drčar Murko, Hall, Malmström, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Guidoni, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hudacký, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Seeber, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Bullmann, Casaca, Corbett, Kreissl-Dörfler, Napoletano, Roure, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 377

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Tomczak, Wise

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Mölzer, Mote, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deß, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Evans Jonathan, Fjellner, Gál, García-Margallo y Marfil, Glattfelder, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jeggle, Kamall, Kirkhope, Lamassoure, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Őry, Parish, Purvis, Schmitt, Schöpflin, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Surján, Toubon, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wijkman, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: de Groen-Kouwenhoven

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Lynne

GUE/NGL: Pflüger

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Gewalt, Marques

PSE: Moraes

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For:
  Stephen Hughes

8.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendments 49 + 54

For: 171

ALDE: Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cornillet, Drčar Murko, Hall, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Guidoni, Liotard, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wohlin

NI: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Fontaine, García-Margallo y Marfil, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hökmark, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Parish, Purvis, Seeberg, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wijkman, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Bösch, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Ferreira Anne, Gill, Groote, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Leichtfried, McAvan, McCarthy, Martin David, Mastenbroek, Moraes, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Piecyk, Prets, Reynaud, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Scheele, Segelström, Stihler, Swoboda, Titley, Tzampazi, Vincenzi, Westlund, Willmott, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 464

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Salvini, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Kozlík, Masiel, Mote, Rutowicz, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olbrycht, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Castex, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Schulz, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 14

ALDE: Attwooll, Ludford, Lynne, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Pflüger

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Speroni, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Helmer

PSE: Mann Erika

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Charlotte Cederschiöld, Gunnar Hökmark, Ria Oomen-Ruijten

9.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 13

For: 431

ALDE: Attwooll, Bourlanges, Bowles, Hall, in 't Veld, Malmström, Resetarits, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Borghezio, Goudin, Lundgren, Salvini, Speroni, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Demetriou, Deß, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, Novak, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stubb, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

PSE: Andersson, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Didžiokas, Krasts, Kristovskis, Pavilionis, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 202

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Toia, Virrankoski

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Mölzer, Mote, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Higgins, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, Lamassoure, Langen, López-Istúriz White, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mathieu, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Parish, Pirker, Purvis, Rack, Rübig, Saïfi, Schierhuber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sonik, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Toubon, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Wortmann-Kool, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Casaca, Castex, Désir, Ferreira Anne, Fruteau, Hamon, Hazan, Kuhne, Laignel, Le Foll, Lienemann, Napoletano, Patrie, Poignant, Reynaud, Rocard, Roure, Savary, Schapira, Tarabella, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz

Abstention: 14

ALDE: Ludford, Lynne

GUE/NGL: Guidoni

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Doyle, Marques, Mitchell, Samaras

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Gerard Batten

10.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 44

For: 47

ALDE: Drčar Murko, Hall

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Liotard, Markov, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Farage, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hoppenstedt, Ibrisagic, Klich, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ventre, Zwiefka

PSE: Casaca, Napoletano, Roure

UEN: Camre

Against: 590

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Manolakou, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Clark, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, De Michelis, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 16

IND/DEM: Bloom, Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Nattrass, Salvini, Speroni, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Helmer, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PSE: Moraes

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For:
  Derek Roland Clark, Gunnar Hökmark

11.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 61

For: 172

ALDE: Bourlanges, Bowles, Drčar Murko, Hall, Jäätteenmäki, Onyszkiewicz, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Guidoni, Liotard, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Olajos, Ouzký, Parish, Purvis, Seeberg, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Wijkman, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Casaca, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Ferreira Anne, Ford, Gill, Grech, Groote, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Leichtfried, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Mann Erika, Martin David, Moraes, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Piecyk, Poignant, Prets, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Scheele, Segelström, Stihler, Swoboda, Titley, Tzampazi, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 465

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Castex, Cercas, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hazan, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 15

ALDE: Attwooll, Wallis

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Salvini, Speroni, Titford

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Nicholson, Pirker, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Henri Weber

12.   Berman report A6-0017/2005

Amendment 46

For: 145

ALDE: Bourlanges, Bowles, Drčar Murko, Griesbeck, Hall

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Guidoni, Liotard, Meijer, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Fontaine, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Kamall, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Olajos, Ouzký, Parish, Purvis, Seeberg, Škottová, Stevenson, Strejček, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, von Wogau, Zahradil, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Bösch, Casaca, Cashman, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Ford, Gill, Gröner, Groote, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kreissl-Dörfler, Leichtfried, Locatelli, McCarthy, Martin David, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Scheele, Segelström, Stihler, Titley, Tzampazi, Vincenzi, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Auken, Cohn-Bendit, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 445

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, De Michelis, Giertych, Masiel, Mote, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Castex, Cercas, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Herczog, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Schulz, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 65

ALDE: Lynne, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Salvini, Speroni, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Mölzer, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Koterec, Moraes

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, van Buitenen, Cramer, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Onesta, Rühle, Turmes

Corrections to votes

For:
  Linda McAvan

13.   Hökmark report A6-0009/2006

Amendment 8/1

For: 285

ALDE: Chiesa, Cocilovo, Toia

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Coûteaux, Louis, Sinnott, Speroni, de Villiers

NI: Battilocchio, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Járóka, Ventre

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 364

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 6

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Schierhuber

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

14.   Hökmark report A6-0009/2006

Amendment 12

For: 342

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 308

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, de Villiers, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 4

NI: Kozlík

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Schierhuber

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

15.   Hökmark report A6-0009/2006

Amendment 13

For: 129

ALDE: Chiesa, Harkin, Manders, Newton Dunn, Szent-Iványi

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Coûteaux, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, de Villiers

NI: Allister, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Kušķis, Lamassoure

PSE: Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Batzeli, Beglitis, van den Berg, Grech, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Moraes, Muscat, Öger, Paleckis, Prets, Sifunakis, Szejna, Tzampazi

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 354

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Železný

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Busquin, Goebbels, Haug, Kuc

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 170

IND/DEM: Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Kozlík, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Schierhuber

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kuhne, Laignel, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against:
  Toine Manders

16.   Hökmark report A6-0009/2006

Amendment 17

For: 281

ALDE: Chiesa, Cocilovo

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Chruszcz, De Michelis, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Mussolini, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 352

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Wohlin

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Helmer, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Masiel, Rutowicz, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 20

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Baco, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi

PSE: Koterec

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

17.   Hökmark report A6-0009/2006

Amendment 18

For: 340

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Wohlin, Zapałowski

NI: Battilocchio, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 296

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Salvini, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Paasilinna

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 12

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux

NI: Allister, Baco, Claeys, Dillen, Kozlík, Mote, Vanhecke

PSE: Koterec

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For:
  Frederika Brepoels, Joel Hasse Ferreira

18.   Herczog report A6-0021/2006

Amendment 1

For: 448

ALDE: Morillon

IND/DEM: Tomczak

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stubb, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Krasts, Kristovskis, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 179

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Titford, de Villiers, Wise, Wohlin, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Duchoň, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Ouzký, Parish, Purvis, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Vlasák, Zahradil, Zvěřina

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 16

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Ribeiro e Castro

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Castex, Grech, Muscat

UEN: Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Lucas

19.   Agnoletto report A6-0004/2006

Amendment 11

For: 325

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Gentvilas, Geremek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Chruszcz, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter, Mussolini

PPE-DE: Gutiérrez-Cortines, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 301

ALDE: Beaupuy, Cavada, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Letta, Morillon

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Salvini, Sinnott, Titford, de Villiers, Wise, Wohlin

NI: Bobošíková, Claeys, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Eurlings, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Vaidere

Abstention: 10

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Bonde, Železný

NI: Baco, Kozlík, Mote

PPE-DE: Brepoels

PSE: Mann Erika

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

20.   Stihler report A6-0016/2006

Resolution

For: 560

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cavada, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Letta, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Ventre, Vernola, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Capoulas Santos, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Mikko, Moraes, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Prets, Rapkay, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 56

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Salvini, Titford, Wise, Wohlin

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ayuso González, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Fraga Estévez, Galeote Quecedo, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Iturgaiz Angulo, Kelam, López-Istúriz White, Mato Adrover, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Rudi Ubeda, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Toubon, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vidal-Quadras Roca

PSE: Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cercas, Díez González, García Pérez, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moreno Sánchez, Riera Madurell, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sornosa Martínez, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Abstention: 15

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Coûteaux, Karatzaferis, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Deva, Kamall, Sonik, Sturdy

UEN: Camre, Libicki

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2006)0045

Retreaded tyres ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decisions 2001/507/EC and 2001/509/EC with a view to making United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Regulations 109 and 108 on retreaded tyres compulsory (COM(2004)0774 — 9916/2005 — C6-0315/2005 — 2004/0271(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0774 — 9916/2005) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0774 — 9916/2005) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 3(3), Article 4(2), second indent and Article 4(4) of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (2) (C6-0315/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 3(3), Article 4(2), second indent and Article 4(4) of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (2) (C6-0315/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0012/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0012/2006),

| 1. | Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78.

P6_TA(2006)0046

Approval of mechanical coupling components ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 55 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles (COM(2005)0019 — 11233/2005 — C6-0317/2005 — 2005/0002(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2005)0019 — 11233/2005) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2005)0019 — 11233/2005) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 3(3), Article 4(2), second indent of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (2) (C6-0317/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 3(3), Article 4(2), second indent of Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (2) (C6-0317/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 75(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0011/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0011/2006),

| 1. | Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council decision;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78.

P6_TA(2006)0047

COM for dried fodder *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation correcting Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 on the common organisation of the market for dried fodder (COM(2005) 0572 — C6-0410/2005 — 2005/0225(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0572) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0572) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0410/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Articles 36 and 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0410/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 and Rule 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 51 and Rule 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0008/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0008/2006),

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

| 2. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 3. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0048

Repeal of two monetary policy regulations *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3181/78 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 in the area of Monetary Policy (COM(2005)0611 — C6-0010/2006 — 2005/0233(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0611) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0611) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0010/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0010/2006),

| — | having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0010/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0010/2006),

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

| 2. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 3. | Calls for the initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Calls for the initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 5. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. |
| --- | --- |

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0049

Local border traffic ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions (COM(2005)0056 — C6-0049/2005 — 2005/0006(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005) 0056) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005) 0056) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 62(2)(a) and 62(2)(b)(ii) and (iv) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0049/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 62(2)(a) and 62(2)(b)(ii) and (iv) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0049/2005),

| — | having regard to the Commission's undertaking, given at Parliament's plenary sitting of 14 February 2006, to accept the position adopted by Parliament and to the Council representative's written undertaking of 20 December 2005 to approve the proposal as amended, in accordance with Article 251(2), second paragraph, first indent, of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission's undertaking, given at Parliament's plenary sitting of 14 February 2006, to accept the position adopted by Parliament and to the Council representative's written undertaking of 20 December 2005 to approve the proposal as amended, in accordance with Article 251(2), second paragraph, first indent, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0406/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0406/2005),

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as amended; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0006

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 February 2006 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the Schengen Convention

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
  Article 62(2)(a) thereof
  ,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

| (1) | The need to develop rules on local border traffic in order to consolidate the Community legal framework on external borders has been highlighted in the Commission Communication ‘Towards an integrated management of the external borders of the Member States of the European Union’ (3). It was confirmed by the Council on 13 June 2002, with the approval of the ‘Plan for the management of the external borders of the Member States of the European Union’, subsequently endorsed by the European Council held in Seville on 21 and 22 June 2002. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The need to develop rules on local border traffic in order to consolidate the Community legal framework on external borders has been highlighted in the Commission Communication ‘Towards an integrated management of the external borders of the Member States of the European Union’ (3). It was confirmed by the Council on 13 June 2002, with the approval of the ‘Plan for the management of the external borders of the Member States of the European Union’, subsequently endorsed by the European Council held in Seville on 21 and 22 June 2002.

| (2) | It is in the interest of the enlarged Community to ensure that the borders with its neighbours are not a barrier to trade, social and cultural interchange or regional co-operation. An efficient system for local border traffic should consequently be developed. |
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(2)

It is in the interest of the enlarged Community to ensure that the borders with its neighbours are not a barrier to trade, social and cultural interchange or regional co-operation. An efficient system for local border traffic should consequently be developed.

| (3) | The local border traffic regime constitutes a derogation from the general rules governing the border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union which are set out in Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)] (4). |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The local border traffic regime constitutes a derogation from the general rules governing the border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union which are set out in Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)] (4).

| (4) | The Community should lay down the rules on criteria and conditions to be complied with when the crossing of the external land borders of the Member States for the purpose of local border traffic is being eased for border residents. Such rules should ensure a balance between, on the one hand, the easing of border crossing for bona fide border residents having legitimate reasons to frequently cross the external border of the Member States and, on the other hand, the need to prevent illegal immigration and potential threats to security posed by criminal activities. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The Community should lay down the rules on criteria and conditions to be complied with when the crossing of the external land borders of the Member States for the purpose of local border traffic is being eased for border residents. Such rules should ensure a balance between, on the one hand, the easing of border crossing for bona fide border residents having legitimate reasons to frequently cross the external border of the Member States and, on the other hand, the need to prevent illegal immigration and potential threats to security posed by criminal activities.

| (5) | As a general rule, in order to prevent abuses, local border traffic permits should be issued only to those who have been lawfully resident in a border area for at least one year. Bilateral agreements may provide for a longer period of residence. In exceptional and duly justified cases, such as those relating to minors, changes in marital status or inheritance of land, those bilateral agreements may also provide for a shorter period of residence. |
| --- | --- |

(5)

As a general rule, in order to prevent abuses, local border traffic permits should be issued only to those who have been lawfully resident in a border area for at least one year. Bilateral agreements may provide for a longer period of residence. In exceptional and duly justified cases, such as those relating to minors, changes in marital status or inheritance of land, those bilateral agreements may also provide for a shorter period of residence.

| (6) | Local border traffic permits should be issued to border residents whether or not they are subject to a visa requirement pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (5). As a result, this Regulation should be read together with Council Regulation (EC) No .../... of ... [amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001], which is designed to exempt from the visa obligation border residents who benefit from the local border traffic regime established by this Regulation. As a consequence, this Regulation may enter into force only in conjunction with that amending Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(6)

Local border traffic permits should be issued to border residents whether or not they are subject to a visa requirement pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (5). As a result, this Regulation should be read together with Council Regulation (EC) No .../... of ... [amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001], which is designed to exempt from the visa obligation border residents who benefit from the local border traffic regime established by this Regulation. As a consequence, this Regulation may enter into force only in conjunction with that amending Regulation.

| (7) | The Community should lay down rules on specific criteria and conditions for the issuing of
  local border traffic permits to
  border residents for the purpose of local border traffic. Those criteria and conditions should be consistent with the entry conditions imposed on border residents crossing the border for the purpose of local border
  traffic. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

The Community should lay down rules on specific criteria and conditions for the issuing of
  local border traffic permits to
  border residents for the purpose of local border traffic. Those criteria and conditions should be consistent with the entry conditions imposed on border residents crossing the border for the purpose of local border
  traffic.

| (8) | The
  rights to free movement enjoyed by citizens of the Union and members of their families and the equivalent rights enjoyed by third-country nationals and their family members under agreements between the Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and those third countries, on the other hand, should not be affected by the establishment of rules on local border traffic at Community level. However, where border crossing is eased under the local border traffic regime for border residents, and that entails less systematic control, border crossing should automatically be eased for both citizens of the Union and for third-country nationals enjoying the Community right to free movement resident in a border area. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

The
  rights to free movement enjoyed by citizens of the Union and members of their families and the equivalent rights enjoyed by third-country nationals and their family members under agreements between the Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and those third countries, on the other hand, should not be affected by the establishment of rules on local border traffic at Community level. However, where border crossing is eased under the local border traffic regime for border residents, and that entails less systematic control, border crossing should automatically be eased for both citizens of the Union and for third-country nationals enjoying the Community right to free movement resident in a border area.

| (9) | For the implementation of the local border traffic regime, Member States should be allowed to maintain or conclude, if necessary, bilateral agreements with neighbouring third countries provided that such agreements comply with the rules laid down in this
  Regulation. |
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(9)

For the implementation of the local border traffic regime, Member States should be allowed to maintain or conclude, if necessary, bilateral agreements with neighbouring third countries provided that such agreements comply with the rules laid down in this
  Regulation.

| (10) | This Regulation does not affect the specific arrangements applied in Ceuta and Melilla, as defined in the Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the towns of Ceuta and Melilla in the Final Act to the Agreement on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (6). |
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(10)

This Regulation does not affect the specific arrangements applied in Ceuta and Melilla, as defined in the Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the towns of Ceuta and Melilla in the Final Act to the Agreement on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (6).

| (11) | Penalties, as provided for in national law, should be imposed by Member States on border residents who abuse the local border traffic regime established by this Regulation. |
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(11)

Penalties, as provided for in national law, should be imposed by Member States on border residents who abuse the local border traffic regime established by this Regulation.

| (12) | The Commission should submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation accompanied, where necessary, by legislative proposals. |
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(12)

The Commission should submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation accompanied, where necessary, by legislative proposals.

| (13) | This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and freedoms and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. |
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(13)

This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and freedoms and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

| (14) | Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the laying down of rules on the criteria and conditions for establishing a local border traffic regime at the external land borders of the Member States, directly affect the Community acquis on external borders and cannot thus be achieved sufficiently by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of this Regulation, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. |
| --- | --- |

(14)

Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the laying down of rules on the criteria and conditions for establishing a local border traffic regime at the external land borders of the Member States, directly affect the Community acquis on external borders and cannot thus be achieved sufficiently by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of this Regulation, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

| (15) | In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation, and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Regulation builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark should, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the date of adoption of this Regulation whether it will implement it in its national law. |
| --- | --- |

(15)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation, and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Regulation builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark should, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the date of adoption of this Regulation whether it will implement it in its national law.

| (16) | As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (7), which fall within the area referred to in
  Article 1(A)
  of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (8) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement. |
| --- | --- |

(16)

As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (7), which fall within the area referred to in
  Article 1(A)
  of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (8) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.

| (17) | This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (9). The United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application. |
| --- | --- |

(17)

This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (9). The United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

| (18) | This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (10). Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application. |
| --- | --- |

(18)

This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (10). Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

| (19) | As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development
  of provisions
  of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed by the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the
  Swiss Confederation's
  association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (11) which fall within the area referred to in
  Article 1(A) of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with
  Article 4(1) of Decisions 2004/849/EC (12) and 2004/860/EC

   (13). |
| --- | --- |

(19)

As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development
  of provisions
  of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed by the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the
  Swiss Confederation's
  association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (11) which fall within the area referred to in
  Article 1(A) of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with
  Article 4(1) of Decisions 2004/849/EC (12) and 2004/860/EC

   (13).

| (20) | Articles 4(b) and 9(c)
  constitute provisions building on the Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession. |
| --- | --- |

(20)

Articles 4(b) and 9(c)
  constitute provisions building on the Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Chapter I

General provisions

Article 1

Subject matter

1.   This Regulation establishes a local border traffic regime at the
  external borders
  of the Member States and introduces, for that purpose, a specific
  document that entitles
  border residents
  to cross the border under the local border traffic regime. The document shall be entitled ‘local border traffic permit’.

2.   This Regulation authorises Member States to conclude or maintain bilateral agreements with neighbouring
  third
  countries for the purpose of implementing the local border traffic regime hereby established.

Article 2

Scope

This Regulation does not affect the provisions of Community and national law applicable to third-country nationals relating to:

| (a) | long-term stays; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

long-term stays;

| (b) | access to and exercise of economic activity; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

access to and exercise of economic activity;

| (c) | customs and taxation matters. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

customs and taxation matters.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

| (a) | ‘external land border’
  means the
  common land border between a Member State and a neighbouring third
  country; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

‘external land border’
  means the
  common land border between a Member State and a neighbouring third
  country;

| (b) | ‘border area’ means an area
  that extends no more than 30 kilometres from the
  border
  . Within that area, the local administrative districts that are to be considered
  as the
  border area
  shall be specified
  by the States concerned in their bilateral agreements
  . If part of any such district lies between 30 and 50
  kilometres from the
  border line, it shall nevertheless be considered as part of the border area; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

‘border area’ means an area
  that extends no more than 30 kilometres from the
  border
  . Within that area, the local administrative districts that are to be considered
  as the
  border area
  shall be specified
  by the States concerned in their bilateral agreements
  . If part of any such district lies between 30 and 50
  kilometres from the
  border line, it shall nevertheless be considered as part of the border area;

| (c) | ‘local border traffic’ means the regular crossing of the external land border of a Member State by border residents
  in order to
  stay in a border
  area for social, cultural or substantiated economic reasons, for example, or for family reasons, for
  a period not exceeding the time limits laid down in this Regulation; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

‘local border traffic’ means the regular crossing of the external land border of a Member State by border residents
  in order to
  stay in a border
  area for social, cultural or substantiated economic reasons, for example, or for family reasons, for
  a period not exceeding the time limits laid down in this Regulation;

| (d) | ‘
  persons
  enjoying the Community right
  of
  free movement’ means:






  (i) | citizens of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty, and nationals of third countries
  who are members of the family of a Union citizen exercising his or her right to free movement to whom Directive 2004/38/EC
   (14)
  applies; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(d)

‘
  persons
  enjoying the Community right
  of
  free movement’ means:

(i)

citizens of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty, and nationals of third countries
  who are members of the family of a Union citizen exercising his or her right to free movement to whom Directive 2004/38/EC
   (14)
  applies;

| (ii) | nationals of third countries
  and their family members, whatever their nationality, who, under agreements between the Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and those third countries, on the other, enjoy
  rights to
  free movement equivalent to
  those
  of citizens of the Union; |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

nationals of third countries
  and their family members, whatever their nationality, who, under agreements between the Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and those third countries, on the other, enjoy
  rights to
  free movement equivalent to
  those
  of citizens of the Union;

| (e) | ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty and who is not covered by point (d); |
| --- | --- |

(e)

‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty and who is not covered by point (d);

| (f) | ‘border residents’ means third-country nationals who have been lawfully resident in the border area of a country neighbouring a Member State for
  a period specified in the bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13, which shall be at least one year. In exceptional and duly justified cases specified in the bilateral agreements, a period of residence of less than one year would be appropriate; |
| --- | --- |

(f)

‘border residents’ means third-country nationals who have been lawfully resident in the border area of a country neighbouring a Member State for
  a period specified in the bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13, which shall be at least one year. In exceptional and duly justified cases specified in the bilateral agreements, a period of residence of less than one year would be appropriate;

| (g) | ‘local border traffic permit’ means the document introduced by Article 5 entitling its holder to cross the external land border for the purpose of local border traffic in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(g)

‘local border traffic permit’ means the document introduced by Article 5 entitling its holder to cross the external land border for the purpose of local border traffic in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation
  ;

| (h) | ‘the Schengen Convention’ means the Convention,
  signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, implementing the Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders, signed in Schengen on 14 June 1985. |
| --- | --- |

(h)

‘the Schengen Convention’ means the Convention,
  signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, implementing the Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders, signed in Schengen on 14 June 1985.

Chapter II

Local border traffic regime

Article 4

Entry conditions

Border
  residents may cross the external land border of a neighbouring Member State for the
  purposes
  of local border traffic,
  on condition that
  they:

| (a) | are in possession of a local border traffic permit and, if required by the bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13, a valid travel document or documents; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

are in possession of a local border traffic permit and, if required by the bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13, a valid travel document or documents;

| (b) | are
  not persons for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry in the Schengen Information System (SIS); |
| --- | --- |

(b)

are
  not persons for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry in the Schengen Information System (SIS);

| (c) | are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States
  , and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States
  , and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds.

Article 5

Local border traffic permit — principles

1.
     
  A local border traffic permit for crossing the border is hereby established.

2.
     
  The territorial validity of the permit referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to the border area of the issuing Member State.

3.
     
  The local border traffic permit shall bear the photograph of the holder of the permit and shall contain at least the following information:

| (a) | the forename(s), surname(s), date of birth, nationality and place of residence of the holder of the permit; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the forename(s), surname(s), date of birth, nationality and place of residence of the holder of the permit;

| (b) | the issuing authority, date of issue and period of validity; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the issuing authority, date of issue and period of validity;

| (c) | the border area within which the holder of the permit is authorised to move; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the border area within which the holder of the permit is authorised to move;

| (d) | the number of the valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 9(a), entitling its holder to cross the external borders. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the number of the valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 9(a), entitling its holder to cross the external borders.

It shall clearly state that its holder is not authorised to move outside the border area, and that any abuse shall be subject to penalties as provided for in Article 17.

Article 6

Stay in the border area

The bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13 shall specify the maximum permissible duration of each uninterrupted stay under the local border traffic regime, which shall not exceed three months.

Article 7

Entry and exit
  checks

1.
     Member States
  shall carry out entry and exit checks on border residents in order to ensure that they fulfil the conditions set out in Article 4.

2.
     
  No entry or exit stamps shall be affixed to the local border traffic permit under the local border traffic regime.

3.
     
  Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the provisions of Article 15.

Chapter III

Local border traffic permit — detailed provisions

Article 8

Security features and technical specifications of the local border traffic permit

1.   
  The local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 shall contain security features and technical specifications that comply with the relevant provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 of 13 June 2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals (15).

2.   
  Member States shall transmit to the Commission and to the other Member States a specimen of the local border permit they issue in accordance with paragraph 1.

Article 9

Issuing conditions

The local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 may be issued to border residents who:

| (a) | are in possession of a valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 17(3)(a) of the Schengen Convention, entitling them to cross the external borders; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

are in possession of a valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 17(3)(a) of the Schengen Convention, entitling them to cross the external borders;

| (b) | produce documents proving their status as border residents, and the existence of legitimate reasons to frequently cross the border on grounds of local border traffic; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

produce documents proving their status as border residents, and the existence of legitimate reasons to frequently cross the border on grounds of local border traffic;

| (c) | are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry;

| (d) | are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds.

Article 10

Validity

The local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 shall be valid for a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years.

Article 11

Issuing fees

The fees corresponding to the administrative costs of processing applications for the local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 shall not exceed the fees charged for processing applications for short-term multiple-entry visas.

The local border traffic permit may be issued free of charge.

Article 12

Issuing arrangements

1.
     
  The local border traffic permit may be issued by either a consulate or any administrative authority of a Member State designated in the bilateral agreements referred to in Article 13.

2.
     
  Member States shall keep a central register of permits applied for, issued, extended and withdrawn and shall designate a national contact point responsible for providing without delay, upon request from other Member States, information on permits held in that register.

Chapter IV

Implementation of the local border traffic regime

Article 13

Agreements between Member States and third countries

1.   For the purposes of implementing the local border traffic regime, Member States are authorised to conclude agreements with neighbouring third countries in conformity with the rules set out in this Regulation.

Member States may also maintain existing agreements with neighbouring third countries on local border traffic. To the extent that such agreements are not compatible with this Regulation, the Member States concerned shall amend the agreements in such a way as to eliminate the incompatibilities established.

2.   Before concluding or amending any agreement on local border traffic with neighbouring third countries, Member States shall consult the Commission as to the compatibility of the agreement with this Regulation.

If the Commission considers the agreement to be incompatible with this Regulation, it shall notify the Member State concerned
  , which shall take all appropriate steps
  to amend the agreement
  within a reasonable period,
  in such a way as to eliminate the incompatibilities established.

3.   
  Where the Community or the Member State concerned has not concluded a general readmission agreement with a third country, the bilateral agreements on local border traffic with that third country shall provide for the readmission of persons found to be abusing the regime established by this Regulation to be facilitated.

Article 14

Comparability of treatment

In their agreements with neighbouring third countries
  as referred to in Article 13
  , Member States shall ensure that the third country grants
  at least
  comparable treatment to persons enjoying the Community right of free movement and to third-country nationals lawfully resident in the border area of a Member
  State
  .

Article 15

Easing of border crossing

1.   The agreements referred to in
  Article 13
  may provide for border crossing to be eased, whereby Member States:

| (a) | set up specific border crossing points open only to border residents; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

set up specific border crossing points open only to border residents;

| (b) | reserve specific lanes to border residents at ordinary border crossing points; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

reserve specific lanes to border residents at ordinary border crossing points;

| (c) | taking into account the local circumstances
  ,
  and
  where
  exceptionally
  there is a requirement of a special
  nature, authorise
  border
  residents to
  cross their border at
  defined
  places other than authorised border crossing points and outside the fixed hours. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

taking into account the local circumstances
  ,
  and
  where
  exceptionally
  there is a requirement of a special
  nature, authorise
  border
  residents to
  cross their border at
  defined
  places other than authorised border crossing points and outside the fixed hours.

2.   Where a Member States decides to ease border crossing for border residents in accordance with paragraph 1, it shall automatically ease border crossing for any
  person
  enjoying the Community right of free
  movement residing
  in the border area concerned.

3.   
  At
  the border crossing points referred to in paragraph 1(a) and at the lanes referred to in paragraph 1 (b), persons who
  regularly cross the border and who, by reason of their frequent crossing of the border, are
  well
  known to the border guards shall
  , as a rule,
  be subject only to random checks.

Such persons shall be subject to thorough checks from time to time, without warning and at irregular intervals
  .

4.
     
  Where a Member State decides to ease border crossing for border residents in accordance with paragraph 1(c):

| (a) | in addition to the information referred to in Article 5, the local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 shall contain details of the location at, and circumstances in, which the border may be crossed; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

in addition to the information referred to in Article 5, the local border traffic permit referred to in Article 5 shall contain details of the location at, and circumstances in, which the border may be crossed;

| (b) | the Member State in question shall carry out random checks and maintain regular surveillance in order to prevent unauthorised border crossings. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the Member State in question shall carry out random checks and maintain regular surveillance in order to prevent unauthorised border crossings.

Chapter V

Final provisions

Article 16

Ceuta and Melilla

The provisions of this Regulation shall not affect the special rules applying to the towns of Ceuta and Melilla, as defined in the Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on the towns of Ceuta and Melilla in the Final Act to the Agreement on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985.

Article 17

Penalties

1.   Member States shall ensure that any abuse of the local border traffic regime, as established by this Regulation and as implemented by the bilateral agreements referred to in
  Article 13,
  shall be subject to penalties as provided for in national law.

2.
     The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall include the possibility of cancelling and revoking
  local
  border
  traffic
  permits referred to
  in Article 5.

3.
     Member States shall keep a record of all
  cases of abuse of the local border traffic regime and of penalties imposed
  in accordance with paragraph 1. That information shall be transmitted
  every six months
  to the other Member States and to the Commission.

Article 18

Report on the implementation of the regime

By ... (16)
  , the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning and implementation of the local border traffic regime, as established by the bilateral agreements concluded on the basis of and in conformity with this Regulation, accompanied where necessary by appropriate legislative proposals.

Article 19

Notification of agreements

1.
     
  Member States shall notify the Commission of all agreements referred to in Article 13(1) and of any denunciation thereof or amendments thereto.

2.
     
  The Commission shall make the information notified in conformity with paragraph 1 available to the Member States and the public through publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and by any other appropriate means.

Article 20

Amendment of the Schengen Convention

The provisions of
  Article 136(3) of the Schengen Convention
  are
  replaced by the following:

‘3.   Paragraph 2 shall not apply to agreements on local border traffic, for which the provisions of Article 13 of [Regulation No ... this Regulation] shall
  apply.
  ’

Article 21

Article

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
  the
  Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

---

(1)  OJ C ...

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 14 February 2006.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 14 February 2006.

(3)  COM(2002)0233.

3

COM(2002)0233

(4)  OJ L ...

4

(5)  OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3).

5

(6)  OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 69.

6

(7)  OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36.

7

(8)  OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.

8

(9)  OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

9

(10)  OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.

10

(11)  
  Council doc. 13054/04 accessible on http://register.consilium.eu.int.

11

Council doc. 13054/04 accessible on http://register.consilium.eu.int.

(12)  Council Decision 2004/849/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 26).

12

(13)  
  Council Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (

  OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78

  )
  .

13

Council Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (

)

(14)  Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (
  OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77
  ).

14

Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (

)

(15)  OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 1.

15

(16)  Two years after the entry into force of this Regulation.

16

P6_TA(2006)0050

EC-Solomon Islands fishing agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Solomon Islands on fishing off Solomon Islands (COM(2005)0404 — C6-0320/2005 — 2005/0168(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2005)0404) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2005)0404) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0320/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0320/2005),

| — | having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development (A6-0018/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development (A6-0018/2006),

| 1. | Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves conclusion of the agreement; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves conclusion of the agreement;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Solomon Islands. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Solomon Islands.

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 2a (new) |
| | (2a) It is important to improve the information provided to the European Parliament; to this end, the Commission should draw up an annual report on the implementation of the Agreement. |
| Amendment 2 |
| Article 2a (new) |
| | Article 2a




  During the final year of the Protocol's validity and before another agreement is concluded on its renewal, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the application of the Agreement. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Article 2b (new) |
| | Article 2b




  On the basis of the report referred to in Article 2a and after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, where appropriate, grant the Commission a negotiating mandate with a view to the adoption of a new protocol. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 2c (new) |
| | Article 2c




  The Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a copy of the multiannual sectoral programme and its implementing rules referred to in Article 5 of the Protocol. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Article 2d (new) |
| | Article 2d




  When the first meeting of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement is held, the Commission shall inform the Solomon Islands authorities of the attendance of shipowners' representatives at subsequent meetings of the Joint Committee. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 2a (new)

(2a) It is important to improve the information provided to the European Parliament; to this end, the Commission should draw up an annual report on the implementation of the Agreement.

Amendment 2

Article 2a (new)

Article 2a

During the final year of the Protocol's validity and before another agreement is concluded on its renewal, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the application of the Agreement.

Amendment 3

Article 2b (new)

Article 2b

On the basis of the report referred to in Article 2a and after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall, where appropriate, grant the Commission a negotiating mandate with a view to the adoption of a new protocol.

Amendment 4

Article 2c (new)

Article 2c

The Commission shall forward to the European Parliament and to the Council a copy of the multiannual sectoral programme and its implementing rules referred to in Article 5 of the Protocol.

Amendment 5

Article 2d (new)

Article 2d

When the first meeting of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement is held, the Commission shall inform the Solomon Islands authorities of the attendance of shipowners' representatives at subsequent meetings of the Joint Committee.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0051

Confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities

European Parliament resolution on confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities (2005/2005(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the numerous petitions submitted to the European Parliament on confiscation of vehicles by the Greek authorities as well as a very considerable number of official complaints registered by the Commission, |
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having regard to the numerous petitions submitted to the European Parliament on confiscation of vehicles by the Greek authorities as well as a very considerable number of official complaints registered by the Commission,

| — | having regard to Article 21 of the EC Treaty, which confers on every citizen of the Union the right to petition the European Parliament in accordance with Article 194 thereof, |
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having regard to Article 21 of the EC Treaty, which confers on every citizen of the Union the right to petition the European Parliament in accordance with Article 194 thereof,

| — | having regard to Article 194 of the EC Treaty, which confers on any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, the right to address, individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to the European Parliament on a matter which comes within the Community's fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly, |
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having regard to Article 194 of the EC Treaty, which confers on any citizen of the Union, and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State, the right to address, individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to the European Parliament on a matter which comes within the Community's fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly,

| — | having regard to Council Directive 83/182/EEC of 28 March 1983 on tax exemptions within the Community for certain means of transport temporarily imported into one Member State from another (1), |
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having regard to Council Directive 83/182/EEC of 28 March 1983 on tax exemptions within the Community for certain means of transport temporarily imported into one Member State from another (1),

| — | having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 12 July 2001 in Case C-262/99 Louloudakis (2), |
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having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities of 12 July 2001 in Case C-262/99 Louloudakis (2),

| — | having regard to the action brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 26 March 2004 in Case C-156/04 Commission v Greece (3), |
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having regard to the action brought before the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 26 March 2004 in Case C-156/04 Commission v Greece (3),

| — | having regard to Rule 192(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 192(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Petitions (A6-0394/2005), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Petitions (A6-0394/2005),

| A. | considering the substantial issues and serious problems raised by the petitioners and noting the observation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities regarding ‘the effect which the right to drive a motor vehicle has on the actual exercise of the rights relating to the free movement of persons’ within the European Union (4), |
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A.

considering the substantial issues and serious problems raised by the petitioners and noting the observation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities regarding ‘the effect which the right to drive a motor vehicle has on the actual exercise of the rights relating to the free movement of persons’ within the European Union (4),

| B. | whereas the petitioners fulfilled the conditions for the exemption, laid down in Directive 83/182/EEC, from, in particular, turnover tax, excise duties and any other consumption tax in respect of temporary imports from another Member State of motor-driven road vehicles, since they all had their ‘normal residence’, i.e. the place where they live for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of personal and occupational ties, in a Member State other than Greece, |
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B.

whereas the petitioners fulfilled the conditions for the exemption, laid down in Directive 83/182/EEC, from, in particular, turnover tax, excise duties and any other consumption tax in respect of temporary imports from another Member State of motor-driven road vehicles, since they all had their ‘normal residence’, i.e. the place where they live for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of personal and occupational ties, in a Member State other than Greece,

| C. | whereas the petitioners were able to give proof of their place of normal residence by appropriate means, such as their identity cards or other valid documents, |
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C.

whereas the petitioners were able to give proof of their place of normal residence by appropriate means, such as their identity cards or other valid documents,

| D. | whereas the imposition of a special administrative penalty, and in particular fines set at a flat rate on the basis of the sole criterion of the cubic capacity of the vehicle, with no account being taken of its age, and of an increased duty, which can amount to up to ten times the customs duty, is incompatible with the Community principle of proportionality, |
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D.

whereas the imposition of a special administrative penalty, and in particular fines set at a flat rate on the basis of the sole criterion of the cubic capacity of the vehicle, with no account being taken of its age, and of an increased duty, which can amount to up to ten times the customs duty, is incompatible with the Community principle of proportionality,

| E. | bearing in mind the obligations of the institutions of the European Union and of the Member States towards their citizens, as laid down in the Treaties, |
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E.

bearing in mind the obligations of the institutions of the European Union and of the Member States towards their citizens, as laid down in the Treaties,

| 1. | Expresses its great concern that, as far as the specific cases referred to in the petitions are concerned, the Greek authorities did not apply the exemption laid down in Directive 83/182/EEC; |
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1.

Expresses its great concern that, as far as the specific cases referred to in the petitions are concerned, the Greek authorities did not apply the exemption laid down in Directive 83/182/EEC;

| 2. | Notes that in spite of this the Greek customs authorities claimed that the petitioners were guilty of evasion or attempted evasion of payment of the tax and failure to observe the formalities laid down by the Greek Customs Code; notes also that the petitioners were required to pay an increased duty amounting to up to ten times the customs duty; |
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2.

Notes that in spite of this the Greek customs authorities claimed that the petitioners were guilty of evasion or attempted evasion of payment of the tax and failure to observe the formalities laid down by the Greek Customs Code; notes also that the petitioners were required to pay an increased duty amounting to up to ten times the customs duty;

| 3. | Considers that the administrative measures as a whole, which Greece has decided are appropriate in the field of customs contraventions and which, as far as the petitioners are concerned, have led to penalties amounting to many times the original purchase price of the vehicle, impede the free movement of goods and persons; |
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3.

Considers that the administrative measures as a whole, which Greece has decided are appropriate in the field of customs contraventions and which, as far as the petitioners are concerned, have led to penalties amounting to many times the original purchase price of the vehicle, impede the free movement of goods and persons;

| 4. | Is aware of the fact that, in the absence of harmonisation of Community legislation in the field of the penalties applicable, when conditions laid down by arrangements under such legislation are not observed, the Member States are empowered to choose the penalties which seem appropriate to them; considers, nevertheless, that Member States must exercise that power in accordance with Community law and its general principles, and consequently with the principle of proportionality; |
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4.

Is aware of the fact that, in the absence of harmonisation of Community legislation in the field of the penalties applicable, when conditions laid down by arrangements under such legislation are not observed, the Member States are empowered to choose the penalties which seem appropriate to them; considers, nevertheless, that Member States must exercise that power in accordance with Community law and its general principles, and consequently with the principle of proportionality;

| 5. | Is aware of the fact that the choice of penalty when dealing with infringements relating to temporary importation of certain means of transport is a matter of national law, as is the question of ascertaining whether account must be taken of the good faith of the offender; considers, nevertheless, that in order to promote the freedoms guaranteed by the Treaties, account must be taken of the good faith of the offender when determining the penalty to be imposed on him, where determination of the rules applicable has given rise to difficulties; |
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5.

Is aware of the fact that the choice of penalty when dealing with infringements relating to temporary importation of certain means of transport is a matter of national law, as is the question of ascertaining whether account must be taken of the good faith of the offender; considers, nevertheless, that in order to promote the freedoms guaranteed by the Treaties, account must be taken of the good faith of the offender when determining the penalty to be imposed on him, where determination of the rules applicable has given rise to difficulties;

| 6. | Notes that a very substantial number of vehicles have been seized, confiscated and sold at auction, which it considers incompatible with the principles of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, and in particular Chapter VI thereof (entitled ‘Justice’), and not justified by any overriding requirements ofenforcement and prevention, when the gravity of the infringement is taken into account; remarks that, as the Court of Justice has previously pointed out, as regards the ‘irregular’ use of a vehicle in another Member State, penalties other than confiscation are possible; |
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6.

Notes that a very substantial number of vehicles have been seized, confiscated and sold at auction, which it considers incompatible with the principles of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, and in particular Chapter VI thereof (entitled ‘Justice’), and not justified by any overriding requirements ofenforcement and prevention, when the gravity of the infringement is taken into account; remarks that, as the Court of Justice has previously pointed out, as regards the ‘irregular’ use of a vehicle in another Member State, penalties other than confiscation are possible;

| 7. | Considers the confiscation of the vehicles, and the fact that the petitioners are deprived of the use thereof for many years, to be contrary to the right of property and freedom of movement, and that the petitioners have a right to be properly compensated, bearing in mind the prejudice caused to their livelihood and good character; |
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7.

Considers the confiscation of the vehicles, and the fact that the petitioners are deprived of the use thereof for many years, to be contrary to the right of property and freedom of movement, and that the petitioners have a right to be properly compensated, bearing in mind the prejudice caused to their livelihood and good character;

| 8. | Urges the Greek authorities to fulfil without delay the Hellenic Republic's obligations under the Treaty and to comply with the rules laid down in Community legislation and particularly Directive 83/182/EEC, so that the Commission may withdraw its legal action; |
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8.

Urges the Greek authorities to fulfil without delay the Hellenic Republic's obligations under the Treaty and to comply with the rules laid down in Community legislation and particularly Directive 83/182/EEC, so that the Commission may withdraw its legal action;

| 9. | Should the Greek authorities fail to do that, calls on the Commission to proceed without delay with its legal action against the Hellenic Republic; |
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9.

Should the Greek authorities fail to do that, calls on the Commission to proceed without delay with its legal action against the Hellenic Republic;

| 10. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the relevant report of the committee responsible to the Council, the Commission and the Greek Government and Parliament. |
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10.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the relevant report of the committee responsible to the Council, the Commission and the Greek Government and Parliament.

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(1)  OJ L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 59. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)  [2001] ECR I-5547.

(3)  OJ C 106, 30.4.2004, p. 47.

(4)  Judgment in Case C-193/94 Skanavi and Chryssanthakopoulos [1996] ECR I-929, paragraph 36.

P6_TA(2006)0052

Exposure of workers to artificial optical radiation ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the conciliation committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (PE-CONS 3668/3/2005 — C6-0001/2006 — 1992/0449B(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3668/3/2005 — C6-0001/2006), |
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having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3668/3/2005 — C6-0001/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(1992)0560) (2), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(1992)0560) (2),

| — | having regard to the amended proposal (COM(1994)0284) (3), |
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having regard to the amended proposal (COM(1994)0284) (3),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1999 on current legislative procedures in the field of employment and social affairs (Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council — Effects of the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty) (SEC(1999)0581 — C4-0219/1999) (4), |
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having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1999 on current legislative procedures in the field of employment and social affairs (Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council — Effects of the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty) (SEC(1999)0581 — C4-0219/1999) (4),

| — | having regard to its position at second reading (5) on the Council common position (6), |
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having regard to its position at second reading (5) on the Council common position (6),

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2005)0526) (7), |
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having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2005)0526) (7),

| — | having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0026/2006), |
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having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0026/2006),

| 1. | Approves the joint text; |
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1.

Approves the joint text;

| 2. | Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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3.

Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 128, 9.5.1994, p. 146.

(2)  OJ C 77, 18.3.1993, p. 12.

(3)  OJ C 230, 19.8.1994, p. 3.

(4)  OJ C 54, 25.2.2000, p. 75.

(5)  Texts Adopted, 7.9.2005, P6_TA(2005)0329.

(6)  OJ C 172 E, 12.7.2005, p. 26.

(7)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0053

Protection of chickens kept for meat production *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (COM(2005)0221 — C6-0190/2005 — 2005/0099(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0221) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0221) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0190/2005), |
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having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0190/2005),

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0017/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0017/2006),

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as amended; |
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Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
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3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
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4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 5. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
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5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 1a (new) |
| | (1a) Requirements as to the result should be used to reach a high level of animal welfare. The scoring system for mortality and foot pad lesions indicates whether a good level of animal welfare is reached. Other appropriate indicators are currently being developed through scientific research and should be included once available. |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 9 |
| (9) It is important that persons attending to chickens have an understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements and receive appropriate training to perform their tasks. | (9) It is important that persons attending to chickens have an understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements and receive appropriate training to perform their tasks.
  Where such persons lack formal training, the competent authorities should determine whether their professional experience is sufficient. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 10 |
| (10) In establishing rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, a balance should be kept between the various aspects to be taken into consideration, as regards animal welfare and health, economic and social considerations and the environmental impact. | (10) In establishing rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, a balance should be kept between the various aspects to be taken into consideration, as regards animal welfare and health, economic and social considerations and the environmental impact.
  Notwithstanding the above, in accordance with the Treaty, economic and social considerations should not take precedence over animal welfare and health. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Recital 12 |
| (12) Various voluntary schemes already exist in different Member States for the labelling of chicken meat based on compliance with animal welfare standards and other parameters. | (12) Various voluntary schemes already exist in different Member States for the labelling of chicken meat based on compliance with animal welfare standards and other parameters.
  Such schemes should be strongly encouraged by producers' organisations, the Member States' competent authorities, and the Commission, because they meet a growing demand from consumers. The clarity of such information enables customers to make responsible choices at the time of purchase, which is in the interests of farmers, consumers and animals. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Recital 13 |
| (13) In light of the experience gained in applying such voluntary labelling schemes, it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards, including the possible socio-economic implications, the effects on the Community's economic partners and compliance of such a labelling regime with World Trade Organisation rules. | (13) In light of the experience gained in applying such voluntary labelling schemes, it is appropriate for the Commission to submit
  , no later than six months after the date of adoption of this Directive,
  a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards, including the possible socio-economic implications, the effects on the Community's economic partners and compliance of such a labelling regime with World Trade Organisation rules. |
| Amendment 6 |
| Recital 14 |
| (14) It is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report based on new scientific evidence taking into account further research and practical experience in order to improve further the welfare of chickens kept for meat production including the parent stock of such chickens, in particular as regards aspects not covered by this Directive. That report should specifically consider the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies resulting in poor welfare of chickens kept for meat production. | (14) It is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report based on new scientific evidence taking into account further research and practical experience in order to improve further the welfare of chickens kept for meat production including the parent stock of such chickens, in particular as regards aspects not covered by this Directive. That report should specifically consider the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies resulting in poor welfare of chickens kept for meat production.
  That report should also consider the financial cost arising from the removal of the negative impact of genetic parameters. |
| Amendment 7 |
| Recital 14a (new) |
| | (14a) The development of new techniques for measuring the welfare of chickens kept for meat production should be monitored and their usefulness should be assessed with a view to laying down clear parameters and minimising the cost of the measures taken. |
| Amendment 8 |
| Recital 15 |
| (15) Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. | (15) Member States should lay down
  harmonised
  rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and
  should
  ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties must be effective, proportionate
  , progressive
  and dissuasive.
  Imports of chickens from third countries, which come from holdings that do not observe rules on the welfare of chickens for meat production equivalent to those effective in the EU, should also be regulated and, where appropriate, prohibited. |
| Amendment 9 |
| Recital 15a (new) |
| | (15a) The Commission should vigorously defend the importance of animal welfare during negotiations within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with a view to securing a worldwide consensus on the matter. A high standard of animal welfare is essential for sustainable farming, and respect for animal welfare should be an established criterion in negotiations on non-trade concerns (NTCs). |
| Amendment 10 |
| Recital 15b (new) |
| | (15b) The Commission should endeavour to establish a rule under which third-country suppliers of poultry meat must meet the same animal welfare requirements as EU chicken breeders. |
| Amendment 11 |
| Article 3, paragraph 1 |
| 1. The Member States shall ensure that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex I. | 1. The Member States shall ensure that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex I.
  In assessing compliance with those requirements by both low-density and high-density establishments, account shall be taken of the various stages of production, on the one hand, and the various climatic conditions and the methods of keeping chickens, on the other. |
| Amendment 12 |
| Article 3, paragraph 2 |
| 2. The Member States shall ensure that the stocking density of chickens per square metre of useable area (‘stocking density’) in establishments or single units of an establishment does not exceed 30 kilogrammes liveweight. | 2. The Member States shall ensure that the stocking density of chickens per square metre of useable area (‘stocking density’) in establishments or single units of an establishment does not exceed 30 kilogrammes liveweight.
  The maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 32 kilogrammes per liveweight. |
| Amendment 13 |
| Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1 |
| 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the Member States may provide that chickens be kept at a stocking density not exceeding 38 kilogrammes liveweight in establishments or single units of an establishment provided that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex II, in addition to the requirements set out in Annex I. | 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the Member States may provide that chickens be kept at a stocking density not exceeding 38 kilogrammes liveweight in establishments or single units of an establishment provided that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex II, in addition to the requirements set out in Annex I.
  The maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 40 kilogrammes per liveweight. |
| | From 1 January 2013, the stocking density may not exceed 34 kilogrammes liveweight. This maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 36 kilogrammes per liveweight. |
| Amendment 14 |
| Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, introductory sentence |
| In such cases of derogation, the Member State shall ensure that: | Monitoring shall be extended to all establishments falling within the scope of this Directive. The welfare of chickens shall be monitored even in establishments where lower stocking densities are maintained, because animal welfare is not guaranteed by stocking density alone but is affected by other factors. Member States shall therefore ensure that: |
| Amendment 15 |
| Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, point (ba) (new) |
| | (ba) | the costs of the official controls shall be borne by the competent authority. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1a (new)

(1a) Requirements as to the result should be used to reach a high level of animal welfare. The scoring system for mortality and foot pad lesions indicates whether a good level of animal welfare is reached. Other appropriate indicators are currently being developed through scientific research and should be included once available.

Amendment 2

Recital 9

(9) It is important that persons attending to chickens have an understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements and receive appropriate training to perform their tasks.

(9) It is important that persons attending to chickens have an understanding of the relevant animal welfare requirements and receive appropriate training to perform their tasks.
  Where such persons lack formal training, the competent authorities should determine whether their professional experience is sufficient.

Amendment 3

Recital 10

(10) In establishing rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, a balance should be kept between the various aspects to be taken into consideration, as regards animal welfare and health, economic and social considerations and the environmental impact.

(10) In establishing rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, a balance should be kept between the various aspects to be taken into consideration, as regards animal welfare and health, economic and social considerations and the environmental impact.
  Notwithstanding the above, in accordance with the Treaty, economic and social considerations should not take precedence over animal welfare and health.

Amendment 4

Recital 12

(12) Various voluntary schemes already exist in different Member States for the labelling of chicken meat based on compliance with animal welfare standards and other parameters.

(12) Various voluntary schemes already exist in different Member States for the labelling of chicken meat based on compliance with animal welfare standards and other parameters.
  Such schemes should be strongly encouraged by producers' organisations, the Member States' competent authorities, and the Commission, because they meet a growing demand from consumers. The clarity of such information enables customers to make responsible choices at the time of purchase, which is in the interests of farmers, consumers and animals.

Amendment 5

Recital 13

(13) In light of the experience gained in applying such voluntary labelling schemes, it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards, including the possible socio-economic implications, the effects on the Community's economic partners and compliance of such a labelling regime with World Trade Organisation rules.

(13) In light of the experience gained in applying such voluntary labelling schemes, it is appropriate for the Commission to submit
  , no later than six months after the date of adoption of this Directive,
  a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards, including the possible socio-economic implications, the effects on the Community's economic partners and compliance of such a labelling regime with World Trade Organisation rules.

Amendment 6

Recital 14

(14) It is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report based on new scientific evidence taking into account further research and practical experience in order to improve further the welfare of chickens kept for meat production including the parent stock of such chickens, in particular as regards aspects not covered by this Directive. That report should specifically consider the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies resulting in poor welfare of chickens kept for meat production.

(14) It is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report based on new scientific evidence taking into account further research and practical experience in order to improve further the welfare of chickens kept for meat production including the parent stock of such chickens, in particular as regards aspects not covered by this Directive. That report should specifically consider the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies resulting in poor welfare of chickens kept for meat production.
  That report should also consider the financial cost arising from the removal of the negative impact of genetic parameters.

Amendment 7

Recital 14a (new)

(14a) The development of new techniques for measuring the welfare of chickens kept for meat production should be monitored and their usefulness should be assessed with a view to laying down clear parameters and minimising the cost of the measures taken.

Amendment 8

Recital 15

(15) Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

(15) Member States should lay down
  harmonised
  rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and
  should
  ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties must be effective, proportionate
  , progressive
  and dissuasive.
  Imports of chickens from third countries, which come from holdings that do not observe rules on the welfare of chickens for meat production equivalent to those effective in the EU, should also be regulated and, where appropriate, prohibited.

Amendment 9

Recital 15a (new)

(15a) The Commission should vigorously defend the importance of animal welfare during negotiations within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with a view to securing a worldwide consensus on the matter. A high standard of animal welfare is essential for sustainable farming, and respect for animal welfare should be an established criterion in negotiations on non-trade concerns (NTCs).

Amendment 10

Recital 15b (new)

(15b) The Commission should endeavour to establish a rule under which third-country suppliers of poultry meat must meet the same animal welfare requirements as EU chicken breeders.

Amendment 11

Article 3, paragraph 1

1. The Member States shall ensure that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex I.

1. The Member States shall ensure that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex I.
  In assessing compliance with those requirements by both low-density and high-density establishments, account shall be taken of the various stages of production, on the one hand, and the various climatic conditions and the methods of keeping chickens, on the other.

Amendment 12

Article 3, paragraph 2

2. The Member States shall ensure that the stocking density of chickens per square metre of useable area (‘stocking density’) in establishments or single units of an establishment does not exceed 30 kilogrammes liveweight.

2. The Member States shall ensure that the stocking density of chickens per square metre of useable area (‘stocking density’) in establishments or single units of an establishment does not exceed 30 kilogrammes liveweight.
  The maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 32 kilogrammes per liveweight.

Amendment 13

Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the Member States may provide that chickens be kept at a stocking density not exceeding 38 kilogrammes liveweight in establishments or single units of an establishment provided that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex II, in addition to the requirements set out in Annex I.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the Member States may provide that chickens be kept at a stocking density not exceeding 38 kilogrammes liveweight in establishments or single units of an establishment provided that the owner or keeper complies with the requirements set out in Annex II, in addition to the requirements set out in Annex I.
  The maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 40 kilogrammes per liveweight.

From 1 January 2013, the stocking density may not exceed 34 kilogrammes liveweight. This maximum stocking density shall be measured as an average of the last three flocks. A margin of two days shall be permitted in the event of an emergency. However, the stocking density for any single flock shall not exceed 36 kilogrammes per liveweight.

Amendment 14

Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, introductory sentence

In such cases of derogation, the Member State shall ensure that:

Monitoring shall be extended to all establishments falling within the scope of this Directive. The welfare of chickens shall be monitored even in establishments where lower stocking densities are maintained, because animal welfare is not guaranteed by stocking density alone but is affected by other factors. Member States shall therefore ensure that:

Amendment 15

Article 3, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2, point (ba) (new)

(ba)

Amendment 16

Article 4, paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that a system is established for the control and approval of training courses. The owner or keeper of the chickens shall hold a certificate which is recognised by the competent authority of the Member State,
  attesting to the completion of such training courses or having acquired experience equivalent to such training.

3. Member States shall ensure that a system is established for the control and approval of training courses. The owner or keeper of the chickens shall hold a certificate which is recognised by the competent authority of the Member State,
  certifying the competence of the holder with respect to the subject areas detailed in Annex V.

Amendment 17

Article 5, paragraph 1

Not later than
  two years
  from the date of adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards.

Not later than
  six months
  from the date of adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the possible introduction of a specific harmonised mandatory labelling regime at Community level for chicken meat, meat products and preparations based on compliance with animal welfare standards
  , including clear information concerning production standards and the origin of the product. Labels shall, in particular, indicate the chicken stocking density at the holding concerned. Labels shall also specify the animal's age and other parameters which consumers wish to be taken into account.

Amendment 42

Article 5a (new)

Article 5a

Stimulation of self-regulatory behaviour

The Commission shall carry out activities to persuade EU chicken-meat importers to demand the same level of animal welfare standards from their suppliers.

Amendment 18

Article 6, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1

1. Not later than
  five
  years from the date of adoption of this Directive, Member States shall submit to the Commission a summary of the data collected as provided for in points 1 and 2 of Annex IV.

1. Not later than
  two
  years from the date of adoption of this Directive, Member States shall submit to the Commission a summary of the data collected as provided for in points 1 and 2 of Annex IV.

Amendments 19 and 50

Article 6, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2

Based
  on that data and
  on a scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report concerning the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies resulting in poor welfare of chickens. That report shall be accompanied by appropriate legislative proposals,
  if necessary.

Based on a scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority,
  and no later than four years from the date of the adoption of this Directive,
  the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report concerning the influence of genetic parameters on identified deficiencies
  and all aspects of health
  resulting in poor welfare of chicken
  in broiler and breeding keepings, concerning the loss of genetic diversity in chicken breeding and including a cost-benefit analysis of the use of various breeding strains with regard to animal health, resistance to diseases, necessary use of biocides and veterinary medical products.
  That report
  shall be submitted not later than 30 months after the adoption of this directive and
  shall be accompanied by appropriate legislative proposals, if necessary.
  Such proposals shall be in keeping with the principle that genetic selection must not restrict, diminish or threaten animal welfare potential.

The adverse effects of earlier genetic selection must also be eliminated.

Amendment 20

Article 6, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2a (new)

The report and legislative proposals shall consider both the genetics of broilers and the welfare conditions under which parent stock is raised, and shall consider options such as farming birds of recognised slow-growing strains, restrictions on weight gain of birds per day, a minimum age for slaughter and the prohibition of the use of broilers from parent stock that have to be restrictively fed.

Amendment 21

Article 6, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. Two years after the date of adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall conduct an assessment of the impact of its provisions on the welfare of chickens kept for meat production and of its economic impact in each Member State.

Amendment 22

Article 6, paragraph 2b (new)

2b. Five years after the date of adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall submit an assessment report covering the optimisation of the choice of the welfare parameters for chickens kept for meat production and appropriate welfare measurement techniques, with particular reference to parameters concerning behavioural, metabolic, and skeletal disorders. The implementing method and the cost of welfare measurement techniques shall be covered by this assessment, in the interests of farmers and consumers.

No more than six months after the publication of the Commission's assessment, it shall, where appropriate, be followed by proposals for amendments to the annexes of this Directive.

Amendment 23

Article 7

The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant o this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [1 December 2006] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.

The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
  Except in clear cases of abandonment or maltreatment, which require immediate action, the penalties shall be progressive.
  The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [1 December 2006] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.

Amendment 55

Annex I, point 2

2. Feed shall be continuously available and must not be withdrawn from chickens more than 12 hours before the expected slaughter time.

2. Feed shall be continuously available
  or be meal fed
  and must not be withdrawn from chickens more than 12 hours before the expected slaughter time.

Amendment 56

Annex I, point 3, subparagraph 1a (new)

After a building is depopulated, all litter must be removed, the establishment appropriately sanitised (cleaned and disinfected) and new birds provided with clean litter.

Amendment 25

Annex I, subtitle and point 4

Ventilation
  and
  heating

Ventilation
  ,
  heating
  and cooling systems

4. Ventilation
  shall be
  sufficient to avoid overheating and, where necessary in combination with heating systems, to remove moisture.

4.
  Ventilation and heating requirements shall take account of the stage of production, the climatic conditions and the chicken-rearing methods used.

The owner or keeper shall ensure that each unit of an establishment is equipped with ventilation, heating and cooling systems designed, constructed and operated in such a way that:

| (a) | the concentration of NH3 does not exceed 20 ppm and the concentration of CO2 does not exceed 3000 ppm measured at the level of the chickens' heads; |
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(a)

the concentration of NH3 does not exceed 20 ppm and the concentration of CO2 does not exceed 3000 ppm measured at the level of the chickens' heads;

| (b) | ventilation
  is
  sufficient to avoid overheating and, where necessary, in combination with heating systems, to remove moisture; |
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(b)

ventilation
  is
  sufficient to avoid overheating and, where necessary, in combination with heating systems, to remove moisture;

| (c) | when the outside temperature measured in the shade exceeds 30° C, the inside temperature does not exceed the outside temperature by more than 3° C; and |
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(c)

when the outside temperature measured in the shade exceeds 30° C, the inside temperature does not exceed the outside temperature by more than 3° C; and

| (d) | When the outside temperature is below 10° C, the relative humidity inside the unit of the establishment does not exceed 70% |
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(d)

When the outside temperature is below 10° C, the relative humidity inside the unit of the establishment does not exceed 70%

The ventilation, heating and cooling system shall be inspected at the intervals indicated in the documentation required under point 2 of Annex II
  .

Amendment 26

Annex I, point 6

6. All buildings shall have light with an intensity of at least
  20 lux
  during the light periods, measured at bird eye level and illuminating the whole of the floor area. A temporary reduction of the light level may be allowed when necessary following veterinary advice.

6. All buildings shall have
  non-flickering
  light with an intensity of at least
  50 lux
  during the light periods, measured at bird eye level and illuminating the whole of the floor area. A temporary reduction of the light level may be allowed when necessary following veterinary advice.

Amendment 27

Annex I, point 7

7. Within
  three
  days from the time when the chickens are placed in the building and until three days before the foreseen time of slaughter, the light must follow a 24-hour rhythm and include periods of darkness lasting at least
  8
  hours in total, with at least one uninterrupted period of darkness of at least 4 hours.

7. Within
  seven
  days from the time when the chickens are placed in the building and until three days before the foreseen time of slaughter, the light must follow a 24-hour rhythm and include periods of darkness lasting at least
  six
  hours in total, with at least one uninterrupted period of darkness of at least 4 hours.

Amendment 28

Annexe I, point 8

8. All chickens kept on the establishment must be inspected at least twice a day.
  The keeper shall establish a procedure which ensures that the inspecting person passes all chickens within a distance of not more than three metres.

8. All chickens kept on the establishment must be inspected at least twice a day
  , or at least once a day if the establishment is equipped with an advanced monitoring system (computerised camera monitoring), which takes into account a variety of behavioural and health-related parameters. Special attention should be paid to symptoms indicating a reduced level of animal welfare (including animal health). A veterinary surgeon shall be contacted when necessary.

Amendment 29

Annex I, point 9a (new)

9a. The competent authority shall carry out an inspection at least once a year.

Amendment 60

Annex I, point 10

10. Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in contact with the chickens shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected every time after depopulation is carried out, before a new flock is introduced into the unit.

10. Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in contact with the chickens shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected every time after depopulation is carried out, before a new flock is introduced into the unit.
  All-in/all-out systems with sanitation of the unit between consecutive groups are strongly recommended.

Amendment 30

Annex I, point 11(b)

(b) the origin of the chickens;

(b) the origin
  and species
  of the chickens;

Amendment 31

Annex I, point 12, paragraph 2

However, in order to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism, the Member States may authorise beak trimming provided it is carried out by qualified staff on chickens that are less than 10 days old. In addition, Member States may authorise the castration of male chickens. The castration shall only be carried out under veterinary supervision by personnel who have received a specific training authorised by the competent authority.

deleted

Amendment 32

Annex II, point 3

Requirements for the establishments and the personnel

3. The owner or keeper shall ensure that each unit of an establishment is equipped with ventilation, heating and cooling systems designed, constructed and operated in such a way that:

| (a) | the concentration of NH3 does not exceed 20 ppm and the concentration of CO2 does not exceed 3000 ppm measured at the level of the chickens heads; |
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(a)

the concentration of NH3 does not exceed 20 ppm and the concentration of CO2 does not exceed 3000 ppm measured at the level of the chickens heads;

| (b) | the inside temperature, when the outside temperature measured in the shade exceeds 30° C, does not exceed this outside temperature by more than 3° C; |
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(b)

the inside temperature, when the outside temperature measured in the shade exceeds 30° C, does not exceed this outside temperature by more than 3° C;

| (c) | when the outside temperature is below 10° C, the relative humidity inside the unit of the establishment does not exceed 70 %. |
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(c)

when the outside temperature is below 10° C, the relative humidity inside the unit of the establishment does not exceed 70 %.

The ventilation, heating and cooling system shall be inspected at the intervals indicated in the documentation required under point 2 (c).

deleted

Amendment 33

Annex III, point 1, introductory part

1. The competent authority shall carry out inspections to verify:

1. The competent authority shall
  ,
  carry out
  inspections at least annually of all broiler establishments (whether they have low or high stocking density),
  to verify:

Amendment 34

Annex III, point 2, paragraph 2

In addition,
  the competent authority may order the reduction of the maximum stocking density for the establishment or units of establishments concerned to an extent adequate to correct the deficiency
  , normally to a stocking density of between 30 and 38 kilogrammes liveweight, when an inspection finds that the requirements set out in Annex II are not complied with or when receiving a notification under point 3 of Annex IV indicating a severe deficiency or a second notification of a deficiency previously notified for the same establishment. The competent authority shall inform the owner or keeper of the decision taken, and in particular of the moment from when the reduction in stocking densities shall take effect.

The competent authority may
  , however,
  order the reduction of the maximum stocking density for the establishment or units of establishments concerned to an extent adequate to correct the deficiency
  . The scale of such reductions shall be based on the average mortality rate and foot pad dermatitis score for three successive flocks, in accordance with Annex IV, points 3 and 4. There are three categories of flock deficiency:

| — | Group 1: no deficiency or a small number of deficiencies (from 0 to one third of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). In such cases, no requirements other than that laid down in paragraph 1 of this point shall apply; |
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—

Group 1: no deficiency or a small number of deficiencies (from 0 to one third of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). In such cases, no requirements other than that laid down in paragraph 1 of this point shall apply;

| — | Group 2: a moderate number of deficiencies (from one third to two thirds of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). If, following the detection of deficiencies in a flock, there are no improvements resulting in a return to Group 1 status, the farmer shall be notified of the obligation to reduce the maximum stocking density for the next flock by one kilogramme per square metre. The reduced density shall remain in force until such time as the establishment's score returns to the level provided for under Group 1; |
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—

Group 2: a moderate number of deficiencies (from one third to two thirds of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). If, following the detection of deficiencies in a flock, there are no improvements resulting in a return to Group 1 status, the farmer shall be notified of the obligation to reduce the maximum stocking density for the next flock by one kilogramme per square metre. The reduced density shall remain in force until such time as the establishment's score returns to the level provided for under Group 1;

| — | Group 3: a large number of deficiencies (from two thirds to the top of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). Following the detection of deficiencies in a flock, the farmer shall be notified of the obligation to reduce the maximum stocking density for the flock by one kilogramme per square metre. |
| --- | --- |

—

Group 3: a large number of deficiencies (from two thirds to the top of the scale established on the basis of Annex IV, points 3 and 4). Following the detection of deficiencies in a flock, the farmer shall be notified of the obligation to reduce the maximum stocking density for the flock by one kilogramme per square metre.

If the farmer does not follow the procedure laid down in Annex III, point 3, a new examination shall be carried out between the 90th and 120th days following the date on which the reduction provided for in the previous subparagraph was implemented. If the inspection shows that the situation has not improved, a further reduction of one kilogramme per square metre shall be made. The same procedure shall be repeated until the establishment's score returns to the level laid down for Group 1.

The competent authority shall inform the owner or keeper of the decision taken and in particular of the time from which the reduction of the stocking density shall take effect.

Amendment 35

Annex III, point 3

3. The owner or keeper of the establishment
  may request a revision of
  the order of reduction of the maximum stocking densities as referred to in point 2 provided that

3.
  At the request of
  the owner or keeper of the establishment
  ,
  the order of reduction of the maximum stocking densities as referred to in point 2
  shall be lifted totally and immediately by the competent authority
  provided that:

| (a) | the
  two
  previous
  flocks
  complied with the limits set out in point 3 of Annex IV; and |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the
  two
  previous
  flocks
  complied with the limits set out in point 3 of Annex IV; and

| (a) | the previous
  flock
  complied with the limits set out in point 3 of Annex IV; and |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the previous
  flock
  complied with the limits set out in point 3 of Annex IV; and

| (b) | the veterinarian attending the establishment has given a favourable opinion on the request. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the veterinarian attending the establishment has given a favourable opinion on the request.

| (b) | the veterinarian attending the establishment has given a favourable opinion on the request. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the veterinarian attending the establishment has given a favourable opinion on the request.

The competent authority shall decide on the request on the basis of an inspection of the establishment, including an evaluation of the documentation provided in accordance with points 1 and 2 of Annex II.

Amendment 36

Annex IV, point 1, paragraph 1

1. At the slaughterhouse each consignment shall undergo under the supervision of the official veterinarian an inspection of a representative sample of
  at least 200
  chickens concerning the occurrence of foot pad dermatitis, establishing a scoring in accordance with point 4.

1. At the slaughterhouse each consignment shall undergo under the supervision of the official veterinarian an inspection of a representative sample of
  100
  chickens concerning the occurrence of foot pad dermatitis, establishing a scoring in accordance with point 4.

Amendment 37

Annexe IV, point 4, paragraph 2a (new)

The Commission shall provide detailed written descriptions of lesions in groups 1 and 2, illustrated by photographs, in order to establish an EU-wide classification.

Amendment 38

Annex IV, point 4, paragraph 2b (new)

A transitional period of at least two years shall be granted for the implementation of the evaluation and scoring system in respect of foot pad dermatitis.

Amendment 39

Annex V, point (b)

| (b) | physiology, in particular drinking and feeding needs, animal behaviour and the concept of stress; |
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(b)

physiology, in particular drinking and feeding needs, animal behaviour and the concept of stress;

| (b) | physiology, in particular drinking and feeding needs, animal behaviour
  including signs of normal behaviour, abnormal behaviour, and fear,
  and the concept of stress; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

physiology, in particular drinking and feeding needs, animal behaviour
  including signs of normal behaviour, abnormal behaviour, and fear,
  and the concept of stress;

Amendment 40

Annex V, point (c)

| (c) | the practical aspects of the handling of chickens, including catching and transport; |
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(c)

the practical aspects of the handling of chickens, including catching and transport;

| (c) | the practical aspects of the
  compassionate
  handling of chickens, including catching and transport; |
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(c)

the practical aspects of the
  compassionate
  handling of chickens, including catching and transport;

Amendment 41

Annex V, point (d)

| (d) | emergency care for chickens, emergency killing and culling |
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(d)

emergency care for chickens, emergency killing and culling

| (d) | the recognition of signs of common diseases and the appropriate remedies
  emergency care for chickens, emergency killing and culling. |
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(d)

the recognition of signs of common diseases and the appropriate remedies
  emergency care for chickens, emergency killing and culling.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0054

State aid reform

European Parliament resolution on State aid reform 2005-2009 (2005/2165(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission consultation document, ‘State Aid Action Plan — less and better targeted State aid: a roadmap for State aid reform 2005-2009’ (SAAP) (COM(2005)0107), |
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—

having regard to the Commission consultation document, ‘State Aid Action Plan — less and better targeted State aid: a roadmap for State aid reform 2005-2009’ (SAAP) (COM(2005)0107),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication, ‘Consultation Document on State aid for Innovation’ (COM(2005)0436), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication, ‘Consultation Document on State aid for Innovation’ (COM(2005)0436),

| — | having regard to Commission Decision 2005/842/EC of 28 November 2005 on the application of Article 86(2) of the Treaty to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Commission Decision 2005/842/EC of 28 November 2005 on the application of Article 86(2) of the Treaty to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest (1),

| — | having regard to Commission Directive 2005/81/EC of 28 November 2005 amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings (2), |
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—

having regard to Commission Directive 2005/81/EC of 28 November 2005 amending Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings (2),

| — | having regard to the Commission's working paper on a Community framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation, in the version as forwarded to the Parliament for an opinion on 8 September 2004, |
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—

having regard to the Commission's working paper on a Community framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation, in the version as forwarded to the Parliament for an opinion on 8 September 2004,

| — | having regard to the Commission's draft communication of 21 December 2005, ‘Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007-2013’, |
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—

having regard to the Commission's draft communication of 21 December 2005, ‘Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007-2013’,

| — | having regard to the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy,

| — | having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 and the Gothenburg European Council of 15 and 16 June 2001, and in particular the provisions under which the Member States agreed to reduce the level of State aid in the EU and to redirect it towards horizontal objectives of common interest, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 and the Gothenburg European Council of 15 and 16 June 2001, and in particular the provisions under which the Member States agreed to reduce the level of State aid in the EU and to redirect it towards horizontal objectives of common interest,

| — | having regard to Articles 2, 5, 16, 73, 86, 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Articles 2, 5, 16, 73, 86, 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on services of general interest, in particular to that of 17 December 1997 on the Commission communication on services of general interest in Europe (3), that of 18 May 2000 on the draft directive amending Commission Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings (4), that of 13 November 2001 on the Commission communication ‘Services of General Interest in Europe’ (5), that of 14 January 2004 on the Green Paper on services of general interest (6), and that of 22 February 2005 on State aid in the form of public service compensation (7), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its previous resolutions on services of general interest, in particular to that of 17 December 1997 on the Commission communication on services of general interest in Europe (3), that of 18 May 2000 on the draft directive amending Commission Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings (4), that of 13 November 2001 on the Commission communication ‘Services of General Interest in Europe’ (5), that of 14 January 2004 on the Green Paper on services of general interest (6), and that of 22 February 2005 on State aid in the form of public service compensation (7),

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid (8), |
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—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid (8),

| — | having regard to Articles I-3, I-5, II-96, III-122, III-166, III-167 and III-238 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, as signed by Member States in Rome on 29 October 2004, |
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—

having regard to Articles I-3, I-5, II-96, III-122, III-166, III-167 and III-238 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, as signed by Member States in Rome on 29 October 2004,

| — | having regard to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities relating to services of general interest, and in particular to its judgment of 24 July 2003 in Case C-280/00, Altmark Trans GmbH and Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg v Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH
   (9), |
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—

having regard to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities relating to services of general interest, and in particular to its judgment of 24 July 2003 in Case C-280/00, Altmark Trans GmbH and Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg v Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH
   (9),

| — | having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0009/2006), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0009/2006),

| A. | whereas State aid provisions should be simple, transparent and effective, |
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A.

whereas State aid provisions should be simple, transparent and effective,

| B. | whereas the market economy is the most efficient way of allocating limited resources; whereas State aid should therefore be an instrument of last resort, |
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B.

whereas the market economy is the most efficient way of allocating limited resources; whereas State aid should therefore be an instrument of last resort,

| C. | whereas State aid should always have clearly defined objectives, be proportionate and, in particular, be granted on a temporary basis, |
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C.

whereas State aid should always have clearly defined objectives, be proportionate and, in particular, be granted on a temporary basis,

| D. | whereas State aid can be necessary in pursuing the objectives of European competitiveness or technological independence in the context of projects of common European interest under Article 87(3)(b) of the EC Treaty, |
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D.

whereas State aid can be necessary in pursuing the objectives of European competitiveness or technological independence in the context of projects of common European interest under Article 87(3)(b) of the EC Treaty,

| E. | whereas the total amount of State aid granted each year in the EU is the equivalent of more than 50 % of the EU's annual budget even by the most conservative estimates; whereas the amount of State aid, as a proportion of GDP, varies substantially between Member States — and ranged from 0,10% to 2,76% in 2003 — potentially causing considerable market distortion, |
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E.

whereas the total amount of State aid granted each year in the EU is the equivalent of more than 50 % of the EU's annual budget even by the most conservative estimates; whereas the amount of State aid, as a proportion of GDP, varies substantially between Member States — and ranged from 0,10% to 2,76% in 2003 — potentially causing considerable market distortion,

| F. | whereas State aid is funded by taxpayers and must therefore be spent responsibly, providing high costeffectiveness, |
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F.

whereas State aid is funded by taxpayers and must therefore be spent responsibly, providing high costeffectiveness,

| G. | whereas the justification for granting State aid should be reviewed at regular and appropriate intervals; whereas the task of regularly monitoring and auditing the use of State aid should not be delegated to the national audit offices of the Member States, |
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G.

whereas the justification for granting State aid should be reviewed at regular and appropriate intervals; whereas the task of regularly monitoring and auditing the use of State aid should not be delegated to the national audit offices of the Member States,

| H. | whereas effective and stringent controls over the grant of State aid are required in order to ensure fair competition and transparency and in order to avoid discrimination, |
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H.

whereas effective and stringent controls over the grant of State aid are required in order to ensure fair competition and transparency and in order to avoid discrimination,

| I. | whereas, when applying the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, the Commission should focus on infringements with a significant impact on the internal market, because State aid is incompatible with the common market pursuant to Article 87 of the Treaty only in so far as it affects trade between Member States, |
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I.

whereas, when applying the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, the Commission should focus on infringements with a significant impact on the internal market, because State aid is incompatible with the common market pursuant to Article 87 of the Treaty only in so far as it affects trade between Member States,

| J. | whereas State aid which does not distort competition is a permissible means of promoting economic development and can thus be one means to promote the Lisbon agenda for economic growth and jobs, alongside other tools including Community funding such as the Structural Funds, |
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J.

whereas State aid which does not distort competition is a permissible means of promoting economic development and can thus be one means to promote the Lisbon agenda for economic growth and jobs, alongside other tools including Community funding such as the Structural Funds,

| K. | whereas the effectiveness of State aid control policy depends on better information regarding its implications for the parties concerned, |
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K.

whereas the effectiveness of State aid control policy depends on better information regarding its implications for the parties concerned,

| L. | whereas the benefits of State aid can considerably exceed its costs when aid is used rationally and when thorough cost-benefit analyses are conducted, |
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L.

whereas the benefits of State aid can considerably exceed its costs when aid is used rationally and when thorough cost-benefit analyses are conducted,

| M. | whereas no monitoring mechanism comparable to Community-level aid supervision exists within the Member States, |
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M.

whereas no monitoring mechanism comparable to Community-level aid supervision exists within the Member States,

| N. | whereas the Parliament, in its previous resolutions on State aid and in its regular debates with Commission representatives within the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, has repeatedly insisted on measures to ensure more transparency. |
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N.

whereas the Parliament, in its previous resolutions on State aid and in its regular debates with Commission representatives within the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, has repeatedly insisted on measures to ensure more transparency.

General

| 1. | Welcomes the Commission's intention, outlined in the SAAP, to modernise the practices and procedures regarding State aid, in particular by increasing legal certainty, refining the economic approach, increasing transparency by consulting stakeholders and enhancing the adjudication process; |
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1.

Welcomes the Commission's intention, outlined in the SAAP, to modernise the practices and procedures regarding State aid, in particular by increasing legal certainty, refining the economic approach, increasing transparency by consulting stakeholders and enhancing the adjudication process;

| 2. | Agrees with the Commission that there is a real need for a comprehensive reform of State aid policy; |
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2.

Agrees with the Commission that there is a real need for a comprehensive reform of State aid policy;

| 3. | Notes that State aid policy is an integral part of competition policy and that State aid control reflects the need to maintain a level playing field for all undertakings carrying out activities in the single European market; stresses, however, that, in accordance with Article 87 of the Treaty, State aid can also help to achieve other EU objectives, in particular those referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty; |
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3.

Notes that State aid policy is an integral part of competition policy and that State aid control reflects the need to maintain a level playing field for all undertakings carrying out activities in the single European market; stresses, however, that, in accordance with Article 87 of the Treaty, State aid can also help to achieve other EU objectives, in particular those referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty;

| 4. | Notes that Articles 86 and 87 of the Treaty expressly authorises certain exceptions to the general prohibition of State aid, when the aid regimes proposed have clearly defined beneficial effects for the population and the environment and the aid does not harm the general activities of the EU; considers it essential, therefore, that when assessing whether State aid is compatible with the Treaty, the right balance is struck between the negative effects of State aid on competition and its positive effects on the common Community interest; |
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4.

Notes that Articles 86 and 87 of the Treaty expressly authorises certain exceptions to the general prohibition of State aid, when the aid regimes proposed have clearly defined beneficial effects for the population and the environment and the aid does not harm the general activities of the EU; considers it essential, therefore, that when assessing whether State aid is compatible with the Treaty, the right balance is struck between the negative effects of State aid on competition and its positive effects on the common Community interest;

| 5. | Stresses that, in order to remove legal uncertainty, the Commission's decisions should be closely in line with relevant judgments of the Court of Justice; considers that the SAAP should be accompanied, where necessary, by legislative initiatives aiming to reform State aid along the lines called for by the EU and to enhance legal certainty; |
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5.

Stresses that, in order to remove legal uncertainty, the Commission's decisions should be closely in line with relevant judgments of the Court of Justice; considers that the SAAP should be accompanied, where necessary, by legislative initiatives aiming to reform State aid along the lines called for by the EU and to enhance legal certainty;

| 6. | Suggests that the Commission should publish, as consistently as possible, interpretative guidelines on Court of Justice judgments on State aid rules, whether these are based on Treaty provisions or on provisions contained in secondary legislation; |
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6.

Suggests that the Commission should publish, as consistently as possible, interpretative guidelines on Court of Justice judgments on State aid rules, whether these are based on Treaty provisions or on provisions contained in secondary legislation;

| 7. | Stresses the need to draw the consequences both of the unsuccessful grant of State aid in the past and of those cases in which this has proved to be an effective instrument for achieving the objectives pursued; stresses that State aid that distorts competition should be abolished; |
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7.

Stresses the need to draw the consequences both of the unsuccessful grant of State aid in the past and of those cases in which this has proved to be an effective instrument for achieving the objectives pursued; stresses that State aid that distorts competition should be abolished;

| 8. | Expresses the wish that the Commission publish an annual report addressed to the Parliament and the Council on State aid granted in the Member States; |
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8.

Expresses the wish that the Commission publish an annual report addressed to the Parliament and the Council on State aid granted in the Member States;

| 9. | Asks the Commission, in this context, to apply stringent reporting rules, covering Member State as well as beneficiaries; asks the Commission, furthermore, to modify the State Aid Scoreboard with this in mind; |
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9.

Asks the Commission, in this context, to apply stringent reporting rules, covering Member State as well as beneficiaries; asks the Commission, furthermore, to modify the State Aid Scoreboard with this in mind;

| 10. | Considers that in today's global economy it is essential that rules laid down at Community level should take into account the conditions of international competition; |
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10.

Considers that in today's global economy it is essential that rules laid down at Community level should take into account the conditions of international competition;

| 11. | Calls on the Commission to check whether the maximum aid rates of up to 50 %, which are possible in principle, do not appear too high from the point of view of the market economy, since with such high aid rates a company can be set up without its own capital, which is contrary to the principle of entrepreneurial responsibility in a market economy; |
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11.

Calls on the Commission to check whether the maximum aid rates of up to 50 %, which are possible in principle, do not appear too high from the point of view of the market economy, since with such high aid rates a company can be set up without its own capital, which is contrary to the principle of entrepreneurial responsibility in a market economy;

| 12. | Welcomes the Commission's statement in the SAAP that the key objectives of the Community include a high level of employment, sustainable growth and economic and social cohesion; |
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12.

Welcomes the Commission's statement in the SAAP that the key objectives of the Community include a high level of employment, sustainable growth and economic and social cohesion;

Stronger economic approach

| 13. | Welcomes the Commission's aim of refining its economic approach to State aid proceedings and focusing its resources on cases that are likely to create the most serious distortions to competition and trade, with regard to the objectives of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies; |
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13.

Welcomes the Commission's aim of refining its economic approach to State aid proceedings and focusing its resources on cases that are likely to create the most serious distortions to competition and trade, with regard to the objectives of the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies;

| 14. | Calls for the Commission's economic approach to be defined strictly, in order to increase legal certainty for the parties involved; considers, therefore, that the Commission's economic analysis should be based on defined criteria derived from the procedures in force in other areas of competition law, while ensuring that the procedures are not too cumbersome; |
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14.

Calls for the Commission's economic approach to be defined strictly, in order to increase legal certainty for the parties involved; considers, therefore, that the Commission's economic analysis should be based on defined criteria derived from the procedures in force in other areas of competition law, while ensuring that the procedures are not too cumbersome;

| 15. | Urges the Commission to subject both criteria for assessing illegal aid, as provided in Article 87(1) of the Treaty — the distortion or threat of distortion of competition on the one hand, and the effects on trade between Member States on the other — to economic analysis in all its decisions; asks the Commission to confirm and specify its approach for both criteria in specific guidelines; |
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15.

Urges the Commission to subject both criteria for assessing illegal aid, as provided in Article 87(1) of the Treaty — the distortion or threat of distortion of competition on the one hand, and the effects on trade between Member States on the other — to economic analysis in all its decisions; asks the Commission to confirm and specify its approach for both criteria in specific guidelines;

| 16. | Suggests that the Commission provide both a more detailed definition of the concept of ‘market failure’ including an explanation of when the concept is applicable and a coherent methodology; insists that the concept should be workable, allowing Member States and beneficiaries to apply and benefit from it in practice; insists that the new concept must also be subject to shorter procedures; asks the Commission to clarify the limits of the concept of market failure and the interaction of the concept with the constituent elements of the prohibition of State aid in Article 87 of the Treaty; |
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16.

Suggests that the Commission provide both a more detailed definition of the concept of ‘market failure’ including an explanation of when the concept is applicable and a coherent methodology; insists that the concept should be workable, allowing Member States and beneficiaries to apply and benefit from it in practice; insists that the new concept must also be subject to shorter procedures; asks the Commission to clarify the limits of the concept of market failure and the interaction of the concept with the constituent elements of the prohibition of State aid in Article 87 of the Treaty;

| 17. | Notes the initiative by Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas to introduce more transparency into the procedure for granting agricultural subsidies, which would require Member States to publish the identity of beneficiaries and the amount of aid granted on the Internet; recommends that that scheme be extended to all State subsidies; also recommends that Member States require companies to publish details of aid received in order to enable shareholders better to evaluate the real performance of the company, in particular in the event that the aid may subsequently be cut; |
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17.

Notes the initiative by Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas to introduce more transparency into the procedure for granting agricultural subsidies, which would require Member States to publish the identity of beneficiaries and the amount of aid granted on the Internet; recommends that that scheme be extended to all State subsidies; also recommends that Member States require companies to publish details of aid received in order to enable shareholders better to evaluate the real performance of the company, in particular in the event that the aid may subsequently be cut;

| 18. | Warns against the potentially harmful role of both national and European State aid in motivating the relocation of potential beneficiary undertakings between Member States, due to ‘subsidy-shopping’ by enterprises, without any real benefit to the common goals of the EU; |
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18.

Warns against the potentially harmful role of both national and European State aid in motivating the relocation of potential beneficiary undertakings between Member States, due to ‘subsidy-shopping’ by enterprises, without any real benefit to the common goals of the EU;

Innovation and R&D

| 19. | Stresses the high importance of innovation and R&D to the future competitiveness of the EU in a global economy; |
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19.

Stresses the high importance of innovation and R&D to the future competitiveness of the EU in a global economy;

| 20. | Stresses that State aid for R&D should be evaluated in the light of the Lisbon objectives and that such aid can enable Member States both to target market failures and to draw up measures giving industry an incentive to invest more in R&D; underlines, nevertheless, that aid for R&D must not give rise to aid that distorts competition, especially by favouring established market players; stresses in this context the need to overcome regulatory and fiscal barriers in Member States that hamper the development of young and innovative businesses; |
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20.

Stresses that State aid for R&D should be evaluated in the light of the Lisbon objectives and that such aid can enable Member States both to target market failures and to draw up measures giving industry an incentive to invest more in R&D; underlines, nevertheless, that aid for R&D must not give rise to aid that distorts competition, especially by favouring established market players; stresses in this context the need to overcome regulatory and fiscal barriers in Member States that hamper the development of young and innovative businesses;

| 21. | Notes that the development of environmental technologies in the EU, notably in the energy sector, has been hampered by significant State aids for fossil fuels and nuclear power; strongly believes in the principle that external costs should be included in the price of energy from different sources and that this principle should be a basis for the revision of the EU's State aid guidelines; |
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21.

Notes that the development of environmental technologies in the EU, notably in the energy sector, has been hampered by significant State aids for fossil fuels and nuclear power; strongly believes in the principle that external costs should be included in the price of energy from different sources and that this principle should be a basis for the revision of the EU's State aid guidelines;

| 22. | Is very supportive of State aid flexibility concerning the creation and promotion of innovative ideas in public sector research bodies and universities, as well as clear and simple rules on how to transfer such ideas and expertise to businesses; in this regard, supports the generation of further innovation through public-private collaboration and partnerships; |
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22.

Is very supportive of State aid flexibility concerning the creation and promotion of innovative ideas in public sector research bodies and universities, as well as clear and simple rules on how to transfer such ideas and expertise to businesses; in this regard, supports the generation of further innovation through public-private collaboration and partnerships;

| 23. | Stresses the principle that aid for R&D should not favour individual undertakings; urges the Commission to aim aid for R&D at innovation clusters; |
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23.

Stresses the principle that aid for R&D should not favour individual undertakings; urges the Commission to aim aid for R&D at innovation clusters;

| 24. | Supports the Commission's intention to make the State aid system more flexible with a view to supporting innovation processes in a way that is proportionate to their remoteness from the market; |
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24.

Supports the Commission's intention to make the State aid system more flexible with a view to supporting innovation processes in a way that is proportionate to their remoteness from the market;

Risk capital

| 25. | Considers that, due to regulatory insufficiencies and incentive-poor tax systems in some Member States, the provision of risk capital, in particular to small businesses, is not optimal; welcomes, therefore, the Commission's ongoing revision of its communication on State aid and risk capital (10), which is due to expire in August 2006; |
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25.

Considers that, due to regulatory insufficiencies and incentive-poor tax systems in some Member States, the provision of risk capital, in particular to small businesses, is not optimal; welcomes, therefore, the Commission's ongoing revision of its communication on State aid and risk capital (10), which is due to expire in August 2006;

| 26. | Underlines the need to foster the development of start-ups and young, innovative SMEs, inter alia through the use of appropriate tax incentives; |
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26.

Underlines the need to foster the development of start-ups and young, innovative SMEs, inter alia through the use of appropriate tax incentives;

| 27. | Stresses the need for faster and less burdensome approval procedures; favours in this context block exemptions for small-scale aid to SMEs; |
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27.

Stresses the need for faster and less burdensome approval procedures; favours in this context block exemptions for small-scale aid to SMEs;

Services of General Economic Interest

| 28. | Calls on the Commission finally to ensure legal clarity as regards aid for services of general economic interest; |
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28.

Calls on the Commission finally to ensure legal clarity as regards aid for services of general economic interest;

| 29. | Considers that the element of overcompensation is the most fundamental criterion and that, therefore, the financing of services of general economic interest constitutes State aid only in those cases in which the criterion of justifiable compensation is not and cannot be shown to be fulfilled; |
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29.

Considers that the element of overcompensation is the most fundamental criterion and that, therefore, the financing of services of general economic interest constitutes State aid only in those cases in which the criterion of justifiable compensation is not and cannot be shown to be fulfilled;

| 30. | Regrets that there are still great differences between how the Commission intends to interpret the test in the Court of Justice's Altmark judgment in practice; calls on the Commission to issue a clear and precise interpretative communication on the fourth criterion set out in the Altmark judgment, which takes account of the specificity of different sectors; |
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30.

Regrets that there are still great differences between how the Commission intends to interpret the test in the Court of Justice's Altmark judgment in practice; calls on the Commission to issue a clear and precise interpretative communication on the fourth criterion set out in the Altmark judgment, which takes account of the specificity of different sectors;

| 31. | Asks the Commission, given the increasing importance of public-private partnerships for building infrastructures in less developed regions, to pay particular attention to the issue of State aid provision for such partnerships and, thereby, to provide legal guidance on all issues regarding the applicability of State aid rules in this context and calls, in particular, for appropriate rules to simplify the use of public-private partnerships; submits that special care should be taken in this connection to ensure that transparency is maintained; |
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31.

Asks the Commission, given the increasing importance of public-private partnerships for building infrastructures in less developed regions, to pay particular attention to the issue of State aid provision for such partnerships and, thereby, to provide legal guidance on all issues regarding the applicability of State aid rules in this context and calls, in particular, for appropriate rules to simplify the use of public-private partnerships; submits that special care should be taken in this connection to ensure that transparency is maintained;

| 32. | Notes the exemption of smaller public service companies from the application of the State aid rules; wonders, however, whether the distinction between smaller and larger undertakings in the assessment of State aid rules is adequate; pleads, therefore, for the Commission's assessment to be based on the effects of State aid measures on the relevant market rather than on the size of the public service company involved; |
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32.

Notes the exemption of smaller public service companies from the application of the State aid rules; wonders, however, whether the distinction between smaller and larger undertakings in the assessment of State aid rules is adequate; pleads, therefore, for the Commission's assessment to be based on the effects of State aid measures on the relevant market rather than on the size of the public service company involved;

Block exemptions

| 33. | Supports the adoption of a general block exemption regulation by the Commission in order to simplify and consolidate the existing block exemptions, notably on training, SMEs and employment, and to integrate a broader range of exemptions, notably as regards State aid to support SMEs and R&D, so long as cross-subsidisation from small to large enterprises is monitored and prohibited as appropriate; agrees with the Commission's aim of focusing its resources on tackling the most distortional aids; considers that the notification procedures and delays inherent therein should be proportionate to the risk of distortion of competition arising from the grant of aid in question; opines that a single legal instrument could also facilitate future extensions of the block exemption concept, such that smaller amounts of each type of aid need no longer be notified; |
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33.

Supports the adoption of a general block exemption regulation by the Commission in order to simplify and consolidate the existing block exemptions, notably on training, SMEs and employment, and to integrate a broader range of exemptions, notably as regards State aid to support SMEs and R&D, so long as cross-subsidisation from small to large enterprises is monitored and prohibited as appropriate; agrees with the Commission's aim of focusing its resources on tackling the most distortional aids; considers that the notification procedures and delays inherent therein should be proportionate to the risk of distortion of competition arising from the grant of aid in question; opines that a single legal instrument could also facilitate future extensions of the block exemption concept, such that smaller amounts of each type of aid need no longer be notified;

| 34. | Stresses the need to ensure that a general block exemption regulation leads to a true simplification of the procedure, with clear, detailed and unambiguous provisions, which do not compromise the overriding aim of a general reduction in State aid; |
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34.

Stresses the need to ensure that a general block exemption regulation leads to a true simplification of the procedure, with clear, detailed and unambiguous provisions, which do not compromise the overriding aim of a general reduction in State aid;

| 35. | Welcomes the proposal to raise the de minimis threshold; suggests that the figure be doubled, to EUR 200 000; asks the Commission in this context to address the problem of cumulation control; |
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35.

Welcomes the proposal to raise the de minimis threshold; suggests that the figure be doubled, to EUR 200 000; asks the Commission in this context to address the problem of cumulation control;

Regional aid

| 36. | Welcomes the Commission's Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007-2013 (11); stresses that regional aid policy should give greater consideration to territorial criteria so as to distinguish geographical areas of the EU with a strong economy from areas experiencing industrial conversion difficulties and areas with permanent natural handicaps; views cohesion and State aid policies as complementary because State aid policies have proved to be an effective instrument on the road towards the genuine convergence of incomes across the EU; |
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36.

Welcomes the Commission's Guidelines on National Regional Aid for 2007-2013 (11); stresses that regional aid policy should give greater consideration to territorial criteria so as to distinguish geographical areas of the EU with a strong economy from areas experiencing industrial conversion difficulties and areas with permanent natural handicaps; views cohesion and State aid policies as complementary because State aid policies have proved to be an effective instrument on the road towards the genuine convergence of incomes across the EU;

| 37. | Considers that State aid should be permitted only where the aid both adds value that no other political measure can achieve and is for the benefit of a region; therefore, supports a more efficient approach to the grant of regional aid, with a focus on investments in infrastructure and horizontal aid in disadvantaged or the least developed regions of the EU, including the introduction of advantageous tax conditions for transitional periods not exceeding five years; in this connection, highlights the need to maintain appropriate support measures for ‘statistical effect’ regions; |
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37.

Considers that State aid should be permitted only where the aid both adds value that no other political measure can achieve and is for the benefit of a region; therefore, supports a more efficient approach to the grant of regional aid, with a focus on investments in infrastructure and horizontal aid in disadvantaged or the least developed regions of the EU, including the introduction of advantageous tax conditions for transitional periods not exceeding five years; in this connection, highlights the need to maintain appropriate support measures for ‘statistical effect’ regions;

| 38. | Considers that there should be a review of the reductions in State aid to the ‘statistical effect’ regions, which have benefited from a relative increase in income as a result of enlargement but which have not achieved real growth or convergence and which suffer a high unemployment rate; |
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38.

Considers that there should be a review of the reductions in State aid to the ‘statistical effect’ regions, which have benefited from a relative increase in income as a result of enlargement but which have not achieved real growth or convergence and which suffer a high unemployment rate;

| 39. | Calls on the Commission, in view of the EU's objectives as well as its cohesion policy, which is designed to achieve economic and social convergence through measures aimed at redressing imbalances between the EU's regions, to ensure that neither national nor European State aid results in a distortion of competition between Member States' regions and does not finance intra-EU relocation, leading, in particular, to jobs being lost in one region for the benefit of another; |
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39.

Calls on the Commission, in view of the EU's objectives as well as its cohesion policy, which is designed to achieve economic and social convergence through measures aimed at redressing imbalances between the EU's regions, to ensure that neither national nor European State aid results in a distortion of competition between Member States' regions and does not finance intra-EU relocation, leading, in particular, to jobs being lost in one region for the benefit of another;

| 40. | Encourages the Commission, in line with the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies, to assess in greater depth and detail the different types of State aid and their effectiveness so that it can indicate whether certain forms of aid are more advantageous than others as regards any lasting, positive impact they may have on regional development; |
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40.

Encourages the Commission, in line with the Lisbon and Gothenburg strategies, to assess in greater depth and detail the different types of State aid and their effectiveness so that it can indicate whether certain forms of aid are more advantageous than others as regards any lasting, positive impact they may have on regional development;

| 41. | Asks the Commission to apply the principles outlined in the SAAP also to the specific rules applicable to certain sectors, such as agriculture, fisheries, coal production and transport, which are often concentrated in areas eligible for structural funds, and to make more suggestions focused on reforming these specific rules; |
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41.

Asks the Commission to apply the principles outlined in the SAAP also to the specific rules applicable to certain sectors, such as agriculture, fisheries, coal production and transport, which are often concentrated in areas eligible for structural funds, and to make more suggestions focused on reforming these specific rules;

Environmental aid

| 42. | Considers that environmental State aid, where fair and transparent in its application, can play a crucial role in achieving the goal of sustainable development in the EU, particularly by stimulating investment in technology over the long term and by the patenting of such technology in the EU, in line with the objective of stabilising greenhouse gas emissions laid down in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; |
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42.

Considers that environmental State aid, where fair and transparent in its application, can play a crucial role in achieving the goal of sustainable development in the EU, particularly by stimulating investment in technology over the long term and by the patenting of such technology in the EU, in line with the objective of stabilising greenhouse gas emissions laid down in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;

| 43. | Endorses the Commission's view that the current guidelines on State aid for environmental protection are ‘not properly adapted to the increasing sophistication of investments in environmental technologies, nor to new forms of public/private partnership’ (12); |
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43.

Endorses the Commission's view that the current guidelines on State aid for environmental protection are ‘not properly adapted to the increasing sophistication of investments in environmental technologies, nor to new forms of public/private partnership’ (12);

| 44. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the introduction of measures to reduce environmentally damaging State aid and ultimately to eliminate it altogether; notes that the size of this State aid is considerable; and calls on the European Environment Agency to draw up a list of subsidies which directly or indirectly promote polluting production and consumption, thereby creating unfair competition for cleaner technologies; |
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44.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the introduction of measures to reduce environmentally damaging State aid and ultimately to eliminate it altogether; notes that the size of this State aid is considerable; and calls on the European Environment Agency to draw up a list of subsidies which directly or indirectly promote polluting production and consumption, thereby creating unfair competition for cleaner technologies;

| 45. | Welcomes, therefore, the start of the stakeholder process with a view to revising these guidelines, which are set to expire by the end of 2007; |
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45.

Welcomes, therefore, the start of the stakeholder process with a view to revising these guidelines, which are set to expire by the end of 2007;

Better governance

| 46. | Considers that the current practices and procedures of State aid policy have certain shortcomings and are too bureaucratic; |
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46.

Considers that the current practices and procedures of State aid policy have certain shortcomings and are too bureaucratic;

| 47. | Welcomes, therefore, the introduction of best practice guidelines on State aid procedures for speedier and more efficient notification procedures; questions, in this context, whether a regulation would not be more appropriate than guidelines to achieve this aim; |
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47.

Welcomes, therefore, the introduction of best practice guidelines on State aid procedures for speedier and more efficient notification procedures; questions, in this context, whether a regulation would not be more appropriate than guidelines to achieve this aim;

| 48. | Strongly supports the idea of forming a closer network of supervisory authorities, such as courts of auditors, in the Member States, which could facilitate the objective of consistency in the application of the State aid rules; |
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48.

Strongly supports the idea of forming a closer network of supervisory authorities, such as courts of auditors, in the Member States, which could facilitate the objective of consistency in the application of the State aid rules;

| 49. | Stresses that any decentralisation of competence in favour of national authorities requires rigorous monitoring and coordination to ensure that the rules are applied consistently in all Member States; considers that decentralisation could risk resulting in the inconsistent enforcement of State aid rules, in particular given the varying structures and levels of experience and expertise of Member States' competent authorities; underlines the importance of a functioning network between the competent authorities in the Member States; |
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49.

Stresses that any decentralisation of competence in favour of national authorities requires rigorous monitoring and coordination to ensure that the rules are applied consistently in all Member States; considers that decentralisation could risk resulting in the inconsistent enforcement of State aid rules, in particular given the varying structures and levels of experience and expertise of Member States' competent authorities; underlines the importance of a functioning network between the competent authorities in the Member States;

| 50. | Urges the Commission to set clear time limits for State aid proceedings, including compliance; |
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50.

Urges the Commission to set clear time limits for State aid proceedings, including compliance;

| 51. | Expresses its discontent that sanctions for non-notification are currently enforced only against beneficiaries and not against Member States; supports the Commission, therefore, in exploring new deterrent mechanisms with a view to addressing the incorrect implementation of the State aid rules by Member States, and invites the Commission to provide for appropriate sanctions in this regard; |
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51.

Expresses its discontent that sanctions for non-notification are currently enforced only against beneficiaries and not against Member States; supports the Commission, therefore, in exploring new deterrent mechanisms with a view to addressing the incorrect implementation of the State aid rules by Member States, and invites the Commission to provide for appropriate sanctions in this regard;

| 52. | Renews its call for the codecision procedure to be introduced for all competition policy matters which the Council decides by qualified majority; |
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52.

Renews its call for the codecision procedure to be introduced for all competition policy matters which the Council decides by qualified majority;

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| 53. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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53.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 67.

(2)  OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 47.

(3)  OJ C 14, 19.1.1998, p. 74.

(4)  OJ C 59, 23.2.2001, p. 238.

(5)  OJ C 140 E, 13.6.2002, p. 153.

(6)  OJ C 92 E, 16.4.2004, p. 294.

(7)  OJ C 304 E, 1.12.2005, p. 117.

(8)  OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30.

(9)  [2003] ECR I-7747.

(10)  OJ C 235, 21.8.2001, p. 3.

(11)  Not yet published in OJ.

(12)  Commission Communication, ‘Stimulating Technologies for Sustainable Development: An Environmental Technologies Action Plan for the European Union’ of 28 January 2004 (COM(2004)0038, at paragraph 4.2.3).

P6_TA(2006)0055

Globalisation and the internal market

European Paliament resolution on the effects of globalisation on the internal market (2004/2225 (INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0021/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0021/2006),

| A. | whereas globalisation, defined as ‘the increased global sourcing of goods, services, labour and capital flows, strengthened by the information revolution’, has been perceived as posing fundamental challenges to traditional European social, cultural, decision-making and economic models as well as its economic system, and in particular to the EU internal market, |
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whereas globalisation, defined as ‘the increased global sourcing of goods, services, labour and capital flows, strengthened by the information revolution’, has been perceived as posing fundamental challenges to traditional European social, cultural, decision-making and economic models as well as its economic system, and in particular to the EU internal market,

| B. | whereas the development of the EU internal market and of the world economy is closely interlinked, and whereas, thanks to technological progress and the removal of political and technical barriers to trade, globalisation facilitates international commerce in goods and services, |
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B.

whereas the development of the EU internal market and of the world economy is closely interlinked, and whereas, thanks to technological progress and the removal of political and technical barriers to trade, globalisation facilitates international commerce in goods and services,

| C. | whereas statistical data suggest that, over the past years, the EU has been facing challenges concerning the retention of its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation, as stated in the midterm review of the Lisbon process (Communication to the Spring European Council: Working together for growth and jobs — A new start for the Lisbon Strategy (COM(2005)0024) and Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme (COM (2005)0330)), |
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C.

whereas statistical data suggest that, over the past years, the EU has been facing challenges concerning the retention of its leading position in key areas such as economic growth, labour market performance, research and innovation, as stated in the midterm review of the Lisbon process (Communication to the Spring European Council: Working together for growth and jobs — A new start for the Lisbon Strategy (COM(2005)0024) and Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Common Actions for Growth and Employment: The Community Lisbon Programme (COM (2005)0330)),

| D. | whereas the aim of the Lisbon Strategy, as confirmed in the midterm review, is to build a competitive Europe in a global environment; whereas the Lisbon Strategy has set as its central goal the construction by 2010 of the world's most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy, with more and better jobs, higher environmental aims and enhanced social cohesion, |
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D.

whereas the aim of the Lisbon Strategy, as confirmed in the midterm review, is to build a competitive Europe in a global environment; whereas the Lisbon Strategy has set as its central goal the construction by 2010 of the world's most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy, with more and better jobs, higher environmental aims and enhanced social cohesion,

| E. | whereas global competition has been affected by the emergence of large, fast-growing economies, particularly in Asia, competing in the production and trade of goods and, increasingly, of services, which can lead to inadvertent consequences within the EU, in particular by threatening the rights laid down in the acquis communautaire, |
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E.

whereas global competition has been affected by the emergence of large, fast-growing economies, particularly in Asia, competing in the production and trade of goods and, increasingly, of services, which can lead to inadvertent consequences within the EU, in particular by threatening the rights laid down in the acquis communautaire,

| F. | whereas globalisation should not be considered exclusively as a negative factor leading to social fragmentation, but rather as a framework, on the one hand providing new opportunities in the form of access to the worldwide market, but also, on the other, posing the threat of EU dependency on the development of worldwide trade, which is why political management should support positive and eliminate negative influences on the internal market, |
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F.

whereas globalisation should not be considered exclusively as a negative factor leading to social fragmentation, but rather as a framework, on the one hand providing new opportunities in the form of access to the worldwide market, but also, on the other, posing the threat of EU dependency on the development of worldwide trade, which is why political management should support positive and eliminate negative influences on the internal market,

| G. | whereas the rapid multilateral liberalisation of trade with third countries with low labour and environmental standards poses a considerable challenge to the competitiveness of the European economy and requires huge adjustments to the European economic and social models, |
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G.

whereas the rapid multilateral liberalisation of trade with third countries with low labour and environmental standards poses a considerable challenge to the competitiveness of the European economy and requires huge adjustments to the European economic and social models,

| H. | whereas in order to realise potential gains from globalisation, the EU must (i) adapt to global economic changes, (ii) advance in areas of economic strength, such as the medium-high technology sector, (iii) address its weaknesses, as in the high-technology sector, including information and communication technology and bio-technology, and (iv) develop new areas of comparative advantage, |
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whereas in order to realise potential gains from globalisation, the EU must (i) adapt to global economic changes, (ii) advance in areas of economic strength, such as the medium-high technology sector, (iii) address its weaknesses, as in the high-technology sector, including information and communication technology and bio-technology, and (iv) develop new areas of comparative advantage,

| I. | whereas the realisation of the knowledge-based economy is not possible without proper strategy and sound financing, |
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whereas the realisation of the knowledge-based economy is not possible without proper strategy and sound financing,

| J. | whereas the EU, growing from what was recently 15, to 27 or more Member States in the near future, must define a strategy of how to face these challenges by making the internal market more flexible and globally oriented, while, at the same time, finding ways to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance and maintaining the EU's values and social model, in order to respond to the challenges of globalisation on the basis of the EU's experience in building the single market, |
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J.

whereas the EU, growing from what was recently 15, to 27 or more Member States in the near future, must define a strategy of how to face these challenges by making the internal market more flexible and globally oriented, while, at the same time, finding ways to deliver growth, jobs, social justice and respect for ecological balance and maintaining the EU's values and social model, in order to respond to the challenges of globalisation on the basis of the EU's experience in building the single market,

| K. | whereas such a strategy must include a call for clear political commitment for the completion of the internal market as the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation; whereas reform efforts aimed at reducing regulatory burdens must take into account the indications of the midterm review of the Lisbon Strategy, as outlined in the above mentioned Commission Communications and in the Communication on Better Regulation (COM(2005)0097), |
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K.

whereas such a strategy must include a call for clear political commitment for the completion of the internal market as the EU's strongest asset to maximise the advantages of globalisation; whereas reform efforts aimed at reducing regulatory burdens must take into account the indications of the midterm review of the Lisbon Strategy, as outlined in the above mentioned Commission Communications and in the Communication on Better Regulation (COM(2005)0097),

| L. | whereas the EU wishes to achieve its own aims, and handle its own special challenges, while keeping its historical and social values and not giving up the high standards that shape the European way of life (concerning areas such as social security, solidarity, and environmental standards) and while being ready to make efforts to have these values recognised as worldwide standards, |
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whereas the EU wishes to achieve its own aims, and handle its own special challenges, while keeping its historical and social values and not giving up the high standards that shape the European way of life (concerning areas such as social security, solidarity, and environmental standards) and while being ready to make efforts to have these values recognised as worldwide standards,

| M. | whereas the opportunities and obligations of the EU as regards third world countries have grown, |
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M.

whereas the opportunities and obligations of the EU as regards third world countries have grown,

| N. | whereas solidarity, respect of human rights, ecological and social standards, sustainable development and shared responsibility for solving the poverty in the developing countries are key values of the EU. |
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whereas solidarity, respect of human rights, ecological and social standards, sustainable development and shared responsibility for solving the poverty in the developing countries are key values of the EU.

| 1. | Welcomes the recent European debate on the challenges posed by globalisation to the internal market, a question whose importance was emphasised by the Heads of State and Government of the EU at their informal meeting at Hampton Court on 27 October 2005; |
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Welcomes the recent European debate on the challenges posed by globalisation to the internal market, a question whose importance was emphasised by the Heads of State and Government of the EU at their informal meeting at Hampton Court on 27 October 2005;

| 2. | Stresses the importance of the completion of the internal market (for example, in the areas of financial and other services, and the free movement of workers), in accordance with the fundamental principles and freedoms laid down in the Treaties; |
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2.

Stresses the importance of the completion of the internal market (for example, in the areas of financial and other services, and the free movement of workers), in accordance with the fundamental principles and freedoms laid down in the Treaties;

| 3. | Highlights the concerns expressed by the Commission, in its Communication on European values in the globalised world (COM(2005)0525), about the impact of globalisation on European workers; |
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3.

Highlights the concerns expressed by the Commission, in its Communication on European values in the globalised world (COM(2005)0525), about the impact of globalisation on European workers;

| 4. | Calls on the Commission to supervise the competitiveness of EU industry as a whole, develop a genuine EU industrial policy, and start a screening process of sectors particularly affected by globalisation; |
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4.

Calls on the Commission to supervise the competitiveness of EU industry as a whole, develop a genuine EU industrial policy, and start a screening process of sectors particularly affected by globalisation;

| 5. | Calls on the Commission to monitor signs of protectionism in Member States and regularly report to the Parliament on any such signs; |
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Calls on the Commission to monitor signs of protectionism in Member States and regularly report to the Parliament on any such signs;

| 6. | Recognises the need to create a healthy and supportive environment for small and medium-sized enterprises and to strengthen their position and access to innovation and financing tools; |
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Recognises the need to create a healthy and supportive environment for small and medium-sized enterprises and to strengthen their position and access to innovation and financing tools;

| 7. | Further stresses the importance of ensuring that large European market players find sufficient support and opportunities in the internal market to develop into global market players; |
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Further stresses the importance of ensuring that large European market players find sufficient support and opportunities in the internal market to develop into global market players;

| 8. | Adds that the internal market must be attractive enough to be the best choice available for global companies and investors; |
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Adds that the internal market must be attractive enough to be the best choice available for global companies and investors;

| 9. | Is convinced that the delivery of the Lisbon Strategy needs the Parliament's proper and continuous attention, notably in the shape of yearly reports assessing the progress achieved since the midterm review; |
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Is convinced that the delivery of the Lisbon Strategy needs the Parliament's proper and continuous attention, notably in the shape of yearly reports assessing the progress achieved since the midterm review;

| 10. | Is of the opinion that the Lisbon Strategy as a general economic plan may not be enough to deal with globalisation and calls for other action lines that may be developed specifically to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects (such as a globalisation adjustment fund); |
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Is of the opinion that the Lisbon Strategy as a general economic plan may not be enough to deal with globalisation and calls for other action lines that may be developed specifically to cushion the negative effects of globalisation and to help take advantage of its positive effects (such as a globalisation adjustment fund);

| 11. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop successful strategies to safeguard European values in a competitive global environment and to give effect to those values in the shaping of global policies; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop successful strategies to safeguard European values in a competitive global environment and to give effect to those values in the shaping of global policies;

| 12. | Calls on the Council and the Member States to maintain and develop the European tradition of excellence and to ensure as a priority the establishment of a high level education system accompanied by a corresponding financial basis for research and development and innovation; |
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Calls on the Council and the Member States to maintain and develop the European tradition of excellence and to ensure as a priority the establishment of a high level education system accompanied by a corresponding financial basis for research and development and innovation;

| 13. | Recognises the need for a common knowledge-management system with efficient knowledge-protection tools and the need for an effective programme to turn innovation into investment and economic value; |
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Recognises the need for a common knowledge-management system with efficient knowledge-protection tools and the need for an effective programme to turn innovation into investment and economic value;

| 14. | Stresses that, in this respect, intellectual and industrial property rights must be protected, inter alia by setting up integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and control on counterfeiting, in order to protect European economic interests; |
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Stresses that, in this respect, intellectual and industrial property rights must be protected, inter alia by setting up integrated and efficient patenting schemes, along with effective regulation and control on counterfeiting, in order to protect European economic interests;

| 15. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue the Better Regulation programme at both EU and national level and to report to the Parliament on progress; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue the Better Regulation programme at both EU and national level and to report to the Parliament on progress;

| 16. | Stresses the importance of faster and more efficient dispute resolution within the internal market; |
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Stresses the importance of faster and more efficient dispute resolution within the internal market;

| 17. | Calls on Member States to speed up their transposition of internal market rules; |
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Calls on Member States to speed up their transposition of internal market rules;

| 18. | Commits to developing an efficient and regular ex-post impact assessment procedure to evaluate the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation and calls on the Commission to do likewise; |
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Commits to developing an efficient and regular ex-post impact assessment procedure to evaluate the effects and implementation of economic and internal market regulation and calls on the Commission to do likewise;

| 19. | Calls on the Commission to continue worldwide regulatory dialogues and to report to the Parliament on their status; |
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Calls on the Commission to continue worldwide regulatory dialogues and to report to the Parliament on their status;

| 20. | Calls for an analysis of the non-market factors of the EU economy which are connected to the challenges of globalisation within the EU (such as demographic challenge) and worldwide (such as responsibility towards third world countries); |
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Calls for an analysis of the non-market factors of the EU economy which are connected to the challenges of globalisation within the EU (such as demographic challenge) and worldwide (such as responsibility towards third world countries);

| 21. | In this endeavour, calls on all EU and national political players to co-operate in a responsible manner to realise European ambitions of excellence; |
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In this endeavour, calls on all EU and national political players to co-operate in a responsible manner to realise European ambitions of excellence;

| 22. | Regards the application of clear labelling rules and the observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values; |
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Regards the application of clear labelling rules and the observance of denominations of origin as means of guaranteeing the protection of European goods and values;

| 23. | Calls on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries that have ratified and appropriately applied core international labour and environmental standards, and to grant further preferential market access to countries that have adopted legislation on social and environmental protection and respect for cultural diversity; |
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Calls on the Commission to increase preferential access to the EU market for those third countries that have ratified and appropriately applied core international labour and environmental standards, and to grant further preferential market access to countries that have adopted legislation on social and environmental protection and respect for cultural diversity;

| 24. | Points out that the creation of an internal market in services is essential in order to achieve the Lisbon Strategy goals and, therefore, to increase the EU's competitiveness on the world market; |
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Points out that the creation of an internal market in services is essential in order to achieve the Lisbon Strategy goals and, therefore, to increase the EU's competitiveness on the world market;

| 25. | Applauds those Member States that have opened up their labour markets to citizens from the new Member States and thus have significantly contributed to a more mobile and competitive internal market in employment; urges those Member States that still maintain restrictions in this regard to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour; |
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Applauds those Member States that have opened up their labour markets to citizens from the new Member States and thus have significantly contributed to a more mobile and competitive internal market in employment; urges those Member States that still maintain restrictions in this regard to eliminate existing obstacles to the free movement of labour;

| 26. | Calls on the Commission to carry out impact assessments on the effect on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services, and to share these assessments with a wide range of stake-holders before formulating its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations; |
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Calls on the Commission to carry out impact assessments on the effect on the internal market of further multilateral market opening in agriculture, manufacturing and services, and to share these assessments with a wide range of stake-holders before formulating its trade negotiation strategy in international trade negotiations;

| 27. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to prepare a well-balanced foreign policy which will enable the EU to gain more influence at the international level; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Council to prepare a well-balanced foreign policy which will enable the EU to gain more influence at the international level;

| 28. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

P6_TA(2006)0056

The Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU agreements

European Parliament resolution on the human rights and democracy clause in European Union agreements (2005/2057(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 3, 6, 11 and 19 of the Treaty on European Union and Articles 177, 300 and 310 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Articles 3, 6, 11 and 19 of the Treaty on European Union and Articles 177, 300 and 310 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 12 February 2004 on reinvigorating EU actions on human rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 12 February 2004 on reinvigorating EU actions on human rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners (1),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 25 April 2002 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the European Union's role in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries (COM(2001)0252) (2), |
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having regard to its resolution of 25 April 2002 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the European Union's role in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries (COM(2001)0252) (2),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 September 1996 on the Commission communication on the inclusion of respect for democratic principles and human rights in agreements between the Community and third countries (COM(1995)0216) (3), |
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having regard to its resolution of 20 September 1996 on the Commission communication on the inclusion of respect for democratic principles and human rights in agreements between the Community and third countries (COM(1995)0216) (3),

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights in the world of 28 April 2005 (4), 22 April 2004 (5), 4 September 2003 (6), 25 April 2002 (7), 5 July 2001 (8), 16 March 2000 (9), 17 December 1998 (10), 12 December 1996 (11), 26 April 1995 (12), 12 March 1993 (13), 12 September 1991 (14), 18 January 1989 (15), 12 March 1987 (16), 22 October 1985 (17), 22 May 1984 (18) and 17 May 1983 (19), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights in the world of 28 April 2005 (4), 22 April 2004 (5), 4 September 2003 (6), 25 April 2002 (7), 5 July 2001 (8), 16 March 2000 (9), 17 December 1998 (10), 12 December 1996 (11), 26 April 1995 (12), 12 March 1993 (13), 12 September 1991 (14), 18 January 1989 (15), 12 March 1987 (16), 22 October 1985 (17), 22 May 1984 (18) and 17 May 1983 (19),

| — | having regard to the partnership agreement (the Cotonou Agreement) between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (20) and amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (21), |
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having regard to the partnership agreement (the Cotonou Agreement) between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (20) and amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (21),

| — | having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union proclaimed in Nice on 7 December 2000 (22), |
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having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union proclaimed in Nice on 7 December 2000 (22),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (COM(2005)0280), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (COM(2005)0280),

| — | having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and other United Nations (UN) human rights instruments, notably the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993) and the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1998), |
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having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and other United Nations (UN) human rights instruments, notably the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993) and the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1998),

| — | having regard to the conventions drawn up under the International Labour Organisation (ILO), |
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having regard to the conventions drawn up under the International Labour Organisation (ILO),

| — | having regard to the 2003 UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights, which relate those standards to specific human rights responsibilities of business, |
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having regard to the 2003 UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights, which relate those standards to specific human rights responsibilities of business,

| — | having regard to all the agreements between the European Union and third countries, |
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having regard to all the agreements between the European Union and third countries,

| — | having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Development (A6-0004/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Development (A6-0004/2006),

| A. | whereas the universality, individuality and indivisibility of human rights, meaning not only civil and political rights, but also economic, social and cultural rights, must be upheld and promoted, and whereas the European Union must continue to establish meaningful instruments to that end, |
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whereas the universality, individuality and indivisibility of human rights, meaning not only civil and political rights, but also economic, social and cultural rights, must be upheld and promoted, and whereas the European Union must continue to establish meaningful instruments to that end,

| B. | whereas developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, constitute a global objective of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and must be an integral part of the European Union's external policy, |
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whereas developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, constitute a global objective of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and must be an integral part of the European Union's external policy,

| C. | whereas efforts to promote respect for human rights and democracy as fundamental objectives of EU external relations policies will fail if the inherent principles are not given sufficient priority with regard to security-related, economic and political interests, |
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whereas efforts to promote respect for human rights and democracy as fundamental objectives of EU external relations policies will fail if the inherent principles are not given sufficient priority with regard to security-related, economic and political interests,

| D. | stressing that the European Union must be able to respond rapidly and effectively in the event of serious and persistent violations of human rights and of democratic principles, and that on many occasions this has not happened, regardless of objective assessments of the state of human rights and democracy in third countries, |
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stressing that the European Union must be able to respond rapidly and effectively in the event of serious and persistent violations of human rights and of democratic principles, and that on many occasions this has not happened, regardless of objective assessments of the state of human rights and democracy in third countries,

| E. | whereas the legally binding character of the human rights and democracy clause should make it an important instrument in European policy on promoting fundamental rights, and whereas, 10 years after it was first drafted, it is now time to evaluate how it has been implemented and how it can be improved, |
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whereas the legally binding character of the human rights and democracy clause should make it an important instrument in European policy on promoting fundamental rights, and whereas, 10 years after it was first drafted, it is now time to evaluate how it has been implemented and how it can be improved,

| F. | whereas the clause has now been introduced into more than 50 agreements and applies to more than 120 countries; whereas, furthermore, the clause is not the only means that the EU has for promoting fundamental rights, and whereas the whole of European external policy, in its political, economic and trade dimension, should be based on the promotion of fundamental democratic principles, |
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whereas the clause has now been introduced into more than 50 agreements and applies to more than 120 countries; whereas, furthermore, the clause is not the only means that the EU has for promoting fundamental rights, and whereas the whole of European external policy, in its political, economic and trade dimension, should be based on the promotion of fundamental democratic principles,

| G. | stressing the importance, in this connection, of the Cotonou Agreement, which has enhanced the human rights and democracy clause included by the European Community as an ‘essential element’ of all its agreements with third countries and which is now based on respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law, as well as on good governance and sound management of public affairs, |
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stressing the importance, in this connection, of the Cotonou Agreement, which has enhanced the human rights and democracy clause included by the European Community as an ‘essential element’ of all its agreements with third countries and which is now based on respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law, as well as on good governance and sound management of public affairs,

| H. | whereas the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly is a unique forum for dialogue between ACP and EU parliamentarians, particularly on human rights and democracy issues, |
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whereas the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly is a unique forum for dialogue between ACP and EU parliamentarians, particularly on human rights and democracy issues,

| I. | whereas many agreements with developed countries and sectoral agreements, such as agreements on textiles, agriculture and fisheries, still lack this clause, |
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whereas many agreements with developed countries and sectoral agreements, such as agreements on textiles, agriculture and fisheries, still lack this clause,

| J. | whereas human rights should be an important element in the negotiating mandate that the Council confers on the Commission for external agreements, and whereas the procedure for defining that negotiating mandate should be more transparent, |
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whereas human rights should be an important element in the negotiating mandate that the Council confers on the Commission for external agreements, and whereas the procedure for defining that negotiating mandate should be more transparent,

| K. | whereas the European Parliament must give its assent before an agreement comes into force, but not for initiating consultation or partly suspending an agreement, and whereas this diminishes its political and institutional role, |
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K.

whereas the European Parliament must give its assent before an agreement comes into force, but not for initiating consultation or partly suspending an agreement, and whereas this diminishes its political and institutional role,

| L. | stressing that civil society and the international system of human rights NGOs have much to contribute to the whole procedure of drafting, implementing and assessing the human rights and democracy clause in agreements between the EU and third countries, |
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stressing that civil society and the international system of human rights NGOs have much to contribute to the whole procedure of drafting, implementing and assessing the human rights and democracy clause in agreements between the EU and third countries,

| M. | convinced that the European Union must draw up new procedures and new criteria for applying the human rights and democracy clause, which must apply without discrimination between States or between their levels of development, |
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M.

convinced that the European Union must draw up new procedures and new criteria for applying the human rights and democracy clause, which must apply without discrimination between States or between their levels of development,

| N. | whereas the human rights and democracy clause applies both to the European Union and to the third country in question, but whereas the reciprocal dimension of the clause has not been fully exploited, |
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N.

whereas the human rights and democracy clause applies both to the European Union and to the third country in question, but whereas the reciprocal dimension of the clause has not been fully exploited,

| O. | reiterating that emergency humanitarian aid must none the less continue to be excluded from any potential ‘negative’ application of the human rights and democracy clause, in the name of the fundamental principle of solidarity between peoples, |
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O.

reiterating that emergency humanitarian aid must none the less continue to be excluded from any potential ‘negative’ application of the human rights and democracy clause, in the name of the fundamental principle of solidarity between peoples,

| 1. | Welcomes the European Community's general practice of incorporating human rights and democracy clauses — the so-called ‘essential elements’ and ‘non-execution’ clauses — into its international agreements since 1992; |
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1.

Welcomes the European Community's general practice of incorporating human rights and democracy clauses — the so-called ‘essential elements’ and ‘non-execution’ clauses — into its international agreements since 1992;

| 2. | Calls for greater transparency when implementing the human rights and democracy clause, a keystone in the EU's external policy, and for greater involvement of the European Parliament; points out that penalties cannot be imposed in relation to the countries where human rights violations have been recorded but in relation to the violation itself; |
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2.

Calls for greater transparency when implementing the human rights and democracy clause, a keystone in the EU's external policy, and for greater involvement of the European Parliament; points out that penalties cannot be imposed in relation to the countries where human rights violations have been recorded but in relation to the violation itself;

| 3. | Considers that it is the responsibility of the Union to ensure, when signing an international agreement with a third country that includes a clause on human rights, that the third country in question respects international human rights standards when the agreement is signed; |
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3.

Considers that it is the responsibility of the Union to ensure, when signing an international agreement with a third country that includes a clause on human rights, that the third country in question respects international human rights standards when the agreement is signed;

| 4. | Stresses that one of the factors which have compromised the application of the clause is the generic nature of its wording, since this does not spell out detailed procedures for ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ interventions under EU/third country cooperation, leaving the Council and Member States' national imperatives to hold sway over the more general requirements of human rights; |
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4.

Stresses that one of the factors which have compromised the application of the clause is the generic nature of its wording, since this does not spell out detailed procedures for ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ interventions under EU/third country cooperation, leaving the Council and Member States' national imperatives to hold sway over the more general requirements of human rights;

| 5. | Applauds, none the less, the experiment conducted to date with the human rights and democracy clause in Articles 9 and 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, which has even led to the temporary suspension of economic and trade cooperation with some ACP States on the grounds of serious human rights violations, thus enhancing the European Union's determination and credibility; advocates the development of this experiment and its inclusion as a standard feature in EU/third country agreements; |
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5.

Applauds, none the less, the experiment conducted to date with the human rights and democracy clause in Articles 9 and 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, which has even led to the temporary suspension of economic and trade cooperation with some ACP States on the grounds of serious human rights violations, thus enhancing the European Union's determination and credibility; advocates the development of this experiment and its inclusion as a standard feature in EU/third country agreements;

| 6. | Stresses that the political and legal content of the human rights and democracy clause is spelled out effectively in the Cotonou Agreement, and that the mechanisms for consultation and for the exchange of information, prior to the temporary suspension of bilateral cooperation, are described in detail; |
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6.

Stresses that the political and legal content of the human rights and democracy clause is spelled out effectively in the Cotonou Agreement, and that the mechanisms for consultation and for the exchange of information, prior to the temporary suspension of bilateral cooperation, are described in detail;

| 7. | Advocates the drafting of a new ‘model clause’ to correct the current wording of what is known as ‘Article 2’, to ensure a more coherent, effective and transparent approach to European policy on human rights in agreements with third countries; the text should take the following principles into account:






  (a) | the promotion of democracy, human rights, including minority rights, the rule of law and good governance form a basic pillar of multilateral cooperation; this applies to agreements with both developing countries and industrialised countries; |
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7.

Advocates the drafting of a new ‘model clause’ to correct the current wording of what is known as ‘Article 2’, to ensure a more coherent, effective and transparent approach to European policy on human rights in agreements with third countries; the text should take the following principles into account:

(a)

the promotion of democracy, human rights, including minority rights, the rule of law and good governance form a basic pillar of multilateral cooperation; this applies to agreements with both developing countries and industrialised countries;

| (b) | where the legal formulation of those rights is concerned, the parties should refer, in particular, to their international obligations and undertakings which have already been ratified, and it must be made clear that the parties are required to comply with the norms which constitute an ‘essential element’ of the agreement; in particular, the parties should undertake to promote those fundamental rights set out in the UN Declaration on Human Rights of 1948, the two International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the internationally recognised UN covenants and legal norms of the ‘jus cogens’;
  points out that, in its relations with third countries and in the context of promoting democratic principles and human rights through the human rights and democracy clause, the European Union is called upon to pay special attention to implementing policies for gender equality and women's rights, whilst satisfying itself that the third-country authorities uphold the fundamental rights not to be arbitrarily arrested, tortured or executed and that their citizens have access to an impartial court of law as a priority;
  points out that, in accordance with the European treaties, in its relations with third countries and in the context of promoting democratic principles and human rights through the human rights and democracy clause, the EU also undertakes to oppose any discrimination based on sexual orientation or concerning the rights of disabled people; |
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(b)

where the legal formulation of those rights is concerned, the parties should refer, in particular, to their international obligations and undertakings which have already been ratified, and it must be made clear that the parties are required to comply with the norms which constitute an ‘essential element’ of the agreement; in particular, the parties should undertake to promote those fundamental rights set out in the UN Declaration on Human Rights of 1948, the two International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the internationally recognised UN covenants and legal norms of the ‘jus cogens’;

points out that, in its relations with third countries and in the context of promoting democratic principles and human rights through the human rights and democracy clause, the European Union is called upon to pay special attention to implementing policies for gender equality and women's rights, whilst satisfying itself that the third-country authorities uphold the fundamental rights not to be arbitrarily arrested, tortured or executed and that their citizens have access to an impartial court of law as a priority;

points out that, in accordance with the European treaties, in its relations with third countries and in the context of promoting democratic principles and human rights through the human rights and democracy clause, the EU also undertakes to oppose any discrimination based on sexual orientation or concerning the rights of disabled people;

| (c) | the parties should refer to the UN conventions binding them and to the conventions of its specialist agencies in defining the sectoral rights that cooperation should promote, in particular those of the ILO, which has created an internationally accepted legal corpus on fundamental rights; |
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(c)

the parties should refer to the UN conventions binding them and to the conventions of its specialist agencies in defining the sectoral rights that cooperation should promote, in particular those of the ILO, which has created an internationally accepted legal corpus on fundamental rights;

| (d) | the clause should include a procedure for consultation between the parties, detailing the political and legal mechanisms to be used in the event of a request for bilateral cooperation to be suspended on the grounds of repeated and/or systematic human rights violations in breach of international law; suspension is obviously an extreme measure in EU/third country relations, and therefore a clear system of sanctions should be developed so as to offer an alternative course of action, but the accepted, essential positive approach on human rights should not exclude the possibility of a temporary suspension of cooperation having to be invoked on the grounds of a breach of the human rights and democracy clause; |
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(d)

the clause should include a procedure for consultation between the parties, detailing the political and legal mechanisms to be used in the event of a request for bilateral cooperation to be suspended on the grounds of repeated and/or systematic human rights violations in breach of international law; suspension is obviously an extreme measure in EU/third country relations, and therefore a clear system of sanctions should be developed so as to offer an alternative course of action, but the accepted, essential positive approach on human rights should not exclude the possibility of a temporary suspension of cooperation having to be invoked on the grounds of a breach of the human rights and democracy clause;

| (e) | the clause should also include details of a mechanism to allow for the temporary suspension of a cooperation agreement as well as a ‘warning mechanism’ in response to a breach of the human rights and democracy clause; |
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(e)

the clause should also include details of a mechanism to allow for the temporary suspension of a cooperation agreement as well as a ‘warning mechanism’ in response to a breach of the human rights and democracy clause;

| (f) | the clause should be based on reciprocity and thus should constitute a legal basis which enables the parties to discuss and act together, with regard both to the territory of the European Union and that of the third country; it should be a bi-directional instrument making the European Union and the third country accountable to each other for all their policies related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; |
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(f)

the clause should be based on reciprocity and thus should constitute a legal basis which enables the parties to discuss and act together, with regard both to the territory of the European Union and that of the third country; it should be a bi-directional instrument making the European Union and the third country accountable to each other for all their policies related to human rights and fundamental freedoms;

| 8. | Calls for the human rights and democracy clause to be extended to all new agreements between the European Union and third countries, both industrialised and developing, and including sectoral agreements, trade and technical or financial aid, along the lines of what has been done with the ACP States; |
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8.

Calls for the human rights and democracy clause to be extended to all new agreements between the European Union and third countries, both industrialised and developing, and including sectoral agreements, trade and technical or financial aid, along the lines of what has been done with the ACP States;

| 9. | Calls for the expansion of the positive dimension of the human rights and democracy clause, which entails the need to take effective measures to contribute to the enjoyment of human rights within and by the respective parties, to include an ongoing assessment and monitoring of the impact of the agreement itself on the enjoyment of human rights, as well as to adopt a human rights approach when implementing all aspects of the agreement; |
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9.

Calls for the expansion of the positive dimension of the human rights and democracy clause, which entails the need to take effective measures to contribute to the enjoyment of human rights within and by the respective parties, to include an ongoing assessment and monitoring of the impact of the agreement itself on the enjoyment of human rights, as well as to adopt a human rights approach when implementing all aspects of the agreement;

| 10. | Emphasises that it is no longer prepared to give its assent to new international agreements that do not contain a human rights and democracy clause; |
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10.

Emphasises that it is no longer prepared to give its assent to new international agreements that do not contain a human rights and democracy clause;

| 11. | Considers that it must play a part in defining the negotiating mandate for new agreements with third countries, and especially in drafting their political objectives and the promotion of human rights; to that end, considers that the Commission and the Council should involve the European Parliament, through its relevant parliamentary committees, to a greater extent in drawing up the negotiating mandate for EU/third country agreements; stresses, in this regard, the need to improve the inter-institutional exchange of information and to access the data-base of the Commission and the Council; |
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11.

Considers that it must play a part in defining the negotiating mandate for new agreements with third countries, and especially in drafting their political objectives and the promotion of human rights; to that end, considers that the Commission and the Council should involve the European Parliament, through its relevant parliamentary committees, to a greater extent in drawing up the negotiating mandate for EU/third country agreements; stresses, in this regard, the need to improve the inter-institutional exchange of information and to access the data-base of the Commission and the Council;

| 12. | With regard to the need to ensure an effective mechanism for monitoring respect for human rights and democratic principles by the partners:






  (a) | calls on the Council and the Commission to set in motion structured dialogue procedures as part of this regular assessment of the partners' compliance with their human rights obligations; regards the systematic inclusion of human rights issues on the Association Council's agendas as part of this dialogue; |
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12.

With regard to the need to ensure an effective mechanism for monitoring respect for human rights and democratic principles by the partners:

(a)

calls on the Council and the Commission to set in motion structured dialogue procedures as part of this regular assessment of the partners' compliance with their human rights obligations; regards the systematic inclusion of human rights issues on the Association Council's agendas as part of this dialogue;

| (b) | recommends an enhanced role for the heads of the Commission's external delegations in third countries; calls for ‘country-by-country multiannual strategy documents’ to be drawn up under the responsibility of delegation heads, and for the Country Strategy Papers to pay greater attention to the human rights situation, identify the priorities and spell out the means and instruments deployed by the EU to ensure respect for the human rights and democracy clause and raise the level of respect for basic rights; also calls for the wording of such strategies to be reviewed on a regular basis, particularly with the European Parliament, and to be the subject of debates in the latter's relevant delegations and in plenary, particularly with regard to their implementation; recommends that the Commission's Country Strategy Papers and Action Plans should contain clear benchmarks for progress on human rights and a timeframe within which changes should be accomplished; |
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(b)

recommends an enhanced role for the heads of the Commission's external delegations in third countries; calls for ‘country-by-country multiannual strategy documents’ to be drawn up under the responsibility of delegation heads, and for the Country Strategy Papers to pay greater attention to the human rights situation, identify the priorities and spell out the means and instruments deployed by the EU to ensure respect for the human rights and democracy clause and raise the level of respect for basic rights; also calls for the wording of such strategies to be reviewed on a regular basis, particularly with the European Parliament, and to be the subject of debates in the latter's relevant delegations and in plenary, particularly with regard to their implementation; recommends that the Commission's Country Strategy Papers and Action Plans should contain clear benchmarks for progress on human rights and a timeframe within which changes should be accomplished;

| (c) | if one of the governments concerned, the European Parliament or the national parliaments concerned or, in the case of ACP countries, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, calls for the human rights and democracy clause to be invoked, through the suspension of a bilateral agreement or the implementation of dialogue or other appropriate measures, the Association Council should automatically include that debate on its agenda; notes that the European Parliament has formally expressed its view to that effect in several cases, but that the Association Council has simply ignored those requests; |
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(c)

if one of the governments concerned, the European Parliament or the national parliaments concerned or, in the case of ACP countries, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, calls for the human rights and democracy clause to be invoked, through the suspension of a bilateral agreement or the implementation of dialogue or other appropriate measures, the Association Council should automatically include that debate on its agenda; notes that the European Parliament has formally expressed its view to that effect in several cases, but that the Association Council has simply ignored those requests;

| (d) | recommends the establishment of a ‘structured dialogue’ between the Association Council and/or its Sub-Committee on Human Rights, the European Parliament, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly when appropriate, and NGOs and/or independent and democratic non-State actors in discussions relating to breaches of human rights and democracy clauses in European Union Agreements, including proposals for improving implementation of the clause (excluding none); |
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(d)

recommends the establishment of a ‘structured dialogue’ between the Association Council and/or its Sub-Committee on Human Rights, the European Parliament, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly when appropriate, and NGOs and/or independent and democratic non-State actors in discussions relating to breaches of human rights and democracy clauses in European Union Agreements, including proposals for improving implementation of the clause (excluding none);

| (e) | regrets the fact that the European Parliament is not involved in the decision-making process for initiating consultation or suspending an agreement; strongly insists, therefore, on the need for it to be a joint decision-maker with the Commission and the Council in this respect, and likewise with regard to the decision to suspend any appropriate negative measures already imposed on a country (‘suspension of the suspension’); |
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(e)

regrets the fact that the European Parliament is not involved in the decision-making process for initiating consultation or suspending an agreement; strongly insists, therefore, on the need for it to be a joint decision-maker with the Commission and the Council in this respect, and likewise with regard to the decision to suspend any appropriate negative measures already imposed on a country (‘suspension of the suspension’);

| (f) | proposes that an annual report be drawn up by the Commission, together with subcommittees on human rights, and debated in the European Parliament, on the application of the human rights and democracy clauses in international agreements in force, containing a case-by-case analysis of each consultation process and other appropriate measures initiated or refused by the Council that year and accompanied by detailed recommendations and an evaluation dealing with the effectiveness and coherence of the action taken; |
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(f)

proposes that an annual report be drawn up by the Commission, together with subcommittees on human rights, and debated in the European Parliament, on the application of the human rights and democracy clauses in international agreements in force, containing a case-by-case analysis of each consultation process and other appropriate measures initiated or refused by the Council that year and accompanied by detailed recommendations and an evaluation dealing with the effectiveness and coherence of the action taken;

| 13. | Pointing out that the Association Councils generally govern EU/third country relations, calls for the general establishment of sub-committees on human rights under association agreements, with a mandate to:






  (a) | review compliance with, and the application and implementation of the human rights and democracy clause; |
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13.

Pointing out that the Association Councils generally govern EU/third country relations, calls for the general establishment of sub-committees on human rights under association agreements, with a mandate to:

(a)

review compliance with, and the application and implementation of the human rights and democracy clause;

| (b) | propose specific positive actions to improve democracy and human rights; and |
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(b)

propose specific positive actions to improve democracy and human rights; and

| (c) | assess and monitor the direct and indirect impact of the implementation of the Agreement on the full enjoyment of fundamental rights in the States parties and elaborate specific recommendations in that connection; |
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(c)

assess and monitor the direct and indirect impact of the implementation of the Agreement on the full enjoyment of fundamental rights in the States parties and elaborate specific recommendations in that connection;

considers that such subcommittees should meet regularly (and in any case whenever the Association Council meets), and should include and consult representatives of parliaments and of organisations representing civil society; considers, in this regard, that a case-by-case policy is not the most adequate approach to be adopted with partner countries with regard to the setting-up of subcommittees on human rights and the definition of their mandate; stresses once again the need to deal with individual cases within those sub-committees;

| 14. | Calls for the European Parliament to be associated with the Association Councils and with the subcommittees on human rights, and for the European Parliament's interparliamentary delegations to have an enhanced role in this connection and to invariably provide in the agendas for their visits for discussions on the clause; |
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14.

Calls for the European Parliament to be associated with the Association Councils and with the subcommittees on human rights, and for the European Parliament's interparliamentary delegations to have an enhanced role in this connection and to invariably provide in the agendas for their visits for discussions on the clause;

| 15. | Emphasises that the criteria for initiating a consultation procedure or applying appropriate measures must be objective and transparent; |
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15.

Emphasises that the criteria for initiating a consultation procedure or applying appropriate measures must be objective and transparent;

| 16. | Stresses that no measure may be lifted until the reasons for its application have ceased to exist, and calls for the introduction of additional measures if existing measures have not yielded results after a considerable period; |
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16.

Stresses that no measure may be lifted until the reasons for its application have ceased to exist, and calls for the introduction of additional measures if existing measures have not yielded results after a considerable period;

| 17. | Recognising that the need for unanimity within the Council in order to initiate a consultation procedure has made it more difficult to apply the clause, calls for the abolition of unanimity for initiating a consultation procedure, and for the revision of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty, which limits the role of the European Parliament in such cases; |
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17.

Recognising that the need for unanimity within the Council in order to initiate a consultation procedure has made it more difficult to apply the clause, calls for the abolition of unanimity for initiating a consultation procedure, and for the revision of Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty, which limits the role of the European Parliament in such cases;

| 18. | Points to the importance of drawing the attention of the public at large to the fact that the human rights and democracy clause is provided for in agreements between the EU and third countries; |
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18.

Points to the importance of drawing the attention of the public at large to the fact that the human rights and democracy clause is provided for in agreements between the EU and third countries;

| 19. | Considers that for the special case of countries with which the EU shares fundamental values and common policies for the long term, such as the countries concerned by the ‘new neighbourhood policy’, one might consider signing agreements that go beyond the human rights and democracy clause, based on the sharing of common institutions for promoting democratic principles and human rights, on the example of the Council of Europe and/or other regional institutions; |
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19.

Considers that for the special case of countries with which the EU shares fundamental values and common policies for the long term, such as the countries concerned by the ‘new neighbourhood policy’, one might consider signing agreements that go beyond the human rights and democracy clause, based on the sharing of common institutions for promoting democratic principles and human rights, on the example of the Council of Europe and/or other regional institutions;

| 20. | With particular regard to the countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, with which the European Union maintains particularly close links through association agreements, the clause should specify that the signatories of such agreements should grant each other — on a mutual basis — the right to observe their legislative and presidential elections; calls on the Council and the Commission to further encourage the countries concerned to admit international observers at the time of their elections, in the interests of transparency; |
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20.

With particular regard to the countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, with which the European Union maintains particularly close links through association agreements, the clause should specify that the signatories of such agreements should grant each other — on a mutual basis — the right to observe their legislative and presidential elections; calls on the Council and the Commission to further encourage the countries concerned to admit international observers at the time of their elections, in the interests of transparency;

| 21. | Stresses that, for elections to be considered democratic, free and fair, certain preconditions must be met, including, inter alia, respect for political and civic rights, respect for freedom of expression and information, equal access to the media and respect for political pluralism, so as to offer electors a real choice; |
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21.

Stresses that, for elections to be considered democratic, free and fair, certain preconditions must be met, including, inter alia, respect for political and civic rights, respect for freedom of expression and information, equal access to the media and respect for political pluralism, so as to offer electors a real choice;

| 22. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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22.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 97 E, 22.4.2004, p. 656.

(2)  OJ C 131 E, 5.6.2003, p. 147.

(3)  OJ C 320, 28.10.1996, p. 261.

(4)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0150.

(5)  OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 1048.

(6)  OJ C 76 E, 25.3.2004, p. 386.

(7)  OJ C 131 E, 5.6.2003, p. 138.

(8)  OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 336.

(9)  OJ C 377, 29.12.2000, p. 336.

(10)  OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p. 267.

(11)  OJ C 20, 20.1.1997, p. 161.

(12)  OJ C 126, 22.5.1995, p. 15.

(13)  OJ C 115, 26.4.1993, p. 214.

(14)  OJ C 267, 14.10.1991, p. 165.

(15)  OJ C 47, 27.2.1989, p. 61.

(16)  OJ C 99, 13.4.1987, p. 157.

(17)  OJ C 343, 31.12.1985, p. 29.

(18)  OJ C 172, 2.7.1984, p. 36.

(19)  OJ C 161, 10.6.1983, p. 58.

(20)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(21)  OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 1.

(22)  OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

P6_TA(2006)0057

Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box)

European Parliament resolution on the review of certain access restrictions in the Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box) (2005/2190(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Review of certain access restrictions in the Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box)’ (COM(2005)0422), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Review of certain access restrictions in the Common Fisheries Policy (Shetland Box and Plaice Box)’ (COM(2005)0422),

| — | having regard to Articles 18 and 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), |
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having regard to Articles 18 and 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1),

| — | having regard to Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (2), |
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having regard to Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (2),

| — | having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0016/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0016/2006),

| 1. | Notes that the Commission has now fulfilled its commitment under Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to make an assessment of the justification for restrictions on access to waters and resources outside the 12 mile zone in relation to the Shetland Box and the Plaice Box; |
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1.

Notes that the Commission has now fulfilled its commitment under Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to make an assessment of the justification for restrictions on access to waters and resources outside the 12 mile zone in relation to the Shetland Box and the Plaice Box;

| 2. | Notes that, for a variety of reasons, the evaluations have taken considerably longer than was initially anticipated; |
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2.

Notes that, for a variety of reasons, the evaluations have taken considerably longer than was initially anticipated;

| 3. | Welcomes the decision of the Commission to consult widely with the industry and with the Member States before forming an opinion on this important topic; |
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3.

Welcomes the decision of the Commission to consult widely with the industry and with the Member States before forming an opinion on this important topic;

| 4. | Welcomes the role of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) in providing advice to the Commission on the operation and effectiveness of the Shetland Box and the Plaice Box and calls on the Commission to draw on further advice from the NSRAC in its further evaluation of the Boxes; |
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4.

Welcomes the role of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) in providing advice to the Commission on the operation and effectiveness of the Shetland Box and the Plaice Box and calls on the Commission to draw on further advice from the NSRAC in its further evaluation of the Boxes;

| 5. | Welcomes the decision of the Commission to maintain the Shetland Box for a further three years while further evaluations of the Box are undertaken as a first step towards ensuring that the fishing communities in that region are protected by a fisheries regime which will safeguard their future as a sustainable industry; |
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5.

Welcomes the decision of the Commission to maintain the Shetland Box for a further three years while further evaluations of the Box are undertaken as a first step towards ensuring that the fishing communities in that region are protected by a fisheries regime which will safeguard their future as a sustainable industry;

| 6. | Notes that the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) recommended that the Shetland Box should be kept in place; |
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6.

Notes that the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) recommended that the Shetland Box should be kept in place;

| 7. | Notes that the NSRAC recommended that the Shetland Box be continued pending further evaluation; |
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7.

Notes that the NSRAC recommended that the Shetland Box be continued pending further evaluation;

| 8. | Considers that, should the proposed further evaluations of the Shetland Box take longer than the three-year period currently anticipated, the current regulation should remain in force, in line with the STECF advice; |
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8.

Considers that, should the proposed further evaluations of the Shetland Box take longer than the three-year period currently anticipated, the current regulation should remain in force, in line with the STECF advice;

| 9. | Notes that the STECF suggested that eliminating the Shetland Box might result in some increase of fishing effort in the area and that it further noted that any such changes that could lead to an increase in fishing effort in the area should be avoided; |
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9.

Notes that the STECF suggested that eliminating the Shetland Box might result in some increase of fishing effort in the area and that it further noted that any such changes that could lead to an increase in fishing effort in the area should be avoided;

| 10. | Notes that the UK and German authorities supported the retention of the Shetland Box and that the UK government has stated that changes are neither necessary nor desirable; |
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10.

Notes that the UK and German authorities supported the retention of the Shetland Box and that the UK government has stated that changes are neither necessary nor desirable;

| 11. | Notes that the Shetland Box is an area of importance for haddock, whiting and monkfish and that the STECF considers that this is now possibly more so than at the time when the Box was established; |
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11.

Notes that the Shetland Box is an area of importance for haddock, whiting and monkfish and that the STECF considers that this is now possibly more so than at the time when the Box was established;

| 12. | Also notes with alarm the finding of the Commission's expert working group established to assess the effectiveness of the Shetland and Plaice Boxes that, in general, stocks of commercial interest in the Shetland Box are outside the safe biological limits, save as regards haddock and saithe; |
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12.

Also notes with alarm the finding of the Commission's expert working group established to assess the effectiveness of the Shetland and Plaice Boxes that, in general, stocks of commercial interest in the Shetland Box are outside the safe biological limits, save as regards haddock and saithe;

| 13. | Calls on the Commission to make a quantitative evaluation of the likely effects of any changes to the Shetland Box; |
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13.

Calls on the Commission to make a quantitative evaluation of the likely effects of any changes to the Shetland Box;

| 14. | Welcomes the decision of the Commission to retain the Plaice Box and associated access restrictions pending further study; |
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14.

Welcomes the decision of the Commission to retain the Plaice Box and associated access restrictions pending further study;

| 15. | Notes that the German authorities support the retention of the Plaice Box and that the UK government notes that any decision should be taken in the context of future flatfish management and the advice of the NSRAC; |
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15.

Notes that the German authorities support the retention of the Plaice Box and that the UK government notes that any decision should be taken in the context of future flatfish management and the advice of the NSRAC;

| 16. | Notes that the conservation objective of the Plaice Box is clear; |
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16.

Notes that the conservation objective of the Plaice Box is clear;

| 17. | Calls on the Commission to conduct its review of the Plaice Box in the light of future flatfish management, including the plaice recovery plan; |
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17.

Calls on the Commission to conduct its review of the Plaice Box in the light of future flatfish management, including the plaice recovery plan;

| 18. | Notes that the expert working group highlighted the socio-economic importance of the Boxes; |
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18.

Notes that the expert working group highlighted the socio-economic importance of the Boxes;

| 19. | Further notes that the expert working group considered that one of the objectives of the Shetland Box is to provide protection for fisheries-dependent communities in the north of Scotland; |
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19.

Further notes that the expert working group considered that one of the objectives of the Shetland Box is to provide protection for fisheries-dependent communities in the north of Scotland;

| 20. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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20.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

(2)  OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5).

P6_TA(2006)0058

Heating and cooling from renewable energy sources

European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy (2005/2122(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 192, second paragraph of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 192, second paragraph of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 29 September 2005 on the share of renewable energy in the EU and proposals for concrete actions (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 29 September 2005 on the share of renewable energy in the EU and proposals for concrete actions (1),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission "Energy for the Future: Renewable Sources of Energy — White Paper for a Community Strategy and Action Plan (COM(1997)0599), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission "Energy for the Future: Renewable Sources of Energy — White Paper for a Community Strategy and Action Plan (COM(1997)0599),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0020/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0020/2006),

| A. | whereas there is at present no legal provision concerning heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy, |
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whereas there is at present no legal provision concerning heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy,

| B. | whereas no proposal within the meaning of Rule 39(2) of the Rules of Procedure is in preparation, |
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B.

whereas no proposal within the meaning of Rule 39(2) of the Rules of Procedure is in preparation,

| C. | whereas directives to promote renewable sources of energy in the fields of electricity and transport have resulted in, or boosted, sustainable development in the Member States, |
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C.

whereas directives to promote renewable sources of energy in the fields of electricity and transport have resulted in, or boosted, sustainable development in the Member States,

| D. | whereas market developments in renewable energies in the individual Member States, which vary enormously from one to another, are due for the most part not to differences in potential, but rather to different, and in some cases inadequate, political and legal framework conditions, |
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D.

whereas market developments in renewable energies in the individual Member States, which vary enormously from one to another, are due for the most part not to differences in potential, but rather to different, and in some cases inadequate, political and legal framework conditions,

| E. | whereas the promotion of a renewable energy market will help to achieve the new Lisbon objectives by increasing employment in the Member States and by increasing the Member States' and the EU's research and innovation effort, |
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E.

whereas the promotion of a renewable energy market will help to achieve the new Lisbon objectives by increasing employment in the Member States and by increasing the Member States' and the EU's research and innovation effort,

| F. | noting also that the use of waste heat from electricity production processes or industrial processes and free cooling contribute to reducing demand for conventional energy, Member States should identify the potentials for utilisation of these resources, show how they can be exploited more effectively, ensure legal clarity, better information for the public and an increase in research efforts, |
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noting also that the use of waste heat from electricity production processes or industrial processes and free cooling contribute to reducing demand for conventional energy, Member States should identify the potentials for utilisation of these resources, show how they can be exploited more effectively, ensure legal clarity, better information for the public and an increase in research efforts,

| G. | highlighting the important consequences of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value-added tax: uniform basis of assessment (2) for heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy; |
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highlighting the important consequences of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value-added tax: uniform basis of assessment (2) for heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy;

| 1. | Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament by 31 July 2006, on the basis of Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on increasing the share of renewable energy for heating and cooling, following the detailed recommendations below; |
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Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament by 31 July 2006, on the basis of Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on increasing the share of renewable energy for heating and cooling, following the detailed recommendations below;

| 2. | Confirms that the recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens; |
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2.

Confirms that the recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens;

| 3. | Considers that the requested proposal will not have any financial implications for the EU budget; |
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3.

Considers that the requested proposal will not have any financial implications for the EU budget;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Commission and Council. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Commission and Council.

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(1)  Adopted texts, P6_TA(2005)0365.

(2)  OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1.

ANNEX

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED

A.   PRINCIPLES AND AIMS OF THE PROPOSAL

1. The objective of the proposal requested is to evaluate and exploit economic potential with the aim of increasing the share of renewable energies used in heating and cooling in the EU from the present level of approximately 10% to a realistic and ambitious figure of at least a double that by 2020.

2. An increase in the share of renewable energy used in heating and cooling should make a substantive contribution to securing European energy supplies, to creating jobs and to improving the environment, and significantly reduce demand in the EU for conventional energy, overall energy consumption in the EU heating and the cooling sector, the EU's dependence on oil and gas, in particular, and the cost of energy to consumers for domestic and professional uses.

3. The directive requested is intended to set the framework conditions for national support schemes, with due respect for the principle of subsidiarity and existing European rules in the energy and environmental spheres.

4. The potential of renewable sources of energy for heating and cooling, which has so far hardly been tapped, ought to be exploited, provided that the energy and environmental outcomes prove positive and compatible with sustainable production methods. Such action must not provide an excuse for the EU not to become the most energy efficient economy in the world by 2020; in particular, barriers to technologies which are already competitive should be eliminated, where possible by way of collaboration between national and decentralised authorities.

5. The directive requested is intended to allow all the relevant technologies to achieve a high degree of market penetration and development in all Member States. Inter-regional and cross-border co-operation can be enhanced in this field. To this end, appropriate use shall be made of the relevant Community policies and programmes, such as the Framework Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development.

6. The economic feasibility of the technologies and procedures concerned is to be accelerated by mass production and mass marketing.

B.   MEASURES TO BE PROPOSED

I.   Objectives, Definition and Monitoring

1. A realistic and ambitious EU target of at least a doubling of the share of renewable heating and cooling by 2020 shall be set, in order to increase that share throughout the EU.

2. Effective national targets, which take into account current differences in the share of renewable heating and cooling in the Member States and their regions and the potential of each of the relevant technologies and associated analyses, should contribute to reaching that EU target.

3. A clear definition should be provided for the forms of energy concerned, namely geothermal, solar thermal (including passive energy), district-heating and district-cooling using renewable sources of energy, ambient heat and biomass (in accordance with Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (1)), as a basis for action.

4. At the latest one year after the entry into force of the directive requested, Member States should be required to agree on action plans to attain the objectives on the basis of their national potential and target for exploiting renewable sources for heating and cooling. The Member States' action plans should be renewed every three years and submitted to the Commission.

5. To assess the EU's energy requirements for heating and cooling and to monitor the growth of the renewable share, an EU-wide monitoring system valid in all Member States should be developed, in order to create a reliable and comparable data resource.

II.   Dismantling administrative barriers

1. Member States must be required to ensure a clear legal framework for the authorisation, control and certification of the use of renewable forms of energy for heating and cooling.

2. In authorising the utilisation of renewable energy systems (‘RE systems’) and associated heating and cooling networks, Member States shall ensure that the remit of the authorities is defined in a clear, efficient and transparent manner.

3. Provision shall be made for streamlining and expediting procedures at the appropriate administrative level. The burden of proof as regards the grounds for denying authorisation shall lie with the authorities.

4. Administrative charges must be transparent, fair and non-discriminatory and may not constitute covert taxation on resources.

III.   National Support Schemes

1. Financial incentives should, as a matter of principle, be provided by the Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.

2. However, national support schemes must comply with the following principles in attaining their objective:

| (a) | support should be limited in time and be gradually reduced; |
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support should be limited in time and be gradually reduced;

| (b) | security of investments should be achieved by support conditions which are reliable and consistent in the medium term; |
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security of investments should be achieved by support conditions which are reliable and consistent in the medium term;

| (c) | avoidance of stop-and-go market developments by providing for reliable terms for the support schemes; |
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avoidance of stop-and-go market developments by providing for reliable terms for the support schemes;

| (d) | efficient and systematic support to exploit existing potentials and to achieve the objectives; |
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efficient and systematic support to exploit existing potentials and to achieve the objectives;

| (e) | economic feasibility of renewable energy technologies to be speeded up by extending mass production; |
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economic feasibility of renewable energy technologies to be speeded up by extending mass production;

| (f) | account to be taken of the special needs of the technologies involved and long- term objective of fully exploiting the potential of the various technologies; |
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account to be taken of the special needs of the technologies involved and long- term objective of fully exploiting the potential of the various technologies;

| (g) | cost-effective renewable technologies to be supported regardless of their size. |
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cost-effective renewable technologies to be supported regardless of their size.

3. Where renewable technologies have not yet achieved a high degree of market penetration at competitive prices and development, Member States may consider incentive mechanisms, such as the following:

| (a) | tax advantages/derogations for RE systems and associated heating and cooling networks; |
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tax advantages/derogations for RE systems and associated heating and cooling networks;

| (b) | direct investment aid; |
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direct investment aid;

| (c) | regulatory measures, such as the promotion of the utilisation and/or the mandatory utilisation of RE systems, CHP and local and remote district heating/cooling from renewable energies, in the case of new buildings or renovation work; |
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regulatory measures, such as the promotion of the utilisation and/or the mandatory utilisation of RE systems, CHP and local and remote district heating/cooling from renewable energies, in the case of new buildings or renovation work;

| (d) | pay-as-you-go arrangements to cover the costs of subsidized RE systems or of the RE heating/cooling produced, for example, in connection with a quota which is compatible with national objectives; fuels for use in highly efficient CHP systems and remote district heating and cooling systems should not be burdened financially; |
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(d)

pay-as-you-go arrangements to cover the costs of subsidized RE systems or of the RE heating/cooling produced, for example, in connection with a quota which is compatible with national objectives; fuels for use in highly efficient CHP systems and remote district heating and cooling systems should not be burdened financially;

| (e) | other mechanisms within the framework of the single market and of the Rules on State aid for the Environment, State aid for innovation and State aid for regional development. |
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other mechanisms within the framework of the single market and of the Rules on State aid for the Environment, State aid for innovation and State aid for regional development.

4. In connection with incentive mechanisms, care should be taken to ensure that there is no disproportionate increase in heating and cooling costs for the final consumer.

IV.   Accompanying measures

1. Member States should seek to ensure that the public is fully informed about possible applications of renewable sources of energy for heating and cooling.

2. Member States shall ensure the publication of studies concerning the benefits to consumers from the use of renewable sources of energy for heating and cooling.

3. Member States should seek to ensure that the professional groups concerned are familiar with and master the appropriate technologies. Care should be taken to ensure that renewable energy technologies are accorded the importance they deserve in training and further training.

4. Member States shall encourage the high quality of the products and services concerned by taking appropriate measures.

5. Members shall encourage the public sector to accord priority to heating and cooling from renewable sources of energy as part of procurement policy, taking due account of cost-effectiveness, particularly as regards newly constructed buildings or buildings being renovated.

6. The EU shall encourage the launching of EU-wide information campaigns for existing budgetary lines to highlight the use of renewable energies in heating and cooling.

7. The EU shall encourage the utilisation of structural and cohesion funds for the support and promotion of renewable heating and cooling.

8. Research efforts shall be increased in order to facilitate greater market penetration of renewable energy for heating and cooling.

9. Eco-labels for heating and cooling systems should be developed at European level.

10. The Member States shall take steps to prevent marginalisation of heating and cooling from highly efficient CHP plants through the development of national support schemes in accordance with Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market (2) (EU-CHP-Directive).

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(1)  OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33.

(2)  OJ L 52, 21.2.2004, p. 50.

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