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| 13.12.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 303/15 |
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13.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 303/15

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MINUTES

(2006/C 303 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission:






  — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (COM(2006)0195 — C6-0141/2006 — 2006/0066(COD))






  referred to | responsible | : | IMCO |
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| opinion | : | ECON, EMPL, ITRE, JURI |

1)

from the Council and Commission:

—

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (COM(2006)0195 — C6-0141/2006 — 2006/0066(COD))

referred to

responsible

:

IMCO

opinion

:

ECON, EMPL, ITRE, JURI

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 29/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0793 — C6-0196/2006 — 2006/2148(GBD))






  referred to | responsible | : | BUDG |
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—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 29/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0793 — C6-0196/2006 — 2006/2148(GBD))

referred to

responsible

:

BUDG

| — | Council and Commission Decision concerning the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (08161/2006 — C6-0197/2006 — 2006/0044(AVC))






  referred to | responsible | : | AFET |
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| opinion | : | INTA |

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Council and Commission Decision concerning the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (08161/2006 — C6-0197/2006 — 2006/0044(AVC))

referred to

responsible

:

AFET

opinion

:

INTA

| — | Council Decision on the accession of the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No 107 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction (07884/1/2006 — C6-0198/2006 — 2005/0250(AVC))






  referred to | responsible | : | INTA |
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| opinion | : | TRAN |

—

Council Decision on the accession of the Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No 107 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction (07884/1/2006 — C6-0198/2006 — 2005/0250(AVC))

referred to

responsible

:

INTA

opinion

:

TRAN

| — | Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2006)0273 — C6-0199/2006 — 2006/0098(CNS))






  referred to | responsible | : | AGRI |
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| opinion | : | BUDG, ENVI |

—

Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2006)0273 — C6-0199/2006 — 2006/0098(CNS))

referred to

responsible

:

AGRI

opinion

:

BUDG, ENVI

| — | Proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) (COM(2006)0258 — C6-0200/2006 — 2006/0097(CNS))






  referred to | responsible | : | JURI |
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—

Proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) (COM(2006)0258 — C6-0200/2006 — 2006/0097(CNS))

referred to

responsible

:

JURI

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation (COM(2006)0261 — C6-0201/2006 — 2006/0090(CNS))






  referred to | responsible | : | ITRE |
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| opinion | : | AFET, TRAN |

—

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio-navigation (COM(2006)0261 — C6-0201/2006 — 2006/0090(CNS))

referred to

responsible

:

ITRE

opinion

:

AFET, TRAN

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM(2006)0233 — C6-0202/2006 — 2006/0081(CNS))






  referred to | responsible | : | PECH |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| opinion | : | BUDG |

—

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM(2006)0233 — C6-0202/2006 — 2006/0081(CNS))

referred to

responsible

:

PECH

opinion

:

BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 27/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0829 — C6-0203/2006 — 2006/2177(GBD))






  referred to | responsible | : | BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 27/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0829 — C6-0203/2006 — 2006/2177(GBD))

referred to

responsible

:

BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 28/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0803 — C6-0204/2006 — 2006/2178(GBD))






  referred to | responsible | : | BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 28/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0803 — C6-0204/2006 — 2006/2178(GBD))

referred to

responsible

:

BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 32/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0807 — C6-0205/2006 — 2006/2179(GBD))






  referred to | responsible | : | BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 32/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0807 — C6-0205/2006 — 2006/2179(GBD))

referred to

responsible

:

BUDG

| — | Modified proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (COM(2006)0213 — C6-0207/2006 — 2005/0090(CNS))






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

—

Modified proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (COM(2006)0213 — C6-0207/2006 — 2005/0090(CNS))

referred to

responsible

:

BUDG

opinion

:

DEVE, CONT

| — | Interinstitutional agreement taking the form of a joint statement concerning the draft for a Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI))






  referred to | responsible | : | AFCO |
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—

Interinstitutional agreement taking the form of a joint statement concerning the draft for a Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI))

referred to

responsible

:

AFCO

| 2) | from committees:






  — | * Report on the draft Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (10126/1/2006 — C6-0190/2006 — 2002/0298(CNS)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  Rapporteur: Corbett Richard (A6-0236/2006). |
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2)

from committees:

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- Report on the draft Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (10126/1/2006 — C6-0190/2006 — 2002/0298(CNS)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Rapporteur: Corbett Richard (A6-0236/2006).

| — | Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement taking the form of a joint statement concerning the draft Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (new regulatory procedure with scrutiny) (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  Rapporteur: Corbett Richard (A6-0237/2006). |
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—

Report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement taking the form of a joint statement concerning the draft Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (new regulatory procedure with scrutiny) (10125/2006 — C6-0208/2006 — 2006/2152(ACI)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Rapporteur: Corbett Richard (A6-0237/2006).

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. | Somalia







  — | Margrete Auken and Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Somalia (B6-0400/2006), |
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I.

Somalia

Somalia

—

Margrete Auken and Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Somalia (B6-0400/2006),

| — | Luisa Morgantini, Esko Seppänen and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Somalia (B6-0405/2006), |
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Luisa Morgantini, Esko Seppänen and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Somalia (B6-0405/2006),

| — | Simon Coveney, John Bowis, Jana Hybášková, Mario Mauro and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0406/2006), |
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Simon Coveney, John Bowis, Jana Hybášková, Mario Mauro and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0406/2006),

| — | Johan Van Hecke and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Somalia (B6-0410/2006), |
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Johan Van Hecke and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Somalia (B6-0410/2006),

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock and Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0412/2006), |
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Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock and Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0412/2006),

| — | Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0415/2006). |
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Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Somalia (B6-0415/2006).

| II. | Mauritania







  — | Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Mauritania (B6-0399/2006), |
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II.

Mauritania

Mauritania

—

Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Mauritania (B6-0399/2006),

| — | Luisa Morgantini and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the democratic process in Mauritania (B6-0403/2006), |
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Luisa Morgantini and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the democratic process in Mauritania (B6-0403/2006),

| — | Bernd Posselt and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Mauritania (B6-0407/2006), |
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Bernd Posselt and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Mauritania (B6-0407/2006),

| — | Lydie Polfer and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0409/2006), |
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Lydie Polfer and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0409/2006),

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Alain Hutchinson, Marie-Arlette Carlotti and Glenys Kinnock, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0413/2006), |
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Pasqualina Napoletano, Alain Hutchinson, Marie-Arlette Carlotti and Glenys Kinnock, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0413/2006),

| — | Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0416/2006). |
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Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Mauritania (B6-0416/2006).

| III. | Freedom of expression on the internet







  — | Monica Frassoni, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Angelika Beer, Hélène Flautre, Eva Lichtenberger, David Hammerstein Mintz, Rebecca Harms, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Carl Schlyter, Helga Trüpel and Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0401/2006), |
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III.

Freedom of expression on the internet

Freedom of expression on the internet

—

Monica Frassoni, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Angelika Beer, Hélène Flautre, Eva Lichtenberger, David Hammerstein Mintz, Rebecca Harms, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Carl Schlyter, Helga Trüpel and Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0401/2006),

| — | Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański and Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0402/2006), |
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Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański and Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0402/2006),

| — | Vittorio Agnoletto, Umberto Guidoni and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the internet and freedom of expression (B6-0404/2006), |
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Vittorio Agnoletto, Umberto Guidoni and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the internet and freedom of expression (B6-0404/2006),

| — | Charles Tannock and Simon Coveney, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0408/2006), |
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Charles Tannock and Simon Coveney, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0408/2006),

| — | Henrik Lax and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0411/2006), |
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Henrik Lax and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0411/2006),

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Catherine Trautmann and Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0414/2006). |
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Pasqualina Napoletano, Catherine Trautmann and Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group, on freedom of expression on the internet (B6-0414/2006).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4.   70 years after General Franco's coup d'état in Spain — (Statements by the President and the political groups)

(Statements by the President and the political groups)

Statements by the President and the political groups: 70 years after General Franco's coup d'état in Spain.

The President made the statement.

The following also made statements: Jaime Mayor Oreja, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bronisław Geremek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Maciej Marian Giertych, Non-attached Member, Martin Schulz, who made a personal statement in response to Maciej Marian Giertych's remarks, Zbigniew Zaleski, on the organisation of the debate, and Hans-Gert Poettering, also on Maciej Marian Giertych's remarks.

The debate closed.

5.   ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund (general provisions) *** — Establishment of a Cohesion Fund *** — European Social Fund ***II — European Regional Development Fund ***II — European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) ***II (debate)

(debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 [09077/2006 — C6-0192/2006 — 2004/0163(AVC)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Konstantinos Hatzidakis (A6-0224/2006).

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 [09078/2006 — C6-0191/2006 — 2004/0166(AVC)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Alfonso Andria (A6-0226/2006).

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 [09060/4/2006 — C6-0188/2006 — 2004/0165(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Rapporteur: José Albino Silva Peneda (A6-0220/2006).

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 [09059/4/2006 — C6-0187/2006 — 2004/0167(COD)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Giovanni Claudio Fava (A6-0225/2006).

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) [09062/2/2006 — C6-0189/2006 — 2004/0168(COD)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Jan Olbrycht (A6-0227/2006).

Konstantinos Hatzidakis introduced recommendation A6-0224/2006.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

Alfonso Andria introduced recommendation A6-0226/2006.

José Albino Silva Peneda introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0220/2006.

Giovanni Claudio Fava introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0225/2006.

Jan Olbrycht introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0227/2006.

The following spoke: Hannes Manninen (President-in-Office of the Council), Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jacek Protasiewicz (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Vladimír Železný, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jana Bobošíková, Rolf Berend, Alain Hutchinson, Mojca Drčar Murko, Gisela Kallenbach, Bairbre de Brún, Guntars Krasts, Graham Booth, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Ambroise Guellec, Iratxe García Pérez, Marian Harkin, Alyn Smith, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Georgios Karatzaferis, Peter Baco, Markus Pieper, Karin Jöns, Paavo Väyrynen, Luca Romagnoli, Oldřich Vlasák, Zita Gurmai, Nathalie Griesbeck, László Surján, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Bernadette Bourzai, Francesco Musotto, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Gábor Harangozó, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Hannes Manninen, Danuta Hübner and Vladimír Špidla.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.11, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.12, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.7, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.8 and Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.9.

Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.11, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.12, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.7, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.8 and Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.9

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

6.   Voting time

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

6.1.   Request for consultation of the European Economic and Social Committee: The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion (Rule 117) (vote)

(Rule 117) (vote)

Request for consultation: The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

Approved

6.2.   Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions: The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion (Rule 118) (vote)

(Rule 118) (vote)

Request for consultation: The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

Approved

6.3.   Transnational organised crime (the smuggling of migrants) * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (Renewed consultation) [08174/2006 — COM(2005)0503 — C6-0129/2006 — 2003/0196(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0215/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0281)

(P6_TA(2006)0281)

6.4.   Transnational organised crime (trafficking in persons) * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (Renewed consultation) [08174/2006 — COM(2005)0503 — C6-0130/2006 — 2003/0197(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0214/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0282)

(P6_TA(2006)0282)

6.5.   Application of the Aarhus Convention to EC institutions and bodies ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies [PE-CONS 3614/1/2006 — C6-0156/2006 — 2003/0242(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee

Rapporteur: Eija-Riitta Korhola (A6-0230/2006).

(Simple majority for approval)

(Simple majority for approval)

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

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

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0283)

P6_TA(2006)0283)

6.6.   Batteries, accumulators and their waste ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC [PE-CONS 3615/2006 — C6-0154/2006 — 2003/0282(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee

Rapporteur: Johannes Blokland (A6-0231/2006).

(Simple majority for approval)

(Simple majority for approval)

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

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

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0284)

P6_TA(2006)0284)

6.7.   European Social Fund ***II (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 [09060/4/2006 — C6-0188/2006 — 2004/0165(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Rapporteur: José Albino Silva Peneda (A6-0220/2006).

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2006)0285)

(P6_TA(2006)0285)

6.8.   European Regional Development Fund ***II (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 [09059/4/2006 — C6-0187/2006 — 2004/0167(COD)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Giovanni Claudio Fava (A6-0225/2006).

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2006)0286)

(P6_TA(2006)0286)

6.9.   European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) ***II (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) [09062/2/2006 — C6-0189/2006 — 2004/0168(COD)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Jan Olbrycht (A6-0227/2006).

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2006)0287)

(P6_TA(2006)0287)

6.10.   Service of documents in civil or commercial matters ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters [COM(2005)0305 — C6-0232/2005 — 2005/0126(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0024/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0288)

(P6_TA(2006)0288)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0288)

(P6_TA(2006)0288)

6.11.   ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund (general provisions) *** (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 [09077/2006 — C6-0192/2006 — 2004/0163(AVC)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Konstantinos Hatzidakis (A6-0224/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0289)

(P6_TA(2006)0289)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

6.12.   Establishment of a Cohesion Fund *** (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 [09078/2006 — C6-0191/2006 — 2004/0166(AVC)] — Committee on Regional Development

Rapporteur: Alfonso Andria (A6-0226/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0290)

(P6_TA(2006)0290)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

6.13.   Cabotage and international tramp services * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 to maritime transport, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 as regards the extension of its scope to include cabotage and international tramp services [COM(2005)0651 — C6-0046/2006 — 2005/0264(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Corien Wortmann-Kool (A6-0217/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0291)

(P6_TA(2006)0291)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0291)

(P6_TA(2006)0291)

6.14.   Own resources * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the system of the European Communities' own resources [COM(2006)0099 — C6-0132/2006 — 2006/0039(CNS)] — Committee on Budgets

Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A6-0223/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0292)

(P6_TA(2006)0292)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0292)

(P6_TA(2006)0292)

6.15.   Crisis of Equitable Life (vote)

(vote)

Interim report on the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society [2006/2026(INI)] — Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0221/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0293)

(P6_TA(2006)0293)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Diana Wallis (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to recital G, which was incorporated.

6.16.   Consolidation in financial services (vote)

(vote)

Report on further consolidation in the financial services industry [2006/2081(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Rapporteur: Joseph Muscat (A6-0170/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0294)

(P6_TA(2006)0294)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Joseph Muscat (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to amendment 8, which was incorporated.

6.17.   Recent developments in and prospects for company law (vote)

(vote)

Report on recent developments in and prospects in relation to company law [2006/2051(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs

Rapporteur: Andrzej Jan Szejna (A6-0229/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0295)

(P6_TA(2006)0295)

6.18.   Reducing the climate change impact of aviation (vote)

(vote)

Report on reducing the climate change impact of aviation [2005/2249(INI)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Rapporteur: Caroline Lucas (A6-0201/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0296)

(P6_TA(2006)0296)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Caroline Lucas (rapporteur), who moved oral amendments to amendments 2 and 1, which were not incorporated. |
| --- | --- |

—

Caroline Lucas (rapporteur), who moved oral amendments to amendments 2 and 1, which were not incorporated.

| — | Before the final vote, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (draftswoman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee) withdrew her support for the report. Chris Davies spoke on her decision to do so. |
| --- | --- |

—

Before the final vote, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (draftswoman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee) withdrew her support for the report. Chris Davies spoke on her decision to do so.

7.   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: Jean-Marie Cavada — A6-0215/2006:

| — | Andreas Mölzer, Hubert Pirker |
| --- | --- |

—

Andreas Mölzer, Hubert Pirker

Report: Jean-Marie Cavada — A6-0214/2006:

| — | Hubert Pirker |
| --- | --- |

—

Hubert Pirker

Report: Alain Lamassoure — A6-0223/2006:

| — | Hynek Fajmon |
| --- | --- |

—

Hynek Fajmon

Report: Caroline Lucas — A6-0201/2006:

| — | Ivo Strejček, Robert Evans |
| --- | --- |

—

Ivo Strejček, Robert Evans

8.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes:

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.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

Voting intentions:

Voting intentions:

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast):

Report: Konstantinos Hatzidakis — A6-0224/2006

| — | amendment 1

  against: José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 1

against: José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  in favour: Gunnar Hökmark, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Alexander Radwan |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

in favour: Gunnar Hökmark, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Alexander Radwan

in favour:

Report: Corien Wortmann-Kool — A6-0217/2006

| — | amendment 20

  against: Rainer Wieland |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 20

against: Rainer Wieland

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  in favour: Gilles Savary |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

in favour: Gilles Savary

in favour:

Report: Alain Lamassoure — A6-0223/2006

| — | amendment 1

  in favour: Hubert Pirker |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 1

in favour: Hubert Pirker

in favour:

Report: Caroline Lucas — A6-0201/2006

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  in favour: Libor Rouček |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

in favour: Libor Rouček

in favour:

(The sitting was suspended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.05.)

(The sitting was suspended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI

Vice-President

9.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10.   Economic and social consequences of business restructuring in Europe (debate)

(debate)

Commission statement: Economic and social consequences of business restructuring in Europe

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Jan Andersson, Roberto Musacchio, Malcolm Harbour, Jean Louis Cottigny, Helmuth Markov, Edite Estrela and Pier Antonio Panzeri.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Joel Hasse Ferreira, Jamila Madeira and Günter Verheugen.

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

| — | Alain Lipietz, Pierre Jonckheer, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the economic and social impacts of restructuring (B6-0383/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Alain Lipietz, Pierre Jonckheer, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the economic and social impacts of restructuring (B6-0383/2006),

| — | Martin Schulz, Stephen Hughes, Jan Andersson, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Jean Louis Cottigny, Alain Hutchinson, Edite Estrela, Jamila Madeira, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the economic and social consequences of company restructuring in Europe (B6-0387/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Martin Schulz, Stephen Hughes, Jan Andersson, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Jean Louis Cottigny, Alain Hutchinson, Edite Estrela, Jamila Madeira, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the economic and social consequences of company restructuring in Europe (B6-0387/2006),

| — | Ria Oomen-Ruijten, José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the economic and social consequences of companies restructuring in Europe (B6-0388/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Ria Oomen-Ruijten, José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the economic and social consequences of companies restructuring in Europe (B6-0388/2006),

| — | Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the economic and social consequences of industrial restructuring in Europe (B6-0389/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the economic and social consequences of industrial restructuring in Europe (B6-0389/2006),

| — | Ilda Figueiredo, Pedro Guerreiro, Roberto Musacchio, Marco Rizzo, Helmuth Markov, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on economic and social consequences of company restructuring in Europe (B6-0398/2006). |
| --- | --- |

—

Ilda Figueiredo, Pedro Guerreiro, Roberto Musacchio, Marco Rizzo, Helmuth Markov, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on economic and social consequences of company restructuring in Europe (B6-0398/2006).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 6.13.

Minutes of 06.07.2006, Item 6.13

11.   Investing for growth and employment (debate)

(debate)

Report on implementing the Community Lisbon Programme: more research and innovation — investing for growth and employment: A common approach (2006/2005(INI)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Rapporteur: Pilar del Castillo Vera (A6-0204/2006).

Pilar del Castillo Vera introduced the report.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Maria Matsouka (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Guy Bono (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Jerzy Buzek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Nikolaos Vakalis, Reino Paasilinna, Arūnas Degutis, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Teresa Riera Madurell, Ján Hudacký, Pia Elda Locatelli, András Gyürk, Adam Gierek and Zita Pleštinská.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following spoke: John Attard-Montalto, Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Wiesław Stefan Kuc and Romana Jordan Cizelj.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.5.

Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.5

12.   Towards a more integrated approach for industrial policy (debate)

(debate)

Report on a policy framework to strengthen EU manufacturing — towards a more integrated approach for industrial policy [2006/2003(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Rapporteur: Joan Calabuig Rull (A6-0206/2006).

Joan Calabuig Rull introduced the report.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Werner Langen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Lydia Schenardi, Non-attached Member.

The debate was suspended at that point for Question Time.

It would be resumed at 21.00.

13.   Question Time (Commission)

(Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0312/2006).

Part one

Part one

Question 34 (Claude Moraes): Football.

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes, Glyn Ford and Manolis Mavrommatis.

Question 35 (Robert Evans): Montenegro.

Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Robert Evans and Bernd Posselt.

Question 36 (András Gyürk): Examinations of the energy market during the past month and their outcome.

Neelie Kroes answered the question and supplementaries by András Gyürk and Paul Rübig.

Part two

Part two

Question 37 would not be taken as the subject to which it referred was already on the agenda of the part-session.

Question 38 (Bernd Posselt): Situation in Russia.

Question 39 (Milan Horáček): Situation in Russia.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the questions and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Milan Horáček, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Paul Rübig.

Question 40 (Nicholson of Winterbourne): Recognised operational guidelines when dealing with hostage-takers.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and supplementaries by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne and Richard Seeber.

Question 41 (Justas Vincas Paleckis): EU-Russia cooperation.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and supplementaries by Justas Vincas Paleckis, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Agnes Schierhuber.

Questions 42 to 47 would receive written answers.

Question 48 (Marc Tarabella): Right of residence for European Union citizens.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Marc Tarabella.

Question 49 (Sarah Ludford): ‘Passerelle’ clause.

Franco Frattini answered the question and supplementaries by Sarah Ludford and Margarita Starkevičiūtė.

Question 50 (Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski): Situation of disabled persons in prisons.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski.

Questions 51 to 58 would receive written answers.

Question 59 (Georgios Toussas): Punitive dismissal of trade unionists.

Franco Frattini answered the question.

Georgios Toussas put a supplementary.

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou expressed her disappointment at the fact that her question (Question 51) had not been called (the President replied that the rules governing Question Time had been complied with).

Franco Frattini answered Georgios Toussas's supplementary.

Question 60 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Greek legislation providing exemptions from execution of court judgments.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou protested about the order of the questions and expressed her disappointment at the fact that her question (Question 54) had not been called (the President replied that the rules governing Question Time had been complied with).

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou put a supplementary, which Franco Frattini answered.

Georgios Toussas spoke to make a point of order (the President cut him off as his remarks did not constitute a point of order).

Question 61 (Proinsias De Rossa): Transposition of Posting of Workers Directive in Ireland.

Franco Frattini answered the question and supplementaries by Proinsias De Rossa, Mairead McGuinness and Jim Higgins.

Questions 69 and 86 were inadmissible.

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)

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.20 and resumed at 21.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 19.20 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

14.   Towards a more integrated approach for industrial policy (continuation of debate)

(continuation of debate)

Report on a policy framework to strengthen EU manufacturing — towards a more integrated approach for industrial policy [2006/2003(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Rapporteur: Joan Calabuig Rull (A6-0206/2006).

The following spoke: Pilar del Castillo Vera, Pia Elda Locatelli, Danutė Budreikaitė, Nikolaos Vakalis, John Attard-Montalto, Alessandro Battilocchio, Gunnar Hökmark and Paul Rübig.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.6.

Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.6

15.   Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels ***II (debate)

(debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC [13274/1/2005 — C6-0091/2006 — 1997/0335(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism

Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (A6-0208/2006).

Renate Sommer introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Reinhard Rack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ulrich Stockmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Inés Ayala Sender and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.2.

Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.2

16.   Harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in air transport ***II (debate)

(debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation [13376/1/2005 — C6-0090/2006 — 2000/0069(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism

Rapporteur: Ulrich Stockmann (A6-0212/2006).

Ulrich Stockmann introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Roland Gewalt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gilles Savary, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Dirk Sterckx, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Georgios Toussas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Georg Jarzembowski, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Reinhard Rack, Inés Ayala Sender, Christine De Veyrac, Jörg Leichtfried and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.3.

Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.3

17.   Shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel * (debate)

(debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel [COM(2005)0673 — C6-0031/2006 — 2005/0272(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Rapporteur: Esko Seppänen (A6-0174/2006).

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Esko Seppänen introduced the report.

The following spoke: Werner Langen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Vincenzo Lavarra, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Romana Jordan Cizelj, András Gyürk, Paul Rübig and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.4.

Minutes of 05.07.2006, Item 4.4

18.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 354.650/OJME).

19.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.05.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Janusz Onyszkiewicz

Vice-President

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Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ek, El Khadraoui, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krarup, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lynne, Maaten, McAvan, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Mantovani, Markov, Marques, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Mussolini, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Achille Occhetto, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Patrie, Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Manfred Weber, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wiersma, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers:

Abadjiev, Anastase, Arabadjiev, Athanasiu, Bărbuleţiu, Bliznashki, Buruiană Aprodu, Cappone, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Corlăţean, Coşea, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Dimitrov, Dîncu, Duca, Dumitrescu, Ganţ, Hogea, Ilchev, Kazak, Kirilov, Kónya-Hamar, Marinescu, Mihăescu, Morţun, Paparizov, Parvanova, Petre, Podgorean, Popa, Popeangă, Silaghi, Sofianski, Stoyanov, Szabó, Ţicău, Tîrle, 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.   Request for consultation of the Economic and Social Committee — The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| request for consultation | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

request for consultation

+

2.   Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions — The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| request for consultation | | + | |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

request for consultation

+

3.   Transnational organised crime (the smuggling of migrants) *

Report: Jean-Marie CAVADA (A6-0215/2006)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

4.   Transnational organised crime (trafficking in persons) *

Report: Jean-Marie CAVADA (A6-0214/2006)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

5.   Application of the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies ***III

Report: Eija-Riitta KORHOLA (A6-0230/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

+

6.   Batteries, accumulators and their waste ***III

Report: Johannes BLOKLAND (A6-0231/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

+

7.   European Social Fund ***II

Recommendation for second reading: (qualified majority)

José Albino SILVA PENEDA (A6-0220/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| approval without vote | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

approval without vote

+

8.   European Regional Development Fund ***II

Recommendation for second reading: (qualified majority)

Giovanni Claudio FAVA (A6-0225/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| approval without vote | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

approval without vote

+

9.   European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) ***II

Recommendation for second reading: (qualified majority)

Jan OLBRYCHT (A6-0227/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| approval without vote | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

approval without vote

+

10.   Service of documents in civil or commercial matters ***I

Report: Jean-Paul GAUZÈS (A6-0024/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Proposal for a regulation |
| Block 1 | 7-28
  30-40
  42-43 | PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE | | + | |
| Block 2 | 1-6 | Committee | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| Draft legislative resolution |
| after § 1 | 29 | PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Proposal for a regulation

Block 1

7-28

30-40

42-43

PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE

+

Block 2

1-6

Committee

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

Draft legislative resolution

after § 1

29

PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Amendments 41 and 44 had been cancelled.

11.   ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund (general provisions) ***

Recommendation: Konstantinos HATZIDAKIS (A6-0224/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| after citation 2 | 1 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 80, 534, 16 |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 533, 41, 53 |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after citation 2

1

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

80, 534, 16

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

533, 41, 53

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Verts/ALE: am 1

12.   Establishment of a Cohesion Fund ***

Report: Alfonso ANDRIA (A6-0226/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 567, 29, 36 |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

567, 29, 36

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

13.   Cabotage and international tramp services *

Report: Corien WORTMANN-KOOL (A6-0217/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote | 1 | Committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| 2 | Committee | | + | |
| 3 | Committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| 4 | Committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| 6 | Committee | sep | + | |
| 7 | Committee | sep | + | |
| 8 | Committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| 9 | Committee | sep | + | |
| 10 | Committee | sep | + | |
| 11-12 | Committee | sep | + | |
| Article 1, after § 2 | 20 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 261, 363, 13 |
| 13 | Committee | | + | |
| Article 2 | 15 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 21 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 279, 354, 11 |
| 14 | Committee | | + | |
| after recital 10 | 22 | PPE-DE + PSE | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| recital 11 | 5cp | Committee | | + | |
| recital 12 | 5cp | Committee | | + | |
| 16 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| recital 13 | 17 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after recital 13 | 18 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| recital 14 | 19 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 534, 89, 16 |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote

1

Committee

split

1

+

2

+

2

Committee

+

3

Committee

split

1

+

2

+

4

Committee

split

1

+

2

+

6

Committee

sep

+

7

Committee

sep

+

8

Committee

split

1

+

2

+

9

Committee

sep

+

10

Committee

sep

+

11-12

Committee

sep

+

Article 1, after § 2

20

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

261, 363, 13

13

Committee

+

Article 2

15

GUE/NGL

-

21

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

279, 354, 11

14

Committee

+

after recital 10

22

PPE-DE + PSE

split

1

+

2

+

recital 11

5cp

Committee

+

recital 12

5cp

Committee

+

16

GUE/NGL

↓

recital 13

17

GUE/NGL

-

after recital 13

18

GUE/NGL

-

recital 14

19

GUE/NGL

-

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

534, 89, 16

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Verts/ALE: ams 20, 21

Requests for separate votes

IND/DEM: ams 6-12

Verts/ALE: ams 1, 6, 13, 14

ALDE: ams 10, 13, 14

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

am 3

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘after a transitional period of two years’

Second part: those words

am 4

First part: text as a whole without the words ‘although they cannot be obliged to do so’

Second part: those words

am 8

First part:‘The UNCTAD code ... for liner conferences.’

Second part:‘However ... such denouncement.’

ALDE

am 1

First part:‘The liner shipping conference ... protected from competition’

Second part:‘However, given the current ... in this sector is acknowledged’

Verts/ALE, ALDE

am 22

First part:‘In order to ... the Treaty’

Second part:‘before the end of the transitional period’

14.   Own resources *

Report: Alain LAMASSOURE (A6-0223/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 2-4
  6 | Committee | | + | |
| Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote | 1 | Committee | RCV | + | 533, 82, 23 |
| 5 | Committee | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 576, 38, 25 |
| 2 | - | 283, 328, 30 |
| recital 8 | 7 | GUE/NGL | RCV | - | 242, 390, 7 |
| recital 9 | 8 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after recital 11 | 9 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

2-4

6

Committee

+

Amendments by the committee responsible — separate vote

1

Committee

RCV

+

533, 82, 23

5

Committee

split/RCV

1

+

576, 38, 25

2

-

283, 328, 30

recital 8

7

GUE/NGL

RCV

-

242, 390, 7

recital 9

8

GUE/NGL

-

after recital 11

9

Verts/ALE

-

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for roll-call votes

IND/DEM: ams 5 and 7

GUE/NGL: am 1

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 5

First part:‘The European Council ... and sound financial management.’

Second part:‘The European Parliament in its decision ... next financial framework.’

Requests for separate votes

GUE/NGL am 5

15.   Crisis of Equitable Life

Interim report: Diana WALLIS (A6-0221/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| recital G | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

recital G

§

original text

+

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Miscellaneous

Diana Wallis (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to recital G, which then read as follows:

| ‘G. | whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry have a general significance that goes beyond the particular concerns of the European citizens who are directly affected, in particular as regards the adequate functioning of the internal market for insurance products, the correct implementation of Community law and the adequacy of redress mechanisms available to citizens, in particular in cross-border situations where the undertaking concerned is under home-country control,’ |
| --- | --- |

‘G.

whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry have a general significance that goes beyond the particular concerns of the European citizens who are directly affected, in particular as regards the adequate functioning of the internal market for insurance products, the correct implementation of Community law and the adequacy of redress mechanisms available to citizens, in particular in cross-border situations where the undertaking concerned is under home-country control,’

16.   Consolidation in financial services

Report: Joseph MUSCAT (A6-0170/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 3 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 353, 255, 20 |
| § 4 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 8 | 6 | PSE | RCV | + | 345, 287, 9 |
| § 9 | 1 | ALDE | | - | |
| after § 9 | 7 | PSE | | - | |
| § 10 | 2 | ALDE | | - | |
| § 12 | 3 | ALDE | EV | + | 326, 276, 18 |
| § 17 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 23 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | - | 282, 319, 18 |
| § 26 | 4 | ALDE | EV | + | 308, 299, 16 |
| § | original text | sep | ↓ | |
| § 33 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 36 | 5 | ALDE | EV | + | 306, 272, 39 |
| § 38 | 8 | PSE | | + | oral amendment |
| § | original text | sep | ↓ | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 3

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

353, 255, 20

§ 4

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 8

6

PSE

RCV

+

345, 287, 9

§ 9

1

ALDE

-

after § 9

7

PSE

-

§ 10

2

ALDE

-

§ 12

3

ALDE

EV

+

326, 276, 18

§ 17

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 23

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

-

282, 319, 18

§ 26

4

ALDE

EV

+

308, 299, 16

§

original text

original text

sep

↓

§ 33

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 36

5

ALDE

EV

+

306, 272, 39

§ 38

8

PSE

+

oral amendment

oral amendment

§

original text

original text

sep

↓

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for separate votes

Requests for separate votes

Verts/ALE: §§ 17, 26

UEN: § 38

ALDE: § 33

Requests for roll-call votes

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: am 6

Requests for split votes

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE, PSE

§ 23

§ 23

First part:‘notes that the current tax treatment ... rather than EU dividends;’

First part:

Second part:‘notes also ... foreign investment’

Second part:

ALDE

§ 4

§ 4

First part:‘Welcome the positive effect ... regulatory framework’

First part:

Second part:‘even though not all ... have yet been realised’

Second part:

PSE

PSE

§ 3

§ 3

First part:‘Notes that ... many different ways’

First part:

Second part:‘such as through commercial alliances ... settlement systems);’

Second part:

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Joseph Muscat (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to amendment 8, which now read as follows:

| ‘38. | Believes that it is high time that the EU institutions, and particularly the Parliament, opened a debate on the structure of supervision of EU financial markets; for this reason, calls for the setting up, by the end of 2006, of a committee of “wise persons” to study — and report back six months after the establishment of the committee — the implications of the consolidation of markets and financial institutions, prudential supervision, financial stability, and crisis management; in this regard, asks the committee to propose concrete ideas regarding the simplification of multiple reporting requirements and the improvement of the current structures, and, ultimately to reflect on the needs and structures of European financial supervisors;’ |
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‘38.

Believes that it is high time that the EU institutions, and particularly the Parliament, opened a debate on the structure of supervision of EU financial markets; for this reason, calls for the setting up, by the end of 2006, of a committee of “wise persons” to study — and report back six months after the establishment of the committee — the implications of the consolidation of markets and financial institutions, prudential supervision, financial stability, and crisis management; in this regard, asks the committee to propose concrete ideas regarding the simplification of multiple reporting requirements and the improvement of the current structures, and, ultimately to reflect on the needs and structures of European financial supervisors;’

17.   Recent developments in and prospects for company law

Report: Andrzej Jan SZEJNA (A6-0229/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 3 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 15 | 2 | PSE | | + | |
| after § 26 | 4 | PSE | | - | |
| after § 31 | 5 | PSE | | - | |
| after § 42 | 3 | PSE | | - | |
| § 43 | 1 | ALDE | | - | |
| recital F | § | original text | sep | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 3

§

original text

original text

sep

+

after § 15

2

PSE

+

after § 26

4

PSE

-

after § 31

5

PSE

-

after § 42

3

PSE

-

§ 43

1

ALDE

-

recital F

§

original text

original text

sep

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for separate votes

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: § 3, recital F

18.   Reducing the climate change impact of aviation

Report: Caroline LUCAS (A6-0201/2006)

| Subject | Am No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 4 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 6 | 4 | Verts/ALE | EV | - | 268, 323, 33 |
| § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 7 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 8 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 9 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | - | 281, 332, 17 |
| after § 10 | 2 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| § 11 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 21 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 21 | 3 | PPE-DE + DAVIES | | + | |
| § 22 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1/EV | - | 295, 317, 18 |
| 2/EV | + | 364, 253, 11 |
| § 23 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 27 | 1 | GUE/NGL | EV | - | 142, 453, 8 |
| § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 29 | § | original text | sep/EV | - | 270, 331, 23 |
| § 30 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 37 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 439, 74, 102 |

Subject

Am No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 4

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 6

4

Verts/ALE

EV

-

268, 323, 33

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 7

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 8

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 9

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

-

281, 332, 17

after § 10

2

PPE-DE

+

§ 11

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 21

§

original text

original text

sep

+

after § 21

3

PPE-DE + DAVIES

+

§ 22

§

original text

original text

split

1/EV

-

295, 317, 18

2/EV

+

364, 253, 11

§ 23

§

original text

original text

sep

+

§ 27

1

GUE/NGL

EV

-

142, 453, 8

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 29

§

original text

original text

sep/EV

-

270, 331, 23

§ 30

§

original text

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 37

§

original text

original text

sep

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

439, 74, 102

Requests for separate votes

Requests for separate votes

ALDE: §§ 4, 6, 7, 8, 21, 23 and 29

PSE: § 29

Verts/ALE: §§ 9, 11, 37

Requests for roll-call votes

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: final vote

Requests for split votes

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE

§ 22

§ 22

First part:‘Shares the Commission's view ... appropriate approach’

First part:

Second part:‘proposes ... in the ETS;’

Second part:

ALDE

§ 1

§ 1

First part: Paragraph as a whole without the words ‘including regulatory, economic, technological and operational instruments’ and ‘applying the “polluter pays” principle and ensuring full cost internalisation’

First part:

Second part: those words

Second part:

§ 9

§ 9

First part: Paragraph as a whole excluding the words ‘to address this problem’, ‘not only’ and ‘but also the reduction of taxes or other burdens which are obligatory for other transport systems but not for aviation’

First part:

Second part: those words

Second part:

§ 27

§ 27

First part:‘Calls on the Commission to encourage research programmes to improve scientific knowledge on the non-CO2 impacts of aviation’

First part:

2

Second part:‘Calls on the Commission to put forward ... ascent and descent of aircraft’ and ‘and to support ICAO action in developing standards on NOx’

Second part:

§ 30

§ 30

First part: Paragraph as a whole without the words ‘to and’, ‘(if possible also intercontinental flights transiting through EU airspace)’ and ‘stresses that a worldwide emission trading scheme needs to be introduced as soon as possible’

First part:

Second part: those words

Second part:

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Recommendation: Hatzidakis A6-0224/2006

Amendment 1

For: 80

ALDE: Bourlanges

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

PPE-DE: Casini, Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic

PSE: Correia, Leichtfried

UEN: Camre

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

Against: 534

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Mussolini, Piskorski, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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

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

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Samuelsen

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Manolakou, Remek, Toussas

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

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Martin Hans-Peter, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Nicholson

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

2.   Recommendation: Hatzidakis A6-0224/2006

Resolution

For: 533

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Blokland, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Louis, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Giertych, Masiel, Piskorski, Rivera, Rutowicz, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, 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, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

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

Against: 41

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Sjöstedt, Svensson, Toussas

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

NI: Allister, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Nassauer, Radwan

PSE: Leinen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 53

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Baco, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kirkhope, Lauk, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Tannock, Van Orden

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

3.   Recommendation: Andria A6-0226/2006

Resolution

For: 567

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Catania, Morgantini, Musacchio, Ransdorf, Strož

IND/DEM: Blokland, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Louis, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Giertych, Masiel, Piskorski, Rivera, Rutowicz, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, 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, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

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

Against: 29

GUE/NGL: Toussas

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

NI: Allister, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Schenardi, Vanhecke

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 36

GUE/NGL: Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Coûteaux

NI: Baco, Claeys, Kozlík, Romagnoli

PPE-DE: Kamall, Kirkhope

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Against

Diamanto Manolakou

4.   Report: Wortmann-Kool A6-0217/2006

Amendment 20

For: 261

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

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

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, 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, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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: 363

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Borghezio, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Piskorski, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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

Abstention: 13

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis

NI: Allister, Baco, Dillen, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Gutiérrez-Cortines

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

5.   Report: Wortmann-Kool A6-0217/2006

Amendment 21

For: 279

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, 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, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis

NI: Allister, Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Rivera

PSE: Grech

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

6.   Report: Wortmann-Kool A6-0217/2006

Resolution

For: 534

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček

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

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Piskorski, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, 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, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

Against: 89

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Gewalt, Pieper, Sartori

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

Abstention: 16

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Helmer, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Cabrnoch, Duchoň, Fajmon, Ouzký, Škottová, Strejček, Vlasák, Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

7.   Report: Lamassoure A6-0223/2006

Amendment 1

For: 533

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mussolini, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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: 82

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Cabrnoch, Duchoň, Fajmon, Nicholson, Ouzký, Seeberg, Škottová, Strejček, Vlasák

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 23

ALDE: Cappato

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis

NI: Baco, Borghezio, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Speroni

PPE-DE: Lauk

PSE: Cashman, Evans Robert, Gill, Honeyball, Hughes, Kinnock, McAvan, Martin David, Morgan, Stihler, Willmott, Wynn

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

Abstention

Richard Corbett, Gary Titley

8.   Report: Lamassoure A6-0223/2006

Amendment 5/1

For: 576

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Piskorski, Rivera, Rutowicz, Speroni, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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: Lambsdorff

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Bobošíková, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Buzek, Cabrnoch, Duchoň, Fajmon, Ouzký, Seeberg, Škottová, Strejček, Vlasák, Vlasto

Abstention: 25

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Toussas

IND/DEM: Louis

NI: Allister, Baco, Helmer, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Zvěřina

PSE: Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Hughes, Kinnock, McAvan, Martin David, Morgan, Stihler, Titley, Willmott, Wynn

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

9.   Report: Lamassoure A6-0223/2006

Amendment 5/2

For: 283

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Markov

NI: Battilocchio, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Mussolini, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Doyle, Fjellner, Grosch, Jackson, Wieland

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Zīle

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

Against: 328

ALDE: Lambsdorff

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rivera, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz

Abstention: 30

GUE/NGL: Aita, Catania, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Remek, Wagenknecht

NI: Baco, Borghezio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Speroni

PSE: Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Hughes, Kinnock, McAvan, Martin David, Morgan, Stihler, Titley, Willmott, Wynn

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Schlyter

Corrections to votes

Against

Françoise Grossetête, Henrik Dam Kristensen

Abstention

Christofer Fjellner

10.   Report: Lamassoure A6-0223/2006

Amendment 7

For: 242

ALDE: Degutis, Deprez, Samuelsen

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych, Mussolini, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Marques

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Gierek, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Herczog, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Locatelli, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, 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, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

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

Against: 390

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Davies, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Blokland, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Borghezio, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Piskorski, Rivera, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Speroni, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert, Ford, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Ilves, Kinnock, Martin David, Morgan, Segelström, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Westlund, Willmott, Wynn

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 7

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PSE: Hughes, McAvan

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Smith

Corrections to votes

Against

Linda McAvan

Abstention

Eva-Britt Svensson, Jonas Sjöstedt

11.   Report: Muscat A6-0170/2006

Amendment 6

For: 345

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, 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, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Oviir, Pannella, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Karatzaferis

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

PPE-DE: Karas, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber, Vernola

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

UEN: Camre, Didžiokas

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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: 287

ALDE: Andria

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Manolakou, Toussas, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Helmer, Masiel, Mote, Piskorski, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, 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, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 9

ALDE: Harkin

IND/DEM: Louis

NI: Baco, Borghezio, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Korhola

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For

Reinhard Rack, Hubert Pirker

12.   Report: Lucas A6-0201/2006

Resolution

For: 439

ALDE: Andrejevs, Attwooll, Bowles, Busk, Cappato, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Hall, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Ludford, Lynne, Manders, Matsakis, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Susta, Toia, Veraldi, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Flasarová, Guidoni, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Maštálka, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Karatzaferis, Louis

NI: Battilocchio, Borghezio, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Piskorski, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, Demetriou, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hennicot-Schoepges, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Járóka, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marques, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Peterle, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Casaca, Castex, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Szejna, Tabajdi, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Westlund, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, 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: 74

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Birutis, Bourlanges, Chatzimarkakis, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Griesbeck, Klinz, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Riis-Jørgensen, Takkula, Virrankoski

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Grabowski, Krupa, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Kilroy-Silk, Mote, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Berend, Brok, Cabrnoch, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Duchoň, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Friedrich, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jarzembowski, Kauppi, Klamt, Konrad, Lehne, Ouzký, Pack, Pieper, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Škottová, Strejček, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, von Wogau, Zvěřina

PSE: Groote, Hänsch, Haug, Stockmann, Vincenzi, Walter, Weiler

UEN: Zīle

Abstention: 102

ALDE: Beaupuy, Budreikaitė, Cocilovo, Fourtou, Geremek, Gibault, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Koch-Mehrin, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Maaten, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Pannella, Polfer, Savi, Schuth, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Figueiredo, Manolakou, Remek, Toussas, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Sinnott

NI: Baco, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Albertini, Bradbourn, Descamps, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Doyle, Hannan, Hatzidakis, Jałowiecki, Jordan Cizelj, Korhola, Lamassoure, Lewandowski, McGuinness, Pirker, Rack, Reul, Schwab, Seeber, Sonik

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Cashman, Corbett, Díez González, Dobolyi, Dührkop Dührkop, García Pérez, Goebbels, Grech, Gruber, Honeyball, Hughes, Laignel, McAvan, Mann Erika, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Riera Madurell, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Swoboda, Tarabella, Titley, Wiersma, Willmott, Wynn, Zingaretti

UEN: Kamiński

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes

For

Karin Riis-Jørgensen

Abstention

Paul Rübig, Robert Evans, Othmar Karas, Joseph Muscat, Agnes Schierhuber, Jim Higgins, Gay Mitchell

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2006)0281

Transnational organised crime (the smuggling of migrants) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (8174/2006 — COM(2005)0503 — C6-0129/2006 — 2003/0196(CNS))

(Consultation procedure — renewed consultation)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council draft (8174/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council draft (8174/2006),

| — | having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0503) (1), |
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—

having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0503) (1),

| — | having regard to its position of 13 January 2004 (2), |
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—

having regard to its position of 13 January 2004 (2),

| — | having regard to Articles 62(2) and 63(3), 66, 179 and 181a, in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
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—

having regard to Articles 62(2) and 63(3), 66, 179 and 181a, in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having been reconsulted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), first paragraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0129/2006), |
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—

having been reconsulted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), first paragraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0129/2006),

| — | having regard to Rules 51, 43(1), 55(3) and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rules 51, 43(1), 55(3) and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0215/2006); |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0215/2006);

| 1. | Approves the conclusion of the protocol; |
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1.

Approves the conclusion of the protocol;

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(2)  OJ C 92 E, 16.4.2004, p. 75.

P6_TA(2006)0282

Transnational organised crime (trafficking in persons) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (8174/2006 — COM(2005)0503 — C6-0130/2006 — 2003/0197(CNS))

(Consultation procedure — renewed consultation)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council draft (8174/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council draft (8174/2006),

| — | having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0503) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the amended Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0503) (1),

| — | having regard to its position of 13 January 2004 (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position of 13 January 2004 (2),

| — | having regard to Articles 62(2), 63(3), 66, 179 and 181a in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Articles 62(2), 63(3), 66, 179 and 181a in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having been reconsulted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0130/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having been reconsulted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0130/2006),

| — | having regard to Rules 51, 43(1), 55(3) and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 51, 43(1), 55(3) and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0214/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0214/2006);

| 1. | Approves the conclusion of the protocol; |
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1.

Approves the conclusion of the protocol;

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

2.

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(2)  OJ C 92 E, 16.4.2004, p. 75.

P6_TA(2006)0283

Application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention to EC institutions and bodies ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (PE-CONS 3614/1/2006 — C6-0156/2006 — 2003/0242(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3614/1/2006 — C6-0156/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3614/1/2006 — C6-0156/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0622) (2), |
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—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0622) (2),

| — | having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4), |
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—

having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2006)0081) (5), |
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—

having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2006)0081) (5),

| — | 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, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0230/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0230/2006);

| 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 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 612.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

(3)  Texts Adopted, 18.1.2006, P6_TA(2006)0016.

(4)  OJ C 264, 25.10.2005, p. 18.

(5)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0284

Batteries, accumulators and their waste ***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 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (PE-CONS 3615/4/2006 — C6-0154/2006 — 2003/0282(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3615/4/2006 — C6-0154/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3615/4/2006 — C6-0154/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0723) (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0723) (2),

| — | having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2006)0017) (5), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2006)0017) (5),

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

—

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

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

—

having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0231/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0231/2006);

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

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; |
| --- | --- |

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; |
| --- | --- |

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. |
| --- | --- |

4.

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

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(1)  OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 354.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

(3)  Texts Adopted, 13.12.2005, P6_TA(2005)0495.

(4)  OJ C 264 E, 25.10.2005, p. 1.

(5)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0285

European Social Fund ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 (9060/4/2006 — C6-0188/2006 — 2004/0165(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council common position (9060/4/2006 — C6-0188/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council common position (9060/4/2006 — C6-0188/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0493) (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0493) (2),

| — | having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2005)0523) (3), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2005)0523) (3),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0220/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0220/2006);

| 1. | Approves the common position; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the common position;

| 2. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

| 3. | 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 President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 4. | 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 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;

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

5.

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

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(1)  Texts Adopted, 6.7.2005, P6_TA(2005)0281.

(2)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(3)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0286

European Regional Development Fund ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 (9059/4/2006 — C6-0187/2006 — 2004/0167(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council common position (9059/4/2006 — C6-0187/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council common position (9059/4/2006 — C6-0187/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0495) (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0495) (2),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0225/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0225/2006);

| 1. | Approves the common position; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the common position;

| 2. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

| 3. | 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 President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 4. | 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 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;

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

5.

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

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(1)  Texts Adopted, 6.7.2005, P6_TA(2005)0279.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0287

European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) (9062/2/2006 — C6-0189/2006 — 2004/0168(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council common position (9062/2/2006 — C6-0189/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council common position (9062/2/2006 — C6-0189/2006),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0496) (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0496) (2),

| — | having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0094) (3), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0094) (3),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0227/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0227/2006);

| 1. | Approves the common position; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Approves the common position;

| 2. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

| 3. | 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 President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 4. | 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 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;

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

5.

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

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(1)  Texts Adopted, 6.7.2005, P6_TA(2005)0280.

(2)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(3)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0288

Service of documents in civil or commercial matters ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (COM(2005)0305 — C6-0232/2005 — 2005/0126(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)0305) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)0305) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 61(c) and 67(5), second indent, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0232/2005), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 61(c) and 67(5), second indent, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0232/2005),

| — | 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 Legal Affairs (A6-0024/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0024/2006);

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to submit a codified version of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 incorporating the amendments contained herein by way of its revised proposal; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Calls on the Commission to submit a codified version of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 incorporating the amendments contained herein by way of its revised proposal;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

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

4.

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)0126

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 July 2006 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 61, point (c) and the second indent of Article 67(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

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

Whereas:

| (1) | On 1 October 2004 the Commission adopted a report on the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (3). The report concludes that since its entry into force in 2001, the application of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 has generally improved and expedited the transmission and the service of documents between Member States, but that nevertheless the application of certain provisions of that Regulation is not fully satisfactory. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

On 1 October 2004 the Commission adopted a report on the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (3). The report concludes that since its entry into force in 2001, the application of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 has generally improved and expedited the transmission and the service of documents between Member States, but that nevertheless the application of certain provisions of that Regulation is not fully satisfactory.

| (2) | The proper functioning of the internal market entails the need to further improve and expedite the transmission and service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters for service between the Member States, to simplify the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 and to improve legal certainty for the applicant and the addressee. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

The proper functioning of the internal market entails the need to further improve and expedite the transmission and service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters for service between the Member States, to simplify the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 and to improve legal certainty for the applicant and the addressee.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 should not apply to service of a document on the party's authorised representative in the Member State where the proceedings take place, regardless of the place of residence of that party. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 should not apply to service of a document on the party's authorised representative in the Member State where the proceedings take place, regardless of the place of residence of that party.

| (4) | The service of a document should be effected as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt by the receiving agency. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The service of a document should be effected as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt by the receiving agency.

| (5) | The receiving agency should inform the addressee in writing using a standard form that he or she may refuse to accept the document to be served at the time of service or by
  sending
  the document
  to the receiving agency within one week if it is not either in a language which he or she understands or in an official language of the place of service. This rule should also apply to the subsequent service once the addressee has exercised his or her right of refusal. These rules on refusal should also apply to service by diplomatic or consular agents, service by postal services and direct service
  . |
| --- | --- |

(5)

The receiving agency should inform the addressee in writing using a standard form that he or she may refuse to accept the document to be served at the time of service or by
  sending
  the document
  to the receiving agency within one week if it is not either in a language which he or she understands or in an official language of the place of service. This rule should also apply to the subsequent service once the addressee has exercised his or her right of refusal. These rules on refusal should also apply to service by diplomatic or consular agents, service by postal services and direct service
  .

| (6) | The receiving agency should continue to take all necessary steps to serve the document also in cases where it has not been possible to effect service within the month, for example because the defendant has been away from his or her home on holiday or away from his or her office on business. Furthermore, in order to avoid an open-ended obligation for the receiving agency to take steps to serve a document, the transmitting agency should be able to specify a deadline in the standard form after which service is no longer required. |
| --- | --- |

(6)

The receiving agency should continue to take all necessary steps to serve the document also in cases where it has not been possible to effect service within the month, for example because the defendant has been away from his or her home on holiday or away from his or her office on business. Furthermore, in order to avoid an open-ended obligation for the receiving agency to take steps to serve a document, the transmitting agency should be able to specify a deadline in the standard form after which service is no longer required.

| (7) | It should be established that the service of a document can be
  remedied
  through the service on the addressee of a translation of the document. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

It should be established that the service of a document can be
  remedied
  through the service on the addressee of a translation of the document.

| (8) | The date of service of a document should be the date on which it is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed. However, where according to the law of a Member State a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant should be that fixed by the law of that Member State.
  Those Member States where this system applies should communicate this to the Commission, which is to publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union and in the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

The date of service of a document should be the date on which it is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed. However, where according to the law of a Member State a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant should be that fixed by the law of that Member State.
  Those Member States where this system applies should communicate this to the Commission, which is to publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union and in the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters.

| (9) | In order to facilitate access to justice, costs occasioned by the employment of a judicial officer, official or person competent under the law of the Member State addressed should correspond to a
  single
  fixed fee laid down by that Member State in advance which respects the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination.
  The requirement of a single fixed fee should not prejudice the possibility for Member States to fix different fees for different types of service as long as they respect these principles. |
| --- | --- |

(9)

In order to facilitate access to justice, costs occasioned by the employment of a judicial officer, official or person competent under the law of the Member State addressed should correspond to a
  single
  fixed fee laid down by that Member State in advance which respects the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination.
  The requirement of a single fixed fee should not prejudice the possibility for Member States to fix different fees for different types of service as long as they respect these principles.

| (10) | Each Member State should be free to effect service
  of documents
  directly by postal services to persons residing in another Member State by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or equivalent. |
| --- | --- |

(10)

Each Member State should be free to effect service
  of documents
  directly by postal services to persons residing in another Member State by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or equivalent.

| (11) | Any
  person interested in a judicial proceeding
  may
  effect service
  of documents
  directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed
  , where such direct service is permitted under the law of that Member State
  . |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Any
  person interested in a judicial proceeding
  may
  effect service
  of documents
  directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed
  , where such direct service is permitted under the law of that Member State
  .

| (12) | The Commission should draw up a manual containing information relevant for the proper application of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, which should be published in the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters. The Commission and the Member States should do their utmost to ensure that this information is up to date and complete, especially as regards the contact details of receiving and transmitting agencies. |
| --- | --- |

(12)

The Commission should draw up a manual containing information relevant for the proper application of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, which should be published in the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters. The Commission and the Member States should do their utmost to ensure that this information is up to date and complete, especially as regards the contact details of receiving and transmitting agencies.

| (13) | In calculating the periods and time limits provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits
   (4) should apply. |
| --- | --- |

(13)

In calculating the periods and time limits provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits
   (4) should apply.

| (14) | Since the objectives of the action to be taken cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore 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 to achieve those objectives. |
| --- | --- |

(14)

Since the objectives of the action to be taken cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore 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 to achieve those objectives.

| (15) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5). |
| --- | --- |

(15)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5).

| (16) | The United Kingdom and Ireland, in accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, have given notice of their wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(16)

The United Kingdom and Ireland, in accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, have given notice of their wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Regulation.

| (17) | Denmark, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, is not participating in the adoption of this Regulation, and is therefore not bound by it or subject to its application, |
| --- | --- |

(17)

Denmark, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, is not participating in the adoption of this Regulation, and is therefore not bound by it or subject to its application,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

| (1) | The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1(1):




  ‘It shall not extend in particular to revenue, customs or administrative matters or to liability of the State for actions or omissions in the exercise of state authority (“acta iure imperii”).’ |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1(1):

‘It shall not extend in particular to revenue, customs or administrative matters or to liability of the State for actions or omissions in the exercise of state authority (“acta iure imperii”).’

| (2) | In Article 4(3), the last sentence shall be replaced by the following:




  ‘Each Member State shall indicate the official language or languages of the Institutions of the European Union other than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of the form.’ |
| --- | --- |

(2)

In Article 4(3), the last sentence shall be replaced by the following:

‘Each Member State shall indicate the official language or languages of the Institutions of the European Union other than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of the form.’

| (3) | Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘2.   The
  receiving agency shall take all necessary steps to effect the service of the document
  as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt. If it has not been possible to effect service
  within one month of receipt
  , the receiving agency








  (a) | shall immediately inform the transmitting agency by means of the certificate in the standard form in the Annex, which shall be drawn up under the conditions referred to in Article 10(2)
  ; and |
| --- | --- | --- |

(3)

Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.   The
  receiving agency shall take all necessary steps to effect the service of the document
  as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt. If it has not been possible to effect service
  within one month of receipt
  , the receiving agency

(a)

shall immediately inform the transmitting agency by means of the certificate in the standard form in the Annex, which shall be drawn up under the conditions referred to in Article 10(2)
  ; and

| (b) | shall continue to take all necessary steps to serve the document, unless indicated otherwise by the transmitting agency, where service seems to be possible within a reasonable period of time
  .’ |
| --- | --- |

(b)

shall continue to take all necessary steps to serve the document, unless indicated otherwise by the transmitting agency, where service seems to be possible within a reasonable period of time
  .’

| (4) | Article 8 is amended as follows:







  (a) | paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘1.   The receiving agency shall inform the
  addressee, using
  the standard form in the Annex, that he or she may refuse to accept the document to be served at the time of service or by
  sending
  the document
  to the receiving agency
  within one week
  if it is not written in, or
  accompanied by a translation into
  , either of the following
  languages:






  (a) | a language which the addressee understands
  ; or |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

(4)

Article 8 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.   The receiving agency shall inform the
  addressee, using
  the standard form in the Annex, that he or she may refuse to accept the document to be served at the time of service or by
  sending
  the document
  to the receiving agency
  within one week
  if it is not written in, or
  accompanied by a translation into
  , either of the following
  languages:

(a)

a language which the addressee understands
  ; or

| (b) | the official language of the Member State addressed or, if there are several official languages in that Member State, the official language or one of the official languages of the place where service is to be effected
  .’ |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the official language of the Member State addressed or, if there are several official languages in that Member State, the official language or one of the official languages of the place where service is to be effected
  .’

| (b) | the following paragraph 3 shall be added:
  ‘3.   If the addressee has refused to accept the document under the conditions of paragraph 1, the service of the document can be
  remedied
  through the service on the addressee in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation of
  the document accompanied by
  a
  translation into
  a language provided for in paragraph 1.
  In that case, the date of service of the document shall be the date on which the
  document accompanied by the
  translation is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed. However, where according to the law of a Member State, a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant shall be the date of service of the initial document
  , determined pursuant to Article 9(2)
  .’ |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the following paragraph 3 shall be added:

‘3.   If the addressee has refused to accept the document under the conditions of paragraph 1, the service of the document can be
  remedied
  through the service on the addressee in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation of
  the document accompanied by
  a
  translation into
  a language provided for in paragraph 1.

In that case, the date of service of the document shall be the date on which the
  document accompanied by the
  translation is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed. However, where according to the law of a Member State, a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant shall be the date of service of the initial document
  , determined pursuant to Article 9(2)
  .’

| (5) | Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 9
  Date of service
  1.   Without prejudice to Article 8, the date of service of a document shall be the date on which it is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed.
  2.   However, where according to the law of a Member State, a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant shall be that fixed by the law of that Member State.’ |
| --- | --- |

(5)

Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 9

Date of service

1.   Without prejudice to Article 8, the date of service of a document shall be the date on which it is served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed.

2.   However, where according to the law of a Member State, a document shall be served within a particular
  period, the
  date to be taken into account with respect to the applicant shall be that fixed by the law of that Member State.’

| (6) | In Article 10(2), the last sentence shall be replaced by the following:




  ‘Each Member State shall indicate the official language or languages of the Institutions of the European Union other than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of the form.’ |
| --- | --- |

(6)

In Article 10(2), the last sentence shall be replaced by the following:

‘Each Member State shall indicate the official language or languages of the Institutions of the European Union other than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of the form.’

| (7) | Article 11(2) shall be replaced by the following:


  ‘2.
     
  However, the applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs occasioned by:










  (a) | the employment of a judicial officer or of a person competent under the law of the Member State addressed; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(7)

Article 11(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.
     
  However, the applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs occasioned by:

(a)

the employment of a judicial officer or of a person competent under the law of the Member State addressed;

| (b) | the use of a particular method of service. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the use of a particular method of service.

Costs occasioned by the employment of a judicial officer or of a person competent under the law of the Member State addressed shall correspond to a
  single
  fixed fee laid down by that Member State in advance which respects the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. Member States shall communicate such fixed fees to the Commission.’

| (8) | Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 14
  Service by postal services
  Each Member State shall be free to effect service of judicial documents directly by postal services to persons residing in another Member State by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or equivalent.’ |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 14

Service by postal services

Each Member State shall be free to effect service of judicial documents directly by postal services to persons residing in another Member State by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or equivalent.’

| (9) | Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 15
  Direct service


  Any
  person interested in a judicial proceeding
  may
  effect service of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed
  , where such direct service is permitted under the law of that Member State
  .’ |
| --- | --- |

(9)

Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 15

Direct service

Any
  person interested in a judicial proceeding
  may
  effect service of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed
  , where such direct service is permitted under the law of that Member State
  .’

| (10) | The following Article 15a shall be inserted:
  ‘Article 15a
  Applicable provisions


  1.
     The rules concerning the refusal to accept the document provided for in Article 8 and the rules concerning the date of service provided for in Article 9 shall apply to the means of transmission and service provided for in this section.


  2.
     
  However, for the purposes of Article 8(1):










  (a) | where service is effected in accordance with Article 13, the diplomatic or consular agents shall inform the addressee that he or she may refuse to accept the document and that any document refused must be sent to those entities; |
| --- | --- | --- |

(10)

The following Article 15a shall be inserted:

‘Article 15a

Applicable provisions

1.
     The rules concerning the refusal to accept the document provided for in Article 8 and the rules concerning the date of service provided for in Article 9 shall apply to the means of transmission and service provided for in this section.

2.
     
  However, for the purposes of Article 8(1):

(a)

where service is effected in accordance with Article 13, the diplomatic or consular agents shall inform the addressee that he or she may refuse to accept the document and that any document refused must be sent to those entities;

| (b) | where service is effected, in accordance with Article 14, the authority or person effecting service shall inform the addressee that he or she may refuse to accept the document and that any document refused must be sent to that authority or person.
  ’ |
| --- | --- |

(b)

where service is effected, in accordance with Article 14, the authority or person effecting service shall inform the addressee that he or she may refuse to accept the document and that any document refused must be sent to that authority or person.
  ’

| (11) | Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 17
  Implementing rules
  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation relating to the updating or making technical amendments to the standard forms set out in the Annex shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 18(2).’ |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 17

Implementing rules

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation relating to the updating or making technical amendments to the standard forms set out in the Annex shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 18(2).’

| (12) | Article 23 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 23
  Communication
  and publication


  1.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the information referred to in Articles 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13,
  15
  and 19.


  Member States shall communicate to the Commission if, according to their law, a document shall be served within a particular period as referred to in Articles 8(3) and 9(2).




  2.
     
  The Commission shall publish the information communicated in accordance with paragraph 1 in the Official Journal of the European Union, with the exception of the addresses and other contact details of the agencies and of the central bodies and the geographical areas in which they have jurisdiction.



  3.   The Commission shall draw up and update regularly a
  manual containing
  the information referred to in paragraph 1
  , which shall be available electronically, in particular via the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established in accordance with Council Decision 2001/470/EC of 28 May 2001 (6)

  . |
| --- | --- |

(12)

Article 23 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 23

Communication
  and publication

1.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the information referred to in Articles 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13,
  15
  and 19.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission if, according to their law, a document shall be served within a particular period as referred to in Articles 8(3) and 9(2).

2.
     
  The Commission shall publish the information communicated in accordance with paragraph 1 in the Official Journal of the European Union, with the exception of the addresses and other contact details of the agencies and of the central bodies and the geographical areas in which they have jurisdiction.

3.   The Commission shall draw up and update regularly a
  manual containing
  the information referred to in paragraph 1
  , which shall be available electronically, in particular via the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established in accordance with Council Decision 2001/470/EC of 28 May 2001 (6)

  .

| (13) | Article 24 shall be replaced by the following:




  ‘Article 24




  Review




  No later than 1 June 2011, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the application of this Regulation, paying special attention to the effectiveness of the bodies designated pursuant to Article 2 and to the practical application of point (c) of Article 3 and Article 9. The report shall be accompanied if need be by proposals for adaptations of this Regulation in line with the evolution of notification systems.’ |
| --- | --- |

(13)

Article 24 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 24

Review

No later than 1 June 2011, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the application of this Regulation, paying special attention to the effectiveness of the bodies designated pursuant to Article 2 and to the practical application of point (c) of Article 3 and Article 9. The report shall be accompanied if need be by proposals for adaptations of this Regulation in line with the evolution of notification systems.’

| (14) | Article 25 shall be replaced by the following:




  ‘Article 25




  Date of application




  The Regulation shall apply from ... (7) with the exception of Article 23 which shall apply from ... (8).




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

(14)

Article 25 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 25

Date of application

The Regulation shall apply from ... (7) with the exception of Article 23 which shall apply from ... (8).

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

| (15) | The Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(15)

The Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on [...].

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 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 88, 11.4.2006, p. 7.

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 4 July 2006.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 4 July 2006.

(3)  OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.

3

(4)  OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1.

4

(5)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

5

(6)  

  OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 25

  .’

6

OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 25

(7)  
  Twelve months after the adoption of this Regulation.

7

Twelve months after the adoption of this Regulation.

(8)  
  Nine months after the adoption of this Regulation.’

8

Nine months after the adoption of this Regulation.’

ANNEX

REQUEST FOR SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

(Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1))

Reference No: ...

1.   TRANSMITTING AGENCY

| 1.1. | Identity: |
| --- | --- |

1.1.

Identity:

| 1.2. | Address:






  1.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

1.2.

Address:

1.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 1.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

1.2.2.

Place and code:

| 1.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

1.2.3.

Country:

| 1.3. | Tel: |
| --- | --- |

1.3.

Tel:

| 1.4. | Fax (2): |
| --- | --- |

1.4.

Fax (2):

| 1.5. | E-mail (2): |
| --- | --- |

1.5.

E-mail (2):

2.   RECEIVING AGENCY

| 2.1. | Identity: |
| --- | --- |

2.1.

Identity:

| 2.2. | Address:






  2.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.2.

Address:

2.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 2.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

2.2.2.

Place and code:

| 2.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

2.2.3.

Country:

| 2.3. | Tel: |
| --- | --- |

2.3.

Tel:

| 2.4. | Fax (2): |
| --- | --- |

2.4.

Fax (2):

| 2.5. | E-mail (2): |
| --- | --- |

2.5.

E-mail (2):

3.   APPLICANT

| 3.1. | Identity: |
| --- | --- |

3.1.

Identity:

| 3.2. | Address:






  3.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

3.2.

Address:

3.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 3.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

3.2.2.

Place and code:

| 3.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

3.2.3.

Country:

| 3.3. | Tel (2): |
| --- | --- |

3.3.

Tel (2):

| 3.4. | Fax (2): |
| --- | --- |

3.4.

Fax (2):

| 3.5. | E-mail (2): |
| --- | --- |

3.5.

E-mail (2):

4.   ADDRESSEE

| 4.1. | Identity: |
| --- | --- |

4.1.

Identity:

| 4.2. | Address:






  4.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

4.2.

Address:

4.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 4.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

4.2.2.

Place and code:

| 4.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

4.2.3.

Country:

| 4.3. | Tel (2): |
| --- | --- |

4.3.

Tel (2):

| 4.4. | Fax (2): |
| --- | --- |

4.4.

Fax (2):

| 4.5. | E-mail (2): |
| --- | --- |

4.5.

E-mail (2):

| 4.6. | Identification number/social security number/organisation number/or equivalent (2): |
| --- | --- |

4.6.

Identification number/social security number/organisation number/or equivalent (2):

5.   METHOD OF SERVICE

| 5.1. | In accordance with the law of the Member State addressed |
| --- | --- |

5.1.

In accordance with the law of the Member State addressed

| 5.2. | By the following particular method:






  5.2.1. | If this method is incompatible with the law of the Member State addressed, the document(s) should be served in accordance with the law:






  5.2.1.1. | yes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

5.2.

By the following particular method:

5.2.1.

If this method is incompatible with the law of the Member State addressed, the document(s) should be served in accordance with the law:

5.2.1.1.

yes

| 5.2.1.2. | no |
| --- | --- |

5.2.1.2.

no

6.   DOCUMENT TO BE SERVED

| (a) | 6.1. | Nature of the document






  6.1.1. | judicial






  6.1.1.1. | writ of summons |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

(a)

6.1.

Nature of the document

6.1.1.

judicial

6.1.1.1.

writ of summons

| 6.1.1.2. | judgment |
| --- | --- |

6.1.1.2.

judgment

| 6.1.1.3. | appeal |
| --- | --- |

6.1.1.3.

appeal

| 6.1.1.4. | other |
| --- | --- |

6.1.1.4.

other

| 6.1.2. | extrajudicial |
| --- | --- |

6.1.2.

extrajudicial

| (b) | 6.2. | Date or time limit
  after which the service is no longer required



  (day) ... (month) ... (year) ... |
| --- | --- | --- |

(b)

6.2.

Date or time limit
  after which the service is no longer required

| (c) | 6.3. | Language of document:






  6.3.1. | original ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV, others: |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

(c)

6.3.

Language of document:

6.3.1.

original ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV, others:

| 6.3.2. | translation (2) ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV, others: |
| --- | --- |

6.3.2.

translation (2) ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV, others:

| 6.4. | Number of enclosures: |
| --- | --- |

6.4.

Number of enclosures:

7.   A COPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE RETURNED WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (Article 4(5) of the Regulation)

| 7.1. | Yes (in this case send two copies of the document to be served) |
| --- | --- |

7.1.

Yes (in this case send two copies of the document to be served)

| 7.2. | No |
| --- | --- |

7.2.

No

| 1. | You are required by Article 7(2) of the Regulation to effect all steps required for service of the document as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt. If it has not been possible for you to effect service
  within one month of receipt
  , you must inform this agency by means of the certificate provided for in point 13. |
| --- | --- |

1.

You are required by Article 7(2) of the Regulation to effect all steps required for service of the document as soon as possible, and in any event within one month of receipt. If it has not been possible for you to effect service
  within one month of receipt
  , you must inform this agency by means of the certificate provided for in point 13.

| 2. | If you cannot fulfil this request for service on the basis of the information or documents transmitted, you are required by Article 6(2) of the Regulation to contact this agency by the swiftest possible means in order to secure the missing information or document. |
| --- | --- |

2.

If you cannot fulfil this request for service on the basis of the information or documents transmitted, you are required by Article 6(2) of the Regulation to contact this agency by the swiftest possible means in order to secure the missing information or document.

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

Reference No of the transmitting agency:

Reference No of the receiving agency:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

(Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

This acknowledgement must be sent by the swiftest possible means of transmission as soon as possible after receipt of the document and in any event within seven days of receipt.

8.   DATE OF RECEIPT

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

Reference No of the transmitting agency:

Reference No of the receiving agency:

NOTICE OF RETURN OF REQUEST AND DOCUMENT

(Article 6(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The request and document must be returned on receipt.

9.   REASON FOR RETURN

| 9.1. | The request is manifestly outside the scope of the Regulation:






  9.1.1. | the document is not civil or commercial |
| --- | --- | --- |

9.1.

The request is manifestly outside the scope of the Regulation:

9.1.1.

the document is not civil or commercial

| 9.1.2. | the service is not from one Member State to another Member State |
| --- | --- |

9.1.2.

the service is not from one Member State to another Member State

| 9.2. | Non-compliance with formal conditions required makes service impossible:






  9.2.1. | the document is not easily legible |
| --- | --- | --- |

9.2.

Non-compliance with formal conditions required makes service impossible:

9.2.1.

the document is not easily legible

| 9.2.2. | the language used to complete the form is incorrect |
| --- | --- |

9.2.2.

the language used to complete the form is incorrect

| 9.2.3. | the document received is not a true and faithful copy |
| --- | --- |

9.2.3.

the document received is not a true and faithful copy

| 9.2.4. | other (please give details): |
| --- | --- |

9.2.4.

other (please give details):

| 9.3. | The method of service is incompatible with the law of that Member State (Article 7(1) of the Regulation) |
| --- | --- |

9.3.

The method of service is incompatible with the law of that Member State (Article 7(1) of the Regulation)

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

Reference No of the transmitting agency:

Reference No of the receiving agency:

NOTICE OF RETRANSMISSION OF REQUEST AND DOCUMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE RECEIVING AGENCY

(Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The request and document were forwarded on to the following receiving agency, which has territorial jurisdiction to serve it:

| 10.1. | Identity: |
| --- | --- |

10.1.

Identity:

| 10.2. | Address:






  10.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

10.2.

Address:

10.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 10.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

10.2.2.

Place and code:

| 10.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

10.2.3.

Country:

| 10.3. | Tel: |
| --- | --- |

10.3.

Tel:

| 10.4. | Fax (2): |
| --- | --- |

10.4.

Fax (2):

| 10.5. | E-mail (2): |
| --- | --- |

10.5.

E-mail (2):

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

Reference No of the transmitting agency:

Reference No of the appropriate receiving agency:

NOTICE OF RECEIPT BY THE APPROPRIATE RECEIVING AGENCY HAVING TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO THE TRANSMITTING AGENCY

(Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

This notice must be sent by the swiftest possible means of transmission as soon as possible after receipt of the document and in any event within seven days of receipt.

11.   DATE OF RECEIPT

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

INFORMATION OF THE ADDRESSEE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT A DOCUMENT

(Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

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Reference No of the transmitting agency:

Reference No of the receiving agency:

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OR NON-SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

(Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The service shall be effected as soon as
  possible. If
  it has not been possible to effect service
  within one month of receipt
  , the receiving agency shall inform the transmitting agency (according to Article 7(2) of the Regulation)

12.   COMPLETION OF SERVICE

| (a) | 12.1. | Date and address of service: |
| --- | --- | --- |

(a)

12.1.

Date and address of service:

| (b) | 12.2. | The document was






  (A) | 12.2.1. | served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed, namely






  12.2.1.1. | handed to






  12.2.1.1.1. | the addressee in person |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

(b)

12.2.

The document was

(A)

12.2.1.

served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed, namely

12.2.1.1.

handed to

12.2.1.1.1.

the addressee in person

| 12.2.1.1.2. | another person






  12.2.1.1.2.1. | Name: |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.2.

another person

12.2.1.1.2.1.

Name:

| 12.2.1.1.2.2. | Address:






  12.2.1.1.2.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.2.2.

Address:

12.2.1.1.2.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 12.2.1.1.2.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.2.2.2.

Place and code:

| 12.2.1.1.2.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.2.2.3.

Country:

| 12.2.1.1.2.3. | Relation to the addressee:
  family employee others |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.2.3.

Relation to the addressee:

family employee others

| 12.2.1.1.3. | the addressee's address |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.1.3.

the addressee's address

| 12.2.1.2. | served by post






  12.2.1.2.1. | without acknowledgement of receipt |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.

served by post

12.2.1.2.1.

without acknowledgement of receipt

| 12.2.1.2.2. | with the enclosed acknowledgement of receipt






  12.2.1.2.2.1. | from the addressee |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.

with the enclosed acknowledgement of receipt

12.2.1.2.2.1.

from the addressee

| 12.2.1.2.2.2. | another person






  12.2.1.2.2.2.1. | Name: |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.2.

another person

12.2.1.2.2.2.1.

Name:

| 12.2.1.2.2.2.2. | Address






  12.2.1.2.2.2.2.1. | Street and number/PO box: |
| --- | --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.

Address

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.1.

Street and number/PO box:

| 12.2.1.2.2.2.2.2. | Place and code: |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.2.

Place and code:

| 12.2.1.2.2.2.2.3. | Country: |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.3.

Country:

| 12.2.1.2.2.2.3. | Relation to the addressee:
  family employee others |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.2.2.2.3.

Relation to the addressee:

family employee others

| 12.2.1.3. | other method (please say how): |
| --- | --- |

12.2.1.3.

other method (please say how):

| (B) | 12.2.2. | served by the following particular method (please say how): |
| --- | --- | --- |

(B)

12.2.2.

served by the following particular method (please say how):

| (c) | 12.3. | The addressee of the document was informed in writing that he or she may refuse to accept the document if it
  is
  not
  written
  in
  or accompanied by a translation into either a
  language which he or she understands
  or the official language of the place of service
  . |
| --- | --- | --- |

(c)

12.3.

The addressee of the document was informed in writing that he or she may refuse to accept the document if it
  is
  not
  written
  in
  or accompanied by a translation into either a
  language which he or she understands
  or the official language of the place of service
  .

13.   INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 7(2)

It was not possible to effect service within one month of receipt.

14.   REFUSAL OF DOCUMENT

The addressee refused to accept the document on account of the language used. The documents are annexed to this certificate.

15.   REASON FOR NON-SERVICE OF DOCUMENT

| 15.1. | Address unknown |
| --- | --- |

15.1.

Address unknown

| 15.2. | Addressee cannot be located |
| --- | --- |

15.2.

Addressee cannot be located

| 15.3. | Document could not be served before the date or time limit stated in point 6.2. |
| --- | --- |

15.3.

Document could not be served before the date or time limit stated in point 6.2.

| 15.4. | Others (please specify): |
| --- | --- |

15.4.

Others (please specify):

The documents are annexed to this certificate.

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

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(1)  OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.

(2)  This item is optional.

P6_TA(2006)0289

ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund (general provisions) ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (9077/2006 — C6-0192/2006 — 2004/0163(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (9077/2006) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (9077/2006) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161 of the EC Treaty (C6-0192/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161 of the EC Treaty (C6-0192/2006),

| — | having regard to the European Parliament and Commission statement annexed to this legislative resolution, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the European Parliament and Commission statement annexed to this legislative resolution,

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

—

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

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0224/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0224/2006);

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

1.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council regulation;

| 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.

ANNEX

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COMMISSION STATEMENT

Without prejudice to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on Budgetary Discipline and Sound Financial Management and to the current rules (2007-2013), the Commission shall, from 2010 onwards, submit to the Budgetary Authority an assessment of how cohesion policy has been implemented over the programming period 2007 to 2013 and shall include therein the consequences of applying the N + 3/N + 2 rule.

P6_TA(2006)0290

Establishment of a Cohesion Fund ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 (9078/2006 — C6-0191/2006 — 2004/0166(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (9078/2006) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (9078/2006) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0191/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty (C6-0191/2006),

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

—

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

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0226/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0226/2006);

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

1.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council regulation;

| 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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P6_TA(2006)0291

The liner conference block exemption and cabotage and international tramp services *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 to maritime transport, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 as regards the extension of its scope to include cabotage and international tramp services (COM(2005)0651 — C6-0046/2006 — 2005/0264(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0651) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2005)0651) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 83 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0046/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 83 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0046/2006),

| — | 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0217/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0217/2006);

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

1.

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; |
| --- | --- |

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; |
| --- | --- |

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; |
| --- | --- |

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. |
| --- | --- |

5.

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

| (3) | The liner shipping conference block exemption provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempts from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty agreements, decisions and concerted practices of all or part of the members of one or more liner conferences which fulfil certain conditions. The justification for the block exemption in essence assumes that conferences bring stability, assuring exporters of reliable services which cannot be achieved by less restrictive means.
  However,
  a thorough review of the industry carried out by the Commission
  has
  demonstrated that liner shipping
  is not unique as its cost structure does not differ substantially from that of other industries. There is therefore no evidence that the industry needs to be protected from competition. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The liner shipping conference block exemption provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempts from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty agreements, decisions and concerted practices of all or part of the members of one or more liner conferences which fulfil certain conditions. The justification for the block exemption in essence assumes that conferences bring stability, assuring exporters of reliable services which cannot be achieved by less restrictive means.
  However,
  a thorough review of the industry carried out by the Commission
  has
  demonstrated that liner shipping
  is not unique as its cost structure does not differ substantially from that of other industries. There is therefore no evidence that the industry needs to be protected from competition.

| (3) | The liner shipping conference block exemption provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempts from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty agreements, decisions and concerted practices of all or part of the members of one or more liner conferences which fulfil certain conditions. The justification for the block exemption in essence assumes that conferences bring stability, assuring exporters of reliable services which cannot be achieved by less restrictive means.
  A
  thorough review of the industry carried out by the Commission demonstrated that liner shipping
  nowadays is highly competitive and that there is no evidence that the industry should be protected from competition. However, given the current conditions of global competition and the rapid developments, high costs and investment risks associated with the liner shipping industry, the usefulness of information exchanges among stakeholders in this sector is acknowledged. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The liner shipping conference block exemption provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 exempts from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty agreements, decisions and concerted practices of all or part of the members of one or more liner conferences which fulfil certain conditions. The justification for the block exemption in essence assumes that conferences bring stability, assuring exporters of reliable services which cannot be achieved by less restrictive means.
  A
  thorough review of the industry carried out by the Commission demonstrated that liner shipping
  nowadays is highly competitive and that there is no evidence that the industry should be protected from competition. However, given the current conditions of global competition and the rapid developments, high costs and investment risks associated with the liner shipping industry, the usefulness of information exchanges among stakeholders in this sector is acknowledged.

| (9) | The exclusion from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty of purely technical agreements and the procedure for dealing with conflicts of law which may arise are also redundant. Those provisions should therefore also be deleted. |
| --- | --- |

(9)

The exclusion from the prohibition of Article 81(1) of the Treaty of purely technical agreements and the procedure for dealing with conflicts of law which may arise are also redundant. Those provisions should therefore also be deleted.

| (9) | To facilitate transactions in the sector, the guidelines issued pursuant to paragraph 2a of Article 1 will provide guidance on questions concerning technical agreements within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86. |
| --- | --- |

(9)

To facilitate transactions in the sector, the guidelines issued pursuant to paragraph 2a of Article 1 will provide guidance on questions concerning technical agreements within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86.

| (10) | In the light of the above, Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be repealed in its entirety. |
| --- | --- |

(10)

In the light of the above, Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be repealed in its entirety.

| (10) | In the light of the above, Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be repealed in its entirety
  and the end of the liner conference block exemption will take effect after a transitional period of two years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. |
| --- | --- |

(10)

In the light of the above, Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 should be repealed in its entirety
  and the end of the liner conference block exemption will take effect after a transitional period of two years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

| (10a) | Since enforcement of this Regulation will create a conflict of law as regards the accession of certain Member States to the UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, it is recommended that the Member States should withdraw from the Code, although they cannot be obliged to do so. In view of this situation, a clear-cut procedure needs to be put in place in order to deal with such conflicts of international law as might arise. After repeal of the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86, the legal basis for the Commission to act on the authority of the Council in this field will be maintained, on the basis of Article 300 of the EC Treaty. |
| --- | --- |

(10a)

Since enforcement of this Regulation will create a conflict of law as regards the accession of certain Member States to the UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, it is recommended that the Member States should withdraw from the Code, although they cannot be obliged to do so. In view of this situation, a clear-cut procedure needs to be put in place in order to deal with such conflicts of international law as might arise. After repeal of the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86, the legal basis for the Commission to act on the authority of the Council in this field will be maintained, on the basis of Article 300 of the EC Treaty.

| (10b) | In order to provide legal certainty to the liner services sector, the Commission shall, in close cooperation with the stakeholders and after consulting the European Parliament, establish guidelines within the scope of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty before the end of the transitional period. |
| --- | --- |

(10b)

In order to provide legal certainty to the liner services sector, the Commission shall, in close cooperation with the stakeholders and after consulting the European Parliament, establish guidelines within the scope of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty before the end of the transitional period.

| (11) | Liner conferences are tolerated in several jurisdictions. In this, as in other sectors, competition law is not applied in the same way worldwide. In light of the global nature of the liner shipping industry, the Commission will take all relevant initiatives to advance the removal of the price fixing exemption for liner conferences that exist elsewhere
  whilst maintaining
  the exemption for operational co-operation between shipping lines grouped in consortia and alliances, in line with the recommendations of the OECD Secretariat in 2002. |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Liner conferences are tolerated in several jurisdictions. In this, as in other sectors, competition law is not applied in the same way worldwide. In light of the global nature of the liner shipping industry, the Commission will take all relevant initiatives to advance the removal of the price fixing exemption for liner conferences that exist elsewhere
  whilst maintaining
  the exemption for operational co-operation between shipping lines grouped in consortia and alliances, in line with the recommendations of the OECD Secretariat in 2002.

| (11) | Liner conferences are tolerated in several jurisdictions. In this, as in other sectors, competition law is not applied in the same way worldwide. In light of the global nature of the liner shipping industry, the Commission will take all relevant initiatives to advance the removal of the price fixing exemption for liner conferences that exist elsewhere
  . At the same time,
  the exemption for operational co-operation between shipping lines grouped in consortia and alliances, in line with the recommendations of the OECD Secretariat in 2002,
  will be maintained
  . |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Liner conferences are tolerated in several jurisdictions. In this, as in other sectors, competition law is not applied in the same way worldwide. In light of the global nature of the liner shipping industry, the Commission will take all relevant initiatives to advance the removal of the price fixing exemption for liner conferences that exist elsewhere
  . At the same time,
  the exemption for operational co-operation between shipping lines grouped in consortia and alliances, in line with the recommendations of the OECD Secretariat in 2002,
  will be maintained
  .

| (12) | Cabotage and international tramp vessel services have been excluded from the rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty originally laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 and subsequently in Regulation (EC) No 1/2003. They are currently the only remaining sectors to be excluded from the Community competition implementing rules. The lack of effective enforcement powers for those sectors is an anomaly from a regulatory point of view. |
| --- | --- |

(12)

Cabotage and international tramp vessel services have been excluded from the rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty originally laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 and subsequently in Regulation (EC) No 1/2003. They are currently the only remaining sectors to be excluded from the Community competition implementing rules. The lack of effective enforcement powers for those sectors is an anomaly from a regulatory point of view.

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| (12a) | Together with the guidelines, the Commission will present to the European Parliament a transparent overview of the position of third countries (China, USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore and India) as regards the EU's new policy on liner services (acceptance, adjustment, opposition, negative effects, etc.) and their willingness to adapt their own systems. |
| --- | --- |

(12a)

Together with the guidelines, the Commission will present to the European Parliament a transparent overview of the position of third countries (China, USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore and India) as regards the EU's new policy on liner services (acceptance, adjustment, opposition, negative effects, etc.) and their willingness to adapt their own systems.

| (12b) | Since Member States may need to adjust their international commitments in the light of the abolition of the liner conference system, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 relating to the liner conference block exemption should continue to apply to liner conferences satisfying the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 on the date of entry into force of this Regulation for a transitional period. |
| --- | --- |

(12b)

Since Member States may need to adjust their international commitments in the light of the abolition of the liner conference system, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 relating to the liner conference block exemption should continue to apply to liner conferences satisfying the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 on the date of entry into force of this Regulation for a transitional period.

| (12c) | The UNCTAD code no longer appears to play an important role in the international liner service sector. The need for Member States to denounce the code should not therefore be an obstacle to the revision of the EC competition rules for liner conferences. However, the Commission should investigate thoroughly the commercial and political implications of such denouncement. |
| --- | --- |

(12c)

The UNCTAD code no longer appears to play an important role in the international liner service sector. The need for Member States to denounce the code should not therefore be an obstacle to the revision of the EC competition rules for liner conferences. However, the Commission should investigate thoroughly the commercial and political implications of such denouncement.

| (13a) | Cabotage and international tramp vessel services have, to date, been excluded from the rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty originally laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 and subsequently in Regulation (EC) No 1/2003. They are currently the only remaining sectors to be excluded from the EC competition implementing rules. The lack of effective competition enforcement powers in the cabotage and international tramp service sectors is an anomaly from a regulatory point of view. |
| --- | --- |

(13a)

Cabotage and international tramp vessel services have, to date, been excluded from the rules implementing Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty originally laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 and subsequently in Regulation (EC) No 1/2003. They are currently the only remaining sectors to be excluded from the EC competition implementing rules. The lack of effective competition enforcement powers in the cabotage and international tramp service sectors is an anomaly from a regulatory point of view.

| (15a) | Prior in particular to the repeal of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 should be accompanied by the adoption of guidelines for the application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty to the tramp services sector, in order to provide legal certainty and to take into account the specific characteristics of the sector, in particular for pooling agreements. The guidelines should be issued in close cooperation with stakeholders and after consulting the European Parliament. |
| --- | --- |

(15a)

Prior in particular to the repeal of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003, the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 should be accompanied by the adoption of guidelines for the application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty to the tramp services sector, in order to provide legal certainty and to take into account the specific characteristics of the sector, in particular for pooling agreements. The guidelines should be issued in close cooperation with stakeholders and after consulting the European Parliament.

| (16) | Since Member States may need to adjust their international commitments in the light of the abolition of the conference system, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 relating to the liner conference block exemption should continue to apply to conferences satisfying the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 on the date of entry into force of this Regulation for a transitional period, |
| --- | --- |

(16)

Since Member States may need to adjust their international commitments in the light of the abolition of the conference system, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 relating to the liner conference block exemption should continue to apply to conferences satisfying the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 on the date of entry into force of this Regulation for a transitional period,

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| (16a) | In this connection, the Commission should examine whether it is necessary to amend or repeal other EC legislation, such as Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 of 15 May 1979 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (2) or Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries (3)

  . |
| --- | --- |

(16a)

In this connection, the Commission should examine whether it is necessary to amend or repeal other EC legislation, such as Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 of 15 May 1979 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (2) or Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries (3)

  .

The Commission shall adopt guidelines before the end of the transitional period. The guidelines shall contain, among other things, guidance on the subject matter of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86, before its repeal.
  Furthermore, the guidelines shall take particular account of the interests of small and medium-sized ship-owners and those operating in specialised trades.

Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003
  is deleted.

Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003
  shall be repealed
  .

The Commission shall adopt guidelines for the application of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty to tramp services before the date on which Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 is repealed.

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(2)  

  OJ L 121, 17.5.1979, p. 1



  .

(3)  

  OJ L 378, 31.12.1986, p. 1



  .

P6_TA(2006)0292

Own resources *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the system of the European Communities' own resources (COM(2006)0099 — C6-0132/2006 — 2006/0039(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0099) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0099) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 269 of the EC Treaty and to Article 173 of the Euratom Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0132/2006), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 269 of the EC Treaty and to Article 173 of the Euratom Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0132/2006),

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2), in particular point 8 thereof, and Declaration No 3 on the review of the financial framework, annexed to that agreement, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2), in particular point 8 thereof, and Declaration No 3 on the review of the financial framework, annexed to that agreement,

| — | 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 Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0223/2006); |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0223/2006);

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.

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

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

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; |
| --- | --- |

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. |
| --- | --- |

5.

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

| (1) | The European Council meeting in Brussels on 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded, inter alia, that the own resources arrangements should be guided by the overall objective of equity. These arrangements should therefore ensure, in line with the relevant conclusions of the 1984 Fontainebleau European Council, that no Member State sustains a budgetary burden which is excessive in relation to its relative prosperity. It is therefore
  appropriate to introduce
  provisions covering specific Member States. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The European Council meeting in Brussels on 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded, inter alia, that the own resources arrangements should be guided by the overall objective of equity. These arrangements should therefore ensure, in line with the relevant conclusions of the 1984 Fontainebleau European Council, that no Member State sustains a budgetary burden which is excessive in relation to its relative prosperity. It is therefore
  appropriate to introduce
  provisions covering specific Member States.

| (1) | The European Council meeting in Brussels on 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded, inter alia, that the own resources arrangements should be guided by the overall objective of equity. These arrangements should therefore ensure, in line with the relevant conclusions of the 1984 Fontainebleau European Council, that no Member State sustains a budgetary burden which is excessive in relation to its relative prosperity. It is therefore
  unavoidable, for the time being and until a new, fairer and more transparent,system of own resources has been agreed in the review process of 2008/2009, that
  provisions covering specific Member States
  be introduced
  . |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The European Council meeting in Brussels on 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded, inter alia, that the own resources arrangements should be guided by the overall objective of equity. These arrangements should therefore ensure, in line with the relevant conclusions of the 1984 Fontainebleau European Council, that no Member State sustains a budgetary burden which is excessive in relation to its relative prosperity. It is therefore
  unavoidable, for the time being and until a new, fairer and more transparent,system of own resources has been agreed in the review process of 2008/2009, that
  provisions covering specific Member States
  be introduced
  .

| (2) | The Communities' own resources system must ensure adequate resources for the orderly development of the Communities' policies, subject to the need for strict budgetary discipline. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

The Communities' own resources system must ensure adequate resources for the orderly development of the Communities' policies, subject to the need for strict budgetary discipline.

| (2) | The Communities' own resources system must ensure adequate resources
  , characterised by transparency and simplicity
  , for the orderly development of the Communities' policies, subject to the need for strict budgetary discipline. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

The Communities' own resources system must ensure adequate resources
  , characterised by transparency and simplicity
  , for the orderly development of the Communities' policies, subject to the need for strict budgetary discipline.

| (7) | In the interests of transparency and simplicity
  the European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that the uniform rate of call of VAT should be fixed at 0,30 %. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

In the interests of transparency and simplicity
  the European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that the uniform rate of call of VAT should be fixed at 0,30 %.

| (7) | The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that the uniform rate of call of VAT should be fixed at 0,30 %. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that the uniform rate of call of VAT should be fixed at 0,30 %.

| (8a) | The Communities' own resources system should always be taken into consideration when changing the rules related to the Communities' taxation issues (VAT, corporate tax, duties, levies, excise taxes). |
| --- | --- |

(8a)

The Communities' own resources system should always be taken into consideration when changing the rules related to the Communities' taxation issues (VAT, corporate tax, duties, levies, excise taxes).

| (11) | The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 called on the Commission to undertake a full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources and to report in 2008/2009. Within this framework, the Commission should therefore undertake a general review of the operation of the own resources system, accompanied
  , if necessary
  , by appropriate proposals. |
| --- | --- |

(11)

The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 called on the Commission to undertake a full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources and to report in 2008/2009. Within this framework, the Commission should therefore undertake a general review of the operation of the own resources system, accompanied
  , if necessary
  , by appropriate proposals.

| (11) | The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 called on the Commission to undertake a full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources and to report in 2008/2009. Within this framework, the Commission should therefore undertake a general review of the operation of the own resources system, accompanied by appropriate proposals
  , under the conditions laid down in Declaration No 3 on the review of the financial framework, annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management

   (3). |
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(11)

The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 called on the Commission to undertake a full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources and to report in 2008/2009. Within this framework, the Commission should therefore undertake a general review of the operation of the own resources system, accompanied by appropriate proposals
  , under the conditions laid down in Declaration No 3 on the review of the financial framework, annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management

   (3).

In the framework of the full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources on which it shall report in 2008/2009, the Commission shall undertake a general review of the own resources system, accompanied
  , if necessary
  , by appropriate proposals.

In the framework of the full, wide-ranging review covering all aspects of EU spending and of resources on which it shall report in 2008/2009, the Commission shall undertake a general review of the own resources system, accompanied by appropriate proposals.
  It shall take into account the results of the work conducted jointly by the national parliaments and the European Parliament. In undertaking this review and in drawing up its proposals, the Commission shall take into account the work and recommendations of the European Parliament, in accordance with the terms of Declaration No 3 annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(3)  

  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1



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P6_TA(2006)0293

Crisis of Equitable Life

European Parliament resolution on the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006/2026(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 193 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 193 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry (1), |
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having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry (1),

| — | having regard to its decision of 18 January 2006 on setting up a Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable life Assurance Society (2), |
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having regard to its decision of 18 January 2006 on setting up a Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable life Assurance Society (2),

| — | having regard Rule 176 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard Rule 176 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the interim report of the Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (A6-0221/2006), |
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having regard to the interim report of the Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (A6-0221/2006),

| A. | whereas Article 193 of the EC Treaty provides a legal basis for the establishment by the Parliament of a temporary Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions or maladministration in the implementation of Community law; whereas this constitutes an important element of the Parliament's supervisory powers, |
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A.

whereas Article 193 of the EC Treaty provides a legal basis for the establishment by the Parliament of a temporary Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions or maladministration in the implementation of Community law; whereas this constitutes an important element of the Parliament's supervisory powers,

| B. | whereas the purpose of a Committee of Inquiry is to look at the existing body of Community legislation and the way in which it has been implemented, either by an institution or a body of the European Communities or by the Member States, and whereas the scope of an inquiry is limited by the mandate of the Committee of Inquiry as well as by primary and secondary Community law, |
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B.

whereas the purpose of a Committee of Inquiry is to look at the existing body of Community legislation and the way in which it has been implemented, either by an institution or a body of the European Communities or by the Member States, and whereas the scope of an inquiry is limited by the mandate of the Committee of Inquiry as well as by primary and secondary Community law,

| C. | whereas on the basis of a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, the Parliament decided, at its plenary session on 18 January 2006, to set up a Committee of Inquiry to look into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and that the Committee of Inquiry would investigate a large series of related issues and would make any proposals that it deemed necessary in the matter, |
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C.

whereas on the basis of a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, the Parliament decided, at its plenary session on 18 January 2006, to set up a Committee of Inquiry to look into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and that the Committee of Inquiry would investigate a large series of related issues and would make any proposals that it deemed necessary in the matter,

| D. | whereas the remit of a Committee of Inquiry prevents it from advancing any conclusions arising out of its investigations before it considers its mandate to have been fulfilled; whereas, therefore, it is neither possible nor desirable for the Committee of Inquiry to submit any observations on the various aspects of its mandate at this early stage of its work, |
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D.

whereas the remit of a Committee of Inquiry prevents it from advancing any conclusions arising out of its investigations before it considers its mandate to have been fulfilled; whereas, therefore, it is neither possible nor desirable for the Committee of Inquiry to submit any observations on the various aspects of its mandate at this early stage of its work,

| E. | whereas the Committee of Inquiry has approved a working document setting out a structured approach and establishing clear lines of action and investigation, |
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E.

whereas the Committee of Inquiry has approved a working document setting out a structured approach and establishing clear lines of action and investigation,

| F. | whereas the Committee of Inquiry has commissioned external studies under its expertise budget concerning the first three lines of investigation identified in the working document, and is currently awaiting the results, |
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F.

whereas the Committee of Inquiry has commissioned external studies under its expertise budget concerning the first three lines of investigation identified in the working document, and is currently awaiting the results,

| G. | whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry have a general significance that goes beyond the particular concerns of the European citizens who are directly affected, in particular as regards the adequate functioning of the internal market for insurance products, the correct implementation of Community law and the adequacy of redress mechanisms available to citizens, in particular in cross-border situations where the undertaking concerned is under home-country control, |
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G.

whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry have a general significance that goes beyond the particular concerns of the European citizens who are directly affected, in particular as regards the adequate functioning of the internal market for insurance products, the correct implementation of Community law and the adequacy of redress mechanisms available to citizens, in particular in cross-border situations where the undertaking concerned is under home-country control,

| H. | whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry may have a general significance for the Solvency II project, in particular for possible future provisions on the rules governing the assets and liabilities of insurance undertakings, matching assets to liabilities, reinsurance arrangements, and the implications of accounting and actuarial policies, |
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H.

whereas the issues dealt with by the Committee of Inquiry may have a general significance for the Solvency II project, in particular for possible future provisions on the rules governing the assets and liabilities of insurance undertakings, matching assets to liabilities, reinsurance arrangements, and the implications of accounting and actuarial policies,

| I. | whereas the Committee of Inquiry should take into account the investigations already undertaken in the United Kingdom, especially those carried out by Lord Penrose, and should give full consideration to the investigations that are ongoing, such as that of the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman, |
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I.

whereas the Committee of Inquiry should take into account the investigations already undertaken in the United Kingdom, especially those carried out by Lord Penrose, and should give full consideration to the investigations that are ongoing, such as that of the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman,

| J. | whereas the oral and written evidence submitted and examined by the Committee of Inquiry to date confirms the need to investigate further all the points contained in its mandate by the Parliament in its Decision of 18 January 2006 and to make the necessary proposals, |
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J.

whereas the oral and written evidence submitted and examined by the Committee of Inquiry to date confirms the need to investigate further all the points contained in its mandate by the Parliament in its Decision of 18 January 2006 and to make the necessary proposals,

| 1. | Encourages the Committee of Inquiry to pursue its work and to implement fully the mandate given by Parliament in its Decision of 18 January 2006 and supports all the actions and initiatives leading to the accomplishment of the mandate; |
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1.

Encourages the Committee of Inquiry to pursue its work and to implement fully the mandate given by Parliament in its Decision of 18 January 2006 and supports all the actions and initiatives leading to the accomplishment of the mandate;

| 2. | Considers it essential to take into consideration the different reports and investigations carried out in the United Kingdom, in particular the report currently being finalised by the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman, due to be published in November 2006 at the earliest; decides, therefore, to extend the mandate of the Committee of Inquiry by a period of three months in accordance with Rule 176(4) of the Rules of Procedure; |
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2.

Considers it essential to take into consideration the different reports and investigations carried out in the United Kingdom, in particular the report currently being finalised by the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman, due to be published in November 2006 at the earliest; decides, therefore, to extend the mandate of the Committee of Inquiry by a period of three months in accordance with Rule 176(4) of the Rules of Procedure;

| 3. | Asks the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau to support all measures needed for the Committee of Inquiry to fulfil its mandate, in particular regarding witnesses' expenses, extraordinary meetings or any other technical means, which are duly justified; |
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3.

Asks the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau to support all measures needed for the Committee of Inquiry to fulfil its mandate, in particular regarding witnesses' expenses, extraordinary meetings or any other technical means, which are duly justified;

| 4. | Asks the Commission to continue to support and assist the work of the Committee of Inquiry, with full respect for the principle of loyal cooperation, providing all the technical and political support possible even where the Commission's action, or lack of action, is the subject of scrutiny; |
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4.

Asks the Commission to continue to support and assist the work of the Committee of Inquiry, with full respect for the principle of loyal cooperation, providing all the technical and political support possible even where the Commission's action, or lack of action, is the subject of scrutiny;

| 5. | Requires the regulatory and supervisory bodies of the Member States, in particular those of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, to assist the Committee of Inquiry in its tasks and, in particular, to give evidence on the functioning of the exchange of information and cooperation between these authorities; |
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5.

Requires the regulatory and supervisory bodies of the Member States, in particular those of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, to assist the Committee of Inquiry in its tasks and, in particular, to give evidence on the functioning of the exchange of information and cooperation between these authorities;

| 6. | Requires that the governments and parliaments of Members States, in particular those of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, assist the Committee of Inquiry in its tasks with full respect for the principle of loyal cooperation established in the Treaties. |
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6.

Requires that the governments and parliaments of Members States, in particular those of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, assist the Committee of Inquiry in its tasks with full respect for the principle of loyal cooperation established in the Treaties.

| 7. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. |
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7.

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

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(1)  OJ L 113, 19.5.1995, p. 2.

(2)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0011.

P6_TA(2006)0294

Consolidation in the European financial services industry

European Parliament resolution on further consolidation in the financial services industry (2006/2081(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission staff working document of 26 October 2005 on cross-border consolidation in the EU financial sector (SEC(2005)1398), |
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having regard to the Commission staff working document of 26 October 2005 on cross-border consolidation in the EU financial sector (SEC(2005)1398),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 21 October 2005 on intra-EU investment in the financial services' sector (1), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 21 October 2005 on intra-EU investment in the financial services' sector (1),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 11 May 1999, ‘Implementing the framework for financial markets: action plan’ (FSAP) (COM(1999)0232), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 11 May 1999, ‘Implementing the framework for financial markets: action plan’ (FSAP) (COM(1999)0232),

| — | having regard to the Commission white paper of 1 December 2005 on Financial Services Policy 2005-2010 (COM(2005)0629), |
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having regard to the Commission white paper of 1 December 2005 on Financial Services Policy 2005-2010 (COM(2005)0629),

| — | having regard to the Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate (2), |
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having regard to the Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate (2),

| — | having regard to the Directive 2005/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 (3) on a new organisational structure for financial services committees, |
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having regard to the Directive 2005/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 (3) on a new organisational structure for financial services committees,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) (4), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) (4),

| — | having regard to Directives of the European Parliament and Council, both of 14 June 2006, 2006/48/EC relating to the take-up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (recast) (5) (Capital Requirements Directive) and 2006/49/EC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (recast) (6), |
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having regard to Directives of the European Parliament and Council, both of 14 June 2006, 2006/48/EC relating to the take-up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (recast) (5) (Capital Requirements Directive) and 2006/49/EC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (recast) (6),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2005 on the current state of integration of EU financial markets (7), |
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having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2005 on the current state of integration of EU financial markets (7),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 21 November 2002 on prudential supervision rules in the European Union (8), |
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having regard to its resolution of 21 November 2002 on prudential supervision rules in the European Union (8),

| — | 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 (A6-0170/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0170/2006),

| A. | whereas the economy of the EU is facing diverse challenges at a global and domestic level, such as intense competition, sluggish economic growth, population ageing and the growth of pension liability, |
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A.

whereas the economy of the EU is facing diverse challenges at a global and domestic level, such as intense competition, sluggish economic growth, population ageing and the growth of pension liability,

| B. | whereas the goal of stable and secure financial markets must be equal to the effort to reduce obstacles to cross-border activities concerning financial activities, |
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B.

whereas the goal of stable and secure financial markets must be equal to the effort to reduce obstacles to cross-border activities concerning financial activities,

| C. | whereas strong, stable and efficient financial markets and institutions are crucial to meeting the financing needs of the EU's various economic actors and to boosting growth and employment, |
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C.

whereas strong, stable and efficient financial markets and institutions are crucial to meeting the financing needs of the EU's various economic actors and to boosting growth and employment,

| D. | whereas a stable and competitive financial services sector enjoys consumer confidence if it is based on a high level of consumer protection, |
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D.

whereas a stable and competitive financial services sector enjoys consumer confidence if it is based on a high level of consumer protection,

| E. | whereas consolidation creates a potential for economies of scale and scope, synergies, and cost efficiencies, and, if coupled with further market integration, can encourage growth and favour investment by fostering the liquidity and efficiency of markets, |
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E.

whereas consolidation creates a potential for economies of scale and scope, synergies, and cost efficiencies, and, if coupled with further market integration, can encourage growth and favour investment by fostering the liquidity and efficiency of markets,

| F. | whereas the role of EU and national policy makers is to set up a regulatory and supervisory framework that stimulates growth; improves the competitiveness of the EU's economy; guarantees a level playing field; safeguards market efficiency, integrity, transparency and the stability of the financial system; and protects depositors, investors and insured persons, |
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F.

whereas the role of EU and national policy makers is to set up a regulatory and supervisory framework that stimulates growth; improves the competitiveness of the EU's economy; guarantees a level playing field; safeguards market efficiency, integrity, transparency and the stability of the financial system; and protects depositors, investors and insured persons,

| G. | whereas consumer needs and diversity of choice between quality products should be the main aim of any policy in this sector, |
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G.

whereas consumer needs and diversity of choice between quality products should be the main aim of any policy in this sector,

| H. | whereas adequate attention should be focused on the opinions and welfare of employees and customers, both of which are important stakeholders in financial institutions undergoing merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, |
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H.

whereas adequate attention should be focused on the opinions and welfare of employees and customers, both of which are important stakeholders in financial institutions undergoing merger and acquisition (M&A) activity,

| I. | whereas unjustifiable national practices and protectionist and discriminatory measures should be tackled because they fragment the market and deprive consumers of the benefits of consolidation, |
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I.

whereas unjustifiable national practices and protectionist and discriminatory measures should be tackled because they fragment the market and deprive consumers of the benefits of consolidation,

General perspectives

| 1. | Considers that consolidation in financial markets is an important market trend, although not the only one, responding to growing competition at EU and global level; |
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1.

Considers that consolidation in financial markets is an important market trend, although not the only one, responding to growing competition at EU and global level;

| 2. | Considers that consolidation in financial markets should not aim to reach a particular number of financial institutions and that it must be proportionate to competition in the financial markets; |
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2.

Considers that consolidation in financial markets should not aim to reach a particular number of financial institutions and that it must be proportionate to competition in the financial markets;

| 3. | Notes that M&A remains the most frequent growth strategy of financial institutions; notes also that, in a modern economy, the effects of consolidation can be achieved in many different ways, such as through commercial alliances between institutions, outsourcing or in-sourcing of back-office operations, back-office cooperation, and the creation of common infrastructures with competitors (e.g. payment clearing and settlement systems); |
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3.

Notes that M&A remains the most frequent growth strategy of financial institutions; notes also that, in a modern economy, the effects of consolidation can be achieved in many different ways, such as through commercial alliances between institutions, outsourcing or in-sourcing of back-office operations, back-office cooperation, and the creation of common infrastructures with competitors (e.g. payment clearing and settlement systems);

| 4. | Welcomes the positive effects of the euro and the FSAP on the integration of wholesale financial markets, on market transparency and liquidity, and on modernising and completing the EU's financial regulatory framework even though not all the consequences of the single currency to the integration of the financial markets have yet been realised; |
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4.

Welcomes the positive effects of the euro and the FSAP on the integration of wholesale financial markets, on market transparency and liquidity, and on modernising and completing the EU's financial regulatory framework even though not all the consequences of the single currency to the integration of the financial markets have yet been realised;

| 5. | Notes that M&A and restructuring activity, which is likely to have a positive effect on competitiveness, is often accompanied by a negative perception of fear of loss of employment, which materialises at times, particularly in certain regions; |
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5.

Notes that M&A and restructuring activity, which is likely to have a positive effect on competitiveness, is often accompanied by a negative perception of fear of loss of employment, which materialises at times, particularly in certain regions;

| 6. | Takes note of the intensive consolidation via cross-border M&A in the new Member States in the last 10 years; in this respect, also recalls the importance of sound and stable financial systems for small economies; |
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6.

Takes note of the intensive consolidation via cross-border M&A in the new Member States in the last 10 years; in this respect, also recalls the importance of sound and stable financial systems for small economies;

| 7. | Recalls that consolidation should not be a political objective per se, but should bring clear benefits to the economy by stimulating growth, encouraging innovation, ensuring competition, improving access to funding, allowing financial institutions to exploit synergies and cost efficiencies, and giving consumers a greater choice and better quality, while ensuring an adequate level of consumer protection; |
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7.

Recalls that consolidation should not be a political objective per se, but should bring clear benefits to the economy by stimulating growth, encouraging innovation, ensuring competition, improving access to funding, allowing financial institutions to exploit synergies and cost efficiencies, and giving consumers a greater choice and better quality, while ensuring an adequate level of consumer protection;

| 8. | Asks for attention to be focused on the effects of consolidation in the financial sector on employment, by restructuring ownership and activities, and by outsourcing in particular; urges the sector to take full social responsibility and to provide for accompanying measures that lead to retraining and qualifying financial institutions' staff to fit in with the Lisbon Strategy goals of becoming a more knowledge-intensive economy; |
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8.

Asks for attention to be focused on the effects of consolidation in the financial sector on employment, by restructuring ownership and activities, and by outsourcing in particular; urges the sector to take full social responsibility and to provide for accompanying measures that lead to retraining and qualifying financial institutions' staff to fit in with the Lisbon Strategy goals of becoming a more knowledge-intensive economy;

| 9. | Believes that the diversity of financial institutions, which better reflects the variety of financing needs of corporate entities, SMEs and consumers, should be preserved and that, therefore, EC legislation should not favour any single type of business model or corporate structure or any single type of product over another; |
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9.

Believes that the diversity of financial institutions, which better reflects the variety of financing needs of corporate entities, SMEs and consumers, should be preserved and that, therefore, EC legislation should not favour any single type of business model or corporate structure or any single type of product over another;

| 10. | Considers that the architecture of financial services at EU level should be such as to guarantee the co-existence of different structures and sizes in order to provide for efficient and competitive players both at international level and within proximity networks; |
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10.

Considers that the architecture of financial services at EU level should be such as to guarantee the co-existence of different structures and sizes in order to provide for efficient and competitive players both at international level and within proximity networks;

| 11. | Believes that the diversity of financial products must be ensured in order to meet the different and shifting needs of consumers; |
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11.

Believes that the diversity of financial products must be ensured in order to meet the different and shifting needs of consumers;

Barriers to cross-border consolidation

| 12. | Notes that due to various obstacles, the level of cross-border consolidation in the financial sector, and in the banking sector in particular, is often less than the level of domestic consolidation in the EU; takes note of the barriers identified in the Commission's survey; |
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12.

Notes that due to various obstacles, the level of cross-border consolidation in the financial sector, and in the banking sector in particular, is often less than the level of domestic consolidation in the EU; takes note of the barriers identified in the Commission's survey;

| 13. | Points out that, within the internal market, economic synergies and cost efficiencies resulting from consolidation should be achievable and should not be hampered by unjustifiable obstacles, such as tax barriers and different supervisory regimes; supports the Commission's intention to tackle these obstacles; notes the difficulties faced by financial institutions willing to achieve cost efficiencies and economies of scale and scope by selling the same or identical products across countries and calls on the Commission to examine these difficulties further; |
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13.

Points out that, within the internal market, economic synergies and cost efficiencies resulting from consolidation should be achievable and should not be hampered by unjustifiable obstacles, such as tax barriers and different supervisory regimes; supports the Commission's intention to tackle these obstacles; notes the difficulties faced by financial institutions willing to achieve cost efficiencies and economies of scale and scope by selling the same or identical products across countries and calls on the Commission to examine these difficulties further;

| 14. | Points out that market participants should take into account their social responsibility during M&A and restructuring activity; also points out that within the process of globalisation, the only way to win the confidence of the citizens of the EU is to enhance a social market economy with more and better jobs; |
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14.

Points out that market participants should take into account their social responsibility during M&A and restructuring activity; also points out that within the process of globalisation, the only way to win the confidence of the citizens of the EU is to enhance a social market economy with more and better jobs;

| 15. | Acknowledges the important role of national supervisors in conducting prudential supervision and safeguarding the soundness of national financial markets and institutions; |
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15.

Acknowledges the important role of national supervisors in conducting prudential supervision and safeguarding the soundness of national financial markets and institutions;

| 16. | Points out that divergent national supervisory practices and standards may reduce market efficiency, increase the operating costs of those financial institutions operating across borders, and thus mitigate the beneficial effects of and ultimately fragmenting the single financial market; |
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16.

Points out that divergent national supervisory practices and standards may reduce market efficiency, increase the operating costs of those financial institutions operating across borders, and thus mitigate the beneficial effects of and ultimately fragmenting the single financial market;

| 17. | Is concerned that financial institutions seeking to develop their strategies at EU level are frequently confronted with costly and time-consuming regulatory and supervisory practices and differing reporting requirements; |
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17.

Is concerned that financial institutions seeking to develop their strategies at EU level are frequently confronted with costly and time-consuming regulatory and supervisory practices and differing reporting requirements;

| 18. | Believes that further convergence of supervisory practices and standards could diminish some of the negative effects of diverging supervisory practices and improve market efficiency; welcomes the progress achieved by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors and encourages its further work; |
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18.

Believes that further convergence of supervisory practices and standards could diminish some of the negative effects of diverging supervisory practices and improve market efficiency; welcomes the progress achieved by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors and encourages its further work;

| 19. | Welcomes the progress attained by Level 3 committees — the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) — in achieving greater supervisory convergence and encourages their further work; |
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19.

Welcomes the progress attained by Level 3 committees — the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) — in achieving greater supervisory convergence and encourages their further work;

| 20. | Notes that the integration on the wholesale markets has been nearly completed and, in particular, that integration on the money markets is far advanced, and that announcements of increases and decreases in interest rates are quickly and well reflected in the market prices; |
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20.

Notes that the integration on the wholesale markets has been nearly completed and, in particular, that integration on the money markets is far advanced, and that announcements of increases and decreases in interest rates are quickly and well reflected in the market prices;

| 21. | Regrets that several tax obstacles, in particular inter-group VAT and the lack of neutrality as well as the lack of legal certainty in the VAT treatment of financial services, diminish and often prevent synergies and cost efficiencies and calls on the Commission to formulate proposals on how to overcome these barriers; |
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21.

Regrets that several tax obstacles, in particular inter-group VAT and the lack of neutrality as well as the lack of legal certainty in the VAT treatment of financial services, diminish and often prevent synergies and cost efficiencies and calls on the Commission to formulate proposals on how to overcome these barriers;

| 22. | Notes that currently, substantial non-recoverable VAT costs in addition to inter-company charges to a large extent limit any possible savings from cross-border consolidation; |
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22.

Notes that currently, substantial non-recoverable VAT costs in addition to inter-company charges to a large extent limit any possible savings from cross-border consolidation;

| 23. | Notes that the current tax treatment of dividends in some Member States favours payouts of domestic rather than EU dividends; |
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23.

Notes that the current tax treatment of dividends in some Member States favours payouts of domestic rather than EU dividends;

| 24. | Believes that further integration of the retail financial markets should bring greater choice of better quality products for consumers and should enable companies to sell their products across borders, without hampering competition within the EU retail financial markets; calls on the Commission to present a clear and concise strategy for integrating retail financial markets; |
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24.

Believes that further integration of the retail financial markets should bring greater choice of better quality products for consumers and should enable companies to sell their products across borders, without hampering competition within the EU retail financial markets; calls on the Commission to present a clear and concise strategy for integrating retail financial markets;

| 25. | Urges the Commission and the financial services industry to discuss further the advantages and disadvantages of the ‘26th regime’ to financial services, which mobile EU citizens may need for their activities in other Member States, so that they are able to use service providers familiar to them and need deal only with a simple standard set of rules; urges the Commission, in particular, to define a legal basis, to secure consumer protection at a high level, and to define the required components of harmonisation and an appropriate supervisory regime; |
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25.

Urges the Commission and the financial services industry to discuss further the advantages and disadvantages of the ‘26th regime’ to financial services, which mobile EU citizens may need for their activities in other Member States, so that they are able to use service providers familiar to them and need deal only with a simple standard set of rules; urges the Commission, in particular, to define a legal basis, to secure consumer protection at a high level, and to define the required components of harmonisation and an appropriate supervisory regime;

| 26. | Believes that the pluralistic structure of the European banking market is an asset to the European economy and should not be called into question; |
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26.

Believes that the pluralistic structure of the European banking market is an asset to the European economy and should not be called into question;

Regulatory and supervisory system

Market structure

| 27. | Notes that levels of market concentration in certain Member States raise concerns regarding the market structure, conduct and behaviour of European banks and other financial institutions; |
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27.

Notes that levels of market concentration in certain Member States raise concerns regarding the market structure, conduct and behaviour of European banks and other financial institutions;

| 28. | Asks that the concentration of financial markets and institutions is scrupulously examined by the Commission and by national competition authorities in compliance with the EC Treaty and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; |
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28.

Asks that the concentration of financial markets and institutions is scrupulously examined by the Commission and by national competition authorities in compliance with the EC Treaty and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities;

| 29. | Calls on the Commission to ensure that the relevant legislation is consistently implemented by the Member States; |
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29.

Calls on the Commission to ensure that the relevant legislation is consistently implemented by the Member States;

| 30. | Asks the Commission to examine the implications of consolidation in major regional financial centres on the financing of small regions and SMEs; |
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30.

Asks the Commission to examine the implications of consolidation in major regional financial centres on the financing of small regions and SMEs;

Supervision

| 31. | Welcomes the recently adopted EU measures regarding prudential supervision, in particular the Capital Requirements Directive, advancing the home country control principle and considerably changing the current supervisory framework, which now includes new provisions on the cooperation between national competent authorities, supervisory disclosure requirements, and enhanced powers for the consolidating supervisor as regards the validation of risk measurement models; believes that, in the current legislation, this move should be complemented by a clear definition and a well-balanced allocation of powers and responsibilities between home and host country supervisors, without prejudice to the review clauses contained in the directive; |
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31.

Welcomes the recently adopted EU measures regarding prudential supervision, in particular the Capital Requirements Directive, advancing the home country control principle and considerably changing the current supervisory framework, which now includes new provisions on the cooperation between national competent authorities, supervisory disclosure requirements, and enhanced powers for the consolidating supervisor as regards the validation of risk measurement models; believes that, in the current legislation, this move should be complemented by a clear definition and a well-balanced allocation of powers and responsibilities between home and host country supervisors, without prejudice to the review clauses contained in the directive;

| 32. | Notes that the transformation of the corporate structure of some major EU financial groups willing to adopt the SE model might have significant implications on the supervisors concerned; calls on the Commission to monitor the situation and to examine whether there are any implications of the SE model on prudential stability and crisis management structures; |
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32.

Notes that the transformation of the corporate structure of some major EU financial groups willing to adopt the SE model might have significant implications on the supervisors concerned; calls on the Commission to monitor the situation and to examine whether there are any implications of the SE model on prudential stability and crisis management structures;

| 33. | Calls on the Commission to take due account in its proposals of the difficulties experienced by certain national regulators in intervening in markets characterised by a very strong presence of foreign capital; |
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33.

Calls on the Commission to take due account in its proposals of the difficulties experienced by certain national regulators in intervening in markets characterised by a very strong presence of foreign capital;

| 34. | Notes that in highly integrated financial markets, a crisis spilling over national jurisdictions cannot be tackled individually by national authorities; in this respect, considers that the current networks of national supervisors, the supervisory arrangements, and the non-legally binding memoranda of understanding may not be sufficient to face a major crisis caused by a failure of markets or important cross-border financial groups; considers that cooperation and mutual trust between supervisory authorities in a crisis event is crucial and urges the Commission and responsible national authorities to develop jointly appropriate proposals for effective crisis management for the further consideration of the Parliament; |
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34.

Notes that in highly integrated financial markets, a crisis spilling over national jurisdictions cannot be tackled individually by national authorities; in this respect, considers that the current networks of national supervisors, the supervisory arrangements, and the non-legally binding memoranda of understanding may not be sufficient to face a major crisis caused by a failure of markets or important cross-border financial groups; considers that cooperation and mutual trust between supervisory authorities in a crisis event is crucial and urges the Commission and responsible national authorities to develop jointly appropriate proposals for effective crisis management for the further consideration of the Parliament;

| 35. | Considers that the EU's authority in international negotiations, particularly as regards bank supervision, would be reinforced by the clarification of its internal functioning; |
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35.

Considers that the EU's authority in international negotiations, particularly as regards bank supervision, would be reinforced by the clarification of its internal functioning;

| 36. | Notes that the question of the lender of last resort must be resolved in parallel to any further discussions about EU financial supervision; in this respect, stresses that a clear decision on responsibilities is necessary; |
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36.

Notes that the question of the lender of last resort must be resolved in parallel to any further discussions about EU financial supervision; in this respect, stresses that a clear decision on responsibilities is necessary;

| 37. | Notes that the current supervisory system leads to multiple reporting requirements for banks and that, therefore, an important task for all supervisory institutions is to converge the standards; |
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37.

Notes that the current supervisory system leads to multiple reporting requirements for banks and that, therefore, an important task for all supervisory institutions is to converge the standards;

| 38. | Believes that it is high time that the EU institutions, and particularly the Parliament, opened a debate on the structure of supervision of EU financial markets; for this reason, calls for the setting up, by the end of 2006, of a committee of ‘wise persons’ to study — and report back six months after the establishment of the committee — the implications of the consolidation of markets and financial institutions, prudential supervision, financial stability, and crisis management; in this regard, asks the committee to propose concrete ideas regarding the simplification of multiple reporting requirements and the improvement of the current structures, and, ultimately, to reflect on the needs and structures of European financial supervisors; |
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38.

Believes that it is high time that the EU institutions, and particularly the Parliament, opened a debate on the structure of supervision of EU financial markets; for this reason, calls for the setting up, by the end of 2006, of a committee of ‘wise persons’ to study — and report back six months after the establishment of the committee — the implications of the consolidation of markets and financial institutions, prudential supervision, financial stability, and crisis management; in this regard, asks the committee to propose concrete ideas regarding the simplification of multiple reporting requirements and the improvement of the current structures, and, ultimately, to reflect on the needs and structures of European financial supervisors;

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| 39. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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39.

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

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(1)  OJ C 293, 25.11.2005, p. 2.

(2)  OJ L 35, 11.2.2003, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 79, 24.3.2005, p. 9.

(4)  OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1.

(5)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(6)  Not yet published in the OJ.

(7)  OJ C 45 E, 23.2.2006, p. 140.

(8)  OJ C 25 E, 29.1.2004, p. 394.

P6_TA(2006)0295

Recent developments in and prospects for company law

European Parliament resolution on recent developments and prospects in relation to company law (2006/2051(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 21 May 2003, entitled ‘Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union — A Plan to Move Forward’ (COM(2003)0284), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 21 May 2003, entitled ‘Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union — A Plan to Move Forward’ (COM(2003)0284),

| — | having regard to the Commission's Communication to the spring European Council: Working together for growth and jobs — A new start for the Lisbon Strategy (COM(2005)0024), |
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having regard to the Commission's Communication to the spring European Council: Working together for growth and jobs — A new start for the Lisbon Strategy (COM(2005)0024),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Common Actions for Growth and Employment: the Community Lisbon programme’ (COM(2005)0330), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Common Actions for Growth and Employment: the Community Lisbon programme’ (COM(2005)0330),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Outcome of the screening of legislative proposals pending before the Legislator’ (COM(2005)0462), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Outcome of the screening of legislative proposals pending before the Legislator’ (COM(2005)0462),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions entitled ‘Implementing the Community Lisbon programme: a strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment’ (COM(2005)0535), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions entitled ‘Implementing the Community Lisbon programme: a strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment’ (COM(2005)0535),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions entitled ‘Implementing the Community Lisbon programme — Modern SME policy for growth and employment’ (COM(2005)0551), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions entitled ‘Implementing the Community Lisbon programme — Modern SME policy for growth and employment’ (COM(2005)0551),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 21 April 2004 on modernising company law and enhancing corporate governance (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 21 April 2004 on modernising company law and enhancing corporate governance (1),

| — | 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 Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0229/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0229/2006),

| A. | whereas the Action Plan proposed in the abovementioned Commission communication of 21 May 2003 (‘the 2003 Action Plan’) defines important objectives for the modernisation of company law and corporate governance, |
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A.

whereas the Action Plan proposed in the abovementioned Commission communication of 21 May 2003 (‘the 2003 Action Plan’) defines important objectives for the modernisation of company law and corporate governance,

| B. | whereas important progress has already been made in the achievement of those objectives, |
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B.

whereas important progress has already been made in the achievement of those objectives,

| C. | whereas, since the 2003 Action Plan has to be seen in the light of the renewed Lisbon Strategy, measures need to be taken in order to provide for company law mechanisms that enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of business across Europe, |
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C.

whereas, since the 2003 Action Plan has to be seen in the light of the renewed Lisbon Strategy, measures need to be taken in order to provide for company law mechanisms that enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of business across Europe,

| D. | whereas improving the competitiveness of European business requires an integrated approach at EU level, |
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D.

whereas improving the competitiveness of European business requires an integrated approach at EU level,

| E. | whereas it is essential to improve the regulatory environment for companies in order to achieve the Lisbon Agenda objectives, |
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E.

whereas it is essential to improve the regulatory environment for companies in order to achieve the Lisbon Agenda objectives,

| F. | whereas a statutorily regulated system of employee participation at the level of undertakings, as found in a large number of Member States, should be seen as forming an integral part of European corporate governance which makes a contribution to achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, |
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F.

whereas a statutorily regulated system of employee participation at the level of undertakings, as found in a large number of Member States, should be seen as forming an integral part of European corporate governance which makes a contribution to achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy,

| G. | whereas better regulation is of particular importance for small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs’), |
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G.

whereas better regulation is of particular importance for small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs’),

| H. | whereas simplification of the company law acquis can be an efficient tool to improve the effectiveness of the legislative framework; whereas, however, simplification does not mean deregulation, |
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H.

whereas simplification of the company law acquis can be an efficient tool to improve the effectiveness of the legislative framework; whereas, however, simplification does not mean deregulation,

General aspects

| 1. | Calls on the Commission to ensure that the measures aimed at modernisation in the field of company law and corporate governance are consistent with measures in related sectors, such as financial services, industrial policy, social policy and corporate social responsibility; |
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1.

Calls on the Commission to ensure that the measures aimed at modernisation in the field of company law and corporate governance are consistent with measures in related sectors, such as financial services, industrial policy, social policy and corporate social responsibility;

| 2. | Stresses the importance of taking into account the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities on the principle of freedom of establishment; |
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2.

Stresses the importance of taking into account the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities on the principle of freedom of establishment;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission to take the European social model into consideration when deciding on further measures for the development of company law; this also involves the participation of employees; |
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3.

Calls on the Commission to take the European social model into consideration when deciding on further measures for the development of company law; this also involves the participation of employees;

Better regulation and simplification

| 4. | Highlights the importance of better regulation in order to provide a more effective legislative framework; emphasises that it is important to improve the quality of legislation through systematic consultations with stakeholders on all future initiatives, strict compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, choosing instruments that place less of a burden on companies and leave them as much flexibility as possible, and comprehensive impact assessment in respect of any new legislative initiative; |
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4.

Highlights the importance of better regulation in order to provide a more effective legislative framework; emphasises that it is important to improve the quality of legislation through systematic consultations with stakeholders on all future initiatives, strict compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, choosing instruments that place less of a burden on companies and leave them as much flexibility as possible, and comprehensive impact assessment in respect of any new legislative initiative;

| 5. | Stresses that EC company law directives in force should not be discussed: they should be simplified only in exceptional and duly justified cases, when they are not dealing with very sensitive matters or are not the result of difficult compromises, in order not to have an adverse effect on the companies concerned; |
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5.

Stresses that EC company law directives in force should not be discussed: they should be simplified only in exceptional and duly justified cases, when they are not dealing with very sensitive matters or are not the result of difficult compromises, in order not to have an adverse effect on the companies concerned;

| 6. | Calls on the Commission to explain in detail the plans to present a complete consolidation of the company law directives in one single act; stresses in this context that priority should be given to the objective of achieving clarity and consistency of the company law acquis within the different areas of company law; calls on the Commission to specify, in particular, which directives would be recast, which repealed, which codified and which modified; |
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6.

Calls on the Commission to explain in detail the plans to present a complete consolidation of the company law directives in one single act; stresses in this context that priority should be given to the objective of achieving clarity and consistency of the company law acquis within the different areas of company law; calls on the Commission to specify, in particular, which directives would be recast, which repealed, which codified and which modified;

Small and medium-sized enterprises

| 7. | Welcomes the Commission's initiative to create a better regulatory environment for SMEs; |
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7.

Welcomes the Commission's initiative to create a better regulatory environment for SMEs;

| 8. | Calls on the Commission to examine the SME dimension when assessing the impact of legislative proposals in the field of company law and to ensure that the needs of SMEs are properly and systematically taken into account; |
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8.

Calls on the Commission to examine the SME dimension when assessing the impact of legislative proposals in the field of company law and to ensure that the needs of SMEs are properly and systematically taken into account;

| 9. | Stresses that, in particular, the barriers faced by SMEs in terms of the administrative burden must be removed; |
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9.

Stresses that, in particular, the barriers faced by SMEs in terms of the administrative burden must be removed;

| 10. | Asks the Commission to have more regard to the needs of SMEs in future legislative proposals or future revisions of existing legislation; recalls that SMEs are creators of jobs and a motor of economic growth; |
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10.

Asks the Commission to have more regard to the needs of SMEs in future legislative proposals or future revisions of existing legislation; recalls that SMEs are creators of jobs and a motor of economic growth;

Corporate governance

| 11. | Stresses the importance of developing best practices which respect the different traditions and systems in the Member States; |
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11.

Stresses the importance of developing best practices which respect the different traditions and systems in the Member States;

| 12. | Notes that the European Corporate Governance Forum and Corporate Governance Advisory Group have been established, and calls on the Commission to keep Parliament regularly informed about the results of the work of those bodies and the decisions taken on the basis of those results; |
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12.

Notes that the European Corporate Governance Forum and Corporate Governance Advisory Group have been established, and calls on the Commission to keep Parliament regularly informed about the results of the work of those bodies and the decisions taken on the basis of those results;

| 13. | Regrets that the Commission has not developed a clear vision of the governance of European businesses but seems to be taking measures on disparate aspects on an ad hoc basis; reiterates the conclusions of its abovementioned resolution of 21 April 2004 and calls on the Commission to act on them; |
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13.

Regrets that the Commission has not developed a clear vision of the governance of European businesses but seems to be taking measures on disparate aspects on an ad hoc basis; reiterates the conclusions of its abovementioned resolution of 21 April 2004 and calls on the Commission to act on them;

| 14. | Stresses that corporate governance is not only about the relationship between shareholders and management, but that other stakeholders within the company are also important for a balanced decision-making process and should be able to contribute to decisions on the strategy of companies; points out, in particular, that there should be room for the provision of information to, and consultation of, employees; |
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14.

Stresses that corporate governance is not only about the relationship between shareholders and management, but that other stakeholders within the company are also important for a balanced decision-making process and should be able to contribute to decisions on the strategy of companies; points out, in particular, that there should be room for the provision of information to, and consultation of, employees;

| 15. | Expresses doubts about the need for a European initiative in the field of the special investigation right of shareholders, since this directly affects the separation of competences between directors, who manage the company, and shareholders, which is a topic typically addressed by national corporate laws; considers, in addition, that any further initiative should be evaluated in the light of the on-going legislative process; points out that the recent proposal for a directive on shareholders' rights already provides for the right to add items to the agenda of the general meeting and to table resolutions; |
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15.

Expresses doubts about the need for a European initiative in the field of the special investigation right of shareholders, since this directly affects the separation of competences between directors, who manage the company, and shareholders, which is a topic typically addressed by national corporate laws; considers, in addition, that any further initiative should be evaluated in the light of the on-going legislative process; points out that the recent proposal for a directive on shareholders' rights already provides for the right to add items to the agenda of the general meeting and to table resolutions;

| 16. | Stresses the need for involvement of the financial market regulators and supervisors in the development of clear corporate governance rules and recommendations, and for a close coordination of the policies in the field of financial market regulation on the one hand and company law on the other; |
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16.

Stresses the need for involvement of the financial market regulators and supervisors in the development of clear corporate governance rules and recommendations, and for a close coordination of the policies in the field of financial market regulation on the one hand and company law on the other;

Company law

| 17. | Welcomes the abovementioned proposal of the Commission for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the exercise of voting rights by shareholders of companies having their registered office in a Member State and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2004/109/EC (2005/0265(COD)); |
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17.

Welcomes the abovementioned proposal of the Commission for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the exercise of voting rights by shareholders of companies having their registered office in a Member State and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2004/109/EC (2005/0265(COD));

| 18. | Welcomes the agreements reached on the following proposals:






  a) | proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 77/91/EEC as regards the formation of public limited companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital (2004/0256(COD)); |
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18.

Welcomes the agreements reached on the following proposals:

a)

proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 77/91/EEC as regards the formation of public limited companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital (2004/0256(COD));

| b) | proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC concerning the annual accounts of certain types of companies and consolidated accounts (2004/0250(COD)); |
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b)

proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC concerning the annual accounts of certain types of companies and consolidated accounts (2004/0250(COD));

| 19. | Calls on the Commission to propose measures to enhance the cross-border availability of information regarding the disqualification of directors; |
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19.

Calls on the Commission to propose measures to enhance the cross-border availability of information regarding the disqualification of directors;

| 20. | States that there is no need for a European initiative in the field of wrongful trading since there are already relevant regulations in the Member States; although those regulations in the Members States may vary, the national differences constitute no obstacle to the internal market; |
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20.

States that there is no need for a European initiative in the field of wrongful trading since there are already relevant regulations in the Member States; although those regulations in the Members States may vary, the national differences constitute no obstacle to the internal market;

| 21. | Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the differentiation of obligations to disclose share-holding levels; would welcome a differentiation which provided for the following percentage steps: 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 % and 20 %, plus a notification obligation for every percentage point above 20 %; notes that the differentiation of disclosure obligations would necessarily improve transparency concerning shareholding; |
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21.

Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the differentiation of obligations to disclose share-holding levels; would welcome a differentiation which provided for the following percentage steps: 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 % and 20 %, plus a notification obligation for every percentage point above 20 %; notes that the differentiation of disclosure obligations would necessarily improve transparency concerning shareholding;

| 22. | Calls on the Commission to lay down clear rules governing transitional periods, i.e. the ‘decent interval’ after which active members of the management board who wish, on leaving the board, to transfer to the supervisory board (in the dualistic system) or the non-executive board (in the monistic system), may do so; notes that these transitional periods must be at least two years; stresses the importance of such transitional periods in preserving the independence of supervisory boards; |
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22.

Calls on the Commission to lay down clear rules governing transitional periods, i.e. the ‘decent interval’ after which active members of the management board who wish, on leaving the board, to transfer to the supervisory board (in the dualistic system) or the non-executive board (in the monistic system), may do so; notes that these transitional periods must be at least two years; stresses the importance of such transitional periods in preserving the independence of supervisory boards;

| 23. | Calls on the Commission to resolve legislative issues, such as the independence of directors, by legislative means (directives) rather than by recommendations, so that the public and the legislature are involved and the resulting rules reflect actual practice; |
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23.

Calls on the Commission to resolve legislative issues, such as the independence of directors, by legislative means (directives) rather than by recommendations, so that the public and the legislature are involved and the resulting rules reflect actual practice;

| 24. | Urges the Commission to be alert to conflicts of interests and the disproportional accumulation of information and influence by some large players in the chain of intermediaries and advisors involved in the exercise of shareholders' voting rights in companies, and stresses the need for transparency and fair opportunities for issuers to defend themselves against the undue concentration and coordinated action of shareholder parties; |
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24.

Urges the Commission to be alert to conflicts of interests and the disproportional accumulation of information and influence by some large players in the chain of intermediaries and advisors involved in the exercise of shareholders' voting rights in companies, and stresses the need for transparency and fair opportunities for issuers to defend themselves against the undue concentration and coordinated action of shareholder parties;

| 25. | Asks for a clear regulatory regime for the disclosure and comparability of information on the individual remuneration of, and remuneration policy for, directors, including elements such as pension schemes and stock-option plans; |
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25.

Asks for a clear regulatory regime for the disclosure and comparability of information on the individual remuneration of, and remuneration policy for, directors, including elements such as pension schemes and stock-option plans;

| 26. | Calls on the Commission to ensure that companies are given the choice between different governance systems, including the one-tier and two-tier systems, without there being any need to adopt provisions defining the powers and obligations of a company's governing bodies; |
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26.

Calls on the Commission to ensure that companies are given the choice between different governance systems, including the one-tier and two-tier systems, without there being any need to adopt provisions defining the powers and obligations of a company's governing bodies;

| 27. | Calls on the Commission to examine the possibilities for revision of the rules in the Statute for a European company on the formation of such companies, with a view to simplifying those rules and adjusting them in line with market requirements; |
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27.

Calls on the Commission to examine the possibilities for revision of the rules in the Statute for a European company on the formation of such companies, with a view to simplifying those rules and adjusting them in line with market requirements;

| 28. | Calls on the Commission to present a proposal on the European private company in order to meet the needs of SMEs; |
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28.

Calls on the Commission to present a proposal on the European private company in order to meet the needs of SMEs;

| 29. | Strongly deplores the fact that the Commission has already decided to withdraw the two proposals for a regulation on a Statute for a European association (1991/0386(COD)) and for a regulation on a Statute for a European mutual society (1991/0390(COD)) and the two proposals for directives supplementing those Statutes with regard to the involvement of employees (1991/0387(COD) and 1991/0391(COD)); |
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29.

Strongly deplores the fact that the Commission has already decided to withdraw the two proposals for a regulation on a Statute for a European association (1991/0386(COD)) and for a regulation on a Statute for a European mutual society (1991/0390(COD)) and the two proposals for directives supplementing those Statutes with regard to the involvement of employees (1991/0387(COD) and 1991/0391(COD));

| 30. | Notes, however, that, in its 2003 Action Plan, the Commission announced its intention actively to support the legislative process undertaken in relation to those statutes, in response to the desire expressed by Parliament for significant attention to be given to the development of new legal forms of enterprises; regards those proposals as useful instruments for the development of economic activity throughout Europe by associations and mutual societies; |
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30.

Notes, however, that, in its 2003 Action Plan, the Commission announced its intention actively to support the legislative process undertaken in relation to those statutes, in response to the desire expressed by Parliament for significant attention to be given to the development of new legal forms of enterprises; regards those proposals as useful instruments for the development of economic activity throughout Europe by associations and mutual societies;

| 31. | Calls on the Commission to submit new proposals for statutes for European mutual societies and European associations; |
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31.

Calls on the Commission to submit new proposals for statutes for European mutual societies and European associations;

| 32. | Stresses that the transfer of a registered office is today either impossible or hindered by the requirements imposed at national level, that a directive in this area is crucial for freedom of establishment, and that the long-awaited Fourteenth Company Law Directive would fill a lacuna in the system of the internal market for companies; |
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32.

Stresses that the transfer of a registered office is today either impossible or hindered by the requirements imposed at national level, that a directive in this area is crucial for freedom of establishment, and that the long-awaited Fourteenth Company Law Directive would fill a lacuna in the system of the internal market for companies;

| 33. | Therefore calls on the Commission to present in the near future a proposal concerning the Fourteenth Company Law Directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of limited companies; stresses that the transfer of registered offices must not be wrongly used, for example to restrict workers' rights, in particular as regards employee participation in company decisions, or to reduce the protection of creditors; considers, in particular, that safeguarding employees' acquired rights as regards participation in company decisions must be a declared aim of the directive; |
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33.

Therefore calls on the Commission to present in the near future a proposal concerning the Fourteenth Company Law Directive on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of limited companies; stresses that the transfer of registered offices must not be wrongly used, for example to restrict workers' rights, in particular as regards employee participation in company decisions, or to reduce the protection of creditors; considers, in particular, that safeguarding employees' acquired rights as regards participation in company decisions must be a declared aim of the directive;

| 34. | Calls on the Commission to continue its preparation of Community legislation providing for other legal forms of entrepreneurial organisation, such as the European foundation; |
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34.

Calls on the Commission to continue its preparation of Community legislation providing for other legal forms of entrepreneurial organisation, such as the European foundation;

| 35. | Recommends that the Commission should further examine whether there is a need to address the problems concerning groups and pyramids, especially with regard to the framework for the transparency of group structures and the special problems relating to pyramid structures; |
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35.

Recommends that the Commission should further examine whether there is a need to address the problems concerning groups and pyramids, especially with regard to the framework for the transparency of group structures and the special problems relating to pyramid structures;

| 36. | Calls on the Commission to pay greater attention to the issue of delisting and to submit a legislative proposal for future harmonisation at EU level; notes that, while delisting is possible in the Member States, it involves enormous bureaucratic and legal cost for the businesses concerned; calls, therefore, for ‘going private’ to be made possible in future with the minimum of bureaucratic effort, with particular consideration being given to safeguarding the financial interests of the shareholders; |
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Calls on the Commission to pay greater attention to the issue of delisting and to submit a legislative proposal for future harmonisation at EU level; notes that, while delisting is possible in the Member States, it involves enormous bureaucratic and legal cost for the businesses concerned; calls, therefore, for ‘going private’ to be made possible in future with the minimum of bureaucratic effort, with particular consideration being given to safeguarding the financial interests of the shareholders;

| 37. | Calls on the Commission to involve Parliament more effectively in discussions concerning international and European accounting standards and to reinforce the definition of a European approach based on the best practices and traditions in the Member States, instead of blindly following the traditions of US auditing; stresses again the need for more representatives with a European background in the international standard-setting bodies, in order to legitimate a true international approach; emphasises that regulations on accounting standards have an impact on tax law and business structures; |
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Calls on the Commission to involve Parliament more effectively in discussions concerning international and European accounting standards and to reinforce the definition of a European approach based on the best practices and traditions in the Member States, instead of blindly following the traditions of US auditing; stresses again the need for more representatives with a European background in the international standard-setting bodies, in order to legitimate a true international approach; emphasises that regulations on accounting standards have an impact on tax law and business structures;

| 38. | Deplores the fact that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) lacks democratic control and thus comes to decisions that do not adequately reflect the reality of European companies and fail, for example, to respond to the needs of SMEs; cites by way of example the requirement, laid down in IAS 32, to distinguish in balance sheets between equity and liability, which, in the case of partnerships, has led to significant material problems, such as a distorted portrayal of their creditworthiness; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that greater weight is attached to Parliament's decisions within the IASB; |
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38.

Deplores the fact that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) lacks democratic control and thus comes to decisions that do not adequately reflect the reality of European companies and fail, for example, to respond to the needs of SMEs; cites by way of example the requirement, laid down in IAS 32, to distinguish in balance sheets between equity and liability, which, in the case of partnerships, has led to significant material problems, such as a distorted portrayal of their creditworthiness; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that greater weight is attached to Parliament's decisions within the IASB;

| 39. | Wishes to make it clear that the Commission has no authority to endorse International Financial Reporting Standards for SMEs; |
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39.

Wishes to make it clear that the Commission has no authority to endorse International Financial Reporting Standards for SMEs;

| 40. | Calls on the Commission to take further steps to keep the company law acquis constantly under review; |
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40.

Calls on the Commission to take further steps to keep the company law acquis constantly under review;

| 41. | Calls on the Commission to monitor thoroughly the transposition of the company law acquis in the accession countries during the pre-accession period, and to report on the results of that monitoring; |
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41.

Calls on the Commission to monitor thoroughly the transposition of the company law acquis in the accession countries during the pre-accession period, and to report on the results of that monitoring;

| 42. | Looks forward to the results of the external study commissioned by the Commission on proportionality between ownership and control in EU listed companies, provided that it delivers not only an objective analysis of the empirical and theoretical evidence regarding the effects of the different ownership models in the Member States on economic efficiency, owner-control of companies and the possibilities for cross-border transactions, but also a sound analysis of corporate law as regards the wider economic and legal context in Member States and different models of corporate governance; stresses that due account should be taken of the need for transparency in the structure of control rights; |
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42.

Looks forward to the results of the external study commissioned by the Commission on proportionality between ownership and control in EU listed companies, provided that it delivers not only an objective analysis of the empirical and theoretical evidence regarding the effects of the different ownership models in the Member States on economic efficiency, owner-control of companies and the possibilities for cross-border transactions, but also a sound analysis of corporate law as regards the wider economic and legal context in Member States and different models of corporate governance; stresses that due account should be taken of the need for transparency in the structure of control rights;

| 43. | Expects that the Commission will, if appropriate make a legislative proposal concerning the principle ‘one share one vote’ only after the outcome of the revision of Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids (2), as provided for in Article 20 of that directive, and an evaluation of that directive; |
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43.

Expects that the Commission will, if appropriate make a legislative proposal concerning the principle ‘one share one vote’ only after the outcome of the revision of Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids (2), as provided for in Article 20 of that directive, and an evaluation of that directive;

| 44. | Asks the Commission to propose measures for greater transparency regarding institutional investors; recalls that transparency is needed with regard to investment policy, voting policy and share ownership, and that such transparency must not be confined to the relationship between funds and single investors; recalls that there should also be certain disclosure obligations incumbent on institutional investors towards the companies in which they are engaged, e.g., with regard to their intentions and the proposed duration of their engagement; |
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44.

Asks the Commission to propose measures for greater transparency regarding institutional investors; recalls that transparency is needed with regard to investment policy, voting policy and share ownership, and that such transparency must not be confined to the relationship between funds and single investors; recalls that there should also be certain disclosure obligations incumbent on institutional investors towards the companies in which they are engaged, e.g., with regard to their intentions and the proposed duration of their engagement;

| 45. | Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament about the results of the consultation on the future priorities for the 2003 Action Plan, launched by the Commission in December 2005, and to explain in detail the decisions taken by it as a result of the outcome of that consultation; |
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45.

Calls on the Commission to inform Parliament about the results of the consultation on the future priorities for the 2003 Action Plan, launched by the Commission in December 2005, and to explain in detail the decisions taken by it as a result of the outcome of that consultation;

| 46. | Calls on the Commission to analyse the problems relating to the implementation of the existing legislation in order to take the results of that analysis into consideration when considering new legislative proposals; |
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46.

Calls on the Commission to analyse the problems relating to the implementation of the existing legislation in order to take the results of that analysis into consideration when considering new legislative proposals;

| 47. | Calls on the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to follow the work of the Commission; |
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47.

Calls on the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to follow the work of the Commission;

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| 48. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 714.

(2)  OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 12.

P6_TA(2006)0296

Reducing the climate change impact of aviation

European Parliament resolution on reducing the climate change impact of aviation (2005/2249(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Reducing the Climate Change Impact of Aviation (COM(2005)0459), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Reducing the Climate Change Impact of Aviation (COM(2005)0459),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 16 November 2005 on Winning the Battle against Climate Change (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 16 November 2005 on Winning the Battle against Climate Change (1),

| — | 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 Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0201/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0201/2006),

| A. | whereas the EU is committed to the objective of tackling climate change and has put forward a global goal of limiting global temperature increase to + 2 °C compared to pre-industrialised levels, |
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whereas the EU is committed to the objective of tackling climate change and has put forward a global goal of limiting global temperature increase to + 2 °C compared to pre-industrialised levels,

| B. | whereas in its abovementioned resolution of 16 November 2005 the European Parliament stated that strong emission reductions — 30 % by 2020 and 60-80 % by 2050 — are to be undertaken by developed countries, |
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B.

whereas in its abovementioned resolution of 16 November 2005 the European Parliament stated that strong emission reductions — 30 % by 2020 and 60-80 % by 2050 — are to be undertaken by developed countries,

| C. | whereas the contribution of aviation to climate change is substantial and growing rapidly, |
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C.

whereas the contribution of aviation to climate change is substantial and growing rapidly,

| D. | whereas international aviation is subject to no commitment arising from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol or from any other international commitment in the area of climate change, |
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D.

whereas international aviation is subject to no commitment arising from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol or from any other international commitment in the area of climate change,

| E. | whereas the EU should show leadership in the fight against climate change and, by taking regional and early action, lay down an example of how to tackle aviation's impact on the climate, |
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whereas the EU should show leadership in the fight against climate change and, by taking regional and early action, lay down an example of how to tackle aviation's impact on the climate,

| 1. | Welcomes the Commission Communication and its recognition that a comprehensive package of measures including regulatory, economic, technological and operational instruments is needed to address all impacts of aviation on the climate, applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle and ensuring full cost internalisation; |
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Welcomes the Commission Communication and its recognition that a comprehensive package of measures including regulatory, economic, technological and operational instruments is needed to address all impacts of aviation on the climate, applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle and ensuring full cost internalisation;

| 2. | Stresses that the overall objective of the policy instruments chosen must be to reduce, in a cost-effective way, the climate change impact of aviation; these policy instruments must be chosen in such a way as to ensure that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is as high as possible while the distortion of competition between Europe based air carriers and carriers from outside the EU is minimised and the unfair competition between the air transport sector and other transport sectors within the EU is reduced; |
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2.

Stresses that the overall objective of the policy instruments chosen must be to reduce, in a cost-effective way, the climate change impact of aviation; these policy instruments must be chosen in such a way as to ensure that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is as high as possible while the distortion of competition between Europe based air carriers and carriers from outside the EU is minimised and the unfair competition between the air transport sector and other transport sectors within the EU is reduced;

| 3. | Stresses that in this respect every kind of unnecessary bureaucratic burden should be excluded, especially in light of the small air carriers that exist on the market; |
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3.

Stresses that in this respect every kind of unnecessary bureaucratic burden should be excluded, especially in light of the small air carriers that exist on the market;

| 4. | Fully endorses the Commission's intention to pursue the introduction of kerosene taxes, and urges it to begin immediately by requiring a tax on all domestic and intra-EU flights (with the possibility to exempt all carriers on routes on which non-EU carriers operate); calls on the Commission to propose arrangements for their worldwide introduction; |
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4.

Fully endorses the Commission's intention to pursue the introduction of kerosene taxes, and urges it to begin immediately by requiring a tax on all domestic and intra-EU flights (with the possibility to exempt all carriers on routes on which non-EU carriers operate); calls on the Commission to propose arrangements for their worldwide introduction;

| 5. | Stresses the urgency of achieving results in the ongoing re-negotiations of air service agreements — in particular the agreement with the US — to unconditionally allow for the taxing of fuel supplied to EU and non-EU carriers on an equal basis; |
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Stresses the urgency of achieving results in the ongoing re-negotiations of air service agreements — in particular the agreement with the US — to unconditionally allow for the taxing of fuel supplied to EU and non-EU carriers on an equal basis;

| 6. | Underlines that the tax exemptions on air transport and other imbalances lead to very unfair competition between aviation and other transport sectors; |
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6.

Underlines that the tax exemptions on air transport and other imbalances lead to very unfair competition between aviation and other transport sectors;

| 7. | Stresses that this is particularly a burden for the railway sector, because the railway sector is not only covered by taxes but also by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which significantly raises the cost for this environmentally friendly transport system; |
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Stresses that this is particularly a burden for the railway sector, because the railway sector is not only covered by taxes but also by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which significantly raises the cost for this environmentally friendly transport system;

| 8. | Underlines that this distortion of competition between transport sectors also leads to distortion of competition between tourist regions, to the disadvantage of those regions which are reached mainly by car, bus or railway; |
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Underlines that this distortion of competition between transport sectors also leads to distortion of competition between tourist regions, to the disadvantage of those regions which are reached mainly by car, bus or railway;

| 9. | Underlines that it is necessary to consider a fair solution for the environmental problems caused by aviation; |
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9.

Underlines that it is necessary to consider a fair solution for the environmental problems caused by aviation;

| 10. | Encourages the introduction of charges as a step towards full cost internalisation, with the extent of their role, and their magnitude, reflecting the extent to which any emissions trading system falls short of the requirements outlined below; |
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10.

Encourages the introduction of charges as a step towards full cost internalisation, with the extent of their role, and their magnitude, reflecting the extent to which any emissions trading system falls short of the requirements outlined below;

| 11. | Asks that special attention be paid to the situation of the most isolated territories which are particularly dependent on air transport services, and especially to insular or outermost regions, where alternative solutions are limited, or do not exist; |
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11.

Asks that special attention be paid to the situation of the most isolated territories which are particularly dependent on air transport services, and especially to insular or outermost regions, where alternative solutions are limited, or do not exist;

| 12. | Welcomes the speech of the then President-in-Office of the European Council and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel in the European Parliament on the 18th January 2006 in which he addressed the issue, and asks the Presidency-in-Office to work on concrete proposals in this area; |
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12.

Welcomes the speech of the then President-in-Office of the European Council and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel in the European Parliament on the 18th January 2006 in which he addressed the issue, and asks the Presidency-in-Office to work on concrete proposals in this area;

| 13. | Stresses that better air traffic management is urgently needed to reduce CO2 emissions, contrails and cirrus clouds and that this would be a cost-efficient measure; |
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Stresses that better air traffic management is urgently needed to reduce CO2 emissions, contrails and cirrus clouds and that this would be a cost-efficient measure;

| 14. | Calls for further research efforts in order to enhance our understanding of the full effects of aviation on climate change; considers that it is particularly important to clarify the effects of aircraft contrails (water vapour) as well as to what extent flying at lower altitudes would reduce overall emissions and hence climatic impact, and to assess the heating effect of aerosols emitted in the stratosphere; |
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Calls for further research efforts in order to enhance our understanding of the full effects of aviation on climate change; considers that it is particularly important to clarify the effects of aircraft contrails (water vapour) as well as to what extent flying at lower altitudes would reduce overall emissions and hence climatic impact, and to assess the heating effect of aerosols emitted in the stratosphere;

| 15. | Urges the Commission to promote the introduction of bio-fuels for aviation as a contribution to reducing the impact on climate change; |
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15.

Urges the Commission to promote the introduction of bio-fuels for aviation as a contribution to reducing the impact on climate change;

| 16. | Stresses that, in the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (RTD) too, research and development relating to clean engine technologies and alternative fuels must be assigned priority; considers that an integrated approach should be pursued, combining both emissions trading and the development of clean engines and fuels, in order also to reduce emissions of substances other than CO2 in the aviation sector; |
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16.

Stresses that, in the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (RTD) too, research and development relating to clean engine technologies and alternative fuels must be assigned priority; considers that an integrated approach should be pursued, combining both emissions trading and the development of clean engines and fuels, in order also to reduce emissions of substances other than CO2 in the aviation sector;

| 17. | Believes it necessary, moreover, to pursue scientific and technical targets for improving the energy efficiency of aircraft and helicopters; |
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Believes it necessary, moreover, to pursue scientific and technical targets for improving the energy efficiency of aircraft and helicopters;

| 18. | Points out that measures under the Seventh RTD Framework Programme to foster technological innovations in the aerospace sector and the improved air traffic management resulting from the Single Sky legislation are of decisive importance where emission reduction is concerned; |
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18.

Points out that measures under the Seventh RTD Framework Programme to foster technological innovations in the aerospace sector and the improved air traffic management resulting from the Single Sky legislation are of decisive importance where emission reduction is concerned;

| 19. | Calls on the Commission to take initiatives without delay for improving air traffic control and air traffic management within the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) project and the Single Sky legislation, with a view to improving the energy efficiency of flights and reducing or avoiding vapour contrails; |
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19.

Calls on the Commission to take initiatives without delay for improving air traffic control and air traffic management within the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) project and the Single Sky legislation, with a view to improving the energy efficiency of flights and reducing or avoiding vapour contrails;

| 20. | Calls on the Commission to ensure that appropriations under the Seventh RTD Framework Programme are set aside, in the context of collaborative research, with a view to improving the environmental and energy efficiency of aircraft and helicopter engines; |
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Calls on the Commission to ensure that appropriations under the Seventh RTD Framework Programme are set aside, in the context of collaborative research, with a view to improving the environmental and energy efficiency of aircraft and helicopter engines;

On inclusion of aviation into the EU ETS

| 21. | Recognises that emissions trading has the potential to play a role as part of a comprehensive package of measures to address the climate impact of aviation, provided it is appropriately designed; |
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Recognises that emissions trading has the potential to play a role as part of a comprehensive package of measures to address the climate impact of aviation, provided it is appropriately designed;

| 22. | Stresses that the environmental effectiveness of any emissions trading scheme will depend on it having sufficiently broad geographical scope; a rigorous cap; full auctioning of initial allocation; the technological level and early actions taken into account in the allocation; and addressing full climate impact; |
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22.

Stresses that the environmental effectiveness of any emissions trading scheme will depend on it having sufficiently broad geographical scope; a rigorous cap; full auctioning of initial allocation; the technological level and early actions taken into account in the allocation; and addressing full climate impact;

| 23. | Asks the Commission to present immediately an impact assessment on the specific parameters of its design proposals, e.g. level of cap for aviation, compliance, choice of participating entity (aircraft operators, airlines or airports), and to present proposals to ensure that the EU ETS will be applicable to airlines from outside the European Union; |
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Asks the Commission to present immediately an impact assessment on the specific parameters of its design proposals, e.g. level of cap for aviation, compliance, choice of participating entity (aircraft operators, airlines or airports), and to present proposals to ensure that the EU ETS will be applicable to airlines from outside the European Union;

| 24. | Proposes the introduction of a separate dedicated scheme for aviation emissions, recognising that, due to the lack of binding commitments for international aviation emissions under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, the aviation sector would be unable to actually sell into the ETS; |
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24.

Proposes the introduction of a separate dedicated scheme for aviation emissions, recognising that, due to the lack of binding commitments for international aviation emissions under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, the aviation sector would be unable to actually sell into the ETS;

| 25. | Notes that accounting would be substantially simplified by a separate, closed system; considers that, if there were to be a gateway to allow airlines to buy from the EU ETS, this should be on a carefully limited basis; |
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25.

Notes that accounting would be substantially simplified by a separate, closed system; considers that, if there were to be a gateway to allow airlines to buy from the EU ETS, this should be on a carefully limited basis;

| 26. | Stresses that, if aviation is to be eventually incorporated into the wider ETS, there should at least be a pilot phase of a separate scheme covering the period 2008-2012; |
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Stresses that, if aviation is to be eventually incorporated into the wider ETS, there should at least be a pilot phase of a separate scheme covering the period 2008-2012;

| 27. | Notes that potential entry of outside credits to a separate scheme (e.g. Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation (CDM/JI), or credits from regional cap-and-trade schemes in countries which are not parties to the Kyoto Protocol) must be minimised by capping them at a level which guarantees that the sector contributes to achieving the overall objective of halting climate change, as well as minimising bureaucracy and increasing transparency; |
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Notes that potential entry of outside credits to a separate scheme (e.g. Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation (CDM/JI), or credits from regional cap-and-trade schemes in countries which are not parties to the Kyoto Protocol) must be minimised by capping them at a level which guarantees that the sector contributes to achieving the overall objective of halting climate change, as well as minimising bureaucracy and increasing transparency;

| 28. | Proposes that, should aviation be eventually incorporated into a wider ETS, special conditions be applied to ensure it does not distort the market to the detriment of less protected sectors: a cap on the number of emission rights it is permitted to buy from the market, and a requirement to make a proportion of the necessary emissions reductions without trading, before being allowed to buy permits; |
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Proposes that, should aviation be eventually incorporated into a wider ETS, special conditions be applied to ensure it does not distort the market to the detriment of less protected sectors: a cap on the number of emission rights it is permitted to buy from the market, and a requirement to make a proportion of the necessary emissions reductions without trading, before being allowed to buy permits;

| 29. | Calls on the Commission to put forward other policy instruments to address the non-CO2 impacts of aviation in parallel to the ETS; where uncertainties exist over any of these impacts, policy should be based on the precautionary principle; in addition to climate impacts, special attention should be paid to air and noise pollution during the ascent and descent of aircraft; calls on the Commission to encourage research programmes to improve scientific knowledge on the non-CO2 impacts of aviation and to support ICAO action in developing standards on NOx; |
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Calls on the Commission to put forward other policy instruments to address the non-CO2 impacts of aviation in parallel to the ETS; where uncertainties exist over any of these impacts, policy should be based on the precautionary principle; in addition to climate impacts, special attention should be paid to air and noise pollution during the ascent and descent of aircraft; calls on the Commission to encourage research programmes to improve scientific knowledge on the non-CO2 impacts of aviation and to support ICAO action in developing standards on NOx;

| 30. | Does not rule out accompanying local measures having to be taken in the future; |
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Does not rule out accompanying local measures having to be taken in the future;

On the scope of the aviation scheme

| 31. | Believes that a scheme for aviation should as a first step cover all flights to and from any EU airport (if possible also intercontinental flights transiting through EU air space), irrespective of the country of origin of the airline concerned, so as to ensure a level playing field to operators with different route profiles, to avoid distortion of the market in favour of flights to destinations outside the EU, to ensure environmental effectiveness, to prevent cross-subsidisation and to influence aircraft design; stresses that a worldwide emission trading scheme needs to be introduced as soon as possible; |
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Believes that a scheme for aviation should as a first step cover all flights to and from any EU airport (if possible also intercontinental flights transiting through EU air space), irrespective of the country of origin of the airline concerned, so as to ensure a level playing field to operators with different route profiles, to avoid distortion of the market in favour of flights to destinations outside the EU, to ensure environmental effectiveness, to prevent cross-subsidisation and to influence aircraft design; stresses that a worldwide emission trading scheme needs to be introduced as soon as possible;

| 32. | Acknowledges that the Commission, after careful assessment, is of the opinion that such a broad scope is compatible with international agreements, e.g. WTO rules; asks the Commission and the Council to defend this position against possible attacks of third countries in international organisations; |
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Acknowledges that the Commission, after careful assessment, is of the opinion that such a broad scope is compatible with international agreements, e.g. WTO rules; asks the Commission and the Council to defend this position against possible attacks of third countries in international organisations;

On initial allocation

| 33. | Stresses that the total initial allocation should be defined in line with the Kyoto commitment target and must therefore not allow for growth in emissions above the base year; |
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Stresses that the total initial allocation should be defined in line with the Kyoto commitment target and must therefore not allow for growth in emissions above the base year;

| 34. | Believes that the initial allocation amount must be set at EU level, as setting it at Member State level would risk overly generous initial allocations which would distort the market and undermine the environmental effectiveness of the scheme; |
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Believes that the initial allocation amount must be set at EU level, as setting it at Member State level would risk overly generous initial allocations which would distort the market and undermine the environmental effectiveness of the scheme;

| 35. | Stresses that the allocation method should not directly or indirectly punish those companies having already introduced efficient airplanes, so that early action has to be recognised under any circumstances and the main pressure to change put on carriers whose fuel efficiency is poor; |
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Stresses that the allocation method should not directly or indirectly punish those companies having already introduced efficient airplanes, so that early action has to be recognised under any circumstances and the main pressure to change put on carriers whose fuel efficiency is poor;

On the allocation method

| 36. | Believes that auctioning is the best option for distribution of allowances, since it reflects the dynamic nature of the sector, with no prejudice against new entrants or against those regions which have yet to develop in this sector; |
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36.

Believes that auctioning is the best option for distribution of allowances, since it reflects the dynamic nature of the sector, with no prejudice against new entrants or against those regions which have yet to develop in this sector;

| 37. | Notes that auctioning also meets the requirements of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, with further environmental benefits if the revenues are appropriately hypothecated; and that it automatically rewards good performance by operators in the past and future; |
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Notes that auctioning also meets the requirements of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, with further environmental benefits if the revenues are appropriately hypothecated; and that it automatically rewards good performance by operators in the past and future;

| 38. | Stresses that an eventual partial free allocation of permits, whether through grandfathering or benchmarking, should not discriminate against operators who enter the scheme after the initial allocation period; therefore, special provision would have to be made to accommodate new entrants; |
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Stresses that an eventual partial free allocation of permits, whether through grandfathering or benchmarking, should not discriminate against operators who enter the scheme after the initial allocation period; therefore, special provision would have to be made to accommodate new entrants;

| 39. | Notes the likelihood that free allocation of permits, whether through grandfathering or benchmarking, would lead to windfall profits to the sector at the consumer's expense, due to marginal cost pricing based on market price of allowances despite free allocation; emphasises that this is not the objective of the policy; |
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Notes the likelihood that free allocation of permits, whether through grandfathering or benchmarking, would lead to windfall profits to the sector at the consumer's expense, due to marginal cost pricing based on market price of allowances despite free allocation; emphasises that this is not the objective of the policy;

| 40. | Considers that free allocation of grandfathered emissions is the worst option as it punishes early action by airlines, and that free allocation by benchmarking, whilst incentivising more appropriately in theory, risks being overly complicated and bureaucratic, with all calculation methods having difficulties in determining true best performance; |
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Considers that free allocation of grandfathered emissions is the worst option as it punishes early action by airlines, and that free allocation by benchmarking, whilst incentivising more appropriately in theory, risks being overly complicated and bureaucratic, with all calculation methods having difficulties in determining true best performance;

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| 41. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

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(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0433.

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