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| 18.8.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 201/16 |
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18.8.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 201/16

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MINUTES

(2005/C 201 E/03)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund (COM(2004)0493 — C6-0090/2004 — 2004/0165(COD))






  referred to | responsible: EMPL
  opinion: BUDG, CONT, ITRE, REGI, LIBE, FEMM |
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund (COM(2004)0493 — C6-0090/2004 — 2004/0165(COD))

referred to

responsible: EMPL

opinion: BUDG, CONT, ITRE, REGI, LIBE, FEMM

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC) (COM(2004)0496 — C6-0091/2004 — 2004/0168(COD))






  referred to | responsible: REGI
  opinion: BUDG, CONT |
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC) (COM(2004)0496 — C6-0091/2004 — 2004/0168(COD))

referred to

responsible: REGI

opinion: BUDG, CONT

| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0643 — C6-0172/2004 — 2004/0241(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: ECON |
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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0643 — C6-0172/2004 — 2004/0241(CNS))

referred to

responsible: ECON

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2004)0490 — C6-0181/2004 — 2004/0161(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: AGRI
  opinion: BUDG, CONT, REGI |
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Proposal for a Council regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2004)0490 — C6-0181/2004 — 2004/0161(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI

opinion: BUDG, CONT, REGI

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC57/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1333 — C6-0182/2004 — 2004/2239(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC57/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1333 — C6-0182/2004 — 2004/2239(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC62/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1338 — C6-0183/2004 — 2004/2240(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC62/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1338 — C6-0183/2004 — 2004/2240(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC58/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1334 — C6-0184/2004 — 2004/2241(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC58/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1334 — C6-0184/2004 — 2004/2241(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC63/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1339 — C6-0185/2004 — 2004/2242(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC63/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1339 — C6-0185/2004 — 2004/2242(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC64/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1340 — C6-0186/2004 — 2004/2243(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC64/2004 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1340 — C6-0186/2004 — 2004/2243(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (COM(2004)0724 — C6-0187/2004 — 2004/0252(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: PECH
  opinion: ENVI |
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Proposal for a Council regulation on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (COM(2004)0724 — C6-0187/2004 — 2004/0252(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: ENVI

3.   European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (debate)

(debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004)

Jan Peter Balkenende (President-in-Office of the Council) introduced the report and Poul Nielson (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Jaime Mayor Oreja, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Camiel Eurlings and Harlem Désir.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, Jillian Evans, Miguel Portas, Roger Knapman, Seán Ó Neachtain, Ashley Mote, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Hélène Flautre, Giusto Catania, Maciej Marian Giertych, Irena Belohorská, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Pasqualina Napoletano, Luciana Sbarbati, Mario Borghezio, Koenraad Dillen, Alojz Peterle, Ieke van den Burg, Grażyna Staniszewska, Alexander Radwan, Gary Titley, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Malcolm Harbour.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Martine Roure, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Othmar Karas, Véronique De Keyser, Tunne Kelam, Genowefa Grabowska, Jerzy Buzek, Stavros Lambrinidis, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Luis Francisco Herrero-Tejedor, Carlos Coelho, Csaba Őry, Jan Peter Balkenende and Poul Nielson.

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

| — | Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (B6-0153/2004), |
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Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (B6-0153/2004),

| — | Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting on 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0154/2004), |
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Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting on 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0154/2004),

| — | Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the European Council meeting in Brussels on 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0157/2004), |
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Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the European Council meeting in Brussels on 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0157/2004),

| — | Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, José Albino Silva Peneda, Ville Itälä, Jaime Mayor Oreja and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting in Brussels of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0158/2004), |
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Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, José Albino Silva Peneda, Ville Itälä, Jaime Mayor Oreja and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting in Brussels of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0158/2004),

| — | Monica Frassoni and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0159/2004), |
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Monica Frassoni and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0159/2004),

| — | Cristiana Muscardini and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0161/2004). |
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Cristiana Muscardini and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004 (B6-0161/2004).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 17.11.2004, Item 5.12

Minutes of 17.11.2004, Item 5.12

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

4.   Formal sitting — South Africa

From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Mr Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

5.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex I to the Minutes.

5.1.   Seed produced in third countries * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries [COM(2004)0263 — C6-0010/2004 — 2004/0086(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A6-0007/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0051)

(P6_TA(2004)0051)

5.2.   Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Andorra) * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments [COM(2004)0564 — C6-0120/2004 — 2004/0192(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0017/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0052)

(P6_TA(2004)0052)

5.3.   Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Liechtenstein) * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments [COM(2004)0569 — C6-0121/2004 — 2004/0191(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0016/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0053)

(P6_TA(2004)0053)

5.4.   ARGO programme * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) [COM(2004)0384 — C6-0049/2004 — 2004/0122(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Martine Roure (A6-0019/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2004)0054)

(P6_TA(2004)0054)

5.5.   Packaging and packaging waste ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste [COM(2004)0127 — C5-0100/2004 — 2004/0045(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Dorette Corbey (A6-0027/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2004)0055)

(P6_TA(2004)0055)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0055)

(P6_TA(2004)0055)

5.6.   European Agency for Reconstruction * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction [COM(2004)0451 — C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Anders Samuelsen (A6-0031/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2004)0056)

(P6_TA(2004)0056)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0056)

(P6_TA(2004)0056)

5.7.   Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community [COM(2004)0465 — COM(2004) 0696 — 13195/2004 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Mechtild Rothe (A6-0032/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2004)0057)

(P6_TA(2004)0057)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0057)

(P6_TA(2004)0057)

5.8.   Arms exports (vote)

(vote)

Report on the fifth annual report by the Council on operative provision 8 of the European Union code of conduct on arms exports [2004/2103(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A6-0022/2004)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0058)

(P6_TA(2004)0058)

5.9.   Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (vote)

(vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0162/2004

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0059)

(P6_TA(2004)0059)

5.10.   Climate change (vote)

(vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0129/2004

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0060)

(P6_TA(2004)0060)

5.11.   Situation in Cuba (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0155/2004, B6-0156/2004, B6-0160/2004 and B6-0163/2004

(Motion for a resolution B6-0160/2004 had been withdrawn.)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0155/2004

(replacing B6-0155/2004 and B6-0163/2004):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
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Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Francis Wurtz, Roberto Musacchio and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group. |
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Francis Wurtz, Roberto Musacchio and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0155/2004

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0156/2004

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0061)

(P6_TA(2004)0061)

(Motion for a resolution B6-0163/2004 fell.)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE, who pointed out that the PPE-DE Group was not a signatory to amendment 1.

5.12.   European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0153/2004, B6-0154/2004, B6-0157/2004, B6-0158/2004, B6-0159/2004 and B6-0161/2004

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0153/2004

Rejected

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0154/2004

(replacing B6-0154/2004, B6-0157/2004, B6-0158/2004, B6-0159/2004 and B6-0161/2004):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, José Albino Silva Peneda, Ville Itälä, Jaime Mayor Oreja and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
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Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, José Albino Silva Peneda, Ville Itälä, Jaime Mayor Oreja and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |
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Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

| — | Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
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Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Cristiana Muscardini and Anna Elzbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the UEN Group. |
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Cristiana Muscardini and Anna Elzbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2004)0062)

(P6_TA(2004)0062)

6.   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.

Oral explanations of vote:

Oral explanations of vote:

Samuelsen report — A6-0031/2004

| — | Carlo Fatuzzo |
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Carlo Fatuzzo

Rothe report — A6-0032/2004

| — | Carlo Fatuzzo |
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Carlo Fatuzzo

Romeva i Rueda report — A6-0022/2004

| — | Carlo Fatuzzo, José Ribeiro e Castro |
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Carlo Fatuzzo, José Ribeiro e Castro

Althea operation — B6-0162/2004

| — | Bernd Posselt |
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Bernd Posselt

Situation in Cuba — B6-0156/2004

| — | Carlo Fatuzzo, Bernd Posselt |
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Carlo Fatuzzo, Bernd Posselt

European Council — RC-B6-0154/2004

| — | Carlo Fatuzzo, José Ribeiro e Castro |
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Carlo Fatuzzo, José Ribeiro e Castro

7.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Daul report — A6-0007/2004

| — | single vote

  for: Heide Rühle |
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single vote

for: Heide Rühle

for:

Roure report — A6-0019/2004

| — | single vote

  for: Martine Roure |
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—

single vote

for: Martine Roure

for:

Situation in Cuba — RC-B6-0155/2004

| — | recitals B, D, F and G

  against: Jean-Paul Gauzès |
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recitals B, D, F and G

against: Jean-Paul Gauzès

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  against: Roberta Angelilli, Jean-Paul Gauzès |
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resolution (as a whole)

against: Roberta Angelilli, Jean-Paul Gauzès

against:

Situation in Cuba — B6-0156/2004

| — | amendment 1

  against: Eoin Ryan and the other Irish members of his Group |
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amendment 1

against: Eoin Ryan and the other Irish members of his Group

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  for: Åsa Westlund, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Inger Segelström |
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resolution (as a whole)

for: Åsa Westlund, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Inger Segelström

for:

European Council — RC-B6-0154/2004

| — | amendment 3

  for: Lena Ek, Sérgio Ribeiro |
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amendment 3

for: Lena Ek, Sérgio Ribeiro

for:

Maria da Assunção Esteves and Heide Rühle indicated that they had not taken part in the vote on the Daul report A6-0007/2004.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.25 and resumed at 15.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 13.25 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

8.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann had informed the Presidency that she had been present but that her name was not on the attendance register.

Jacques Toubon had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 15.11.2004, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

9.   Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission

José Manuel Barroso, President-elect of the Commission, made the statement.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, João de Deus Pinheiro, Hannes Swoboda, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Bernat Joan i Marí, Mary Lou McDonald, Paul Marie Coûteaux and Michał Tomasz Kamiński.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hans-Peter Martin, Marianne Thyssen, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marielle De Sarnez, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Giusto Catania, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Mogens N.J. Camre, Jana Bobošíková, Françoise Grossetête, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Pierre Jonckheer, Erik Meijer, Mario Borghezio, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Markus Ferber, Robert Goebbels, Andrew Duff, Milan Horáček, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Nils Lundgren, Ryszard Czarnecki, Timothy Kirkhope, Jo Leinen, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Carl Schlyter, Ilda Figueiredo and Kathy Sinnott.

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Luca Romagnoli, Mario Mauro, Kader Arif, Anders Samuelsen, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Antonio Di Pietro, Carlos Coelho, Borut Pahor, Lena Ek, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Jules Maaten, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Luciana Sbarbati, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Antonio Tajani, Pervenche Berès, Gunnar Hökmark, Evelyne Gebhardt, Elmar Brok, Maria Berger, Avril Doyle, Christine De Veyrac, Othmar Karas, Simon Busuttil, Luís Queiró and Atzo Nicolaï.

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

| — | Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, Othmar Karas, Ville Itälä, Marianne Thyssen, József Szájer, Lorenzo Cesa, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Françoise Grossetête and Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0151/2004), |
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Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, Othmar Karas, Ville Itälä, Marianne Thyssen, József Szájer, Lorenzo Cesa, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Françoise Grossetête and Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0151/2004),

| — | Jens-Peter Bonde and Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on approval of the new Commission (B6-0165/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

Jens-Peter Bonde and Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on approval of the new Commission (B6-0165/2004),

| — | Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the approval of the Commission (B6-0168/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the approval of the Commission (B6-0168/2004),

| — | Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the vote on the new Commission (B6-0185/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the vote on the new Commission (B6-0185/2004),

| — | Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0186/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0186/2004),

| — | Brian Crowley, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the election of the European Commission (B6-0187/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

Brian Crowley, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the election of the European Commission (B6-0187/2004),

| — | Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0188/2004). |
| --- | --- |

—

Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Barroso Commission (B6-0188/2004).

Draft decision tabled by the Conference of Presidents pursuant to Rule 99, electing the nominated Commission (B6-0164/2004/rev).

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso, Robert Kilroy-Silk, who asked why the President had cut him off earlier on in the debate (the President reminded him of the rules governing speaking time), and Gerard Batten on Robert Kilroy-Silk's remarks.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.11.2004, Item 6.1

Minutes of 18.11.2004, Item 6.1

10.   Question Time (Council)

(Council)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B6-0132/2004).

Question 1 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Execution of arrest warrant for Kenan Akin, the murderer of the Cypriot Solomos Solomou.

Atzo Nicolaï (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and a supplementary by Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Question 2 (Sarah Ludford): Move to QMV and codecision under the Treaty of Nice.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the question and supplementaries by Sarah Ludford and David Martin.

Question 3 (Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez): Revision of the common position on Cuba.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the question and supplementaries by Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra.

Question 4 (Mihael Brejc): Difficulties encountered by European firms as regards exports to the United States.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the question and supplementaries by Mihael Brejc, John Purvis and Brian Crowley.

John Purvis spoke on the Council's answer.

Question 5 (Bernd Posselt): Human rights in Algeria.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the questions and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 6 (Josu Ortuondo Larrea): The Council's role in respect of the IMO and flags of convenience.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the question and a supplementary by Josu Ortuondo Larrea.

Josu Ortuondo Larrea spoke on the Council's answer.

Question 7 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 8 had been withdrawn.

Question 9 (Proinsias De Rossa): Burma.

Atzo Nicolaï answered the question and a supplementary by Proinsias De Rossa.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers.

Council Question Time closed.

11.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 350.854/OJJE).

12.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 19.10.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca

Vice-President

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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.   Seed produced in third countries *

Report: DAUL (A6-0007/2004)

| Subject | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | RCV | + | 559, 15, 4 |

Subject

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

RCV

+

559, 15, 4

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

2.   Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Andorra) *

Report: GAUZÈS (A6-0017/2004)

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

Subject

RCV

etc. Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

3.   Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Liechtenstein) *

Report: GAUZÈS (A6-0016/2004)

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

Subject

RCV

etc. Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

4.   ARGO programme *

Report: ROURE (A6-0019/2004)

| Subject | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | RCV | + | 572, 72, 7 |

Subject

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

RCV

+

572, 72, 7

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

5.   Packaging and packaging waste ***I

Report: CORBEY (A6-0027/2004)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-3 | committee | | + | |
| after recital 2 | 4/rev | PSE | split | | |
| 1 | - | |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-3

committee

+

after recital 2

4/rev

PSE

split

1

-

2

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Request for split votes

Verts/ALE

am 4

1st part:‘Taking into account ... in accordance with the Treaty’

2nd part:‘where these bring ... of packaging.’

6.   European Agency for Reconstruction *

Report: SAMUELSEN (A6-0031/2004)

| Objet | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-2
  4 | committee | | + | |
| 3 | committee | sep | + |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Objet

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-2

4

committee

+

3

committee

sep

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for separate votes

GUE/NGL: am 3

7.   Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) *

Report: ROTHE (A6-0032/2004)

| Objet | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1
  3-8 | committee | | + | |
| Article 1 | 11/rev | ALDE | | - | |
| after recital 4 | 2 | committee | | + | |
| 9 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| 10/rev | ALDE | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 618, 39, 24 |

Objet

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1

3-8

committee

+

Article 1

11/rev

ALDE

-

after recital 4

2

committee

+

9

Verts/ALE

↓

10/rev

ALDE

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

618, 39, 24

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE, IND/DEM: final vote

8.   Arms exports

Report: ROMEVA i RUEDA (A6-0022/2004)

| Objet | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 10 | 6 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after § 15 | 3 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 4 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 16 | 5 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 20 | 1 | PSE | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| after § 20 | 2 | PSE | | + | |
| § 25 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 40 | 9D | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 400, 250, 32 |
| after recital 5 | 7 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 8 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Objet

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 10

6

Verts/ALE

-

after § 15

3

Verts/ALE

-

4

Verts/ALE

-

§ 16

5

Verts/ALE

-

§ 20

1

PSE

split

1

+

2

+

after § 20

2

PSE

+

§ 25

original text

sep

+

§ 40

9D

PPE-DE

RCV

+

400, 250, 32

after recital 5

7

Verts/ALE

-

8

Verts/ALE

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Request for split votes

GUE/NGL

am 1

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘the EU has adopted a legally binding Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and’

2nd part: those words

Request for roll-call vote

PPE-DE: am 9

Request for separate vote

PSE: § 25

9.   Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Motion for a resolution: B6-0162/2004

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motion for a resolution B6-0162/2004 (Foreign Affairs Committee) |
| after § 1 | 2 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| § 2 | 4 | PSE | | + | |
| after § 2 | 5 | EPP-DE | | + | |
| § 5 | 6 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 15 | 1 | PSE | | + | |
| § 21 | 7 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 504, 149, 27 |
| § 22 | 3 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| Recital A | 8 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 507, 75, 102 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Motion for a resolution B6-0162/2004 (Foreign Affairs Committee)

after § 1

2

Verts/ALE

+

§ 2

4

PSE

+

after § 2

5

EPP-DE

+

§ 5

6

PPE-DE

+

after § 15

1

PSE

+

§ 21

7

PPE-DE

EV

+

504, 149, 27

§ 22

3

Verts/ALE

+

Recital A

8

PPE-DE

RCV

+

507, 75, 102

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

IND/DEM: am 8

10.   Climate change

Motion for a resolution: B6-0129/2004

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motion for a resolution B6-0129/2004 (Environment Committee) |
| § 12 | | original text | RCV | + | 639, 19, 24 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 640, 22, 21 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Motion for a resolution B6-0129/2004 (Environment Committee)

§ 12

original text

RCV

+

639, 19, 24

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

640, 22, 21

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: § 12

Verts/ALE: final vote

11.   Situation in Cuba

Motions for resolution: B6-0155/2004, B6-0156/2004, B6-0160/2004, B6-0163/2004

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joint motion for a resolution RC6-0155/2004 (PSE and Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL) |
| after § 3 | 2 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| Recital A | 1 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| Recital B | | original text | RCV | - | 252, 413, 18 |
| Recital D | | original text | RCV | - | 247, 400, 35 |
| Recital F | | original text | RCV | - | 240, 436, 10 |
| Recital G | | original text | RCV | - | 224, 434, 22 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | - | 260, 405, 19 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| motion for resolution B6-0155/2004 (PSE) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | - | |
| motion for resolution B6-0156/2004 (PPE-DE, ALDE and UEN) |
| § 6 | 1D | ALDE, UEN | RCV | - | 279, 391, 16 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 376, 281, 26 |
| motion for resolution B6-0163/2004 (Verts/ALE) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Joint motion for a resolution RC6-0155/2004 (PSE and Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL)

after § 3

2

GUE/NGL

-

Recital A

1

GUE/NGL

-

Recital B

original text

RCV

-

252, 413, 18

Recital D

original text

RCV

-

247, 400, 35

Recital F

original text

RCV

-

240, 436, 10

Recital G

original text

RCV

-

224, 434, 22

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

-

260, 405, 19

motions for resolutions by political groups

motion for resolution B6-0155/2004 (PSE)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

-

motion for resolution B6-0156/2004 (PPE-DE, ALDE and UEN)

§ 6

1D

ALDE, UEN

RCV

-

279, 391, 16

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

376, 281, 26

motion for resolution B6-0163/2004 (Verts/ALE)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: final vote RC6-0155/2004, am 1 (B6-0156/2004), final vote B6-0156/2004

PPE-DE: am 1 and final vote (B6-0156/2004)

Verts/ALE: recitals B, D, F and G and final vote (RC6-0155/2004)

12.   European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004)

Motions for resolutions: B6-0153/2004, B6-0154/2004, B6-0157/2004, B6-0158/2004, B6-0159/2004, B6-0161/2004

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motion for a resolution B6-0153/2004 (GUE/NGL) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | - | |
| Joint motion for a resolution RC6-0154/2004 (PSE, ALDE, PPE-DE, Verts/ALE and UEN) |
| § 4 | 7 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 9 | 1 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| after § 11 | 3 | GUE/NGL | RCV | - | 304, 360, 15 |
| 4 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 5 | GUE/NGL | RCV | - | 244, 409, 24 |
| after § 13 | 6 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 15 | 2 | ALDE | EV | + | 337, 331, 6 |
| after § 25 | 8 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 9 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 10 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 11 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 12 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 34 | 14 | ALDE | RCV | + | 625, 23, 25 |
| after § 39 | 13 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B6-0154 /2004 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0157 /2004 | | ALDE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0158 /2004 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0159 /2004 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0161 /2004 | | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Motion for a resolution B6-0153/2004 (GUE/NGL)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

-

Joint motion for a resolution RC6-0154/2004 (PSE, ALDE, PPE-DE, Verts/ALE and UEN)

§ 4

7

GUE/NGL

-

after § 9

1

Verts/ALE

+

after § 11

3

GUE/NGL

RCV

-

304, 360, 15

4

GUE/NGL

-

5

GUE/NGL

RCV

-

244, 409, 24

after § 13

6

GUE/NGL

-

after § 15

2

ALDE

EV

+

337, 331, 6

after § 25

8

GUE/NGL

-

9

GUE/NGL

-

10

GUE/NGL

-

11

GUE/NGL

-

12

GUE/NGL

-

after § 34

14

ALDE

RCV

+

625, 23, 25

after § 39

13

PPE-DE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0154 /2004

PSE

↓

B6-0157 /2004

ALDE

↓

B6-0158 /2004

PPE-DE

↓

B6-0159 /2004

Verts/ALE

↓

B6-0161 /2004

UEN

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: am 14

GUE/NGL: ams 3 and 5

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Report: Daul A6-0007/2004

For: 559

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Henin, Kaufmann, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Golik, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Resetarits, Rutowicz, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Atkins, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Cesa, Chichester, Chmielewski, Cirino Pomicino, Coelho, Coveney, Daul, De Poli, Dehaene, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hortefeux, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Pálfi, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt Pál, Schmitt Ingo, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stenzel, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wuermeling, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Douay, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Moraes, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Camre, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Roszkowski, Szymański, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Joan i Marí, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes

Against: 15

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

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

NI: Dillen, Kilroy-Silk

Abstention: 4

IND/DEM: Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

2.   Report: Roure A6-0019/2004

For: 572

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Karatzaferis, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Železný

NI: Baco, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Golik, Kozlík, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Resetarits, Rutowicz

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

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

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

Against: 72

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Bertinotti, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Bloom, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Wohlin

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

Verts/ALE: Schlyter

Abstention: 7

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

3.   Report: Rothe A6-0032/2004

For: 618

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Golik, Kozlík, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Resetarits, Rutowicz

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

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, 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: 39

IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Coûteaux, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wierzejski, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Allister, Claeys, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PSE: Bösch, Bono

Abstention: 24

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

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

NI: Battilocchio

PPE-DE: Caspary, Koch, Konrad, Nicholson

UEN: Camre, Krasts, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

4.   Report: Romeva I Rueda A6-0022/2004

For: 400

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Against: 250

ALDE: Chiesa, Cocilovo, Pistelli

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Karatzaferis, Sinnott

NI: Golik, Kilroy-Silk, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Resetarits

PPE-DE: Korhola, Lamassoure

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Herczog, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Madeira, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Wiersma, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, 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, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 32

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, de Villiers

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Mote, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Cashman, Corbett, Ford, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, McAvan, McCarthy, Maňka, Martin David W., Morgan, Segelström, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Westlund, Whitehead, Wynn

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Jonckheer, Turmes

5.   B6-0162/2004 — Althea

For: 507

ALDE: Cocilovo, Deprez, Manders, Morillon

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Catania, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Manolakou, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Seppänen, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Verges, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Adwent, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Krasts, La Russa, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Against: 75

ALDE: Schuth

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Remek, Sjöstedt, Stroz

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

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Resetarits

UEN: Camre

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

Abstention: 102

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Brie, de Brún, Krarup, McDonald, Maštálka, Ransdorf, Svensson, Uca, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Baco

UEN: Bielan, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Libicki, Pavilionis, Roszkowski, Szymański

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

6.   B6-0129/2004 — Climate change

For: 639

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Wierzejski

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Golik, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Resetarits, Romagnoli

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

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, 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: 19

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise

PPE-DE: Helmer

UEN: Szymański

Abstention: 24

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Konrad

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

7.   B6-0129/2004 — Climate change

For: 640

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Wierzejski

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Golik, Kozlík, Kuc, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Resetarits, Rutowicz

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

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, 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: 22

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wohlin

PPE-DE: Helmer

UEN: Szymański

Abstention: 21

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Železný

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

PPE-DE: Konrad, McMillan-Scott, Pieper, Schierhuber

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

8.   RC — B6-0155/2004 — Cuba

For: 252

ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Bonde, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wierzejski

NI: Allister, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

PPE-DE: Gauzès, Hoppenstedt, van Nistelrooij

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

Verts/ALE: Isler Béguin, Özdemir, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter

Against: 413

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Karatzaferis, Louis, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Kilroy-Silk, Martin Hans-Peter, Mussolini, Resetarits

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

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

Abstention: 18

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea

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

NI: Kozlík, Mote

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

9.   RC — B6-0155/2004 — Cuba

For: 247

ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Železný

NI: Allister, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Golik, Kuc, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Gauzès

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

Verts/ALE: Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter

Against: 400

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Bloom

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Kilroy-Silk, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mussolini, Resetarits

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

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

Abstention: 35

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wohlin

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

PPE-DE: Belet, McMillan-Scott

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

10.   RC — B6-0155/2004 — Cuba

For: 240

ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Bonde, Chruszcz, Giertych, Grabowski, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wierzejski

NI: Allister, Golik, Kuc, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Gauzès

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

Verts/ALE: Isler Béguin, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Schmidt

Against: 436

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 10

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Kozlík, Mote

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Joan i Marí

11.   RC — B6-0155/2004 — Cuba

For: 224

ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Golik, Kuc, Rutowicz

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

Verts/ALE: Isler Béguin, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Schmidt

Against: 434

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Clark, Farage, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

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

Abstention: 22

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea

IND/DEM: Adwent, Chruszcz, Coûteaux, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wierzejski, Wohlin

NI: Kozlík, Mote

PSE: Andersson, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Segelström, Westlund

12.   RC — B6-0155/2004 — Cuba

For: 260

ALDE: Chiesa, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó, Sbarbati

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Golik, Kuc

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

UEN: Angelilli

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

Against: 405

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa Paolo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Železný

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Mussolini, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 19

ALDE: Kułakowski, Ortuondo Larrea, Polfer

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Mote, Rutowicz

PSE: Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen

UEN: Ryan

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

13.   B6-0156/2004 — Cuba

For: 279

ALDE: Andrejevs, Attwooll, Budreikaitė, Chiesa, Davies, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Klinz, Ortuondo Larrea, Savi, Sbarbati, Takkula, Väyrynen

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Karatzaferis

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Golik, Kuc, Masiel, Rutowicz

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

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

Against: 391

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Beaupuy, Bonino, Bourlanges, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Geremek, Griesbeck, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Martin Hans-Peter, Mölzer, Mussolini, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Birutis, Cocilovo, Costa Paolo, Gentvilas, Gibault, Kułakowski, Pistelli

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Lundgren, Wohlin

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Mote

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Cohn-Bendit

14.   B6-0156/2004 — Cuba

For: 376

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Beaupuy, Bonino, Bourlanges, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cocilovo, Costa Paolo, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Karatzaferis, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

PSE: Andersson, Arnaoutakis, Badía i Cutchet, Beglitis, Hedh, Pinior

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Against: 281

ALDE: Budreikaitė, Chiesa, Davies, Di Pietro, Guardans Cambó, Harkin, Ortuondo Larrea

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Bonde, Chruszcz, Coûteaux, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Louis, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wierzejski

NI: Baco, Golik, Kilroy-Silk, Mussolini, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Gräßle, Hybášková

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

UEN: Ryan

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

Abstention: 26

ALDE: Birutis, Drčar Murko, Hennis-Plasschaert, Karim, Klinz, Kułakowski

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

NI: Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Resetarits

PSE: Gierek

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

15.   RC — B6-0154/2004 — European Council

For: 304

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Bonino, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Davies, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Hall, Harkin, Huhne, in 't Veld, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Matsakis, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Takkula, Väyrynen, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

NI: Belohorská, De Michelis, Golik, Resetarits

PPE-DE: Beazley, Hannan, Wijkman

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

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, 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, Ždanoka

Against: 360

ALDE: Andrejevs, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Cavada, Cocilovo, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Hennis-Plasschaert, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Klinz, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Manders, Morillon, Onyszkiewicz, Pannella, Pistelli, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Van Hecke, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Ribeiro

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Bloom, Booth, Chruszcz, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Giertych, Goudin, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Lundgren, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise, Wohlin

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 15

ALDE: Duquesne, Kułakowski, Newton Dunn

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Železný

NI: Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Masip Hidalgo

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

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For: 244

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Krarup, McDonald, Manolakou, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Stroz, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Goudin

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Golik, Resetarits

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bresso, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Costa António, Cottigny, D'Alema, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Öger, Paasilinna, Panzeri, Patrie, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Sifunakis, Siwiec, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cramer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, 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: 409

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bonino, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Carlshamre, Cavada, Cocilovo, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Di Pietro, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duquesne, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Huhne, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

IND/DEM: Adwent, Batten, Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Borghezio, Chruszcz, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Giertych, Grabowski, Karatzaferis, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Salvini, Sinnott, Speroni, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wierzejski, Wise

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kilroy-Silk, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Mussolini, Romagnoli, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Fotyga, Janowski, Krasts, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 24

IND/DEM: Bonde, Lundgren, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Baco, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Cashman, Corbett, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, McAvan, McCarthy, Martin David W., Masip Hidalgo, Morgan, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Whitehead, Wynn

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

17.   RC — B6-0154/2004 — European Council

For: 625

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

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, Catania, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Stroz, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Adwent, Chruszcz, Coûteaux, Giertych, Grabowski, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Wierzejski

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Claeys, Czarnecki Ryszard, De Michelis, Dillen, Golik, Gollnisch, Kuc, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Masiel, Mölzer, Resetarits, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Vanhecke

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

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

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Janowski, La Russa, Libicki, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pavilionis, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

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

Against: 23

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Manolakou, Pafilis, Toussas

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

NI: Allister, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Kilroy-Silk, Mote

Abstention: 25

GUE/NGL: de Brún, McDonald, Ribeiro, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Karatzaferis, Louis, Lundgren, de Villiers, Wohlin, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rutowicz

UEN: Fotyga, Krasts

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Cohn-Bendit, Jonckheer, Lambert, Rühle

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2004)0051

Seed produced in third countries *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries (COM(2004) 0263 — 14410/2004 — C6-0010/2004 — 2004/0086(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0263) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0263) (1),

| — | having regard to the proposal as amended by the Council (14410/2004), |
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having regard to the proposal as amended by the Council (14410/2004),

| — | having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0010/2004), |
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having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0010/2004),

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture (A6-0007/2004), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture (A6-0007/2004),

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

Approves the Commission proposal;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2004)0052

Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Andorra) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0564 — C6-0120/2004 — 2004/0192(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0564) (1), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0564) (1),

| — | having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, |
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having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments,

| — | having regard to Article 94 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 94 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0120/2004), |
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having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0120/2004),

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0017/2004), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0017/2004),

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

Approves the conclusion of the agreement;

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2004)0053

Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Liechtenstein) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0569 — C6-0121/2004 — 2004/0191(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0569) (1), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0569) (1),

| — | having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, |
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having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments,

| — | having regard to Article 94 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 94 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0121/2004), |
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having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0121/2004),

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0016/2004), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0016/2004),

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

Approves the conclusion of the agreement;

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2004)0054

ARGO Programme *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) (COM(2004)0384 — C6-0049/2004 — 2004/0122(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(2004)0384) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(2004)0384) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 66 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 66 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0049/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0049/2004),

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

—

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0019/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0019/2004),

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

4.

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

| 5. | Calls on the Council to consult Parliament if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

5.

Calls on the Council to consult Parliament if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

| 6. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
| --- | --- |

6.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 4 |
| (4) The budgetary authority has substantially increased the appropriations allocated to the ARGO programme for 2004, with a view to better management of the external borders. | Deleted |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 5 |
| (5) In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO programme it is appropriate to increase the number of actions to be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage new types of action. | (5) In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO programme
  and to make it more accessible to national administrations
  it is appropriate to increase the number of actions to be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage new types of action. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 6a (new) |
| | (6a) In order to guarantee European added value for all the Member States, it should be possible to verify and assess what contribution they make to the European network for the control and surveillance of the external borders. For the same reason, a ceiling should be set on the available appropriations earmarked for actions by a single Member State. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 1, Point 1
  Article 10, paragraph 1a, point (ba) (new) (Decision 2002/463/EC) |
| | (ba) | create added value for all Member States, so that projects of individual Member States enable better-coordinated actions between Member States to be implemented and consequently a more uniform level of security at all the external borders to be established. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 4

(4) The budgetary authority has substantially increased the appropriations allocated to the ARGO programme for 2004, with a view to better management of the external borders.

Deleted

Amendment 2

Recital 5

(5) In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO programme it is appropriate to increase the number of actions to be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage new types of action.

(5) In order to promote the general objectives of the ARGO programme
  and to make it more accessible to national administrations
  it is appropriate to increase the number of actions to be proposed in the area of external borders and to envisage new types of action.

Amendment 3

Recital 6a (new)

(6a) In order to guarantee European added value for all the Member States, it should be possible to verify and assess what contribution they make to the European network for the control and surveillance of the external borders. For the same reason, a ceiling should be set on the available appropriations earmarked for actions by a single Member State.

Amendment 4

Article 1, Point 1

Article 10, paragraph 1a, point (ba) (new) (Decision 2002/463/EC)

(ba)

Amendment 5

Article 1, Point 3, Point (a)

Article 12, paragraph 3, point (a) (Decision 2002/463/EC)

| (a) | prepare an annual work programme comprising specific objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred to in Article 10(1a)(b), a description of the actions referred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions. |
| --- | --- |

(a)

prepare an annual work programme comprising specific objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred to in Article 10(1a)(b), a description of the actions referred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions.

| (a) | prepare an annual work programme comprising specific objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred to in Article 10(1a)(b),
  the definition of the maximum share of the annual budget available for the actions referred to in Article 10(1a),
  a description of the actions referred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions. |
| --- | --- |

(a)

prepare an annual work programme comprising specific objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred to in Article 10(1a)(b),
  the definition of the maximum share of the annual budget available for the actions referred to in Article 10(1a),
  a description of the actions referred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions.

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P6_TA(2004)0055

Packaging and packaging waste ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (COM(2004)0127 — C5-0100/2004 — 2004/0045(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004) 0127) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004) 0127) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0100/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0100/2004),

| — | 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 the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0027/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0027/2004),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | 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; |
| --- | --- |

2.

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

3.

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

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P6_TC1-COD(2004)0045

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 November 2004 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2004/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95(1) thereof,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

| (1) | In view of the
  recent
  enlargement of the European Union, due attention needs to be paid to the specific situation in the
  new
  Member States, in particular in relation to the attainment of the recycling and recovery targets set out in Article 6(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC (4). |
| --- | --- |

(1)

In view of the
  recent
  enlargement of the European Union, due attention needs to be paid to the specific situation in the
  new
  Member States, in particular in relation to the attainment of the recycling and recovery targets set out in Article 6(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC (4).

| (2) | Member States
  having acceded
  to the European Union by virtue of the Accession Treaty of 16 April 2003 require additional time to adapt their recycling and recovery systems to the targets of Directive 94/62/EC. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Member States
  having acceded
  to the European Union by virtue of the Accession Treaty of 16 April 2003 require additional time to adapt their recycling and recovery systems to the targets of Directive 94/62/EC.

| (3) | Since the objective of the action to be taken, namely to harmonise national targets for the recycling and recovery of packaging waste, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, 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 Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Since the objective of the action to be taken, namely to harmonise national targets for the recycling and recovery of packaging waste, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, 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 Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

| (4) | With a view to the further enlargement of the European Union, due attention also needs to be paid to the specific situation in countries for which accession is planned at a later stage. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

With a view to the further enlargement of the European Union, due attention also needs to be paid to the specific situation in countries for which accession is planned at a later stage.

| (5) | Directive 94/62/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, |
| --- | --- |

(5)

Directive 94/62/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The following paragraph shall be added at the end of Article 6 of Directive 94/62/EC:

‘11.   Member States
  having acceded
  to the European Union by virtue of the Accession Treaty of 16 April 2003 may postpone the attainment of the targets referred to in paragraph 1(b), (d) and (e) until a date of their own choosing which shall not be later than 31 December 2012
  for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia; 31 December 2013 for Malta; 31 December 2014 for Poland; and 31 December 2015 for Latvia.
  ’

Article 2

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by ... (5). They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

by

5

They

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at ..., on...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C [...], [...], p.[...].

1

(2)  OJ C 241, 28.9.2004, p. 20
  .

2

241, 28.9.2004, p. 20

(3)  Position of the European Parliament of 17 November 2004.

3

Position of the European Parliament of 17 November 2004.

(4)  OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/12/EC (OJ L 47, 18.2.2004, p. 26

  ).

4

last

2004/12/EC

47, 18.2.2004, p. 26

)

(5)  18 months after the date of adoption of this Directive.

5

18 months after the date of adoption of this Directive.

P6_TA(2004)0056

European Agency for Reconstruction *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2004)0451 — C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0451) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0451) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 181a, second paragraph, first sentence of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0075/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 181a, second paragraph, first sentence of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0075/2004),

| — | 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 Foreign Affairs (A6-0031/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0031/2004),

| 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 the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

5.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| RECITAL 7a (new) |
| | (7a) Any changes to the Agency's remit, beyond what is currently stated in Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, particularly Articles 1, 2 and 15 thereof, should also be subject to the relevant budgetary procedures. |
| Amendment 2 |
| ARTICLE 1, Point 4
  Article 14 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000) |
| 4. Article 14
  is
  repealed. | 4. | Article 14
  shall be replaced by the following:




  The Commission shall, by June 2005, submit to the Council a report dealing with the future of the Agency after 31 December 2006. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

RECITAL 7a (new)

(7a) Any changes to the Agency's remit, beyond what is currently stated in Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, particularly Articles 1, 2 and 15 thereof, should also be subject to the relevant budgetary procedures.

Amendment 2

ARTICLE 1, Point 4

Article 14 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

4. Article 14
  is
  repealed.

4.

Article 14
  shall be replaced by the following:

The Commission shall, by June 2005, submit to the Council a report dealing with the future of the Agency after 31 December 2006.

Amendment 3

ARTICLE 1, Point 5

Article 15 (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

| 5. | Article 15 is replaced by:
  The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and Montenegro and for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96. |
| --- | --- |

5.

Article 15 is replaced by:

The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and Montenegro and for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96.

| 5. | Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:
  The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and Montenegro and for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96.


  The Commission may entrust the Agency with the implementation of assistance for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community within the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No .../2004. |
| --- | --- |

5.

Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

The Commission may delegate to the Agency the execution of the Community assistance decided upon for Serbia and Montenegro and for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under Regulation (EC) No 1628/96.

The Commission may entrust the Agency with the implementation of assistance for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community within the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No .../2004.

Amendment 4

ARTICLE 1, POINT 5a (new)

Article 15a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000)

| 5a. | The following Article 15a shall be inserted:



  Article 15a




  In the interests of further clarity and transparency, the Commission shall, by 31 December 2004, provide a detailed report to the European Parliament and the Council, setting out the distribution of tasks between the operational centres of the Agency and the ‘deconcentrated’ Commission delegations in the respective regions, explaining the rationale behind this allocation and giving an analysis of how the allocation is working in practice for all the countries concerned and, in particular, for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the light of its application for EU membership. |
| --- | --- |

5a.

Article 15a

In the interests of further clarity and transparency, the Commission shall, by 31 December 2004, provide a detailed report to the European Parliament and the Council, setting out the distribution of tasks between the operational centres of the Agency and the ‘deconcentrated’ Commission delegations in the respective regions, explaining the rationale behind this allocation and giving an analysis of how the allocation is working in practice for all the countries concerned and, in particular, for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the light of its application for EU membership.

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P6_TA(2004)0057

Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (COM(2004)0465 — COM(2004)0696 — 13195/2004 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145 (CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0465) (1) and the amended proposal (COM(2004)0696) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0465) (1) and the amended proposal (COM(2004)0696) (1),

| — | having regard to the draft Council regulation (13195/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the draft Council regulation (13195/2004),

| — | having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0098/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0098/2004),

| — | 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 Foreign Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0032/2004), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0032/2004),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement accompanying the Commission proposal will be compatible with the ceiling of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies, once the budgetary authority has decided on the financing of the proposal; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Considers that the financial statement accompanying the Commission proposal will be compatible with the ceiling of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies, once the budgetary authority has decided on the financing of the proposal;

| 3. | Requires the Council to reach a fair and just decision on the issue of trade relations as soon as possible; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Requires the Council to reach a fair and just decision on the issue of trade relations as soon as possible;

| 4. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
| --- | --- |

4.

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

| 5. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

5.

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

| 6. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |
| --- | --- |

6.

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

| 7. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission. |
| --- | --- |

7.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 1 |
| (1) The European Council
  has
  repeatedly underlined
  its
  strong preference for accession by a reunited Cyprus. As yet, a comprehensive settlement has not been reached. | (1) The European Council
  and the European Parliament have
  repeatedly underlined
  their
  strong preference for accession by a reunited Cyprus. As yet, a comprehensive settlement has not been reached. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Article 3, paragraph 2 |
| 2. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee provided for in Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/ 89, composed of
  representatives of the Member States
  and chaired by a representative of the Commission. | 2. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee provided for in Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/ 89, composed of
  one representative from each Member State
  and chaired by a representative of the Commission. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 5, paragraph 1 |
| 1. Actions under this regulation shall be implemented according to the rules set down in
  Title IV of part 2 of
  Council Regulation 1605/2002. All individual legal commitments relating to assistance under this Regulation shall be concluded no later than three years following the date of the budgetary commitment. | 1. Actions under this Regulation shall be implemented according to the rules set down in Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. All individual legal commitments relating to assistance under this Regulation shall be concluded no later than three years following the date of the budgetary commitment. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Article 5b (new) |
| | Article 5b




  Any changes to the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction, going beyond the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, shall also be subject to the relevant budgetary procedures. |
| Amendment 6 |
| Article 6a (new) |
| | Article 6a




  Any project financed under this Regulation shall be examined with a view to ensuring that it does not impinge upon the property rights of any EU citizen. |
| Amendment 7 |
| Article 8 |
| Each
  year the Commission shall send to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of Community assistance under this instrument. The report shall contain information on the actions financed during
  the
  year and on the findings of monitoring work, and shall give an assessment of the results achieved in the implementation of the assistance. | By 1 May of each
  year the Commission shall send to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of Community assistance under this instrument
  in the previous year
  . The report shall contain information on the actions financed during
  that
  year and on the findings of monitoring work, and shall give an assessment of the results achieved in the implementation of the assistance. |
| Amendment 8 |
| Article 9 |
| In the event of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, the Council shall, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, decide unanimously on the necessary adaptations to the present Regulation. | In the event of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, the Council shall, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission
  and after consultation of the European Parliament,
  decide unanimously on the necessary adaptations to the present Regulation. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1

(1) The European Council
  has
  repeatedly underlined
  its
  strong preference for accession by a reunited Cyprus. As yet, a comprehensive settlement has not been reached.

(1) The European Council
  and the European Parliament have
  repeatedly underlined
  their
  strong preference for accession by a reunited Cyprus. As yet, a comprehensive settlement has not been reached.

Amendment 3

Article 3, paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee provided for in Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/ 89, composed of
  representatives of the Member States
  and chaired by a representative of the Commission.

2. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee provided for in Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/ 89, composed of
  one representative from each Member State
  and chaired by a representative of the Commission.

Amendment 4

Article 5, paragraph 1

1. Actions under this regulation shall be implemented according to the rules set down in
  Title IV of part 2 of
  Council Regulation 1605/2002. All individual legal commitments relating to assistance under this Regulation shall be concluded no later than three years following the date of the budgetary commitment.

1. Actions under this Regulation shall be implemented according to the rules set down in Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. All individual legal commitments relating to assistance under this Regulation shall be concluded no later than three years following the date of the budgetary commitment.

Amendment 5

Article 5b (new)

Article 5b

Any changes to the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction, going beyond the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000, shall also be subject to the relevant budgetary procedures.

Amendment 6

Article 6a (new)

Article 6a

Any project financed under this Regulation shall be examined with a view to ensuring that it does not impinge upon the property rights of any EU citizen.

Amendment 7

Article 8

Each
  year the Commission shall send to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of Community assistance under this instrument. The report shall contain information on the actions financed during
  the
  year and on the findings of monitoring work, and shall give an assessment of the results achieved in the implementation of the assistance.

By 1 May of each
  year the Commission shall send to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the implementation of Community assistance under this instrument
  in the previous year
  . The report shall contain information on the actions financed during
  that
  year and on the findings of monitoring work, and shall give an assessment of the results achieved in the implementation of the assistance.

Amendment 8

Article 9

In the event of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, the Council shall, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, decide unanimously on the necessary adaptations to the present Regulation.

In the event of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, the Council shall, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission
  and after consultation of the European Parliament,
  decide unanimously on the necessary adaptations to the present Regulation.

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P6_TA(2004)0058

Arms exports

European Parliament resolution on the Council's Fifth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (2004/2103(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council's Fifth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council's Fifth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (1),

| — | having regard to the User's Guide to the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, as agreed at the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports on 28 October 2003 (14283/03), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the User's Guide to the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, as agreed at the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports on 28 October 2003 (14283/03),

| — | having regard to the Council Common Position 2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on the control of arms brokering (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council Common Position 2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on the control of arms brokering (2),

| — | having regard to the European Security Strategy, adopted by the Council on 12 December 2003, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the European Security Strategy, adopted by the Council on 12 December 2003,

| — | having regard to the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, adopted by the Council on 12 December 2003 and which aims inter alia to strengthen export control policy and practices, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, adopted by the Council on 12 December 2003 and which aims inter alia to strengthen export control policy and practices,

| — | having regard to Article 17 of the EU Treaty and Article 296 of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 17 of the EU Treaty and Article 296 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 25 September 2003 (3) on the Council's Fourth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (4), |
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having regard to its resolution of 25 September 2003 (3) on the Council's Fourth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (4),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Defence — Industrial and Market Issues — Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy (5), |
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having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Defence — Industrial and Market Issues — Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy (5),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2004 on human rights in the world in 2003 and the European Union's policy on the matter (6), |
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having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2004 on human rights in the world in 2003 and the European Union's policy on the matter (6),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2003 (7) on the removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China, |
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having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2003 (7) on the removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions of 6 July 2000 on the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) (8) and of 3 July 2003 on trafficking in children and child soldiers (9), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions of 6 July 2000 on the abduction of children by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) (8) and of 3 July 2003 on trafficking in children and child soldiers (9),

| — | having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0022/2004), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0022/2004),

| A. | whereas, specifically against the background of a post Cold War security climate characterised by a high level of regional instability, failing States, non-state players using child soldiers, terrorist networks and organised crime, observance of stringent controls on arms exports is of the highest importance, |
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A.

whereas, specifically against the background of a post Cold War security climate characterised by a high level of regional instability, failing States, non-state players using child soldiers, terrorist networks and organised crime, observance of stringent controls on arms exports is of the highest importance,

| B. | whereas the Council has identified some of these characteristics of a post Cold War security climate as amongst the key threats in the above-mentioned European Security Strategy, |
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B.

whereas the Council has identified some of these characteristics of a post Cold War security climate as amongst the key threats in the above-mentioned European Security Strategy,

| C. | whereas organised crime and international arms smugglers have expanded their illegal activities in the area of small arms, the free and uncontrolled availability of which has been a major factor in the increase in the number of conflicts, and are trafficking weapons along routes which pass through the territory of the enlarged EU, and also through the new neighbouring countries of the enlarged EU and countries in the western Balkan region, |
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C.

whereas organised crime and international arms smugglers have expanded their illegal activities in the area of small arms, the free and uncontrolled availability of which has been a major factor in the increase in the number of conflicts, and are trafficking weapons along routes which pass through the territory of the enlarged EU, and also through the new neighbouring countries of the enlarged EU and countries in the western Balkan region,

| D. | whereas around half a million people die every year as a result of violence related to light arms, both in armed conflicts and in connection with criminal activity, |
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D.

whereas around half a million people die every year as a result of violence related to light arms, both in armed conflicts and in connection with criminal activity,

| E. | whereas the last decade has seen a marked increase in the use of private security or military companies, which calls for the introduction of legislation to control and monitor the activities of private providers of military, police and security services, |
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E.

whereas the last decade has seen a marked increase in the use of private security or military companies, which calls for the introduction of legislation to control and monitor the activities of private providers of military, police and security services,

| F. | whereas the EU should fulfil its increased responsibility with regard to peace and security in Europe and throughout the world by means of further arms limitation and disarmament initiatives, |
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F.

whereas the EU should fulfil its increased responsibility with regard to peace and security in Europe and throughout the world by means of further arms limitation and disarmament initiatives,

| G. | whereas maximum transparency in this field, including the production of comprehensive Annual Reports, is an essential prerequisite for democratic accountability as the best guarantee of peace and stability, |
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G.

whereas maximum transparency in this field, including the production of comprehensive Annual Reports, is an essential prerequisite for democratic accountability as the best guarantee of peace and stability,

| H. | whereas the User's Guide to the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports is an important step forward in clarifying the denial notification and consultation provisions of the Code and in helping to prevent diverging interpretations in different Member States, |
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H.

whereas the User's Guide to the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports is an important step forward in clarifying the denial notification and consultation provisions of the Code and in helping to prevent diverging interpretations in different Member States,

| I. | whereas the Council Common Position on the control of arms brokering presents a first step in the control of illegal arms brokering but a number of weaknesses still need to be corrected in order for its effectiveness not to be undermined, |
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I.

whereas the Council Common Position on the control of arms brokering presents a first step in the control of illegal arms brokering but a number of weaknesses still need to be corrected in order for its effectiveness not to be undermined,

| J. | whereas despite the progress made, it appears that EU weapons, their components, EU licences to produce arms overseas, private EU military and security services, EU military personnel, expertise and training and equipment for capital punishment, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment continue to be supplied to regions of the world in which the standards laid down by the Code of Conduct are undoubtedly being flouted, |
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J.

whereas despite the progress made, it appears that EU weapons, their components, EU licences to produce arms overseas, private EU military and security services, EU military personnel, expertise and training and equipment for capital punishment, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment continue to be supplied to regions of the world in which the standards laid down by the Code of Conduct are undoubtedly being flouted,

| K. | whereas, in order to combat illegal arms trading and effectively prevent the supply of arms to inappropriate end-users, it is essential that arms shipments, end-users of arms exports, other military and security equipment, licensed production and arms brokering should be subject to more effective controls, |
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K.

whereas, in order to combat illegal arms trading and effectively prevent the supply of arms to inappropriate end-users, it is essential that arms shipments, end-users of arms exports, other military and security equipment, licensed production and arms brokering should be subject to more effective controls,

| L. | whereas, specifically in the context of the development of a European armaments industry and a common security and defence policy, there needs to be greater harmonisation of EU arms export control policy, |
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L.

whereas, specifically in the context of the development of a European armaments industry and a common security and defence policy, there needs to be greater harmonisation of EU arms export control policy,

| M. | whereas its above-mentioned resolution of 20 November 2003 emphasises that the internal opening-up of military markets should be accompanied by stringent export controls at the external borders of the EU, |
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M.

whereas its above-mentioned resolution of 20 November 2003 emphasises that the internal opening-up of military markets should be accompanied by stringent export controls at the external borders of the EU,

| N. | whereas the EU's share of the international arms trade in general and of exports of small and light weapons in particular has increased with the accession of ten new Member States on 1 May 2004, some of which have significant arms production and exporting activities; whereas some of the new Member States still lack sufficient capacity to meet the existing obligations of the Code immediately and would therefore need assistance to implement them, |
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N.

whereas the EU's share of the international arms trade in general and of exports of small and light weapons in particular has increased with the accession of ten new Member States on 1 May 2004, some of which have significant arms production and exporting activities; whereas some of the new Member States still lack sufficient capacity to meet the existing obligations of the Code immediately and would therefore need assistance to implement them,

| O. | whereas approximately 80 per cent of EU arms exports between 1999 and 2003 went to countries outside Europe, |
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O.

whereas approximately 80 per cent of EU arms exports between 1999 and 2003 went to countries outside Europe,

| P. | whereas the adoption of the Code of Conduct by the ten new Member States has increased the number of arms exports subject to the Code of Conduct, |
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P.

whereas the adoption of the Code of Conduct by the ten new Member States has increased the number of arms exports subject to the Code of Conduct,

| Q. | whereas, in the context of the further enlargement of the EU, it is particularly important that the candidate countries Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey also prepare annual reports on their arms export policy, improve controls on their arms exports and ensure that fundamental standards relating thereto are observed; convinced that the Member States should not only actively support this process, but should also set a positive example with regard to strict observance of the Code of Conduct and production of comprehensive Annual Reports on their arms exporting activities, |
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Q.

whereas, in the context of the further enlargement of the EU, it is particularly important that the candidate countries Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey also prepare annual reports on their arms export policy, improve controls on their arms exports and ensure that fundamental standards relating thereto are observed; convinced that the Member States should not only actively support this process, but should also set a positive example with regard to strict observance of the Code of Conduct and production of comprehensive Annual Reports on their arms exporting activities,

| R. | convinced that further harmonisation of Member States' arms export policy would represent an important contribution to the development of the ESDP and would also contribute to a strengthened common foreign policy approach by the Member States, |
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R.

convinced that further harmonisation of Member States' arms export policy would represent an important contribution to the development of the ESDP and would also contribute to a strengthened common foreign policy approach by the Member States,

| S. | convinced that the EU's arms export control policy must be such as to ensure coherence in terms of the Community's external policy action, including its goals in the areas of crisis prevention, combating of poverty, strengthening of democracy and promotion of human rights, |
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S.

convinced that the EU's arms export control policy must be such as to ensure coherence in terms of the Community's external policy action, including its goals in the areas of crisis prevention, combating of poverty, strengthening of democracy and promotion of human rights,

| T. | convinced that only an international arms trade regime centring on an international Arms Trade Treaty based on States' existing responsibilities under international law would be truly effective within a global context, |
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T.

convinced that only an international arms trade regime centring on an international Arms Trade Treaty based on States' existing responsibilities under international law would be truly effective within a global context,

| 1. | Considers that, in the fight against international terrorism and in the interest of conflict prevention and regional stabilisation and respect for human rights, a clear and efficient common arms export control policy is very decisive; |
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1.

Considers that, in the fight against international terrorism and in the interest of conflict prevention and regional stabilisation and respect for human rights, a clear and efficient common arms export control policy is very decisive;

| 2. | Welcomes, therefore, the progress referred to in the Fifth Annual Report on the implementation of the Code of Conduct, and in particular the continuation of the compendium of Member States' agreed practices published in Annex I and the table in Annex II containing data on the number and value of export licences issued and the value of arms exports; |
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2.

Welcomes, therefore, the progress referred to in the Fifth Annual Report on the implementation of the Code of Conduct, and in particular the continuation of the compendium of Member States' agreed practices published in Annex I and the table in Annex II containing data on the number and value of export licences issued and the value of arms exports;

| 3. | Welcomes in particular the improvements in the information provided by both old and new Member States in regard to their respective arms exports; but is, nevertheless, concerned about the value of the data provided in some instances; |
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3.

Welcomes in particular the improvements in the information provided by both old and new Member States in regard to their respective arms exports; but is, nevertheless, concerned about the value of the data provided in some instances;

| 4. | Considers that the provision of timely, complete and compatible data by all Member States is essential to ensure the transparency of the data provided; |
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4.

Considers that the provision of timely, complete and compatible data by all Member States is essential to ensure the transparency of the data provided;

| 5. | Is delighted that the process of harmonising reporting procedures has been continued and that further steps have been taken towards achieving fully comparable statistics between EU Member States; |
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5.

Is delighted that the process of harmonising reporting procedures has been continued and that further steps have been taken towards achieving fully comparable statistics between EU Member States;

| 6. | Wishes, therefore, despite the progress made in achieving greater harmonisation of statistical data, to see that each Member State provides data on the type and quantity of arms supplied and on the total value of exports and the number of licences refused, stating the reasons for refusal, and more precise information on the country of destination and classification of end-users, in order, on the basis of such fuller and more harmonised data, to improve transparency; |
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6.

Wishes, therefore, despite the progress made in achieving greater harmonisation of statistical data, to see that each Member State provides data on the type and quantity of arms supplied and on the total value of exports and the number of licences refused, stating the reasons for refusal, and more precise information on the country of destination and classification of end-users, in order, on the basis of such fuller and more harmonised data, to improve transparency;

| 7. | Welcomes in this regard the establishment of a central database of denial notifications at the Council Secretariat in Brussels and stresses its usefulness, since it will immediately give all Member States a source of information enabling them to investigate specific denials; calls for the expansion, in due course, of this database to include information on consultations under the Code of Conduct as well as on end-users who are known or suspected to have engaged in the re-export, diversion or misuse of arms and other controlled goods; |
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7.

Welcomes in this regard the establishment of a central database of denial notifications at the Council Secretariat in Brussels and stresses its usefulness, since it will immediately give all Member States a source of information enabling them to investigate specific denials; calls for the expansion, in due course, of this database to include information on consultations under the Code of Conduct as well as on end-users who are known or suspected to have engaged in the re-export, diversion or misuse of arms and other controlled goods;

| 8. | Wishes, furthermore, that information be included in the national arms exports reports on informal denials of arms exports before an official application for obtaining a licence; |
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8.

Wishes, furthermore, that information be included in the national arms exports reports on informal denials of arms exports before an official application for obtaining a licence;

| 9. | Stresses the usefulness of this central database of denial notifications, since it will immediately give all Member States a source of information enabling them to investigate specific denials; |
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9.

Stresses the usefulness of this central database of denial notifications, since it will immediately give all Member States a source of information enabling them to investigate specific denials;

| 10. | Welcomes the new and updated version of the EU Common Military List and its publication in the Official Journal; calls on Member States to make their reporting on ‘dual-use’ exports more detailed and transparent because they have been frequently used for human rights abuses; |
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10.

Welcomes the new and updated version of the EU Common Military List and its publication in the Official Journal; calls on Member States to make their reporting on ‘dual-use’ exports more detailed and transparent because they have been frequently used for human rights abuses;

| 11. | Considers that the wording of the Code of Conduct is leading to diverging interpretations by different Member States and welcomes, therefore, the User's Guide to the Code, which defines and clarifies the operative provisions of the Code; calls on Member States to amend the export criteria to improve their clarity and comprehensiveness and to ensure they fully reflect States' existing responsibilities under international law; |
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11.

Considers that the wording of the Code of Conduct is leading to diverging interpretations by different Member States and welcomes, therefore, the User's Guide to the Code, which defines and clarifies the operative provisions of the Code; calls on Member States to amend the export criteria to improve their clarity and comprehensiveness and to ensure they fully reflect States' existing responsibilities under international law;

| 12. | Welcomes the fact that a survey on how to apply criterion 8 (compatibility of arms exports with the technical and economic capacity of the recipient country) was initiated, representing a significant contribution to crisis prevention and sustainable development in socially less developed countries, whilst urging Member States to repeat the exercise with regard to the application of the remaining seven criteria; |
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12.

Welcomes the fact that a survey on how to apply criterion 8 (compatibility of arms exports with the technical and economic capacity of the recipient country) was initiated, representing a significant contribution to crisis prevention and sustainable development in socially less developed countries, whilst urging Member States to repeat the exercise with regard to the application of the remaining seven criteria;

| 13. | Considers uniform EU rules on controls on arms brokering activities to be essential, and despite the welcome EU Common Position on arms brokering of 2003 there is still a lack of operative provisions for Member States to specifically control arms brokering, arms transporting and arms financing activities by EU nationals and residents when such activities, and the related arms deliveries, take place through ‘third countries’; |
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13.

Considers uniform EU rules on controls on arms brokering activities to be essential, and despite the welcome EU Common Position on arms brokering of 2003 there is still a lack of operative provisions for Member States to specifically control arms brokering, arms transporting and arms financing activities by EU nationals and residents when such activities, and the related arms deliveries, take place through ‘third countries’;

| 14. | Welcomes in particular the efforts of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK to control the brokering of conventional arms, and calls on the other Member States to speed up national processes for the implementation of the brokering controls provided for in the Council Common Position on the control of arms brokering; |
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14.

Welcomes in particular the efforts of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK to control the brokering of conventional arms, and calls on the other Member States to speed up national processes for the implementation of the brokering controls provided for in the Council Common Position on the control of arms brokering;

| 15. | Reiterates its view that a compulsory register and authorisation system should be introduced for the brokering of arms transactions, which should also apply to EU citizens and companies outside the territory of the EU in the same way as US legislation; |
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15.

Reiterates its view that a compulsory register and authorisation system should be introduced for the brokering of arms transactions, which should also apply to EU citizens and companies outside the territory of the EU in the same way as US legislation;

| 16. | Calls on Member States to include arms transporting and arms financing services into their arms brokering legislation; |
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16.

Calls on Member States to include arms transporting and arms financing services into their arms brokering legislation;

| 17. | Calls on Member States to prohibit the brokering of equipment for capital punishment, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and to criminalise violations, wherever committed, by EU nationals and EU-registered brokers and companies of the UN, EU or OSCE arms embargoes, as well as the national arms embargoes of the relevant EU Member State; |
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17.

Calls on Member States to prohibit the brokering of equipment for capital punishment, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and to criminalise violations, wherever committed, by EU nationals and EU-registered brokers and companies of the UN, EU or OSCE arms embargoes, as well as the national arms embargoes of the relevant EU Member State;

| 18. | Welcomes the fact that the ‘indication of the end-use of the goods’ was included in the minimum details to be set out in an end-user certificate; at the same time calling for the inclusion of a non-misuse clause, declaring that the material will not be used for proscribed uses; reiterates, however, its demand to set up a transfer verification and post-export monitoring system that should include systematic physical inspections at points of transfer and of stockpiles by the competent national authorities, with the possibility of imposing penalties; |
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18.

Welcomes the fact that the ‘indication of the end-use of the goods’ was included in the minimum details to be set out in an end-user certificate; at the same time calling for the inclusion of a non-misuse clause, declaring that the material will not be used for proscribed uses; reiterates, however, its demand to set up a transfer verification and post-export monitoring system that should include systematic physical inspections at points of transfer and of stockpiles by the competent national authorities, with the possibility of imposing penalties;

| 19. | Calls, therefore, again on Member States to examine the possibility of setting up a common monitoring system at EU level, and recommends that consideration be given to a European arms export control agency model; |
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19.

Calls, therefore, again on Member States to examine the possibility of setting up a common monitoring system at EU level, and recommends that consideration be given to a European arms export control agency model;

| 20. | Calls on the Council and the Member States to maintain the EU embargo on trade in arms with the People's Republic of China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on such arms sales; considers that this embargo should be maintained until such time as the EU has adopted a legally binding Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and the People's Republic of China has taken concrete steps towards improving the human rights situation in that country, inter alia by ratifying the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and by fully respecting the rights of minorities; |
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20.

Calls on the Council and the Member States to maintain the EU embargo on trade in arms with the People's Republic of China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on such arms sales; considers that this embargo should be maintained until such time as the EU has adopted a legally binding Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and the People's Republic of China has taken concrete steps towards improving the human rights situation in that country, inter alia by ratifying the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and by fully respecting the rights of minorities;

| 21. | Asks the Council to ensure a coherent approach towards EU policy on the imposition of arms embargoes on governments responsible for serious violations of human rights; |
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21.

Asks the Council to ensure a coherent approach towards EU policy on the imposition of arms embargoes on governments responsible for serious violations of human rights;

| 22. | Calls on the candidate countries — Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey — to tighten their national legislation and above all their practices in the areas of arms exports on the basis of the Code, and to report on this practice in accordance with Annexes I and II to the Fifth Annual Report, calls on the Commission to follow the progress closely in the accession negotiation process and calls on all current Member States to compile and publish national annual reports for the calendar year 2004, and for each year thereafter; |
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22.

Calls on the candidate countries — Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey — to tighten their national legislation and above all their practices in the areas of arms exports on the basis of the Code, and to report on this practice in accordance with Annexes I and II to the Fifth Annual Report, calls on the Commission to follow the progress closely in the accession negotiation process and calls on all current Member States to compile and publish national annual reports for the calendar year 2004, and for each year thereafter;

| 23. | Considers that the new neighbours of the enlarged EU and countries with which the EU has concluded, or intends to conclude, a stabilisation and association agreement should also be asked to observe the Code of Conduct; particular attention should be paid to Kaliningrad which has in the past served as a transit point for shipments of military equipment and arms from other parts of Russia for illicit end-users; calls on the Council and Commission to prioritise in their cooperation with the Russian Federation measures to combat illicit trafficking, including regular information exchange on export and transit controls and licences; |
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23.

Considers that the new neighbours of the enlarged EU and countries with which the EU has concluded, or intends to conclude, a stabilisation and association agreement should also be asked to observe the Code of Conduct; particular attention should be paid to Kaliningrad which has in the past served as a transit point for shipments of military equipment and arms from other parts of Russia for illicit end-users; calls on the Council and Commission to prioritise in their cooperation with the Russian Federation measures to combat illicit trafficking, including regular information exchange on export and transit controls and licences;

| 24. | Calls upon Member States to provide in a co-ordinated way sufficient assistance to all states that do not have the necessary means to properly implement the Code of Conduct; |
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24.

Calls upon Member States to provide in a co-ordinated way sufficient assistance to all states that do not have the necessary means to properly implement the Code of Conduct;

| 25. | Welcomes in this regard the fact that the governments of Poland and Sweden initiated five informal COARM meetings between old and new Member States on arms exports controls, with the recommendation that this system of COARM meetings be maintained and also that it be made more representative and regular, and welcomes the efforts of the government of the Netherlands to introduce candidate countries and other interested states to the practical application of the Code of Conduct; |
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25.

Welcomes in this regard the fact that the governments of Poland and Sweden initiated five informal COARM meetings between old and new Member States on arms exports controls, with the recommendation that this system of COARM meetings be maintained and also that it be made more representative and regular, and welcomes the efforts of the government of the Netherlands to introduce candidate countries and other interested states to the practical application of the Code of Conduct;

| 26. | Reiterates its call for legally binding provisions and full harmonisation of Member States' arms export control policy as a short-term goal, and urges Member States to make progress in this direction, penalising any violation by enterprises registered in the EU of the arms embargoes of the UN, the EU, the OSCE or any Member State; |
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26.

Reiterates its call for legally binding provisions and full harmonisation of Member States' arms export control policy as a short-term goal, and urges Member States to make progress in this direction, penalising any violation by enterprises registered in the EU of the arms embargoes of the UN, the EU, the OSCE or any Member State;

| 27. | Recommends that, in the interim period, the following steps be taken:






  (a) | full pre-consultation between the Member States with regard to transfers to regions susceptible to crises, together with the development of an EU checklist of ‘red flag’ early warning indicators to indicate when there are serious concerns with regard to a particular end-user which could impact upon the licensing of arms exports; |
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27.

Recommends that, in the interim period, the following steps be taken:

(a)

full pre-consultation between the Member States with regard to transfers to regions susceptible to crises, together with the development of an EU checklist of ‘red flag’ early warning indicators to indicate when there are serious concerns with regard to a particular end-user which could impact upon the licensing of arms exports;

| (b) | a full multilateral approach to the consultation process in connection with decisions to grant or refuse licences, with, as a first step, a commitment by Member States to circulate to all other Member States the substance and result of any consultation to which they are party, particularly in the case of undercutting; |
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(b)

a full multilateral approach to the consultation process in connection with decisions to grant or refuse licences, with, as a first step, a commitment by Member States to circulate to all other Member States the substance and result of any consultation to which they are party, particularly in the case of undercutting;

| (c) | incorporation into national law of all the principles, criteria and operative provisions of the Code of Conduct, on the understanding that this does not affect the right of Member States to operate more restrictive national policies; |
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(c)

incorporation into national law of all the principles, criteria and operative provisions of the Code of Conduct, on the understanding that this does not affect the right of Member States to operate more restrictive national policies;

| (d) | all future EU embargoes to refer to those categories of equipment on the Common Military List or in the Annexes to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 (10) (Dual-Use Regulation) to which an embargo is to apply; |
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(d)

all future EU embargoes to refer to those categories of equipment on the Common Military List or in the Annexes to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 (10) (Dual-Use Regulation) to which an embargo is to apply;

| 28. | Calls, with regard to the establishment of a common European armaments market, for controls on the movement of armaments within the European Union to be removed step by step, in the context of a common EU arms export control policy through, for example, the agreement on a no-undercutting rule under the EU Code of Conduct; |
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28.

Calls, with regard to the establishment of a common European armaments market, for controls on the movement of armaments within the European Union to be removed step by step, in the context of a common EU arms export control policy through, for example, the agreement on a no-undercutting rule under the EU Code of Conduct;

| 29. | Strongly supports the proposal for a Council Trade Regulation imposing an export ban on all equipment for the death penalty, for torture or any other degrading or inhuman treatment, prohibiting specific arms such as anti-personnel mines and laying down strict controls for equipment that might be used for internal repression; |
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29.

Strongly supports the proposal for a Council Trade Regulation imposing an export ban on all equipment for the death penalty, for torture or any other degrading or inhuman treatment, prohibiting specific arms such as anti-personnel mines and laying down strict controls for equipment that might be used for internal repression;

| 30. | Calls, with regard to export controls in relation to third countries, for particular attention to be paid to products which may be used for both civilian and military purposes such as surveillance technology and similarly to spare parts and products suitable for use in cyber warfare or for non-lethal human rights abuses; |
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30.

Calls, with regard to export controls in relation to third countries, for particular attention to be paid to products which may be used for both civilian and military purposes such as surveillance technology and similarly to spare parts and products suitable for use in cyber warfare or for non-lethal human rights abuses;

| 31. | Shares the concerns of COARM on the desirability of permitting the export of regulated goods for humanitarian ends in circumstances where an export permit would otherwise be refused; accepts that in conflict regions certain types of regulated goods may contribute to the security and welfare of the civilian population, but stresses that this must be investigated very strictly on a case by case basis, with the Member States being given sufficient guarantees against abuses; |
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31.

Shares the concerns of COARM on the desirability of permitting the export of regulated goods for humanitarian ends in circumstances where an export permit would otherwise be refused; accepts that in conflict regions certain types of regulated goods may contribute to the security and welfare of the civilian population, but stresses that this must be investigated very strictly on a case by case basis, with the Member States being given sufficient guarantees against abuses;

| 32. | Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code also applies to the licensing of items intended for incorporation by the importing country into a sub-assembly or finished weapons system for subsequent export to a third country; |
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32.

Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code also applies to the licensing of items intended for incorporation by the importing country into a sub-assembly or finished weapons system for subsequent export to a third country;

| 33. | Calls upon Member States to approve legislation requiring the licensing of the production of EU licensed arms (or their components) in third countries; |
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33.

Calls upon Member States to approve legislation requiring the licensing of the production of EU licensed arms (or their components) in third countries;

| 34. | Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code of Conduct also applies to all forms of ‘government to government’ transfers, in particular to the transfer of surplus arms; reiterates that the export or transfer of surplus arms to countries where they will be used for human rights violations, breaches of international humanitarian law or other violations of international law is in violation of the Code; |
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34.

Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code of Conduct also applies to all forms of ‘government to government’ transfers, in particular to the transfer of surplus arms; reiterates that the export or transfer of surplus arms to countries where they will be used for human rights violations, breaches of international humanitarian law or other violations of international law is in violation of the Code;

| 35. | Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code of Conduct also applies to the transfer of military, security and police personnel, expertise and training and to private military and security services; |
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35.

Calls upon Member States to acknowledge that the Code of Conduct also applies to the transfer of military, security and police personnel, expertise and training and to private military and security services;

| 36. | Calls upon Member States to agree on a list of countries involved in armed conflicts to which arms exports should be banned in principle, drawing upon the reports and recommendations of the UN Security Council monitoring mechanisms on arms embargoes; |
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36.

Calls upon Member States to agree on a list of countries involved in armed conflicts to which arms exports should be banned in principle, drawing upon the reports and recommendations of the UN Security Council monitoring mechanisms on arms embargoes;

| 37. | Stresses the importance of research aimed at guaranteeing legal supervision and controls on the electronic transfer of knowledge, software and technology having a potential link to goods on the Community list of goods for which an export licence is required; |
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37.

Stresses the importance of research aimed at guaranteeing legal supervision and controls on the electronic transfer of knowledge, software and technology having a potential link to goods on the Community list of goods for which an export licence is required;

| 38. | Calls on non-EU arms-exporting countries, too, to give their support to the principle and criteria of the Code of Conduct, so that through the Code a genuine contribution can be made to world arms export control, conflict prevention and the promotion of peace in the world; |
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38.

Calls on non-EU arms-exporting countries, too, to give their support to the principle and criteria of the Code of Conduct, so that through the Code a genuine contribution can be made to world arms export control, conflict prevention and the promotion of peace in the world;

| 39. | Considers that the effective global control of arms exports can only be achieved by an international arms trade control regime and calls, therefore, upon Member States to promote stringent international rules on arms exports in view of the 2006 UN Review Conference on Small Arms and to work towards a legally binding, international Arms Trade Treaty, including measures for the conversion and restructuring of enterprises producing military goods; |
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39.

Considers that the effective global control of arms exports can only be achieved by an international arms trade control regime and calls, therefore, upon Member States to promote stringent international rules on arms exports in view of the 2006 UN Review Conference on Small Arms and to work towards a legally binding, international Arms Trade Treaty, including measures for the conversion and restructuring of enterprises producing military goods;

| 40. | Calls on the Council and the Member States to strictly monitor compliance with end user certificates, and in particular with notifications concerning the country of final destination, the ban on re-export and the declaration that the goods will not be used for purposes other than the stated use; |
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40.

Calls on the Council and the Member States to strictly monitor compliance with end user certificates, and in particular with notifications concerning the country of final destination, the ban on re-export and the declaration that the goods will not be used for purposes other than the stated use;

| 41. | Calls on the governments of Member States to conduct a thorough review of the Code of Conduct, taking into account the demands and recommendations mentioned above and consulting relevant parties such as parliaments and non-governmental organisations; |
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41.

Calls on the governments of Member States to conduct a thorough review of the Code of Conduct, taking into account the demands and recommendations mentioned above and consulting relevant parties such as parliaments and non-governmental organisations;

| 42. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States and of third countries which have agreed to observe the principles of the Code of Conduct. |
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42.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States and of third countries which have agreed to observe the principles of the Code of Conduct.

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(1)  OJ C 320, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 79.

(3)  OJ C 77 E, 26.3.2004, p. 414.

(4)  OJ C 319, 19.12.2002, p. 1.

(5)  OJ C 87 E, 7.4.2004, p. 518.

(6)  P5_TA(2004)0376.

(7)  P5_TA(2003)0599.

(8)  OJ C 121, 24.4.2001, p. 401.

(9)  OJ C 74 E, 24.3.2004, p. 854.

(10)  OJ L 159, 30.6.2000, p. 1.

P6_TA(2004)0059

Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

European Parliament resolution on the European Union military operation ‘Althea’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) (‘BiH’), |
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having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) (‘BiH’),

| — | having regard to Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, |
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having regard to Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2002 on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and EU-NATO relations (2), |
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having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2002 on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and EU-NATO relations (2),

| — | having regard to its resolutions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (main aspects and basic choices), in particular those of 26 September 2002 (3) and 23 October 2003 (4), |
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having regard to its resolutions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (main aspects and basic choices), in particular those of 26 September 2002 (3) and 23 October 2003 (4),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2003 on the ESDP operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5), |
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having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2003 on the ESDP operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2003 on the new European security and defence architecture - priorities and deficiencies (6), |
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having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2003 on the new European security and defence architecture - priorities and deficiencies (6),

| — | having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | noting the Council Joint Action of 12 July 2004 and the announcement by the European Council of an ESDP mission, code-named ‘Althea’, to BiH, which will be the first European Union military mission on a relatively large scale with approximately 7 000 military personnel in comparison to the smaller earlier missions ‘Concordia’ (approx. 350 military personnel) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and ‘Artemis’ (approximately 1 400 military personnel) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, |
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A.

noting the Council Joint Action of 12 July 2004 and the announcement by the European Council of an ESDP mission, code-named ‘Althea’, to BiH, which will be the first European Union military mission on a relatively large scale with approximately 7 000 military personnel in comparison to the smaller earlier missions ‘Concordia’ (approx. 350 military personnel) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and ‘Artemis’ (approximately 1 400 military personnel) in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

| B. | believing that any EU operation that can resort to the use of force beyond the functions of the existing EU Police Mission to BiH should strive to achieve broad public support and meet the highest standards of democratic legitimacy, |
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B.

believing that any EU operation that can resort to the use of force beyond the functions of the existing EU Police Mission to BiH should strive to achieve broad public support and meet the highest standards of democratic legitimacy,

| C. | recalling United Nations Security Council Resolution 1551 (adopted on 9 July 2004), which reminds the parties that they have committed themselves to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in order to surrender for trial all persons indicted by the Tribunal, |
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C.

recalling United Nations Security Council Resolution 1551 (adopted on 9 July 2004), which reminds the parties that they have committed themselves to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in order to surrender for trial all persons indicted by the Tribunal,

| D. | noting the support of the United Nations Security Council for this mission (7), which will take over by the end of 2004 the majority of tasks hitherto carried out by the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), |
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D.

noting the support of the United Nations Security Council for this mission (7), which will take over by the end of 2004 the majority of tasks hitherto carried out by the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO),

| E. | noting that the common costs of the operation are estimated to be EUR 71,7 million and that these are to be charged to Member States directly in accordance with Article 28(3) of the Treaty on European Union and administered by ‘Athena’, the mechanism established by Council Decision 2004/197/CFSP of 23 February 2004 (8), |
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E.

noting that the common costs of the operation are estimated to be EUR 71,7 million and that these are to be charged to Member States directly in accordance with Article 28(3) of the Treaty on European Union and administered by ‘Athena’, the mechanism established by Council Decision 2004/197/CFSP of 23 February 2004 (8),

| F. | noting that the security situation in BiH has improved significantly since the end of the war in 1995, but that there are still a number of threats to security in the country which require attention, in particular those emanating from organised crime and corruption, international terrorism, civil unrest and ethnic tension, |
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F.

noting that the security situation in BiH has improved significantly since the end of the war in 1995, but that there are still a number of threats to security in the country which require attention, in particular those emanating from organised crime and corruption, international terrorism, civil unrest and ethnic tension,

| G. | whereas the present fragile institutional framework, which emerged from the Dayton Accords of 1995, does not enable the state of BiH to cope effectively and successfully with the above-mentioned threats, |
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G.

whereas the present fragile institutional framework, which emerged from the Dayton Accords of 1995, does not enable the state of BiH to cope effectively and successfully with the above-mentioned threats,

| H. | whereas furthermore hundreds of thousands of refugees have not yet been able to return and whereas one of the reasons is that large parts of the territory are contaminated with landmines, both antipersonnel and anti-vehicle, and are therefore extremely unsafe; whereas mine-clearing is a critical precondition for economic development and stability, especially with regard to tourism and agriculture, |
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H.

whereas furthermore hundreds of thousands of refugees have not yet been able to return and whereas one of the reasons is that large parts of the territory are contaminated with landmines, both antipersonnel and anti-vehicle, and are therefore extremely unsafe; whereas mine-clearing is a critical precondition for economic development and stability, especially with regard to tourism and agriculture,

| I. | strongly recommending the adoption of a peace agreement between BiH and its neighbouring countries which revises the Dayton Accords and creates mutual trust, alongside formal bilateral cooperation treaties, before starting negotiations on EU membership; noting that peace agreements can be prepared by an international conference that brings together all the countries in the region, EU Member States, the UN and the United States, |
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I.

strongly recommending the adoption of a peace agreement between BiH and its neighbouring countries which revises the Dayton Accords and creates mutual trust, alongside formal bilateral cooperation treaties, before starting negotiations on EU membership; noting that peace agreements can be prepared by an international conference that brings together all the countries in the region, EU Member States, the UN and the United States,

| J. | acknowledging that the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) played a vital role in maintaining peace and security in BiH, helping to ensure continuing stability and deterring a renewed outbreak of violence, |
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J.

acknowledging that the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) played a vital role in maintaining peace and security in BiH, helping to ensure continuing stability and deterring a renewed outbreak of violence,

| K. | noting that NATO will maintain a headquarters in Sarajevo with some 250 military and civilian staff whose primary role will be to continue NATO's dialogue with BiH on defence reform, sharing responsibilities with the EU for counter-terrorism activities and all matters regarding the search for indicted war criminals; underlining that the capture and bringing to justice of indicted war criminals is a test of the credibility of the international community, of NATO, and ultimately, of the European Union, and a prerequisite for further reconciliation, |
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K.

noting that NATO will maintain a headquarters in Sarajevo with some 250 military and civilian staff whose primary role will be to continue NATO's dialogue with BiH on defence reform, sharing responsibilities with the EU for counter-terrorism activities and all matters regarding the search for indicted war criminals; underlining that the capture and bringing to justice of indicted war criminals is a test of the credibility of the international community, of NATO, and ultimately, of the European Union, and a prerequisite for further reconciliation,

| L. | stressing that the stabilisation of BiH is of enormous importance for the stability of the whole region and that the strengthening of its institutions could contribute decisively to the resolution of the pending institutional and statehood issues in the bordering countries, |
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L.

stressing that the stabilisation of BiH is of enormous importance for the stability of the whole region and that the strengthening of its institutions could contribute decisively to the resolution of the pending institutional and statehood issues in the bordering countries,

| 1. | Welcomes the new coordinated and coherent approach of the EU to Bosnia and Herzegovina which includes a comprehensive Strategy for BiH (9), a new mandate for the EU Special Representative (10), the civilian aspects such as the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) and Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDs) programmes, the European Union Police Mission (11) and the future military stabilisation force ‘Althea’; |
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1.

Welcomes the new coordinated and coherent approach of the EU to Bosnia and Herzegovina which includes a comprehensive Strategy for BiH (9), a new mandate for the EU Special Representative (10), the civilian aspects such as the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) and Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDs) programmes, the European Union Police Mission (11) and the future military stabilisation force ‘Althea’;

| 2. | Calls on the Government of BiH to invite the EU mission Althea to highlight the current progress made by the BiH authorities; |
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2.

Calls on the Government of BiH to invite the EU mission Althea to highlight the current progress made by the BiH authorities;

| 3. | Deplores once again the non-involvement of the European Parliament, the Treaty limits on the right of Parliament to be consulted and the limited provision of information; deplores also the decision to finance this mission by contributions outside the normal budget of the European Union; |
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3.

Deplores once again the non-involvement of the European Parliament, the Treaty limits on the right of Parliament to be consulted and the limited provision of information; deplores also the decision to finance this mission by contributions outside the normal budget of the European Union;

| 4. | Proposes that the European Union contribute to the operational cost of Althea in the form of flat monthly reimbursements along the lines adopted by the UN and the OSCE with a view in particular to covering part of the per diems of personnel from the budget of the European Union; |
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4.

Proposes that the European Union contribute to the operational cost of Althea in the form of flat monthly reimbursements along the lines adopted by the UN and the OSCE with a view in particular to covering part of the per diems of personnel from the budget of the European Union;

| 5. | Believes that the ‘Althea’ operation should reinforce the EU's comprehensive approach towards BiH and should support that country's progress towards eventual EU membership; welcomes also the statements to the effect that this action is intended to strengthen local policing capacity and the fight against organised crime, with a gradual handing over of responsibility for security to the local authorities; |
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Believes that the ‘Althea’ operation should reinforce the EU's comprehensive approach towards BiH and should support that country's progress towards eventual EU membership; welcomes also the statements to the effect that this action is intended to strengthen local policing capacity and the fight against organised crime, with a gradual handing over of responsibility for security to the local authorities;

| 6. | Supports the ‘Stabilisation and Association Process’ in BiH, which constitutes an essential framework for that country's journey towards EU membership; welcomes the new mandate of the EU Special Representative, Lord Ashdown, to implement the comprehensive support package for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but recalls once again that BiH must rely principally on its own efforts in relation to European integration; |
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Supports the ‘Stabilisation and Association Process’ in BiH, which constitutes an essential framework for that country's journey towards EU membership; welcomes the new mandate of the EU Special Representative, Lord Ashdown, to implement the comprehensive support package for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but recalls once again that BiH must rely principally on its own efforts in relation to European integration;

| 7. | Welcomes the decision of the EU to have recourse to NATO assets and capabilities for the ‘Althea’ mission, thereby confirming the collaboration between the two organisations and implementing the agreement of December 2002 on EU access to NATO planning and command facilities (‘Berlin Plus’); |
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Welcomes the decision of the EU to have recourse to NATO assets and capabilities for the ‘Althea’ mission, thereby confirming the collaboration between the two organisations and implementing the agreement of December 2002 on EU access to NATO planning and command facilities (‘Berlin Plus’);

| 8. | Advocates the closest cooperation between the EU Stabilisation Force in BiH and the residual NATO presence in that country to ensure a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities between the two organisations; |
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8.

Advocates the closest cooperation between the EU Stabilisation Force in BiH and the residual NATO presence in that country to ensure a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities between the two organisations;

| 9. | Welcomes the maintenance of a NATO presence in BiH and of a separate NATO HQ in Sarajevo in the context of NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme but insists that, in addition to the handover of the peacekeeping mission, responsibility for counterterrorism operations and the apprehension of war criminals should also be handed over to the European Union; |
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9.

Welcomes the maintenance of a NATO presence in BiH and of a separate NATO HQ in Sarajevo in the context of NATO's Partnership for Peace Programme but insists that, in addition to the handover of the peacekeeping mission, responsibility for counterterrorism operations and the apprehension of war criminals should also be handed over to the European Union;

| 10. | Recommends that the EU Special Representative (EUSR) not only closely coordinate with the EU Force Commander but also invite NATO representation on the EUSR coordination group in order to ensure coordination and coherence across the range of EU activities in BiH; |
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10.

Recommends that the EU Special Representative (EUSR) not only closely coordinate with the EU Force Commander but also invite NATO representation on the EUSR coordination group in order to ensure coordination and coherence across the range of EU activities in BiH;

| 11. | Welcomes the intention of third states to participate in the EU military operation; |
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11.

Welcomes the intention of third states to participate in the EU military operation;

| 12. | Considers that this operation should establish further the collective capacity for planning and management of European military operations at EU level with a view to developing the EU Civil-Military Planning Cell; welcomes the intention to link military action with other aspects of the EU's role in BiH, including policing, development and training; |
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12.

Considers that this operation should establish further the collective capacity for planning and management of European military operations at EU level with a view to developing the EU Civil-Military Planning Cell; welcomes the intention to link military action with other aspects of the EU's role in BiH, including policing, development and training;

| 13. | Calls for the Althea mission to undertake to abide by Community and international human rights legislation; |
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13.

Calls for the Althea mission to undertake to abide by Community and international human rights legislation;

| 14. | Considers it important for the EU force to include a robust ‘gendarmerie-type’ element (the Integrated Police Unit) in order to perform those tasks for which the military have not generally been trained and which normal police forces cannot perform, especially since the EU Police Mission has a non-executive mandate under which it can only give advice and monitor developments; underlines in this context the importance of the stepping-up of efforts to create a local, multi-ethnic police force that enjoys the confidence of all communities in the country; |
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14.

Considers it important for the EU force to include a robust ‘gendarmerie-type’ element (the Integrated Police Unit) in order to perform those tasks for which the military have not generally been trained and which normal police forces cannot perform, especially since the EU Police Mission has a non-executive mandate under which it can only give advice and monitor developments; underlines in this context the importance of the stepping-up of efforts to create a local, multi-ethnic police force that enjoys the confidence of all communities in the country;

| 15. | Urges the EU's military and police forces as well as the civilian authorities in BiH to collaborate closely in searching energetically for war criminals and in fighting against any kind of terrorism; |
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15.

Urges the EU's military and police forces as well as the civilian authorities in BiH to collaborate closely in searching energetically for war criminals and in fighting against any kind of terrorism;

| 16. | Recommends that the EU force should continue SFOR's recent practice of deploying a network of small military teams to live among the population in ‘host houses’ in order to maintain its situation awareness and its deterrent presence despite a reduction in troop levels, from 12 000 to 7 000 in June 2004; |
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16.

Recommends that the EU force should continue SFOR's recent practice of deploying a network of small military teams to live among the population in ‘host houses’ in order to maintain its situation awareness and its deterrent presence despite a reduction in troop levels, from 12 000 to 7 000 in June 2004;

| 17. | Expects that, if urgent military action becomes necessary, lessons will have been learned from the mistakes made during previous action in the Balkans, particularly in Kosovo in March 2004, and that there will be clear organisation and coordination planning for such action; |
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17.

Expects that, if urgent military action becomes necessary, lessons will have been learned from the mistakes made during previous action in the Balkans, particularly in Kosovo in March 2004, and that there will be clear organisation and coordination planning for such action;

| 18. | Underlines the importance of clear responsibilities over the command chain between the EU force commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU operational commander, who is Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe at SHAPE; welcomes the fact that an EU Command Element will be established at NATO's regional headquarters in Naples, Italy; |
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18.

Underlines the importance of clear responsibilities over the command chain between the EU force commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU operational commander, who is Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe at SHAPE; welcomes the fact that an EU Command Element will be established at NATO's regional headquarters in Naples, Italy;

| 19. | Demands in view of the more integrated and coordinated civil-military aspects of operation ‘Althea’ to be kept up to date by the EUSR and to be informed at regular intervals by the chairman of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) which exercises the political and strategic direction of the EU military operation; |
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19.

Demands in view of the more integrated and coordinated civil-military aspects of operation ‘Althea’ to be kept up to date by the EUSR and to be informed at regular intervals by the chairman of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) which exercises the political and strategic direction of the EU military operation;

| 20. | In order to prevent situations such as those that arose in Kosovo in March 2004, calls for its Committee on Foreign Affairs to receive information about the plans for the way in which decision-making will operate between the different EU organs in the event of spontaneous outbreaks of violence; calls on the Council to provide specific information on the ‘operational capacity’ and the ‘rules of engagement’ for the Althea mission; |
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20.

In order to prevent situations such as those that arose in Kosovo in March 2004, calls for its Committee on Foreign Affairs to receive information about the plans for the way in which decision-making will operate between the different EU organs in the event of spontaneous outbreaks of violence; calls on the Council to provide specific information on the ‘operational capacity’ and the ‘rules of engagement’ for the Althea mission;

| 21. | Hopes that the establishment of an EU Civil-Military Planning Cell will be an important step forward in providing analysis and lessons learned from operation ‘Althea’ with the objective of making the EU a more efficient civil-military crisis manager; |
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21.

Hopes that the establishment of an EU Civil-Military Planning Cell will be an important step forward in providing analysis and lessons learned from operation ‘Althea’ with the objective of making the EU a more efficient civil-military crisis manager;

| 22. | Calls for coordination in the field of intelligence, and recommends that a specific mechanism should be implemented for coordinating information flows between the EU, NATO, the United States and other actors engaged in the region on the probability of ethnic tensions; |
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22.

Calls for coordination in the field of intelligence, and recommends that a specific mechanism should be implemented for coordinating information flows between the EU, NATO, the United States and other actors engaged in the region on the probability of ethnic tensions;

| 23. | Calls on the Council to define and upgrade the role of the EU Monitoring Mission in BiH, in order to make it suitable; |
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23.

Calls on the Council to define and upgrade the role of the EU Monitoring Mission in BiH, in order to make it suitable;

| 24. | Welcomes the fact that a review of the operation is to be conducted after six months and calls on the EUSR and the chairman of the PSC to provide a statement on that review to Parliament; underlines the need for the European Parliament to receive regular progress reports on the operation; |
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24.

Welcomes the fact that a review of the operation is to be conducted after six months and calls on the EUSR and the chairman of the PSC to provide a statement on that review to Parliament; underlines the need for the European Parliament to receive regular progress reports on the operation;

| 25. | Calls on its Conference of Presidents to authorise the competent committee to send a fact-finding delegation to BiH in order to evaluate progress; |
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25.

Calls on its Conference of Presidents to authorise the competent committee to send a fact-finding delegation to BiH in order to evaluate progress;

| 26. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Parliaments of the Member States and third countries, as well as to the parliaments and governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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26.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Parliaments of the Member States and third countries, as well as to the parliaments and governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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(1)  OJ L 252, 28.7.2004, p. 10.

(2)  OJ C 127 E, 29.5.2003, p. 579.

(3)  OJ C 273 E, 14.11.2003, p. 295.

(4)  OJ C 82 E, 1.4.2004, p. 599.

(5)  OJ C 61 E, 10.3.2004, p. 379.

(6)  OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 599.

(7)  UNSCR 1551 (2004) adopted on 9 July 2004.

(8)  OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 68.

(9)  The comprehensive strategy for BiH was outlined at the 14 June 2004 External Relations Council and adopted by the European Council 17 and 18 June 2004. Council of the EU, 10099/04, Brussels 15 June 2004.

(10)  Council Joint Action 2004/569/CFSP of 12 July 2004. OJ L 252, 28.7.2004, p. 7.

(11)  Council Joint Action 2002/210/CFSP of 11 March 2002. OJ L 70, 13.3.2002, p. 1.

P6_TA(2004)0060

Climate Change

European Parliament resolution on the EU strategy for the Buenos Aires Conference on Climate Change (COP-10)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of December 1997, the application procedures for its implementation adopted at the conferences of Bonn (July 2001), Marrakesh (November 2001), New Delhi (November 2002) and Milan (December 2003), and the forthcoming Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 6 and 17 December 2004, |
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having regard to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of December 1997, the application procedures for its implementation adopted at the conferences of Bonn (July 2001), Marrakesh (November 2001), New Delhi (November 2002) and Milan (December 2003), and the forthcoming Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 6 and 17 December 2004,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 25 September 2002 on the Commission communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 25 September 2002 on the Commission communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme (1),

| — | having regard to Oral Questions O-0049/04 and O-0050/04 by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety pursuant to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure, and having regard to the statements by the Council and the Commission, |
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having regard to Oral Questions O-0049/04 and O-0050/04 by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety pursuant to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure, and having regard to the statements by the Council and the Commission,

| — | having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the Kyoto Protocol was ratified by the European Community on 31 May 2002 as well as by its Member States and whereas the European Parliament and the Council adopted the legislative instruments (2) necessary to implement the Kyoto Protocol provisions within the European Community, thus sending out a strong political signal about its commitment to addressing the issue of climate change, |
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A.

whereas the Kyoto Protocol was ratified by the European Community on 31 May 2002 as well as by its Member States and whereas the European Parliament and the Council adopted the legislative instruments (2) necessary to implement the Kyoto Protocol provisions within the European Community, thus sending out a strong political signal about its commitment to addressing the issue of climate change,

| B. | whereas the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified by 126 countries, which account for 44,2 % of total greenhouse gas emissions; whereas, however, the Protocol will enter into force only when it is ratified by countries accounting for at least 55 % of total greenhouse gas emissions, |
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B.

whereas the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified by 126 countries, which account for 44,2 % of total greenhouse gas emissions; whereas, however, the Protocol will enter into force only when it is ratified by countries accounting for at least 55 % of total greenhouse gas emissions,

| C. | whereas on 13 October 2003 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (3), and whereas this important step reaffirms the political commitment of the EU and its Member States to focus on sustainable domestic actions and encourages other parties to follow suit, |
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C.

whereas on 13 October 2003 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (3), and whereas this important step reaffirms the political commitment of the EU and its Member States to focus on sustainable domestic actions and encourages other parties to follow suit,

| D. | whereas the Kyoto Protocol is only a first initiative taken by the international community in the fight against climate change, and whereas this does not mean that other measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions which can be taken at national level should be relegated to a secondary role; on the contrary, they should be considered as complementary, |
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D.

whereas the Kyoto Protocol is only a first initiative taken by the international community in the fight against climate change, and whereas this does not mean that other measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions which can be taken at national level should be relegated to a secondary role; on the contrary, they should be considered as complementary,

| 1. | Urges the EU to maintain its leading role in the negotiations at the COP-10 Conference in Buenos Aires; |
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Urges the EU to maintain its leading role in the negotiations at the COP-10 Conference in Buenos Aires;

| 2. | Believes that COP-10 constitutes a good opportunity not only to build on the decisions taken at previous Conferences of Parties, and in particular in Bonn, Marrakesh, New Delhi and Milan, on implementing the Kyoto Protocol, but also to start a wide-ranging debate on the main issues for the second commitment period with a view to attaining the EU objective of the average global temperature increase peaking below + 2oC of pre-industrialised levels; reiterates its position that in the long term the principle of equal rights per world citizen must be applied; |
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2.

Believes that COP-10 constitutes a good opportunity not only to build on the decisions taken at previous Conferences of Parties, and in particular in Bonn, Marrakesh, New Delhi and Milan, on implementing the Kyoto Protocol, but also to start a wide-ranging debate on the main issues for the second commitment period with a view to attaining the EU objective of the average global temperature increase peaking below + 2oC of pre-industrialised levels; reiterates its position that in the long term the principle of equal rights per world citizen must be applied;

| 3. | Urges the EU and all other parties to the UNFCCC to continue the discussions started in Milan with a view to incorporating emissions from international flights and shipping into the emission reduction targets of the second commitment period from 2012; urges the EU and all other parties to the UNFCCC to also specifically monitor transport emissions and possibly develop their own protocol for transport emissions; |
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3.

Urges the EU and all other parties to the UNFCCC to continue the discussions started in Milan with a view to incorporating emissions from international flights and shipping into the emission reduction targets of the second commitment period from 2012; urges the EU and all other parties to the UNFCCC to also specifically monitor transport emissions and possibly develop their own protocol for transport emissions;

| 4. | Welcomes the recent decision of the Russian Federation to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, thus enabling it to enter into force; |
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4.

Welcomes the recent decision of the Russian Federation to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, thus enabling it to enter into force;

| 5. | Calls, in the meantime, on the countries that have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol to do so as soon as possible; calls on the US Government to reconsider its decision not to participate; |
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5.

Calls, in the meantime, on the countries that have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol to do so as soon as possible; calls on the US Government to reconsider its decision not to participate;

| 6. | Urges the Commission and the Member States to stress the need for climate protection when holding dialogues with international partners, especially the United States and Russia, and to stress that relations between the EU and third states cannot remain unharmed in the absence of a constructive position on this matter; |
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6.

Urges the Commission and the Member States to stress the need for climate protection when holding dialogues with international partners, especially the United States and Russia, and to stress that relations between the EU and third states cannot remain unharmed in the absence of a constructive position on this matter;

| 7. | Believes that the EU delegation has an important role to play in these negotiations on climate change and, therefore, finds it unacceptable that the members of the European Parliament who were part of that delegation were unable to attend the EU coordination meetings at the previous Conference of Parties; expects that the European Parliament participants will have access to such meetings in Buenos Aires, on the basis at least of observer status, with or without speaking rights; |
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7.

Believes that the EU delegation has an important role to play in these negotiations on climate change and, therefore, finds it unacceptable that the members of the European Parliament who were part of that delegation were unable to attend the EU coordination meetings at the previous Conference of Parties; expects that the European Parliament participants will have access to such meetings in Buenos Aires, on the basis at least of observer status, with or without speaking rights;

| 8. | Takes note of the latest report of the European Environment Agency which indicates, inter alia, that Europe is warming faster than the global average as a result of climate change; takes note of the climate change and warming in the arctic areas; |
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8.

Takes note of the latest report of the European Environment Agency which indicates, inter alia, that Europe is warming faster than the global average as a result of climate change; takes note of the climate change and warming in the arctic areas;

| 9. | Believes that the EU should redouble its efforts to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets, and set an example for the other parties to the Convention; |
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9.

Believes that the EU should redouble its efforts to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets, and set an example for the other parties to the Convention;

| 10. | Calls on the EU and the Member States to invest in measures for adaptation to climate change and to make available appropriate funds for developing countries to finance their adaptation; |
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10.

Calls on the EU and the Member States to invest in measures for adaptation to climate change and to make available appropriate funds for developing countries to finance their adaptation;

| 11. | Stresses the important role of both measures to enhance energy efficiency (the potential is great in the EU) and renewable energy sources in this connection and endorses the Commssion Communication on this issue (COM(2004)0366); stresses especially the potential of biomass as a CO2-neutral energy form, and calls on the Commission to assess legislative measures to support the production of energy from biomass; encourages all Member States to accept their responsibility and ensure that they meet their burden-sharing targets; |
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11.

Stresses the important role of both measures to enhance energy efficiency (the potential is great in the EU) and renewable energy sources in this connection and endorses the Commssion Communication on this issue (COM(2004)0366); stresses especially the potential of biomass as a CO2-neutral energy form, and calls on the Commission to assess legislative measures to support the production of energy from biomass; encourages all Member States to accept their responsibility and ensure that they meet their burden-sharing targets;

| 12. | Calls on the Member States which have not yet developed their national allocation plans as provided for by the Emissions Trading Directive to do so as soon as possible and, when doing so, to base them on ambitious targets; urges the Commission to take immediate legal steps regarding the Member States which do not comply with the requirements of the Directive; calls on the Commission to reject national allocation plans that allow unjustified high CO2 emissions; |
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12.

Calls on the Member States which have not yet developed their national allocation plans as provided for by the Emissions Trading Directive to do so as soon as possible and, when doing so, to base them on ambitious targets; urges the Commission to take immediate legal steps regarding the Member States which do not comply with the requirements of the Directive; calls on the Commission to reject national allocation plans that allow unjustified high CO2 emissions;

| 13. | Insists that no changes to approved national allocation plans should be permitted after the 1 January 2005 date of application; |
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13.

Insists that no changes to approved national allocation plans should be permitted after the 1 January 2005 date of application;

| 14. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, with the request that it be circulated to all non-EU contracting parties. |
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14.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, with the request that it be circulated to all non-EU contracting parties.

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(1)  OJ C 273 E, 14.11.2003, p. 172.

(2)  Decision 2004/280/EC of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (OJ L 49, 19.2.2004, p. 1) and Directive 2004/101/EC of 27 October 2004 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 18).

(3)  OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.

P6_TA(2004)0061

Situation in Cuba

European Parliament resolution on Cuba

The European Parliament,

| — | European Parliament resolution on Cuba having regard to its earlier resolutions on the situation in Cuba and, in particular, its resolution of 22 April 2004 (1), |
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European Parliament resolution on Cuba having regard to its earlier resolutions on the situation in Cuba and, in particular, its resolution of 22 April 2004 (1),

| — | having regard to the EU Presidency statements of 26 March and 5 June 2003 concerning the detention of dissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba and concerning the relevant measures adopted unanimously by the European Union, |
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having regard to the EU Presidency statements of 26 March and 5 June 2003 concerning the detention of dissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba and concerning the relevant measures adopted unanimously by the European Union,

| — | having regard to the 16 June 2003 General Affairs Council conclusions, |
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having regard to the 16 June 2003 General Affairs Council conclusions,

| — | having regard to the EU's Common Position 96/697/CFSP on Cuba, which was adopted on 2 December 1996 and which has been periodically updated, |
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having regard to the EU's Common Position 96/697/CFSP on Cuba, which was adopted on 2 December 1996 and which has been periodically updated,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 28 October 2004 on Guantanamo (2), |
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having regard to its resolution of 28 October 2004 on Guantanamo (2),

| — | having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas protecting the universality and the indivisibility of human rights (including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights) is still one of the EU's main objectives, |
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A.

whereas protecting the universality and the indivisibility of human rights (including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights) is still one of the EU's main objectives,

| B. | whereas scores of independent journalists, peaceful dissidents and upholders of human rights (members of the democratic opposition and in most cases linked to the Varela project) are still being held in jail in subhuman conditions, and whereas some of them are seriously ill, |
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B.

whereas scores of independent journalists, peaceful dissidents and upholders of human rights (members of the democratic opposition and in most cases linked to the Varela project) are still being held in jail in subhuman conditions, and whereas some of them are seriously ill,

| C. | whereas in June 2003 the European Union decided to impose sanctions on Cuba, following the arrest and imprisonment of 75 dissidents in April and the subsequent summary execution of three hijackers, |
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C.

whereas in June 2003 the European Union decided to impose sanctions on Cuba, following the arrest and imprisonment of 75 dissidents in April and the subsequent summary execution of three hijackers,

| D. | whereas exercising freedom of expression and freedom of assembly is a fundamental human right, |
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D.

whereas exercising freedom of expression and freedom of assembly is a fundamental human right,

| E. | whereas the winner of the European Parliament's 2002 Sakharov Prize — Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas — has been systematically denied the freedom to leave Cuba and to accept the invitations issued by this Parliament and by other EU bodies, |
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E.

whereas the winner of the European Parliament's 2002 Sakharov Prize — Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas — has been systematically denied the freedom to leave Cuba and to accept the invitations issued by this Parliament and by other EU bodies,

| F. | whereas in recent weeks the Cuban authorities — in contravention of the basic right to freedom of assembly — have expelled a number of parliamentarians from the EU Member States and also people working for humanitarian organisations who were trying to enter the country with a view to meeting members of the democratic opposition and of the Varela project, in order to demonstrate to them their support and solidarity in the upholding of democratic values, |
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F.

whereas in recent weeks the Cuban authorities — in contravention of the basic right to freedom of assembly — have expelled a number of parliamentarians from the EU Member States and also people working for humanitarian organisations who were trying to enter the country with a view to meeting members of the democratic opposition and of the Varela project, in order to demonstrate to them their support and solidarity in the upholding of democratic values,

| G. | whereas hundreds of prisoners are still being held at the Guantanamo naval base (in violation of the most basic human rights) and having regard to the views which this Parliament has previously expressed on the subject, |
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G.

whereas hundreds of prisoners are still being held at the Guantanamo naval base (in violation of the most basic human rights) and having regard to the views which this Parliament has previously expressed on the subject,

| 1. | Calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience who are being held in the country and once again condemns such detentions, which constitute an attack on the most basic human rights, in particular freedom of expression and freedom of political association; |
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1.

Calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience who are being held in the country and once again condemns such detentions, which constitute an attack on the most basic human rights, in particular freedom of expression and freedom of political association;

| 2. | Urges the Council and the Commission to continue to take whatever action is necessary in order to seek the release of the above individuals; |
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2.

Urges the Council and the Commission to continue to take whatever action is necessary in order to seek the release of the above individuals;

| 3. | Reiterates that the objectives of the European Union's policy towards Cuba continue to be respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, encouragement of a process of transition to a pluralist democracy and a lasting economic recovery aimed at improving the living standards of the Cuban population; |
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3.

Reiterates that the objectives of the European Union's policy towards Cuba continue to be respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, encouragement of a process of transition to a pluralist democracy and a lasting economic recovery aimed at improving the living standards of the Cuban population;

| 4. | Vehemently condemns the Cuban authorities' expulsion of three parliamentarians from the EU Member States and of two representatives of NGOs, and expresses its support for them and for the members of the democratic opposition; |
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4.

Vehemently condemns the Cuban authorities' expulsion of three parliamentarians from the EU Member States and of two representatives of NGOs, and expresses its support for them and for the members of the democratic opposition;

| 5. | Repeats its invitation to the winner of the European Parliament's 2002 Sakharov Prize - Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas - and urges the Cuban authorities to grant him the necessary permits in order to enable him to appear before the Community institutions; |
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5.

Repeats its invitation to the winner of the European Parliament's 2002 Sakharov Prize - Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas - and urges the Cuban authorities to grant him the necessary permits in order to enable him to appear before the Community institutions;

| 6. | Considers that, in such circumstances, the release of all political prisoners, the granting of authorisation to Mr Payá Sardiñas and evidence of significant progress on the island as regards the promotion of democracy and the upholding of human rights and fundamental freedoms are essential conditions for any revision of the European Union's Common Position on Cuba and the measures adopted unanimously on 5 June 2003; |
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6.

Considers that, in such circumstances, the release of all political prisoners, the granting of authorisation to Mr Payá Sardiñas and evidence of significant progress on the island as regards the promotion of democracy and the upholding of human rights and fundamental freedoms are essential conditions for any revision of the European Union's Common Position on Cuba and the measures adopted unanimously on 5 June 2003;

| 7. | Stresses that the current embargo imposed on Cuba by the USA is counterproductive and should be lifted; |
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7.

Stresses that the current embargo imposed on Cuba by the USA is counterproductive and should be lifted;

| 8. | Stresses that the political future of Cuba must rest on the sole will of its citizens; |
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8.

Stresses that the political future of Cuba must rest on the sole will of its citizens;

| 9. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, to Cuba's Government and National Assembly of People's Power, and also to Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas (winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize). |
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9.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, to Cuba's Government and National Assembly of People's Power, and also to Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas (winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize).

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(1)  Texts Adopted, P5_TA(2004)0379.

(2)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2004)0050.

P6_TA(2004)0062

European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004)

European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 4 and 5 November 2004

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions following the European Council meeting on 4 and 5 November 2004 (Council document 14292/04), |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions following the European Council meeting on 4 and 5 November 2004 (Council document 14292/04),

| — | having regard to the European Council report and the Commission statement on the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004, |
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having regard to the European Council report and the Commission statement on the European Council meeting of 4 and 5 November 2004,

| — | having regard to the Hague Programme in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice, |
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having regard to the Hague Programme in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice,

| — | having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure. |
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having regard to Rule 103(2) of its Rules of Procedure.

Preparation of the Mid-Term Review of the Lisbon Strategy and the High-Level Report (the Kok report)

| 1. | Welcomes the European Council's confirmation of the validity and relevance of a balanced Lisbon strategy with an economic, social and environmental dimension and underlines that this balance is essential both to the European vision of society and to Europe's global competitiveness; insists on ambitious social and environmental dimensions; deplores the fact that the strategy has so far failed to produce most of the expected results; |
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1.

Welcomes the European Council's confirmation of the validity and relevance of a balanced Lisbon strategy with an economic, social and environmental dimension and underlines that this balance is essential both to the European vision of society and to Europe's global competitiveness; insists on ambitious social and environmental dimensions; deplores the fact that the strategy has so far failed to produce most of the expected results;

| 2. | Draws attention to the Kok report's conclusion that the chief obstacle to faster progress towards the Lisbon objectives has been poor implementation by Member States, and calls for the mid-term review to focus its main attention on this issue and to make appropriate recommendations, involving European, national and regional authorities; agrees that more effective ways must be found to measure the progress of the Lisbon process; |
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2.

Draws attention to the Kok report's conclusion that the chief obstacle to faster progress towards the Lisbon objectives has been poor implementation by Member States, and calls for the mid-term review to focus its main attention on this issue and to make appropriate recommendations, involving European, national and regional authorities; agrees that more effective ways must be found to measure the progress of the Lisbon process;

| 3. | Agrees with the report's conclusion that Parliament must be more closely engaged in the process of monitoring and encouraging the delivery of the Lisbon Agenda; confirms that Parliament will hold a full debate on the mid-term review at a future plenary session; notes the Better Regulation agenda and undertakes to work as a co-legislator alongside the Commission and Council on this; |
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3.

Agrees with the report's conclusion that Parliament must be more closely engaged in the process of monitoring and encouraging the delivery of the Lisbon Agenda; confirms that Parliament will hold a full debate on the mid-term review at a future plenary session; notes the Better Regulation agenda and undertakes to work as a co-legislator alongside the Commission and Council on this;

| 4. | Considers that, in order to achieve the growth it needs, Europe should focus both on structural reforms and macro-economic action by the EU and the 25 governments, including investment in people, research and innovation, to stimulate growth and employment, without endangering the stability and sustainability of public finances; |
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4.

Considers that, in order to achieve the growth it needs, Europe should focus both on structural reforms and macro-economic action by the EU and the 25 governments, including investment in people, research and innovation, to stimulate growth and employment, without endangering the stability and sustainability of public finances;

| 5. | Believes the European Council should place emphasis on the environmental dimension and notably on countering climate change under the Kyoto Protocol, and underlines the need to fully integrate the revision of the sustainable development strategy into the Lisbon strategy; |
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5.

Believes the European Council should place emphasis on the environmental dimension and notably on countering climate change under the Kyoto Protocol, and underlines the need to fully integrate the revision of the sustainable development strategy into the Lisbon strategy;

| 6. | Deplores, in the context of achieving a knowledge-based economy, the Council's failure yet again to agree on a Community patent and the fact that investment in research and development falls far short of the target of 3 per cent of GDP; |
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6.

Deplores, in the context of achieving a knowledge-based economy, the Council's failure yet again to agree on a Community patent and the fact that investment in research and development falls far short of the target of 3 per cent of GDP;

| 7. | Welcomes the recognition of demographic factors and asks that action to deal with the consequences of the ageing of the population of Europe be considered a policy priority; |
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7.

Welcomes the recognition of demographic factors and asks that action to deal with the consequences of the ageing of the population of Europe be considered a policy priority;

The area of freedom, security and justice: the Hague Programme

| 8. | Takes note of the adoption of the new multi-annual programme for the next five years; |
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8.

Takes note of the adoption of the new multi-annual programme for the next five years;

| 9. | Welcomes the historic decision of the European Council to the effect that by no later than 1 April 2005 full qualified majority voting plus codecision will be applied to all areas of Justice and Home Affairs (Title IV), with the exception of legal migration; recalls that this fulfils a long-standing objective of the European Parliament at successive Intergovernmental Conferences, and urges the Commission to deploy the new democratic and efficient decision-making procedures to their fullest effect at the earliest opportunity; |
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9.

Welcomes the historic decision of the European Council to the effect that by no later than 1 April 2005 full qualified majority voting plus codecision will be applied to all areas of Justice and Home Affairs (Title IV), with the exception of legal migration; recalls that this fulfils a long-standing objective of the European Parliament at successive Intergovernmental Conferences, and urges the Commission to deploy the new democratic and efficient decision-making procedures to their fullest effect at the earliest opportunity;

| 10. | Recalls that Article 67(2) of the EC Treaty requires the Council, by the same date and under the same procedure, to ‘adapt’ the rules relating to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities over these issues; |
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10.

Recalls that Article 67(2) of the EC Treaty requires the Council, by the same date and under the same procedure, to ‘adapt’ the rules relating to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities over these issues;

| 11. | Welcomes the emphasis of the Hague Programme on guaranteeing fundamental rights, minimum procedural safeguards and access to justice; regrets the lack of coherence and of resources when it comes to the instruments needed to safeguard fundamental rights; |
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11.

Welcomes the emphasis of the Hague Programme on guaranteeing fundamental rights, minimum procedural safeguards and access to justice; regrets the lack of coherence and of resources when it comes to the instruments needed to safeguard fundamental rights;

| 12. | Stresses that there is an urgent need to reduce illegal immigration and that the only way forward is a coherent and comprehensive European asylum and immigration policy; notes the intention of proceeding to a second phase of the Common European Asylum System, but reminds the European Council that the directive on asylum procedures is not yet adopted; |
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12.

Stresses that there is an urgent need to reduce illegal immigration and that the only way forward is a coherent and comprehensive European asylum and immigration policy; notes the intention of proceeding to a second phase of the Common European Asylum System, but reminds the European Council that the directive on asylum procedures is not yet adopted;

| 13. | Stresses the need to make major and substantial progress in implementing a comprehensive European immigration policy and insists on a global and balanced approach to immigration issues, including concrete proposals to ensure an exchange of best national practice in the field of reception and integration of immigrants and non-discrimination; and stresses that support in the region of origin and transit must complement a common asylum procedure within the EU based upon high standards of delivery and in full recognition of the international obligations of the EU and its Member States; |
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13.

Stresses the need to make major and substantial progress in implementing a comprehensive European immigration policy and insists on a global and balanced approach to immigration issues, including concrete proposals to ensure an exchange of best national practice in the field of reception and integration of immigrants and non-discrimination; and stresses that support in the region of origin and transit must complement a common asylum procedure within the EU based upon high standards of delivery and in full recognition of the international obligations of the EU and its Member States;

| 14. | Takes note of the importance which the Council attaches to developing an area of freedom, security and justice, especially in the light of the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001 and in Madrid on 11 March 2004, but stresses the need to strike the right balance between law enforcement requirements and the protection of data and fundamental freedoms; |
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14.

Takes note of the importance which the Council attaches to developing an area of freedom, security and justice, especially in the light of the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001 and in Madrid on 11 March 2004, but stresses the need to strike the right balance between law enforcement requirements and the protection of data and fundamental freedoms;

| 15. | Stresses the importance of ensuring that the area of freedom, security and justice receives sufficient resources under the new financial perspective; notes that, without adequate funding, it will not be possible to carry out the measures foreseen under the Hague Programme; |
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15.

Stresses the importance of ensuring that the area of freedom, security and justice receives sufficient resources under the new financial perspective; notes that, without adequate funding, it will not be possible to carry out the measures foreseen under the Hague Programme;

| 16. | Welcomes the Dutch Presidency statement on the principle of transparency, but regrets the Council's lack of commitment to implementing the principle of transparency regarding its legislative work until such time as the Constitution is ratified; affirms that this principle is already covered in Article 207 of the EC Treaty and that there is no reason for further delays; |
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16.

Welcomes the Dutch Presidency statement on the principle of transparency, but regrets the Council's lack of commitment to implementing the principle of transparency regarding its legislative work until such time as the Constitution is ratified; affirms that this principle is already covered in Article 207 of the EC Treaty and that there is no reason for further delays;

| 17. | Underlines the continuing importance of tackling cross-border obstacles to civil justice on the basis that access to civil justice concerns citizens in their daily lives and in turn enhances the proper functioning of the Internal Market; insists that it is essential that, whilst respecting the principle of mutual recognition, identifiable practical steps are taken to reduce procedural differences between legal systems and to set up judicial training programmes and possibly consider the establishment of a European School for Judges; |
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17.

Underlines the continuing importance of tackling cross-border obstacles to civil justice on the basis that access to civil justice concerns citizens in their daily lives and in turn enhances the proper functioning of the Internal Market; insists that it is essential that, whilst respecting the principle of mutual recognition, identifiable practical steps are taken to reduce procedural differences between legal systems and to set up judicial training programmes and possibly consider the establishment of a European School for Judges;

Communicating Europe

| 18. | Notes the conclusions on ‘communicating Europe’; while recognising that the individual campaigns relating to ratification remain a national responsibility, insists that the European Council has a collective responsibility to bring the Constitution into force as soon as possible, and that some significant leadership is therefore required at EU level to coordinate the campaign for the Constitution; |
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18.

Notes the conclusions on ‘communicating Europe’; while recognising that the individual campaigns relating to ratification remain a national responsibility, insists that the European Council has a collective responsibility to bring the Constitution into force as soon as possible, and that some significant leadership is therefore required at EU level to coordinate the campaign for the Constitution;

Iraq

| 19. | Expresses its concern over the difficulties experienced in the restoration of security, and the conditions for the preparation of free and fair elections planned for January 2005 and for the reconstruction of the country with the aim of fully restoring its sovereignty; expresses its concern also for all the victims among the civilian population as a result of the current military operations; |
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19.

Expresses its concern over the difficulties experienced in the restoration of security, and the conditions for the preparation of free and fair elections planned for January 2005 and for the reconstruction of the country with the aim of fully restoring its sovereignty; expresses its concern also for all the victims among the civilian population as a result of the current military operations;

| 20. | Strongly condemns all acts of indiscriminate violence, terrorist attacks and the taking of hostages, which result in many civilian victims, and recalls the commitment under UN Security Council Resolution 1546 (1) that all the parties will act with respect for international law and human rights; |
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20.

Strongly condemns all acts of indiscriminate violence, terrorist attacks and the taking of hostages, which result in many civilian victims, and recalls the commitment under UN Security Council Resolution 1546 (1) that all the parties will act with respect for international law and human rights;

| 21. | Looks favourably on the European Council declaration on relations between the EU and Iraq, and fully shares its commitment and determination to assist Iraq's reconstruction and transformation and its reintegration into the international community as a sovereign, independent, secure, unified, prosperous and democratic partner country; particularly welcomes the prospect of measures and initiatives envisaged to achieve that goal; |
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21.

Looks favourably on the European Council declaration on relations between the EU and Iraq, and fully shares its commitment and determination to assist Iraq's reconstruction and transformation and its reintegration into the international community as a sovereign, independent, secure, unified, prosperous and democratic partner country; particularly welcomes the prospect of measures and initiatives envisaged to achieve that goal;

| 22. | Considers that the forthcoming Conference to be held in Sharm el Sheikh on 23 November 2004 will be a first step towards the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1546 and of international law; |
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22.

Considers that the forthcoming Conference to be held in Sharm el Sheikh on 23 November 2004 will be a first step towards the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1546 and of international law;

| 23. | Demands that the elections for the transitional National Assembly include the broadest possible participation from across the whole political spectrum and be free and fair, and counts on the EU's support for the preparation of these elections; |
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23.

Demands that the elections for the transitional National Assembly include the broadest possible participation from across the whole political spectrum and be free and fair, and counts on the EU's support for the preparation of these elections;

| 24. | Supports the financial package decided on Iraq, but points out the Council's incoherence when endorsing various new programmes and policies on Iraq, in that it fails to indicate whether or not they will be taken from the flexibility instrument; and, adopting a restrictive attitude with regard to additional funds for the 2005 EU budget; reiterates its firm position that new funds must not come at the expense of the other external political priorities; |
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24.

Supports the financial package decided on Iraq, but points out the Council's incoherence when endorsing various new programmes and policies on Iraq, in that it fails to indicate whether or not they will be taken from the flexibility instrument; and, adopting a restrictive attitude with regard to additional funds for the 2005 EU budget; reiterates its firm position that new funds must not come at the expense of the other external political priorities;

| 25. | Regrets that the Council did not take a stand on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) warnings of the imminent dangers of nuclear proliferation, and calls on the multinational forces and the Iraqi Interim Government to immediately grant the IAEA unimpeded access to all of Iraq's nuclear installations in order to perform an overall assessment of the sites, as well as possible radioactive contamination of people and the environment, and to fully inform the IAEA of all their activities in connection with Iraq's known former nuclear sites; |
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25.

Regrets that the Council did not take a stand on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) warnings of the imminent dangers of nuclear proliferation, and calls on the multinational forces and the Iraqi Interim Government to immediately grant the IAEA unimpeded access to all of Iraq's nuclear installations in order to perform an overall assessment of the sites, as well as possible radioactive contamination of people and the environment, and to fully inform the IAEA of all their activities in connection with Iraq's known former nuclear sites;

| 26. | Supports the EU proposal for an ‘integrated police, rule of law and civilian administration mission’ in order to strengthen Iraq's police, judiciary, penitentiary and criminal investigation capacities, and calls on the EU Presidency to discuss with the Iraqi Interim Government the setting-up of a joint Iraqi and international commission for missing persons; |
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26.

Supports the EU proposal for an ‘integrated police, rule of law and civilian administration mission’ in order to strengthen Iraq's police, judiciary, penitentiary and criminal investigation capacities, and calls on the EU Presidency to discuss with the Iraqi Interim Government the setting-up of a joint Iraqi and international commission for missing persons;

The Middle East

| 27. | Shares the solidarity with the Palestinian people expressed by the European Council following the death of President Arafat, and reaffirms its full support for the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian Authority; |
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27.

Shares the solidarity with the Palestinian people expressed by the European Council following the death of President Arafat, and reaffirms its full support for the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian Authority;

| 28. | Declares once again, and precisely at this particular delicate moment, that a solution to the Middle East conflict is only possible through the negotiation of a firm and final peace agreement as laid out in the Roadmap for Peace, without prior conditions, based on the existence of two democratic, sovereign and viable states — Israel and Palestine — coexisting peacefully side by side within secure and recognized frontiers within which the peaceful coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Jews is guaranteed; |
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28.

Declares once again, and precisely at this particular delicate moment, that a solution to the Middle East conflict is only possible through the negotiation of a firm and final peace agreement as laid out in the Roadmap for Peace, without prior conditions, based on the existence of two democratic, sovereign and viable states — Israel and Palestine — coexisting peacefully side by side within secure and recognized frontiers within which the peaceful coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Jews is guaranteed;

| 29. | Express its confidence that the Palestinian Authority will manage to guarantee the normal functioning of institutions, organise free and fair presidential, legislative and local elections, and keep the situation under control, in order to preserve law and order during the process; expresses the EU's commitment to assisting the Palestinian Authority to organise elections in the Palestinian Territories, and calls on Israel not to interfere in and to facilitate these elections; |
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29.

Express its confidence that the Palestinian Authority will manage to guarantee the normal functioning of institutions, organise free and fair presidential, legislative and local elections, and keep the situation under control, in order to preserve law and order during the process; expresses the EU's commitment to assisting the Palestinian Authority to organise elections in the Palestinian Territories, and calls on Israel not to interfere in and to facilitate these elections;

| 30. | Supports, especially, the set of practical suggestions concerning security, reforms and EU financial assistance made by the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and endorsed by the European Council, with the view to reactivating and relaunching the implementation of the Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East; |
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30.

Supports, especially, the set of practical suggestions concerning security, reforms and EU financial assistance made by the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and endorsed by the European Council, with the view to reactivating and relaunching the implementation of the Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East;

Sudan

| 31. | Shares the Council's grave concern, as set out in its conclusions of 2 November 2004, at the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the Darfur region resulting from renewed violence by rebels and militia, compounded by the violent and forced moving of internally displaced peoples by the Government of Sudan's forces; |
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31.

Shares the Council's grave concern, as set out in its conclusions of 2 November 2004, at the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the Darfur region resulting from renewed violence by rebels and militia, compounded by the violent and forced moving of internally displaced peoples by the Government of Sudan's forces;

| 32. | Strongly urges all parties to the conflict to put an immediate end to military operations and to respect the N'Djamena ceasefire agreement of 8 April 2004 in its entirety, as well as UN Security Council Resolutions 1556 (2) and 1564 (3); |
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32.

Strongly urges all parties to the conflict to put an immediate end to military operations and to respect the N'Djamena ceasefire agreement of 8 April 2004 in its entirety, as well as UN Security Council Resolutions 1556 (2) and 1564 (3);

| 33. | Calls on the EU and its Member States to support, and on all parties to the conflict to fully cooperate with, the UN Commission of Inquiry's investigations into violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, allowing it also to confirm whether acts of genocide have occurred and to identify the perpetrators of such violations; |
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33.

Calls on the EU and its Member States to support, and on all parties to the conflict to fully cooperate with, the UN Commission of Inquiry's investigations into violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, allowing it also to confirm whether acts of genocide have occurred and to identify the perpetrators of such violations;

| 34. | Welcomes the European Council's reaffirmed support for the African Union mission in Darfur and calls on Member States to fulfil the pledge to provide the necessary expertise for the expansion of the AU mission without delay; stresses that the international community, in close cooperation with the African Union, must do more to ensure the protection of civilians in Darfur, as systematic killings and rape continue; suggests, in this regard, that the AU, UN and EU work together to consider the deployment of more human rights observers and the introduction of an international police force; |
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34.

Welcomes the European Council's reaffirmed support for the African Union mission in Darfur and calls on Member States to fulfil the pledge to provide the necessary expertise for the expansion of the AU mission without delay; stresses that the international community, in close cooperation with the African Union, must do more to ensure the protection of civilians in Darfur, as systematic killings and rape continue; suggests, in this regard, that the AU, UN and EU work together to consider the deployment of more human rights observers and the introduction of an international police force;

| 35. | Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue their support for the ongoing Abuja and Naivasha peace processes, in order to avoid the risk of what the UN Special Representative in Sudan, Jan Pronk, describes as ‘a state of anarchy, a total collapse of law and order’; |
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35.

Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue their support for the ongoing Abuja and Naivasha peace processes, in order to avoid the risk of what the UN Special Representative in Sudan, Jan Pronk, describes as ‘a state of anarchy, a total collapse of law and order’;

| 36. | Welcomes the signing by the Government of Sudan, the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army of Protocols on the Improvement of the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur and on the Enhancement of the Security Situation in Darfur; |
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36.

Welcomes the signing by the Government of Sudan, the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army of Protocols on the Improvement of the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur and on the Enhancement of the Security Situation in Darfur;

| 37. | Calls on the UN Security Council to decide on a global arms embargo against Sudan and to put into effect targeted sanctions against those responsible for massive abuses of human rights and other atrocities, in view of recent breaches of ceasefire and peace process commitments, and to ensure that any such sanctions do not add to the suffering of the population of Sudan; |
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37.

Calls on the UN Security Council to decide on a global arms embargo against Sudan and to put into effect targeted sanctions against those responsible for massive abuses of human rights and other atrocities, in view of recent breaches of ceasefire and peace process commitments, and to ensure that any such sanctions do not add to the suffering of the population of Sudan;

Iran

| 38. | Supports the efforts of the European Union and its Member States to negotiate an agreement with the Iranian Government on its nuclear programme on the basis of transparency and compliance with IAEA standards; takes note of the recent statement of the Iranian authorities announcing the suspension of the country's uranium enrichment programme; |
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38.

Supports the efforts of the European Union and its Member States to negotiate an agreement with the Iranian Government on its nuclear programme on the basis of transparency and compliance with IAEA standards; takes note of the recent statement of the Iranian authorities announcing the suspension of the country's uranium enrichment programme;

| 39. | Expresses, at the same time, its deep concern at the deterioration of the human rights situation in this country, and reaffirms that a durable and cooperative long-term relationship with Iran, including a political dimension, can be established only on the basis of real progress and improvements on the present situation; |
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39.

Expresses, at the same time, its deep concern at the deterioration of the human rights situation in this country, and reaffirms that a durable and cooperative long-term relationship with Iran, including a political dimension, can be established only on the basis of real progress and improvements on the present situation;

Ukraine

| 40. | Shares the Council's assessment of Ukraine as a key neighbour and partner, while regretting the fact that the first round of presidential elections on 31 October 2004 failed to meet a considerable number of international standards for democratic elections, and expresses its alarm about this; |
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40.

Shares the Council's assessment of Ukraine as a key neighbour and partner, while regretting the fact that the first round of presidential elections on 31 October 2004 failed to meet a considerable number of international standards for democratic elections, and expresses its alarm about this;

| 41. | Calls, therefore, on the Ukrainian authorities to address the noted deficiencies in good time before the second round, and to create the necessary conditions for free and fair elections, in particular by ensuring equal access to state media for both candidates; |
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41.

Calls, therefore, on the Ukrainian authorities to address the noted deficiencies in good time before the second round, and to create the necessary conditions for free and fair elections, in particular by ensuring equal access to state media for both candidates;

| 42. | Points, in particular, to the arrest of Mr Kimlatsch, Mayor of Visgorod (district of Kiev) and calls on the Ukrainian authorities to order his immediate release; |
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42.

Points, in particular, to the arrest of Mr Kimlatsch, Mayor of Visgorod (district of Kiev) and calls on the Ukrainian authorities to order his immediate release;

| 43. | Is strongly encouraged by the high turnout, as well as by the Ukrainian people's interest in and serious approach to their presidential election, and therefore calls on the Council and the Commission, under the premise that the second round of the presidential elections meets international standards, to put the Action Plan for Ukraine into effect as soon as possible, and in particular to give a strong focus and priority to the development of the institutions of civil society; |
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43.

Is strongly encouraged by the high turnout, as well as by the Ukrainian people's interest in and serious approach to their presidential election, and therefore calls on the Council and the Commission, under the premise that the second round of the presidential elections meets international standards, to put the Action Plan for Ukraine into effect as soon as possible, and in particular to give a strong focus and priority to the development of the institutions of civil society;

| 44. | Will appeal to the Commission and the Member States, if Ukraine takes a positive step towards democracy, to consider openly its partnership and neighbourhood policies in recognition of Ukraine's European aspirations; |
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44.

Will appeal to the Commission and the Member States, if Ukraine takes a positive step towards democracy, to consider openly its partnership and neighbourhood policies in recognition of Ukraine's European aspirations;

The external aspects of EU policy on freedom, security and justice

| 45. | Notes the Council's commitment to assisting third countries, namely countries of origin and countries of transit of asylum seekers and migrants, in order to combat illegal immigration, enhance migration management and provide refugee protection; stresses, however, that any such measures must not affect the manner in which EU development aid is allocated, or the priority of the EU's assistance to developing countries, which must remain combating poverty, as set out in the EU Constitution; calls on the Commission and the High Representative to ensure that the strategy on external aspects of Union policy on freedom, security and justice to be presented by the end of 2005 protects development assistance from being used for political ends; |
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45.

Notes the Council's commitment to assisting third countries, namely countries of origin and countries of transit of asylum seekers and migrants, in order to combat illegal immigration, enhance migration management and provide refugee protection; stresses, however, that any such measures must not affect the manner in which EU development aid is allocated, or the priority of the EU's assistance to developing countries, which must remain combating poverty, as set out in the EU Constitution; calls on the Commission and the High Representative to ensure that the strategy on external aspects of Union policy on freedom, security and justice to be presented by the end of 2005 protects development assistance from being used for political ends;

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| 46. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments of the Member States and of Bulgaria and Romania. |
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46.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments of the Member States and of Bulgaria and Romania.

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(1)  United Nations document S/RES/1546 (2004) of 8 June 2004.

(2)  United Nations document S/RES/1556 (2004) of 30 July 2004.

(3)  United Nations document S/RES/1564 (2004) of 18 September 2004.

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