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| 25.10.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 250/42 |
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25.10.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 250/42

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MINUTES

(2007/C 250 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission:







  — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (COM(2007)0012 — C6-0057/2007 — 2007/0005(CNS))






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

1)

from the Council and Commission:

from the Council and Commission:

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Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (COM(2007)0012 — C6-0057/2007 — 2007/0005(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI

opinion: BUDG

| — | Proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police Office (Europol) (COM(2006)0817 — C6-0055/2007 — 2006/0310(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: LIBE |
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| | opinion: AFCO |

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Proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police Office (Europol) (COM(2006)0817 — C6-0055/2007 — 2006/0310(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE

opinion: AFCO

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (COM(2006)0867 — C6-0054/2007 — 2007/0001(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: PECH |
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| | opinion: ENVI |

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Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (COM(2006)0867 — C6-0054/2007 — 2007/0001(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: ENVI

| — | Proposal for a directive of the Council on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (COM(2006)0787 — C6-0053/2007 — 2006/0276(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: LIBE |
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| | opinion: ENVI, ITRE, ECON, IMCO, TRAN |

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Proposal for a directive of the Council on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (COM(2006)0787 — C6-0053/2007 — 2006/0276(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE

opinion: ENVI, ITRE, ECON, IMCO, TRAN

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea (COM(2006)0868 — C6-0052/2007 — 2006/0309(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: PECH |
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| | opinion: ENVI |

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Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea (COM(2006)0868 — C6-0052/2007 — 2006/0309(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: ENVI

| — | Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2004/585/EC establishing Regional Advisory Councils under the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2006)0732 — C6-0051/2007 — 2006/0240(CNS))






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

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Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2004/585/EC establishing Regional Advisory Councils under the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2006)0732 — C6-0051/2007 — 2006/0240(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: BUDG

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics (COM(2006)0850 — C6-0035/2007 — 2007/0002(COD))






  referred to | responsible: ITRE |
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| | opinion: ENVI, ECON, IMCO |

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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics (COM(2006)0850 — C6-0035/2007 — 2007/0002(COD))

referred to

responsible: ITRE

opinion: ENVI, ECON, IMCO

| — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (COM(2006)0818 — C6-0011/2007 — 2006/0304(COD))






  referred to | responsible: ENVI |
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| | opinion: ITRE, ECON, IMCO, TRAN |

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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (COM(2006)0818 — C6-0011/2007 — 2006/0304(COD))

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion: ITRE, ECON, IMCO, TRAN

| — | Draft amending budget No 1 for the financial year 2007 — Section III — Commission (05739/2007 — C6-0060/2007 — 2006/2303(BUD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
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Draft amending budget No 1 for the financial year 2007 — Section III — Commission (05739/2007 — C6-0060/2007 — 2006/2303(BUD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

| — | Initiative of the Republic of Austria with a view to adopting a Council decision on the improvement of cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States of the European Union in crisis situations (15437/2006 — C6-0058/2007 — 2007/0803(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: LIBE |
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Initiative of the Republic of Austria with a view to adopting a Council decision on the improvement of cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States of the European Union in crisis situations (15437/2006 — C6-0058/2007 — 2007/0803(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE

| 2) | from committees:







  — | Report on Draft amending budget No 1/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007: agreement resulting from the trialogue on 28 November 2006 — Structural Funds, European Fisheries Fund, European Investment Fund and Joint Research Centre — Section III — Commission (05739/2007 — C6-0060/2007 — 2006/2303(BUD)) — BUDG Committee
  Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0010/2007) |
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2)

from committees:

from committees:

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Report on Draft amending budget No 1/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007: agreement resulting from the trialogue on 28 November 2006 — Structural Funds, European Fisheries Fund, European Investment Fund and Joint Research Centre — Section III — Commission (05739/2007 — C6-0060/2007 — 2006/2303(BUD)) — BUDG Committee

Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0010/2007)

| 3) | from the Conciliation Committee:







  — | Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (Inspire) (03685/2006 — C6-0445/2006 — 2004/0175(COD)) |
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3)

from the Conciliation Committee:

from the Conciliation Committee:

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Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (Inspire) (03685/2006 — C6-0445/2006 — 2004/0175(COD))

3.   The European private company statute (debate)

(debate)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on the European private company statute (2006/2013(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0434/2006)

Klaus-Heiner Lehne introduced the report.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ashley Mote, on behalf of the ITS Group, Małgorzata Handzlik, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Achille Occhetto and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 01.02.2007, Item 7.13.

Minutes of 01.02.2007, Item 7.13

4.   Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) (debate)

(debate)

Oral question (O-0128/2006) by Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Renegotiation of the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) (B6-0450/2006)

Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna moved the oral question.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, David Martin, Syed Kamall, Margrietus van den Berg, Andreas Schwab, Stefano Zappalà and Charlie McCreevy

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 10.25 pending the formal sitting.)

(The sitting was suspended at 10.25 pending the formal sitting.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

5.   Formal sitting — Bulgaria

From 11.05 to 11.40, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria.

6.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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The following spoke: Bruno Gollnisch, who protested against the procedure under which the members of committee bureaux were elected and expressed his view that the agreement between the political groups had been breached, to his group's disadvantage (the President noted his remarks).

7.   Voting time

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

7.1.   Protection of passengers against displaced luggage *** (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non-original vehicle equipment (11523/2006 — C6-0346/2006 — 2006/0035(AVC)) — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0473/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0011)

(P6_TA(2007)0011)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

7.2.   Approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the driver *** (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver (11522/2006 — C6-0347/2006 — 2006/0041(AVC)) — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo (A6-0472/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0012)

(P6_TA(2007)0012)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

7.3.   EC-Korea Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation * (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Korea (COM(2006)0422 — C6-0438/2006 — 2006/0141(CNS)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A6-0470/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0013)

(P6_TA(2007)0013)

7.4.   Mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies (2006/2246(INI)) — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Danutė Budreikaitė (A6-0474/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0014)

(P6_TA(2007)0014)

7.5.   Draft Amending Budget No 1/2007 (Rule 131) (vote)

(Rule 131) (vote)

Report on draft amending budget No 1/2007 to the 2007 general budget (adjustments agreed at the trialogue on 28 November 2006 — Structural Funds — European Fisheries Fund and European Investment Fund — JRC) (2006/2303(BUD)) — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0010/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0015)

(P6_TA(2007)0015)

7.6.   Human rights of the Dalits in India (vote)

(vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0021/2007

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Deemed adopted (Rule 90(4)) (P6_TA(2007)0016)

(P6_TA(2007)0016)

Hartmut Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved referral back to committee under Rule 168(2). Hannes Swoboda, Charles Tannock, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Nirj Deva and Neena Gill, Chairwoman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Luisa Morgantini each spoke on the request for referral back.

The President read out Rule 90(4), pointing out that it had to be complied with and that as a result he could not agree to the request.

7.7.   EC-Gabon Fisheries Partnership * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic (COM(2006)0454 — C6-0303/2006 — 2006/0156(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Stavros Arnaoutakis (A6-0477/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2007)0017)

(P6_TA(2007)0017)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0017)

(P6_TA(2007)0017)

7.8.   Moratorium on the death penalty (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0032/2007, B6-0033/2007, B6-0034/2007, B6-0035/2007, B6-0036/2007 and B6-0037/2007

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0032/2007

(replacing B6-0032/2007, B6-0033/2007, B6-0034/2007, B6-0035/2007 and B6-0036/2007):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Joseph Daul, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Antonio Tajani, Simon Coveney and Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group |
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Joseph Daul, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Antonio Tajani, Simon Coveney and Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group

| — | Martin Schulz, Pasqualina Napoletano and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group |
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Martin Schulz, Pasqualina Napoletano and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group

| — | Marco Pannella and Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group |
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Marco Pannella and Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group

| — | Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Milan Horáček, Angelika Beer, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group |
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Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Milan Horáček, Angelika Beer, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

| — | Francis Wurtz, Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Luisa Morgantini, Willy Meyer Pleite, Miguel Portas and Mary Lou McDonald, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group |
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Francis Wurtz, Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Luisa Morgantini, Willy Meyer Pleite, Miguel Portas and Mary Lou McDonald, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

| — | Eoin Ryan and Roberta Angelilli (the names of these last two signatories had been omitted from the Italian version of the joint resolution) |
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Eoin Ryan and Roberta Angelilli (the names of these last two signatories had been omitted from the Italian version of the joint resolution)

(the names of these last two signatories had been omitted from the Italian version of the joint resolution)

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0018)

(P6_TA(2007)0018)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which was incorporated; |
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Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which was incorporated;

| — | Marios Matsakis, who moved an oral amendment to recital H, which was incorporated. |
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Marios Matsakis, who moved an oral amendment to recital H, which was incorporated.

(Motion for a resolution B6-0037/2007 fell.)

7.9.   Promoting healthy diets and physical activity (vote)

(vote)

Report on ‘Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases’ (2006/2231(INI)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Frédérique Ries (A6-0450/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0019)

(P6_TA(2007)0019)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Philip Bushill-Matthews, who pointed out that Antonios Trakatellis was a co-author of amendment 1. |
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Philip Bushill-Matthews, who pointed out that Antonios Trakatellis was a co-author of amendment 1.

7.10.   Limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving personal injuries and fatal accidents (vote)

(vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving personal injuries and fatal accidents (2006/2014(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0405/2006)

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0020)

(P6_TA(2007)0020)

7.11.   Discrimination against young women and girls in the field of education (vote)

(vote)

Report on educational discrimination against young women and girls (2006/2135(INI)) — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Věra Flasarová (A6-0416/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0021)

(P6_TA(2007)0021)

The following spoke on the vote:

The following spoke on the vote:

| — | Zbigniew Zaleski, who moved an oral amendment to recital G, which was incorporated; |
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Zbigniew Zaleski, who moved an oral amendment to recital G, which was incorporated;

| — | Věra Flasarová (rapporteur), on the content of the oral amendment. |
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Věra Flasarová (rapporteur), on the content of the oral amendment.

7.12.   Strategy for a strengthened partnership with the Pacific Islands (vote)

(vote)

Report on EU relations with the Pacific Islands — A strategy for a strengthened partnership 2006/2204(INI)) — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Nirj Deva (A6-0325/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0022)

(P6_TA(2007)0022)

7.13.   The European private company statute (vote)

(vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on the European private company statute 2006/2013(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0434/2006)

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

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

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0023).

(P6_TA(2007)0023).

8.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Written explanations of vote:

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

Verbatim Report of Proceedings

Oral explanations of vote:

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Stavros Arnaoutakis — A6-0477/2006:

| — | Josu Ortuondo Larrea |
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Josu Ortuondo Larrea

Moratorium on the death penalty (RC-B6-0032/2007):

| — | Frank Vanhecke |
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Frank Vanhecke

Human rights of the Dalits in India (B6-0021/2007):

| — | Charles Tannock |
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Charles Tannock

Report: Věra Flasarová — A6-0416/2006:

| — | Nina Škottová |
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Nina Škottová

Report: Frédérique Ries — A6-0450/2006:

| — | Christofer Fjellner |
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Christofer Fjellner

9.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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

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

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

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Michel Rocard had pointed out that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on Report: Danutė Budreikaitė — A6-0474/2006.

Martin Schulz had pointed out that his voting machine had not worked during the final vote on the resolution on the Moratorium on the death penalty — RC-B6-0032/2007.

Konstantin Dimitrov had informed the Chair that, for technical reasons, he had not been able to take part in the first two roll-call votes.

10.   Assignment conferred on a Member

The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs had informed Parliament of the decision to appoint Josep Borrell Fontelles as a special envoy of the acting President of the OSCE.

At its meeting of 29 and 30 January 2007, the JURI Committee, to which the matter had been referred under Rule 4(5), had concluded that the assignment was in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and that as a result it was not incompatible with the office of Member of the European Parliament. Josep Borrell Fontelles could therefore continue to carry out his mandate as an MEP.

11.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

| — | Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Wolfgang Bulfon |
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Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): Wolfgang Bulfon

| — | Delegation for relations with the United States: Karin Jöns |
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Delegation for relations with the United States: Karin Jöns

| — | Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Katrin Saks to replace Karin Jöns |
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Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Katrin Saks to replace Karin Jöns

12.   Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 114)

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports

AFET Committee

| — | Negotiation mandate for a new enhanced agreement between the European Community and its Member States of the one part and Ukraine of the other part (2007/2015(INI))
  (opinion: ITRE, INTA)
  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 31.01.2007) |
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Negotiation mandate for a new enhanced agreement between the European Community and its Member States of the one part and Ukraine of the other part (2007/2015(INI))

(opinion: ITRE, INTA)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 31.01.2007)

Referral to committees

Referral to committees

REGI Committee

| — | Accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services (COM(2006)0594 — C6-0354/2006 — 2006/0196(COD))






  referred to | responsible: TRAN |
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| | opinion: EMPL, ITRE, ECON, IMCO, REGI |

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Accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services (COM(2006)0594 — C6-0354/2006 — 2006/0196(COD))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

opinion: EMPL, ITRE, ECON, IMCO, REGI

13.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 172(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.

14.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 12.02.2007 to 15.02.2007.

15.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 12.30.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Hans-Gert Pöttering

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Ali, Allister, Alvaro, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Athanasiu, Atkins, Attwooll, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berlato, Berlinguer, Birutis, Bliznashki, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Buruiană-Aprodu, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Chatzimarkakis, Chervenyakov, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Christova, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Coşea, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Díez González, Dillen, Konstantin Dimitrov, Martin Dimitrov, Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitrescu, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, 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McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Maňka, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Mantovani, Marinescu, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mihăescu, Mihalache, Mikko, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moisuc, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgantini, Morillon, Morţun, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Achille Occhetto, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parvanova, Patriciello, Patrie, Peillon, Petre, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podgorean, Pöttering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Popeangă, Portas, Posdorf, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Frithjof Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Şerbu, Severin, Shouleva, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silaghi, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szabó, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Ţicău, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vakalis, Vălean, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

| + | adopted |
| --- | --- |
| - | rejected |
| ↓ | lapsed |
| W | withdrawn |
| RCV (..., ..., ...) | roll-call vote (in favour, against, abstentions) |
| EV (..., ..., ...) | electronic vote (in favour, 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 (in favour, against, abstentions)

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

electronic vote (in favour, 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.   Protection of passengers against displaced luggage ***

Report: Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (A6-0473/2006)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

2.   Approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the driver ***

Report: Enrique BARÓN CRESPO (A6-0472/2006)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

3.   EC-Korea Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation *

Report: Giles CHICHESTER (A6-0470/2006)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

4.   Mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies

Report: Danutė BUDREIKAITĖ (A6-0474/2006)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | RCV | + | 575, 15, 28 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

RCV

+

575, 15, 28

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

5.   Draft amending budget No 1/2007

Report: James ELLES (A6-0010/2007) (qualified majority)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

6.   Human rights of the Dalits in India

Motion for a resolution: B6-0021/2007

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| motion for a resolution B6-0021/2007




  (DEVE Committee) |
| deemed adopted without vote (Rule 90(4)) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

motion for a resolution B6-0021/2007

(DEVE Committee)

deemed adopted without vote (Rule 90(4))

+

7.   EC-Gabon Fisheries Partnership *

Report: Stavros ARNAOUTAKIS (A6-0477/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by the committee responsible — block vote | 1-5 | committee | | + | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by the committee responsible — block vote

1-5

committee

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

8.   Moratorium on the death penalty

Motions for resolutions: B6-0032/2007, B6-0033/2007, B6-0034/2007, B6-0035/2007, B6-0036/2007, B6-0037/2007

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0032/2007




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL) |
| § 2 | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| rec H | § | original text | sep | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 591, 45, 31 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B6-0032/2007 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B6-0033/2007 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0034/2007 | | ALDE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0035/2007 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0036/2007 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B6-0037/2007 | | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0032/2007

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL)

§ 2

§

original text

+

oral amendment

rec H

§

original text

sep

+

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

591, 45, 31

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0032/2007

GUE/NGL

↓

B6-0033/2007

PSE

↓

B6-0034/2007

ALDE

↓

B6-0035/2007

PPE-DE

↓

B6-0036/2007

Verts/ALE

↓

B6-0037/2007

UEN

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: final vote

Requests for separate votes

UEN: rec H

Miscellaneous

Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which then read as follows:

2. Calls for a worldwide moratorium on executions to be established immediately and unconditionally with a view to the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, through a relevant resolution of the current UN General Assembly, whose actual implementation the UN Secretary-General should be able to monitor;

Marios Matsakis moved an oral amendment to rec H which then read as follows:

H. condemning the execution of Saddam Hussein and the media's exploitation of his hanging, and deploring the way it was carried out,

9.   Promoting healthy diets and physical activity

Report: Frédérique RIES (A6-0450/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/RCV | + | 617, 25, 28 |
| § 4 | § | original text | RCV | + | 604, 22, 47 |
| § 7 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 383, 261, 29 |
| § 12 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 14 | 1 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 342, 295, 22 |
| § 15 | 2 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| § 16 | 13 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| § | original text | | ↓ | |
| after § 16 | 3 | PPE-DE | RCV | + | 415, 218, 33 |
| § 18 | § | original text | RCV | + | 629, 22, 9 |
| after § 19 | 14 | Verts/ALE | split | | |
| 1 | - | |
| 2 | - | |
| § 21 | 5 | ALDE, PPE-DE, UEN | | + | |
| 15 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| after § 21 | 16 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 22 | 6 | PSE | | - | |
| § 28 | 17 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 7 | PSE | | - | |
| § 29 | 8 | PSE | | - | |
| § 30 | 21 | PSE | | - | |
| after § 30 | 22 | PSE | | - | |
| 18 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 31 | § | original text | sep | - | |
| § 32 | 19 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 38 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 47 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 375, 275, 9 |
| § 51 | 20 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after rec C | 11 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| after rec E | 12 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 620, 24, 14 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

§

original text

split

1

+

2/RCV

+

617, 25, 28

§ 4

§

original text

RCV

+

604, 22, 47

§ 7

§

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

383, 261, 29

§ 12

§

original text

sep

+

after § 14

1

PPE-DE

EV

+

342, 295, 22

§ 15

2

PPE-DE

+

§ 16

13

Verts/ALE

+

§

original text

↓

after § 16

3

PPE-DE

RCV

+

415, 218, 33

§ 18

§

original text

RCV

+

629, 22, 9

after § 19

14

Verts/ALE

split

1

-

2

-

§ 21

5

ALDE, PPE-DE, UEN

+

15

Verts/ALE

↓

after § 21

16

Verts/ALE

-

§ 22

6

PSE

-

§ 28

17

Verts/ALE

-

7

PSE

-

§ 29

8

PSE

-

§ 30

21

PSE

-

after § 30

22

PSE

-

18

Verts/ALE

-

§ 31

§

original text

sep

-

§ 32

19

Verts/ALE

-

§ 38

§

original text

sep

+

§ 47

§

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

375, 275, 9

§ 51

20

Verts/ALE

-

after rec C

11

Verts/ALE

-

after rec E

12

Verts/ALE

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

620, 24, 14

Ams 4, 9 and 10 had been withdrawn.

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: am 3

IND/DEM: §§ 4, 18 and final vote

Requests for split votes

IND/DEM

§ 1

1st part:‘Welcomes the Commission's commitment ... major diet related diseases;’

2nd part:‘calls for this to be regarded ... and its Member States;’

PSE

am 14

1st part:‘Insists ... communications’

2nd part:‘and urges Member States ... in schools’

PPE-DE

§ 7

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘or legislative proposals’

2nd part: those words

§ 47

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘and regulatory framework’

2nd part: those words

Requests for separate votes

PSE: § 31

PPE-DE: §§ 12 and 38

10.   Limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving personal injuries and fatal accidents

Report: Diana WALLIS (A6-0405/2006) (qualified majority)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| recommendation 2 | 4 | ALDE | EV | - | 364, 258, 15 |
| after rec A | 1 | ALDE | | - | |
| rec D | 2 | ALDE | | - | |
| after rec D | 3 | ALDE | EV | - | 361, 271, 20 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

recommendation 2

4

ALDE

EV

-

364, 258, 15

after rec A

1

ALDE

-

rec D

2

ALDE

-

after rec D

3

ALDE

EV

-

361, 271, 20

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

11.   Discrimination against young women and girls in the field of education

Report: Věra FLASAROVÁ (A6-0416/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 15 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 21 | 2 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 21 | 3 | PPE-DE | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 310, 286, 29 |
| after citation 8 | 1 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| rec G | § | original text | | + | oral amendment |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 15

§

original text

sep

+

§ 21

2

PPE-DE

+

after § 21

3

PPE-DE

split

1

+

2/EV

+

310, 286, 29

after citation 8

1

PPE-DE

+

rec G

§

original text

+

oral amendment

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: § 15

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 3

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘especially Roma children’

2nd part: those words

Miscellaneous

Zbigniew Zaleski moved an oral amendment to rec G which then read as follows:

G. whereas the media repeatedly perpetuates gender stereotypes and traditional images of women are thereby reinforced, rather than admirable examples worthy of imitation, such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie

12.   Strategy for a strengthened partnership with the Pacific Islands

Report: Nirj DEVA (A6-0325/2006)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| after § 6 | 2 | committee | | + | |
| after § 10 | 3 | committee | | + | |
| 4 | committee | | + | |
| after § 18 | 1 | Verts/ALE | RCV | + | 583, 54, 8 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after § 6

2

committee

+

after § 10

3

committee

+

4

committee

+

after § 18

1

Verts/ALE

RCV

+

583, 54, 8

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: am 1

13.   The European private company statute

Report: Klaus-Heiner LEHNE (A6-0434/2006) (qualified majority)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| rec H | 1 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 2 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 3 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

rec H

1

GUE/NGL

-

2

Verts/ALE

-

3

PPE-DE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Budreikaitė report A6-0474/2006

Resolution

For: 575

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Carlshamre, Cavada, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Schuth, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

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

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marques, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Castex, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Zapałowski

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

Against: 15

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

ITS: Mihăescu, Mote

NI: Giertych, Kilroy-Silk, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Fajmon

UEN: Rutowicz

Abstention: 28

ALDE: Geremek

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Goudin, Krupa

ITS: Claeys, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Allister, Baco, Helmer, Kozlík

UEN: Czarnecki Ryszard, Libicki, Piotrowski

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against:
  Lars Wohlin

2.   RC-B6-0032/2007 — Moratorium on the death penalty

Resolution

For: 591

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Coşea, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Parvanova, Piskorski, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Martinez, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Vanhecke

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, De Michelis, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wohlin, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, De Keyser, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Scheele, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Foglietta, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella

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

Against: 45

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

ITS: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Schenardi

NI: Allister, Giertych, Helmer, Kilroy-Silk

PPE-DE: Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Dover, Duchoň, Fajmon, Heaton-Harris, Hybášková, Kirkhope, Ouzký, Škottová, Strejček, Sumberg, Van Orden, Vlasák, Zahradil, Zvěřina

UEN: Bielan, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foltyn-Kubicka, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Abstention: 31

GUE/NGL: Ransdorf

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Krupa, Tomczak

ITS: Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Bobošíková

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Bradbourn, Cabrnoch, Chichester, Descamps, Kamall, Lulling, McMillan-Scott, Mathieu, Nicholson, Parish, Tannock, Ventre, Zatloukal, Zieleniec

UEN: Borghezio, Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Grabowski, Janowski, Pęk, Rogalski

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For:
  Martin Schulz, Pedro Guerreiro, Francis Wurtz, Pierre Schapira, Pierre Jonckheer, Claude Turmes, Patrick Gaubert, Riccardo Ventre, Claire Gibault

3.   Ries report A6-0450/2006

Paragraph 1/2

For: 617

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Coşea, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Parvanova, Piskorski, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

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

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, De Michelis, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Iacob-Ridzi, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wohlin, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz

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

Against: 25

ALDE: Schmidt Olle

GUE/NGL: Søndergaard

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Konrad, Strejček

Abstention: 28

ALDE: Neyts-Uyttebroeck

GUE/NGL: Holm, Svensson

IND/DEM: Coûteaux

ITS: Martinez, Mote

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Koch, Wijkman, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

UEN: Bielan, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Musumeci, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Szymański, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen, Schlyter

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against:
  Charlotte Cederschiöld

4.   Ries report A6-0450/2006

Paragraph 4

For: 604

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Coşea, Costa, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Parvanova, Piskorski, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Strož, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Krupa, Sinnott, Tomczak

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Popeangă, Stănescu

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Kónya-Hamar, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stevenson, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella

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

Against: 22

ALDE: Schmidt Olle

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

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Kauppi, Klaß, Konrad, Korhola, Strejček, Wohlin

Abstention: 47

ALDE: Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Samuelsen

GUE/NGL: Holm, Søndergaard, Svensson

IND/DEM: Železný

ITS: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Wijkman, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Hedh, Schaldemose, Segelström, Westlund

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Musumeci, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

5.   Ries report A6-0450/2006

Amendment 3

For: 415

ALDE: Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Coşea, Geremek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, Jäätteenmäki, Kacin, Morillon, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Parvanova, Pistelli, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi

GUE/NGL: Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Sinnott

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wohlin, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arnaoutakis, Bliznashki, Bulfon, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Casaca, Correia, De Keyser, De Vits, Estrela, Fava, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Haug, Hedh, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Lehtinen, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, Madeira, Moscovici, Occhetto, Panzeri, Paşcu, Riera Madurell, Savary, Schaldemose, Szejna, Tabajdi, Westlund

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Roszkowski, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz

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

Against: 218

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Cocilovo, Costa, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Piskorski, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Schmidt Olle, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Booth, Goudin, Krupa, Tomczak

ITS: Mote

NI: Giertych

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Pomés Ruiz, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Arif, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, Busquin, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hazan, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, McAvan, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paparizov, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

Abstention: 33

ALDE: Davies, Lynne, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Starkevičiūtė

IND/DEM: Bloom, Bonde, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Titford, Wise, Železný

ITS: Stănescu

NI: Baco, Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Konrad, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

UEN: Bielan, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For:
  Inger Segelström

Against:
  Edite Estrela, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Teresa Riera Madurell

Abstention:
  Sharon Bowles, Sajjad Karim

6.   Ries report A6-0450/2006

Paragraph 18

For: 629

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Coşea, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Parvanova, Piskorski, Pistelli, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

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

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mölzer, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dîncu, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

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

Against: 22

ALDE: Ortuondo Larrea, Schmidt Olle, Vălean

IND/DEM: Bloom, Booth, Clark, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Titford, Tomczak, Wise

NI: Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Konrad, Wohlin

PSE: Dumitrescu

Abstention: 9

ALDE: Neyts-Uyttebroeck

IND/DEM: Železný

ITS: Mihăescu, Mote

NI: Kilroy-Silk, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Koch, Zvěřina

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

7.   Ries report A6-0450/2006

Resolution

For: 620

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Coşea, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pannella, Parvanova, Piskorski, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

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

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Sinnott

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, De Michelis, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Spautz, Stevenson, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Musumeci, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

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

Against: 24

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bloom, Booth, Clark, Goudin, Titford, Wise, Železný

NI: Giertych, Kilroy-Silk, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Konrad, Ouzký, Reul, Sommer, Sonik, Strejček, Wohlin, Zvěřina

Abstention: 14

ALDE: Ek, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Schmidt Olle

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

ITS: Mote

NI: Helmer

PPE-DE: Hieronymi, Koch, Zieleniec

PSE: Mann Erika

UEN: Libicki, Piotrowski

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For:
  Margrietus van den Berg

Abstention:
  Jean-Claude Martinez

8.   Deva report A6-0325/2006

Amendment 1

For: 583

ALDE: Ali, Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cioroianu, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Coşea, Costa, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Husmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Kułakowski, Lambsdorff, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Parvanova, Piskorski, Polfer, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Schuth, Şerbu, Shouleva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Väyrynen, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Aita, Brie, Catania, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, Markov, Maštálka, Meyer Pleite, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, De Michelis, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Carollo, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Descamps, Deß, Deva, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dimitrov Konstantin, Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pomés Ruiz, Posdorf, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sonik, Spautz, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Ventre, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wohlin, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zieleniec, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chervenyakov, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Harangozó, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lavarra, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Locatelli, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Moscovici, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Panzeri, Paşcu, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rocard, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Sifunakis, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Walter, Weber Henri, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zani, Zingaretti

UEN: Aylward, Camre, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

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

Against: 54

IND/DEM: Booth, Clark, Krupa, Tomczak, Wise

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Rachinel, Martinez, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov, Vanhecke

NI: Baco, Bobošíková, Giertych, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Duchoň

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Musumeci, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Poli Bortone, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Abstention: 8

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Železný

ITS: Popeangă

NI: Helmer, Kozlík

Verts/ALE: van Buitenen

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against:
  Paul Marie Coûteaux

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2007)0011

Protection of passengers against displaced luggage ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non-original vehicle equipment (11523/2006 — C6-0346/2006 — 2006/0035(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the draft Council decision (11523/2006) (1), |
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having regard to the draft Council decision (11523/2006) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Council Decision 97/836/EC (2) (C6-0346/2006), |
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having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Council Decision 97/836/EC (2) (C6-0346/2006),

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

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

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0473/2006), |
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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0473/2006),

| 1. | Gives its assent to the draft Council decision; |
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1.

Gives its assent to the draft Council decision;

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78).

P6_TA(2007)0012

Approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the driver ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver (11522/2006 — C6-0347/2006 — 2006/0041(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the draft Council decision (11522/2006) (1), |
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—

having regard to the draft Council decision (11522/2006) (1),

| — | having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Council Decision 97/836/EC (2) (C6-0347/2006), |
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—

having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 4(2), second indent, of Council Decision 97/836/EC (2) (C6-0347/2006),

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

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

| — | having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0472/2006), |
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—

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0472/2006),

| 1. | Gives its assent to the draft Council decision; |
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1.

Gives its assent to the draft Council decision;

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’) (OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 78).

P6_TA(2007)0013

EC-Korea Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Korea (COM(2006)0422 — C6-0438/2006 — 2006/0141(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2006)0422) (1), |
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—

having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2006)0422) (1),

| — | having regard to the draft agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Republic of Korea, |
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—

having regard to the draft agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Republic of Korea,

| — | having regard to Article 170 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 170 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 (C6-0438/2006), |
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having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0438/2006),

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

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0470/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0470/2006),

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

Approves 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 Government of the Republic of Korea. |
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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 Government of the Republic of Korea.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0014

Mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies

European Parliament resolution on mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies (2006/2246(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 177, 178, 179, 180 and 181 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Articles 177, 178, 179, 180 and 181 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to the Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy adopted by the European Council in Brussels on 15-16 June 2006, and to the previous EU Sustainable Development Strategy adopted by the European Council in Gothenburg in 2001 and to the external dimension of the Strategy added by the European Council in Barcelona in 2002, |
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—

having regard to the Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy adopted by the European Council in Brussels on 15-16 June 2006, and to the previous EU Sustainable Development Strategy adopted by the European Council in Gothenburg in 2001 and to the external dimension of the Strategy added by the European Council in Barcelona in 2002,

| — | having regard to the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation adopted by the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002, |
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having regard to the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation adopted by the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002,

| — | having regard to Agenda 21 adopted at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, |
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having regard to Agenda 21 adopted at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992,

| — | having regard to the Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 by Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States of the one part and the European Community and its Member States of the other part (1), in particular Articles 19, 23 and 32 thereof, |
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having regard to the Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 by Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States of the one part and the European Community and its Member States of the other part (1), in particular Articles 19, 23 and 32 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Millennium Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out therein and the 2005 UN Report ‘Investing in Development’, |
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—

having regard to the Millennium Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out therein and the 2005 UN Report ‘Investing in Development’,

| — | having regard to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted on 2 March 2005 at the Paris High Level Forum, |
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—

having regard to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted on 2 March 2005 at the Paris High Level Forum,

| — | having regard to the 2002 Monterrey Consensus adopted at the UN Conference on Financing for Development, |
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—

having regard to the 2002 Monterrey Consensus adopted at the UN Conference on Financing for Development,

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU Aid: Delivering more, better and faster’ (COM(2006)0087), and the Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council based on it dated 11 April 2006, |
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having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU Aid: Delivering more, better and faster’ (COM(2006)0087), and the Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council based on it dated 11 April 2006,

| — | having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy: ‘The European Consensus’ (‘the European Consensus on Development’) (2) signed on 20 December 2005, |
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having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy: ‘The European Consensus’ (‘the European Consensus on Development’) (2) signed on 20 December 2005,

| — | having regard to the EU strategy ‘The EU and Africa: Towards a strategic partnership’, adopted by the European Council in Brussels on 15-16 December 2005 and the Commission Communication proposing ‘An EU-Caribbean Partnership for Growth, Stability and Development’ (COM(2006)0086), |
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—

having regard to the EU strategy ‘The EU and Africa: Towards a strategic partnership’, adopted by the European Council in Brussels on 15-16 December 2005 and the Commission Communication proposing ‘An EU-Caribbean Partnership for Growth, Stability and Development’ (COM(2006)0086),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘On the review of the Sustainable Development Strategy: A Platform for Action’ (COM(2005)0658), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘On the review of the Sustainable Development Strategy: A Platform for Action’ (COM(2005)0658),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘The 2005 Review of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy: Initial Stocktaking and Future Orientations’ (COM(2005)0037) and its Annex (SEC(2005)0225)), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘The 2005 Review of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy: Initial Stocktaking and Future Orientations’ (COM(2005)0037) and its Annex (SEC(2005)0225)),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Policy Coherence for Development: Accelerating progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals’ (COM(2005)0134), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Policy Coherence for Development: Accelerating progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals’ (COM(2005)0134),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Water management in developing countries policy and priorities for EU development cooperation’ (COM(2002)0132), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Water management in developing countries policy and priorities for EU development cooperation’ (COM(2002)0132),

| — | having regard to the EU Water Initiative launched at the WSSD in Johannesburg in 2002, |
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—

having regard to the EU Water Initiative launched at the WSSD in Johannesburg in 2002,

| — | having regard to the European Energy Initiative adopted at the WSSD, and the Commission Communication entitled ‘On the future development of the EU Energy Initiative and the modalities for the establishment of an Energy Facility for ACP-countries’ (COM(2004)0711), |
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—

having regard to the European Energy Initiative adopted at the WSSD, and the Commission Communication entitled ‘On the future development of the EU Energy Initiative and the modalities for the establishment of an Energy Facility for ACP-countries’ (COM(2004)0711),

| — | having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and the six regions of the ACP countries due to enter into force in 2008, |
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—

having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and the six regions of the ACP countries due to enter into force in 2008,

| — | having regard to the Doha Work Programme, adopted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council on 2 August 2004, |
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having regard to the Doha Work Programme, adopted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council on 2 August 2004,

| — | having regard to the report on the fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 22 April 2005 and 1-12 May 2006, |
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—

having regard to the report on the fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 22 April 2005 and 1-12 May 2006,

| — | having regard to the Communication from Mr Almunia to the members of the Commission entitled ‘Sustainable development indicators to monitor the implementation of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy’ (SEC(2005)0161), |
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—

having regard to the Communication from Mr Almunia to the members of the Commission entitled ‘Sustainable development indicators to monitor the implementation of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy’ (SEC(2005)0161),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU Strategy for Africa: Towards a Euro- African pact to accelerate Africa's development’ (COM(2005)0489), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘EU Strategy for Africa: Towards a Euro- African pact to accelerate Africa's development’ (COM(2005)0489),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Accelerating progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals — Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness’ (COM(2005)0133), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Accelerating progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals — Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness’ (COM(2005)0133),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Speeding up progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: The European Union's contribution’ (COM(2005)0132), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Speeding up progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: The European Union's contribution’ (COM(2005)0132),

| — | having regard to the publication of the UN Conference on Trade and Development entitled ‘Economic Development in Africa — Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment’ of 2005, |
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having regard to the publication of the UN Conference on Trade and Development entitled ‘Economic Development in Africa — Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment’ of 2005,

| — | having regard to the Economic Report on Africa 2004 entitled ‘Unlocking Africa's Trade Potential’ by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, |
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—

having regard to the Economic Report on Africa 2004 entitled ‘Unlocking Africa's Trade Potential’ by the UN Economic Commission for Africa,

| — | having regard to the 2001 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) report entitled ‘The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development’, |
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—

having regard to the 2001 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) report entitled ‘The DAC Guidelines: Strategies for Sustainable Development’,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘Assessing the EU Sustainable Development Strategy’ of 28 April 2004, |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘Assessing the EU Sustainable Development Strategy’ of 28 April 2004,

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Climate Change in the Context of Development Cooperation’ (COM(2003)0085), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Climate Change in the Context of Development Cooperation’ (COM(2003)0085),

| — | having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Integrating environmental considerations into other policy areas — a stocktaking of the Cardiff process’ (COM(2004)0394), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Integrating environmental considerations into other policy areas — a stocktaking of the Cardiff process’ (COM(2004)0394),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Fighting Rural Poverty: European Community policy and approach to rural development and sustainable natural resources management in developing countries’ (COM(2002)0429), |
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having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Fighting Rural Poverty: European Community policy and approach to rural development and sustainable natural resources management in developing countries’ (COM(2002)0429),

| — | having regard to the Synthesis Report on the ‘Evaluation of the Environment and Forest Regulations 2493/2000 and 2494/2000’ of November 2004 commissioned by the Evaluation Unit common to the EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Directorate General for Development and External Relations Directorate General, |
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having regard to the Synthesis Report on the ‘Evaluation of the Environment and Forest Regulations 2493/2000 and 2494/2000’ of November 2004 commissioned by the Evaluation Unit common to the EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Directorate General for Development and External Relations Directorate General,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the establishment of a voluntary FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing scheme for imports into the European Community (COM(2004)0515), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the establishment of a voluntary FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licensing scheme for imports into the European Community (COM(2004)0515),

| — | having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Integrating the environment into EC economic and development cooperation’ (SEC(2001)0609), |
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—

having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Integrating the environment into EC economic and development cooperation’ (SEC(2001)0609),

| — | having regard to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2000, |
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having regard to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2000,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 15 January 1999 on EU standards for European enterprises operating in developing countries: towards a European Code of Conduct (3), |
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having regard to its resolution of 15 January 1999 on EU standards for European enterprises operating in developing countries: towards a European Code of Conduct (3),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 1 June 2006 on small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries, (4) |
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having regard to its resolution of 1 June 2006 on small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries, (4)

| — | having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2006 on Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries, (5) |
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having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2006 on Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries, (5)

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 18 January 2006 on the environmental aspects of sustainable development (6) and of 15 June 2006 on the revised sustainable development strategy (7), |
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having regard to its resolutions of 18 January 2006 on the environmental aspects of sustainable development (6) and of 15 June 2006 on the revised sustainable development strategy (7),

| — | 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 Development (A6-0474/2006), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0474/2006),

| A. | whereas Sustainable Development, as defined by the 1987 Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, means that the needs of the present generation should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs; whereas it is necessary, in particular, to safeguard the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity, respect the limits of the planet's natural resources and promote sustainable production and consumption in order to break the link between economic growth and environmental degradation, |
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A.

whereas Sustainable Development, as defined by the 1987 Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, means that the needs of the present generation should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs; whereas it is necessary, in particular, to safeguard the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity, respect the limits of the planet's natural resources and promote sustainable production and consumption in order to break the link between economic growth and environmental degradation,

| B. | whereas the concept of Sustainable Development has been a fundamental objective of the EU since 1997 when it was incorporated as an overarching principle into the Treaty, and as such should underpin all policies and activities of the EU, |
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B.

whereas the concept of Sustainable Development has been a fundamental objective of the EU since 1997 when it was incorporated as an overarching principle into the Treaty, and as such should underpin all policies and activities of the EU,

| C. | whereas the concept of Sustainable Development does not consider social, environmental and economic issues as contradicting one another but rather as being interdependent and mutually reinforcing, |
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C.

whereas the concept of Sustainable Development does not consider social, environmental and economic issues as contradicting one another but rather as being interdependent and mutually reinforcing,

| D. | whereas one of the key objectives of the above-mentioned Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy is to actively promote Sustainable Development worldwide, |
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D.

whereas one of the key objectives of the above-mentioned Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy is to actively promote Sustainable Development worldwide,

| E. | whereas EU development cooperation is aimed at fostering the sustainable economic, environmental and social development of developing countries and the smooth and gradual integration of the developing countries into the world economy, and at contributing to the campaign for poverty reduction in developing countries, |
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E.

whereas EU development cooperation is aimed at fostering the sustainable economic, environmental and social development of developing countries and the smooth and gradual integration of the developing countries into the world economy, and at contributing to the campaign for poverty reduction in developing countries,

| F. | whereas the continuation of unsustainable trends in both the developed and the developing countries in many areas such as land resources, transport, climate change, fisheries, depletion of biodiversity or the consumption of resources has above all a negative effect on the poor in the developing countries, |
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F.

whereas the continuation of unsustainable trends in both the developed and the developing countries in many areas such as land resources, transport, climate change, fisheries, depletion of biodiversity or the consumption of resources has above all a negative effect on the poor in the developing countries,

| G. | whereas over 1 billion people, mainly in the least developed countries (LDCs), live in extreme poverty on less than USD 1 a day, and between 1,5 and 3 billion people live below the USD 2 a day poverty line, |
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G.

whereas over 1 billion people, mainly in the least developed countries (LDCs), live in extreme poverty on less than USD 1 a day, and between 1,5 and 3 billion people live below the USD 2 a day poverty line,

| H. | whereas two in three of the world's poor live in rural areas and depend on natural resources for their livelihood (8), forests support the livelihood of 90 % of the over 1 billion people living in extreme poverty (9), and over 1 billion people worldwide, mostly in poor communities, depend on fish to supply at least 30 % of their animal protein (10), |
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H.

whereas two in three of the world's poor live in rural areas and depend on natural resources for their livelihood (8), forests support the livelihood of 90 % of the over 1 billion people living in extreme poverty (9), and over 1 billion people worldwide, mostly in poor communities, depend on fish to supply at least 30 % of their animal protein (10),

| I. | whereas the Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows to Africa are still significantly below the 1990 peak and it is estimated that there is a shortfall of between USD 20-25 billion annually, |
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I.

whereas the Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows to Africa are still significantly below the 1990 peak and it is estimated that there is a shortfall of between USD 20-25 billion annually,

| J. | whereas the EU Member States have committed themselves to achieving the ODA target of 0,7% of gross national income (GNI) by 2015, and the new Member States to increasing their ODA/GNI to 0,33 % by 2015, |
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J.

whereas the EU Member States have committed themselves to achieving the ODA target of 0,7% of gross national income (GNI) by 2015, and the new Member States to increasing their ODA/GNI to 0,33 % by 2015,

| K. | whereas the eradication of poverty can only lead to sustainable consumption and resource management patterns in developing countries if it is embedded in efforts aimed at better levels of education, health and institutional capacity; whereas combating poverty will only yield positive results if environmental and natural resources are managed in a sustainable manner, |
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K.

whereas the eradication of poverty can only lead to sustainable consumption and resource management patterns in developing countries if it is embedded in efforts aimed at better levels of education, health and institutional capacity; whereas combating poverty will only yield positive results if environmental and natural resources are managed in a sustainable manner,

| L. | whereas compliance with democratic standards, and the establishment and strengthening of transparent and efficient State institutions and administrative capacity in particular, are crucial for tackling effectively the economic, social and environmental challenges in developing countries, |
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L.

whereas compliance with democratic standards, and the establishment and strengthening of transparent and efficient State institutions and administrative capacity in particular, are crucial for tackling effectively the economic, social and environmental challenges in developing countries,

| M. | whereas corruption undermines aid effectiveness, thus undermining EU development policies and constituting a serious impediment to development in EU partner countries, |
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M.

whereas corruption undermines aid effectiveness, thus undermining EU development policies and constituting a serious impediment to development in EU partner countries,

| N. | whereas new approaches are needed to make markets work towards attaining Sustainable Development and the private sector should work towards realising equitable and sustainable societies, |
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N.

whereas new approaches are needed to make markets work towards attaining Sustainable Development and the private sector should work towards realising equitable and sustainable societies,

| O. | whereas the absence of effective legal systems and of economic and intellectual property rights constitutes a major obstacle to establishing an investment climate that can trigger sound economic development, and thus social progress in many LDCs, |
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O.

whereas the absence of effective legal systems and of economic and intellectual property rights constitutes a major obstacle to establishing an investment climate that can trigger sound economic development, and thus social progress in many LDCs,

| P. | whereas sound development policies and substantial development aid are important, but will not bring about any changes in Sustainable Development unless they are effectively translated into coherent development actions in the recipient countries, which need to recognise and sustainably address environmental opportunities and threats, |
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P.

whereas sound development policies and substantial development aid are important, but will not bring about any changes in Sustainable Development unless they are effectively translated into coherent development actions in the recipient countries, which need to recognise and sustainably address environmental opportunities and threats,

| Q. | whereas the above-mentioned publication entitled ‘Economic Development in Africa — Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment’ demonstrates that linking aid to environmental protection may effectively reduce poverty, |
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Q.

whereas the above-mentioned publication entitled ‘Economic Development in Africa — Rethinking the Role of Foreign Direct Investment’ demonstrates that linking aid to environmental protection may effectively reduce poverty,

| R. | whereas illegal logging causes environmental damage, costs governments in developing countries billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, undermines the rule of law and good governance and funds armed conflict, |
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R.

whereas illegal logging causes environmental damage, costs governments in developing countries billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, undermines the rule of law and good governance and funds armed conflict,

| S. | whereas 2,6 billion people, or over 40 % of the global population, do not have access to basic sanitation, and whereas 1 billion people use unsafe sources of drinking water, |
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S.

whereas 2,6 billion people, or over 40 % of the global population, do not have access to basic sanitation, and whereas 1 billion people use unsafe sources of drinking water,

| T. | whereas the continuation of pollution, degradation and depletion of natural resources could lead to conflict situations in many developing countries, |
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T.

whereas the continuation of pollution, degradation and depletion of natural resources could lead to conflict situations in many developing countries,

| U. | whereas the economies of developing countries are weakened by fluctuations in energy prices and suffer from a lack of energy diversification, with such countries often spending a significant portion of their trade surpluses on energy imports, something which adversely affects the stable development of the economies of those countries, |
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U.

whereas the economies of developing countries are weakened by fluctuations in energy prices and suffer from a lack of energy diversification, with such countries often spending a significant portion of their trade surpluses on energy imports, something which adversely affects the stable development of the economies of those countries,

| V. | whereas strong population growth is one of the challenges for Sustainable Development on account of the misuse of natural resources, leading to serious environmental degradation, |
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V.

whereas strong population growth is one of the challenges for Sustainable Development on account of the misuse of natural resources, leading to serious environmental degradation,

| 1. | Welcomes the fact that the above-mentioned Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy reiterates the promotion of Sustainable Development worldwide as one of its key objectives; |
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1.

Welcomes the fact that the above-mentioned Renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy reiterates the promotion of Sustainable Development worldwide as one of its key objectives;

| 2. | Welcomes the fact that the above-mentioned European Consensus on Development sets as a primary and overarching objective of EU development cooperation the eradication of poverty in the context of sustainable development; |
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2.

Welcomes the fact that the above-mentioned European Consensus on Development sets as a primary and overarching objective of EU development cooperation the eradication of poverty in the context of sustainable development;

| 3. | Considers that the promotion of sustainable economic growth and the eradication of poverty while ensuring environmental protection are among the most crucial challenges of EU development cooperation policies and cannot be achieved without setting social and environmental objectives, which include environmental protection and fair access to and sharing of the benefits of natural resources; |
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3.

Considers that the promotion of sustainable economic growth and the eradication of poverty while ensuring environmental protection are among the most crucial challenges of EU development cooperation policies and cannot be achieved without setting social and environmental objectives, which include environmental protection and fair access to and sharing of the benefits of natural resources;

| 4. | Stresses that a shift towards more equitable access to and distribution of natural/energy resources is a precondition for Sustainable Development and an intrinsic element of human dignity; |
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4.

Stresses that a shift towards more equitable access to and distribution of natural/energy resources is a precondition for Sustainable Development and an intrinsic element of human dignity;

| 5. | Welcomes the inclusion in Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (11) of a thematic programme for environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy; |
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5.

Welcomes the inclusion in Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (11) of a thematic programme for environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy;

| 6. | Emphasises the need to ensure that the three components of Sustainable Development, namely environmental protection, social equity and cohesion and economic prosperity, are properly integrated and implemented in all development cooperation policies; urges the Commission to regularly review this process; |
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6.

Emphasises the need to ensure that the three components of Sustainable Development, namely environmental protection, social equity and cohesion and economic prosperity, are properly integrated and implemented in all development cooperation policies; urges the Commission to regularly review this process;

| 7. | Calls for strengthened mechanisms for monitoring progress towards meeting the targets set in the above-mentioned Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the MDGs, such as a stronger commitment to Sustainable Development, ensuring the integration of the economic, social, environmental aspects of Sustainable Development, and promoting the rule of law and public institutions and others; |
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7.

Calls for strengthened mechanisms for monitoring progress towards meeting the targets set in the above-mentioned Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the MDGs, such as a stronger commitment to Sustainable Development, ensuring the integration of the economic, social, environmental aspects of Sustainable Development, and promoting the rule of law and public institutions and others;

| 8. | Recalls that Sustainable Development is a cross-cutting issue that requires a strengthening of policy coherence in all sectors in order to ensure their smooth functioning; |
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8.

Recalls that Sustainable Development is a cross-cutting issue that requires a strengthening of policy coherence in all sectors in order to ensure their smooth functioning;

| 9. | Stresses that more efforts are needed to combat current unsustainable developments, particularly those giving rise to greenhouse gas emissions, the depletion of fish stocks and the loss of biodiversity; with regard to the last, urges all relevant stakeholders to take the appropriate measures to actually achieve the objective of reversing the loss of biodiversity by 2010; |
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9.

Stresses that more efforts are needed to combat current unsustainable developments, particularly those giving rise to greenhouse gas emissions, the depletion of fish stocks and the loss of biodiversity; with regard to the last, urges all relevant stakeholders to take the appropriate measures to actually achieve the objective of reversing the loss of biodiversity by 2010;

| 10. | Urges the Commission to intensify its efforts to mainstream environmental concerns such as natural resource management in key areas of development policies; |
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10.

Urges the Commission to intensify its efforts to mainstream environmental concerns such as natural resource management in key areas of development policies;

| 11. | Calls on the Commission to adjust the way in which it provides aid to bring it into line with the national Sustainable Development strategies of the countries to which it provides that aid; |
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11.

Calls on the Commission to adjust the way in which it provides aid to bring it into line with the national Sustainable Development strategies of the countries to which it provides that aid;

| 12. | Calls on the EU to advise developing countries on how to develop their capacity to assess the environmental impact of their natural resources and resource management policies, which could then be implemented as part of cooperation programmes with those countries; |
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12.

Calls on the EU to advise developing countries on how to develop their capacity to assess the environmental impact of their natural resources and resource management policies, which could then be implemented as part of cooperation programmes with those countries;

| 13. | Reiterates the critical importance of monitoring of the EU's world ecological footprint, since it demonstrates the EU's commitment towards promoting Sustainable Development worldwide; |
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13.

Reiterates the critical importance of monitoring of the EU's world ecological footprint, since it demonstrates the EU's commitment towards promoting Sustainable Development worldwide;

| 14. | Emphasises the importance of protecting biodiversity and suggests that this either be added as a new key issue within the Sustainable Development Strategy, or at least be given special emphasis within the section on the management of natural resources; |
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14.

Emphasises the importance of protecting biodiversity and suggests that this either be added as a new key issue within the Sustainable Development Strategy, or at least be given special emphasis within the section on the management of natural resources;

| 15. | Calls on the Commission to work with ACP countries to prevent illegal dumping of toxic waste both by local operation and by international handlers originating and operating in the EU; |
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15.

Calls on the Commission to work with ACP countries to prevent illegal dumping of toxic waste both by local operation and by international handlers originating and operating in the EU;

| 16. | Emphasises the urgency of helping developing countries to adapt to the challenges of climate change and to take the necessary steps towards enhanced support for investment in clean and efficient technologies in the developing world; also recognises the urgency for the EU to meet and go beyond its emission reduction targets to help limit dangerous climate change, which would impact developing countries and the poorest most severely; |
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16.

Emphasises the urgency of helping developing countries to adapt to the challenges of climate change and to take the necessary steps towards enhanced support for investment in clean and efficient technologies in the developing world; also recognises the urgency for the EU to meet and go beyond its emission reduction targets to help limit dangerous climate change, which would impact developing countries and the poorest most severely;

| 17. | Calls on the EU to take the necessary measures to help our developing partners to honour the commitments which they have entered into during the recent world negotiations on a Sustainable Development strategy and particularly on combating climate change, from which their people are the first to suffer (Kyoto, Monterrey, Doha, Johannesburg); |
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17.

Calls on the EU to take the necessary measures to help our developing partners to honour the commitments which they have entered into during the recent world negotiations on a Sustainable Development strategy and particularly on combating climate change, from which their people are the first to suffer (Kyoto, Monterrey, Doha, Johannesburg);

| 18. | Encourages the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology and emphasises the urgency of substantially increasing the global share of renewable energy sources; |
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18.

Encourages the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology and emphasises the urgency of substantially increasing the global share of renewable energy sources;

| 19. | Calls on the Commission to initiate projects with European corporations specialised in renewable energy that facilitate and enhance the transfer and use of environmentally-friendly sources of energy for individual and corporate use in developing countries; |
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19.

Calls on the Commission to initiate projects with European corporations specialised in renewable energy that facilitate and enhance the transfer and use of environmentally-friendly sources of energy for individual and corporate use in developing countries;

| 20. | Stresses that infrastructures can be an essential element of Sustainable Development if they comply with environmental and social guidelines and calls on the Commission to ensure that Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments are undertaken and made publicly available for every programme and project receiving EU financial support, in particular the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure proposed by the Commission in its Communication to the Council and the European Parliament (COM(2006)0376), which will provide support for trans-border infrastructure projects, which could help to close gaps in regional infrastructure projects and which — in accordance with the above-mentioned European Consensus on Development — should give all Member States the opportunity to submit appropriate project proposals, irrespective of any direct contribution; |
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20.

Stresses that infrastructures can be an essential element of Sustainable Development if they comply with environmental and social guidelines and calls on the Commission to ensure that Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments are undertaken and made publicly available for every programme and project receiving EU financial support, in particular the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure proposed by the Commission in its Communication to the Council and the European Parliament (COM(2006)0376), which will provide support for trans-border infrastructure projects, which could help to close gaps in regional infrastructure projects and which — in accordance with the above-mentioned European Consensus on Development — should give all Member States the opportunity to submit appropriate project proposals, irrespective of any direct contribution;

| 21. | Notes that the economic sustainability of each and every infrastructure project — if appropriate, in conjunction with reforms in charging policy — should be ensured and that ecological sustainability must not be jeopardised; |
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21.

Notes that the economic sustainability of each and every infrastructure project — if appropriate, in conjunction with reforms in charging policy — should be ensured and that ecological sustainability must not be jeopardised;

| 22. | Recognises the number of cross-border and shared water resources in Africa, the vulnerability of water resources to climate change, over-abstraction, and pollution; calls on the Commission to promote integrated water resource management within the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure to ensure the provision of water for human well-being and ecological sustainability; |
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22.

Recognises the number of cross-border and shared water resources in Africa, the vulnerability of water resources to climate change, over-abstraction, and pollution; calls on the Commission to promote integrated water resource management within the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure to ensure the provision of water for human well-being and ecological sustainability;

| 23. | Recognises that the environmental and social impact of large infrastructure projects can be severe; suggests that the criteria provided by the World Commission on Dams, which include options analysis and public participation, form the basis for decision-making in relation to large dam projects; |
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23.

Recognises that the environmental and social impact of large infrastructure projects can be severe; suggests that the criteria provided by the World Commission on Dams, which include options analysis and public participation, form the basis for decision-making in relation to large dam projects;

| 24. | Calls for an increase in the share of development aid for projects related to raising awareness of environmental and health issues; |
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24.

Calls for an increase in the share of development aid for projects related to raising awareness of environmental and health issues;

| 25. | Regrets that the external dimension of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy is not linked more closely to public health issues such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; stresses that these issues must be tackled within the EU and globally; |
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25.

Regrets that the external dimension of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy is not linked more closely to public health issues such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; stresses that these issues must be tackled within the EU and globally;

| 26. | Stresses that the involvement of civil society, NGOs and in particular women in the debate and the decision-making process relating to Sustainable Development is vital for raising public awareness of the issue; insists on the importance of education for cultivating sustainable ecological choices, especially among poorer populations; |
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26.

Stresses that the involvement of civil society, NGOs and in particular women in the debate and the decision-making process relating to Sustainable Development is vital for raising public awareness of the issue; insists on the importance of education for cultivating sustainable ecological choices, especially among poorer populations;

| 27. | Calls on the Commission to support capacity building and the participation of local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries in accessing, controling and managing natural resources; |
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27.

Calls on the Commission to support capacity building and the participation of local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries in accessing, controling and managing natural resources;

| 28. | Stresses that enhanced participation requires transparency in the provision of relevant information and improved accessibility of EU documents; |
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28.

Stresses that enhanced participation requires transparency in the provision of relevant information and improved accessibility of EU documents;

| 29. | Calls for the establishment of sustainable development indicators to be applied in relation to EU development cooperation policies and for strengthened reporting and tracking mechanisms relating to biodiversity and environmental sustainability; |
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29.

Calls for the establishment of sustainable development indicators to be applied in relation to EU development cooperation policies and for strengthened reporting and tracking mechanisms relating to biodiversity and environmental sustainability;

| 30. | Calls for a far more serious commitment on the part of new and old Member States to achieve the goal of contributing 0,7% of ODA/GNI to development cooperation; |
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30.

Calls for a far more serious commitment on the part of new and old Member States to achieve the goal of contributing 0,7% of ODA/GNI to development cooperation;

| 31. | Emphasises the importance of achieving compatibility between multilateral environment agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the WTO framework, particularly with respect to the application of Article XX of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) concerning areas of general exceptions made with respect to measures such as: (b) measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; and (g) measures relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption; reaffirms in this respect the role of impact assessment of environmental sustainability in connection with trade proposals; |
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31.

Emphasises the importance of achieving compatibility between multilateral environment agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the WTO framework, particularly with respect to the application of Article XX of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) concerning areas of general exceptions made with respect to measures such as: (b) measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; and (g) measures relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption; reaffirms in this respect the role of impact assessment of environmental sustainability in connection with trade proposals;

| 32. | Calls on the USA, China and India to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and, jointly with the EU, to assume responsibility for worldwide Sustainable Development; |
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32.

Calls on the USA, China and India to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and, jointly with the EU, to assume responsibility for worldwide Sustainable Development;

| 33. | Stresses that the EU should reconsider the harmful effect of export subsidies on developing countries, and particularly on LDCs, and should make greater efforts to abolish them through international trade negotiations; |
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33.

Stresses that the EU should reconsider the harmful effect of export subsidies on developing countries, and particularly on LDCs, and should make greater efforts to abolish them through international trade negotiations;

| 34. | Reaffirms the importance of debt relief for LDCs whose governments respect the principles of human rights and good governance; |
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34.

Reaffirms the importance of debt relief for LDCs whose governments respect the principles of human rights and good governance;

| 35. | Believes that the European Sustainable Development Network could serve as a focal point for the Member States to exchange experiences and share best practices through, peer review mechanisms, for example; |
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35.

Believes that the European Sustainable Development Network could serve as a focal point for the Member States to exchange experiences and share best practices through, peer review mechanisms, for example;

| 36. | Believes that the establishment of a permanent advisory and monitoring body for Sustainable Development, which would include Member States and civil society representatives and would scrutinise the mainstreaming of the concept into EU policies and programmes, with a particular focus on development cooperation, would be of great importance and crucial to supporting the Commission's internal Interservice Group on Environmental Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation; |
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36.

Believes that the establishment of a permanent advisory and monitoring body for Sustainable Development, which would include Member States and civil society representatives and would scrutinise the mainstreaming of the concept into EU policies and programmes, with a particular focus on development cooperation, would be of great importance and crucial to supporting the Commission's internal Interservice Group on Environmental Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation;

| 37. | Emphasises that developed countries should be at the forefront in promoting the concept of Sustainable Development; |
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37.

Emphasises that developed countries should be at the forefront in promoting the concept of Sustainable Development;

| 38. | Emphasises that Sustainable Development goes together with sustainable institutions, hence the need for constraining measures such as linking debt relief to respect for human rights and good governance; believes that this could initiate a donor-donor dynamic and constitute development cooperation based on the principles of equality, partnership and ownership; |
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38.

Emphasises that Sustainable Development goes together with sustainable institutions, hence the need for constraining measures such as linking debt relief to respect for human rights and good governance; believes that this could initiate a donor-donor dynamic and constitute development cooperation based on the principles of equality, partnership and ownership;

| 39. | Stresses the importance of strengthening Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as a key tool for promoting environmental, social and economic development in developing countries; therefore calls for intensified efforts, together with partner country authorities, in designing policies, programmes and projects that favour the development of SMEs operating in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Development; reiterates its proposal to support and finance regional institutions promoting SMEs; |
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39.

Stresses the importance of strengthening Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as a key tool for promoting environmental, social and economic development in developing countries; therefore calls for intensified efforts, together with partner country authorities, in designing policies, programmes and projects that favour the development of SMEs operating in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Development; reiterates its proposal to support and finance regional institutions promoting SMEs;

| 40. | Calls on the Member States of the OECD to help developing countries by increasing access to necessary investment flows and markets and through more effective development cooperation programmes; |
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40.

Calls on the Member States of the OECD to help developing countries by increasing access to necessary investment flows and markets and through more effective development cooperation programmes;

| 41. | Encourages a focus on GDP in measuring progress in society to be balanced by an equal concern about the qualitative aspects of growth, as this is a prerequisite for Sustainable Development; |
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41.

Encourages a focus on GDP in measuring progress in society to be balanced by an equal concern about the qualitative aspects of growth, as this is a prerequisite for Sustainable Development;

| 42. | Emphasises the need for complementary measures such as sustainable fiscal measures and public procurement and the reduction and progressive elimination of subsidies that are both trade-distorting and environmentally damaging; |
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42.

Emphasises the need for complementary measures such as sustainable fiscal measures and public procurement and the reduction and progressive elimination of subsidies that are both trade-distorting and environmentally damaging;

| 43. | Calls on the private sector of developing and developed countries to adapt and commit to corporate codes of conduct that publicly outline their contribution to the goal of Sustainable Development; |
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43.

Calls on the private sector of developing and developed countries to adapt and commit to corporate codes of conduct that publicly outline their contribution to the goal of Sustainable Development;

| 44. | Calls on the Commission to regularly monitor and report on the effectiveness of the Code of Conduct for European Enterprises operating in developing countries, particularly with regard to the implementation of Sustainable Development requirements; |
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44.

Calls on the Commission to regularly monitor and report on the effectiveness of the Code of Conduct for European Enterprises operating in developing countries, particularly with regard to the implementation of Sustainable Development requirements;

| 45. | Welcomes the Commission's approach towards promoting issues of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) internationally; urges, however, the Commission to add value to the CSR issue by drawing up more binding rules for European companies operating in developing countries, particularly with regard to the core labour standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and environmental protection; |
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45.

Welcomes the Commission's approach towards promoting issues of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) internationally; urges, however, the Commission to add value to the CSR issue by drawing up more binding rules for European companies operating in developing countries, particularly with regard to the core labour standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and environmental protection;

| 46. | Reminds the Commission of the need to base its development programmes on transparency and accountability, as corruption in developing countries often negatively reinforces unsustainable trends, for instance in fields such as illegal logging; and emphasises the need to support the establishment of independent anti-corruption watchdogs in developing countries by allocating sufficient resources to such projects; |
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46.

Reminds the Commission of the need to base its development programmes on transparency and accountability, as corruption in developing countries often negatively reinforces unsustainable trends, for instance in fields such as illegal logging; and emphasises the need to support the establishment of independent anti-corruption watchdogs in developing countries by allocating sufficient resources to such projects;

| 47. | Calls on the Commission to work with Member States to identify and bring to justice those guilty of importing illegally sourced wood and wood products, and to support ACP Member States in actions to stop the trade and marketing of such goods; |
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47.

Calls on the Commission to work with Member States to identify and bring to justice those guilty of importing illegally sourced wood and wood products, and to support ACP Member States in actions to stop the trade and marketing of such goods;

| 48. | Reiterates the importance of Foreign Direct Investment to developing countries and encourages the Commission and the Member States to design their development policies in a manner that improves the current state of the economic institutions and the investment climate in developing countries; |
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48.

Reiterates the importance of Foreign Direct Investment to developing countries and encourages the Commission and the Member States to design their development policies in a manner that improves the current state of the economic institutions and the investment climate in developing countries;

| 49. | Considers that local authorities in developing countries are not always in a position to provide the volumes of financing required to make major investments in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure networks, for example to supply water or provide sanitation, and that consequently only supplementary injections of private capital, through public-private partnerships, will be able to provide the requisite volume of funding; |
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49.

Considers that local authorities in developing countries are not always in a position to provide the volumes of financing required to make major investments in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure networks, for example to supply water or provide sanitation, and that consequently only supplementary injections of private capital, through public-private partnerships, will be able to provide the requisite volume of funding;

| 50. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to give strong support to the FLEGT licensing scheme and designed Volunteer Partnership agreements (VPAs); believes that particular importance should be paid to convincing partner countries to sign VPAs and to join the licensing scheme, while avoiding the possibility for partner countries to side — step the scheme by exporting to third countries where no licensing schemes are in place; |
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50.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to give strong support to the FLEGT licensing scheme and designed Volunteer Partnership agreements (VPAs); believes that particular importance should be paid to convincing partner countries to sign VPAs and to join the licensing scheme, while avoiding the possibility for partner countries to side — step the scheme by exporting to third countries where no licensing schemes are in place;

| 51. | Emphasises the importance of enhancing the social dialogue with local businesses in developing countries in order to foster cooperation and common responsibilities with a view to achieving sustainable consumption and production and supporting south-south and north-south learning in this regard; |
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51.

Emphasises the importance of enhancing the social dialogue with local businesses in developing countries in order to foster cooperation and common responsibilities with a view to achieving sustainable consumption and production and supporting south-south and north-south learning in this regard;

| 52. | Calls on the Commission to put particular emphasis during the negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements on strategies that foster greater diversification of exports from ACP countries and support growth and development models that are environmentally sustainable and socially just; |
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52.

Calls on the Commission to put particular emphasis during the negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements on strategies that foster greater diversification of exports from ACP countries and support growth and development models that are environmentally sustainable and socially just;

| 53. | Reaffirms that, for developing countries, access to energy sources constitutes a key priority; in this respect, calls for energy access to be promoted via the EU Energy Initiative and by upgrading the profile of energy efficiency in development programmes; |
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53.

Reaffirms that, for developing countries, access to energy sources constitutes a key priority; in this respect, calls for energy access to be promoted via the EU Energy Initiative and by upgrading the profile of energy efficiency in development programmes;

| 54. | Stresses that, in a context of anarchic urban growth, urban water and sanitation is a key development issue, as good practices in the field of democratic governance locally may be built up around local public services; |
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54.

Stresses that, in a context of anarchic urban growth, urban water and sanitation is a key development issue, as good practices in the field of democratic governance locally may be built up around local public services;

| 55. | Calls on developing countries, in order to ensure the sustainable exploitation of their water resources, to decentralise water management to local level so as to involve users and decision-makers in the formulation of water policies at as close a level as possible to citizens' needs; |
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55.

Calls on developing countries, in order to ensure the sustainable exploitation of their water resources, to decentralise water management to local level so as to involve users and decision-makers in the formulation of water policies at as close a level as possible to citizens' needs;

| 56. | Calls for local authorities in the EU to be encouraged to use part of the revenue from charges to users for the provision of water and sanitation services to carry out decentralised cooperation measures to finance projects to improve access to water in developing countries; |
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56.

Calls for local authorities in the EU to be encouraged to use part of the revenue from charges to users for the provision of water and sanitation services to carry out decentralised cooperation measures to finance projects to improve access to water in developing countries;

| 57. | Calls on the EU to help to draw up strategies to encourage an economic and agricultural development path compatible with maintaining or restoring a high standard of water quality, from groundwater to the water supplied to the final consumer; |
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57.

Calls on the EU to help to draw up strategies to encourage an economic and agricultural development path compatible with maintaining or restoring a high standard of water quality, from groundwater to the water supplied to the final consumer;

| 58. | Considers it necessary to integrate the concept of Sustainable Development in the research and innovation process; |
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58.

Considers it necessary to integrate the concept of Sustainable Development in the research and innovation process;

| 59. | Calls on all parties to establish concrete short-term and long-tem sustainable development objectives and to monitor progress made towards realising these goals; |
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59.

Calls on all parties to establish concrete short-term and long-tem sustainable development objectives and to monitor progress made towards realising these goals;

| 60. | Believes that in the scope of Policy Coherence for Development and with respect to immigration, the Member States will come to a common agreement to face the challenge of immigration; recalls in this respect that special attention should be given to remittances and a possible reversion of brain-drain generating policies into brain-gain processes; emphasises that the EU should not cause a long-term brain drain to developing countries; |
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60.

Believes that in the scope of Policy Coherence for Development and with respect to immigration, the Member States will come to a common agreement to face the challenge of immigration; recalls in this respect that special attention should be given to remittances and a possible reversion of brain-drain generating policies into brain-gain processes; emphasises that the EU should not cause a long-term brain drain to developing countries;

| 61. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States and candidate countries. |
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61.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States and candidate countries.

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(1)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2)  OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.

(3)  OJ C 104, 14.4.1999, p. 180.

(4)  OJ C 298 E, 8.12.2006, p. 171.

(5)  OJ C 293 E, 2.12.2006, p. 316.

(6)  OJ C 287 E, 24.11.2006, p. 185.

(7)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0272.

(8)  WWF (2004) EU Aid: Reducing Poverty Through a Sustainable Environment: Why should EU Aid properly address the link between poverty and environment?.

(9)  World Bank (2002) A Revised Forest Strategy for the World Bank Group, 31.10.2002.

(10)  FAO (2002). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. FAO, Rome, Italy.

(11)  OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41.

P6_TA(2007)0015

Draft amending budget No 1/2007

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 1/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007: agreement resulting from the trialogue on 28 November 2006 — Structural Funds, European Fisheries Fund, European Investment Fund and Joint Research Centre, Section III — Commission (5739/2007 — C6-0060/2007 — 2006/2303(BUD))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(4), penultimate subparagraph, thereof, |
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having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(4), penultimate subparagraph, thereof,

| — | having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 thereof, |
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having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Articles 37 and 38 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

| — | having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, as finally adopted on 14 December 2006, |
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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, as finally adopted on 14 December 2006,

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2), |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2),

| — | having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007, which the Commission presented on 20 December 2006 (SEC(2006)1776), |
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having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007, which the Commission presented on 20 December 2006 (SEC(2006)1776),

| — | having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2007, which the Council established on 30 January 2007 (5739/2007 — C6-0060/2007), |
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having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2007, which the Council established on 30 January 2007 (5739/2007 — C6-0060/2007),

| — | having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0010/2007), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0010/2007),

| A. | whereas technical adjustments are necessary so as the outcome of the trialogue meeting on 28 November 2006 can be taken into account and implemented in the budget of the European Union for 2007, |
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A.

whereas technical adjustments are necessary so as the outcome of the trialogue meeting on 28 November 2006 can be taken into account and implemented in the budget of the European Union for 2007,

| B. | whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2007 is to introduce those adjustments, |
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B.

whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2007 is to introduce those adjustments,

| 1. | Welcomes Draft amending budget No 1/2007; |
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1.

Welcomes Draft amending budget No 1/2007;

| 2. | Approves Draft amending budget No 1/2007 unamended; |
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2.

Approves Draft amending budget No 1/2007 unamended;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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3.

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

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(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

P6_TA(2007)0016

Human rights of the Dalits in India

European Parliament resolution on the human rights situation of the Dalits in India

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the hearing held by its Committee on Development on 18 December 2006, |
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having regard to the hearing held by its Committee on Development on 18 December 2006,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 28 September 2006 on the EU's economic and trade relations with India (1) and Parliament's Human Rights annual resolutions of 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005, |
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having regard to its resolution of 28 September 2006 on the EU's economic and trade relations with India (1) and Parliament's Human Rights annual resolutions of 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005,

| — | having regard to General Recommendation XXIX (descent-based discrimination) adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 22 August 2002 and the 48 measures to be taken by the State Parties, |
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having regard to General Recommendation XXIX (descent-based discrimination) adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 22 August 2002 and the 48 measures to be taken by the State Parties,

| — | having regard to the study being undertaken by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, in which draft Principles and Guidelines for the elimination of ‘discrimination based on work and descent’ are being developed, and noting the preliminary report issued by the Special Rapporteurs on discrimination based on work and descent, |
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having regard to the study being undertaken by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, in which draft Principles and Guidelines for the elimination of ‘discrimination based on work and descent’ are being developed, and noting the preliminary report issued by the Special Rapporteurs on discrimination based on work and descent,

| — | having regard to the various provisions in the Constitution of India for the protection and promotion of the rights of Dalits, concerning at least 167 million people, including the provisions on the abolition of the practice of untouchability, the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of caste, equality of opportunity in matters of public employment and educational, employment and political affirmative action through reservations in State-run institutions and political representative bodies; having regard also to numerous legislative measures ordering the abolition of some of the worst practices of untouchability and caste discrimination, including bonded labour, manual scavenging and atrocities against Dalits, |
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having regard to the various provisions in the Constitution of India for the protection and promotion of the rights of Dalits, concerning at least 167 million people, including the provisions on the abolition of the practice of untouchability, the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of caste, equality of opportunity in matters of public employment and educational, employment and political affirmative action through reservations in State-run institutions and political representative bodies; having regard also to numerous legislative measures ordering the abolition of some of the worst practices of untouchability and caste discrimination, including bonded labour, manual scavenging and atrocities against Dalits,

| — | having regard to the National Human Rights Commission, the National and State Commissions for Scheduled Castes and the National Safai Karamchari Commission, dealing with the problem of manual scavenging, |
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having regard to the National Human Rights Commission, the National and State Commissions for Scheduled Castes and the National Safai Karamchari Commission, dealing with the problem of manual scavenging,

| — | having regard to Rule 91 and Rule 90(4) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 91 and Rule 90(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas India is the largest functioning democracy in the world where every citizen is equal before the ballot box, India's immediate past President and Head of State was a Dalit and Dalits have served as ministers; whereas there are Hindu schools of thought which reject caste discrimination and exclusion as an aberration of their faith, |
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A.

whereas India is the largest functioning democracy in the world where every citizen is equal before the ballot box, India's immediate past President and Head of State was a Dalit and Dalits have served as ministers; whereas there are Hindu schools of thought which reject caste discrimination and exclusion as an aberration of their faith,

| B. | whereas Dalits and similar groups are also found in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh, |
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B.

whereas Dalits and similar groups are also found in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh,

| C. | whereas the National Human Rights Commission of India has reported that the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act remains very unsatisfactory, and whereas it has published numerous recommendations to address this problem, |
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C.

whereas the National Human Rights Commission of India has reported that the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act remains very unsatisfactory, and whereas it has published numerous recommendations to address this problem,

| D. | whereas, despite twenty-seven officially registered atrocities being committed against Dalits every day, police often prevent Dalits from entering police stations, refuse the registration of cases by Dalits and regularly resort to the practice of torture against Dalits with impunity, |
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D.

whereas, despite twenty-seven officially registered atrocities being committed against Dalits every day, police often prevent Dalits from entering police stations, refuse the registration of cases by Dalits and regularly resort to the practice of torture against Dalits with impunity,

| E. | whereas, despite the fact that many Dalits do not report crimes for fear of reprisals by the dominant castes, official police statistics averaged over the past 5 years show that 13 Dalits are murdered every week, 5 Dalits' homes or possessions are burnt every week, 6 Dalits are kidnapped or abducted every week, 3 Dalit women are raped every day, 11 Dalits are beaten every day and a crime is committed against a Dalit every 18 minutes (2), |
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E.

whereas, despite the fact that many Dalits do not report crimes for fear of reprisals by the dominant castes, official police statistics averaged over the past 5 years show that 13 Dalits are murdered every week, 5 Dalits' homes or possessions are burnt every week, 6 Dalits are kidnapped or abducted every week, 3 Dalit women are raped every day, 11 Dalits are beaten every day and a crime is committed against a Dalit every 18 minutes (2),

| F. | whereas a recent study on untouchability in rural India (3), covering 565 villages in 11 States, found that public health workers refused to visit Dalit homes in 33 % of villages, Dalits were prevented from entering police stations in 27,6 % of villages, Dalit children had to sit separately while eating in 37,8 % of government schools, Dalits did not get mail delivered to their homes in 23,5 % of villages, and Dalits were denied access to water sources in 48,4 % of villages because of segregation and untouchability practices, |
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F.

whereas a recent study on untouchability in rural India (3), covering 565 villages in 11 States, found that public health workers refused to visit Dalit homes in 33 % of villages, Dalits were prevented from entering police stations in 27,6 % of villages, Dalit children had to sit separately while eating in 37,8 % of government schools, Dalits did not get mail delivered to their homes in 23,5 % of villages, and Dalits were denied access to water sources in 48,4 % of villages because of segregation and untouchability practices,

| G. | whereas half of India's Dalit children are undernourished, 21 % are ‘severely underweight’, and 12 % die before their fifth birthday (4), |
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G.

whereas half of India's Dalit children are undernourished, 21 % are ‘severely underweight’, and 12 % die before their fifth birthday (4),

| H. | whereas untouchability in schools has contributed to far higher drop-out and illiteracy levels for Dalitchildren than those of the general population, with the ‘literacy gap’ between Dalits and non-Dalits hardly changing since India's independence and literacy rates for Dalit women remaining as low as 37,8 % in rural India (5), |
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H.

whereas untouchability in schools has contributed to far higher drop-out and illiteracy levels for Dalitchildren than those of the general population, with the ‘literacy gap’ between Dalits and non-Dalits hardly changing since India's independence and literacy rates for Dalit women remaining as low as 37,8 % in rural India (5),

| I. | whereas Dalit women, who alongside ‘Tribal’ women are the poorest of the poor in India, face double discrimination on the basis of caste and gender in all spheres of life, are subjected to gross violations of their physical integrity, including sexual abuse by dominant castes with impunity and are socially excluded and economically exploited, |
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I.

whereas Dalit women, who alongside ‘Tribal’ women are the poorest of the poor in India, face double discrimination on the basis of caste and gender in all spheres of life, are subjected to gross violations of their physical integrity, including sexual abuse by dominant castes with impunity and are socially excluded and economically exploited,

| J. | whereas the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has observed substantial under-allocation and under-expenditure of the allocation for Dalit welfare and development under the government's Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes, |
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J.

whereas the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has observed substantial under-allocation and under-expenditure of the allocation for Dalit welfare and development under the government's Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes,

| K. | whereas Dalits are subjected to bonded and forced labour and discriminated against in a range of markets, including in the labour, housing, consumer, capital and credit markets; are paid lower wages and subjected to longer working hours, delayed wages and verbal or physical abuse, |
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K.

whereas Dalits are subjected to bonded and forced labour and discriminated against in a range of markets, including in the labour, housing, consumer, capital and credit markets; are paid lower wages and subjected to longer working hours, delayed wages and verbal or physical abuse,

| 1. | Welcomes the various provisions in the Constitution of India for the protection and promotion of the rights of Dalits; notes however that, in spite of these provisions, implementation of laws protecting the rights of Dalits remains grossly inadequate, and that atrocities, untouchability, illiteracy, inequality of opportunity, manual scavenging, inadequacy of wages, bonded labour, child labour and landlessness continue to blight the lives of India's Dalits; |
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1.

Welcomes the various provisions in the Constitution of India for the protection and promotion of the rights of Dalits; notes however that, in spite of these provisions, implementation of laws protecting the rights of Dalits remains grossly inadequate, and that atrocities, untouchability, illiteracy, inequality of opportunity, manual scavenging, inadequacy of wages, bonded labour, child labour and landlessness continue to blight the lives of India's Dalits;

| 2. | Expresses its concern at the low rate of conviction for the perpetrators of such crimes and calls on the Government of India to improve its criminal justice system in order to facilitate registration of charges against perpetrators of crimes against Dalits, to increase the conviction rate for such perpetrators, to significantly reduce the duration of court procedures; and to take special measures for the protection of Dalit women; |
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2.

Expresses its concern at the low rate of conviction for the perpetrators of such crimes and calls on the Government of India to improve its criminal justice system in order to facilitate registration of charges against perpetrators of crimes against Dalits, to increase the conviction rate for such perpetrators, to significantly reduce the duration of court procedures; and to take special measures for the protection of Dalit women;

| 3. | Welcomes the recent ban on the employment of children as domestic servants and workers in roadside eateries, restaurants, teashops etc. and urges the Indian Government to take further steps towards the complete banning of all forms of child labour; |
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3.

Welcomes the recent ban on the employment of children as domestic servants and workers in roadside eateries, restaurants, teashops etc. and urges the Indian Government to take further steps towards the complete banning of all forms of child labour;

| 4. | Calls on the Government of India to take urgent steps to ensure equal access for Dalits to police stations and all other public institutions and facilities, including those related to its democratic structure such as panchayat buildings (the buildings housing local assemblies) and polling booths; |
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4.

Calls on the Government of India to take urgent steps to ensure equal access for Dalits to police stations and all other public institutions and facilities, including those related to its democratic structure such as panchayat buildings (the buildings housing local assemblies) and polling booths;

| 5. | Applauds the fiscal policy followed by the Planning Commission of India and the various Ministries in the provision of the budgetary allocations towards the welfare and development of Dalits, and calls on the Government of India to ensure complete and time-bound implementation of all policy and budgetary measures towards the welfare and development of Dalits, including full implementation of the Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes; |
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5.

Applauds the fiscal policy followed by the Planning Commission of India and the various Ministries in the provision of the budgetary allocations towards the welfare and development of Dalits, and calls on the Government of India to ensure complete and time-bound implementation of all policy and budgetary measures towards the welfare and development of Dalits, including full implementation of the Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes;

| 6. | Urges the Government of India to engage further with relevant UN human rights bodies on the effective elimination of caste-based discrimination, including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Special Rapporteurs assigned to develop Principles and Guidelines for the Elimination of Discrimination based on Work and Descent; |
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6.

Urges the Government of India to engage further with relevant UN human rights bodies on the effective elimination of caste-based discrimination, including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Special Rapporteurs assigned to develop Principles and Guidelines for the Elimination of Discrimination based on Work and Descent;

| 7. | Calls on the Government of India to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to take preventive measures to reduce the risk of Dalits facing torture, to take legal measures to criminalise torture in India, to take punitive measures to prosecute police who commit torture, to consistently provide rehabilitation and compensation for torture victims and to put in place an independent complaints mechanism for victims of torture that is accessible to Dalits; |
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7.

Calls on the Government of India to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to take preventive measures to reduce the risk of Dalits facing torture, to take legal measures to criminalise torture in India, to take punitive measures to prosecute police who commit torture, to consistently provide rehabilitation and compensation for torture victims and to put in place an independent complaints mechanism for victims of torture that is accessible to Dalits;

| 8. | Notes with concern the lack of substantive EU engagement with the Indian Government, notably within the EU-India Summits, on the vast problem of caste-based discrimination; |
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8.

Notes with concern the lack of substantive EU engagement with the Indian Government, notably within the EU-India Summits, on the vast problem of caste-based discrimination;

| 9. | Urges the Council and the Commission to raise the issue of caste-based discrimination during EU-India Summits and other meetings as part of all political, human rights, civil society, development and trade dialogues and to inform the committees concerned of the progress and outcome of such dialogues; |
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9.

Urges the Council and the Commission to raise the issue of caste-based discrimination during EU-India Summits and other meetings as part of all political, human rights, civil society, development and trade dialogues and to inform the committees concerned of the progress and outcome of such dialogues;

| 10. | Urges the EU members of the Joint Action Committee to develop dialogue on the problem of castebased discrimination in terms of its discussions on democracy and human rights, social an d employmentpolicy and development cooperation; |
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10.

Urges the EU members of the Joint Action Committee to develop dialogue on the problem of castebased discrimination in terms of its discussions on democracy and human rights, social an d employmentpolicy and development cooperation;

| 11. | Reiterates its expectation that EU development programmes in India include specific measures to ensure that minorities such as Dalits and Adivasis and other marginalised communities, tribes and castes, are able to close the wide gap with the rest of the population regarding the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals; |
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11.

Reiterates its expectation that EU development programmes in India include specific measures to ensure that minorities such as Dalits and Adivasis and other marginalised communities, tribes and castes, are able to close the wide gap with the rest of the population regarding the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals;

| 12. | Recalls its demand that the Council and the Commission give priority to promoting equal opportunitiesin employment in private EU-based companies and encouraging EU-based companies to implement the ‘Ambedkar Principles’ (Employment and Additional Principles on Economic and Social Exclusion Formulated to assist All Foreign Investors in South Asia to Address Caste Discrimination); |
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12.

Recalls its demand that the Council and the Commission give priority to promoting equal opportunitiesin employment in private EU-based companies and encouraging EU-based companies to implement the ‘Ambedkar Principles’ (Employment and Additional Principles on Economic and Social Exclusion Formulated to assist All Foreign Investors in South Asia to Address Caste Discrimination);

| 13. | Welcomes the EU's commitment to the development of Principles and Guidelines for the Elimination of Discrimination on the basis of Work and Descent by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and urges the Commission and the Council to continue that support; |
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13.

Welcomes the EU's commitment to the development of Principles and Guidelines for the Elimination of Discrimination on the basis of Work and Descent by the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and urges the Commission and the Council to continue that support;

| 14. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States, the President, the Government and Parliament of India, the UN Secretary-General, and the heads of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the Unicef, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. |
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14.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States, the President, the Government and Parliament of India, the UN Secretary-General, and the heads of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the Unicef, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

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(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0388.

(2)  Derived from figures provided in Crime in India 2005, http://ncrb.nic.in/crime2005/home.htm and http://ncrb.nic.in/crime2005/cii-2005/CHAP7.pdf.

(3)  Cf. G. Shah, H. Mander, S. Thorat, S. Deshpande and A. Baviskar Untouchability in Rural India, Sage Publications, India, 2006.

(4)  National Family Health Survey, commissioned by the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 1998-99 (last survey available), Chapter 6, p. 187, http://www.nfhsindia.org/data/india/indch6.pdf.

(5)  2001 Census of India.

P6_TA(2007)0017

EC-Gabon Fisheries Partnership *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic (COM(2006)0454 — C6-0303/2006 — 2006/0156(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2006)0454) (1), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2006)0454) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 300(2), first subparagraph of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to 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 (C6-0303/2006), |
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having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0303/2006),

| — | 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 Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development (A6-0477/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development (A6-0477/2006),

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

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

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

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 2a (new) |
| | (2a) The EC financial compensation will be used for the development of coastal populations dependent on fisheries as well as for the creation of small local freezing and processing industries; |
| Amendment 2 |
| Article 3a (new) |
| | Article 3a




  During the final year of the period of application of the Protocol and before any new agreement is concluded or the period of application of the Agreement attached to this Regulation is extended, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of the Agreement and the conditions under which it was implemented. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Article 3b (new) |
| | Article 3b




  The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the multiannual sectoral programme described in Article 7 of the Protocol. |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 3c (new) |
| | Article 3c




  On the basis of the report submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 3a and after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall if appropriate confer upon the Commission a negotiating mandate with a view to the adoption of a new Protocol. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Article 3d (new) |
| | Article 3d




  The Commission shall evaluate each year whether Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement have complied with reporting requirements. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 2a (new)

(2a) The EC financial compensation will be used for the development of coastal populations dependent on fisheries as well as for the creation of small local freezing and processing industries;

Amendment 2

Article 3a (new)

Article 3a

During the final year of the period of application of the Protocol and before any new agreement is concluded or the period of application of the Agreement attached to this Regulation is extended, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of the Agreement and the conditions under which it was implemented.

Amendment 3

Article 3b (new)

Article 3b

The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the multiannual sectoral programme described in Article 7 of the Protocol.

Amendment 4

Article 3c (new)

Article 3c

On the basis of the report submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 3a and after consulting the European Parliament, the Council shall if appropriate confer upon the Commission a negotiating mandate with a view to the adoption of a new Protocol.

Amendment 5

Article 3d (new)

Article 3d

The Commission shall evaluate each year whether Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement have complied with reporting requirements.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0018

Moratorium on the death penalty

European Parliament resolution on the initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on a universal moratorium on the death penalty, in particular those of 23 October 2003 (1), 6 May 1999 (2) and 18 June 1998 (3), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on a universal moratorium on the death penalty, in particular those of 23 October 2003 (1), 6 May 1999 (2) and 18 June 1998 (3),

| — | having regard to the resolutions on the moratorium on capital punishment adopted by various UN bodies, including the UN Commission on Human Rights, |
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having regard to the resolutions on the moratorium on capital punishment adopted by various UN bodies, including the UN Commission on Human Rights,

| — | having regard to the EU's statements in support of a universal moratorium on capital punishment and the statement on abolition of the death penalty delivered on 19 December 2006 in the UN General Assembly, which was signed by 85 countries from all geographical groups, |
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having regard to the EU's statements in support of a universal moratorium on capital punishment and the statement on abolition of the death penalty delivered on 19 December 2006 in the UN General Assembly, which was signed by 85 countries from all geographical groups,

| — | having regard to the Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on the death penalty adopted by the General Affairs Council on 29 June 1998, |
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having regard to the Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on the death penalty adopted by the General Affairs Council on 29 June 1998,

| — | having regard to Rule 103(4) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 103(4) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the death penalty is a cruel and inhuman punishment and a violation of the right to life, |
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whereas the death penalty is a cruel and inhuman punishment and a violation of the right to life,

| B. | whereas the abolition of the death penalty is a fundamental value of the European Union and a requirement for countries seeking EU membership, |
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B.

whereas the abolition of the death penalty is a fundamental value of the European Union and a requirement for countries seeking EU membership,

| C. | deeply concerned by the fact that national laws still exist, or have been reintroduced, in dozens of countries around the world, providing for the death penalty and allowing the execution of thousands of human beings each year, |
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C.

deeply concerned by the fact that national laws still exist, or have been reintroduced, in dozens of countries around the world, providing for the death penalty and allowing the execution of thousands of human beings each year,

| D. | whereas, at the same time, progress towards the worldwide abolition of the death penalty continues; whereas the complete abolition of the death penalty in Liberia, Mexico, the Philippines and Moldova during the past years and the rejection by the Peruvian Congress of a draft law introducing the death penalty for crimes of terrorism are to be welcomed, |
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D.

whereas, at the same time, progress towards the worldwide abolition of the death penalty continues; whereas the complete abolition of the death penalty in Liberia, Mexico, the Philippines and Moldova during the past years and the rejection by the Peruvian Congress of a draft law introducing the death penalty for crimes of terrorism are to be welcomed,

| E. | whereas the EU decided, in the framework of its Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on the death penalty, to work within international bodies towards the abolition of the death penalty, |
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whereas the EU decided, in the framework of its Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on the death penalty, to work within international bodies towards the abolition of the death penalty,

| F. | whereas on 9 January 2007 the Italian Government and the Council of Europe decided to work together to gather as much support as possible for the current UN General Assembly-based initiative for a worldwide moratorium on executions, with a view to full abolition of the death penalty, |
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F.

whereas on 9 January 2007 the Italian Government and the Council of Europe decided to work together to gather as much support as possible for the current UN General Assembly-based initiative for a worldwide moratorium on executions, with a view to full abolition of the death penalty,

| G. | whereas on 27 July 2006 the Italian Chamber of Deputies unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Italian Government to present to the next UN General Assembly, after consulting its EU partners, but without being subject to unanimous approval, a motion for a resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty throughout the world; and whereas at its meeting of 22 January 2007 the EU's General Affairs Council agreed that in New York the German Presidency of the EU would assess the opportunities and ways of reopening discussions on and consideration of the proposal for a universal moratorium on the death penalty, |
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G.

whereas on 27 July 2006 the Italian Chamber of Deputies unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Italian Government to present to the next UN General Assembly, after consulting its EU partners, but without being subject to unanimous approval, a motion for a resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty throughout the world; and whereas at its meeting of 22 January 2007 the EU's General Affairs Council agreed that in New York the German Presidency of the EU would assess the opportunities and ways of reopening discussions on and consideration of the proposal for a universal moratorium on the death penalty,

| H. | condemning the execution of Saddam Hussein and the media's exploitation of his hanging, and deploring the way it was carried out, |
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condemning the execution of Saddam Hussein and the media's exploitation of his hanging, and deploring the way it was carried out,

| 1. | Reiterates its long-standing position against the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances and expresses once more its conviction that the abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and to the progressive development of human rights; |
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Reiterates its long-standing position against the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances and expresses once more its conviction that the abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and to the progressive development of human rights;

| 2. | Calls for a worldwide moratorium on executions to be established immediately and unconditionally with a view to the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, through a relevant resolution of the current UN General Assembly, whose actual implementation the UN Secretary-General should be able to monitor; |
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Calls for a worldwide moratorium on executions to be established immediately and unconditionally with a view to the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, through a relevant resolution of the current UN General Assembly, whose actual implementation the UN Secretary-General should be able to monitor;

| 3. | Calls on the EU Presidency to take appropriate action as a matter of urgency to ensure that such a resolution is urgently submitted to the current UN General Assembly; calls on the EU Presidency and the Commission to keep Parliament informed of the results achieved in the current UN General Assembly in relation to a universal moratorium on the death penalty; |
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Calls on the EU Presidency to take appropriate action as a matter of urgency to ensure that such a resolution is urgently submitted to the current UN General Assembly; calls on the EU Presidency and the Commission to keep Parliament informed of the results achieved in the current UN General Assembly in relation to a universal moratorium on the death penalty;

| 4. | Urges the EU institutions and the Member States to make every endeavour in the political and diplomatic spheres to ensure the success of this resolution within the current UN General Assembly; |
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Urges the EU institutions and the Member States to make every endeavour in the political and diplomatic spheres to ensure the success of this resolution within the current UN General Assembly;

| 5. | Strongly supports the initiative of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Government backed by the EU Council, the Commission and the Council of Europe; |
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5.

Strongly supports the initiative of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Government backed by the EU Council, the Commission and the Council of Europe;

| 6. | Strongly urges all EU Member States to ratify without delay the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the complete abolition of the death penalty; |
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Strongly urges all EU Member States to ratify without delay the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the complete abolition of the death penalty;

| 7. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN Secretary-General, the Chair of the UN General Assembly and all the UN member states. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN Secretary-General, the Chair of the UN General Assembly and all the UN member states.

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(1)  OJ C 82 E, 1.4.2004, p. 609.

(2)  OJ C 279, 1.10.1999, p. 421.

(3)  OJ C 210, 6.7.1998, p. 207.

P6_TA(2007)0019

Promoting healthy diets and physical activity

European Parliament resolution on ‘Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases’ (2006/2231(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission Green Paper (COM(2005)0637), |
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having regard to the Commission Green Paper (COM(2005)0637),

| — | having regard to the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly on 22 May 2004, |
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having regard to the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly on 22 May 2004,

| — | having regard to the Council resolution of 14 December 2000 on health and nutrition (1), |
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having regard to the Council resolution of 14 December 2000 on health and nutrition (1),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 3 June 2005 concerning obesity, nutrition and physical activity, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 3 June 2005 concerning obesity, nutrition and physical activity,

| — | having regard to the informal meeting of EU sports ministers on 19-20 September 2005 at which the British Presidency proposed the creation of a working party on Sport and Health, |
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having regard to the informal meeting of EU sports ministers on 19-20 September 2005 at which the British Presidency proposed the creation of a working party on Sport and Health,

| — | having regard to the call issued by scientists at the 10th International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2006), which was held in Sydney from 3 to 8 September 2006, |
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having regard to the call issued by scientists at the 10th International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2006), which was held in Sydney from 3 to 8 September 2006,

| — | having regard to the conclusions reached at the Finnish Presidency's high-level expert conference entitled ‘Health in all policies’, held in Kuopio on 20-21 September 2006, |
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having regard to the conclusions reached at the Finnish Presidency's high-level expert conference entitled ‘Health in all policies’, held in Kuopio on 20-21 September 2006,

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0450/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0450/2006),

| A. | whereas the number of people suffering from obesity has increased spectacularly over the last 30 years within the European Union; whereas the phenomenon's growth rate is the same as in the USA in the early 1990s, and whereas nearly 27 % of men and 38 % of women in Europe are these days regarded as being overweight or obese, |
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whereas the number of people suffering from obesity has increased spectacularly over the last 30 years within the European Union; whereas the phenomenon's growth rate is the same as in the USA in the early 1990s, and whereas nearly 27 % of men and 38 % of women in Europe are these days regarded as being overweight or obese,

| B. | whereas rising obesity prevalence, especially in children, is not limited to the EU and other rich countries, but is increasing dramatically in several developing countries, |
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whereas rising obesity prevalence, especially in children, is not limited to the EU and other rich countries, but is increasing dramatically in several developing countries,

| C. | whereas obesity also affects over five million children in EU-27 and whereas the rate of progression is alarming, with nearly 300 000 new cases per year, |
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whereas obesity also affects over five million children in EU-27 and whereas the rate of progression is alarming, with nearly 300 000 new cases per year,

| D. | whereas studies have shown that disabled persons are at greater risk from obesity caused by a number of factors including patho-physiological mutations of the energy metabolism and the body's constitution, muscular atrophy and physical inactivity
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whereas studies have shown that disabled persons are at greater risk from obesity caused by a number of factors including patho-physiological mutations of the energy metabolism and the body's constitution, muscular atrophy and physical inactivity
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| E. | whereas the energy intake amongst large groups of the population has been stable since the 1950s; whereas changes in lifestyle, however, have led to a decrease in both physical activity and physical work and thereby reduced energy requirements, causing an imbalance between energy needs and energy supply, |
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E.

whereas the energy intake amongst large groups of the population has been stable since the 1950s; whereas changes in lifestyle, however, have led to a decrease in both physical activity and physical work and thereby reduced energy requirements, causing an imbalance between energy needs and energy supply,

| F. | whereas numerous projects and studies have confirmed that the onset of obesity is characterised by early disparities linked to the socio-economic environment and that the condition is more frequent in low-income families with a low level of educational achievement, |
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F.

whereas numerous projects and studies have confirmed that the onset of obesity is characterised by early disparities linked to the socio-economic environment and that the condition is more frequent in low-income families with a low level of educational achievement,

| G. | whereas due regard should be given to the various dietary habits and consumption patterns existing in the Member States, when establishing an EU Action Plan for the promotion of healthy lifestyles, |
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G.

whereas due regard should be given to the various dietary habits and consumption patterns existing in the Member States, when establishing an EU Action Plan for the promotion of healthy lifestyles,

| H. | whereas the World Health Organisation's (WHO) 2005 report on health in Europe demonstrates that a large number of deaths and illnesses are caused by seven major risk factors of which six (hypertension, cholesterol, excessive body mass index, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, lack of physical activity and excessive alcohol consumption) are related to diet and physical exercise and whereas those health determinants must be acted upon with equal priority, with a view to preventing a significant number of deaths and illnesses, |
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H.

whereas the World Health Organisation's (WHO) 2005 report on health in Europe demonstrates that a large number of deaths and illnesses are caused by seven major risk factors of which six (hypertension, cholesterol, excessive body mass index, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, lack of physical activity and excessive alcohol consumption) are related to diet and physical exercise and whereas those health determinants must be acted upon with equal priority, with a view to preventing a significant number of deaths and illnesses,

| I. | whereas a healthy diet must be considered as one with certain quantitative and qualitative properties such as energy content in accordance with individual needs and always in accordance with dietetic principles, |
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I.

whereas a healthy diet must be considered as one with certain quantitative and qualitative properties such as energy content in accordance with individual needs and always in accordance with dietetic principles,

| J. | whereas although by virtue of the powers conferred upon it under the Treaties the EU has an essential role to play in the field of consumer protection by encouraging healthy eating and the consumption of fruit and vegetables, Community measures to promote sport and physical activity must of necessity complement those implemented by the Member States, their regions and cities, |
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J.

whereas although by virtue of the powers conferred upon it under the Treaties the EU has an essential role to play in the field of consumer protection by encouraging healthy eating and the consumption of fruit and vegetables, Community measures to promote sport and physical activity must of necessity complement those implemented by the Member States, their regions and cities,

| K. | whereas the socio-economic impact of diseases relating to the problems of overweight (which already account for between 4 and 7 % of the Member States' total health expenditure) must also be considered; whereas the overall cost of obesity (taking into account the increased likelihood of unemployment, work stoppages and invalidity) has not been subjected to precise scientific evaluation, |
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K.

whereas the socio-economic impact of diseases relating to the problems of overweight (which already account for between 4 and 7 % of the Member States' total health expenditure) must also be considered; whereas the overall cost of obesity (taking into account the increased likelihood of unemployment, work stoppages and invalidity) has not been subjected to precise scientific evaluation,

| L. | whereas most of the Member States have introduced policies designed to tackle the problems of obesity and to increase their populations' level of health — some governments having introduced bans and others preferring incentives, |
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L.

whereas most of the Member States have introduced policies designed to tackle the problems of obesity and to increase their populations' level of health — some governments having introduced bans and others preferring incentives,

| M. | whereas certain Member States have, for example, decided to regulate — or even to ban — the presence of vending machines in schools on account of the limited range of items on offer and the negligible provision of low-sugar drinks, fruit and vegetables and ‘diet’ products, |
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M.

whereas certain Member States have, for example, decided to regulate — or even to ban — the presence of vending machines in schools on account of the limited range of items on offer and the negligible provision of low-sugar drinks, fruit and vegetables and ‘diet’ products,

| N. | whereas it is interesting to consider — as constituting an initial stage — the voluntary undertakings recently given on the one hand by European manufacturers of non-alcoholic beverages to restrict marketing to children under the age of 12 whilst at the same time providing access to more varied beverages in schools and, on the other, by two ‘giants’ of the fast-food sector to print nutrition symbols on hamburger packaging and on the paper cones in which chips are sold, |
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N.

whereas it is interesting to consider — as constituting an initial stage — the voluntary undertakings recently given on the one hand by European manufacturers of non-alcoholic beverages to restrict marketing to children under the age of 12 whilst at the same time providing access to more varied beverages in schools and, on the other, by two ‘giants’ of the fast-food sector to print nutrition symbols on hamburger packaging and on the paper cones in which chips are sold,

| O. | welcoming the various initiatives aimed at promoting healthy eating that many European retailers are piloting, including development of healthy ranges, comprehensive and easy-to-understand labelling of nutrition information, and partnerships with governments, schools and NGOs to raise awareness about the benefits of healthy eating and regular exercise, |
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O.

welcoming the various initiatives aimed at promoting healthy eating that many European retailers are piloting, including development of healthy ranges, comprehensive and easy-to-understand labelling of nutrition information, and partnerships with governments, schools and NGOs to raise awareness about the benefits of healthy eating and regular exercise,

| P. | whereas the Green Paper under consideration is part of a comprehensive EU initiative designed to combat the factors which are most harmful to health (including poor eating habits and lack of physical activity) and which — along with smoking and excessive alcohol consumption — are the root cause of cardiovascular diseases (which are the primary cause of death amongst men and women in the European Union), certain types of cancer, respiratory disease, osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes, which increase the demand on national health systems, |
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P.

whereas the Green Paper under consideration is part of a comprehensive EU initiative designed to combat the factors which are most harmful to health (including poor eating habits and lack of physical activity) and which — along with smoking and excessive alcohol consumption — are the root cause of cardiovascular diseases (which are the primary cause of death amongst men and women in the European Union), certain types of cancer, respiratory disease, osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes, which increase the demand on national health systems,

| Q. | whereas the outcome of a public-consultation exercise in the wake of the Green Paper, presented by the Commission on 11 September 2006, has prompted calls in particular for EU action covering various Community policies and devoting particular attention to children and young people, |
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Q.

whereas the outcome of a public-consultation exercise in the wake of the Green Paper, presented by the Commission on 11 September 2006, has prompted calls in particular for EU action covering various Community policies and devoting particular attention to children and young people,

| R. | whereas the Community is called upon to play an active role (in connection with joint policies or in addition to the activities engaged in by the 27 Member States) in terms of campaigns to inform consumers and make them more aware of the obesity issue, to restore fruit and vegetable consumption under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to fund research, educational and sports projects and to adopt new or revised legislation which has a genuine impact on European citizens' nutritional health, |
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R.

whereas the Community is called upon to play an active role (in connection with joint policies or in addition to the activities engaged in by the 27 Member States) in terms of campaigns to inform consumers and make them more aware of the obesity issue, to restore fruit and vegetable consumption under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to fund research, educational and sports projects and to adopt new or revised legislation which has a genuine impact on European citizens' nutritional health,

Obesity: a political priority?

| 1. | Welcomes the Commission's commitment to healthy eating (in quantitative and qualitative terms) and physical activity, as well as to the fight against obesity and major diet related diseases; calls for this to be regarded henceforth as a political priority of the European Union and its Member States; |
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Welcomes the Commission's commitment to healthy eating (in quantitative and qualitative terms) and physical activity, as well as to the fight against obesity and major diet related diseases; calls for this to be regarded henceforth as a political priority of the European Union and its Member States;

| 2. | Recognises that obesity is multi-factorial and as such requires a holistic approach involving many different policy areas; |
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2.

Recognises that obesity is multi-factorial and as such requires a holistic approach involving many different policy areas;

| 3. | Bitterly regrets that despite the action taken by a number of Member States, obesity affects a constantly growing proportion of the population and that if this trend continues, the consequences in terms of public health, which could be prevented through the proper measures, will be incalculable; |
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3.

Bitterly regrets that despite the action taken by a number of Member States, obesity affects a constantly growing proportion of the population and that if this trend continues, the consequences in terms of public health, which could be prevented through the proper measures, will be incalculable;

| 4. | Advises all the Member States to recognise obesity officially as a chronic disease in order to prevent obese people from being stigmatised and discriminated in any way; also advises the Member States to ensure that these people have access to appropriate treatment under their national health systems; |
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4.

Advises all the Member States to recognise obesity officially as a chronic disease in order to prevent obese people from being stigmatised and discriminated in any way; also advises the Member States to ensure that these people have access to appropriate treatment under their national health systems;

| 5. | Welcomes the adoption at the WHO European Ministerial Conference, which took place in Istanbul on 15 to 17 November 2006, of a Charter on counteracting obesity, highlights the setting up of an ambitious framework for action in order to bring the epidemic under control, and calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a timetable for implementing and prioritising interventions under this framework; |
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Welcomes the adoption at the WHO European Ministerial Conference, which took place in Istanbul on 15 to 17 November 2006, of a Charter on counteracting obesity, highlights the setting up of an ambitious framework for action in order to bring the epidemic under control, and calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a timetable for implementing and prioritising interventions under this framework;

| 6. | Supports unreservedly the launch in March 2005 of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (‘the Platform’) and welcomes the method adopted by DG SANCO: a permanent dialogue with the various sectors of industry, the Member States' authorities and NGOs; |
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6.

Supports unreservedly the launch in March 2005 of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (‘the Platform’) and welcomes the method adopted by DG SANCO: a permanent dialogue with the various sectors of industry, the Member States' authorities and NGOs;

| 7. | Welcomes the voluntary commitments already proposed by the stakeholders of the Platform; stresses the need to ensure that such commitments made in the Platform are effectively monitored and calls on the Commission to develop clear criteria for assessment; notes that reliable assessment is vital to ensure that progress can be adequately measured and to allow for further EU action or legislative proposals to be considered where this may be necessary; calls on the Commission to report annually to the European Parliament on the achievements of the Platform; |
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Welcomes the voluntary commitments already proposed by the stakeholders of the Platform; stresses the need to ensure that such commitments made in the Platform are effectively monitored and calls on the Commission to develop clear criteria for assessment; notes that reliable assessment is vital to ensure that progress can be adequately measured and to allow for further EU action or legislative proposals to be considered where this may be necessary; calls on the Commission to report annually to the European Parliament on the achievements of the Platform;

| 8. | Requests the Commission to conduct impact assessments on relevant policy proposals to determine their impact on public health, obesity and nutrition goals; recommends that this ‘health or obesity check’ should take place in particular on the CAP research programmes, energy policy, advertising and food policy; |
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Requests the Commission to conduct impact assessments on relevant policy proposals to determine their impact on public health, obesity and nutrition goals; recommends that this ‘health or obesity check’ should take place in particular on the CAP research programmes, energy policy, advertising and food policy;

| 9. | Remarks that whilst a broad range of stakeholders are currently involved in the Platform, they tend to be concentrated on the ‘energy-input’ side of the obesity issue; calls therefore on stakeholders related to the ‘energy-output’ side — such as computer game manufacturers, sports associations and broadcasters — to become more engaged in the debate and to consider making similar commitments; |
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9.

Remarks that whilst a broad range of stakeholders are currently involved in the Platform, they tend to be concentrated on the ‘energy-input’ side of the obesity issue; calls therefore on stakeholders related to the ‘energy-output’ side — such as computer game manufacturers, sports associations and broadcasters — to become more engaged in the debate and to consider making similar commitments;

| 10. | Regards as a step in the right direction the trend currently prevailing in various sectors of the European food industry towards practical action designed to refocus the marketing of products to children and to introduce nutritional labelling on children's drinks and food products; |
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10.

Regards as a step in the right direction the trend currently prevailing in various sectors of the European food industry towards practical action designed to refocus the marketing of products to children and to introduce nutritional labelling on children's drinks and food products;

| 11. | Encourages Member States to identify cost-effective opportunities to partner their health services with industry in a manner that both improves patient understanding and control of their diet and relieves the economic burden of obesity; considers that particular attention should be paid to schemes that address the needs of people in socially and economically deprived communities; |
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11.

Encourages Member States to identify cost-effective opportunities to partner their health services with industry in a manner that both improves patient understanding and control of their diet and relieves the economic burden of obesity; considers that particular attention should be paid to schemes that address the needs of people in socially and economically deprived communities;

| 12. | Expects practical measures to be put forward in the very near future by the Commission in a White Paper, with a view to reducing the number of overweight and obese people from 2015 at the latest; |
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Expects practical measures to be put forward in the very near future by the Commission in a White Paper, with a view to reducing the number of overweight and obese people from 2015 at the latest;

Informing consumers from childhood onwards

| 13. | Considers that any policy designed to prevent and monitor obesity should cover people's entire lives from the ante-natal period to old age; also considers that particular attention should be paid to childhood — the stage in life when many eating habits are adopted; |
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13.

Considers that any policy designed to prevent and monitor obesity should cover people's entire lives from the ante-natal period to old age; also considers that particular attention should be paid to childhood — the stage in life when many eating habits are adopted;

| 14. | Encourages Member States to recognise that education on nutrition and health, starting from a very early age, is crucial to preventing overweight and obesity; |
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14.

Encourages Member States to recognise that education on nutrition and health, starting from a very early age, is crucial to preventing overweight and obesity;

| 15. | Stresses the danger of excessive zeal regarding the campaign to combat obesity and considers that the right examples should be given to children and adolescents receptive to peer pressure so as to avoid any increase in other dietary disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia; |
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Stresses the danger of excessive zeal regarding the campaign to combat obesity and considers that the right examples should be given to children and adolescents receptive to peer pressure so as to avoid any increase in other dietary disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia;

| 16. | Considers that health professionals play an important role in promoting the health benefits of a wellbalanced diet and regular physical activity and detecting any risk, especially to persons with excess abdominal fat who have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, in particular, and other medical conditions; invites Member States to promote the profession of nutritionist by mutual recognition of professional qualifications and defining access conditions to this profession as well as ensuring scientific vocational training; |
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16.

Considers that health professionals play an important role in promoting the health benefits of a wellbalanced diet and regular physical activity and detecting any risk, especially to persons with excess abdominal fat who have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, in particular, and other medical conditions; invites Member States to promote the profession of nutritionist by mutual recognition of professional qualifications and defining access conditions to this profession as well as ensuring scientific vocational training;

| 17. | Points out that school is the place where children spend most of their time and that the school environment, and especially school canteens, must therefore encourage young children to develop their tastes, providing basic cooking skills and food knowledge, and promote regular physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, particularly in order to counter the decreasing time allocated to physical education in schools in the EU; calls therefore on the Commission to develop mechanisms to promote best practices in schools which take account of the most effective initiatives for educating children about healthy eating habits and providing quality food based on high nutritional standards; |
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Points out that school is the place where children spend most of their time and that the school environment, and especially school canteens, must therefore encourage young children to develop their tastes, providing basic cooking skills and food knowledge, and promote regular physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, particularly in order to counter the decreasing time allocated to physical education in schools in the EU; calls therefore on the Commission to develop mechanisms to promote best practices in schools which take account of the most effective initiatives for educating children about healthy eating habits and providing quality food based on high nutritional standards;

| 18. | Deplores the practice of Member State governments selling school playing-fields for development; |
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18.

Deplores the practice of Member State governments selling school playing-fields for development;

| 19. | Calls on Member States to provide sufficient funds for school catering in order to allow schools to serve freshly produced meals, preferably from organic or regional agriculture, and to encourage healthy dietary habits from an early age; |
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19.

Calls on Member States to provide sufficient funds for school catering in order to allow schools to serve freshly produced meals, preferably from organic or regional agriculture, and to encourage healthy dietary habits from an early age;

| 20. | Considers that Member States should be encouraged to ensure that children have sufficient facilities to engage in sports and physical activities at school; encourages Member States and their local authorities to consider the promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle when planning the location of schools so as to bring them closer to the communities they serve, thus enabling children to walk or cycle to school, rather than sitting in a car or on a bus; |
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20.

Considers that Member States should be encouraged to ensure that children have sufficient facilities to engage in sports and physical activities at school; encourages Member States and their local authorities to consider the promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle when planning the location of schools so as to bring them closer to the communities they serve, thus enabling children to walk or cycle to school, rather than sitting in a car or on a bus;

| 21. | Calls for EU soft drink manufacturers to implement without delay the commitments which they laid down on 20 December 2005 in their code of practice, in particular their commitment to restrict commercial activities in primary schools; |
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21.

Calls for EU soft drink manufacturers to implement without delay the commitments which they laid down on 20 December 2005 in their code of practice, in particular their commitment to restrict commercial activities in primary schools;

| 22. | Considers that the presence (where authorised) of vending machines in secondary schools should be in accordance with healthy dietary rules; |
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22.

Considers that the presence (where authorised) of vending machines in secondary schools should be in accordance with healthy dietary rules;

| 23. | Condemns the frequency and the intensity of television campaigns designed to advertise and promote foodstuffs targeted exclusively at children, and stresses that such commercial practices do not encourage healthy eating habits and should therefore be managed at EU level through the revision of the ‘Television without Frontiers’ Directive (2); stresses furthermore that there is clear evidence that TV advertising influences short-term consumption patterns of children aged between 2 and 11 years, but considers at the same time that the individual responsibility of parents comes into play, since the final decision to purchase lies with them; however, notes that surveys show that a majority of parents want clear restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy foods to children; |
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23.

Condemns the frequency and the intensity of television campaigns designed to advertise and promote foodstuffs targeted exclusively at children, and stresses that such commercial practices do not encourage healthy eating habits and should therefore be managed at EU level through the revision of the ‘Television without Frontiers’ Directive (2); stresses furthermore that there is clear evidence that TV advertising influences short-term consumption patterns of children aged between 2 and 11 years, but considers at the same time that the individual responsibility of parents comes into play, since the final decision to purchase lies with them; however, notes that surveys show that a majority of parents want clear restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy foods to children;

| 24. | Calls on the Commission to establish, within the Platform, voluntary or self-regulatory commitments to end the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children but urges the Commission to come forward with legislative proposals should self-regulation fail to deliver change; |
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24.

Calls on the Commission to establish, within the Platform, voluntary or self-regulatory commitments to end the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children but urges the Commission to come forward with legislative proposals should self-regulation fail to deliver change;

| 25. | Points out that new forms of advertising to children such as text messaging to mobile phones, online games and sponsorships of playgrounds should not be exempt from such considerations; |
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25.

Points out that new forms of advertising to children such as text messaging to mobile phones, online games and sponsorships of playgrounds should not be exempt from such considerations;

| 26. | Considers that a ‘gentlemen's agreement’ between the Commission and the European media industries must eventually be concluded, involving the requirement for children's products in different media formats (television, cinema, Internet and video games) to carry health and recreation information intended to make Europe's youngsters aware of the importance of practising sport and of eating fruit and vegetables in order to remain healthy; |
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26.

Considers that a ‘gentlemen's agreement’ between the Commission and the European media industries must eventually be concluded, involving the requirement for children's products in different media formats (television, cinema, Internet and video games) to carry health and recreation information intended to make Europe's youngsters aware of the importance of practising sport and of eating fruit and vegetables in order to remain healthy;

| 27. | Acknowledges the role of the European Food Safety Authority in issuing dietary advice and recommendations; |
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27.

Acknowledges the role of the European Food Safety Authority in issuing dietary advice and recommendations;

| 28. | Believes that the media (TV, radio and the Internet) are now more than ever before an essential teaching device for learning about nutritional health and one which should offer practical advice to consumers in order to enable them to establish the right balance between daily calorie consumption and energy expenditure and ultimately give them freedom of choice; |
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28.

Believes that the media (TV, radio and the Internet) are now more than ever before an essential teaching device for learning about nutritional health and one which should offer practical advice to consumers in order to enable them to establish the right balance between daily calorie consumption and energy expenditure and ultimately give them freedom of choice;

| 29. | Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (3) gives out a strong signal and will finally provide consumers with honest, reliable and consistent information concerning the nutritional characteristics of food products, in particular those which contain large amounts of sugar, salt and certain fats; notes that the implementation of that Regulation should be carried out in a way that still encourages and enables food and drinks companies to innovate and improve their products; therefore considers that in the context of that Regulation, the establishment of nutrient profiles by the European Food Safety Authority must be given high priority, taking into account the most recent available data, and be carried out in close cooperation with consumer NGOs and food operators, including retailers; |
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29.

Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (3) gives out a strong signal and will finally provide consumers with honest, reliable and consistent information concerning the nutritional characteristics of food products, in particular those which contain large amounts of sugar, salt and certain fats; notes that the implementation of that Regulation should be carried out in a way that still encourages and enables food and drinks companies to innovate and improve their products; therefore considers that in the context of that Regulation, the establishment of nutrient profiles by the European Food Safety Authority must be given high priority, taking into account the most recent available data, and be carried out in close cooperation with consumer NGOs and food operators, including retailers;

| 30. | Notes growing public and scientific concern about the impact of artificial trans-fats on human health and notes moves by certain national (Canada, Denmark) and regional (City of New York) authorities to remove trans-fats from the human diet; calls for EU action to reduce the intake of trans-fats; |
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30.

Notes growing public and scientific concern about the impact of artificial trans-fats on human health and notes moves by certain national (Canada, Denmark) and regional (City of New York) authorities to remove trans-fats from the human diet; calls for EU action to reduce the intake of trans-fats;

| 31. | Considers that Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (4) needs to be revised without delay, so as to include, as a minimum, a requirement to indicate the presence and quantity of nutrients and the nature of the fats, in pursuit of the objectives involving the simplification and harmonisation of European legislation and in line with the recommendations put forward by industry representatives and consumer associations; |
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31.

Considers that Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (4) needs to be revised without delay, so as to include, as a minimum, a requirement to indicate the presence and quantity of nutrients and the nature of the fats, in pursuit of the objectives involving the simplification and harmonisation of European legislation and in line with the recommendations put forward by industry representatives and consumer associations;

| 32. | Takes a strong interest in the food signposting systems put in place in several Member States by food companies, retailers or public bodies in order to simplify nutrition messages; recognises the value of such signposting systems as well as healthy-choice logos when they are favoured by consumers and easy to use; recalls that research confirms that schemes which indicate levels of nutrients via an interpretative element are the most helpful to consumers in choosing healthier options; calls on the Commission to draw on this experience and research to develop and introduce an EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme and points out that a consistent message to consumers demands a certain degree of harmonisation in this area and that such messages must be scientifically based; |
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32.

Takes a strong interest in the food signposting systems put in place in several Member States by food companies, retailers or public bodies in order to simplify nutrition messages; recognises the value of such signposting systems as well as healthy-choice logos when they are favoured by consumers and easy to use; recalls that research confirms that schemes which indicate levels of nutrients via an interpretative element are the most helpful to consumers in choosing healthier options; calls on the Commission to draw on this experience and research to develop and introduce an EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme and points out that a consistent message to consumers demands a certain degree of harmonisation in this area and that such messages must be scientifically based;

Incorporating nutrition and physical activity into other Community policies

| 33. | Believes that product reformulation is a powerful tool for reducing the intake of fat, sugar and salt in our diets and welcomes the steps taken by a few manufacturers and retailers to move in this direction; notes that to date only 5% of the total voluntary commitments made under the Platform relate to product development; calls on the Commission, Member States, manufacturers, retailers and caterers to step up efforts to ensure that manufacturers, retailers and caterers reduce fat, sugar and salt levels in foods; calls on manufacturers to use product reformulation not just to launch new, sometimes more expensive brands, but to prioritise cutting fat, sugar and salt in existing everyday brands; |
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33.

Believes that product reformulation is a powerful tool for reducing the intake of fat, sugar and salt in our diets and welcomes the steps taken by a few manufacturers and retailers to move in this direction; notes that to date only 5% of the total voluntary commitments made under the Platform relate to product development; calls on the Commission, Member States, manufacturers, retailers and caterers to step up efforts to ensure that manufacturers, retailers and caterers reduce fat, sugar and salt levels in foods; calls on manufacturers to use product reformulation not just to launch new, sometimes more expensive brands, but to prioritise cutting fat, sugar and salt in existing everyday brands;

| 34. | Highlights the importance of empowering the individual to make informed choices about what to eat and how much physical exercise to take; |
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34.

Highlights the importance of empowering the individual to make informed choices about what to eat and how much physical exercise to take;

| 35. | Considers that the promotion of a healthy diet and of physical activity must be a political priority not only for DG SANCO but also for the Commission directorates-general responsible for agriculture, transport, employment, research, education and sport, which implement Community policies or programmes with an impact on nutritional health; requests the Commission to conduct impact assessments on relevant policy proposals to determine their impact on public health and nutrition goals, in particular the CAP; |
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35.

Considers that the promotion of a healthy diet and of physical activity must be a political priority not only for DG SANCO but also for the Commission directorates-general responsible for agriculture, transport, employment, research, education and sport, which implement Community policies or programmes with an impact on nutritional health; requests the Commission to conduct impact assessments on relevant policy proposals to determine their impact on public health and nutrition goals, in particular the CAP;

| 36. | Welcomes the fact that the current Community action programme on public health (2003-2008) provides funding for a number of projects concerned with obesity and considers that long-term funding must be made available and that emphasis must be placed in the second programme (2007-2013) on promoting a healthy lifestyle amongst children, young people and people with disabilities; |
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36.

Welcomes the fact that the current Community action programme on public health (2003-2008) provides funding for a number of projects concerned with obesity and considers that long-term funding must be made available and that emphasis must be placed in the second programme (2007-2013) on promoting a healthy lifestyle amongst children, young people and people with disabilities;

| 37. | Emphasises that information campaigns are not the best tools for reaching disadvantaged socio-economic groups; considers that actions need to be adapted to local needs and be community-based, direct contacts need to be established and there has to be close cooperation between local schools, kindergartens, all general practitioners, paediatricians, and local health services; points out that evaluation of such activities is vital in order to understand whether they are having the desired effect; |
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37.

Emphasises that information campaigns are not the best tools for reaching disadvantaged socio-economic groups; considers that actions need to be adapted to local needs and be community-based, direct contacts need to be established and there has to be close cooperation between local schools, kindergartens, all general practitioners, paediatricians, and local health services; points out that evaluation of such activities is vital in order to understand whether they are having the desired effect;

| 38. | Calls for the Structural Funds to be used for investment in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in infrastructure that facilitates physical activity and safe transport (such as bicycle lanes) and encourages outdoor play in a safe environment; at the same time, encourages the Member States to invest in such objectives; |
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38.

Calls for the Structural Funds to be used for investment in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in infrastructure that facilitates physical activity and safe transport (such as bicycle lanes) and encourages outdoor play in a safe environment; at the same time, encourages the Member States to invest in such objectives;

| 39. | Calls upon the Commission (in partnership with the appropriate ministries in the Member States or the regions) to contribute to ‘sport at school’ programmes in ‘guinea pig’ establishments; |
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39.

Calls upon the Commission (in partnership with the appropriate ministries in the Member States or the regions) to contribute to ‘sport at school’ programmes in ‘guinea pig’ establishments;

| 40. | Encourages the Commission to evaluate the extent to which malnutrition and lack of mobility are a problem among the elderly and to consider what further measures need to be taken in order to assist this important but sometimes overlooked group in the community in this regard; |
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40.

Encourages the Commission to evaluate the extent to which malnutrition and lack of mobility are a problem among the elderly and to consider what further measures need to be taken in order to assist this important but sometimes overlooked group in the community in this regard;

| 41. | Calls on the Member States and employers to stimulate their employees to participate in keep-fit and physical activities, especially women employed to do monotonous tasks which can lead to chronic diseases; |
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41.

Calls on the Member States and employers to stimulate their employees to participate in keep-fit and physical activities, especially women employed to do monotonous tasks which can lead to chronic diseases;

| 42. | Recognises the role of employers in promoting healthy lifestyles amongst their employees; points out that workforce health and hence productivity should be part of businesses' corporate social-responsibility strategy; looks to the recently launched European Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility to promote the exchange of good practice in this domain; |
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42.

Recognises the role of employers in promoting healthy lifestyles amongst their employees; points out that workforce health and hence productivity should be part of businesses' corporate social-responsibility strategy; looks to the recently launched European Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility to promote the exchange of good practice in this domain;

| 43. | Welcomes the call issued by the scientific community at the 10th International Congress on Obesity for research to be stepped up with a view to achieving better insight into how genetic factors and lifestyle interact and give rise to illness; |
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43.

Welcomes the call issued by the scientific community at the 10th International Congress on Obesity for research to be stepped up with a view to achieving better insight into how genetic factors and lifestyle interact and give rise to illness;

| 44. | Welcomes in this connection the Community funding provided for nine projects included under the ‘food quality and safety’ thematic priority within the Sixth Research and Development Framework Programme — projects which seek new ways of combating obesity by concentrating on (for example) a specific age range or by studying the interaction between genetic and behavioural factors and a state of satiation; |
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44.

Welcomes in this connection the Community funding provided for nine projects included under the ‘food quality and safety’ thematic priority within the Sixth Research and Development Framework Programme — projects which seek new ways of combating obesity by concentrating on (for example) a specific age range or by studying the interaction between genetic and behavioural factors and a state of satiation;

| 45. | Calls in connection with the Seventh Research and Development Framework Programme for action against obesity to continue not only to reap the benefits of transnational cooperation between researchers in the thematic field of diet, agriculture and biotechnology but for it also to be regarded as a research topic of common interest to a number of disciplines; |
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45.

Calls in connection with the Seventh Research and Development Framework Programme for action against obesity to continue not only to reap the benefits of transnational cooperation between researchers in the thematic field of diet, agriculture and biotechnology but for it also to be regarded as a research topic of common interest to a number of disciplines;

| 46. | Highlights the importance of having a comparable set of indicators on health status (including data on dietary intake, physical activity and obesity), especially by age group and socio-economic category; |
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46.

Highlights the importance of having a comparable set of indicators on health status (including data on dietary intake, physical activity and obesity), especially by age group and socio-economic category;

| 47. | Is highly concerned at the fall in the consumption of fruit and vegetables within Europe, which mainly affects low-income European households on account of the fact that such products are expensive and too little information is made available concerning their true value in the diet; |
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47.

Is highly concerned at the fall in the consumption of fruit and vegetables within Europe, which mainly affects low-income European households on account of the fact that such products are expensive and too little information is made available concerning their true value in the diet;

| 48. | Calls on the Commission to propose a policy and regulatory framework that makes available the best sources of nutrients and other beneficial food components and gives European consumers choice on how to achieve and maintain the optimal nutrition intake best suited to their individual lifestyle and health; |
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48.

Calls on the Commission to propose a policy and regulatory framework that makes available the best sources of nutrients and other beneficial food components and gives European consumers choice on how to achieve and maintain the optimal nutrition intake best suited to their individual lifestyle and health;

| 49. | Is concerned about reports that the nutritional content of fruit and vegetables produced in Europe has fallen over the last decades and calls on Commission and Council to take the necessary steps in the 2008 CAP review in order to consider food nutritive value an important criterion and to enhance quality food production and healthy nutrition incentives in the framework of rural development policies; |
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49.

Is concerned about reports that the nutritional content of fruit and vegetables produced in Europe has fallen over the last decades and calls on Commission and Council to take the necessary steps in the 2008 CAP review in order to consider food nutritive value an important criterion and to enhance quality food production and healthy nutrition incentives in the framework of rural development policies;

| 50. | Calls for greater consistency between the CAP and the health policies launched by the European Union and calls upon the Commission to make quite sure that EU subsidies awarded to certain industrial sectors are not under any circumstances used to finance advertising campaigns which present high-calorie products in a favourable light; |
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50.

Calls for greater consistency between the CAP and the health policies launched by the European Union and calls upon the Commission to make quite sure that EU subsidies awarded to certain industrial sectors are not under any circumstances used to finance advertising campaigns which present high-calorie products in a favourable light;

| 51. | Regards as essential a reform of the common organisation of the markets in fruit and vegetables, one of the objectives of which would be to revive consumption of this type of highly nutritious foodstuff; firmly believes, furthermore, that a policy of incentives (including price reductions, lower taxation and other types of subsidy) is preferable to a system based on increased taxation of high-calorie products (‘fat tax’) which would ultimately penalise in particular the least affluent European households; |
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51.

Regards as essential a reform of the common organisation of the markets in fruit and vegetables, one of the objectives of which would be to revive consumption of this type of highly nutritious foodstuff; firmly believes, furthermore, that a policy of incentives (including price reductions, lower taxation and other types of subsidy) is preferable to a system based on increased taxation of high-calorie products (‘fat tax’) which would ultimately penalise in particular the least affluent European households;

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| 52. | Invites the WHO to present its current thinking on obesity to the European Parliament; |
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52.

Invites the WHO to present its current thinking on obesity to the European Parliament;

| 53. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, to the national parliaments and governments of Member States and candidate countries and to the WHO. |
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53.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, to the national parliaments and governments of Member States and candidate countries and to the WHO.

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(1)  OJ C 20, 23.1.2001, p. 1.

(2)  Council Directive 89/552/EEC (OJ L 298, 17.10.1989, p. 23). Directive amended by Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 60).

(3)  OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9. Corrected in OJ L 12, 18.1.2007, p. 3.

(4)  OJ L 276, 6.10.1990, p. 40. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/120/EC (OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 51).

P6_TA(2007)0020

Limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving personal injuries and fatal accidents

European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving personal injuries and fatal accidents (2006/2014(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the second paragraph of Article 192 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to the second paragraph of Article 192 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0405/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0405/2006),

| A. | whereas in Europe there is a divergence in respect of limitation periods, the commencement of the running of time, the date of knowledge, the ability to interrupt or stop the running of time, the presentation of evidence and the assertion of the defence of the expiry of the limitation period, |
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A.

whereas in Europe there is a divergence in respect of limitation periods, the commencement of the running of time, the date of knowledge, the ability to interrupt or stop the running of time, the presentation of evidence and the assertion of the defence of the expiry of the limitation period,

| B. | whereas the extent of such divergence may give rise to undesirable consequences for the victims of accidents in cross-border litigation, placing obstacles in the way of injured individuals when they are exercising their rights in Member States other than their own, and in some cases potentially also their own State, and are required to rely upon foreign law, |
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B.

whereas the extent of such divergence may give rise to undesirable consequences for the victims of accidents in cross-border litigation, placing obstacles in the way of injured individuals when they are exercising their rights in Member States other than their own, and in some cases potentially also their own State, and are required to rely upon foreign law,

| C. | whereas, in particular, the following issues arise in relation to trans-national accidents: in some countries minors and persons under a disability are not afforded any special protection in respect of the running of time for limitation purposes, and may thus lose rights to claim compensation which they would otherwise retain when injured in a Member State other than their own; in some countries the only way to stop the running of time for limitation purposes is to issue or serve proceedings: in crossborder litigation such an approach may give rise to problems since negotiations will necessarily take longer and an inability to prevent the limitation clock from continuing to tick may place the victim in the disadvantageous position of having to incur considerable costs at an early stage by issuing and serving proceedings before it becomes possible to conclude negotiations, |
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C.

whereas, in particular, the following issues arise in relation to trans-national accidents: in some countries minors and persons under a disability are not afforded any special protection in respect of the running of time for limitation purposes, and may thus lose rights to claim compensation which they would otherwise retain when injured in a Member State other than their own; in some countries the only way to stop the running of time for limitation purposes is to issue or serve proceedings: in crossborder litigation such an approach may give rise to problems since negotiations will necessarily take longer and an inability to prevent the limitation clock from continuing to tick may place the victim in the disadvantageous position of having to incur considerable costs at an early stage by issuing and serving proceedings before it becomes possible to conclude negotiations,

| D. | whereas, given the divergences in relation to limitation periods in trans-national personal injury cases, it might be appropriate for some principles to be laid down that are confined to essentials, |
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D.

whereas, given the divergences in relation to limitation periods in trans-national personal injury cases, it might be appropriate for some principles to be laid down that are confined to essentials,

| E. | whereas the condition in Rule 39(2), that no proposal should be in preparation, is duly fulfilled, |
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E.

whereas the condition in Rule 39(2), that no proposal should be in preparation, is duly fulfilled,

| 1. | Calls on the Commission to carry out an inquiry into the effects of the existence of differing limitation periods on the internal market, and particularly on citizens exercising their freedoms under the Treaty. In particular, this study should seek to quantify the number of personal injury cases involving a cross-border element and assess any difficulties and/or hardship caused to injured parties as a result of the divergence of limitation periods, having regard to the issues set out in recital B; |
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1.

Calls on the Commission to carry out an inquiry into the effects of the existence of differing limitation periods on the internal market, and particularly on citizens exercising their freedoms under the Treaty. In particular, this study should seek to quantify the number of personal injury cases involving a cross-border element and assess any difficulties and/or hardship caused to injured parties as a result of the divergence of limitation periods, having regard to the issues set out in recital B;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on limitation periods following the evaluation of the study, dealing in particular with possible options ranging from a limited harmonisation of limitation periods to the use of a conflict-of-laws rule; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on limitation periods following the evaluation of the study, dealing in particular with possible options ranging from a limited harmonisation of limitation periods to the use of a conflict-of-laws rule;

| 3. | Requests the Commission, where appropriate, in the light of the inquiry carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 and after consulting Parliament, to submit to Parliament, on the basis of Article 65(c) and the second indent of Article 67(5) of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on limitation periods in respect of personal injury and fatal accident claims in cross-border litigation, following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex hereto; |
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3.

Requests the Commission, where appropriate, in the light of the inquiry carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 and after consulting Parliament, to submit to Parliament, on the basis of Article 65(c) and the second indent of Article 67(5) of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on limitation periods in respect of personal injury and fatal accident claims in cross-border litigation, following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex hereto;

| 4. | Confirms that the recommendations set out in the annex hereto respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens; calls on the Commission to verify carefully that the principle of subsidiarity and considerations of proportionality are stringently enforced; advises that particular attention be paid to ensuring that the least intrusive form of legislation is selected and to examining whether, for example, the problem might not be best resolved by introducing the country of origin principle; |
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4.

Confirms that the recommendations set out in the annex hereto respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens; calls on the Commission to verify carefully that the principle of subsidiarity and considerations of proportionality are stringently enforced; advises that particular attention be paid to ensuring that the least intrusive form of legislation is selected and to examining whether, for example, the problem might not be best resolved by introducing the country of origin principle;

| 5. | Considers that the proposal requested must not have any financial implications; |
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5.

Considers that the proposal requested must not have any financial implications;

| 6. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Council and the Commission and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States. |
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6.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Council and the Commission and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States.

ANNEX

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED

Recommendation 1 (as to the form and scope of the instrument to be adopted)

Parliament considers that principles governing limitation periods should be laid down in appropriate form, in so far as the Community possesses legislative competence in this area, for damages claims:

| — | arising from or resulting from personal injury, |
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arising from or resulting from personal injury,

| — | brought by the victim's heirs, or |
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brought by the victim's heirs, or

| — | brought by another person where the victim suffered personal injuries or had a fatal accident, |
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brought by another person where the victim suffered personal injuries or had a fatal accident,

where the proceedings involve parties residing or domiciled in different Member States, or a party residing or domiciled in a non-Community State, or a choice between the laws of different countries.

Recommendation 2 (as to the minimum content of the instrument to be adopted)

Length, computation, starting date, suspension and interruption of the limitation period

| — | The general limitation period should be four years irrespective of the nature of the obligation, the cause of action, or the identity of the defendant, except where the proper law of the claim provides for a longer period, in which case the burden of proving the existence of that longer period is to be discharged by the claimant. The limitation period for enforcing a damages claim established by a final judgment or arbitral award should be 10 years. No limitation should apply to damages arising out of terrorist acts, torture or slavery. |
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The general limitation period should be four years irrespective of the nature of the obligation, the cause of action, or the identity of the defendant, except where the proper law of the claim provides for a longer period, in which case the burden of proving the existence of that longer period is to be discharged by the claimant. The limitation period for enforcing a damages claim established by a final judgment or arbitral award should be 10 years. No limitation should apply to damages arising out of terrorist acts, torture or slavery.

| — | The limitation period should expire upon expiry of the last moment of its last day; it should be computed in accordance with the official calendar of the Member State in which the claimant issues proceedings; and the day on which the cause of action arises should not be counted. If a limitation period is extended, the new limitation period should be computed from the date of expiry of the preceding limitation period. |
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The limitation period should expire upon expiry of the last moment of its last day; it should be computed in accordance with the official calendar of the Member State in which the claimant issues proceedings; and the day on which the cause of action arises should not be counted. If a limitation period is extended, the new limitation period should be computed from the date of expiry of the preceding limitation period.

| — | The limitation period should start:






  (1) | from the date on which the cause of action for personal injury accrued or from the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the person injured; |
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The limitation period should start:

(1)

from the date on which the cause of action for personal injury accrued or from the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the person injured;

| (2) | in the case of claims by heirs, from the date of death or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the heirs of the estate; |
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in the case of claims by heirs, from the date of death or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the heirs of the estate;

| (3) | in the case of claims by secondary victims, from the date of death or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the secondary victim (fatal accidents) or the date on which the cause of action accrued or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the person injured (non-fatal accidents). |
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in the case of claims by secondary victims, from the date of death or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the secondary victim (fatal accidents) or the date on which the cause of action accrued or the date of (actual or constructive) knowledge (if later) of the person injured (non-fatal accidents).

| — | The running of the limitation period should be suspended where the defendant has deliberately, dishonestly, unreasonably or as a result of a mistake concealed the existence of facts or matters giving rise to the liability of the defendant. It should also be suspended during related criminal proceedings/investigations or where there is an outstanding request/claim under the Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) (1). |
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The running of the limitation period should be suspended where the defendant has deliberately, dishonestly, unreasonably or as a result of a mistake concealed the existence of facts or matters giving rise to the liability of the defendant. It should also be suspended during related criminal proceedings/investigations or where there is an outstanding request/claim under the Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles (Fourth Motor Insurance Directive) (1).

| — | The limitation period should be interrupted by: the commencement of judicial proceedings; any act of the claimant notified to the defendant having the purpose of commencing extra-judicial proceedings; any act of the claimant notified to the defendant having the purpose of initiating negotiations; or any other act of the claimant notified to the defendant informing the defendant of the fact of the claimant's claim for damages. |
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The limitation period should be interrupted by: the commencement of judicial proceedings; any act of the claimant notified to the defendant having the purpose of commencing extra-judicial proceedings; any act of the claimant notified to the defendant having the purpose of initiating negotiations; or any other act of the claimant notified to the defendant informing the defendant of the fact of the claimant's claim for damages.

Appropriate provisions should be included on pleading limitation, discretion of the court in applying the limitation period, the effects of successfully pleading limitation and multiple claimants/defendants.

In addition, Member States should be required to set up national information centres for keeping a register of all criminal investigations or pending proceedings involving foreign victims and for providing written answers to reasoned requests for information made by or on behalf of foreign victims.

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(1)  OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 65. Directive as amended by Directive 2005/14/EC (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 14).

P6_TA(2007)0021

Discrimination against young women and girls in the field of education

European Parliament resolution on educational discrimination against young women and girls (2006/2135(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | reaffirming the principles laid down in Articles 2, 3(2), 13, 137(1)(i), and 141 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, |
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reaffirming the principles laid down in Articles 2, 3(2), 13, 137(1)(i), and 141 of the Treaty establishing the European Community,

| — | having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union proclaimed in 2000, and in particular Article 23 thereof, |
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having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union proclaimed in 2000, and in particular Article 23 thereof,

| — | having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, |
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having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950,

| — | having regard to the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948, |
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having regard to the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948,

| — | having regard to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women as a prerequisite to, among other things, achieving equality at all levels of education and in all areas of work, |
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having regard to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women as a prerequisite to, among other things, achieving equality at all levels of education and in all areas of work,

| — | having regard to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995, the Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted in Beijing and the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the successive UN Beijing + 5 and UN Beijing +10 Special Sessions on further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration adopted on 9 June 2000 and the Platform for Action adopted on 11 March 2005, |
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having regard to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995, the Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted in Beijing and the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the successive UN Beijing + 5 and UN Beijing +10 Special Sessions on further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration adopted on 9 June 2000 and the Platform for Action adopted on 11 March 2005,

| — | having regard to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1999, which states that individuals or groups of individuals, under the jurisdiction of a state party, claiming to be victims of a violation of any of the rights set forth in the convention by that state party may submit communications to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, |
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having regard to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1999, which states that individuals or groups of individuals, under the jurisdiction of a state party, claiming to be victims of a violation of any of the rights set forth in the convention by that state party may submit communications to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,

| — | having regard to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) Global Monitoring Reports on Education for All of 2003/2004, 2005 and 2006, |
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having regard to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) Global Monitoring Reports on Education for All of 2003/2004, 2005 and 2006,

| — | having regard to the recommendations of the Council of Europe, and in particular its resolution and action plan adopted at the Sixth European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men held in Stockholm on 8 and 9 June 2006, |
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having regard to the recommendations of the Council of Europe, and in particular its resolution and action plan adopted at the Sixth European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men held in Stockholm on 8 and 9 June 2006,

| — | having regard to the Recommendation 2006/143/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (1), |
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having regard to the Recommendation 2006/143/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (1),

| — | having regard to the Council Recommendation 98/561/EC of 24 September 1998 on European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (2), |
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having regard to the Council Recommendation 98/561/EC of 24 September 1998 on European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (2),

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 28 April 2005 on the situation of the Roma in the European Union (3) and of 1 June 2006 on the situation of Roma women in the European Union (4), |
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having regard to its resolutions of 28 April 2005 on the situation of the Roma in the European Union (3) and of 1 June 2006 on the situation of Roma women in the European Union (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 4 July 2006 entitled ‘Towards an EU strategy on the Rights of the Child’ (COM(2006)0367), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 4 July 2006 entitled ‘Towards an EU strategy on the Rights of the Child’ (COM(2006)0367),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 1 March 2006 entitled ‘Roadmap for equality between women and men 2006-2010’ (COM(2006)0092), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 1 March 2006 entitled ‘Roadmap for equality between women and men 2006-2010’ (COM(2006)0092),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 1 June 2005 entitled ‘Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all — A framework strategy’ (COM(2005)0224), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 1 June 2005 entitled ‘Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all — A framework strategy’ (COM(2005)0224),

| — | having regard to the Commission communications of 19 February 2004 (COM(2004)0115) and of 14 February 2005 (COM(2005)0044) on equality between men and women, |
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having regard to the Commission communications of 19 February 2004 (COM(2004)0115) and of 14 February 2005 (COM(2005)0044) on equality between men and women,

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 5 February 2003 entitled ‘The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge’ (COM(2003)0058), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 5 February 2003 entitled ‘The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge’ (COM(2003)0058),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 7 June 2000 entitled ‘Towards a Community framework strategy on gender equality’ (2001-2005) (COM(2000)0335), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 7 June 2000 entitled ‘Towards a Community framework strategy on gender equality’ (2001-2005) (COM(2000)0335),

| — | having regard to the Declaration made by the European Union Ministers responsible for Gender Equality Policy at the Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality held in Luxembourg on 4 February 2005, |
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having regard to the Declaration made by the European Union Ministers responsible for Gender Equality Policy at the Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality held in Luxembourg on 4 February 2005,

| — | having regard to the Declaration on the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, signed in Sofia on 2 February 2005 by the Prime Ministers of the participating Central and South Eastern European States, |
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having regard to the Declaration on the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, signed in Sofia on 2 February 2005 by the Prime Ministers of the participating Central and South Eastern European States,

| — | having regard to the Athens Declaration made at the 1992 European Summit on Women in Power, which states that ‘women represent half the potential talent and skills of humanity’ |
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having regard to the Athens Declaration made at the 1992 European Summit on Women in Power, which states that ‘women represent half the potential talent and skills of humanity’

| — | having regard to the reports and speeches of the Committee on Culture and Education and of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, |
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having regard to the reports and speeches of the Committee on Culture and Education and of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,

| — | 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 Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0416/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0416/2006),

| A. | whereas statistics from the Member States indicate that a lower proportion of women than men are obtaining postgraduate qualifications, and whereas it is reported that a lower number of women than men are undertaking lifelong learning on account of diverse gender-related restrictions, |
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whereas statistics from the Member States indicate that a lower proportion of women than men are obtaining postgraduate qualifications, and whereas it is reported that a lower number of women than men are undertaking lifelong learning on account of diverse gender-related restrictions,

| B. | whereas household and family tasks are still performed largely by women, and consequently the time available to them for further training and lifelong learning is limited, |
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whereas household and family tasks are still performed largely by women, and consequently the time available to them for further training and lifelong learning is limited,

| C. | whereas access to education, and in particular higher education, is especially difficult for young people from low-income families, which leads to a reinforcement of the traditional preference for education for boys, |
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whereas access to education, and in particular higher education, is especially difficult for young people from low-income families, which leads to a reinforcement of the traditional preference for education for boys,

| D. | whereas the significant progress made as regards gender equality in education mainly relates to positive quantitative developments, i.e. an increase in the numbers of women gaining access to all levels of education, without a corresponding qualitative development as regards the selection of courses of study and specialities, which results from social perceptions and the traditional roles of the sexes, |
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whereas the significant progress made as regards gender equality in education mainly relates to positive quantitative developments, i.e. an increase in the numbers of women gaining access to all levels of education, without a corresponding qualitative development as regards the selection of courses of study and specialities, which results from social perceptions and the traditional roles of the sexes,

| E. | whereas education is an important European value, a fundamental right, and a key instrument for social inclusion; whereas challenges and certain prejudices against educated women continue to exist in society, and whereas educated women often do not find opportunities to fulfil their potential in professional and public life, |
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whereas education is an important European value, a fundamental right, and a key instrument for social inclusion; whereas challenges and certain prejudices against educated women continue to exist in society, and whereas educated women often do not find opportunities to fulfil their potential in professional and public life,

| F. | whereas in certain cultures traditional and religious prejudices still exist, restricting girls' and young women's access to education, |
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whereas in certain cultures traditional and religious prejudices still exist, restricting girls' and young women's access to education,

| G. | whereas the media repeatedly perpetuates gender stereotypes and traditional images of women are thereby reinforced, rather than admirable examples worthy of imitation, such as Maria Skłodowska-Curie, |
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whereas the media repeatedly perpetuates gender stereotypes and traditional images of women are thereby reinforced, rather than admirable examples worthy of imitation, such as Maria Skłodowska-Curie,

| H. | whereas access to education for girls and young women from national minorities, and in particular from the Roma minority, or for girls and young women from immigrant groups is particularly limited and is often characterised by discrimination and segregation in schools, including in remedial learning programmes, which have limited resources available to them, unmotivated and untrained staff, poor infrastructure and inadequate educational programmes and testing methods, |
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whereas access to education for girls and young women from national minorities, and in particular from the Roma minority, or for girls and young women from immigrant groups is particularly limited and is often characterised by discrimination and segregation in schools, including in remedial learning programmes, which have limited resources available to them, unmotivated and untrained staff, poor infrastructure and inadequate educational programmes and testing methods,

| I. | whereas many Member States lack adequately funded education budgets and at the same time most of the teaching is done by women, |
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whereas many Member States lack adequately funded education budgets and at the same time most of the teaching is done by women,

| 1. | Points out that the education and training of girls and women is a human right and an essential element for the full enjoyment of all other social, economic, cultural and political rights; |
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Points out that the education and training of girls and women is a human right and an essential element for the full enjoyment of all other social, economic, cultural and political rights;

| 2. | Welcomes the fact that an average of eight out of ten girls studying at higher education establishments in the Member States complete their studies and that statistics indicate that equal opportunities exist for both sexes in terms of obtaining higher education and indeed indicate a higher level of motivation among women when they are not restricted by reasons of gender; |
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Welcomes the fact that an average of eight out of ten girls studying at higher education establishments in the Member States complete their studies and that statistics indicate that equal opportunities exist for both sexes in terms of obtaining higher education and indeed indicate a higher level of motivation among women when they are not restricted by reasons of gender;

| 3. | Points out that in education and research, women outnumber men as graduates (59 %), yet their presence decreases consistently as they progress up the career ladder, from 43 % of PhDs down to only 15 % of full professors; |
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Points out that in education and research, women outnumber men as graduates (59 %), yet their presence decreases consistently as they progress up the career ladder, from 43 % of PhDs down to only 15 % of full professors;

| 4. | Welcomes the fact that several practical steps have been taken as part of the UN Millennium Project to reduce gender inequality in access to education and that equal access to education for both sexes is being debated openly in the Member States; |
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Welcomes the fact that several practical steps have been taken as part of the UN Millennium Project to reduce gender inequality in access to education and that equal access to education for both sexes is being debated openly in the Member States;

| 5. | Welcomes the reform of the university education system arising from the Lisbon strategy and relating in particular to lifelong learning, which provides young women with the opportunity to continue their education; |
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Welcomes the reform of the university education system arising from the Lisbon strategy and relating in particular to lifelong learning, which provides young women with the opportunity to continue their education;

| 6. | Welcomes the Commission's report on the quality of school education, published in 2000, which analyses 16 indicators, including access to education from the point of view of gender; |
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Welcomes the Commission's report on the quality of school education, published in 2000, which analyses 16 indicators, including access to education from the point of view of gender;

| 7. | Welcomes the creation of an Institute for Gender Equality, whose activities should include monitoring the situation as regards access to education for both sexes in individual Member States and throughout the world; |
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Welcomes the creation of an Institute for Gender Equality, whose activities should include monitoring the situation as regards access to education for both sexes in individual Member States and throughout the world;

| 8. | Recommends that policy in the area of equal access to education be evaluated on the basis of an assessment of gender-differentiated statistics, so as better to highlight and resolve the inequalities that persist in gaining access to and obtaining certain higher academic qualifications, including at postgraduate level and in scientific research, as well as in the area of lifelong learning; |
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Recommends that policy in the area of equal access to education be evaluated on the basis of an assessment of gender-differentiated statistics, so as better to highlight and resolve the inequalities that persist in gaining access to and obtaining certain higher academic qualifications, including at postgraduate level and in scientific research, as well as in the area of lifelong learning;

| 9. | Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education for women and men who are looking after children and for parents who have interrupted the process of obtaining a qualification in order to have children; |
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Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to education for women and men who are looking after children and for parents who have interrupted the process of obtaining a qualification in order to have children;

| 10. | Recommends dialogue with the social partners, with a view to motivating them to create favourable conditions for improving access to education and lifelong learning for women who have interrupted their training and women who have few qualifications; |
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Recommends dialogue with the social partners, with a view to motivating them to create favourable conditions for improving access to education and lifelong learning for women who have interrupted their training and women who have few qualifications;

| 11. | Refers to the fact that the discrepancy in pay between women and men remains at an unacceptably high level and shows no significant signs of being reduced; points out that on average women earn 15 % less than men, which is the result both of non-compliance with equal pay legislation and a number of structural inequalities such as labour market segregation, differences in work patterns, access to education and training, biased evaluation and pay systems and stereotyping; |
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Refers to the fact that the discrepancy in pay between women and men remains at an unacceptably high level and shows no significant signs of being reduced; points out that on average women earn 15 % less than men, which is the result both of non-compliance with equal pay legislation and a number of structural inequalities such as labour market segregation, differences in work patterns, access to education and training, biased evaluation and pay systems and stereotyping;

| 12. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use all available means to eliminate common stereotypes that discriminate against women in the workplace, something which is particularly in evidence in the field of science and technology, where women are very poorly represented, to pay particular attention to gender issues and to monitor and evaluate data regularly; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use all available means to eliminate common stereotypes that discriminate against women in the workplace, something which is particularly in evidence in the field of science and technology, where women are very poorly represented, to pay particular attention to gender issues and to monitor and evaluate data regularly;

| 13. | Calls on the Member States to encourage women's access to positions of responsibility and decisionmaking in public and private undertakings, paying particular attention to academic positions; |
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Calls on the Member States to encourage women's access to positions of responsibility and decisionmaking in public and private undertakings, paying particular attention to academic positions;

| 14. | Encourages the Commission to promote the principles of equality and equal access to education for girls in its relations with third countries, and in particular in its neighbourhood and development aid policies; |
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Encourages the Commission to promote the principles of equality and equal access to education for girls in its relations with third countries, and in particular in its neighbourhood and development aid policies;

| 15. | Urges the Member States to strengthen the position of female teachers at higher levels of the education system and centres of decision-making on educational issues, where their male colleagues are still in the majority; |
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Urges the Member States to strengthen the position of female teachers at higher levels of the education system and centres of decision-making on educational issues, where their male colleagues are still in the majority;

| 16. | Stresses the need to reform the syllabus at all levels of education and the content of school textbooks; recommends that the training of teachers and of other educational workers be directed towards fulfilling the requirements of a balanced gender policy and that gender policy issues form part of the training of teachers at teacher training and other faculties; |
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Stresses the need to reform the syllabus at all levels of education and the content of school textbooks; recommends that the training of teachers and of other educational workers be directed towards fulfilling the requirements of a balanced gender policy and that gender policy issues form part of the training of teachers at teacher training and other faculties;

| 17. | Recommends that the Commission and the Member States implement a policy for national, ethnic and cultural minorities, and not forgetting the Roma minority, which allows access to quality education and equal conditions in education for boys and girls, including preschool and zero grade programmes, paying particular attention to a multicultural approach that facilitates the integration of young women and girls from minorities and immigrant groups into the regular education system, with a view to combating double discrimination; |
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Recommends that the Commission and the Member States implement a policy for national, ethnic and cultural minorities, and not forgetting the Roma minority, which allows access to quality education and equal conditions in education for boys and girls, including preschool and zero grade programmes, paying particular attention to a multicultural approach that facilitates the integration of young women and girls from minorities and immigrant groups into the regular education system, with a view to combating double discrimination;

| 18. | Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary action to protect the rights of immigrant women and immigrant girls and to combat the discrimination they face in their community of origin by rejecting all forms of cultural and religious relativism which could violate women's fundamental rights; |
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Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary action to protect the rights of immigrant women and immigrant girls and to combat the discrimination they face in their community of origin by rejecting all forms of cultural and religious relativism which could violate women's fundamental rights;

| 19. | Recommends that the Member States support awareness-raising of equal access to education at all levels, particularly among vulnerable communities, with the objective of eliminating all forms of prejudice affecting girls' and young women's access to education; |
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Recommends that the Member States support awareness-raising of equal access to education at all levels, particularly among vulnerable communities, with the objective of eliminating all forms of prejudice affecting girls' and young women's access to education;

| 20. | Recommends to the Member States that they adapt their study programmes to the needs of young people with jobs, and of people, particularly girls and women, caring for small children or on maternity leave; considers that current technical possibilities make it possible for appropriate solutions to be found; |
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Recommends to the Member States that they adapt their study programmes to the needs of young people with jobs, and of people, particularly girls and women, caring for small children or on maternity leave; considers that current technical possibilities make it possible for appropriate solutions to be found;

| 21. | Calls for greater efforts to recognise cognitively gifted young individuals, in particular girls or young women, and those suffering from learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD, and to provide better support for them; |
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Calls for greater efforts to recognise cognitively gifted young individuals, in particular girls or young women, and those suffering from learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD, and to provide better support for them;

| 22. | Calls on the Member States to re-evaluate the testing methods used when placing children, especially Roma children, into remedial schools; |
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Calls on the Member States to re-evaluate the testing methods used when placing children, especially Roma children, into remedial schools;

| 23. | Welcomes the implementation and use of educational programmes financed by EU funds, and other sources including the not-for-profit sector, to benefit the education of girls and young women from socially disadvantaged families; welcomes in particular the use of existing programmes and support funds, as well as the search for new forms of funding; at the same time emphasises the need in all the Member States to invest much more in the education of young people, with a view to the future; |
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Welcomes the implementation and use of educational programmes financed by EU funds, and other sources including the not-for-profit sector, to benefit the education of girls and young women from socially disadvantaged families; welcomes in particular the use of existing programmes and support funds, as well as the search for new forms of funding; at the same time emphasises the need in all the Member States to invest much more in the education of young people, with a view to the future;

| 24. | Proposes that the Member States make use of the gender budgeting instrument in their budget and thereby compensate gender-specific injustices, which will benefit the field of education above all; |
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24.

Proposes that the Member States make use of the gender budgeting instrument in their budget and thereby compensate gender-specific injustices, which will benefit the field of education above all;

| 25. | Recommends that the Member States create and monitor national educational policies that enable all girls, as well as boys, to enter, remain in and complete compulsory schooling, ensuring that they remain in school until they have reached the minimum legal age to enter the labour market; |
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Recommends that the Member States create and monitor national educational policies that enable all girls, as well as boys, to enter, remain in and complete compulsory schooling, ensuring that they remain in school until they have reached the minimum legal age to enter the labour market;

| 26. | Points out the vital need for the accurate evaluation of statistical data on gender issues, as well as on other aspects of multiple discrimination such as ethnicity, particularly as there is not always statistically differentiated data on gender relating to children and young people; recalls that this is one of the tasks of the new Institute for Gender Equality; |
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Points out the vital need for the accurate evaluation of statistical data on gender issues, as well as on other aspects of multiple discrimination such as ethnicity, particularly as there is not always statistically differentiated data on gender relating to children and young people; recalls that this is one of the tasks of the new Institute for Gender Equality;

| 27. | Calls on the Member States to encourage the positive presentation of men and women in the media, putting forward a dignified image of women and men, free from prejudiced and distorted concepts that end up detracting from or undervaluing one or both of the sexes; |
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Calls on the Member States to encourage the positive presentation of men and women in the media, putting forward a dignified image of women and men, free from prejudiced and distorted concepts that end up detracting from or undervaluing one or both of the sexes;

| 28. | Points out the need to adapt new technologies in the area of training to women's educational needs, for example distance learning using computer technology; |
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Points out the need to adapt new technologies in the area of training to women's educational needs, for example distance learning using computer technology;

| 29. | Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to put an end to the digital divide between men and women as part of the Lisbon strategy, with the aim of extending the information society through measures to promote equality between men and women and actions to provide easier access for women, by boosting the acquisition of e-capacities, by carrying out programmes that provide for specific actions to include women from vulnerable groups and compensate for imbalances between urban and rural areas; |
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Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to put an end to the digital divide between men and women as part of the Lisbon strategy, with the aim of extending the information society through measures to promote equality between men and women and actions to provide easier access for women, by boosting the acquisition of e-capacities, by carrying out programmes that provide for specific actions to include women from vulnerable groups and compensate for imbalances between urban and rural areas;

| 30. | Recommends that the Member States develop more flexible adult education and lifelong learning programmes so that working women and mothers are able to continue their education in programmes that fit in with their schedules, thus allowing women to have increased access to education and the opportunity to participate in alternative educational programmes so that they may become more independent and are able to participate meaningfully in society, further promoting gender equality; |
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Recommends that the Member States develop more flexible adult education and lifelong learning programmes so that working women and mothers are able to continue their education in programmes that fit in with their schedules, thus allowing women to have increased access to education and the opportunity to participate in alternative educational programmes so that they may become more independent and are able to participate meaningfully in society, further promoting gender equality;

| 31. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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31.

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

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(1)  OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 60.

(2)  OJ L 270, 7.10.1998, p. 56.

(3)  OJ C 45 E, 23.2.2006, p. 129.

(4)  OJ C 298 E, 8.12.2006, p. 283.

P6_TA(2007)0022

Strategy for a strengthened partnership with the Pacific Islands

European Parliament resolution on EU relations with the Pacific Islands — A strategy for a strengthened partnership (2006/2204(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 29 May 2006 entitled ‘EU Relations with the Pacific Islands — A strategy for a strengthened partnership’ (COM(2006)0248), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 29 May 2006 entitled ‘EU Relations with the Pacific Islands — A strategy for a strengthened partnership’ (COM(2006)0248),

| — | having regard to the Council conclusions on an EU-Strategy for the Pacific adopted by the General Affairs Council on 17 July 2006, |
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having regard to the Council conclusions on an EU-Strategy for the Pacific adopted by the General Affairs Council on 17 July 2006,

| — | having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the European Community signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (the ‘Cotonou Agreement’) (1), |
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having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the European Community signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (the ‘Cotonou Agreement’) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 89(1) of the Cotonou Agreement, which provides that ‘specific provisions and measures shall be established to support island ACP States in their efforts to overcome the natural and geographical difficulties and other obstacles hampering their development so as to enable them to step up their respective rates of development’, |
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having regard to Article 89(1) of the Cotonou Agreement, which provides that ‘specific provisions and measures shall be established to support island ACP States in their efforts to overcome the natural and geographical difficulties and other obstacles hampering their development so as to enable them to step up their respective rates of development’,

| — | having regard to the report by the UN Millennium Project: ‘Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals’, |
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having regard to the report by the UN Millennium Project: ‘Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals’,

| — | having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy, ‘The European Consensus’ (2), |
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having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy, ‘The European Consensus’ (2),

| — | having regard to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness endorsed on 2 March 2005 by the Ministers of developed and developing countries responsible for promoting development and by the Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions, |
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having regard to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness endorsed on 2 March 2005 by the Ministers of developed and developing countries responsible for promoting development and by the Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 23 March 2006 on the development impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) (3), |
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having regard to its resolution of 23 March 2006 on the development impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) (3),

| — | 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 Development (A6-0325/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0325/2006),

| A. | Having regard to the historical involvement of European countries in the Pacific region, |
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A.

Having regard to the historical involvement of European countries in the Pacific region,

| B. | Whereas the majority of Pacific Island countries have only relatively recently become independent, |
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B.

Whereas the majority of Pacific Island countries have only relatively recently become independent,

| C. | Whereas the EU has a significant presence in the region by virtue of the Overseas Territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna (France) and the Pitcairn Islands (UK), |
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C.

Whereas the EU has a significant presence in the region by virtue of the Overseas Territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna (France) and the Pitcairn Islands (UK),

| D. | Whereas the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) is campaigning for both the halting of all nuclear tests in the region and respect for the dignity of its indigenous peoples, |
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D.

Whereas the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) is campaigning for both the halting of all nuclear tests in the region and respect for the dignity of its indigenous peoples,

| E. | Whereas the EU is a substantial donor to the region, having granted in total, since the accession of the first Pacific Island countries to the first Lomé Convention in 1975, aid exceeding EUR 1,8 billion, |
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E.

Whereas the EU is a substantial donor to the region, having granted in total, since the accession of the first Pacific Island countries to the first Lomé Convention in 1975, aid exceeding EUR 1,8 billion,

| F. | Having regard to the adoption of the Pacific Plan by the 16 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum, which aims to strengthen regional cooperation and integration, focusing on economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security through regionalism, and offers the opportunity to further EU-Pacific relations, |
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F.

Having regard to the adoption of the Pacific Plan by the 16 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum, which aims to strengthen regional cooperation and integration, focusing on economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security through regionalism, and offers the opportunity to further EU-Pacific relations,

| G. | Whereas the Pacific Island countries face significant problems arising from high population growth, an insufficient supply of skilled labour, low economic growth, ethnic tensions, socio-economic disparities, governance failures and the impact of global economic trends, giving cause for concern as to further increases in poverty and instability in the region, |
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G.

Whereas the Pacific Island countries face significant problems arising from high population growth, an insufficient supply of skilled labour, low economic growth, ethnic tensions, socio-economic disparities, governance failures and the impact of global economic trends, giving cause for concern as to further increases in poverty and instability in the region,

| H. | Whereas the Pacific region possesses substantial natural resources, yet has very complicated land tenure systems which may in some cases be obstacles to development, |
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H.

Whereas the Pacific region possesses substantial natural resources, yet has very complicated land tenure systems which may in some cases be obstacles to development,

| I. | Whereas the Pacific ACP states are fully fledged democracies, except for Tonga, which is a constitutional monarchy, |
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I.

Whereas the Pacific ACP states are fully fledged democracies, except for Tonga, which is a constitutional monarchy,

| 1. | Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to develop the first EU strategy for the Pacific after 30 years of cooperation, following on from the signature of the first Lomé Convention in 1975 and the Cotonou Agreement in June 2000; |
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1.

Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to develop the first EU strategy for the Pacific after 30 years of cooperation, following on from the signature of the first Lomé Convention in 1975 and the Cotonou Agreement in June 2000;

| 2. | Emphasises that, as a major donor to the region, the EU has an opportunity to create a strategy that will support the island countries of the Pacific in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); |
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2.

Emphasises that, as a major donor to the region, the EU has an opportunity to create a strategy that will support the island countries of the Pacific in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);

| 3. | Emphasises the heterogeneity of the region and therefore calls for flexibility in the Commission strategy to ensure that development assistance is channelled according to national and regional priorities, thereby achieving maximum benefit for both the more developed and the less developed countries of the Pacific; |
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3.

Emphasises the heterogeneity of the region and therefore calls for flexibility in the Commission strategy to ensure that development assistance is channelled according to national and regional priorities, thereby achieving maximum benefit for both the more developed and the less developed countries of the Pacific;

| 4. | Endorses the Commission's view that enhanced political dialogue is needed with the Pacific Islands Forum, whose leaders have adopted a new agreement establishing the Forum as an intergovernmental organisation under international law; at the same time, emphasises that any increase in dialogue at regional level must also address the needs of the region's poorest countries; |
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4.

Endorses the Commission's view that enhanced political dialogue is needed with the Pacific Islands Forum, whose leaders have adopted a new agreement establishing the Forum as an intergovernmental organisation under international law; at the same time, emphasises that any increase in dialogue at regional level must also address the needs of the region's poorest countries;

| 5. | Stresses that any strategy must adequately address the development needs of all the Pacific Island countries, especially the poorest, in order to support their efforts to achieve the MDGs; |
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5.

Stresses that any strategy must adequately address the development needs of all the Pacific Island countries, especially the poorest, in order to support their efforts to achieve the MDGs;

| 6. | Recognises that the Pacific region is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, especially fisheries, minerals and forests and that in many countries of the region, agriculture and tourism are the mainstays of the economy; stresses, therefore, that ecologically and economically sustainable development must be at the heart of any strategy relating to these key sectors; stresses that the exploitation of natural resources must contribute to income generation for the entire population of the Pacific Island countries and support poverty alleviation in particular; |
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6.

Recognises that the Pacific region is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, especially fisheries, minerals and forests and that in many countries of the region, agriculture and tourism are the mainstays of the economy; stresses, therefore, that ecologically and economically sustainable development must be at the heart of any strategy relating to these key sectors; stresses that the exploitation of natural resources must contribute to income generation for the entire population of the Pacific Island countries and support poverty alleviation in particular;

| 7. | Recognises the importance of EU financial assistance to encourage the development of local fisheries in the region, which are a major source of revenue for Pacific Island countries, and especially states with lower gross national incomes, such as Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Tuvalu; |
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7.

Recognises the importance of EU financial assistance to encourage the development of local fisheries in the region, which are a major source of revenue for Pacific Island countries, and especially states with lower gross national incomes, such as Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Tuvalu;

| 8. | Stresses the importance of good management in the fisheries sector so as to discourage over-fishing and destructive fishing techniques and to prevent environmental hazards from destroying marine life, particularly in the case of tuna fisheries, in which the Pacific has one of the richest fishing grounds in the world; |
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8.

Stresses the importance of good management in the fisheries sector so as to discourage over-fishing and destructive fishing techniques and to prevent environmental hazards from destroying marine life, particularly in the case of tuna fisheries, in which the Pacific has one of the richest fishing grounds in the world;

| 9. | Applauds the regional approach that the Pacific Island countries have taken to managing tuna fisheries in their region, and encourages the EU to negotiate any future tuna agreements with the entire region, rather than with individual States; |
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9.

Applauds the regional approach that the Pacific Island countries have taken to managing tuna fisheries in their region, and encourages the EU to negotiate any future tuna agreements with the entire region, rather than with individual States;

| 10. | Recognises the importance of imposing licence fees for the long-range fishing of tuna in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of countries in the region, as these are a major source of revenue for Pacific Island countries, especially the lower income countries such as Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Tuvalu; is concerned, however, about the low number of catches actually processed within the EEZs and the consequent loss of earnings; |
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10.

Recognises the importance of imposing licence fees for the long-range fishing of tuna in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of countries in the region, as these are a major source of revenue for Pacific Island countries, especially the lower income countries such as Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Tuvalu; is concerned, however, about the low number of catches actually processed within the EEZs and the consequent loss of earnings;

| 11. | Welcomes the Commission's proposal to increase efforts to promote sustainable fisheries management by supporting the monitoring, control and surveillance systems of the region, and to strengthen the capacity to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; |
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11.

Welcomes the Commission's proposal to increase efforts to promote sustainable fisheries management by supporting the monitoring, control and surveillance systems of the region, and to strengthen the capacity to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;

| 12. | Calls on the EU and the Pacific Island countries to support the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) international action plan for combating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing; considers that this must be a priority when fisheries agreements are concluded with third countries; |
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12.

Calls on the EU and the Pacific Island countries to support the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) international action plan for combating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing; considers that this must be a priority when fisheries agreements are concluded with third countries;

| 13. | Calls on the EU and the Pacific Island countries to collaborate closely in order to eliminate IUU fishing in the region, making every effort to comply with their obligations as port and/or flag states; |
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13.

Calls on the EU and the Pacific Island countries to collaborate closely in order to eliminate IUU fishing in the region, making every effort to comply with their obligations as port and/or flag states;

| 14. | Recommends that more developed Pacific Island countries continue to develop local processing operations, thereby creating more employment, and that they explore the possibility of European Investment Bank soft loan lending to small and medium-sized enterprises owned by Pacific Island interests so as to increase processing capacity and to bring increased revenues to the region; welcomes the evaluation of fish resources and fishing capacities undertaken by the Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, and calls, where there is scope for increases in capacity, for local fleets to be expanded; |
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14.

Recommends that more developed Pacific Island countries continue to develop local processing operations, thereby creating more employment, and that they explore the possibility of European Investment Bank soft loan lending to small and medium-sized enterprises owned by Pacific Island interests so as to increase processing capacity and to bring increased revenues to the region; welcomes the evaluation of fish resources and fishing capacities undertaken by the Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, and calls, where there is scope for increases in capacity, for local fleets to be expanded;

| 15. | Calls on the Commission to conduct an ecological and social impact assessment of illegal and large scale industrial logging activities and related trade in the Pacific countries; |
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15.

Calls on the Commission to conduct an ecological and social impact assessment of illegal and large scale industrial logging activities and related trade in the Pacific countries;

| 16. | Calls on the Commission to focus on the rapid implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and related agreements, especially the programme of work on protected areas, which is an effective instrument for preventing further destruction or degradation of forest and marine ecosystems in the Pacific region; |
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16.

Calls on the Commission to focus on the rapid implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and related agreements, especially the programme of work on protected areas, which is an effective instrument for preventing further destruction or degradation of forest and marine ecosystems in the Pacific region;

| 17. | Calls on the Commission to increase support for ecologically and socially responsible forest management and for the implementation of reliable systems which can provide credible guarantees to European consumers that wood products sold on the EU market are made out of timber from sustainable sources; stresses the importance of shifting the paradigm from excessive large scale industrial logging to eco-forestry projects to generate income for local communities and support poverty alleviation; |
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17.

Calls on the Commission to increase support for ecologically and socially responsible forest management and for the implementation of reliable systems which can provide credible guarantees to European consumers that wood products sold on the EU market are made out of timber from sustainable sources; stresses the importance of shifting the paradigm from excessive large scale industrial logging to eco-forestry projects to generate income for local communities and support poverty alleviation;

| 18. | Endorses the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean signed in September 2000 with the aim of achieving the long-term sustainable harvest of tuna fisheries, as a sign of cooperation between Pacific Island countries and distantwater fishing nations; |
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18.

Endorses the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean signed in September 2000 with the aim of achieving the long-term sustainable harvest of tuna fisheries, as a sign of cooperation between Pacific Island countries and distantwater fishing nations;

| 19. | Emphasises that substantially greater investment is needed in the management of mineral deposits, a vital source of foreign exchange to both more developed and less developed Pacific Island countries, in order to prevent the premature depletion of resources, as was witnessed in Nauru during 50 years of continuous phosphate mining; |
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Emphasises that substantially greater investment is needed in the management of mineral deposits, a vital source of foreign exchange to both more developed and less developed Pacific Island countries, in order to prevent the premature depletion of resources, as was witnessed in Nauru during 50 years of continuous phosphate mining;

| 20. | Calls on the Commission to ensure, in collaboration with the Pacific Island countries, that full disclosure of all taxes and duties paid by oil, mining and gas companies in the region to the various governments is given in their published annual financial reports; |
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Calls on the Commission to ensure, in collaboration with the Pacific Island countries, that full disclosure of all taxes and duties paid by oil, mining and gas companies in the region to the various governments is given in their published annual financial reports;

| 21. | Draws attention to the economic importance that tourism has for the region, given that one of the main assets of the Pacific islands is their idyllic setting; stresses that any encouragement of tourism in the region must go hand in hand with increased local ownership of tourist services, to ensure the sustainability of the tourist sector and to maximise the benefits to the local economy; |
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21.

Draws attention to the economic importance that tourism has for the region, given that one of the main assets of the Pacific islands is their idyllic setting; stresses that any encouragement of tourism in the region must go hand in hand with increased local ownership of tourist services, to ensure the sustainability of the tourist sector and to maximise the benefits to the local economy;

| 22. | Calls for all nuclear tests to be banned, and regards it as essential that the entire region be made nuclear-free and that the damage to the environment, ecosystems and public health caused by nuclear test be repaired; |
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Calls for all nuclear tests to be banned, and regards it as essential that the entire region be made nuclear-free and that the damage to the environment, ecosystems and public health caused by nuclear test be repaired;

| 23. | Recognises the benefits that the setting up of low-cost airlines servicing the region has brought to the Pacific Island economies, and calls for impediments to ‘open skies’ policies to be eliminated while air transport is developed rationally so as to minimise emissions and other environmental impacts of increased air travel; |
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23.

Recognises the benefits that the setting up of low-cost airlines servicing the region has brought to the Pacific Island economies, and calls for impediments to ‘open skies’ policies to be eliminated while air transport is developed rationally so as to minimise emissions and other environmental impacts of increased air travel;

| 24. | Stresses that, in the majority of cases, only the richer countries with more developed infrastructure and more frequent air connections attract significant numbers of tourists each year; emphasises that, in these cases, development assistance must continue to be used to finance infrastructure and to encourage sustainable tourism; |
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Stresses that, in the majority of cases, only the richer countries with more developed infrastructure and more frequent air connections attract significant numbers of tourists each year; emphasises that, in these cases, development assistance must continue to be used to finance infrastructure and to encourage sustainable tourism;

| 25. | Calls on the Commission to place the emphasis, in projects implemented under the 10th European Development Fund, on support for the education and technical training systems of the States in the region whose development is being hampered by shortcomings in this area; |
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25.

Calls on the Commission to place the emphasis, in projects implemented under the 10th European Development Fund, on support for the education and technical training systems of the States in the region whose development is being hampered by shortcomings in this area;

| 26. | Recognises the importance of agriculture as a primary source of income, including export earnings, and as a means of subsistence and of employment in the region; |
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26.

Recognises the importance of agriculture as a primary source of income, including export earnings, and as a means of subsistence and of employment in the region;

| 27. | Emphasises that globalisation, together with the loss of preferential access to the EU market, has already had a profound economic impact on the region, especially on Fiji; |
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Emphasises that globalisation, together with the loss of preferential access to the EU market, has already had a profound economic impact on the region, especially on Fiji;

| 28. | Stresses that in less developed countries which survive mainly on subsistence agriculture, a gradual transition should be made from the production of staple crops to the production of cash crops so as to provide more agricultural products for export, and that the viability of setting up food processing and packaging services should be examined; |
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28.

Stresses that in less developed countries which survive mainly on subsistence agriculture, a gradual transition should be made from the production of staple crops to the production of cash crops so as to provide more agricultural products for export, and that the viability of setting up food processing and packaging services should be examined;

| 29. | Emphasises that skilled labour is an important prerequisite for economic growth in Pacific Island countries and therefore calls on the Commission to support national policy frameworks aimed at providing vocational training facilities and other training to supportlocal industries in Pacific Island countries; |
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Emphasises that skilled labour is an important prerequisite for economic growth in Pacific Island countries and therefore calls on the Commission to support national policy frameworks aimed at providing vocational training facilities and other training to supportlocal industries in Pacific Island countries;

| 30. | Emphasises the importance of intra-regional trade and trade between the Pacific Region and the EU, including under regional trading arrangements such as the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreements (PICTA), the proposed Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER), and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), as a means of increasing economic prosperity in the region; |
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30.

Emphasises the importance of intra-regional trade and trade between the Pacific Region and the EU, including under regional trading arrangements such as the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreements (PICTA), the proposed Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER), and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), as a means of increasing economic prosperity in the region;

| 31. | Bearing in mind the costs of the management and administration of such trading agreements, including the implementation of the Pacific Strategy by the Pacific Island countries and regional organisations such as the Pacific Forum Secretariat, calls on the Commission to provide appropriate financial and technical assistance for the timely and effective implementation of such agreements; |
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31.

Bearing in mind the costs of the management and administration of such trading agreements, including the implementation of the Pacific Strategy by the Pacific Island countries and regional organisations such as the Pacific Forum Secretariat, calls on the Commission to provide appropriate financial and technical assistance for the timely and effective implementation of such agreements;

| 32. | Endorses the Commission's assessment of the significance of key regional actors such as Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Japan, given that they are important donors to and trading partners with the Pacific region, and that bilateral relations between the EU and these countries will improve through increased involvement in the Pacific; |
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32.

Endorses the Commission's assessment of the significance of key regional actors such as Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Japan, given that they are important donors to and trading partners with the Pacific region, and that bilateral relations between the EU and these countries will improve through increased involvement in the Pacific;

| 33. | Endorses the Commission's assessment that closer coordination of aid delivery with other partners in the region such as Australia and New Zealand would increase the effectiveness of aid delivery; |
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33.

Endorses the Commission's assessment that closer coordination of aid delivery with other partners in the region such as Australia and New Zealand would increase the effectiveness of aid delivery;

| 34. | Emphasises that the Pacific region is one of geo-political significance, and expresses concern that inter-state rivalry can foster low quality, politically-linked aid, to the detriment of longer-term development, resource sustainability and good governance; |
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Emphasises that the Pacific region is one of geo-political significance, and expresses concern that inter-state rivalry can foster low quality, politically-linked aid, to the detriment of longer-term development, resource sustainability and good governance;

| 35. | Calls on the Commission to recognise that land tenure systems, especially in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia (a French Overseas Territory) are very complicated and are real obstacles to development; therefore urges the Commission to support the national land reform initiatives undertaken by those countries and that territory; |
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Calls on the Commission to recognise that land tenure systems, especially in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia (a French Overseas Territory) are very complicated and are real obstacles to development; therefore urges the Commission to support the national land reform initiatives undertaken by those countries and that territory;

| 36. | Calls on the Commission to initiate policies to tackle the rapid spread of HIV/Aids in the region, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in countries such as Papua New Guinea; |
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36.

Calls on the Commission to initiate policies to tackle the rapid spread of HIV/Aids in the region, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in countries such as Papua New Guinea;

| 37. | Draws attention to the four countries affected by malaria in the region, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste; urges the Commission to develop programmes to tackle this problem, ensuring that there is adequate protection from malaria, for example, through the supply to affected countries of anti-malarial bed nets; |
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Draws attention to the four countries affected by malaria in the region, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste; urges the Commission to develop programmes to tackle this problem, ensuring that there is adequate protection from malaria, for example, through the supply to affected countries of anti-malarial bed nets;

| 38. | Stresses that, in order to ensure the efficient delivery of aid, the promotion of good governance throughout the Pacific region is vital in order to prevent corruption, one of the key obstacles to meeting the MDGs, as well as to achieve sustainable development; emphasises that national institutions and transparent and robust procedures must be put in place so that development aid reaches the intended recipients in the region; |
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38.

Stresses that, in order to ensure the efficient delivery of aid, the promotion of good governance throughout the Pacific region is vital in order to prevent corruption, one of the key obstacles to meeting the MDGs, as well as to achieve sustainable development; emphasises that national institutions and transparent and robust procedures must be put in place so that development aid reaches the intended recipients in the region;

| 39. | Shares the Commission's views that political instability and conflict can be devastating for the region's economic development, especially in terms of lost revenues from tourism and the destruction of economic infrastructure; |
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39.

Shares the Commission's views that political instability and conflict can be devastating for the region's economic development, especially in terms of lost revenues from tourism and the destruction of economic infrastructure;

| 40. | Emphasises that the strengthened partnership between the EU and the Pacific Island countries must be reflected in increased support for the parliaments of the states concerned with a view to strengthening their capabilities and their role in fostering regional political stability; |
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40.

Emphasises that the strengthened partnership between the EU and the Pacific Island countries must be reflected in increased support for the parliaments of the states concerned with a view to strengthening their capabilities and their role in fostering regional political stability;

| 41. | Draws attention to the vulnerability of Pacific Island countries to natural disasters and the devastating effects they have on their economies; therefore endorses the Commission's call for the establishment of a regional disaster preparedness programme; |
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41.

Draws attention to the vulnerability of Pacific Island countries to natural disasters and the devastating effects they have on their economies; therefore endorses the Commission's call for the establishment of a regional disaster preparedness programme;

| 42. | Endorses the Commission's view that the Pacific Island countries have a major stake in tackling climate change, given the potential effect on the region of rising sea levels; takes note of the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015 as a regional mechanism to support responses to climate change and calls for an increase in dialogue between the EU and the Pacific region with a view to tackling climate change and related concerns; |
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42.

Endorses the Commission's view that the Pacific Island countries have a major stake in tackling climate change, given the potential effect on the region of rising sea levels; takes note of the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015 as a regional mechanism to support responses to climate change and calls for an increase in dialogue between the EU and the Pacific region with a view to tackling climate change and related concerns;

| 43. | Draws attention to the situation in Timor-Leste which was torn by violence in May and June 2006 and expresses the hope that the Commission, working closely with the international community, will assist Timor-Leste's leaders in addressing the underlying problems contributing to the crisis, including the need for political stability, poverty alleviation, social development and reconciliation among various sections of society; |
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43.

Draws attention to the situation in Timor-Leste which was torn by violence in May and June 2006 and expresses the hope that the Commission, working closely with the international community, will assist Timor-Leste's leaders in addressing the underlying problems contributing to the crisis, including the need for political stability, poverty alleviation, social development and reconciliation among various sections of society;

| 44. | Welcomes the Council conclusions on an EU-Strategy for the Pacific of 17 July 2006 and their emphasis on poverty eradication, achievement of the MDGs, human resources development and health issues; deplores, however, that the Council has adopted its conclusions without waiting for Parliament to express its position; |
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44.

Welcomes the Council conclusions on an EU-Strategy for the Pacific of 17 July 2006 and their emphasis on poverty eradication, achievement of the MDGs, human resources development and health issues; deplores, however, that the Council has adopted its conclusions without waiting for Parliament to express its position;

| 45. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the EU Member States and the governments and parliaments of the Pacific Island countries. |
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45.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the EU Member States and the governments and parliaments of the Pacific Island countries.

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(1)  Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3).

(2)  OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.

(3)  OJ C 292 E, 1.12.2006, p. 121.

P6_TA(2007)0023

The European private company statute

European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the European private company statute (2006/2013(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 192, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 192, second paragraph, of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 39 and 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 21 May 2003 entitled ‘Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union — A Plan to Move Forward’ (COM(2003)0284), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 21 May 2003 entitled ‘Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union — A Plan to Move Forward’ (COM(2003)0284),

| — | having regard to the public hearing held by the Commission on the future priorities of the action plan to modernise company law and corporate governance and the outcome thereof, |
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having regard to the public hearing held by the Commission on the future priorities of the action plan to modernise company law and corporate governance and the outcome thereof,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0434/2006), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0434/2006),

| A. | whereas the condition in Rule 39(2), that no proposal should be in preparation, is duly fulfilled, |
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A.

whereas the condition in Rule 39(2), that no proposal should be in preparation, is duly fulfilled,

| B. | whereas the public hearing held in the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs on 22 June 2006 underscored the need for a European Private Company as a legal form for small and mediumsized undertakings engaged in cross-border business, |
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whereas the public hearing held in the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs on 22 June 2006 underscored the need for a European Private Company as a legal form for small and mediumsized undertakings engaged in cross-border business,

| C. | whereas it should be possible for one or more natural or legal persons who do not necessarily reside in a Member State to establish a European Private Company (EPC) on Community territory, in accordance with Community law and procedure which will have to be set out in a regulation, |
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C.

whereas it should be possible for one or more natural or legal persons who do not necessarily reside in a Member State to establish a European Private Company (EPC) on Community territory, in accordance with Community law and procedure which will have to be set out in a regulation,

| D. | whereas an EPC should possess legal personality and its liability for debts to creditors should be limited to its assets, |
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D.

whereas an EPC should possess legal personality and its liability for debts to creditors should be limited to its assets,

| E. | whereas the EPC offers companies an additional, voluntary option, alongside national company forms, in terms of how they may constitute themselves, |
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E.

whereas the EPC offers companies an additional, voluntary option, alongside national company forms, in terms of how they may constitute themselves,

| F. | whereas the EPC should be able to choose between a monistic or dualistic structure, |
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F.

whereas the EPC should be able to choose between a monistic or dualistic structure,

| G. | whereas the EPC should be registered in the country in which its seat is located, in the appropriate register in accordance with the national provisions enacted pursuant to Directive 68/151/EEC, with a business address at which service may be validly effected, taking into account mechanisms for verifying the substantive correctness and authenticity of the constitutive instrument, |
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G.

whereas the EPC should be registered in the country in which its seat is located, in the appropriate register in accordance with the national provisions enacted pursuant to Directive 68/151/EEC, with a business address at which service may be validly effected, taking into account mechanisms for verifying the substantive correctness and authenticity of the constitutive instrument,

| H. | whereas the relevant acquis communautaire providing for cross-border information, consultation and participation rights of employees as well as safeguarding pre-existing employee participation rights (Directives 94/45/EC and 2005/56/EC) should be fully preserved, and whereas consequently the conversion of a company with employee co-determination, information and consultation rights into an EPC should not result in the loss of those existing rights, |
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H.

whereas the relevant acquis communautaire providing for cross-border information, consultation and participation rights of employees as well as safeguarding pre-existing employee participation rights (Directives 94/45/EC and 2005/56/EC) should be fully preserved, and whereas consequently the conversion of a company with employee co-determination, information and consultation rights into an EPC should not result in the loss of those existing rights,

| 1. | Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament during 2007, on the basis of Article 308 of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on the Statute for a European Private Company and requests that this proposal be drawn up within the framework of interinstitutional deliberations and in accordance with the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; |
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1.

Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament during 2007, on the basis of Article 308 of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on the Statute for a European Private Company and requests that this proposal be drawn up within the framework of interinstitutional deliberations and in accordance with the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;

| 2. | Confirms that the recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens; |
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2.

Confirms that the recommendations respect the principle of subsidiarity and the fundamental rights of citizens;

| 3. | Considers that the requested proposal will not have any financial implications; |
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3.

Considers that the requested proposal will not have any financial implications;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the annexed detailed recommendations to the Council and the Commission and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States. |
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4.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the annexed detailed recommendations to the Council and the Commission and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States.

ANNEX

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONTENT OF THE REQUESTED PROPOSAL

Recommendation 1 (Community law as the basis for the form of company)

The European Parliament takes the view that an EPC Statute should be based as far as possible on rules of Community law and should thus dispense with references to national law: it should therefore be conceived as a uniform and definitive statute. The company law provisions of the regulation on the statute for a European Private Company should therefore apply exclusively, and the areas of law regulated in that regulation should be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of Member States. This applies with regard to a company's legal status, legal capacity and capacity to act, its formation, modification of its articles of association, its conversion and dissolution, and its name or business name, the organisational structure, the representative powers of company bodies, the acquisition and loss of membership and the rights and duties associated therewith, and the liability of the company, of the executive directors, of the members of its bodies and of its members in respect of the company's obligations, as well as minimum standards concerning the duties of management vis-à-vis the company; moreover, the Statute should include provisions on the way in which the company bodies operate, voting majorities, the consultation of members and conditions governing the purchase and sale of shares in the company; it should be possible for such provisions to be framed individually, in accordance with the company's needs. In other areas the Statute should in principle apply, and any rules going beyond it should apply only in a subsidiary manner, in the following order of precedence: other rules of Community law; provisions governing comparable types of company in the Member State in which the company has its registered office. The relevant types of company in the respective Member States should be listed in an Annex.

Recommendation 2 (procedures for formation)

The European Parliament takes the view that it should be possible for a European Private Company to be formed ex nihilo, or on the basis of an existing company, or following a merger between companies or in the context of a common subsidiary. In addition, it must be possible to convert a European Private Company into a European Company.

Recommendation 3 (capital stock)

The European Parliament takes the view that the capital stock of the EPC should be divided into shares with a specific nominal value; that members' shares should be rounded off to the nearest euro; that the minimum capital should be EUR 10 000 or the equivalent in another currency at the time of registration; and that the minimum capital which determines the liability of members would not necessarily have to be paid up.

Recommendation 4 (organisation)

The European Parliament proposes that the EPC should have at least one executive director, that the first executive directors should be appointed by decision of the members or in the articles of association, and that no person who has been prohibited by decision of a court or administrative authority of a Member State from occupying a position comparable to that of executive director should assume or occupy that position.

Recommendation 5 (content of articles of association)

The European Parliament proposes that the articles of association should contain the following information: the legal form and business name of the company; the duration of the company's life, if limited; the business object; the registered office of the company; the company capital; the body or bodies entitled to represent the company vis-à-vis third parties and in court; and the contribution to be made by each member in respect of the company shares held by him or her.

Recommendation 6 (liability of the executive director)

The European Parliament takes the view that the executive director or directors of the EPC must be liable either individually or jointly and severally vis-à-vis the company for all acts committed contrary to any provisions of civil and criminal law which are applicable to the company;

Recommendation 7 (liability of executive directors and members in the event of a reduction in net worth)

The European Parliament takes the view that the company bodies should be jointly and severally liable for loss and/or damage incurred by the EPC on account of its assets having been depleted, for the benefit of a company body, a member or a person closely associated with one of these, through acts of the company; that the recipient of an unwarranted payment by the company should be responsible for refunding it; that liability should arise only if the act was not in the recognised interests of the EPC; that liability should not arise, in particular, if the EPC is integrated within a group following a consistent policy and any disadvantages are offset by the advantages of its belonging to a group; and that the liability of the executive directors or members under other legal provisions should not be thereby affected.

Recommendation 8 (annexes to the regulation)

The European Parliament proposes that the regulation should contain the following annexes:

| (a) | model articles of association which members may adopt wholly or in part; |
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(a)

model articles of association which members may adopt wholly or in part;

| (b) | for every Member State, the types of company with which the EPC is equated in respect of areas not covered by the regulation, in particular the implementation of accounting, penal, social and labour law provisions; |
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(b)

for every Member State, the types of company with which the EPC is equated in respect of areas not covered by the regulation, in particular the implementation of accounting, penal, social and labour law provisions;

| (c) | the designations of the company bodies in the various official languages of the European Union. |
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(c)

the designations of the company bodies in the various official languages of the European Union.

Recommendation 9 (annual accounts)

The European Parliament considers that the EPC should be subject to the harmonised accounting provisions (as contained in Directives 78/660/EEC (1) and 83/349/EEC (2)) which apply in each Member State to the equivalent type of company.

Recommendation 10 (conversion)

The European Parliament takes the view that: an EPC must be able to merge (3), change its registered office, split and change into a European Company (4), as far as possible in accordance with Community law which has already been harmonised; in the absence of any relevant Community law, the provisions of the Member States which apply to comparable legal forms in the relevant Member State should apply; in this connection, rules on codetermination in the Member State in which the head office is located should apply in parallel to Community law; it must also be possible for national companies to convert into EPCs, with existing employee rights being maintained; this also applies to the re-conversion of an EPC into a national legal form.

Recommendation 11 (dissolution, liquidation, insolvency and suspension of payments)

The European Parliament considers that the executive directors of an EPC must be obliged to apply for the initiation of insolvency proceedings without undue delay, and at the latest three weeks after a state of insolvency arises; that they should be directly and jointly and severally liable in the event of a dereliction of this duty vis-à-vis creditors who thereby incur losses; that furthermore, in respect of dissolution, liquidation, insolvency or the suspension of payments and comparable procedures, EPCs should be subject to the provisions applicable to companies to which they are equated in each Member State through this regulation; and that the regulations in force in the Member State where the company's head office is located should apply where insolvency is concerned.

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(1)  Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty on the annual accounts of certain types of companies (OJ L 222, 14.8.1978, p. 11). Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 1).

(2)  Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty on consolidated accounts (OJ L 193, 18.7.1983, p. 1). Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/99/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 137).

(3)  Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies (OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1).

(4)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) (OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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