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| 7.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 87/405 |
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7.4.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 87/405

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MINUTES

(2004/C 87 E/04)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: James L.C. PROVAN

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.05.

The following spoke:

| — | Roy Perry who complained that the Commission still had not forwarded the information requested by Parliament concerning Lloyd's of London, the deadline having been set as 15 November (the President advised him to take the matter up with the Conference of Presidents). |
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Roy Perry who complained that the Commission still had not forwarded the information requested by Parliament concerning Lloyd's of London, the deadline having been set as 15 November (the President advised him to take the matter up with the Conference of Presidents).

| — | Ilda Figueiredo on the 14th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
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Ilda Figueiredo on the 14th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2.   Promotion of relations between the EU and non-industrialised regions * — Promoting European citizenship * — Organisations promoting equality between men and women ***I (debate)

(debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme for bodies promoting reciprocal understanding of relations between the European Union and certain non-industrialised regions in the world [COM(2003) 280 — C5-0350/2003 — 2003/0110(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Lennart Sacrédeus (A5-0384/2003).

Draftsman of the opinion (Rule 162a): Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, BUDG Committee

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote active European citizenship (civic participation) [COM(2003) 276 — C5-0321/2003 — 2003/0116(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Heide Rühle (A5-0368/2003).

Draftsman of the opinion (Rule 162a): Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, BUDG Committee

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women [COM(2003) 279 — C5-0261/2003 — 2003/0109(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A5-0396/2003).

Draftsman of the opinion (Rule 162a): Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, BUDG Committee

Neil Kinnock (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Lennart Sacrédeus introduced the report (A5-0384/2003).

Heide Rühle introduced the report (A5-0368/2003).

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou introduced the report (A5-0396/2003).

The following spoke: Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Juan Ojeda Sanz (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Alonso José PUERTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Lone Dybkjær, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Geneviève Fraisse, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alima Boumediene-Thiery, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, José Ribeiro e Castro, on behalf of the UEN Group, Georges Berthu, Non-attached Member, Astrid Lulling, Adeline Hazan, Olle Schmidt, Ilda Figueiredo, Regina Bastos, María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Armonia Bordes, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Lissy Gröner, Carlo Fatuzzo, Christa Prets, Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola, Ruth Hieronymi and Neil Kinnock.

The debate closed.

Vote: Items 9, 11 and 12.

Items 9, 11 and 12

IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX

President

3.   Announcement by the President

The President announced that there had been several attacks that morning in Istanbul on British targets, including the British Consulate. He indicated that he had conveyed his sympathy and his condolences, on behalf of Parliament, to the families of the victims, and expressed his solidarity with the Turkish authorities and the people of Istanbul.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

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IN THE CHAIR: Guido PODESTÀ

Vice-President

On behalf of the British Members of Parliament, John Bowis thanked the President of Parliament for his words of sympathy, which he endorsed (the President undertook to forward his remarks to the President of Parliament).

4.   Official welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliament of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, led by its Vice-President, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, to the official gallery.

VOTING TIME

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

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

Cristiana Muscardini pointed out, in joint motion for a resolution B5-0479/2003 on the outcome of the EU-Russia Summit, discrepancies between some language versions; she therefore asked for the vote on the motion to be postponed to the next part-session (the President refused but pointed out that the various versions would be aligned on the original English version).

5.   Improving safety at sea (appointment of members of a temporary committee) (vote)

(vote)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

MEMBERSHIP OF THE TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING SAFETY AT SEA

List of members proposed by the Conference of Presidents (Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 26)

(Minutes of 19.11.2003, Item 26)

Approved.

6.   Request for consultation of the Economic and Social Committee on the social dimension of culture (Rule 52)

(Rule 52)

Request for consultation of the Economic and Social Committee — The social dimension of culture

Approved.

7.   SIS II (Schengen information system) (Rule 110a) (vote)

(Rule 110a) (vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the second-generation Schengen information system (SIS II) [2003/2180(INI)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A5-0398/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0509)

(P5_TA(2003)0509)

8.   Market access to port services ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report on the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on market access to port services [PE-CONS 3670/2003 — C5-0461/2003 — 2001/0047(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A5-0364/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

JOINT TEXT

Rejected (P5_TA(2003)0510)

(P5_TA(2003)0510)

The procedure was thus closed.

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Renzo Imbeni, Chairman of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee, made a statement on the joint text. The rapporteur thanked him for his endeavours. |
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Renzo Imbeni, Chairman of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee, made a statement on the joint text. The rapporteur thanked him for his endeavours.

9.   Organisations promoting equality between men and women ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women [COM(2003) 279 — C5-0261/2003 — 2003/0109(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A5-0396/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0511)

(P5_TA(2003)0511)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0511).

(P5_TA(2003)0511).

10.   Support for UNMIK and OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) [COM(2003) 389 — C5-0325/2003 — 2003/0143(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Johannes (Hannes) Swobeda (A5-0390/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)00512)

(P5_TA(2003)00512)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)00512).

(P5_TA(2003)00512)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | The rapporteur recommended, before the vote, approval of the Commission proposal. |
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The rapporteur recommended, before the vote, approval of the Commission proposal.

11.   Promotion of relations between the EU and non-industrialised regions * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme for bodies promoting reciprocal understanding of relations between the European Union and certain non-industrialised regions in the world [COM(2003) 280 — C5-0350/2003 — 2003/0110(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Lennart Sacrédeus (A5-0384/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0513)

(P5_TA(2003)0513)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0513).

(P5_TA(2003)0513).

12.   Promoting European citizenship * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote active European citizenship (civic participation) [COM(2003) 276 — C5-0321/2003 — 2003/0116(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Heide Rühle (A5-0368/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0514)

(P5_TA(2003)0514)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0514).

(P5_TA(2003)0514).

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

In agreement with the rapporteur, Doris Pack moved an oral amendment to amendment 37, to which fewer than 32 Members objected, and which was therefore incorporated.

13.   Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants [COM(2003) 331 — C5-0315/2003 — 2003/0118(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Pernille Frahm (A5-0371/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0515).

(P5_TA(2003)0515).

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0515).

(P5_TA(2003)0515).

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

The rapporteur before the vote.

14.   Protocol on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants [COM(2003) 332 — C5-0318/2003 — 2003/0117(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Pernille Frahm (A5-0372/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8).

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8).

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0516)

(P5_TA(2003)0516)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0516).

(P5_TA(2003)0516).

15.   Financial provisions of the draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe (vote)

(vote)

Motion for a resolution B5-0482/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0517).

(P5_TA(2003)0517)

16.   Euromed (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0471, 0475, 0481, 0484, 0489 and 0511/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B5-0471/2003

Rejected.

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0475/2003

(replacing B5-0475, 0481, 0484, 0489 and 0511/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Francesco Fiori and Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
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Francesco Fiori and Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Joan Vallvé, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
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Joan Vallvé, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Hélène Flautre and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
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Hélène Flautre and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Luís Queiró and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, |
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Luís Queiró and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0518).

(P5_TA(2003)0518)

17.   Outcome of the EU-Russia summit (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0479, 0483, 0485, 0486, 0487 and 0488/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0479/2003

(replacing B5-0479, 0483, 0485, 0486 and 0487/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Ilkka Suominen, Arie M. Oostlander and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
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Ilkka Suominen, Arie M. Oostlander and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Enrique Barón Crespo, Reino Paasilinna and Giovanni Claudio Fava, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Enrique Barón Crespo, Reino Paasilinna and Giovanni Claudio Fava, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Elisabeth Schroedter and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
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Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Elisabeth Schroedter and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Ole Andreasen, Astrid Thors and Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
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Ole Andreasen, Astrid Thors and Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
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—

Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

| — | Gerard Collins, |
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Gerard Collins,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0519).

(P5_TA(2003)0519)

(Motion for a resolution B5-0488/2003 fell.)

18.   A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours (vote)

(vote)

Report on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ [COM(2003) 104 — 2003/2018(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Pasqualina Napoletano (A5-0378/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0520).

(P5_TA(2003)0520).

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

The rapporteur moved an oral amendment to amendment 10 and spoke on amendment 17.

19.   The Northern dimension (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0472, 0473, 0474, 0477 and 0480/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 13)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 13)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0472/2003

(replacing B5-0472, 0473, 0474, 0477 and 0480/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Ilkka Suominen and Arie M. Oostlander, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
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Ilkka Suominen and Arie M. Oostlander, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Reino Paasilinna, Riitta Myller and Ulpu Iivari, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
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Reino Paasilinna, Riitta Myller and Ulpu Iivari, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
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Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Matti Wuori, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
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Matti Wuori, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Mogens N.J. Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group, |
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Mogens N.J. Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group,

| — | Esko Olavi Seppänen, Pernille Frahm, Marianne Eriksson and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
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Esko Olavi Seppänen, Pernille Frahm, Marianne Eriksson and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0521).

(P5_TA(2003)0521)

20.   Defence equipment (vote)

(vote)

Second report on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Defence — Industrial and market issues — Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy [COM(2003) 113 — 2003/2096(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Luís Queiró (A5-0370/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 14)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0522).

(P5_TA(2003)0522)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda moved an oral amendment to amendment 2. The rapporteur spoke on the oral amendment which was not considered since more than 32 Members opposed it. |
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Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda moved an oral amendment to amendment 2. The rapporteur spoke on the oral amendment which was not considered since more than 32 Members opposed it.

21.   Stabilisation and association process for South-East Europe (vote)

(vote)

Report on the Stabilisation and Association Process for South East Europe: Second Annual Report [COM(2003) 139 — 2003/2094(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Joost Lagendijk (A5-0397/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 15)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0523).

(P5_TA(2003)0523)

22.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 137(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for this sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Oral explanations of vote:

Report Rühle — A5-0368/2003

| — | Ward Beysen |
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Ward Beysen

Report Queiró — A5-0370/2003

| — | Patricia McKenna |
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Patricia McKenna

Report Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou — A5-0396/2003

| — | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou |
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Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou

Resolution — B5-0482/2003

| — | Richard Corbett |
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Richard Corbett

23.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report Coelho — A5-0398/2003

for: Ursula Stenzel

for:

against: Georges Berthu

against:

Report Jarzembowski — A5-0364/2003

for: Jean-Louis Bourlanges, José Ribeiro e Castro, Seán Ó Neachtain, James (Jim) Fitzsimons, Elmar Brok, Diemut R. Theato, Bashir Khanbhai, Liam Hyland, Neil Parish

for:

against: Phillip Whitehead

against:

abstention: Renate Sommer

abstention:

Report Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou — A5-0396/2003

| — | amended proposal

  for: Gérard Onesta |
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amended proposal

for: Gérard Onesta

for:

Report Rühle — A5-0368/2003

| — | legislative resolution

  for: José Ribeiro e Castro, Seán Ó Neachtain, Liam Hyland, James (Jim) Fitzsimons |
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legislative resolution

for: José Ribeiro e Castro, Seán Ó Neachtain, Liam Hyland, James (Jim) Fitzsimons

for:

Constitution for Europe — B5-0482/2003

| — | amendment 1

  for: Georges Berthu, Isabelle Caullery

  against: Renzo Imbeni |
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amendment 1

for: Georges Berthu, Isabelle Caullery

for:

against: Renzo Imbeni

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  against: Georges Berthu |
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resolution (as a whole)

against: Georges Berthu

against:

Euromed — RC-B5-0475/2003

| — | amendments 4 + 5

  for: Nelly Maes |
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amendments 4 + 5

for: Nelly Maes

for:

| — | resolution (as a whole):

  for: Nelly Maes |
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resolution (as a whole):

for: Nelly Maes

for:

EU-Russia Summit — RC-B5-0479/2003

| — | amendment 1

  for: Othmar Karas, Paul Rübig, the Austrian Members of the PPE-DE Group, Dana Rosemary Scallon |
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amendment 1

for: Othmar Karas, Paul Rübig, the Austrian Members of the PPE-DE Group, Dana Rosemary Scallon

for:

Report Queiró — A5-0370/2003

| — | amendment 3

  against: Othmar Karas

  abstention: Hans-Peter Martin |
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amendment 3

against: Othmar Karas

against:

abstention: Hans-Peter Martin

abstention:

| — | paragraph 12

  for: Othmar Karas, Arlene McCarthy

  abstention: Hans-Peter Martin |
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paragraph 12

for: Othmar Karas, Arlene McCarthy

for:

abstention: Hans-Peter Martin

abstention:

| — | recital G

  against: Harald Ettl |
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recital G

against: Harald Ettl

against:

Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes and Chantal Cauquil had been present but did not take part in the vote on amendment 1 to motion for a resolution B5-0482/2003 on the Constutition for Europe, nor in the vote on the motion as a whole.

END OF VOTING TIME

(The sitting was suspended at 13.15 and resumed at 15.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 13.15 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA

Vice-President

24.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

25.   European networks and info-points (Oral question with debate)

(Oral question with debate)

Oral question by Michel Rocard, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: European networks and info-points

Christa Prets (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

Neil Kinnock (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Juan José Bayona de Perogordo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Olga Zrihen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne André-Léonard, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Jan Dhaene, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roy Perry, Catherine Guy-Quint, Michl Ebner, Reino Paasilinna, Giacomo Santini, Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola and Neil Kinnock.

The debate closed.

DEBATE ON CASES OF BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW

DEBATE ON CASES OF BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolution, see Item 3 of the Minutes of Tuesday 18 November 2003)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolution, see Item 3 of the Minutes of Tuesday 18 November 2003)

26.   Sri Lanka (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on kuusi motions for resolution (B5-0490, 0492, 0495, 0498, 0505 and 0510/2003).

John Walls Cushnahan, Anne André-Léonard, Didier Rod and Erik Meijer introduced the motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Neil Kinnock (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 30.

Item 30

27.   Aceh (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on six motions for resolution (B5-0491, 0496, 0497, 0501, 0507 and 0508/2003).

Linda McAvan, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Anne André-Léonard, John Bowis, Didier Rod and Erik Meijer introduced the motions for resolution.

Neil Kinnock (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 31.

Item 31

28.   Vietnam: Freedom for religion (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on seven motions for resolution (B5-0493, 0494, 0499, 0502, 0503, 0506 and 0509/2003).

Bastiaan Belder introduced the motion for a resolution B5-0494/2003.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

Anne André-Léonard and Thomas Mann also introduced motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Paulo Casaca, on behalf of the PSE Group, Olivier Dupuis, Non-attached Member, Bernd Posselt, Neil Kinnock (Vice-President of the Commission), Olivier Dupuis on the last speaker's remarks and Neil Kinnock.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 32.

Item 32

END OF DEBATE ON BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW

END OF DEBATE ON BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW

29.   Agenda

Following that day's meeting of the Conference of Presidents, the President proposed the following changes to the Agenada for the next part-session in Brussels on 3 and 4 December:

Wednesday 3 December

Wednesday 3 December

| 1. | the Council and Commission statements on






  — | the preparation of the European Council, including the European Social Forum, and |
| --- | --- | --- |

1.

the Council and Commission statements on

—

the preparation of the European Council, including the European Social Forum, and

| — | the progress report on the Intergovernmental Conference |
| --- | --- |

—

the progress report on the Intergovernmental Conference

would be taken in joint debate.

The following deadlines had been set

| — | European Council and Social Summit:







  — | motions for resolution: Thursday 27 November at 12.00, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

European Council and Social Summit:

European Council and Social Summit:

—

motions for resolution: Thursday 27 November at 12.00,

| — | amendments and joint motions for resolution: Wednesday 3 December at 12.00. |
| --- | --- |

—

amendments and joint motions for resolution: Wednesday 3 December at 12.00.

| — | IGC:







  — | motions for resolution: Monday 1 December at 18.00, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

IGC:

IGC:

—

motions for resolution: Monday 1 December at 18.00,

| — | amendments and joint motions for resolution: Wednesday 3 December at 12.00. |
| --- | --- |

—

amendments and joint motions for resolution: Wednesday 3 December at 12.00.

| 2. | Regarding the Council and Commission statements on the EU role in conflict prevention in Africa, the deadlines had been extended as follows:






  — | motions for resolution: Thursday 27 November at 12.00, |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.

Regarding the Council and Commission statements on the EU role in conflict prevention in Africa, the deadlines had been extended as follows:

—

motions for resolution: Thursday 27 November at 12.00,

| — | amendments and joint motions for resolution: Monday 1 December at 12.00. |
| --- | --- |

—

amendments and joint motions for resolution: Monday 1 December at 12.00.

| 3. | Regarding the report by (A5-0401/2003) on contracts and tripartrite agreements, the deadline for tabling amendments would be Thursday 27 November at 12.00. |
| --- | --- |

3.

Regarding the report by (A5-0401/2003) on contracts and tripartrite agreements, the deadline for tabling amendments would be Thursday 27 November at 12.00.

| 4. | The following reports would be added to the end of Wednesday's Agenda:






  — | * Christa Randzio-Plath (ECON Committee) on reduced VAT rates, the deadline for tabling amendments being set as Monday 1 December at 12.00, |
| --- | --- | --- |

4.

The following reports would be added to the end of Wednesday's Agenda:

—

- Christa Randzio-Plath (ECON Committee) on reduced VAT rates, the deadline for tabling amendments being set as Monday 1 December at 12.00,

| — | two Göran Färm reports (BUDG Committee) on amending budgets No 7 and 8/2003 concerning on the one hand the Structural Funds (ongoing procedure) and, on the other, the allocation of appropriations (Frontloading). |
| --- | --- |

—

two Göran Färm reports (BUDG Committee) on amending budgets No 7 and 8/2003 concerning on the one hand the Structural Funds (ongoing procedure) and, on the other, the allocation of appropriations (Frontloading).

The following deadlines had been set:

| — | amendments to amending budgets: Monday 24 November at 12.00, |
| --- | --- |

—

amendments to amending budgets: Monday 24 November at 12.00,

| — | amendments to motions for resolution contained in the Göran Färm reports: Tuesday 2 December at 12.00. |
| --- | --- |

—

amendments to motions for resolution contained in the Göran Färm reports: Tuesday 2 December at 12.00.

Thursday 4 December

Thursday 4 December

The following reports would be added to the votes:

| — | Under Rule 158(1):






  — | * Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0403/2003) on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

Under Rule 158(1):

—

- Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0403/2003) on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco,

| — | * Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0404/2003) on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Tunisian Republic. |
| --- | --- |

—

- Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0404/2003) on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Tunisian Republic.

| — | Under Rule 158(2):






  — | ***I Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0395/2003) on financial and technical cooperation with the Occupied Territories. |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

Under Rule 158(2):

—

***I Luis Berenguer Fuster (A5-0395/2003) on financial and technical cooperation with the Occupied Territories.

| — | Under Rule 110a:






  — | ***I Giacomo Santini (A5-0405/2003) on a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the area of migration and asylum, the deadline for tabling amendments being set as Thursday 27 November at 12.00. |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

Under Rule 110a:

—

***I Giacomo Santini (A5-0405/2003) on a programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the area of migration and asylum, the deadline for tabling amendments being set as Thursday 27 November at 12.00.

Parliament agreed to these changes.

VOTING TIME

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

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

30.   Sri Lanka (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0490, 0492, 0495, 0498, 0505 and 0510/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 16)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 16)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0490/2003

(replacing B5-0490, 0492, 0495, 0498, 0505 and 0510/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | John Walls Cushnahan, Geoffrey Van Orden, Thomas Mann, Philip Charles Bradbourn and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

John Walls Cushnahan, Geoffrey Van Orden, Thomas Mann, Philip Charles Bradbourn and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Margrietus J. van den Berg and Maria Carrilho, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Margrietus J. van den Berg and Maria Carrilho, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Didier Rod, Reinhold Messner and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Didier Rod, Reinhold Messner and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Luigi Vinci, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Luigi Vinci, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

| — | Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UEN Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0524).

(P5_TA(2003)0524)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

John Walls Cushnahan moved an oral amendment to paragraph 1, which was incorporated.

31.   Aceh (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0491, 0496, 0497, 0501, 0507 and 0508/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 17)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 17)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0491/2003

(replacing B5-0491, 0496, 0497, 0501, 0507 and 0508/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | John Bowis and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

John Bowis and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Margrietus J. van den Berg and Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Margrietus J. van den Berg and Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Didier Rod, Matti Wuori, Nelly Maes and Patricia McKenna, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Didier Rod, Matti Wuori, Nelly Maes and Patricia McKenna, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

| — | Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, on behalf of the EDD Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, on behalf of the EDD Group,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0525).

(P5_TA(2003)0525)

32.   Vietnam: Freedom of religion (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0493, 0494, 0499, 0502, 0503, 0506 and 0509/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 18)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0493/2003

(replacing B5-0493, 0494, 0499, 0502, 0503, 0506 and 0509/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Hartmut Nassauer, Bernd Posselt and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Hartmut Nassauer, Bernd Posselt and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Margrietus J. van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Margrietus J. van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Anne André-Léonard, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Anne André-Léonard, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Patricia McKenna, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Patricia McKenna, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

| — | Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

| — | Cristiana Muscardini and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Cristiana Muscardini and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group,

| — | Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group,

| — | Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis, Marco Pannella and Maurizio Turco, |
| --- | --- |

—

Emma Bonino, Marco Cappato, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Benedetto Della Vedova, Olivier Dupuis, Marco Pannella and Maurizio Turco,

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0526).

(P5_TA(2003)0526)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Ioannis Patakis pointed out that he had voted against.

END OF VOTING TIME

33.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

from the Council and Commission:

from the Council and Commission:

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations A.II.1/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part A — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 322 — C5-0545/2003 — 2003/2220(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations A.II.1/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part A — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 322 — C5-0545/2003 — 2003/2220(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations 39/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 323 — C5-0546/2003 — 2003/2219(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations 39/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 323 — C5-0546/2003 — 2003/2219(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2003) 658 — C5-0547/2003 — 2003/0261(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: PECH |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion: BUDG |
| legal basis: | Articles 36 and 37 EC |

—

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2003) 658 — C5-0547/2003 — 2003/0261(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH

opinion: BUDG

legal basis:

Articles 36 and 37 EC

| — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the ‘European Capital of Culture’ event for the years 2005 to 2019 (COM(2003) 700 — C5-0548/2003 — 2003/0274(COD))






  referred to | responsible: CULT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 151(5) EC |

—

Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the ‘European Capital of Culture’ event for the years 2005 to 2019 (COM(2003) 700 — C5-0548/2003 — 2003/0274(COD))

referred to

responsible: CULT

legal basis:

Article 151(5) EC

| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (COM(2003) 689 — C5-0549/2003 — 2003/0272(COD))






  referred to | responsible: ENVI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion: JURI, ITRE, AGRI |
| legal basis: | Article 95 EC |

—

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (COM(2003) 689 — C5-0549/2003 — 2003/0272(COD))

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion: JURI, ITRE, AGRI

legal basis:

Article 95 EC

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations 42/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 324 — C5-0552/2003 — 2003/2223(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations 42/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 324 — C5-0552/2003 — 2003/2223(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations 43/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 337 — C5-0553/2003 — 2003/2224(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations 43/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (SEC(2003) 337 — C5-0553/2003 — 2003/2224(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 31/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part A — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0554/2003 — 2003/2192(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 31/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part A — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0554/2003 — 2003/2192(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 32/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0555/2003 — 2003/2193(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 32/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0555/2003 — 2003/2193(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 33/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0556/2003 — 2003/2194(GBD))






  referred to | responsible: BUDG |
| --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis: | Article 274 EC |

—

Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 33/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0556/2003 — 2003/2194(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

legal basis:

Article 274 EC

| — | Proposal for a Council directive on the short-term residence permit issued to victims of action to facilitate illegal immigration or trafficking in human beings who cooperate with the competent authorities (14432/2003 — C5-0557/2003 — 2002/0043(CNS))






  referred to | responsible: LIBE |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion: JURI, FEMM |
| legal basis: | Article 63, 1st paragraph EC |

—

Proposal for a Council directive on the short-term residence permit issued to victims of action to facilitate illegal immigration or trafficking in human beings who cooperate with the competent authorities (14432/2003 — C5-0557/2003 — 2002/0043(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE

opinion: JURI, FEMM

legal basis:

Article 63, 1st paragraph EC

34.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of María Luisa Bergaz Conesa, Giorgio Calò, Raquel Cardoso, Juan Manuel Ferrández Lezaun and Ian Twinn.

35.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE and PSE Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

| — | CONT Committee: Eluned Morgan to replace Arlene McCarthy, |
| --- | --- |

—

CONT Committee: Eluned Morgan to replace Arlene McCarthy,

| — | LIBE Committee: Ian Twinn. |
| --- | --- |

—

LIBE Committee: Ian Twinn.

36.   Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports — cooperation between committees

Drawing up of own-initiative reports, pursuant to Rule 49

Drawing up of own-initiative reports, pursuant to Rule 49

AFET Committee:

| — | EU policy towards the South Caucasus (B5-0429/2003 — 2003/2225 (INI)) |
| --- | --- |

—

EU policy towards the South Caucasus (B5-0429/2003 — 2003/2225 (INI))

| — | EU-Russia relations (B5-0438/2003 — 2003/2230(INI)) |
| --- | --- |

—

EU-Russia relations (B5-0438/2003 — 2003/2230(INI))

| — | Guantanamo detainees' right to a fair trial (B5-0426/2003 — 2003/2229(INI)) |
| --- | --- |

—

Guantanamo detainees' right to a fair trial (B5-0426/2003 — 2003/2229(INI))

Cooperation between committees

Cooperation between committees

Rule 162a had been applied to the following report:

Rule 162a had been applied to the following report:

ENVI Committee:

| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods (amending Directive 2000/13/EC) (COM(2003) 424 — C5-0329/2003 — 2003/0165(COD))
  Rule 162a procedure between ENVI and JURI
  (Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods (amending Directive 2000/13/EC) (COM(2003) 424 — C5-0329/2003 — 2003/0165(COD))

Rule 162a procedure between ENVI and JURI

(Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003)

Decision to draw up a report, pursuant to Rule 181

Decision to draw up a report, pursuant to Rule 181

AFCO Committee:

| — | Statute and financing of European political parties (amendment of EP Rules of Procedure) (Conference of Presidents' decision of 23 October 2003 (2003/2205(REG)) |
| --- | --- |

—

Statute and financing of European political parties (amendment of EP Rules of Procedure) (Conference of Presidents' decision of 23 October 2003 (2003/2205(REG))

37.   Written declarations included in the register (Rule 51)

(Rule 51)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations in the register (Rule 51(3)):

| No of Document | Author | Signatures |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 16/2003 | Othmar Karas | 58 |
| 17/2003 | Struan Stevenson, Bob van den Bos, Nelly Maes, Mihail Papayannakis and Phillip Whitehead | 213 |
| 18/2003 | André Brie, Willi Görlach, Joost Lagendijk and Philippe Morillon | 42 |
| 19/2003 | Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Alexander de Roo | 34 |
| 20/2003 | Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen | 12 |
| 21/2003 | María Sornosa Martínez | 26 |
| 22/2003 | Jean-Claude Martinez, Carl Lang, Bruno Gollnisch and Marie-France Stirbois | 6 |
| 23/2003 | Mark Francis Watts, Catherine Stihler and Phillip Whitehead | 60 |
| 24/2003 | Cristiana Muscardini | 45 |
| 25/2003 | Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Inger Schörling, Paul A.A.J.G. Lannoye, Gérard Onesta and Yves Piétrasanta | 15 |
| 26/2003 | Caroline Lucas, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk and Pernille Frahm | 20 |
| 27/2003 | Marco Cappato and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit | 36 |
| 28/2003 | Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, Cristiana Muscardini, Mauro Nobilia and Adriana Poli Bortone | 10 |

No of Document

No of Document

Author

Author

Signatures

Signatures

16/2003

Othmar Karas

58

17/2003

Struan Stevenson, Bob van den Bos, Nelly Maes, Mihail Papayannakis and Phillip Whitehead

213

18/2003

André Brie, Willi Görlach, Joost Lagendijk and Philippe Morillon

42

19/2003

Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Alexander de Roo

34

20/2003

Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen

12

21/2003

María Sornosa Martínez

26

22/2003

Jean-Claude Martinez, Carl Lang, Bruno Gollnisch and Marie-France Stirbois

6

23/2003

Mark Francis Watts, Catherine Stihler and Phillip Whitehead

60

24/2003

Cristiana Muscardini

45

25/2003

Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Inger Schörling, Paul A.A.J.G. Lannoye, Gérard Onesta and Yves Piétrasanta

15

26/2003

Caroline Lucas, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk and Pernille Frahm

20

27/2003

Marco Cappato and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit

36

28/2003

Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, Cristiana Muscardini, Mauro Nobilia and Adriana Poli Bortone

10

38.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 148(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.

39.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 3 and 4 December 2003.

40.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.20.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

David W. Martin

Vice-President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Aaltonen, Abitbol, Adam, Nuala Ahern, Ainardi, Almeida Garrett, Alyssandrakis, Andersen, Andersson, Andreasen, André-Léonard, Andria, Aparicio Sánchez, Arvidsson, Atkins, Attwooll, Auroi, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bakopoulos, Balfe, Baltas, Banotti, Barón Crespo, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Belder, Berend, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Bergaz Conesa, Berger, Berlato, Bernié, Berthu, Beysen, Blokland, Böge, Bösch, von Boetticher, Bonde, Bordes, Borghezio, Boudjenah, Boumediene-Thiery, Bourlanges, Bouwman, Bowe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Breyer, Brok, Buitenweg, Bullmann, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Butel, Callanan, Calò, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Camre, Cappato, Cardoso, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Caullery, Cauquil, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Chichester, Claeys, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Collins, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Corrie, Cox, Crowley, Cushnahan, van Dam, Dary, Daul, Davies, De Clercq, Dehousse, De Keyser, Dell'Alba, De Mita, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, Dhaene, Díez González, Di Lello Finuoli, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duhamel, Duin, Dupuis, Dybkjær, Ebner, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esclopé, Ettl, Färm, Farage, Fava, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrández Lezaun, Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fiori, Fitzsimons, Flautre, Flemming, Flesch, Florenz, Folias, Ford, Formentini, Foster, Fourtou, Frahm, Fraisse, Frassoni, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gahrton, Garaud, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gasòliba i Böhm, de Gaulle, Gebhardt, Gemelli, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glante, Glase, Gobbo, Goepel, Görlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hager, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herzog, Hieronymi, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, van Hulten, Hyland, Iivari, Ilgenfritz, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jové Peres, Junker, Karas, Karlsson, Kastler, Katiforis, Kaufmann, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Koukiadis, Koulourianos, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kronberger, Kuhne, Lage, Lagendijk, Laguiller, Lalumière, Lamassoure, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, de La Perriere, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Leinen, Liese, Linkohr, Lipietz, Lisi, Lulling, Lund, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maes, Malliori, Manders, Manisco, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marinho, Markov, Marset Campos, David W. Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Menéndez del Valle, Mennitti, Menrad, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Modrow, Mombaur, Monsonís Domingo, Montfort, Moraes, Morgantini, Morillon, Müller, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Myller, Naïr, Napoletano, Napolitano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Nisticò, Nobilia, Nordmann, Ojeda Sanz, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Ortuondo Larrea, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Pannella, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Patakis, Patrie, Pérez Álvarez, Pérez Royo, Perry, Pesälä, Piecyk, Piétrasanta, Pirker, Pittella, Plooij-van Gorsel, Poettering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Poos, Posselt, Prets, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Raymond, Read, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rocard, Rod, Rodríguez Ramos, de Roo, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Rübig, Rühle, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Saint-Josse, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sandbæk, Santini, dos Santos, Sartori, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scallon, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Gerhard Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schörling, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smet, Soares, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Staes, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stockton, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Swiebel, Swoboda, Sørensen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thyssen, Titley, Trakatellis, Trentin, Turchi, Turmes, Twinn, Vachetta, Väyrynen, Vairinhos, Valdivielso de Cué, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vallvé, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Volcic, Wachtmeister, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Wuori, Wurtz, Wyn, Wynn, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimeray, Zimmerling, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen.

Observers:

Bagó Zoltán, Bastys Mindaugas, Chronowski Andrzej, Ciemniak Grażyna, Cilevičs Boriss, Demetriou Panayiotis, Fazakas Szabolcs, Filipek Krzysztof, Gałażewski Andrzej, Gawłowski Andrzej, Giertych Maciej, Grabowska Genowefa, Gruber Attila, Grzebisz-Nowicka Zofia, Gyürk András, Heriban Jozef, Holáň Vilém, Jaskiernia Jerzy, Kelemen András, Kiršteins Aleksandrs, Klukowski Wacław, Kolář Robert, Kowalska Bronisława, Kriščiūnas Kęstutis, Kroupa Daniel, Kuzmickas Kęstutis, Kvietkauskas Vytautas, Landsbergis Vytautas, Lepper Andrzej, Libicki Marcin, Lisak Janusz, Lydeka Arminas, Łyżwiński Stanisław, Maldeikis Eugenijus, Mallotová Helena, Manninger Jenő, Matsakis Marios, Mavrou Eleni, Őry Csaba, Palečková Alena, Pasternak Agnieszka, Pęczak Andrzej, Pieniążek Jerzy, Plokšto Artur, Podgórski Bogdan, Protasiewicz Jacek, Pusz Sylwia, Surján László, Szczygło Aleksander, Szent-Iványi István, Tabajdi Csaba, Tomaka Jan, Tomczak Witold, Vaculík Josef, Valys Antanas, Vareikis Egidijus, Vastagh Pál, Vella George, Vėsaitė Birutė, Widuch Marek, Wikiński Marek, Wiśniowska Genowefa, Wittbrodt Edmund, Záborská Anna, Żenkiewicz Marian.

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

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

+

adopted

-

rejected

↓

lapsed

W

withdrawn

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

roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

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

electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

split

split vote

sep

separate vote

am

amendment

CA

compromise amendment

CP

corresponding part

D

deleting amendment

=

identical amendments

§

paragraph

art

article

rec

recital

MOT

motion for a resolution

JT MOT

joint motion for a resolution

SEC

secret ballot

1.   Schengen information system

Report: COELHO (A5-0398/2003)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | RCV | + | 354, 56, 28 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

RCV

+

354, 56, 28

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

2.   Market access to port services

Report: JARZEMBOWSKI (A5-0364/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | RCV | - | 209, 229, 16 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

RCV

-

209, 229, 16

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE, VertsALE, GUE/NGL, EDD: final vote

3.   Organisations promoting equality between men and women ***I

Report: KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (A5-0396/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| operating grant | 22 | PPE-DE | sep | + | |
| 24 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 26 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 29 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 37 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 38 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 39 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 1 | committee | sep | ↓ | |
| 5 | committee | EV | + | 235, 201, 9 |
| European Women's Lobby — transfer to the Annex to the Decision | 23 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 25 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 28 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 30 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 31 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 2 | committee | sep | + | |
| 4 | committee | sep | + | |
| 6 | committee | RCV | + | 264, 178, 18 |
| 7 | committee | RCV | + | 239, 205, 14 |
| sphere of activities of organisations | 32 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 33 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 34 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 35 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 17 | committee | sep | + | |
| 18 | committee | sep | + | |
| duration of the programme and budgetary allocation | 8 | committee | sep | + | |
| 9 | committee | EV | + | 237, 213, 4 |
| 10 | committee | sep | + | |
| 11 | committee | sep | + | |
| | 19 | committee | EV | + | 239, 200, 7 |
| remainder of text | 3 | committee | sep | + | |
| 12 | committee | sep | + | |
| 13 | committee | sep | + | |
| 14 | committee | sep | + | |
| 16 | committee | sep | + | |
| 20 | committee | sep | + | |
| 21 | PPE-DE | sep | - | |
| 27 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 253, 176, 25 |
| 36 | PPE-DE | sep | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | RCV | + | 243, 79, 139 |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

operating grant

22

PPE-DE

sep

+

24

PPE-DE

sep

-

26

PPE-DE

sep

-

29

PPE-DE

sep

-

37

PPE-DE

sep

-

38

PPE-DE

sep

-

39

PPE-DE

sep

-

1

committee

sep

↓

5

committee

EV

+

235, 201, 9

European Women's Lobby — transfer to the Annex to the Decision

23

PPE-DE

sep

-

25

PPE-DE

sep

-

28

PPE-DE

sep

-

30

PPE-DE

sep

-

31

PPE-DE

sep

-

2

committee

sep

+

4

committee

sep

+

6

committee

RCV

+

264, 178, 18

7

committee

RCV

+

239, 205, 14

sphere of activities of organisations

32

PPE-DE

sep

-

33

PPE-DE

sep

-

34

PPE-DE

sep

-

35

PPE-DE

sep

-

17

committee

sep

+

18

committee

sep

+

duration of the programme and budgetary allocation

8

committee

sep

+

9

committee

EV

+

237, 213, 4

10

committee

sep

+

11

committee

sep

+

19

committee

EV

+

239, 200, 7

remainder of text

3

committee

sep

+

12

committee

sep

+

13

committee

sep

+

14

committee

sep

+

16

committee

sep

+

20

committee

sep

+

21

PPE-DE

sep

-

27

PPE-DE

EV

+

253, 176, 25

36

PPE-DE

sep

↓

vote: amended proposal

RCV

+

243, 79, 139

vote: legislative resolution

+

Amendment 15 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote [Rule 140 (1)(d)].

Block 1 = ams 22, 24, 26, 29, 37, 38 and 39

Block 2 = ams 23, 25, 28, 30 and 31

Block 3 = ams 32, 33, 34 and 35

Block 4 = ams 8, 9, 10 and 11

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: ams 6, 7 and amended proposal

Requests for separate vote

PSE: all the amendments

Verts/ALE: ams 7, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31

4.   Support for UNMIK and OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Report: SWOBODA (A5-0390/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendment by committee responsible | 1 | committee | | + | |
| after art 1 | 4 =
  6 = | committee


  PSE | | + | |
| 2 | committee | | W | |
| 5 =
  7 = | committee


  PSE | | + | |
| 3 | committee | | W | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendment by committee responsible

1

committee

+

after art 1

4 =

6 =

committee

PSE

+

2

committee

W

5 =

7 =

committee

PSE

+

3

committee

W

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

5.   Promotion of relations between the EU and non-industrialised regions *

Report: SACRÉDEUS (A5-0384/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-8
  10-13
  15 | committee | | + | |
| art 4, after § 1 | 16 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 9 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 4, § 2 | 17 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| art 8 | 18 D | PPE-DE | | W | |
| 14 | committee | | + | |
| annex, item 3 | 19 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-8

10-13

15

committee

+

art 4, after § 1

16

PPE-DE

+

9

committee

↓

art 4, § 2

17

PPE-DE

+

art 8

18 D

PPE-DE

W

14

committee

+

annex, item 3

19

PPE-DE

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

6.   Promoting European citizenship *

Report: RÜHLE (A5-0368/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-6
  8-17
  19-50 | committee | | + | |
| after recital 10 | 51 | PSE | | + | |
| 7 | committee | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 371, 62, 10 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-6

8-17

19-50

committee

+

after recital 10

51

PSE

+

7

committee

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

371, 62, 10

Amendment 18 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote [Rule 140(1)(d)].

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Mrs Pack presented an oral amendment on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to insert the words ‘the Network of European Houses’ to amendment 37.

The President established that fewer than 32 Members opposed the oral amendment.

7.   Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants *

Report: FRAHM (A5-0371/2003)

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

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-2

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

3

committee

sep

+

4

committee

sep

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: ams 3, 4

8.   Protocol on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution *

Report: FRAHM (A5-0372/2003)

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

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-2

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

3

committee

sep

+

4

committee

sep

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: ams 3, 4

9.   Financial provisions of the draft treaty establishing a constitution for Europe

Motion for a resolution: B5-0482/2003

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motion for a resolution B5-0482/2003 |
| § 1 | 2 | PPE-DE | EV | - | 188, 250, 9 |
| rec D | 1 | EVANS et al | RCV | - | 123, 306, 7 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 360, 70, 14 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

Motion for a resolution B5-0482/2003

§ 1

2

PPE-DE

EV

-

188, 250, 9

rec D

1

EVANS et al

RCV

-

123, 306, 7

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

360, 70, 14

Requests for roll-call votes

ELDR: final vote

EVANS et al: am 1

10.   Euromed

Motions for resolutions: B5-0471, 0475, 0481, 0484, 0489, 0511/2003

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0471/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0475/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, UEN) |
| § 10 | | original text | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 430, 7, 10 |
| 2 | + | 235, 196, 14 |
| § 11 | | original text | RCV | + | 244, 173, 34 |
| after § 12 | 1 | GUE/NGL | RCV | - | 103, 342, 9 |
| § 13 | 2 | GUE/NGL | RCV | - | 70, 369, 13 |
| 6 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 95, 345, 13 |
| 3 | PSE | split | | |
| 1/EV | - | 194, 242, 7 |
| 2/EV | + | 285, 155, 6 |
| 3/EV | + | 218, 212, 9 |
| § | original text | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 345, 90, 15 |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| 3 | ↓ | |
| § 14 | | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 21 | 4 =
  5 = | PSE
  GUE/NGL | RCV | + | 273, 158, 13 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 414, 9, 22 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0475/2003 | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0481/2003 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0484/2003 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0489/2003 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0511/2003 | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0471/2003

GUE/NGL

-

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0475/2003

(PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, UEN)

§ 10

original text

split/RCV

1

+

430, 7, 10

2

+

235, 196, 14

§ 11

original text

RCV

+

244, 173, 34

after § 12

1

GUE/NGL

RCV

-

103, 342, 9

§ 13

2

GUE/NGL

RCV

-

70, 369, 13

6

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

95, 345, 13

3

PSE

split

1/EV

-

194, 242, 7

2/EV

+

285, 155, 6

3/EV

+

218, 212, 9

§

original text

split/RCV

1

+

345, 90, 15

2

↓

3

↓

§ 14

original text

sep

+

after § 21

4 =

5 =

PSE

GUE/NGL

RCV

+

273, 158, 13

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

414, 9, 22

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0475/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0481/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0484/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0489/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0511/2003

UEN

↓

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

§ 10

1st part: up to ‘Mediterranean partner countries’

2nd part: remainder

PSE, Verts/ALE

§ 13

1st part: up to ‘southern Italian Coast’

2nd part: remainder

GUE/NGL

§ 13 and am 3

1st part: up to ‘Mediterranean partner countries’

2nd part: ‘expresses in this regard ... southern Italian Coast’

3rd part: remainder

Requests for separate vote

GUE/NGL: §§ 13, 14

PPE-DE: § 11

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: am 6, § 13, final vote

GUE/NGL: am 1, 2, 4/5, §§ 10, 11

UEN: §§ 10, 11

11.   EU-Russia summit

Motions for resolutions: B5-0479, 0483, 0485, 0486, 0487 and 0488/2003

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0479/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, Mr Collins) |
| § 7 | 1 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 120, 302, 16 |
| § 9 | 2 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 9 | 3 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 4 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| § 13 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 17 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 19 | | original text | sep | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0479/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0483/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0485/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0486/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0487/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0488/2003 | | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0479/2003

(PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, Mr Collins)

§ 7

1

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

120, 302, 16

§ 9

2

GUE/NGL

-

after § 9

3

GUE/NGL

-

4

GUE/NGL

-

§ 13

original text

sep

+

§ 17

original text

sep

+

§ 19

original text

sep

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0479/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0483/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0485/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0486/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0487/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0488/2003

UEN

↓

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE, UEN: § 13

Verts/ALE: §§ 17, 19

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: am 1

12.   A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours

Report: NAPOLETANO (A5-0378/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 2 | 15 | ELDR | | - | |
| § 3 | 16 | ELDR | | - | |
| § 6 | 21 | PPE-DE | | + | as an addition |
| § 10 | 20 | ELDR | EV | + | 215, 163, 7 |
| § 11 | 17 | ELDR | | + | added to the end of § 13 |
| § 12 | 4 D | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 13 | 18 | ELDR | | - | |
| § 14 | 19 | ELDR | | - | |
| § 15 | 22 | PSE | | W | |
| 24 | PSE | | + | |
| § 17 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 18, after indent 2 | 23 | PSE | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | - | |
| § 18, indent 3 | 27 | PSE | | + | |
| § 18, after indent 4 | 5 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 19, after indent 2 | 25 | PSE | | + | |
| § 22 | 29 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 6 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 23 | 7 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 209, 172, 4 |
| after § 23 | 26 | PSE | | + | |
| § 26 | 8 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 28 | 9 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 29 | 10 | Verts/ALE | | + | amended orally |
| § 35 | 11 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 40 | 28 | PSE | | + | |
| § 47 | 12 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 48 | 13 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 49, indent 4 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 50 | | original text | sep | - | |
| § 51 | 14 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| recital A | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| rec C | 1 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| rec D | 2 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| rec I | 3D | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 203, 164, 9 |
| recital J | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 2

15

ELDR

-

§ 3

16

ELDR

-

§ 6

21

PPE-DE

+

as an addition

§ 10

20

ELDR

EV

+

215, 163, 7

§ 11

17

ELDR

+

added to the end of § 13

§ 12

4 D

Verts/ALE

-

§ 13

18

ELDR

-

§ 14

19

ELDR

-

§ 15

22

PSE

W

24

PSE

+

§ 17

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 18, after indent 2

23

PSE

split

1

+

2

-

§ 18, indent 3

27

PSE

+

§ 18, after indent 4

5

Verts/ALE

-

§ 19, after indent 2

25

PSE

+

§ 22

29

Verts/ALE

-

6

Verts/ALE

-

§ 23

7

Verts/ALE

EV

+

209, 172, 4

after § 23

26

PSE

+

§ 26

8

Verts/ALE

-

§ 28

9

Verts/ALE

-

§ 29

10

Verts/ALE

+

amended orally

§ 35

11

Verts/ALE

-

§ 40

28

PSE

+

§ 47

12

Verts/ALE

-

§ 48

13

Verts/ALE

-

§ 49, indent 4

original text

sep

+

§ 50

original text

sep

-

§ 51

14

Verts/ALE

+

recital A

original text

split

1

+

2

+

rec C

1

Verts/ALE

+

rec D

2

Verts/ALE

+

rec I

3D

Verts/ALE

EV

+

203, 164, 9

recital J

original text

split

1

+

2

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 23

1st part: up to ‘the country’

2nd part: remainder

§ 17

1st part: up to ‘in the South’

2nd part: remainder

Verts/ALE

recital A

1st part: up to ‘large shared area’

2nd part: remainder

recital J

1st part: up to ‘security strategy’

2nd part: remainder

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: § 50

PSE: § 50

Verts/ALE: §§ 49 — indent 4, 50

Other information

Text of amendment 20: replace ‘EEA’ by ‘EFTA’

The President indicated that amendment 21 should be considered as an addition.

The PSE Group had withdrawn amendment 22.

The rapporteur, on behalf of the PSE Group, proposed the following oral amendment to amendment 10: ‘the Neighbourhood policy is aimed not least ... shared prosperity’. The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment.

The rapporteur proposed adding amendment 17 to the end of § 13. The House marked its agreement.

13.   The Northern dimension

Motions for resolutions: B5-0472, 0473, 0474, 0477, 0480/2003

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0472/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE + GUE/NGL) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0472/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0473/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0474/2003 | | ELDR + Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0477/2003 | | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B5-0480/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0472/2003

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

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0472/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0473/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0474/2003

ELDR + Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0477/2003

UEN

↓

B5-0480/2003

PPE-DE

↓

14.   Defence equipment

Report: QUEIRÓ (A5-0370/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 2 | | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 4 | 6 | PPE-DE + UEN | | + | |
| § 5 | 3 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 71, 281, 30 |
| § 6 | | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 11 | 4 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 12 | | original text | RCV | + | 270, 79, 34 |
| § 14 | 7 | PPE-DE + UEN | | + | |
| § | original text | sep | ↓ | |
| § 15 | 1S | UEN | | - | |
| recital B | 2 | PSE | | - | |
| § | original text | EV | + | 190, 182, 5 |
| recital G | | original text | RCV | + | 280, 92, 8 |
| after recital N | 5 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 2

original text

sep

+

after § 4

6

PPE-DE + UEN

+

§ 5

3

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

71, 281, 30

§ 6

original text

sep

+

after § 11

4

Verts/ALE

-

§ 12

original text

RCV

+

270, 79, 34

§ 14

7

PPE-DE + UEN

+

§

original text

sep

↓

§ 15

1S

UEN

-

recital B

2

PSE

-

§

original text

EV

+

190, 182, 5

recital G

original text

RCV

+

280, 92, 8

after recital N

5

Verts/ALE

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: rec G, § 12, am 3

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: § 6

PSE: rec B, G, §§ 2, 12, 14

Other information

Amendment 7 was to replace paragraph 14.

M. On behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Swoboda proposed the following oral amendment to amendment 2: ‘whereas an increase in the financial resources may be necessary over and above the increase in co-operation and interoperability that are the priorities in the field of European defence’.

The rapporteur opposed the oral amendment.

Since more than 32 Members opposed the oral amendment, it was not incorporated.

15.   Stabilisation and Association process for South-East Europe

Report: LAGENDIJK (A5-0397/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 2 | 9 | PSE | RCV | - | 143, 216, 11 |
| § | original text | RCV | + | 189, 165, 13 |
| after § 4 | 4 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| after § 5 | 5 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 33 | 1 | ELDR | | + | |
| § 39 | 6 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 40 | 7 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| after § 43 | 8 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| § 52 | 2 | ELDR | EV | - | 116, 169, 1 |
| § 53 | 3 | ELDR | EV | - | 113, 162, 1 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 2

9

PSE

RCV

-

143, 216, 11

§

original text

RCV

+

189, 165, 13

after § 4

4

Verts/ALE

+

after § 5

5

Verts/ALE

-

§ 33

1

ELDR

+

§ 39

6

Verts/ALE

-

§ 40

7

Verts/ALE

+

after § 43

8

Verts/ALE

+

§ 52

2

ELDR

EV

-

116, 169, 1

§ 53

3

ELDR

EV

-

113, 162, 1

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

Requests for roll-call votes

UEN: § 2, am 9

16.   Sri Lanka

Motions for resolutions: B5-0490, 0492, 0495, 0498, 0505, 0510/2003

| Subject | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0490/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE,GUE/NGL, UEN) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 73, 0, 0 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0490/2003 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0492/2003 | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0495/2003 | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B5-0498/2003 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0505/2003 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0510/2003 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |

Subject

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0490/2003

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

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

73, 0, 0

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0490/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0492/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0495/2003

UEN

↓

B5-0498/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0505/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0510/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote of the JT MOT

Other information

Mr Cushnahan moved, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, an oral amendment to add the following text to paragraph 1 ‘on the basis of the Oslo Declaration of December 2002, where the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed to explore a solution based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka’. The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment.

17.   Aceh

Motions for resolutions: B5-0491, 0496, 0497,0501, 0507, 0508/2003

| Subject | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0491/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, EDD) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0491/2003 | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0496/2003 | EDD | | ↓ | |
| B5-0497/2003 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0501/2003 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0507/2003 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0508/2003 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |

Subject

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0491/2003

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

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0491/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0496/2003

EDD

↓

B5-0497/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0501/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0507/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0508/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

18.   Vietnam: freedom of religion

Motions for resolutions: B5-0493, 0494, 0499, 0502, 0503, 0506, 0509/2003

| Subject | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0493/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN, EDD, Dupuis, Pannella, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Turco) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0493/2003 | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0494/2003 | EDD | | ↓ | |
| B5-0499/2003 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0502/2003 | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0503/2003 | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B5-0506/2003 | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0509/2003 | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |

Subject

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0493/2003

(PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN, EDD, Dupuis, Pannella, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Turco)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0493/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0494/2003

EDD

↓

B5-0499/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0502/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0503/2003

UEN

↓

B5-0506/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0509/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

Resolution

For: 354

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Koulourianos

NI: Beysen, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Cushnahan, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mennitti, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Patrie, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Caullery, Collins, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, Maes, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Wuori

Against: 56

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Bonde, Butel, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Kaufmann, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Claeys, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Pannella

PPE-DE: Schaffner

PSE: Paasilinna

Verts/ALE: Gahrton

Abstention: 28

GUE/NGL: Jové Peres

NI: Borghezio

PPE-DE: Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Tannock, Van Orden, Villiers, Vlasto

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Boumediene-Thiery, Mayol i Raynal

Joint text

For: 209

ELDR: Andreasen, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vermeer, Wallis, Watson

NI: Beysen, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mennitti, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Trakatellis, Twinn, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Díez González, Fava, Ghilardotti, Medina Ortega, Napoletano, Napolitano, Pittella, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Trentin

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Against: 229

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Bonde, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

ELDR: André-Léonard, Ries, Sterckx, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Beazley, Bourlanges, Perry, Smet, Sommer, Theato, Thyssen, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 16

NI: Berthu, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, de La Perriere, Pannella

PPE-DE: Deva, Grosch, Hansenne, Klamt, Mayer Hans-Peter, Nicholson, Vlasto

PSE: Imbeni, Poos, Volcic

Amendment 6

For: 264

EDD: Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, van Dam, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Corrie, Deva, Dover, Elles, Florenz, Foster, Goodwill, Grosch, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Marques, Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Smet, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karlsson, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 178

EDD: Farage

NI: Beysen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Baltas, Karamanou, Katiforis, Koukiadis, Malliori, Mastorakis, Souladakis, Zorba

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 18

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Butel, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PPE-DE: Wijkman

UEN: Ribeiro e Castro

Amendment 7

For: 239

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, van Dam, Farage, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Banotti, Corrie, Doyle, Goepel

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karlsson, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 205

NI: Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Ayuso González, Balfe, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Baltas, Karamanou, Katiforis, Koukiadis, Malliori, Mastorakis, Souladakis, Zimeray, Zorba

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

EDD: Bernié, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PPE-DE: Wijkman

UEN: Ribeiro e Castro

Commission proposal

For: 243

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Banotti, Bourlanges, Cocilovo, De Mita, Deprez, De Veyrac, Doyle, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 79

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam, Farage

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Corrie, Deva, Dover, Elles, Fiori, Foster, Gahler, Glase, Goodwill, Graça Moura, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Kastler, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Langen, Laschet, Lechner, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Mauro, Montfort, Nicholson, Niebler, Parish, Pastorelli, Perry, Posselt, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Schleicher, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Vatanen, van Velzen, Villiers

PSE: Marinho

UEN: Crowley, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro

Abstention: 139

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Butel, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Kronberger, Pannella

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Sarnez, Descamps, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jeggle, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Knolle, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langenhagen, Lehne, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pérez Álvarez, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Smet, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Resolution

For: 371

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pirker, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Muscardini, Nobilia, Queiró, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 62

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Bonde, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Krarup, Meijer, Patakis, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Pannella

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Purvis, Scallon, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

UEN: Camre, Pasqua

Abstention: 10

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Laguiller

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Montfort, Stenmarck, Wachtmeister

Amendment 1

For: 123

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Bonde, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

ELDR: Maaten, Mulder, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Kronberger, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Descamps, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Pomés Ruiz, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

PSE: Campos, Imbeni, Krehl, Lund

UEN: Camre, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 306

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam, Farage

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Monsonís Domingo, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Wallis

NI: Beysen

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Nobilia, Turchi

Abstention: 7

ELDR: Manders

GUE/NGL: Puerta

NI: Berthu, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Pannella

Resolution

For: 360

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Plooij-van Gorsel, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Vallvé, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Caudron, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Hager, Kronberger, Pannella

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, Maes, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 70

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Bonde, Butel, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

ELDR: Pesälä, Pohjamo, Väyrynen, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Frahm, Krarup, Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Stenmarck, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers, Wachtmeister

PSE: Karlsson, Lund, Marinho

UEN: Camre, Caullery, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Auroi, McKenna

Abstention: 14

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Manders

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Boudjenah, Patakis, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Montfort

Verts/ALE: Gahrton

Paragraph 10, 1st part

For: 430

EDD: Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Pannella

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 7

EDD: Abitbol

NI: Garaud

PSE: Marinho

UEN: Camre, Caullery, Pasqua, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 10

EDD: Bernié, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

Paragraph 10, 2nd part

For: 235

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Esclopé, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PPE-DE: Bourlanges, Doyle, Florenz, Pronk

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 196

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Nordmann

GUE/NGL: Dary, Naïr, Scarbonchi

NI: Beysen, Garaud, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Sakellariou

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

EDD: Bernié, Butel, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Kronberger, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Cocilovo

Paragraph 11

For: 244

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Butel, Esclopé, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Kronberger, Pannella

PPE-DE: Nicholson, Parish, Tannock, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 173

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Monsonís Domingo, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann

GUE/NGL: Dary, Naïr, Scarbonchi

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Sakellariou, Walter

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 34

EDD: Bernié, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Cocilovo, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Perry, Purvis, Twinn, Villiers

Amendment 1

For: 103

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Esclopé, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, Schmidt

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PSE: Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, De Keyser, Désir, Duhamel, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gillig, Görlach, Guy-Quint, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Miguélez Ramos, Patrie, Poignant, Rocard, Roure, Scheele, Sousa Pinto, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 342

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Kronberger, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Ford, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Glante, Gröner, Hänsch, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lange, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Trentin, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 9

EDD: Bernié, Butel, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

PSE: Dehousse, Titley, Vairinhos

Amendment 2

For: 70

EDD: Esclopé

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PPE-DE: Bremmer

PSE: Marinho, Wiersma

UEN: Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 369

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, van Dam, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 13

EDD: Bernié, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Kronberger

PSE: Dehousse, Désir, Fava, Ferreira, Vairinhos

Amendment 6

For: 95

EDD: Esclopé

ELDR: Schmidt

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella

PPE-DE: Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

PSE: De Keyser, Marinho

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 345

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, van Dam, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ford, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 13

EDD: Bernié, Butel, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Krarup

NI: Kronberger

PSE: Dehousse, Désir, Ferreira, Fruteau, Vairinhos

Paragraph 13, 1st part

For: 345

EDD: Belder, Blokland, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Pannella

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, MacCormick, Ortuondo Larrea, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 90

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager

PPE-DE: Balfe, Beazley, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes

Abstention: 15

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Puerta

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PSE: Désir, Martin Hans-Peter

Amendments 4 + 5

For: 273

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Esclopé, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Kronberger, Pannella

PPE-DE: Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Mayer Xaver, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Scallon, Schmitt, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 158

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Garaud, Gollnisch, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Cornillet, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schröder Jürgen, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Nobilia, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Turchi

Abstention: 13

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Butel, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Lang, Martinez

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

Resolution

For: 414

EDD: Belder, Blokland, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Pannella

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 9

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis, Schröder Ilka

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

Abstention: 22

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Bonde, Farage, Mathieu, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Figueiredo, Frahm, Krarup, Laguiller, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta

NI: Garaud

PPE-DE: Böge

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Boumediene-Thiery, Rod

Amendment 1

For: 120

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Marset Campos, Meijer, Morgantini, Naïr, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Garaud, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez, Pannella

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Pomés Ruiz, Stenmarck, Wachtmeister, Wijkman

PSE: Corbett, Hedkvist Petersen, Lund, Marinho, Poos, Roure, Scheele

UEN: Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 302

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam, Esclopé

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Andria, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Murphy, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Soares, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre, Caullery, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 16

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Butel, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen

PPE-DE: Posselt

UEN: Berlato, Muscardini, Nobilia, Turchi

Amendment 3

For: 71

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Dybkjær, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bergaz Conesa, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Marset Campos, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Korhola

PSE: El Khadraoui, Lund, Marinho, Paasilinna, Schmid Gerhard, Van Lancker

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 281

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam, Farage

GUE/NGL: Caudron, Naïr, Schröder Ilka

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Balfe, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Khanbhai, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Dehousse, De Keyser, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Müller, Myller, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schulz, Skinner, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Sörensen

Abstention: 30

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bordes, Boudjenah, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Banotti

PSE: De Rossa, Désir, Ferreira

UEN: Crowley, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Paragraph 12

For: 270

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Caudron

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hatzidakis, Hieronymi, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Dehousse, De Keyser, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hazan, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Myller, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Trentin, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Cohn-Bendit, Sörensen

Against: 79

EDD: Andersen, Belder, Blokland, Bonde, van Dam, Farage, Sandbæk

ELDR: Schmidt

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Sacrédeus

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Bowe, Corbett, El Khadraoui, Ford, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Karlsson, McAvan, McCarthy, Vairinhos, Van Lancker

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 34

ELDR: Dybkjær

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Villiers

PSE: De Rossa, Lange

UEN: Camre

Recital G

For: 280

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Dybkjær, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Naïr

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Balfe, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Böge, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Khanbhai, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Bowe, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Dehousse, De Keyser, Díez González, Duhamel, Ettl, Ford, Ghilardotti, Glante, Gröner, Hänsch, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Myller, Pérez Royo, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Volcic, Walter, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Jonckheer, MacCormick, Sörensen

Against: 92

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Schmidt

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Krarup, Laguiller, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Korhola, Pronk, Sacrédeus

PSE: Andersson, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Carlotti, Ceyhun, Désir, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Görlach, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, Martin Hans-Peter, Paasilinna, Patrie, Poignant, Read, Roth-Behrendt, Van Lancker, Weiler

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lipietz, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 8

NI: Cappato

PPE-DE: Banotti

PSE: De Rossa, Guy-Quint

UEN: Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Amendment 9

For: 143

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Nicholson of Winterbourne

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Wuermeling

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Myller, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Walter, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Cohn-Bendit, Ferrández Lezaun, Isler Béguin, Lipietz, Piétrasanta, Rod

Against: 216

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Dybkjær, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Claeys, Dillen, Hager, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Böge, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Khanbhai, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Flautre, Gahrton, Lagendijk, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Krarup, Laguiller, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta

NI: Martinez

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

Paragraph 2

For: 189

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Dybkjær, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Kaufmann, Koulourianos, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller, Paasilinna, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, dos Santos, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Titley, Trentin, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 165

ELDR: André-Léonard

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Hager, de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bremmer, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Khanbhai, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Sudre, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zacharakis, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 13

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Krarup, Laguiller, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

Resolution

For: 73

EDD: Andersen, Belder, van Dam, Sandbæk

ELDR: André-Léonard, Lynne

GUE/NGL: Bakopoulos, Koulourianos, Markov, Meijer

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Bowis, Camisón Asensio, Chichester, Cushnahan, Daul, Deva, Flemming, Fourtou, Friedrich, García-Margallo y Marfil, Goepel, Gomolka, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hatzidakis, Karas, Kastler, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mayer Hans-Peter, Menrad, Mombaur, Nicholson, Ojeda Sanz, Perry, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schröder Jürgen, Sommer, Stenmarck, Sudre, Zimmerling

PSE: Baltas, Berger, Casaca, De Keyser, Ettl, Kindermann, McAvan, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Myller, Scheele, Souladakis

Verts/ALE: Auroi, Buitenweg, Lagendijk, MacCormick, Onesta, Rod

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2003)0509

SIS II

European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the second-generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (2003/2180(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council by Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the second-generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (B5-0268/2003), |
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having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council by Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the second-generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (B5-0268/2003),

| — | having regard to the upcoming enlargement of the European Union, |
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having regard to the upcoming enlargement of the European Union,

| — | having regard to its position of 17 December 2002 on the initiative by the Kingdom of Spain with a view to adopting a Council Regulation concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular in the fight against terrorism (1), |
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having regard to its position of 17 December 2002 on the initiative by the Kingdom of Spain with a view to adopting a Council Regulation concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular in the fight against terrorism (1),

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Thessaloniki European Council, in particular paragraph 11 thereof, |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Thessaloniki European Council, in particular paragraph 11 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 5 and 6 June 2003, in particular as regards the functions of the SIS and the SIS II architecture, |
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having regard to the Conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 5 and 6 June 2003, in particular as regards the functions of the SIS and the SIS II architecture,

| — | having regard to the discussions in Council about the two Spanish initiatives concerning the introduction of new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular as regards the fight against terrorism, |
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having regard to the discussions in Council about the two Spanish initiatives concerning the introduction of new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular as regards the fight against terrorism,

| — | having regard to the Commission staff working paper on the development of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) — 2002 progress report (SEC(2003) 206), |
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having regard to the Commission staff working paper on the development of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) — 2002 progress report (SEC(2003) 206),

| — | having regard to the proposal of the Commission for a regulation amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles (COM(2003) 510), |
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having regard to the proposal of the Commission for a regulation amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles (COM(2003) 510),

| — | having regard to the fifth annual report of the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority (JSA), |
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having regard to the fifth annual report of the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority (JSA),

| — | having regard to the working documents on common rules on personal data protection under the third pillar, and, in particular, the note of the Greek Presidency of 3 June 2003, |
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having regard to the working documents on common rules on personal data protection under the third pillar, and, in particular, the note of the Greek Presidency of 3 June 2003,

| — | having regard to Rule 49(3) and Rule 107 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 49(3) and Rule 107 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (A5-0398/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (A5-0398/2003),

The Schengen Information System II

| A. | whereas the Schengen Information System (SIS) was created as a compensatory measure to allow for the free movement of persons, |
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A.

whereas the Schengen Information System (SIS) was created as a compensatory measure to allow for the free movement of persons,

| B. | whereas over the years the perception of the SIS has moved away from the concept of a compensatory measure towards an idea that the SIS is a useful and efficient tool of police cooperation whose data can be used for purposes other than those initially envisaged (2), |
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B.

whereas over the years the perception of the SIS has moved away from the concept of a compensatory measure towards an idea that the SIS is a useful and efficient tool of police cooperation whose data can be used for purposes other than those initially envisaged (2),

| C. | whereas, with enlargement of the EU, there is a need to develop a second generation SIS, |
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C.

whereas, with enlargement of the EU, there is a need to develop a second generation SIS,

| D. | whereas the decision was taken to develop the SIS II by the year 2006, |
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D.

whereas the decision was taken to develop the SIS II by the year 2006,

| E. | whereas, so far, no clear legal framework of the principles governing police cooperation has been laid down in application of Article 30 of the Treaty on European Union, nor has a clear border-protection policy been established, |
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E.

whereas, so far, no clear legal framework of the principles governing police cooperation has been laid down in application of Article 30 of the Treaty on European Union, nor has a clear border-protection policy been established,

New functions

| F. | whereas the Council, in its conclusions of 5/6 June 2003, agreed in principle that the new SIS should allow for the addition of new categories of alerts (on persons and on objects) and fields, the interlinking of alerts, the modification of the duration of the alerts, and the storage, transfer and possible querying of biometric data, especially photographs and fingerprints, |
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F.

whereas the Council, in its conclusions of 5/6 June 2003, agreed in principle that the new SIS should allow for the addition of new categories of alerts (on persons and on objects) and fields, the interlinking of alerts, the modification of the duration of the alerts, and the storage, transfer and possible querying of biometric data, especially photographs and fingerprints,

| G. | whereas the Council remains undecided on concrete questions such as which new categories of objects or persons to include, |
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G.

whereas the Council remains undecided on concrete questions such as which new categories of objects or persons to include,

| H. | whereas the discussion in Council about the two Spanish initiatives concerning the introduction of new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular as regards the fight against terrorism, led to an agreement about certain new objects, such as certain vehicles or documents, |
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H.

whereas the discussion in Council about the two Spanish initiatives concerning the introduction of new functions for the Schengen Information System, in particular as regards the fight against terrorism, led to an agreement about certain new objects, such as certain vehicles or documents,

The European Arrest Warrant

| I. | whereas Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (3) provides in its Article 9 for the use of the SIS for the transmission of a European Arrest Warrant, |
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I.

whereas Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (3) provides in its Article 9 for the use of the SIS for the transmission of a European Arrest Warrant,

New users

| J. | whereas the Council, in its conclusions of 5/6 June 2003 agreed in principle that the SIS II must allow new authorities to obtain access to the SIS (including where necessary the possibility of giving partial access or access with a purpose different from the original one set in the alerts), while it remains undecided on which authorities should acquire access, |
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J.

whereas the Council, in its conclusions of 5/6 June 2003 agreed in principle that the SIS II must allow new authorities to obtain access to the SIS (including where necessary the possibility of giving partial access or access with a purpose different from the original one set in the alerts), while it remains undecided on which authorities should acquire access,

| K. | whereas the Council seems to have accepted (4) some of the conditions previously defined by Parliament on access for Europol to the SIS, but did not do so in respect of important requests, such as that Europol comply with the data protection requirements in Article 117 of the Schengen Convention, that it should only be able to search data for the purpose for which it was provided, that it should not be able to transfer any data to which it has access to any third State or third body, and that the Joint Supervisory Body's role be increased, |
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K.

whereas the Council seems to have accepted (4) some of the conditions previously defined by Parliament on access for Europol to the SIS, but did not do so in respect of important requests, such as that Europol comply with the data protection requirements in Article 117 of the Schengen Convention, that it should only be able to search data for the purpose for which it was provided, that it should not be able to transfer any data to which it has access to any third State or third body, and that the Joint Supervisory Body's role be increased,

| L. | whereas the situation is the same as regards access for national members of Eurojust, for which the Council did not accept Parliament's requests that Eurojust should not be able to transfer any data to which it has access to any third State or third body and that it should only be able to search data for the purposes for which it was provided, |
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L.

whereas the situation is the same as regards access for national members of Eurojust, for which the Council did not accept Parliament's requests that Eurojust should not be able to transfer any data to which it has access to any third State or third body and that it should only be able to search data for the purposes for which it was provided,

| M. | whereas the Council drafts on the Spanish initiatives open the possibility for access by national judicial authorities in the performance of their tasks as set out in national legislation; whereas the JSA is of the opinion that access must be limited to the purposes of the alerts in the SIS and cannot be extended to tasks as set out in national legislation (5), |
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M.

whereas the Council drafts on the Spanish initiatives open the possibility for access by national judicial authorities in the performance of their tasks as set out in national legislation; whereas the JSA is of the opinion that access must be limited to the purposes of the alerts in the SIS and cannot be extended to tasks as set out in national legislation (5),

| N. | whereas, in its recent abovementioned proposal for a regulation, the Commission suggested to Parliament and the Council that vehicle registration authorities have access to the SIS, |
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N.

whereas, in its recent abovementioned proposal for a regulation, the Commission suggested to Parliament and the Council that vehicle registration authorities have access to the SIS,

| O. | whereas access for a series of other authorities (non-governmental authorities such as credit agencies; extended access for authorities issuing residence permits; access for asylum authorities to Article 96 data, and for security and intelligence services and for benefits agencies to Article 100 data; access for authorities responsible for border surveillance; and extended access for Member States' representations abroad) is under discussion in Council working groups (6), |
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O.

whereas access for a series of other authorities (non-governmental authorities such as credit agencies; extended access for authorities issuing residence permits; access for asylum authorities to Article 96 data, and for security and intelligence services and for benefits agencies to Article 100 data; access for authorities responsible for border surveillance; and extended access for Member States' representations abroad) is under discussion in Council working groups (6),

| P. | whereas access for new users implies use of the data for new purposes, |
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P.

whereas access for new users implies use of the data for new purposes,

Data Protection

| Q. | whereas the SIS is the largest database in Europe, |
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whereas the SIS is the largest database in Europe,

| R. | whereas currently the data protection regime of the SIS is not only governed by the Schengen convention and controlled by the JSA but also subject to a confusing number of data protection rules and control bodies under the first and the third pillar, |
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R.

whereas currently the data protection regime of the SIS is not only governed by the Schengen convention and controlled by the JSA but also subject to a confusing number of data protection rules and control bodies under the first and the third pillar,

| S. | whereas all the discussed changes to the SIS have repercussions on data protection, |
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S.

whereas all the discussed changes to the SIS have repercussions on data protection,

| T. | whereas Article 50 of the Draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe provides for a general European data protection law and an independent control authority; whereas Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union also provides for the protection of personal data, |
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T.

whereas Article 50 of the Draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe provides for a general European data protection law and an independent control authority; whereas Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union also provides for the protection of personal data,

External relations and SIS

| U. | whereas the implementation of the Schengen rules as regards external borders by the new Member States will lead to new borders in Europe, |
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U.

whereas the implementation of the Schengen rules as regards external borders by the new Member States will lead to new borders in Europe,

| V. | whereas the exchange of data with third countries entails the risk of violating EU data protection standards, |
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V.

whereas the exchange of data with third countries entails the risk of violating EU data protection standards,

Management of SIS

| W. | whereas Parliament's call for the strategic management of the SIS to be entrusted to an agency financed entirely from the EU budget and subject to control by the European Parliament (7) is being discussed as one possible solution; whereas no consensus has so far been reached on this question, |
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W.

whereas Parliament's call for the strategic management of the SIS to be entrusted to an agency financed entirely from the EU budget and subject to control by the European Parliament (7) is being discussed as one possible solution; whereas no consensus has so far been reached on this question,

Location of SIS

| X. | whereas there seems to be a consensus among Member States to keep the operational management of the SIS provisionally in its current location in Strasbourg and to provide for a contingency system at a different location, |
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X.

whereas there seems to be a consensus among Member States to keep the operational management of the SIS provisionally in its current location in Strasbourg and to provide for a contingency system at a different location,

Synergy with the Visa Information System (VIS)

| Y. | whereas the Council, in its conclusions on the development of the VIS adopted on 5 and 6 June 2003, invites the Commission to continue its preparatory work on the development of the VIS on the basis of a centralised architecture, taking into account the option of a common technical platform with SIS II and without delaying the development of SIS II; whereas the Council will give the necessary political guidance by December 2003 at the latest on the basic elements of the VIS, including the architecture, the functionalities, the choice of biometric identifier(s) and the approach for the implementation of the system, thus making it possible to integrate the VIS as a possible option in the call for tender for SIS II; whereas the Commission has presented two proposals to amend the regulations laying down a uniform format for visas and for residence permits of third-country nationals (COM(2003) 558), providing for the mandatory storage of the facial image and fingerprints as biometric identifiers, |
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Y.

whereas the Council, in its conclusions on the development of the VIS adopted on 5 and 6 June 2003, invites the Commission to continue its preparatory work on the development of the VIS on the basis of a centralised architecture, taking into account the option of a common technical platform with SIS II and without delaying the development of SIS II; whereas the Council will give the necessary political guidance by December 2003 at the latest on the basic elements of the VIS, including the architecture, the functionalities, the choice of biometric identifier(s) and the approach for the implementation of the system, thus making it possible to integrate the VIS as a possible option in the call for tender for SIS II; whereas the Commission has presented two proposals to amend the regulations laying down a uniform format for visas and for residence permits of third-country nationals (COM(2003) 558), providing for the mandatory storage of the facial image and fingerprints as biometric identifiers,

Budget of SIS and VIS

| Z. | whereas the development of SIS II is estimated to cost EUR 14,45 million more than originally planned; whereas the legislative basis covers only the costs of the development of SIS II and not the operating costs; whereas the appropriations for the development of SIS II are non-compulsory expenditure, and thus not subject to codecision, |
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Z.

whereas the development of SIS II is estimated to cost EUR 14,45 million more than originally planned; whereas the legislative basis covers only the costs of the development of SIS II and not the operating costs; whereas the appropriations for the development of SIS II are non-compulsory expenditure, and thus not subject to codecision,

| AA. | whereas the development of VIS is estimated to cost EUR 157 million (with annual operating costs of EUR 35 million); whereas the Commission is currently preparing a legislative act to allow for the inclusion in the Union budget of the necessary appropriations for the development of the VIS, on the basis of Article 66 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, which provides for consultation of the European Parliament; whereas the very high estimated costs of the development and operation of the VIS require a prior broad political consensus on the need for the VIS and on its functions, |
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AA.

whereas the development of VIS is estimated to cost EUR 157 million (with annual operating costs of EUR 35 million); whereas the Commission is currently preparing a legislative act to allow for the inclusion in the Union budget of the necessary appropriations for the development of the VIS, on the basis of Article 66 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, which provides for consultation of the European Parliament; whereas the very high estimated costs of the development and operation of the VIS require a prior broad political consensus on the need for the VIS and on its functions,

| 1. | Addresses the following recommendations to the Council:






  (a) | that it encourage a public debate about the political objectives to be achieved with the SIS II and the nature of the SIS; requests also the clear definition of these objectives, |
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Addresses the following recommendations to the Council:

(a)

that it encourage a public debate about the political objectives to be achieved with the SIS II and the nature of the SIS; requests also the clear definition of these objectives,

| (b) | that the development of a new SIS in the future take place in a transparent and democratic way, which should avoid, inter alia, forwarding legislative proposals to Parliament only after a political agreement has already been reached in Council, |
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(b)

that the development of a new SIS in the future take place in a transparent and democratic way, which should avoid, inter alia, forwarding legislative proposals to Parliament only after a political agreement has already been reached in Council,

| (c) | that a detailed study be undertaken about the feasibility of merging existing or future databases (SIS, Europol, Eurodac, VIS, Eurojust, etc.) on the basis of a single technical platform for a ‘Union Information System’, which should evolve to encompass future system needs in all relevant areas; reiterates its call to develop as far as possible synergies between the different databases with the aim of recombining the systems in order to optimise resources, avoid overlaps and gaps and ensure a coherent data protection regime, |
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(c)

that a detailed study be undertaken about the feasibility of merging existing or future databases (SIS, Europol, Eurodac, VIS, Eurojust, etc.) on the basis of a single technical platform for a ‘Union Information System’, which should evolve to encompass future system needs in all relevant areas; reiterates its call to develop as far as possible synergies between the different databases with the aim of recombining the systems in order to optimise resources, avoid overlaps and gaps and ensure a coherent data protection regime,

| (d) | that an annual assessment be undertaken of operational use, effectiveness and respect for fundamental rights as provided for by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention of Human Rights and the Council of Europe Convention of 28 January 1981 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, which has been ratified by all the Member States, |
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(d)

that an annual assessment be undertaken of operational use, effectiveness and respect for fundamental rights as provided for by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention of Human Rights and the Council of Europe Convention of 28 January 1981 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, which has been ratified by all the Member States,

| (e) | that each proposal for granting full or partial access to new authorities be thoroughly examined as regards the specific purpose for which those authorities need to access the SIS, which data they will be allowed to access, how the access should take place (directly or indirectly), and how the data protection requirements of Article 118 of the Schengen Convention can be ensured; argues that special attention should be given to the position of private parties (e.g. in the case of vehicle registration), |
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(e)

that each proposal for granting full or partial access to new authorities be thoroughly examined as regards the specific purpose for which those authorities need to access the SIS, which data they will be allowed to access, how the access should take place (directly or indirectly), and how the data protection requirements of Article 118 of the Schengen Convention can be ensured; argues that special attention should be given to the position of private parties (e.g. in the case of vehicle registration),

| (f) | that it decide as soon as possible that the strategic management of the SIS and other large-scale IT-systems be entrusted to a European agency steered by a management board composed of representatives of the European institutions and Member States, and financed entirely from the EU budget and therefore subject to control by the European Parliament, |
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(f)

that it decide as soon as possible that the strategic management of the SIS and other large-scale IT-systems be entrusted to a European agency steered by a management board composed of representatives of the European institutions and Member States, and financed entirely from the EU budget and therefore subject to control by the European Parliament,

| (g) | that it also decide as soon as possible on a definitive location for the central part of SIS II; demands that no task connected with running the SIS be assigned to a private company, |
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(g)

that it also decide as soon as possible on a definitive location for the central part of SIS II; demands that no task connected with running the SIS be assigned to a private company,

| (h) | that it ensure that any extension of the SIS is accompanied by the highest standards of data protection, with a view to always trying to find the right balance between the right to the protection of personal data and security; also to pay particular attention to the human rights implications and dangers inherent in the inclusion of biometric data; is of the opinion that, as the guiding principle, data should be used only for purposes expressly stated well in advance; requests the respect of this principle; objects therefore to any derogations from that principle, such as those expressed in the Council conclusions of 5 and 6 June 2003 calling for further examination of the ‘possibility for some authorities to use the SIS data for purposes other than those for which they were originally introduced in the SIS’, |
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(h)

that it ensure that any extension of the SIS is accompanied by the highest standards of data protection, with a view to always trying to find the right balance between the right to the protection of personal data and security; also to pay particular attention to the human rights implications and dangers inherent in the inclusion of biometric data; is of the opinion that, as the guiding principle, data should be used only for purposes expressly stated well in advance; requests the respect of this principle; objects therefore to any derogations from that principle, such as those expressed in the Council conclusions of 5 and 6 June 2003 calling for further examination of the ‘possibility for some authorities to use the SIS data for purposes other than those for which they were originally introduced in the SIS’,

| (i) | that it ensure the very close involvement of the JSA and national data protection authorities in the development of the SIS II, |
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(i)

that it ensure the very close involvement of the JSA and national data protection authorities in the development of the SIS II,

| (j) | that it provide better financial and human resources to enable the JSA to carry out its work; repeats its call for a specific budget section for the JSA independent from Council's section (8), |
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(j)

that it provide better financial and human resources to enable the JSA to carry out its work; repeats its call for a specific budget section for the JSA independent from Council's section (8),

| (k) | that it encourage the JSA to cooperate as closely as possible with the European Data Protection Officer who is currently being appointed by the European Parliament and the Council, |
| --- | --- |

(k)

that it encourage the JSA to cooperate as closely as possible with the European Data Protection Officer who is currently being appointed by the European Parliament and the Council,

| (l) | that it start immediately the process of harmonising the rules on data access and protection, particularly those currently in respect of the third pillar; urges that such a harmonisation should be build upon the formulation of fundamental principles, which have to be respected without exception, |
| --- | --- |

(l)

that it start immediately the process of harmonising the rules on data access and protection, particularly those currently in respect of the third pillar; urges that such a harmonisation should be build upon the formulation of fundamental principles, which have to be respected without exception,

| (m) | that it ensure the use of the Schengen facility agreed at the Copenhagen European Council also for the national preparation of the new Member States for inclusion in the SIS; that it pay particular attention to ensuring that consistently high standards of data protection and efficiency are maintained across the national and central elements of the SIS, especially in the light of any differences in structure and technology, |
| --- | --- |

(m)

that it ensure the use of the Schengen facility agreed at the Copenhagen European Council also for the national preparation of the new Member States for inclusion in the SIS; that it pay particular attention to ensuring that consistently high standards of data protection and efficiency are maintained across the national and central elements of the SIS, especially in the light of any differences in structure and technology,

| (n) | that citizens should be better informed about the SIS; refers to the principle that data subjects have a right of access to and rectification of their individual data and that, if the right of access cannot be observed in full or in part, data subjects must be notified of their right to appeal to the competent authority; asks that there be a right of appeal at the European level to the Ombudsman and/or the Data Protection Supervisor, |
| --- | --- |

(n)

that citizens should be better informed about the SIS; refers to the principle that data subjects have a right of access to and rectification of their individual data and that, if the right of access cannot be observed in full or in part, data subjects must be notified of their right to appeal to the competent authority; asks that there be a right of appeal at the European level to the Ombudsman and/or the Data Protection Supervisor,

| (o) | that it encourage the Commission to base its proposal for the legislative act allowing for the inclusion in the Union budget of the necessary appropriations for the development of the VIS not only on Article 66 also on Article 62(2)(b)(iv) [rules on a uniform visa] of the Treaty establishing the European Community (providing for codecision as of 1 May 2004); wishes, on this occasion but also on a continuous basis, to be comprehensively informed by the Council on the VIS, including on the outcome of the feasibility study, the inclusion of biometric data, the external aspects of the VIS development and data protection provisions, |
| --- | --- |

(o)

that it encourage the Commission to base its proposal for the legislative act allowing for the inclusion in the Union budget of the necessary appropriations for the development of the VIS not only on Article 66 also on Article 62(2)(b)(iv) [rules on a uniform visa] of the Treaty establishing the European Community (providing for codecision as of 1 May 2004); wishes, on this occasion but also on a continuous basis, to be comprehensively informed by the Council on the VIS, including on the outcome of the feasibility study, the inclusion of biometric data, the external aspects of the VIS development and data protection provisions,

| (p) | that it provide regular information about the development of SIS II, |
| --- | --- |

(p)

that it provide regular information about the development of SIS II,

| (q) | that Parliament's positions as outlined above be taken into account by the Council. |
| --- | --- |

(q)

that Parliament's positions as outlined above be taken into account by the Council.

*

- *

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council and, for information, to the Commission and the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council and, for information, to the Commission and the Schengen Joint Supervisory Authority.

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(1)  P5_TA(2002)0611.

(2)  Note from the Presidency on requirements for SIS, doc. 5968/02, 5.2.2002.

(3)  OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1.

(4)  The latest available documents are doc. 10054/03 and 10055/03.

(5)  SCHAC 2513/02; p. 3.

(6)  Doc. 5033/2003.

(7)  European Parliament resolution of 20 September 2001 on crossing external borders and the development of Schengen cooperation, paragraph 19 (OJ C 77 E, 28.3.2002, p. 141).

(8)  European Parliament position of 21 September 2000 on the initiative of the Portuguese Republic with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision establishing a Secretariat for the Joint Supervisory Data Protection Bodies set up by the Convention on the Establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention), the Convention on the Use of Information Technology for Customs Purposes and the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement on the gradual abolition of checks at the common borders (Schengen Convention) (OJ C 146, 17.5.2001, p. 83).

P5_TA(2003)0510

Market access to port services ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive on market access to port services (PE-CONS 3670/2003 — C5-0461/2003 — 2001/0047(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission statement (PE-CONS 3670/2003 — C5-0461/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission statement (PE-CONS 3670/2003 — C5-0461/2003),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 35) (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 35) (2),

| — | having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2002) 101) (3), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2002) 101) (3),

| — | having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5),

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 208 — C5-0182/2003) (6), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 208 — C5-0182/2003) (6),

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

—

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

| — | having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0364/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0364/2003),

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

1.

Rejects the joint text;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

2.

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

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(1)  OJ C 140 E, 13.6.2002, p. 283.

(2)  OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 290.

(3)  OJ C 181 E, 30.7.2002, p. 160.

(4)  ‘Texts Adopted’, 11.3.2003, P5_TA(2003)0078.

(5)  OJ C 299 E, 3.12.2002, p. 1.

(6)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0511

Organisations promoting equality equality between men and women ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women (COM(2003) 279 — C5-0261/2003 — 2003/0109(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 279) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 279) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 13(2) and Article 251 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0261/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 13(2) and Article 251 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0261/2003),

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

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0396/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0396/2003),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement as amended is compatible with the ceiling of heading 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2000-2006; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Considers that the financial statement as amended is compatible with the ceiling of heading 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2000-2006;

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

3.

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

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

4.

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0109

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No /2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 13(2) thereof,

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

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

Whereas:

| (1) | The principle of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of Community law, laid down in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of the Treaty and clarified by the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Under the Treaty, equality between men and women is one of the Community's specific ‘tasks’ and objectives and the Community is actively to promote such equality in all fields of Community action. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The principle of equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of Community law, laid down in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of the Treaty and clarified by the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Under the Treaty, equality between men and women is one of the Community's specific ‘tasks’ and objectives and the Community is actively to promote such equality in all fields of Community action.

| (2) | Article 13 of the Treaty confers on the Council the power to take appropriate action to combat all discrimination based, inter alia, on sex. Pursuant to Article 13(2), when the Council adopts Community incentive measures, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States, to support action taken by the Member States in order to contribute to the achievement of that objective, it is to act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Article 13 of the Treaty confers on the Council the power to take appropriate action to combat all discrimination based, inter alia, on sex. Pursuant to Article 13(2), when the Council adopts Community incentive measures, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States, to support action taken by the Member States in order to contribute to the achievement of that objective, it is to act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty.

| (3) | Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibit any discrimination on grounds of sex and lay down the principle of equality between men and women in all areas. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibit any discrimination on grounds of sex and lay down the principle of equality between men and women in all areas.

| (4) | Experience of action at Community level has shown that promoting gender equality calls in practice for a combination of measures and, in particular, of legislation and practical action designed to reinforce one another. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

Experience of action at Community level has shown that promoting gender equality calls in practice for a combination of measures and, in particular, of legislation and practical action designed to reinforce one another.

| (5) | The Commission's White Paper on European Governance advocates the participation of citizens in shaping and implementing policy, the involvement of civil society and civil society organisations, and more effective and transparent consultation of interested parties. |
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(5)

The Commission's White Paper on European Governance advocates the participation of citizens in shaping and implementing policy, the involvement of civil society and civil society organisations, and more effective and transparent consultation of interested parties.

| (6) | The Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing on 15 September 1995 adopted a Declaration and a Platform for Action calling on governments, the international community and civil society to take strategic action to eliminate both discrimination against women and the barriers to gender equality. |
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(6)

The Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing on 15 September 1995 adopted a Declaration and a Platform for Action calling on governments, the international community and civil society to take strategic action to eliminate both discrimination against women and the barriers to gender equality.

| (7) | By Decision 2001/51/EC of 20 December 2000
   (3), the Council established a Community action programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality; these actions should be supplemented by support measures in the areas concerned. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

By Decision 2001/51/EC of 20 December 2000
   (3), the Council established a Community action programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality; these actions should be supplemented by support measures in the areas concerned.

| (8) | Budget lines A-3037 (No ABB 040503) and A-3046 (No ABB 040501) of the general budget of the European Communities for the year 2003 and preceding years are intended to support the European Women's Lobby and women's organisations working to promote equality between men and women. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Budget lines A-3037 (No ABB 040503) and A-3046 (No ABB 040501) of the general budget of the European Communities for the year 2003 and preceding years are intended to support the European Women's Lobby and women's organisations working to promote equality between men and women.

| (9) | Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, requires the adoption of a basic instrument for existing support measures. |
| --- | --- |

(9)

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, requires the adoption of a basic instrument for existing support measures.

| (10) | The activities of some organisations help to promote gender equality, particularly in the case of Community measures targeted specifically at women. |
| --- | --- |

(10)

The activities of some organisations help to promote gender equality, particularly in the case of Community measures targeted specifically at women.

| (11) | The European Women's Lobby, in particular, which comprises most of the women's organisations in the 15 Member States and has over 3 000 members, plays a major role in promoting, monitoring and disseminating Community measures aimed at women with a view to achieving equality between men and women. Its activity serves the general European interest. |
| --- | --- |

(11)

The European Women's Lobby, in particular, which comprises most of the women's organisations in the 15 Member States and has over 3 000 members, plays a major role in promoting, monitoring and disseminating Community measures aimed at women with a view to achieving equality between men and women. Its activity serves the general European interest.

| (12) | Consequently, a structured programme should be adopted to provide financial assistance to such organisations in the form of an operating grant
  for activities with aims of general European interest in the area of gender equality or with an objective which is part of the European Union's policy in this area. |
| --- | --- |

(12)

Consequently, a structured programme should be adopted to provide financial assistance to such organisations in the form of an operating grant
  for activities with aims of general European interest in the area of gender equality or with an objective which is part of the European Union's policy in this area.

| (13) | This programme covers a wide geographic area owing to the fact that the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) provides for increased cooperation in the field of gender equality between the European Community and its Member States on the one hand and the countries of the European Free Trade Association on the other. The EEA Agreement lays down the procedures for the participation of the EFTA States party to the EEA Agreement in Community programmes in this field. Furthermore, this programme should be opened up for participation by associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in accordance with the conditions established in the Europe Agreements, in their additional protocols and in the decisions of the respective Association Councils, and to Turkey in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Framework Agreement of 17 December 2001 establishing the general principles for the participation of Turkey in Community programmes (5). |
| --- | --- |

(13)

This programme covers a wide geographic area owing to the fact that the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) provides for increased cooperation in the field of gender equality between the European Community and its Member States on the one hand and the countries of the European Free Trade Association on the other. The EEA Agreement lays down the procedures for the participation of the EFTA States party to the EEA Agreement in Community programmes in this field. Furthermore, this programme should be opened up for participation by associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in accordance with the conditions established in the Europe Agreements, in their additional protocols and in the decisions of the respective Association Councils, and to Turkey in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Framework Agreement of 17 December 2001 establishing the general principles for the participation of Turkey in Community programmes (5).

| (14) | The specific nature of organisations active at European level in the field of the promotion of equality between women and men should be taken into account when laying down the procedures for granting such assistance. |
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(14)

The specific nature of organisations active at European level in the field of the promotion of equality between women and men should be taken into account when laying down the procedures for granting such assistance.

| (15) | This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial programme constituting the prime reference within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (6), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, |
| --- | --- |

(15)

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial programme constituting the prime reference within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (6), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Objective of the programme

1.   
  This Decision establishes
  a Community Action Programme to provide support for the European Women's Lobby and
  promote
  other organisations active at European level in the field of equality between women and men.

2.   The general objective of the programme is to support the activities of these organisations, of which an ongoing programme of work or a specific measure serves the general European interest in the field of equality between women and men or pursues an objective which is part of the European Union's policy in this area.

Article 2

Access to the programme

1.   The European Women's Lobby, in so far as it complies with the provisions laid down in the Annex, shall be entitled to an operating grant enabling it to carry out its activities of representing and coordinating non-governmental women's organisations and relaying information on women to the European institutions and non-governmental organisations.

2.   In order to be eligible for a grant, an organisation active at European level in the field of equality between women and men must comply with the provisions laid down in the Annex and meet the following requirements:

| (a) | its activities must contribute to the development and implementation of Community actions to promote equality between women and men; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

its activities must contribute to the development and implementation of Community actions to promote equality between women and men;

| (b) | its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying,
  and the legal provisions governing,
  Community action in the area of equality between women and men; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying,
  and the legal provisions governing,
  Community action in the area of equality between women and men;

| (c) | its activities must have transnational potential; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

its activities must have transnational potential;

| (d) | the organisation must have been legally established for more than one year, acting alone or in the form of various coordinated associations. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the organisation must have been legally established for more than one year, acting alone or in the form of various coordinated associations.

Article 3

Participation of countries outside the Community

In addition to organisations established in the Member States, participation in the programme shall be open to organisations active at European level in the field of equality between women and men established in:

| (a) | acceding States which signed the Accession Treaty in 2003
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

acceding States which signed the Accession Treaty in 2003
  ;

| (b) | the EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement;

| (c) | Romania and Bulgaria, the conditions for participation to be laid down in accordance with the Europe Agreements, their additional protocols and the decisions of the respective Association Councils; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Romania and Bulgaria, the conditions for participation to be laid down in accordance with the Europe Agreements, their additional protocols and the decisions of the respective Association Councils;

| (d) | Turkey, the conditions for participation to be laid down in accordance with the above-mentioned Framework Agreement of 17 December 2001 on the general principles for the participation of Turkey in Community programmes. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Turkey, the conditions for participation to be laid down in accordance with the above-mentioned Framework Agreement of 17 December 2001 on the general principles for the participation of Turkey in Community programmes.

Article 4

Selection of beneficiaries

1.   An operating grant shall be awarded directly to the
  beneficiaries referred to
  in point 2.1 of the Annex.

2.   The award of an operating grant on the basis of an ongoing programme of work or of a grant for a specific action to an organisation which is pursuing an objective of general European
  interest which
  is part of the European Union's policy of promoting equality between women and men must meet the general criteria laid down in points 2.2. and 2.3. of the Annex. Organisations entitled to receive grants shall be selected following a call for proposals.

Article 5

Awarding of the grant

The principles of degressivity in real terms and of cofinancing shall apply to all beneficiaries as follows:

| — | organisations identified by a basic act: at least 10% of cofinancing even through contributions in kind, and no degressivity; |
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—

organisations identified by a basic act: at least 10% of cofinancing even through contributions in kind, and no degressivity;

| — | organisations selected by calls for proposals: at least 20% of cofinancing even through contributions in kind, and degressivity in real terms at a maximum rate of 2,5% from the third year onwards. |
| --- | --- |

—

organisations selected by calls for proposals: at least 20% of cofinancing even through contributions in kind, and degressivity in real terms at a maximum rate of 2,5% from the third year onwards.

Article 6

Financial provisions

1.   This programme shall start on 1 January 2004 and shall end on 31 December
  2008


  .

2.   The financial framework for the implementation of this programme for the period from 2004 to
  2008 is hereby set at EUR
  5,5
  million.

3.   The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

4.
     
  The appropriations scheduled after the year 2006 are subject to an agreement of the budgetary authority on the financial perspective beyond 2006.

Article 7

Monitoring and evaluation

By 31 December
  2007
  at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the achievement of the objectives of this programme. This report shall be based on the results obtained by the beneficiaries and shall assess, in particular, their effectiveness in achieving the objectives set out in Article 1 and the Annex.

The report shall be based fundamentally on an external assessment report which should be made available no later than the end of 2006 and should examine at least the overall relevance and coherence of the programme, the effectiveness of its execution (preparation, selection and implementation of the measures) and the overall and individual effectiveness of the various measures in relation to the achievement of the objectives specified in Article 1 and the Annex.

Article 8

Entry into force

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

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C ...

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 20 November 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 20 November 2003.

(3)  OJ L 17, 19.1.2001, p. 22.

3

(4)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

4

(5)  OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 29
  .

5

29

(6)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

6

Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25)

ANNEX

1.   Activities supported

The general objective laid down in Article 1 is to reinforce Community action in the field of equality between men and women and the effectiveness of such action by offering financial support to the European Women's Lobby and other organisations active at European level in the field of equality between women and men.

1.1. Activities carried out by the European Women's Lobby will include the following:

| — | Follow-up to the Beijing Platform for Action (United Nations); |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow-up to the Beijing Platform for Action (United Nations);

| — | Working towards improving European legislation on gender equality and the inclusion of women in all policy areas; |
| --- | --- |

—

Working towards improving European legislation on gender equality and the inclusion of women in all policy areas;

| — | Participation at meetings and conferences on gender equality; |
| --- | --- |

—

Participation at meetings and conferences on gender equality;

| — | Taking action to ensure that the views and interests of women are included in national and European policies, in particular encouraging their participation in decision-making; |
| --- | --- |

—

Taking action to ensure that the views and interests of women are included in national and European policies, in particular encouraging their participation in decision-making;

| — | Reinforcing the aspect of equality between women and men in the EU enlargement process
  and developing cooperation with women's organisations in the new Member States
  . |
| --- | --- |

—

Reinforcing the aspect of equality between women and men in the EU enlargement process
  and developing cooperation with women's organisations in the new Member States
  .

1.2. Activities of organisations working to promote equality between men and women which may help reinforce and increase the effectiveness of Community action include the following:

| — | representation of interested parties at Community level; |
| --- | --- |

—

representation of interested parties at Community level;

| — | awareness-raising activities aimed at promoting gender equality, in particular through studies, campaigns and seminars; |
| --- | --- |

—

awareness-raising activities aimed at promoting gender equality, in particular through studies, campaigns and seminars;

| — | dissemination of information on Community action to promote gender equality; |
| --- | --- |

—

dissemination of information on Community action to promote gender equality;

| — | action promoting, inter alia, the
  interlinking
  of working and family life, the involvement of women in decision-making, the fight against
  all forms of
  gender-related violence, gender stereotypes and discrimination at work
  as well as gender mainstreaming in education, sport, health and social protection; |
| --- | --- |

—

action promoting, inter alia, the
  interlinking
  of working and family life, the involvement of women in decision-making, the fight against
  all forms of
  gender-related violence, gender stereotypes and discrimination at work
  as well as gender mainstreaming in education, sport, health and social protection;

| — | measures fostering cooperation with women's organisations in third countries and raising awareness of the situation of women worldwide
  . |
| --- | --- |

—

measures fostering cooperation with women's organisations in third countries and raising awareness of the situation of women worldwide
  .

2.   Carrying out of the activities supported

The activities carried out by organisations which may receive a Community grant under the programme will come under one of the following strands:

2.1. Strand 1: ongoing activities of the European Women's Lobby, whose members are
  , inter alia,
  women's organisations in the Member States of the European Union, respecting the following principles:

| — | the European Women's Lobby must be free to select its members; |
| --- | --- |

—

the European Women's Lobby must be free to select its members;

| — | the European Women's Lobby must be free to pursue its activities in accordance with
  point 1.1
  . |
| --- | --- |

—

the European Women's Lobby must be free to pursue its activities in accordance with
  point 1.1
  .

2.2. Strand 2: ongoing activities of
  a non-profit-making
  organisation pursuing an objective of general European interest in the field of gender equality.

In accordance with Article 2, this applies to a non-profit-making organisation carrying out its activities exclusively in order to achieve equality between women and men
  , inter alia by combating violence as an obstacle to equality.

An annual operating grant may be awarded to support implementation of such an organisation's ongoing programme of work.

2.3. Strand 3: specific actions of an organisation pursuing an objective of general European interest in the field of equality between women and men or an objective which is part of the European Union's policy in this area.

3.   Selection of beneficiaries

3.1. The operating grant will be awarded directly to the European Women's Lobby under strand 1 of the programme.

3.2. Organisations entitled to receive an operating grant under strand 2 of the programme will be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.

3.3. Organisations entitled to receive a grant for specific action under strand 3 of the programme will be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.

The priority themes and types of activity of calls for proposals will be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposals.

4.   Checks and audits

4.1. The beneficiary of an operating grant shall keep available for the Commission all the supporting documents, including the audited financial statement, regarding expenditure incurred during the grant year, for a period of five years following the last payment. The beneficiary of a grant shall ensure that, where applicable, supporting documents in the possession of partners or members be made available to the Commission.

4.2. The Commission may have an audit of the use made of the grant carried out either directly by its own staff or by any other qualified outside body of its choice. Such audits may be carried out throughout the lifetime of the agreement and for a period of five years from the date of payment of the balance. Where appropriate, the audit findings may lead to recovery decisions by the Commission.

4.3. Commission staff and outside personnel authorised by the Commission shall have appropriate right of access, in particular to the beneficiary's offices and to all the information, including information in electronic format, needed in order to conduct such audits.

4.4. The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission.

4.5. In order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities, the Commission may carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections under this programme in accordance with Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 (1). Where necessary, investigations shall be conducted by OLAF and these shall be governed by Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

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(1)  OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.

(2)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.

P5_TA(2003)0512

Support for UNMIK and OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) (COM(2003) 389 — C5-0325/2003 — 2003/0143(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 389) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 389) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 181a(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0325/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 181a(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0325/2003),

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

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0390/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0390/2003),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.

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

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

3.

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

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

4.

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

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

5.

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

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

6.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| ARTICLE 1, POINT 2
  Article 1, paragraph 2 (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000) |
| 2. This financing shall be in the form of a grant to the budgets of the UNMIK, the OHR and the SP. | 2. This financing shall be in the form of a grant to the budgets of the UNMIK, the OHR and the SP.
  The amount of the grant shall take into account the contributions from Member States and will be subject to the annual budgetary procedure. |
| Amendments 4 and 6 |
| ARTICLE 1, POINT 3
  Article 1a (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000) |
| The
  Commission
  shall appoint the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact, after consultation with the OSCE Chairman in Office and other participants, and endorsement by the OSCE Chairman in Office. | The
  Council
  shall appoint the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact
  for South-East Europe, following a Commission proposal and on an annual basis
  , after consultation with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and other participants and endorsement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
  , as foreseen in the Cologne Agreement of June 1999 on the creation of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe
  .


  The Commission shall in due time inform the relevant committee of the European Parliament on its proposal. |
| Amendments 5 and 7 |
| ARTICLE 1, POINT 3a (new)
  Article 1b (new) (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000) |
| | (3a) | The following Article 1b is inserted:



  Article 1b




  The candidate proposed by the Commission shall be invited to make a statement before the relevant committee of the European Parliament.




  This Committee shall give its opinion on the candidate to the Commission and the Council, on the basis of the outcome of this hearing. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2

Article 1, paragraph 2 (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000)

2. This financing shall be in the form of a grant to the budgets of the UNMIK, the OHR and the SP.

2. This financing shall be in the form of a grant to the budgets of the UNMIK, the OHR and the SP.
  The amount of the grant shall take into account the contributions from Member States and will be subject to the annual budgetary procedure.

Amendments 4 and 6

ARTICLE 1, POINT 3

Article 1a (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000)

The
  Commission
  shall appoint the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact, after consultation with the OSCE Chairman in Office and other participants, and endorsement by the OSCE Chairman in Office.

The
  Council
  shall appoint the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact
  for South-East Europe, following a Commission proposal and on an annual basis
  , after consultation with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and other participants and endorsement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
  , as foreseen in the Cologne Agreement of June 1999 on the creation of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe
  .

The Commission shall in due time inform the relevant committee of the European Parliament on its proposal.

Amendments 5 and 7

ARTICLE 1, POINT 3a (new)

Article 1b (new) (Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000)

(3a)

Article 1b

The candidate proposed by the Commission shall be invited to make a statement before the relevant committee of the European Parliament.

This Committee shall give its opinion on the candidate to the Commission and the Council, on the basis of the outcome of this hearing.

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0513

Promotion of relations between the EU and non-industrialised regions *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme for bodies promoting reciprocal understanding of relations between the European Union and certain non-industrialised regions in the world (COM(2003) 280 — C5-0350/2003 — 2003/0110(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 280) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 280) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0350/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0350/2003),

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

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0384/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0384/2003),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

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

2.

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

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

3.

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

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

4.

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

| 5. | Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 5 of the financial perspectives 2000-2006; |
| --- | --- |

5.

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 5 of the financial perspectives 2000-2006;

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

6.

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

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

7.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 3 |
| (3) Special attention should be given to the regional dimension of Community assistance, taking account of the divergence of needs and priorities among the main regions covered by the aforementioned regulations and stepping up regional cooperation. | (3) Special attention should be given to the regional dimension of Community assistance, taking account of the divergence of needs and priorities among the main regions covered by the aforementioned regulations and stepping up regional cooperation
  in a balanced and co-ordinated manner. |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 4 |
| (4) Increased reciprocal knowledge between the European Union and partners receiving assistance from it should be promoted. | (4) Increased reciprocal knowledge
  and understanding
  between the European Union and partners receiving assistance from it should be promoted
  as well as the visibility thereof. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 5 |
| (5) Strengthening reciprocal knowledge between the EU and its partners will be assisted by the work of bodies specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and the regions concerned. | (5) Strengthening reciprocal knowledge
  and understanding
  between the EU and its partners will be assisted by the work of bodies specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and the regions concerned
  and having the necessary knowledge of the cultural background
  . |
| Amendment 4 |
| Recital 7a (new) |
| | (7a) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Article 1, paragraph 1 |
| 1. A Community action programme is hereby established for the promotion of centres, institutes and networks specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and certain regions. | 1. A Community action programme is hereby established for the promotion of centres, institutes and networks specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and certain regions
  , thereby promoting a dialogue of cultures and civilisations and the universal value of human rights
  . |
| Amendment 6 |
| Article 1, paragraph 2 |
| 2. The general objective of this programme shall be to support the activities of these bodies. The activities shall consist of the annual work programme of a centre, institute or network and must be in keeping with those described in the Annex. The activities supported must contribute to increasing understanding and dialogue between the European Union, the regions covered by the ALA, MEDA, TACIS and CARDS Regulations and the candidate countries. | 2. The general objective of this programme shall be to support the activities of these bodies. The activities shall consist of the annual work programme of a centre, institute or network and must be in keeping with those described in the Annex. The activities supported must contribute to increasing understanding and dialogue between the European Union, the regions covered by the ALA, MEDA, TACIS and CARDS Regulations and the candidate countries
  and to reinforcing social, cultural and human partnership. |
| Amendment 8 |
| Article 2, paragraph 1, indent 1 |
| — | it must be an independent and non-profit making legal entity active chiefly in promoting understanding of relations between the EU and the regions concerned, with an objective that serves the public good. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 3

(3) Special attention should be given to the regional dimension of Community assistance, taking account of the divergence of needs and priorities among the main regions covered by the aforementioned regulations and stepping up regional cooperation.

(3) Special attention should be given to the regional dimension of Community assistance, taking account of the divergence of needs and priorities among the main regions covered by the aforementioned regulations and stepping up regional cooperation
  in a balanced and co-ordinated manner.

Amendment 2

Recital 4

(4) Increased reciprocal knowledge between the European Union and partners receiving assistance from it should be promoted.

(4) Increased reciprocal knowledge
  and understanding
  between the European Union and partners receiving assistance from it should be promoted
  as well as the visibility thereof.

Amendment 3

Recital 5

(5) Strengthening reciprocal knowledge between the EU and its partners will be assisted by the work of bodies specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and the regions concerned.

(5) Strengthening reciprocal knowledge
  and understanding
  between the EU and its partners will be assisted by the work of bodies specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and the regions concerned
  and having the necessary knowledge of the cultural background
  .

Amendment 4

Recital 7a (new)

(7a) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004.

Amendment 5

Article 1, paragraph 1

1. A Community action programme is hereby established for the promotion of centres, institutes and networks specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and certain regions.

1. A Community action programme is hereby established for the promotion of centres, institutes and networks specialising in the analysis of relations between the European Union and certain regions
  , thereby promoting a dialogue of cultures and civilisations and the universal value of human rights
  .

Amendment 6

Article 1, paragraph 2

2. The general objective of this programme shall be to support the activities of these bodies. The activities shall consist of the annual work programme of a centre, institute or network and must be in keeping with those described in the Annex. The activities supported must contribute to increasing understanding and dialogue between the European Union, the regions covered by the ALA, MEDA, TACIS and CARDS Regulations and the candidate countries.

2. The general objective of this programme shall be to support the activities of these bodies. The activities shall consist of the annual work programme of a centre, institute or network and must be in keeping with those described in the Annex. The activities supported must contribute to increasing understanding and dialogue between the European Union, the regions covered by the ALA, MEDA, TACIS and CARDS Regulations and the candidate countries
  and to reinforcing social, cultural and human partnership.

Amendment 8

Article 2, paragraph 1, indent 1

—

it must be an independent and non-profit making legal entity active chiefly in promoting understanding of relations between the EU and the regions concerned, with an objective that serves the public good.

| — | it must be an independent and non-profit making legal entity active chiefly in promoting understanding of relations between the EU and the regions concerned, with an objective that serves the public good
  and the dignity of human beings. |
| --- | --- |

—

it must be an independent and non-profit making legal entity active chiefly in promoting understanding of relations between the EU and the regions concerned, with an objective that serves the public good
  and the dignity of human beings.

Amendment 7

Article 2, paragraph 1, indent 3

| — | its activities must be in keeping with the principles underlying Community external relations action and take account of the priority areas identified in
  Article 5. |
| --- | --- |

—

its activities must be in keeping with the principles underlying Community external relations action and take account of the priority areas identified in
  Article 5.

| — | its activities must be in keeping with the principles underlying Community external relations action and take account of the priority areas identified in
  point 5 of the Annex. |
| --- | --- |

—

its activities must be in keeping with the principles underlying Community external relations action and take account of the priority areas identified in
  point 5 of the Annex.

Amendment 16

Article 4, paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Grants may be awarded under this action of the programme to support certain operational and administrative costs of bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest, acting in various geographical fields.

In order to award the grants, the Commission shall publish calls for proposals. However, the Commission may award these grants without publication of a call for proposals when the budget heading names a beneficiary explicitly. It may proceed in the same manner when the budget identifies beneficiaries and the amounts allocated to each of them, if the total amount of the budget line concerned is entirely pre-assigned by the budgetary authority. In both cases, all other requirements of the Financial Regulation, its Implementing Rules and the basic act shall apply.

The Commission may award grants to the bodies concerned upon receipt of an appropriate workplan and budget. Grants may be awarded on an annual basis or on a renewable basis pursuant to a framework partnership agreement with the Commission.

Grants awarded under this action shall not be subject to the principle of gradual reduction set out in Article 113(2) of the Financial Regulation.

Amendment 17

Article 4, paragraph 2

2. Bodies entitled to receive such operating grants shall be selected following a call for proposals covering the full duration of the programme, with a view to establishing a partnership between these bodies and the European Union.

On the basis of the call for proposals, the Commission shall adopt the list of recipients and the amounts approved in accordance with Article 116 of the Financial Regulation.

Deleted

Amendment 10

Article 5

1. The operating grants awarded under this programme may not finance the body's entire eligible expenditure for the calendar year for which the grant is awarded.

1. The operating grants awarded under this programme may not finance the body's entire eligible expenditure for the calendar year for which the grant is awarded.
  The principles of degressivity in real terms and cofinancing shall apply to all beneficiaries as indicated below:

2. The amount of an operating grant awarded may not exceed
  70
  % of the
  organisation's
  eligible expenditure for the calendar year for which the grant is awarded.

2. The amount of an operating grant awarded
  under the programme
  may not exceed
  80
  % of the eligible expenditure
  of the body
  for the calendar year for which the grant is awarded.

3. Pursuant to Article 113(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, where such operating grants are renewed, they shall be gradually decreased. If a grant is awarded to a body having already received an operating grant the preceding year,
  the percentage of Community cofinancing represented by the new grant shall be at least 10 percentage points lower than the Community cofinancing percentage represented by the grant in the preceding year.

3. Pursuant to Article 113(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, where such operating grants are renewed, they shall be gradually decreased
  in real terms
  . If a grant is awarded to a body having already received an operating grant the preceding year,
  degressivity shall apply at a rate of 2,5% from the third year onward.

Amendment 11

Article 6, paragraph 1

1. This programme shall start on 1 January 2004 and end on 31 December
  2006
  .

1. This programme shall start on 1 January 2004 and end on 31 December
  2008
  .

Amendment 12

Article 6, paragraph 2a (new)

2a. The appropriations scheduled after the year 2006 are subject to an agreement of the budgetary authority on the financial perspective beyond 2006.

Amendment 13

Article 7

By 31 December
  2005
  at the latest the Commission shall report to the Council on the achievement of the objectives of the programme. The report shall be based on the results obtained by the beneficiaries and assess, in particular, their relevance, effectiveness and usefulness in achieving the objectives defined in Article 1 and the Annex.

By 31 December
  2007
  at the latest the Commission shall report
  to the European Parliament and
  to the Council on the achievement of the objectives of the programme. The report shall be based on the results obtained by the beneficiaries and assess, in particular, their relevance, effectiveness and usefulness in achieving the objectives defined in Article 1 and the Annex.

Amendment 14

Article 8

The principle of the gradual decrease of the rate of Community cofinancing provided for in Article 5 in the case of renewal of an operating grant to bodies having received such a grant for the same activities the year before the entry into force of this Decision and for the two preceding years shall apply only from the third year following the entry into force of this Decision.

The principle of the gradual decrease of the rate of Community cofinancing provided for in Article 5 in the case of renewal of an operating grant to bodies having received such a grant for the same activities the year before the entry into force of this Decision and for the two preceding years shall apply only from the third year following the entry into force of this Decision
  provided that these bodies have fully satisfied all requirements regarding sound management
  .

Amendment 19

Annex, point 3

Bodies entitled to receive an operating grant shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals, as provided for in the Financial Regulation. These calls for proposals will be launched at the beginning of this programme in order to select the partners with which the European Union will implement it

In order to award the grants, the Commission shall publish calls for proposals. However, the Commission may award these grants without publication of a call for proposals when the budget heading names a beneficiary explicitly. It may proceed in the same manner when the budget identifies beneficiaries and the amounts allocated to each of them, if the total amount of the budget line concerned is entirely pre-assigned by the budgetary authority. In both cases, all other requirements of the Financial Regulation, its Implementing Rules and the basic act shall apply.

Amendment 15

Annex, point 3, subparagraph 1a (new)

The priority themes and types of activity of calls for proposals shall be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposal.

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0514

Promoting European citizenship *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote active European citizenship (civic participation) (COM(2003) 276 — C5-0321/2003 — 2003/0116(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 276) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 276) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0321/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0321/2003),

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

—

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (A5-0368/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (A5-0368/2003),

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

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the financial perspectives 2000-2006; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the financial perspectives 2000-2006;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |
| --- | --- |

3.

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

| 4. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

4.

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

| 5. | Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |
| --- | --- |

5.

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

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

6.

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

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

7.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 1 |
| (1) The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union, which
  complements and
  does not replace national citizenship, and which is to be promoted with due regard for subsidiarity. | (1) The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union, which does not replace national citizenship
  , but, rather, complements and extends it by recognising a set of rights which are common to all European citizens,
  and which is to be promoted with due regard for subsidiarity. |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 1a (new) |
| | (1a)
  The establishment of European citizenship reflects the need felt by the new community of citizens to embody shared democratic values while also perceiving themselves as an integral part of the process of construction of the European Union. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 2 |
| (2) The Community and the Member States have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, proper social protection, the development of human resources with a view to
  lasting high
  employment and the combating of exclusion. | (2) The Community and the Member States have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, proper social protection, the development of human resources with a view to
  full
  employment and the combating of exclusion |
| Amendment 4 |
| Recital 3 |
| (3) Effective and uniform application of Community law is a new priority which is indispensable to the proper functioning of
  the internal market
  . Citizens, consumers and undertakings will be unable to assert all their rights under the Community legal order before any national court unless
  judges
  are sufficiently informed and trained in this regard. A common policy on the application of European law, including the case-law, is an essential part of the European Union's objective of gradually creating an area of freedom, security and justice. | (3) Effective and uniform application of Community law is a new priority which is indispensable to the proper functioning of
  an area without internal frontiers
  . Citizens, consumers and undertakings will be unable to assert all their rights under the Community legal order before any national court unless
  members of the judiciary
  are sufficiently informed and trained in this regard. A common policy on the application of European law, including the case-law, is an essential part of the European Union's objective of gradually creating an area of freedom, security and justice. |
| Amendment 5 |
| Recital 8a (new) |
| | (8a)
  The democratic principle constitutes one of the cornerstones of the Community edifice. The draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe provides for a chapter on the democratic life of the Union. In accordance with Article 46 thereof, the institutions shall maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society. |
| Amendment 6 |
| Recital 10a (new) |
| | (10a)
  The International European Movement, consisting of more than 30 national sections and a large number of civil society associations, has been a major force behind European integration since 1948. It has thus been pursuing the general European interest uninterruptedly for the last 55 years. |
| Amendment 51 |
| Recital 10b (new) |
| | (10b)
  The Council has reaffirmed its belief in the need to continue supporting town twinning schemes, given the important role that they can play in promoting civic identity and mutual understanding between the peoples of Europe. In the context of the multi-annual programme, an appropriate budget for, and continued promotion of, town-twinning schemes should be guaranteed, as the European Parliament has insisted every year in the budgetary procedure. It is essential to make the application procedure for, and administration of, town-twinning schemes comprehensible and bring them closer to the citizens. The Commission must ensure that, pending the entry into force of the present Decision, current programmes such as, for instance, support for towntwinning schemes in the European Union, are safeguarded by putting project proposals out to tender in good time. |
| Amendment 8 |
| Recital 13 |
| (13) Civil dialogue plays an essential part in promoting cooperation with civil society in the social field,
  and was supported until 2001 under budgetary heading B3-4101.
  Although the activities of the Platform of European Social non-governmental organisations were financed from 2001 to 2002 under
  heading
  B3-4105 for preparatory measures combating and preventing exclusion, and in 2003 by joint funding under headings B3-4105 and B5-803, they are much wider-ranging than these programmes and contribute to establishing the new form of governance advocated in the Social Policy Agenda adopted at Nice. | (13) Civil dialogue plays an essential part in promoting cooperation with civil society in the social field,
  in particular with charitable associations. In Declaration 23 annexed to the final act of Maastricht, the Community stressed the importance of cooperation with charitable associations in pursuing the objectives of Article 136 of the Treaty.
  Although the activities of the Platform of European Social non-governmental organisations
  and charitable associations
  were financed from 2001 to 2002
  under budgetary headings B3-410 and in particular
  B3-4105 for preparatory measures combating and preventing exclusion, and in 2003 by joint funding under headings B3-4105 and B5-803, they are much wider-ranging than these programmes and contribute to establishing the new form of governance advocated in the Social Policy Agenda adopted at Nice. |
| Amendment 9 |
| Recital 15 |
| (15) Heading A-3016 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. The Association's purpose is to promote exchanges of views and experience on matters concerning the case-law, organisation and functioning of its Members in the performance of their judicial and/or advisory functions. Its work is essential in order to
  coordinate
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level. | (15) Heading A-3016 of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. The Association's purpose is to promote exchanges of views and experience on matters concerning the case-law, organisation and functioning of its Members in the performance of their judicial and/or advisory functions. Its work is essential in order to
  facilitate coordination
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State
  and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions
  with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level. |
| Amendment 10 |
| Recital 15a (new) |
| | (15a) Budget item B3-4002 of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years is for the purpose of financing information and education measures arising from the implementation of Community measures in connection with the development of the social dimension of the internal market, thereby contributing substantially to realising and transposing the European social agenda and raising the citizens' interest in the social dimension of the European internal market. |
| Amendment 11 |
| Recital 17 |
| (17) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004. | (17) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation. |
| Amendment 12 |
| Recital 17a (new) |
| | (17a)
  The new Member States can fully participate in the whole programme. |
| Amendment 13 |
| Recital 18 |
| (18) Provision should be made for the geographic coverage of the programme to extend to the Member States, and possibly, in the case of certain actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries. | (18) Provision should be made for the geographic coverage of the programme to extend to the Member States
  and the new Member States
  , and possibly, in the case of certain actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries. |
| Amendment 14 |
| Article 1 paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 and subparagraph 2, introduction |
| 1. This Decision establishes a Community action programme to support bodies working in the field of active European citizenship and to promote actions in this field.
  The programme shall have the following objectives: | 1. This Decision establishes a Community action programme to support bodies working in the field of active European citizenship and to promote actions in this field.
  The general objective of the programme shall be to reduce the democratic deficit in the European Union while increasing transparency.


  The programme shall have the following
  specific
  objectives: |
| Amendment 15 |
| Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point (a) |
| (a) | to promote the values and objectives of the European Union; |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 1

(1) The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union, which
  complements and
  does not replace national citizenship, and which is to be promoted with due regard for subsidiarity.

(1) The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union, which does not replace national citizenship
  , but, rather, complements and extends it by recognising a set of rights which are common to all European citizens,
  and which is to be promoted with due regard for subsidiarity.

Amendment 2

Recital 1a (new)

(1a)
  The establishment of European citizenship reflects the need felt by the new community of citizens to embody shared democratic values while also perceiving themselves as an integral part of the process of construction of the European Union.

Amendment 3

Recital 2

(2) The Community and the Member States have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, proper social protection, the development of human resources with a view to
  lasting high
  employment and the combating of exclusion.

(2) The Community and the Member States have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, proper social protection, the development of human resources with a view to
  full
  employment and the combating of exclusion

Amendment 4

Recital 3

(3) Effective and uniform application of Community law is a new priority which is indispensable to the proper functioning of
  the internal market
  . Citizens, consumers and undertakings will be unable to assert all their rights under the Community legal order before any national court unless
  judges
  are sufficiently informed and trained in this regard. A common policy on the application of European law, including the case-law, is an essential part of the European Union's objective of gradually creating an area of freedom, security and justice.

(3) Effective and uniform application of Community law is a new priority which is indispensable to the proper functioning of
  an area without internal frontiers
  . Citizens, consumers and undertakings will be unable to assert all their rights under the Community legal order before any national court unless
  members of the judiciary
  are sufficiently informed and trained in this regard. A common policy on the application of European law, including the case-law, is an essential part of the European Union's objective of gradually creating an area of freedom, security and justice.

Amendment 5

Recital 8a (new)

(8a)
  The democratic principle constitutes one of the cornerstones of the Community edifice. The draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe provides for a chapter on the democratic life of the Union. In accordance with Article 46 thereof, the institutions shall maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society.

Amendment 6

Recital 10a (new)

(10a)
  The International European Movement, consisting of more than 30 national sections and a large number of civil society associations, has been a major force behind European integration since 1948. It has thus been pursuing the general European interest uninterruptedly for the last 55 years.

Amendment 51

Recital 10b (new)

(10b)
  The Council has reaffirmed its belief in the need to continue supporting town twinning schemes, given the important role that they can play in promoting civic identity and mutual understanding between the peoples of Europe. In the context of the multi-annual programme, an appropriate budget for, and continued promotion of, town-twinning schemes should be guaranteed, as the European Parliament has insisted every year in the budgetary procedure. It is essential to make the application procedure for, and administration of, town-twinning schemes comprehensible and bring them closer to the citizens. The Commission must ensure that, pending the entry into force of the present Decision, current programmes such as, for instance, support for towntwinning schemes in the European Union, are safeguarded by putting project proposals out to tender in good time.

Amendment 8

Recital 13

(13) Civil dialogue plays an essential part in promoting cooperation with civil society in the social field,
  and was supported until 2001 under budgetary heading B3-4101.
  Although the activities of the Platform of European Social non-governmental organisations were financed from 2001 to 2002 under
  heading
  B3-4105 for preparatory measures combating and preventing exclusion, and in 2003 by joint funding under headings B3-4105 and B5-803, they are much wider-ranging than these programmes and contribute to establishing the new form of governance advocated in the Social Policy Agenda adopted at Nice.

(13) Civil dialogue plays an essential part in promoting cooperation with civil society in the social field,
  in particular with charitable associations. In Declaration 23 annexed to the final act of Maastricht, the Community stressed the importance of cooperation with charitable associations in pursuing the objectives of Article 136 of the Treaty.
  Although the activities of the Platform of European Social non-governmental organisations
  and charitable associations
  were financed from 2001 to 2002
  under budgetary headings B3-410 and in particular
  B3-4105 for preparatory measures combating and preventing exclusion, and in 2003 by joint funding under headings B3-4105 and B5-803, they are much wider-ranging than these programmes and contribute to establishing the new form of governance advocated in the Social Policy Agenda adopted at Nice.

Amendment 9

Recital 15

(15) Heading A-3016 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. The Association's purpose is to promote exchanges of views and experience on matters concerning the case-law, organisation and functioning of its Members in the performance of their judicial and/or advisory functions. Its work is essential in order to
  coordinate
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level.

(15) Heading A-3016 of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union. The Association's purpose is to promote exchanges of views and experience on matters concerning the case-law, organisation and functioning of its Members in the performance of their judicial and/or advisory functions. Its work is essential in order to
  facilitate coordination
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State
  and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions
  with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level.

Amendment 10

Recital 15a (new)

(15a) Budget item B3-4002 of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years is for the purpose of financing information and education measures arising from the implementation of Community measures in connection with the development of the social dimension of the internal market, thereby contributing substantially to realising and transposing the European social agenda and raising the citizens' interest in the social dimension of the European internal market.

Amendment 11

Recital 17

(17) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004.

(17) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook, at the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act enters into force as from the financial year 2004
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation.

Amendment 12

Recital 17a (new)

(17a)
  The new Member States can fully participate in the whole programme.

Amendment 13

Recital 18

(18) Provision should be made for the geographic coverage of the programme to extend to the Member States, and possibly, in the case of certain actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries.

(18) Provision should be made for the geographic coverage of the programme to extend to the Member States
  and the new Member States
  , and possibly, in the case of certain actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries.

Amendment 14

Article 1 paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 and subparagraph 2, introduction

1. This Decision establishes a Community action programme to support bodies working in the field of active European citizenship and to promote actions in this field.

The programme shall have the following objectives:

1. This Decision establishes a Community action programme to support bodies working in the field of active European citizenship and to promote actions in this field.
  The general objective of the programme shall be to reduce the democratic deficit in the European Union while increasing transparency.

The programme shall have the following
  specific
  objectives:

Amendment 15

Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point (a)

(a)

to promote the values and objectives of the European Union;

| (a) | to promote
  and disseminate
  the values and objectives of the European Union; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

to promote
  and disseminate
  the values and objectives of the European Union;

Amendment 16

Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point (c)

| (c) | to involve citizens closely in reflection and discussion on the construction of the European Union; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

to involve citizens closely in reflection and discussion on the construction of the European Union;

| (c) | to involve citizens closely in reflection and discussion on the construction of the European Union
  through the work of think tanks and research and academic institutions that positively promote and provide constructive critiques of the development of European integration
  ; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

to involve citizens closely in reflection and discussion on the construction of the European Union
  through the work of think tanks and research and academic institutions that positively promote and provide constructive critiques of the development of European integration
  ;

Amendment 17

Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point (ea) (new)

| (ea) | to strengthen the intermediate structures linking citizens with the European Union and its institutions, such as associations and federations of European interest, town-twinning schemes, NGOs and trade union organisations as well as academic and educational institutions. |
| --- | --- |

(ea)

Amendment 19

Article 1, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, point (eb) (new)

| (eb) | to promote the principle of participatory democracy, including the participation of women in decision-making. |
| --- | --- |

(eb)

Amendment 20

Article 1, paragraph 2

2. The activities supported by the programme seek to support the operation and to promote the actions of the bodies pursuing the programme's objectives in accordance with the criteria set out in
  the Annex
  .

2. The activities supported by the programme seek to support the operation and to promote the actions of the bodies pursuing the programme's objectives in accordance with the criteria set out in
  Article 8a
  .

Amendment 21

Article 2, paragraph 1

To be eligible for a Community grant for an action, bodies must satisfy the requirements set out in
  the Annex
  .

To be eligible for a Community grant for an action, bodies must satisfy the requirements set out in
  Article 8a
  .

Amendment 22

Article 2, paragraph 3

To be eligible for an operating grant for the ongoing work programme of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of active citizenship or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area, bodies must satisfy the requirements of
  the Annex
  and be so structured as to accommodate actions having a potential impact throughout the European Union.

To be eligible for an operating grant for the ongoing work programme of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of active citizenship or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area, bodies must satisfy the requirements of
  Article 8a
  and be so structured as to accommodate actions having a potential impact throughout the European Union.

Amendment 23

Article 4

The programme shall cover three types of beneficiaries:

1.
  Operating grants
  for the ongoing work programme of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of active citizenship or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area shall be awarded in accordance with the overall criteria laid down in the Annex
  .

Part 1:
  operating grants
  shall be awarded directly to the beneficiaries referred to in point 2.1.1 of Article 8a without excluding any body on the basis of subjective criteria or because they approach the policies of the Union from differing but constructive perspectives;

Part 2: operating grants shall be awarded to the beneficiaries referred to in point 2.1.2 of Article 8a by means of a call for proposals and operating grants shall be awarded to the beneficiaries explicitly named in budget lines entirely pre-assigned by the budgetary authority;

2.
  Grants for actions specified in the programme shall be awarded
  in accordance with the overall criteria laid down in the Annex. Actions shall be selected
  by means of a call for proposals.

Part 3:
  grants for actions specified in the programme
  under point 2.1.3 of Article 8a
  shall be awarded by means of a call for proposals.

Amendment 24

Article 5

Grants under the different actions of the programme shall be awarded in compliance with the provisions set out in the relevant part of
  the Annex
  .

1.
  Grants under the different actions of the programme shall be awarded in compliance with the provisions set out in the relevant part of
  Article 8a
  .

1a. The principles of degressivity in real terms and cofinancing shall apply to all beneficiaries as follows:

| — | bodies identified by a basic act: at least 10% of cofinancing, including by means of contributions in kind, with no degressivity; |
| --- | --- |

—

bodies identified by a basic act: at least 10% of cofinancing, including by means of contributions in kind, with no degressivity;

| — | bodies explicitly named in the budget lines and bodies selected by calls for proposals: at least 20% of cofinancing, including by means of contributions in kind, with a rate of degressivity of 2,5% from the third year onwards. |
| --- | --- |

—

bodies explicitly named in the budget lines and bodies selected by calls for proposals: at least 20% of cofinancing, including by means of contributions in kind, with a rate of degressivity of 2,5% from the third year onwards.

Amendment 25

Article 6

1. The financial framework for the implementation of the programme for the period specified in Article 1(3) is EUR 149 192 300.

The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

2.
  The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

3. The 2004 budget shall serve as the basis for the level of appropriations set. The effects of enlargement must be taken into account.

4. The appropriations scheduled after the year 2006 shall be subject to an agreement of the budgetary authority on the financial perspective beyond 2006.

Amendment 26

Article 7, paragraph - 1 (new)

(-1) The Commission shall present annually a short report on the implementation of the programme to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

Amendment 27

Article 7, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1

1. No later than 31 December 2007, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament
  and
  the Council on the achievement of the programme's objectives and shall, if appropriate, make proposals for any adjustment to be made with a view to continuing or not continuing the programme.

1. No later than 31 December 2007, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council
  and the national parliaments
  on the achievement of the programme's objectives and shall, if appropriate, make proposals for any adjustment to be made with a view to continuing or not continuing the programme.

Amendment 28

Article 7, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2

This report shall be based, inter alia, on an external evaluation report which must be available no later than the end of 2006 and which must appraise at least the overall pertinence and coherence of the programme, the effectiveness of its execution (preparation, selection, implementation of the actions) and the overall and individual effectiveness of the various actions in terms of achievement of the objectives as set out in Article 1 and in
  the Annex
  .

This report shall be based, inter alia,
  on a consultation of the bodies supported by this programme and
  on an external evaluation report which must be available no later than the end of 2006 and which must appraise at least the overall pertinence and coherence of the programme, the effectiveness of its execution (preparation, selection, implementation of the actions) and the overall and individual effectiveness of the various actions in terms of achievement of the objectives as set out in Article 1 and in
  Article 8a. The Commission shall forward the external evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council.

Amendment 29

Article 7, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2

No later than 31 December 2009, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the achievement of the programme's objectives. This report shall be based, inter alia, on the outcome of the external evaluation and shall assess the results obtained by the beneficiaries of the programme, in particular as regards the effectiveness and efficiency of their actions, considered overall and individually, in achieving the objectives set out in Article 1 and in
  the Annex
  .

No later than 31 December 2009, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the achievement of the programme's objectives. This report shall be based, inter alia, on the outcome of the external evaluation and shall assess the results obtained by the beneficiaries of the programme, in particular as regards the effectiveness and efficiency of their actions, considered overall and individually, in achieving the objectives set out in Article 1 and in
  Article 8a
  .

Amendment 30

Annex, title

ANNEX

Article 8a

Amendment 31

Annex, point 1, paragraph 6

The purpose of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union is to
  coordinate
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level.

The purpose of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union is to
  facilitate coordination
  and relay to the public the judicial decisions of the Councils of State
  and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions
  with regard to Community law and to facilitate the pooling of methods of transposing and implementing European law at national level.

Amendment 32

Annex, point 2.1.1., introduction

2.1.1. Part 1: permanent work programmes of the
  following
  bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of active European citizenship:

2.1.1. Part 1: permanent work programmes of the bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of active European citizenship
  , in a non-exhaustive list including
  :

Amendment 33

Annex, point 2.1.1., indent 6a (new)

— Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

Amendment 34

Annex, point 2.1.1, indent 6b (new)

— International European Movement

Amendment 35

Annex, point 2.1.1, indent 6c (new)

| — | Venice Commission (Council of Europe). Promotion of initiatives aimed at strengthening relations between constitutional courts and European courts (seminars and action to promote the interoperability of databases and documentation centres dealing with constitutional case-law of interest to the European Union); |
| --- | --- |

—

Amendment 36

Annex, point 2.1.1., indent 6d (new)

| — | Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees (COSAC) — creation of an ‘Interparliamentary Agora’ website |
| --- | --- |

—

Amendment 37

Annex, point 2.1.1., indent 6e and 6f (new)

| — | European Judicial Training Network; |
| --- | --- |

—

European Judicial Training Network;

| — | International Federation of Europe Houses (FIME); |
| --- | --- |

—

International Federation of Europe Houses (FIME);

Amendment 38

Annex, point 2.1.1.a. (new)

2.1.1.a. The bodies shall be subject to periodic review.

Amendment 39

Annex, point 2.1.2., indent 2

| — | a European multiplier network of
  non-profit bodies active in the states participating in the programme and promoting the principles and policies contributing to the objectives in this area; |
| --- | --- |

—

a European multiplier network of
  non-profit bodies active in the states participating in the programme and promoting the principles and policies contributing to the objectives in this area;

| — | non-profit bodies
  with a multiplier effect
  active in the states participating in the programme and promoting the principles and policies contributing to the objectives in this area; |
| --- | --- |

—

non-profit bodies
  with a multiplier effect
  active in the states participating in the programme and promoting the principles and policies contributing to the objectives in this area;

Amendment 40

Annex, point 2.1.3. point (a)

| (a) | actions in the field of active European citizenship, conducted in particular by non-governmental organisations, associations and federations of European interest or crossindustry trade unions; by way of derogation from Article 114 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue are eligible under this part even if they do not have legal personality; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

actions in the field of active European citizenship, conducted in particular by non-governmental organisations, associations and federations of European interest or crossindustry trade unions; by way of derogation from Article 114 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue are eligible under this part even if they do not have legal personality;

| (a) | actions in the field of active European citizenship, conducted in particular by non-governmental organisations,
  the media,
  associations and federations of European interest or cross-industry trade unions; by way of derogation from Article 114 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue are eligible under this part even if they do not have legal personality; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

actions in the field of active European citizenship, conducted in particular by non-governmental organisations,
  the media,
  associations and federations of European interest or cross-industry trade unions; by way of derogation from Article 114 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002, cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue are eligible under this part even if they do not have legal personality;

Amendment 41

Annex, point 2.1.3.a. (new)

2.1.3.a. Part 4: Innovative actions

Any innovative action promoting the concept of civic participation in the broad sense that cannot be financed by other parts of the programme.

Amendment 42

Annex, point 2.1.3.b. (new)

2.1.3.b. Part 5: INFO-POINTS EUROPE (IPE) and carre-fours: permanent work programme of INFO-POINTS EUROPE (IPE) and Carrefours

INFO-POINTS EUROPE and Carrefours are EU information points. Their aim is to make information about the EU accessible to the general public in the context of greater proximity to citizens and to increase citizens' involvement in European integration. The specific feature of Carrefours is that they are located in rural areas and pay particular attention to rural development.

IPEs/Carrefours are established with a promoter who is responsible for running them either alone or in partnership.

Mission of IPEs/Carrefours

IPEs/Carrefours are intended to carry out a fourfold mission:

1. They supply the public with basic information about the European Union, its policies and programmes;

2. They help in disseminating information (answering questions) and make it possible to view official papers (documents and/or publications of EU bodies);

3. Where appropriate, they point to other, more suitable sources of information. To this end, they cooperate closely with other EU liaison offices at regional level, thereby enhancing their work;

4. They take part in the debate on the European Union by organising seminars, meetings, discussions, etc. (in conjunction with other European liaison offices and regional information networks).

Amendment 43

Annex, point 2.2., indent 2a (new)

| — | resources to be committed under part 4 of the programme shall not be less than 5% of the annual budget available for this programme. |
| --- | --- |

—

Amendment 44

Annex, point 3.1.a. (new)

3.1.a The Commission shall inform the European Parliament of its intention to proceed with a call for proposals, stating its priorities, if any, as regards the themes and kinds of activities envisaged.

Amendment 45

Annex, point 3.2.

3.2. The bodies receiving grants under
  part 3
  of the programme shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals. As regards cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue, the call for proposals may take the form of a restricted invitation.

3.2. The bodies receiving grants under
  parts 3, 4 and 5
  of the programme shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.
  The Commission shall ensure that the calls for proposals are ‘customer friendly’ and does not represent an insurmountable bureaucratic burden. Wherever appropriate the calls for proposals shall be organised in two steps with the first step requiring only the submission of limited documentation strictly necessary for the assessment of the proposal.
  As regards cross-industry trade unions participating in the European social dialogue, the call for proposals may take the form of a restricted invitation.

Amendment 46

Annex, point 6

In the light of a cost/benefit analysis, the Commission may decide to entrust all or part of the tasks of managing the programme to an executive agency, in conformity with Article 55 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities; it may also have recourse to experts and incur any other expenditure on technical and administrative assistance, not involving the exercise of public authority, outsourced under ad hoc service contracts. It may also finance studies and organise meetings of experts likely to facilitate the implementation of the programme, and undertake information, publication and dissemination actions directly linked to the achievement of the programme's objective.

Deleted

Amendment 47

Annex, point 6, paragraph 1a (new)

The Commission shall have a regular exchange of views with representatives of current and potential beneficiaries of the action programme on the design, implementation and follow-up of the programme.

Amendment 48

Annex, point 6a (new)

6a. Acknowledgement of funding

Any body or activity receiving a grant from this programme must acknowledge the support received from the European Union. To this end the Commission shall lay down detailed visibility guidelines.

Amendment 49

Annex point 6b (new)

6b. Dissemination of results

In order to facilitate the dissemination of results as many of the products as possible financed by this programme shall be made available electronically free of charge.

Amendment 50

Annex, point 7.5a (new)

7.5a. Bodies benefiting from an operating grant under this Decision may participate in calls for proposals for other programmes and projects. They shall not, however, receive any preferential treatment over organisations not funded under the general budget of the European Union.

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P5_TA(2003)0515

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (COM(2003) 331 — C5-0315/2003 — 2003/0118(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 331) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 331) (1),

| — | having regard to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,

| — | having regard to Articles 95(1), 175(1) and 300(2), first subparagraph of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Articles 95(1), 175(1) and 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 (C5-0315/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0315/2003),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the proposed legal basis, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to Rules 63, 67 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 63, 67 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0371/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0371/2003),

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

1.

Approves the proposal for a Council decision as amended and approves conclusion of the Convention;

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

2.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Citation 1 |
| Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
  Article 95(1) and
  Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof, | Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof, |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 8 |
| (8)
  While
  the provisions of the Convention concern environmental protection,
  certain provisions on the control of intentional production and use of chemicals, are also relevant to the functioning of the internal market. Consequently,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Articles
  175(1)
  and 95(1)
  as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300. | (8)
  As most of
  the provisions of the Convention concern environmental protection
  and the protection of human health,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Article
  175(1) as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 10 |
| (10) The Convention foresees that Parties submit proposals to the Secretariat of the Convention for listing additional substances in Annexes A, B or C. As these proposals may affect relevant Community legislation and as it is necessary to ensure that proposals are justified and have sufficient support in the Community, only joint proposals by the Community and the Member States should be submitted to the Secretariat. When preparing draft proposals, due account of Annex D to the Stockholm Convention should be taken. | Deleted |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 2 |
| Article 2




  Proposals to amend Annexes A, B and C to the Convention shall only be made, on behalf of the Community and the Member States, by the Commission following a Council Decision to be adopted by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission | Deleted |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
  Article 95(1) and
  Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof,

Amendment 2

Recital 8

(8)
  While
  the provisions of the Convention concern environmental protection,
  certain provisions on the control of intentional production and use of chemicals, are also relevant to the functioning of the internal market. Consequently,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Articles
  175(1)
  and 95(1)
  as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300.

(8)
  As most of
  the provisions of the Convention concern environmental protection
  and the protection of human health,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Article
  175(1) as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300.

Amendment 3

Recital 10

(10) The Convention foresees that Parties submit proposals to the Secretariat of the Convention for listing additional substances in Annexes A, B or C. As these proposals may affect relevant Community legislation and as it is necessary to ensure that proposals are justified and have sufficient support in the Community, only joint proposals by the Community and the Member States should be submitted to the Secretariat. When preparing draft proposals, due account of Annex D to the Stockholm Convention should be taken.

Deleted

Amendment 4

Article 2

Article 2

Proposals to amend Annexes A, B and C to the Convention shall only be made, on behalf of the Community and the Member States, by the Commission following a Council Decision to be adopted by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission

Deleted

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P5_TA(2003)0516

Protocol on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (COM(2003) 332 — C5-0318/2003 — 2003/0117(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 332) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2003) 332) (1),

| — | having regard to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants,

| — | having regard to Articles 95(1), 175(1) and 300(2), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Articles 95(1), 175(1) and 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 (C5-0318/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0318/2003),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the proposed legal basis, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to Rules 63, 67 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 63, 67 and 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0372/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0372/2003),

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

1.

Approves the proposal for a Council decision as amended and approves conclusion of the Protocol;

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

2.

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Amendment 1 |
| Citation 1 |
| Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
  Article 95(1) and
  Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof, | Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof, |
| Amendment 2 |
| Recital 6 |
| (6)
  While
  the provisions of the Protocol concern environmental protection,
  certain provisions on the control of intentional production and use of chemicals, are also relevant to the functioning of the internal market. Consequently,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Articles
  175(1)
  and 95(1)
  as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300. | (6)
  As most of
  the provisions of the Protocol concern environmental protection
  and the protection of human health,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Article
  175(1) as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300. |
| Amendment 3 |
| Recital 8 |
| (8) The Protocol foresees that Parties submit proposals to the Secretariat of the Protocol for listing additional substances in Annexes I, II or III. As these proposals may affect relevant Community legislation and as it is necessary to ensure that proposals are justified and have sufficient support in the Community, only joint proposals by the Community and the Member States should be submitted to the Secretariat. When preparing draft proposals, due account of the Decision 1998/2 of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution should be taken. | Deleted |
| Amendment 4 |
| Article 3 |
| Article 3




  Proposals to amend Annexes I, II and III to the Protocol shall only be made, on behalf of the European Community and the Member States, by the Commission following a Council Decision adopted by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. | Deleted |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
  Article 95(1) and
  Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof,

Amendment 2

Recital 6

(6)
  While
  the provisions of the Protocol concern environmental protection,
  certain provisions on the control of intentional production and use of chemicals, are also relevant to the functioning of the internal market. Consequently,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Articles
  175(1)
  and 95(1)
  as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300.

(6)
  As most of
  the provisions of the Protocol concern environmental protection
  and the protection of human health,
  it is appropriate to choose
  Article
  175(1) as the legal basis, in conjunction with Article 300.

Amendment 3

Recital 8

(8) The Protocol foresees that Parties submit proposals to the Secretariat of the Protocol for listing additional substances in Annexes I, II or III. As these proposals may affect relevant Community legislation and as it is necessary to ensure that proposals are justified and have sufficient support in the Community, only joint proposals by the Community and the Member States should be submitted to the Secretariat. When preparing draft proposals, due account of the Decision 1998/2 of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution should be taken.

Deleted

Amendment 4

Article 3

Article 3

Proposals to amend Annexes I, II and III to the Protocol shall only be made, on behalf of the European Community and the Member States, by the Commission following a Council Decision adopted by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.

Deleted

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P5_TA(2003)0517

Financial provisions of the draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe

European Parliament resolution on the financial provisions in the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the 1975 Brussels Treaty, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the 1975 Brussels Treaty,

| — | having regard to Part Five, Title II, of the EC Treaty and, in particular, Articles 269 and 272 thereof, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Part Five, Title II, of the EC Treaty and, in particular, Articles 269 and 272 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and the improvement of the budgetary procedure (1),

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 11 March 2003 on reform of the budgetary procedure: possible options in view of the revision of the treaties (2)and of 24 September 2003 on the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the European Parliament's opinion on the convening of the Intergovernmental conference (IGC) (3), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its resolutions of 11 March 2003 on reform of the budgetary procedure: possible options in view of the revision of the treaties (2)and of 24 September 2003 on the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the European Parliament's opinion on the convening of the Intergovernmental conference (IGC) (3),

| — | having regard to the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of 18 July 2003 (4), in particular the financial provisions thereof, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of 18 July 2003 (4), in particular the financial provisions thereof,

| — | having regard to Rules 37 and 42 of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rules 37 and 42 of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the budgetary powers granted to the European Union by the EC Treaty have, since the entry into force of the 1975 Brussels Treaty, been based on an institutional balance between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers guaranteeing that the interests of European citizens and also those of national governments are reflected in the budget, |
| --- | --- |

A.

whereas the budgetary powers granted to the European Union by the EC Treaty have, since the entry into force of the 1975 Brussels Treaty, been based on an institutional balance between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers guaranteeing that the interests of European citizens and also those of national governments are reflected in the budget,

| B. | whereas this dual system, created in 1975, and the introduction of the financial perspective in 1988, together with budgetary discipline, have ensured the financing of the Union's activities through the adoption of annual budgets that continue to remain far below the ceiling of own resources, |
| --- | --- |

B.

whereas this dual system, created in 1975, and the introduction of the financial perspective in 1988, together with budgetary discipline, have ensured the financing of the Union's activities through the adoption of annual budgets that continue to remain far below the ceiling of own resources,

| C. | whereas the own resources ceiling of 1,24 % of Gross National Income would allow for payment appropriations in 2003 to the amount of EUR 118,8 billion and whereas the European Parliament adopted payment appropriations for the 2003 budget amounting to EUR 97,5 billion, thus leaving a margin of EUR 21,3 billion under the own resources ceiling, |
| --- | --- |

C.

whereas the own resources ceiling of 1,24 % of Gross National Income would allow for payment appropriations in 2003 to the amount of EUR 118,8 billion and whereas the European Parliament adopted payment appropriations for the 2003 budget amounting to EUR 97,5 billion, thus leaving a margin of EUR 21,3 billion under the own resources ceiling,

| D. | whereas the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is the result of a long and democratic process launched to allow the enlarged Union to function with the heritage of the past and which fully involved both governments and European and national Parliaments, |
| --- | --- |

D.

whereas the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is the result of a long and democratic process launched to allow the enlarged Union to function with the heritage of the past and which fully involved both governments and European and national Parliaments,

| 1. | Supports the financial provisions laid down in the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of 18 July 2003 despite being aware that it does not preserve the current balance of powers between the European Parliament and the Council as the two arms of the budgetary authority, which ensures democratic control over the authorisation of expenditure; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Supports the financial provisions laid down in the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of 18 July 2003 despite being aware that it does not preserve the current balance of powers between the European Parliament and the Council as the two arms of the budgetary authority, which ensures democratic control over the authorisation of expenditure;

| 2. | Considers that the consensus reached by the European Convention leaves the final decision on own resources to the Member States, the final decision on the multiannual financial framework now included in the Treaty, after conciliation with, and consent of, the European Parliament, to the Council, and the final say on the annual budget to Parliament, and finally simplifies the budgetary procedure; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Considers that the consensus reached by the European Convention leaves the final decision on own resources to the Member States, the final decision on the multiannual financial framework now included in the Treaty, after conciliation with, and consent of, the European Parliament, to the Council, and the final say on the annual budget to Parliament, and finally simplifies the budgetary procedure;

| 3. | Recalls the significant concessions the Parliament has accepted, in particular to insert the new multiannual financial framework into the Constitution and to fully leave the final decision on own resources to the Member States meeting in Council; |
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3.

Recalls the significant concessions the Parliament has accepted, in particular to insert the new multiannual financial framework into the Constitution and to fully leave the final decision on own resources to the Member States meeting in Council;

| 4. | Condemns forcefully the suggestions regarding modifications to the financial provisions in the draft Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe, discussed at the informal Ecofin Council in Stresa and at the Intergovernmental Conference; |
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4.

Condemns forcefully the suggestions regarding modifications to the financial provisions in the draft Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe, discussed at the informal Ecofin Council in Stresa and at the Intergovernmental Conference;

| 5. | Underlines that such suggestions would represent a major and unacceptable step backwards compared not only to the draft Treaty but even to the current situation, and would radically modify the global institutional balance by reversing the budgetary powers in favour of the Council; |
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5.

Underlines that such suggestions would represent a major and unacceptable step backwards compared not only to the draft Treaty but even to the current situation, and would radically modify the global institutional balance by reversing the budgetary powers in favour of the Council;

| 6. | Calls on the Member States to consider that any attempt to reduce the powers vested in Parliament as an arm of the budgetary authority would result in creating a serious democratic deficit in the functioning of the Union; |
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6.

Calls on the Member States to consider that any attempt to reduce the powers vested in Parliament as an arm of the budgetary authority would result in creating a serious democratic deficit in the functioning of the Union;

| 7. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Italian Presidency, the Council, the Commission, the national parliaments and the Intergovernmental Conference. |
| --- | --- |

7.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Italian Presidency, the Council, the Commission, the national parliaments and the Intergovernmental Conference.

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(1)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

(2)  P5_TA(2003)0081.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0407.

(4)  OJ C 169, 18.7.2003, p. 1.

P5_TA(2003)0518

Euromed

European Parliament resolution on Euromed

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Barcelona Declaration and the work programme of 28 November 1995 adopted at the Barcelona Conference, |
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—

having regard to the Barcelona Declaration and the work programme of 28 November 1995 adopted at the Barcelona Conference,

| — | having regard to its earlier resolutions on Mediterranean policy, with particular reference to that of 11 April 2002 (1) on the meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers in Valencia on 22/23 April 2002, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its earlier resolutions on Mediterranean policy, with particular reference to that of 11 April 2002 (1) on the meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers in Valencia on 22/23 April 2002,

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament to prepare the VI Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Naples, 2/3 December 2003 (Barcelona VI) (COM(2003) 610), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament to prepare the VI Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Naples, 2/3 December 2003 (Barcelona VI) (COM(2003) 610),

| — | having regard to the Communication of 11 March 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Communication of 11 March 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 on peace and dignity in the Middle East (2), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 on peace and dignity in the Middle East (2),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (3) on the abovementioned Communication of 11 March 2003, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (3) on the abovementioned Communication of 11 March 2003,

| — | having regard to the Communication of 21 May 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Reinvigorating EU actions on human rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners’ (COM(2003) 294), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Communication of 21 May 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Reinvigorating EU actions on human rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners’ (COM(2003) 294),

| — | having regard to Rule 37(4) of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 37(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the new neighbourhood policy will contribute in particular to a strengthening of EU relations with the Mediterranean countries at a time when the Union is preparing itself for enlargement to include ten new Member States, |
| --- | --- |

A.

whereas the new neighbourhood policy will contribute in particular to a strengthening of EU relations with the Mediterranean countries at a time when the Union is preparing itself for enlargement to include ten new Member States,

| B. | whereas the absence of any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is continuing to undermine the development of the Barcelona Process, |
| --- | --- |

B.

whereas the absence of any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is continuing to undermine the development of the Barcelona Process,

| C. | whereas Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary dialogue initially took place within a parliamentary forum bringing together members of parliament from the EU Member States and the Mediterranean partner countries and whereas the forum's conversion into a parliamentary assembly (EMPA) forms part of the action programme of the VIth Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs to be held on 2/3 December 2003 in Naples, |
| --- | --- |

C.

whereas Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary dialogue initially took place within a parliamentary forum bringing together members of parliament from the EU Member States and the Mediterranean partner countries and whereas the forum's conversion into a parliamentary assembly (EMPA) forms part of the action programme of the VIth Meeting of Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs to be held on 2/3 December 2003 in Naples,

| D. | whereas, on the one hand, the process marks a turning point in EU action in the region, but, on the other, an overall assessment of EU policy in the Mediterranean thus far reveals shortcomings in relation to the promotion of civil society, respect for human rights, the establishment of common security mechanisms and the development of free trade, |
| --- | --- |

D.

whereas, on the one hand, the process marks a turning point in EU action in the region, but, on the other, an overall assessment of EU policy in the Mediterranean thus far reveals shortcomings in relation to the promotion of civil society, respect for human rights, the establishment of common security mechanisms and the development of free trade,

| E. | whereas in a number of partner countries women have unfortunately yet to be actively involved in social and political life, |
| --- | --- |

E.

whereas in a number of partner countries women have unfortunately yet to be actively involved in social and political life,

| 1. | Reaffirms the need to ensure, through dialogue, a mutual awareness and understanding of genuinely equitable cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area with a view to strengthening the rule of law and democracy, improving its inhabitants' living conditions and maintaining peace; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Reaffirms the need to ensure, through dialogue, a mutual awareness and understanding of genuinely equitable cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area with a view to strengthening the rule of law and democracy, improving its inhabitants' living conditions and maintaining peace;

| 2. | Is strongly in favour of closer parliamentary cooperation and calls on all the Member States to help step up Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary dialogue; advocates the establishment of the EMPA, which is the most suitable instrument for this purpose, and calls for the Ministerial Conference in Naples to approve the conversion of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum into a parliamentary assembly with consultative powers; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Is strongly in favour of closer parliamentary cooperation and calls on all the Member States to help step up Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary dialogue; advocates the establishment of the EMPA, which is the most suitable instrument for this purpose, and calls for the Ministerial Conference in Naples to approve the conversion of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum into a parliamentary assembly with consultative powers;

| 3. | Takes the view that one of the tasks of the future EMPA will be to monitor, assess and participate in the smooth functioning of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, to promote the proper implementation of the association agreements concluded between the European Union and the Mediterranean partner countries, and to adopt recommendations to be addressed to the Interministerial Conference with a view to achieving the objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership; stresses the need to step up political dialogue; |
| --- | --- |

3.

Takes the view that one of the tasks of the future EMPA will be to monitor, assess and participate in the smooth functioning of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, to promote the proper implementation of the association agreements concluded between the European Union and the Mediterranean partner countries, and to adopt recommendations to be addressed to the Interministerial Conference with a view to achieving the objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership; stresses the need to step up political dialogue;

| 4. | Emphasises the urgent need for the cycle of violence afflicting the Middle East to be brought to an end by means of full implementation of the road map and achievement of the goal of ‘two peoples, two states’; restates its support for those in Israel and Palestine who are working for a fair settlement to the conflict, and for the Peace Coalition that drew up the Geneva Agreement; considers the establishment of a climate of trust between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab peoples to be of the utmost importance to Euro-Mediterranean relations; |
| --- | --- |

4.

Emphasises the urgent need for the cycle of violence afflicting the Middle East to be brought to an end by means of full implementation of the road map and achievement of the goal of ‘two peoples, two states’; restates its support for those in Israel and Palestine who are working for a fair settlement to the conflict, and for the Peace Coalition that drew up the Geneva Agreement; considers the establishment of a climate of trust between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab peoples to be of the utmost importance to Euro-Mediterranean relations;

| 5. | Restates the view that each party to the Barcelona Process must first and foremost work to promote democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights, particularly women's rights; places special emphasis on compliance with the provisions set out in the democratic clauses contained in the Euro-Mediterranean association agreements; |
| --- | --- |

5.

Restates the view that each party to the Barcelona Process must first and foremost work to promote democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights, particularly women's rights; places special emphasis on compliance with the provisions set out in the democratic clauses contained in the Euro-Mediterranean association agreements;

| 6. | Hopes that the ‘New Neighbourhood Policy’ and the Communication entitled ‘EU-Mediterranean Region: human rights and democracy’ will result in a clarification of that aspect and calls on the Council to lay down clear benchmarks in the Action Plans so as to establish a specific and constructive dialogue with the partner countries in this field; |
| --- | --- |

6.

Hopes that the ‘New Neighbourhood Policy’ and the Communication entitled ‘EU-Mediterranean Region: human rights and democracy’ will result in a clarification of that aspect and calls on the Council to lay down clear benchmarks in the Action Plans so as to establish a specific and constructive dialogue with the partner countries in this field;

| 7. | Calls on the Commission, the Council and partner countries to place these issues high on the agenda during the Association Council meetings, with a view to bringing about a real step forward on the basis of annual reports; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission, the Council and partner countries to place these issues high on the agenda during the Association Council meetings, with a view to bringing about a real step forward on the basis of annual reports;

| 8. | Maintains that civil society should be given a central role in the partnership and calls for the implementation of policies aimed at creating a rich social fabric; |
| --- | --- |

8.

Maintains that civil society should be given a central role in the partnership and calls for the implementation of policies aimed at creating a rich social fabric;

| 9. | Reaffirms its opposition to the use of capital punishment and calls on the Mediterranean associate countries to place a moratorium on executions; calls furthermore on the Commission to take action in support of campaigns for a moratorium on executions; |
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9.

Reaffirms its opposition to the use of capital punishment and calls on the Mediterranean associate countries to place a moratorium on executions; calls furthermore on the Commission to take action in support of campaigns for a moratorium on executions;

| 10. | Deplores the obstacles to the independence of the judiciary and freedom of the media in several partner countries; in this connection, expresses its solidarity in particular with the lawyer Radhia Nasraoui, who has been on hunger strike since 15 October 2003, and Ali Lmrabet, detained as a prisoner of conscience since July 2003, and calls on the relevant authorities to give favourable consideration to their cases; |
| --- | --- |

10.

Deplores the obstacles to the independence of the judiciary and freedom of the media in several partner countries; in this connection, expresses its solidarity in particular with the lawyer Radhia Nasraoui, who has been on hunger strike since 15 October 2003, and Ali Lmrabet, detained as a prisoner of conscience since July 2003, and calls on the relevant authorities to give favourable consideration to their cases;

| 11. | Emphasises that responsibility for the allocation of funds to NGOs as part of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights lies solely with the Commission, and is concerned, in this respect, at the Tunisian authorities' decision to freeze funds allocated by the Commission to the Tunisian Human Rights League, in contravention of the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement; |
| --- | --- |

11.

Emphasises that responsibility for the allocation of funds to NGOs as part of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights lies solely with the Commission, and is concerned, in this respect, at the Tunisian authorities' decision to freeze funds allocated by the Commission to the Tunisian Human Rights League, in contravention of the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement;

| 12. | Reaffirms the need for mutually supportive cooperation between both shores of the Mediterranean in the fight against terrorism and organised crime at world level; stresses, however, that such action must not in any way undermine respect for the rule of law and human rights; |
| --- | --- |

12.

Reaffirms the need for mutually supportive cooperation between both shores of the Mediterranean in the fight against terrorism and organised crime at world level; stresses, however, that such action must not in any way undermine respect for the rule of law and human rights;

| 13. | Calls on the host countries to introduce structured integration measures capable of establishing a strong link between immigration policy and cooperation and development aid policy; reiterates that priority should be given to combating illegal immigration and the mafia-type organisations which encourage it, always bearing in mind the principle of shared responsibility and solidarity between the Mediterranean partner countries; expresses in this regard its concern for the tragedies that occur almost daily in the southern Mediterranean region, specifically in the Spanish coastal region of Andalusia and in certain areas along the southern Italian coast; considers that the Euro-Mediterranean partnership should improve the management of migration flows and border controls and promote efforts with regard to readmission to countries of origin and transit, as well as the provision of the necessary technical and financial assistance; |
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Calls on the host countries to introduce structured integration measures capable of establishing a strong link between immigration policy and cooperation and development aid policy; reiterates that priority should be given to combating illegal immigration and the mafia-type organisations which encourage it, always bearing in mind the principle of shared responsibility and solidarity between the Mediterranean partner countries; expresses in this regard its concern for the tragedies that occur almost daily in the southern Mediterranean region, specifically in the Spanish coastal region of Andalusia and in certain areas along the southern Italian coast; considers that the Euro-Mediterranean partnership should improve the management of migration flows and border controls and promote efforts with regard to readmission to countries of origin and transit, as well as the provision of the necessary technical and financial assistance;

| 14. | Calls for the Euromed partnership to be geared to implementing a policy of economic openness and internal liberalisation in the partner countries, together with a sustainable endogenous development policy geared to the needs of Mediterranean countries; |
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Calls for the Euromed partnership to be geared to implementing a policy of economic openness and internal liberalisation in the partner countries, together with a sustainable endogenous development policy geared to the needs of Mediterranean countries;

| 15. | Reaffirms the need to encourage the further spread of the South-South cooperation process along the lines of the Agadir agreement, since this is the only means of building a free-trade area; draws attention, in this connection, to the important role played by cross-border projects in enhancing and stepping up regional cooperation; |
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Reaffirms the need to encourage the further spread of the South-South cooperation process along the lines of the Agadir agreement, since this is the only means of building a free-trade area; draws attention, in this connection, to the important role played by cross-border projects in enhancing and stepping up regional cooperation;

| 16. | Calls for the section of the European Investment Bank dealing with the Mediterranean and the Middle East to be expanded into a branch capable of meeting the objectives laid down in the new strategy, with financial assistance from other Mediterranean countries; |
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Calls for the section of the European Investment Bank dealing with the Mediterranean and the Middle East to be expanded into a branch capable of meeting the objectives laid down in the new strategy, with financial assistance from other Mediterranean countries;

| 17. | Calls on the Council to ensure that the Valencia Ministerial Conference decisions on the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Foundation to promote further dialogue between cultures and civilisations are acted upon, that an operational decision is taken thereon at the Naples Ministerial Conference and that the requisite financial resources are allocated to the foundation; |
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Calls on the Council to ensure that the Valencia Ministerial Conference decisions on the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Foundation to promote further dialogue between cultures and civilisations are acted upon, that an operational decision is taken thereon at the Naples Ministerial Conference and that the requisite financial resources are allocated to the foundation;

| 18. | Hopes that, through the streamlining of procedures, the new MEDA regulation will enable projects to be implemented, lead to greater decentralisation and facilitate local partners' access to funds; calls on the Commission to verify whether the revision meets real needs; |
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Hopes that, through the streamlining of procedures, the new MEDA regulation will enable projects to be implemented, lead to greater decentralisation and facilitate local partners' access to funds; calls on the Commission to verify whether the revision meets real needs;

| 19. | Hopes to see swifter ratification of the association agreements signed between individual Mediterranean countries and the EU and encourages the conclusion of the agreement with Syria as soon as possible, whilst reminding the Syrian authorities of the need to launch internal and external political reforms, and expresses the desire on the part of the national and European parliaments to participate fully in establishing the objectives and evaluating the agreements; |
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Hopes to see swifter ratification of the association agreements signed between individual Mediterranean countries and the EU and encourages the conclusion of the agreement with Syria as soon as possible, whilst reminding the Syrian authorities of the need to launch internal and external political reforms, and expresses the desire on the part of the national and European parliaments to participate fully in establishing the objectives and evaluating the agreements;

| 20. | Notes with satisfaction the recent positive steps undertaken by Libya with regard to payment of compensation and cooperation in the fight against terrorism which led to the lifting of UN sanctions; insists that Libya and Mauritania should participate fully in the Barcelona Process and accept its principles, and calls on the Mediterranean associated countries which have so far stood aside from interparliamentary dialogue to reconsider their position; calls on the Commission to envisage implementing cooperation projects with Libya, once that country has accepted the principles of the Barcelona Process; |
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Notes with satisfaction the recent positive steps undertaken by Libya with regard to payment of compensation and cooperation in the fight against terrorism which led to the lifting of UN sanctions; insists that Libya and Mauritania should participate fully in the Barcelona Process and accept its principles, and calls on the Mediterranean associated countries which have so far stood aside from interparliamentary dialogue to reconsider their position; calls on the Commission to envisage implementing cooperation projects with Libya, once that country has accepted the principles of the Barcelona Process;

| 21. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to instigate an in-depth debate exploring the prospects for a multi-dimensional Euro-Mediterranean agricultural system geared to product complementarity, sustainable development and the environment; |
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21.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to instigate an in-depth debate exploring the prospects for a multi-dimensional Euro-Mediterranean agricultural system geared to product complementarity, sustainable development and the environment;

| 22. | Calls on the Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers actively to work towards a settlement of the conflict in the Western Sahara through the implementation of the United Nations peace plan; |
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22.

Calls on the Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Ministers actively to work towards a settlement of the conflict in the Western Sahara through the implementation of the United Nations peace plan;

| 23. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Mediterranean partner countries signatory to the Barcelona Declaration. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Mediterranean partner countries signatory to the Barcelona Declaration.

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(1)  OJ C 127 E, 29.5.2003, p. 644.

(2)  P5_TA(2003)0462.

(3)  P5_TA-PROV(2003)0520.

P5_TA(2003)0519

EU-Russia summit

European Parliament resolution on the 12th EU-Russia Summit held on 6 November 2003 in Rome

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia, |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia,

| — | having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Russia, which entered into force on 1 December 1997, |
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having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Russia, which entered into force on 1 December 1997,

| — | having regard to the Common Strategy of the EU on Russia of 4 June 1999, the period of application of which has been extended to 24 June 2004, |
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having regard to the Common Strategy of the EU on Russia of 4 June 1999, the period of application of which has been extended to 24 June 2004,

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 10 April 2002 (1), 16 January 2003 (2) and 3 July 2003 (3) on Chechnya, |
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having regard to its resolutions of 10 April 2002 (1), 16 January 2003 (2) and 3 July 2003 (3) on Chechnya,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2003 on the EU-Russia Summit (4), |
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having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2003 on the EU-Russia Summit (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and European Parliament of 11 March 2003 entitled ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: a new framework for relations with our eastern and southern neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104), |
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having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and European Parliament of 11 March 2003 entitled ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: a new framework for relations with our eastern and southern neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104),

| — | having regard to the sixth meeting of the Cooperation Council between the EU and Russia, held on 15 April 2003, |
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having regard to the sixth meeting of the Cooperation Council between the EU and Russia, held on 15 April 2003,

| — | having regard to the Joint Statement of the 12th EU-Russia Summit, which took place in Rome on 6 November 2003, |
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having regard to the Joint Statement of the 12th EU-Russia Summit, which took place in Rome on 6 November 2003,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (5) on the abovementioned communication of 11 March 2003, |
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having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (5) on the abovementioned communication of 11 March 2003,

| — | having regard to the Council Presidency Declaration of 8 October 2003 and the General Affairs Council statement of 17 November 2003, |
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having regard to the Council Presidency Declaration of 8 October 2003 and the General Affairs Council statement of 17 November 2003,

| A. | whereas enhanced and comprehensive cooperation with Russia is of strategic importance for the achievement of stability and security for the whole of Europe, |
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whereas enhanced and comprehensive cooperation with Russia is of strategic importance for the achievement of stability and security for the whole of Europe,

| B. | whereas enlargement will extend the border of the EU with Russia, thereby strengthening the ties between the two sides and underlining the need for good-neighbourly relations, |
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B.

whereas enlargement will extend the border of the EU with Russia, thereby strengthening the ties between the two sides and underlining the need for good-neighbourly relations,

| C. | whereas the foundations of the EU's Russian policy, notably the PCA, the Common Strategy and the TACIS programme, were laid a number of years ago and must be updated, |
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C.

whereas the foundations of the EU's Russian policy, notably the PCA, the Common Strategy and the TACIS programme, were laid a number of years ago and must be updated,

| D. | whereas the PCA is still largely underused, in particular by the Russian side, where lengthy decisionmaking procedures concerning responsibilities within the Russian Government hamper the full use of the agreement's potential, |
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whereas the PCA is still largely underused, in particular by the Russian side, where lengthy decisionmaking procedures concerning responsibilities within the Russian Government hamper the full use of the agreement's potential,

| E. | whereas further development of the democratic process in Russia, especially in the field of free and fair elections, freedom of information, the media and the rule of law, and Russia's integration in more comprehensive political, economic, scientific and security structures constitute interrelated processes, |
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whereas further development of the democratic process in Russia, especially in the field of free and fair elections, freedom of information, the media and the rule of law, and Russia's integration in more comprehensive political, economic, scientific and security structures constitute interrelated processes,

| F. | whereas the crisis in Chechnya is ongoing and human rights abuses linked to Russian security forces and troops reportedly under the control of the newly elected Chechen president are continuing and increasingly spreading to the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia; whereas, at the same time, unacceptable acts of violence and terrorism, reportedly by Chechen fighters, against Russian troops, members of the Chechen administration, the unarmed civilian population and people linked to President Akhmed Kadyrov have also continued, |
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whereas the crisis in Chechnya is ongoing and human rights abuses linked to Russian security forces and troops reportedly under the control of the newly elected Chechen president are continuing and increasingly spreading to the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia; whereas, at the same time, unacceptable acts of violence and terrorism, reportedly by Chechen fighters, against Russian troops, members of the Chechen administration, the unarmed civilian population and people linked to President Akhmed Kadyrov have also continued,

| G. | whereas the responsibility of the EU to play a primary role on the international scene is not met if it turns a blind eye to this conflict, |
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whereas the responsibility of the EU to play a primary role on the international scene is not met if it turns a blind eye to this conflict,

| H. | having regard to recent non-transparent actions of the Russian judiciary, as in the cases of Yukos and the Open Society Institute, |
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having regard to recent non-transparent actions of the Russian judiciary, as in the cases of Yukos and the Open Society Institute,

| 1. | Takes note of the agreement reached at the summit to reinforce the strategic partnership between the EU and Russia on the basis of common values and with the aim of consolidating stability, security and prosperity in a Europe without dividing lines; underlines, however, with reference to its double-track policy towards Russia, that the understanding and definition of these common values should be sharpened; |
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Takes note of the agreement reached at the summit to reinforce the strategic partnership between the EU and Russia on the basis of common values and with the aim of consolidating stability, security and prosperity in a Europe without dividing lines; underlines, however, with reference to its double-track policy towards Russia, that the understanding and definition of these common values should be sharpened;

| 2. | Welcomes the commitment to promote further rapprochement and comprehensive integration of social and economic structures of the enlarged EU and Russia, to create ‘common spaces’ between both sides and to launch the work of the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council; |
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Welcomes the commitment to promote further rapprochement and comprehensive integration of social and economic structures of the enlarged EU and Russia, to create ‘common spaces’ between both sides and to launch the work of the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council;

| 3. | Welcomes, in particular, the endorsement of the concept of a Common European Economic Space, which offers a blueprint for economic integration, and calls upon both sides to continue this work with a view to presenting proposals on how to promote trade and investment and to achieving tangible results as early as possible; |
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Welcomes, in particular, the endorsement of the concept of a Common European Economic Space, which offers a blueprint for economic integration, and calls upon both sides to continue this work with a view to presenting proposals on how to promote trade and investment and to achieving tangible results as early as possible;

| 4. | Recognises the desirability of strengthening the long-term energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to ensure mutual energy security and welcomes the progress achieved in the ongoing energy dialogue aimed at establishing an energy partnership between Russia and the EU as an integral part of the Common European Economic Space; recognises Russia's important role as energy supplier for the EU and the EU's importance for investments in this field, with particular reference to urgently needed maintenance as well as investment in new, environmentally more reliable techniques; |
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Recognises the desirability of strengthening the long-term energy relations between the EU and Russia in order to ensure mutual energy security and welcomes the progress achieved in the ongoing energy dialogue aimed at establishing an energy partnership between Russia and the EU as an integral part of the Common European Economic Space; recognises Russia's important role as energy supplier for the EU and the EU's importance for investments in this field, with particular reference to urgently needed maintenance as well as investment in new, environmentally more reliable techniques;

| 5. | Welcomes the agreement to take forward work to create a common space of freedom, security and justice emphasising common democratic values, in particular respect for human rights and the rule of law; recalls in this context the need for fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportional application of the law by the Russian authorities and especially by the judiciary; considers that defendants must be granted due process so that they have a chance of defending themselves; |
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Welcomes the agreement to take forward work to create a common space of freedom, security and justice emphasising common democratic values, in particular respect for human rights and the rule of law; recalls in this context the need for fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and proportional application of the law by the Russian authorities and especially by the judiciary; considers that defendants must be granted due process so that they have a chance of defending themselves;

| 6. | Invites the Council and the Commission, in this context, to continue to support the democratic process and especially the implementation of judicial reforms in Russia since failure to respect these key principles would not only undermine the progress made in Russia to create a positive environment for the development of trade and investment by Russian and foreign companies but could also hold back Russia's integration into a Common European Economic Space; |
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Invites the Council and the Commission, in this context, to continue to support the democratic process and especially the implementation of judicial reforms in Russia since failure to respect these key principles would not only undermine the progress made in Russia to create a positive environment for the development of trade and investment by Russian and foreign companies but could also hold back Russia's integration into a Common European Economic Space;

| 7. | Welcomes the renewal of the Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation as well as Russian participation in the Bologna process, which provides for mutual recognition of diplomas; stresses, in particular, that this agreement will enable Russian scientists to take part in the EU's sixth research and development framework programme; calls on both sides to adopt special programmes aimed at promoting their cooperation in the fields of high-tech and scientific research, including the aircraft-building industry, space exploration, nuclear energy, telecommunications and the pan-European transport system; |
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Welcomes the renewal of the Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation as well as Russian participation in the Bologna process, which provides for mutual recognition of diplomas; stresses, in particular, that this agreement will enable Russian scientists to take part in the EU's sixth research and development framework programme; calls on both sides to adopt special programmes aimed at promoting their cooperation in the fields of high-tech and scientific research, including the aircraft-building industry, space exploration, nuclear energy, telecommunications and the pan-European transport system;

| 8. | Welcomes the setting-up of a common space of external security as well as the high degree of mutual understanding in regard to a number of acute international issues and the central role of the UN in world affairs; joins both sides in condemning all acts of terror and in stressing the importance of international cooperation to combat terrorism in all its forms; |
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Welcomes the setting-up of a common space of external security as well as the high degree of mutual understanding in regard to a number of acute international issues and the central role of the UN in world affairs; joins both sides in condemning all acts of terror and in stressing the importance of international cooperation to combat terrorism in all its forms;

| 9. | Expresses in this context its deep concern about continuing reports of grave human rights abuses in Chechnya and urges the Russian authorities to allow unfettered international human rights monitoring in the republic, to immediately halt attempts by the Russian authorities to forcibly return Chechen internally displaced persons and refugees until they can return voluntarily in safety and dignity to their place of origin or choice, to ensure immediate action to bring to justice those responsible for grave abuses committed during the conflict in Chechnya, and to provide concrete information about all criminal investigations into alleged crimes which may amount to human rights violations or violations of international humanitarian law; |
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Expresses in this context its deep concern about continuing reports of grave human rights abuses in Chechnya and urges the Russian authorities to allow unfettered international human rights monitoring in the republic, to immediately halt attempts by the Russian authorities to forcibly return Chechen internally displaced persons and refugees until they can return voluntarily in safety and dignity to their place of origin or choice, to ensure immediate action to bring to justice those responsible for grave abuses committed during the conflict in Chechnya, and to provide concrete information about all criminal investigations into alleged crimes which may amount to human rights violations or violations of international humanitarian law;

| 10. | Calls also on the Council and the Commission to express their concern, once again, on the case of kidnapped Dutch ‘Médecins sans frontières’ aid worker Arjan Erkel; |
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Calls also on the Council and the Commission to express their concern, once again, on the case of kidnapped Dutch ‘Médecins sans frontières’ aid worker Arjan Erkel;

| 11. | Welcomes the decision of a British court to refuse the extradition of the Chechen leader Akhmed Zakhaiev requested by the Russian authorities; |
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Welcomes the decision of a British court to refuse the extradition of the Chechen leader Akhmed Zakhaiev requested by the Russian authorities;

| 12. | Supports the statement made by its President on the inadequate handling of the Chechnya and Kyoto issues in the Summit's joint statement; |
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Supports the statement made by its President on the inadequate handling of the Chechnya and Kyoto issues in the Summit's joint statement;

| 13. | Deplores the declarations made by the President-in-Office of Council at the end of the EU-Russia Summit, in which he expressed his support for the Russian Government's position concerning the human rights situation in Chechnya and the state of democracy in the Russian Federation; |
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Deplores the declarations made by the President-in-Office of Council at the end of the EU-Russia Summit, in which he expressed his support for the Russian Government's position concerning the human rights situation in Chechnya and the state of democracy in the Russian Federation;

| 14. | Urges the Council and Commission to keep the issue of Chechnya as a separate item high on the agenda of EU-Russia relations and to reiterate once again to the Russian authorities the call for the resumption of negotiations with all the parties, in order to achieve an immediate political solution to the conflict, which cannot be considered solely as part of the fight against terrorism, making clear the EU's willingness to act as a mediator; |
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Urges the Council and Commission to keep the issue of Chechnya as a separate item high on the agenda of EU-Russia relations and to reiterate once again to the Russian authorities the call for the resumption of negotiations with all the parties, in order to achieve an immediate political solution to the conflict, which cannot be considered solely as part of the fight against terrorism, making clear the EU's willingness to act as a mediator;

| 15. | Recalls that a political solution to the Transdniestria problem is only possible if combined with full withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova, and urges Russia to honour its international obligations and withdraw its troops in accordance with the timetable laid down at the OSCE meetings in Istanbul and Porto; |
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Recalls that a political solution to the Transdniestria problem is only possible if combined with full withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova, and urges Russia to honour its international obligations and withdraw its troops in accordance with the timetable laid down at the OSCE meetings in Istanbul and Porto;

| 16. | Welcomes the agreement to strengthen the dialogue on non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control and coordination of activities within existing international mechanisms; reiterates the importance of nuclear and chemical disarmament for the non-proliferation system and invites Russia and the Member States to play a leading role in these areas; |
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Welcomes the agreement to strengthen the dialogue on non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control and coordination of activities within existing international mechanisms; reiterates the importance of nuclear and chemical disarmament for the non-proliferation system and invites Russia and the Member States to play a leading role in these areas;

| 17. | Welcomes the signing of the agreement between the Russian Federation and Europol and looks to Russia to quickly conclude negotiations on an EU-Russia Readmission Agreement, to step up work against organised crime and to promote cooperation on border management; |
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Welcomes the signing of the agreement between the Russian Federation and Europol and looks to Russia to quickly conclude negotiations on an EU-Russia Readmission Agreement, to step up work against organised crime and to promote cooperation on border management;

| 18. | Notes with satisfaction the commitment to implement as soon as possible and in full the package on Kaliningrad, including the launch of a high-speed train feasibility study before the end of 2003 and its timely completion; welcomes the entry into force of the Russian-Lithuanian border agreement and calls upon Russia to sign and ratify its border agreements with Estonia and Latvia; |
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Notes with satisfaction the commitment to implement as soon as possible and in full the package on Kaliningrad, including the launch of a high-speed train feasibility study before the end of 2003 and its timely completion; welcomes the entry into force of the Russian-Lithuanian border agreement and calls upon Russia to sign and ratify its border agreements with Estonia and Latvia;

| 19. | Remains convinced that it is possible and desirable to work towards Russia's speedy accession to the WTO and calls upon both sides to intensify their work and to resolve the outstanding issues for conclusion of bilateral market access and FDI protection negotiations on Russia's WTO accession, while ensuring mutually acceptable and commercially viable terms; |
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Remains convinced that it is possible and desirable to work towards Russia's speedy accession to the WTO and calls upon both sides to intensify their work and to resolve the outstanding issues for conclusion of bilateral market access and FDI protection negotiations on Russia's WTO accession, while ensuring mutually acceptable and commercially viable terms;

| 20. | Deplores the fact that the Summit involved no discussions on the environment issues where EU and Russia share responsibility; states that one of the issues that should have been given high priority is the environmental threat to the Baltic Sea; |
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Deplores the fact that the Summit involved no discussions on the environment issues where EU and Russia share responsibility; states that one of the issues that should have been given high priority is the environmental threat to the Baltic Sea;

| 21. | Stresses the importance of Russia's ratification and observance of the Espo Convention on Environmental Assessment in a Transboundary Context in order to develop effective environmental protection measures for the Baltic Sea; states that it is vital for all oil extraction in the Baltic Sea, irrespective of location, that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) be carried out; states that such an EIA should be conducted according to international standards, be accessible for any other country and should also cover the establishment of new large-scale ports or extending the life of nuclear power plants; |
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Stresses the importance of Russia's ratification and observance of the Espo Convention on Environmental Assessment in a Transboundary Context in order to develop effective environmental protection measures for the Baltic Sea; states that it is vital for all oil extraction in the Baltic Sea, irrespective of location, that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) be carried out; states that such an EIA should be conducted according to international standards, be accessible for any other country and should also cover the establishment of new large-scale ports or extending the life of nuclear power plants;

| 22. | Expects of Russia concrete and quick action on the EU proposal to accelerate the phasing-out of single-hull tankers; |
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Expects of Russia concrete and quick action on the EU proposal to accelerate the phasing-out of single-hull tankers;

| 23. | Calls on the Duma to abide by its commitments and ratify as soon as possible the Kyoto Protocol as a key element for the enhancement of multilateralism; |
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Calls on the Duma to abide by its commitments and ratify as soon as possible the Kyoto Protocol as a key element for the enhancement of multilateralism;

| 24. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution the Council, the Commission, the parliaments of the Member States and accession countries and the President, the State Duma and the Government of the Russian Federation. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution the Council, the Commission, the parliaments of the Member States and accession countries and the President, the State Duma and the Government of the Russian Federation.

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(1)  OJ C 127 E, 29.5.2003, p. 585.

(2)  P5_TA(2003)0025.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0335.

(4)  P5_TA(2003)0219.

(5)  P5_TA-PROV(2003)0520.

P5_TA(2003)0520

Relations with our neighbours to the east and south

European Parliament resolution on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104 — 2003/2018(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (COM(2003) 104),

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission on ‘Paving the way for a New Neighbourhood Instrument’ (COM(2003) 393), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission on ‘Paving the way for a New Neighbourhood Instrument’ (COM(2003) 393),

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Reinvigorating EU actions on Human Rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners — Strategic guidelines’ (COM(2003) 294), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on ‘Reinvigorating EU actions on Human Rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners — Strategic guidelines’ (COM(2003) 294),

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council regulation on local border traffic at the EU external land borders (COM(2003) 502), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal for a Council regulation on local border traffic at the EU external land borders (COM(2003) 502),

| — | having regard to the document entitled ‘A Secure Europe in a Better World’ by the High Representative for the CFSP, endorsed by the European Council at Thessaloniki in June 2003, |
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having regard to the document entitled ‘A Secure Europe in a Better World’ by the High Representative for the CFSP, endorsed by the European Council at Thessaloniki in June 2003,

| — | having regard to the Council conclusions of 16 June 2003 on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood, |
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having regard to the Council conclusions of 16 June 2003 on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood,

| — | having regard to the Second Action Plan for the Northern Dimension, endorsed by the European Council at Brussels in October 2003, |
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having regard to the Second Action Plan for the Northern Dimension, endorsed by the European Council at Brussels in October 2003,

| — | having regard to the Arab Human Development Report for the year 2002 published by the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), |
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having regard to the Arab Human Development Report for the year 2002 published by the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2002 on relations between the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union: a privileged partnership (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 11 June 2002 on relations between the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union: a privileged partnership (1),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2003 on the Northern Dimension — New Action Plan 2004-2006 (2), |
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having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2003 on the Northern Dimension — New Action Plan 2004-2006 (2),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2003 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on an open method of coordination for the Community immigration policy and on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on integrating migration issues in the European Union's relations with third countries (3), |
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having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2003 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on an open method of coordination for the Community immigration policy and on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on integrating migration issues in the European Union's relations with third countries (3),

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on the countries and regions neighbouring the enlarging EU, |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on the countries and regions neighbouring the enlarging EU,

| — | having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0378/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0378/2003),

| A. | whereas it is essential for the enlarged EU not to have closed external borders and to define a strategy for the relations with its neighbours to the east and south, by means of which to share and develop peace, stability, security, respect for human rights, democracy and prosperity in a large shared area, thus making a positive contribution to the construction of a new international order based on multilateralism, |
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whereas it is essential for the enlarged EU not to have closed external borders and to define a strategy for the relations with its neighbours to the east and south, by means of which to share and develop peace, stability, security, respect for human rights, democracy and prosperity in a large shared area, thus making a positive contribution to the construction of a new international order based on multilateralism,

| B. | whereas it is very much in the EU's interest, following the successful experience in the central and eastern acceding countries, that new impetus be given to efforts to construct a society in eastern European countries which is democratic, is based securely on the rule of law, respects human rights and is moving towards efficient and sustainable market economic and social systems and environmental protection; whereas the EU should therefore provide incentives and support at all appropriate levels, taking into account the needs resulting from the emergence of new Schengen borders in eastern Europe, |
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whereas it is very much in the EU's interest, following the successful experience in the central and eastern acceding countries, that new impetus be given to efforts to construct a society in eastern European countries which is democratic, is based securely on the rule of law, respects human rights and is moving towards efficient and sustainable market economic and social systems and environmental protection; whereas the EU should therefore provide incentives and support at all appropriate levels, taking into account the needs resulting from the emergence of new Schengen borders in eastern Europe,

| C. | whereas all the countries on the EU's new eastern external frontier are having to tackle similar structural problems, but a specific analysis for each country seems unavoidable to do justice, for instance, to conflict management in Chechnya, the democratic deficits of Belarus, the regional conflicts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh or Abkhazia or South Ossetia and the problems of Moldova arising from the situation in Transnistria, which are making general political and economic progress more difficult, |
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whereas all the countries on the EU's new eastern external frontier are having to tackle similar structural problems, but a specific analysis for each country seems unavoidable to do justice, for instance, to conflict management in Chechnya, the democratic deficits of Belarus, the regional conflicts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh or Abkhazia or South Ossetia and the problems of Moldova arising from the situation in Transnistria, which are making general political and economic progress more difficult,

| D. | whereas one of the challenges of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood strategy will be to give fresh momentum in the countries concerned to moves to bring them into line with the EU's values — security, democracy and a stable market economy — and whereas the prospect of an association agreement as a possible future framework for relations with the EU could here serve as a significant incentive for countries with which the EU does not currently have any such agreement, |
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D.

whereas one of the challenges of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood strategy will be to give fresh momentum in the countries concerned to moves to bring them into line with the EU's values — security, democracy and a stable market economy — and whereas the prospect of an association agreement as a possible future framework for relations with the EU could here serve as a significant incentive for countries with which the EU does not currently have any such agreement,

| E. | whereas the initiated Wider Europe — Neighbourhood strategy certainly reflects the EU's most important task of contributing to peace, security, democracy and economic stability wherever this is at all possible; whereas the strategy should therefore avoid allowing a new dividing line to emerge with our eastern neighbours in Europe, |
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E.

whereas the initiated Wider Europe — Neighbourhood strategy certainly reflects the EU's most important task of contributing to peace, security, democracy and economic stability wherever this is at all possible; whereas the strategy should therefore avoid allowing a new dividing line to emerge with our eastern neighbours in Europe,

| F. | whereas in this regard the signal given by the joint declaration by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in late September 2003 on the formation of a Common Economic Space should be included in the considerations on the shape of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative, |
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F.

whereas in this regard the signal given by the joint declaration by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in late September 2003 on the formation of a Common Economic Space should be included in the considerations on the shape of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative,

| G. | whereas good neighbourly relations between the two sides of the Mediterranean sea border are of even greater importance for an enlarged Europe; whereas, in parallel to its current enlargement in the eastern part of the European continent, the EU must also revive and reaffirm its links with its Mediterranean neighbours and the Middle East, |
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G.

whereas good neighbourly relations between the two sides of the Mediterranean sea border are of even greater importance for an enlarged Europe; whereas, in parallel to its current enlargement in the eastern part of the European continent, the EU must also revive and reaffirm its links with its Mediterranean neighbours and the Middle East,

| H. | whereas differing circumstances in our eastern and southern neighbour countries must initially result in evenly-weighted but different approaches, in order to make possible, in due course, the creation of an area of common prosperity and common values on the basis of enhanced economic integration, more intensive political and cultural relations and closer transfrontier cooperation, |
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whereas differing circumstances in our eastern and southern neighbour countries must initially result in evenly-weighted but different approaches, in order to make possible, in due course, the creation of an area of common prosperity and common values on the basis of enhanced economic integration, more intensive political and cultural relations and closer transfrontier cooperation,

| I. | whereas conflict prevention, the peaceful resolution of existing conflicts and the fight against organised crime must form the starting-point of the European security strategy, on the basis of the initial guidelines which appeared in the document submitted to the Thessaloniki European Council by the High Representative for the CFSP, |
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whereas conflict prevention, the peaceful resolution of existing conflicts and the fight against organised crime must form the starting-point of the European security strategy, on the basis of the initial guidelines which appeared in the document submitted to the Thessaloniki European Council by the High Representative for the CFSP,

| J. | whereas it is also necessary to develop means of dealing more effectively with ‘soft security’ challenges such as nuclear hazards, serious pollution, arms smuggling and activities of international criminal and organised crime networks, including the serious crimes of drug trafficking, trafficking in illegal immigrants and trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation, |
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whereas it is also necessary to develop means of dealing more effectively with ‘soft security’ challenges such as nuclear hazards, serious pollution, arms smuggling and activities of international criminal and organised crime networks, including the serious crimes of drug trafficking, trafficking in illegal immigrants and trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation,

| K. | whereas the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy will have to evaluate existing EU policies and agreements in order to represent a step forward irrespective of, and not in contradiction with, the present and future aspiration of some of the countries concerned to join the EU in the long term or to establish special contractual relations, |
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whereas the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy will have to evaluate existing EU policies and agreements in order to represent a step forward irrespective of, and not in contradiction with, the present and future aspiration of some of the countries concerned to join the EU in the long term or to establish special contractual relations,

| L. | whereas the Commission communication on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood considers the relations with Russia, the western NIS and the Mediterranean neighbours and whereas, therefore, any budgetary implications would currently fall under heading 4 of the EU Budget (External Actions), |
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L.

whereas the Commission communication on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood considers the relations with Russia, the western NIS and the Mediterranean neighbours and whereas, therefore, any budgetary implications would currently fall under heading 4 of the EU Budget (External Actions),

| M. | whereas the suggested new framework is not yet fully articulated into concrete actions or does not yet contain sufficiently firm elements to allow the budgetary authority to evaluate its final budgetary implications, and whereas the Commission states that these are to be reflected in the budget proposals for coming years, |
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M.

whereas the suggested new framework is not yet fully articulated into concrete actions or does not yet contain sufficiently firm elements to allow the budgetary authority to evaluate its final budgetary implications, and whereas the Commission states that these are to be reflected in the budget proposals for coming years,

| 1. | Declares that the new frontier of the enlarged Union should be regarded as a positive opportunity for the countries and regions directly affected, aiming at building up a network of deepened relations; therefore considers that it should be the task of the European Union to develop with these countries and regions a comprehensive and effective neighbourhood concept, capable of furthering the search for more effective solutions to the problems posed by interdependence and globalisation; |
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Declares that the new frontier of the enlarged Union should be regarded as a positive opportunity for the countries and regions directly affected, aiming at building up a network of deepened relations; therefore considers that it should be the task of the European Union to develop with these countries and regions a comprehensive and effective neighbourhood concept, capable of furthering the search for more effective solutions to the problems posed by interdependence and globalisation;

| 2. | Believes, in this connection, that it is necessary to define a coherent system for relations between the 25 Member States of the enlarged Union, those countries whose future accession to the Union has, in whatever terms, been agreed, those whose potential for accession is not yet decided, and all the Union's other neighbours, to be based on respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, dialogue between cultures and religions and co-development by means of convergent policies giving special attention to the differing subregional realities; |
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Believes, in this connection, that it is necessary to define a coherent system for relations between the 25 Member States of the enlarged Union, those countries whose future accession to the Union has, in whatever terms, been agreed, those whose potential for accession is not yet decided, and all the Union's other neighbours, to be based on respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, dialogue between cultures and religions and co-development by means of convergent policies giving special attention to the differing subregional realities;

| 3. | Considers that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy and the New Neighbourhood Instrument must be implemented in our relations with all our neighbours and that the geographical dimension of ‘neighbourhood’ must take account of all the areas that are essential to ensure real territorial continuity and political sustainability for the Union's strategy, while at the same time clearly differentiating between the regions and countries covered, in particular on the basis of the types of challenges involved, their level of respect for democracy, human rights and individual freedoms, and their interest in, and capacity for, engaging in closer cooperation; |
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Considers that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy and the New Neighbourhood Instrument must be implemented in our relations with all our neighbours and that the geographical dimension of ‘neighbourhood’ must take account of all the areas that are essential to ensure real territorial continuity and political sustainability for the Union's strategy, while at the same time clearly differentiating between the regions and countries covered, in particular on the basis of the types of challenges involved, their level of respect for democracy, human rights and individual freedoms, and their interest in, and capacity for, engaging in closer cooperation;

| 4. | Points out, first, that for this purpose the existing agreements, economic contacts and cultural relations offer suitable starting points for consolidating structures that have proved their worth, but, second, that the essentially different circumstances of our eastern and southern neighbours need to be taken into account; |
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Points out, first, that for this purpose the existing agreements, economic contacts and cultural relations offer suitable starting points for consolidating structures that have proved their worth, but, second, that the essentially different circumstances of our eastern and southern neighbours need to be taken into account;

| 5. | Draws emphatic attention to the existing instruments (association agreements, the Community initiative Interreg, and the programmes PHARE, TACIS, CARDS and MEDA, partnership and cooperation agreements and free trade agreements), and stresses that no third country may be hampered in its own individual progress as a result of the failings of other third countries in the area concerned; |
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Draws emphatic attention to the existing instruments (association agreements, the Community initiative Interreg, and the programmes PHARE, TACIS, CARDS and MEDA, partnership and cooperation agreements and free trade agreements), and stresses that no third country may be hampered in its own individual progress as a result of the failings of other third countries in the area concerned;

| 6. | Stresses that the analysis of the new threats to global security arising from terrorism, regional and ethnic-religious conflicts, extremist foundamentalism and from those who use violence in the name of religion, calls for an enhanced capacity to develop inclusive policies based on an effective and democratic multilateralism; |
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Stresses that the analysis of the new threats to global security arising from terrorism, regional and ethnic-religious conflicts, extremist foundamentalism and from those who use violence in the name of religion, calls for an enhanced capacity to develop inclusive policies based on an effective and democratic multilateralism;

| 7. | Supports the use of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy as one of the instruments for further developing the EU-Russia partnership, but believes that, for reasons linked to Russia's size and resources and its own ambitions, EU-Russia relations outside this policy framework will continue to be very important; stresses, however, that there must be no difference as regards the attention given to respect for human rights and expects from Russia concrete steps in this field; reaffirms that the current situation in Chechnya and the state of democracy are currently obstacles to full development of the EU-Russia partnership; |
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Supports the use of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy as one of the instruments for further developing the EU-Russia partnership, but believes that, for reasons linked to Russia's size and resources and its own ambitions, EU-Russia relations outside this policy framework will continue to be very important; stresses, however, that there must be no difference as regards the attention given to respect for human rights and expects from Russia concrete steps in this field; reaffirms that the current situation in Chechnya and the state of democracy are currently obstacles to full development of the EU-Russia partnership;

| 8. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to develop a special policy within the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy for the countries of the southern Caucasus, attaching particular importance to conflict prevention; |
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8.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to develop a special policy within the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy for the countries of the southern Caucasus, attaching particular importance to conflict prevention;

| 9. | Calls, similarly, for relations with the Mediterranean region to take account not only of those countries which are already members of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership but also of Libya and Mauritania, which have observer status and which are also, above all, members of the embryonic Arab Maghreb Union; |
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Calls, similarly, for relations with the Mediterranean region to take account not only of those countries which are already members of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership but also of Libya and Mauritania, which have observer status and which are also, above all, members of the embryonic Arab Maghreb Union;

| 10. | Calls for particular attention to be paid to the EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland and those European countries which, by reason of size and choice, have not participated in the Union's enlargement process (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State but are already integrated in different ways into European structures and can therefore contribute actively to the development of this process; |
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10.

Calls for particular attention to be paid to the EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland and those European countries which, by reason of size and choice, have not participated in the Union's enlargement process (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State but are already integrated in different ways into European structures and can therefore contribute actively to the development of this process;

| 11. | Emphasises that the launch of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy must have absolutely no effect on the candidate status of Bulgaria and Romania (with the aim of accession in 2007) and Turkey (the European Council is to decide, in December 2004, whether to open accession negotiations and, if so, on what date), the potential candidate status of the western Balkan countries (the ultimate objective of EU accession having been confirmed by the European Council in March and June 2003), or the criteria governing eligibility for EU membership; |
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Emphasises that the launch of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy must have absolutely no effect on the candidate status of Bulgaria and Romania (with the aim of accession in 2007) and Turkey (the European Council is to decide, in December 2004, whether to open accession negotiations and, if so, on what date), the potential candidate status of the western Balkan countries (the ultimate objective of EU accession having been confirmed by the European Council in March and June 2003), or the criteria governing eligibility for EU membership;

| 12. | Takes the view that irrespective of the question of possible future membership, Turkey should also be included in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy; |
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12.

Takes the view that irrespective of the question of possible future membership, Turkey should also be included in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy;

| 13. | Believes that the involvement of the western Balkan countries in a new, overarching Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy could entail their participation in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, and that in any case maximum priority should be given to subregional integration in the area as an essential step towards further integration into the European structures; emphasises that full cooperation by the countries concerned with the ICTY remains an important factor in this participation, since it presents a basis for reconciliation and the development of mutual trust between peoples; |
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Believes that the involvement of the western Balkan countries in a new, overarching Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy could entail their participation in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, and that in any case maximum priority should be given to subregional integration in the area as an essential step towards further integration into the European structures; emphasises that full cooperation by the countries concerned with the ICTY remains an important factor in this participation, since it presents a basis for reconciliation and the development of mutual trust between peoples;

| 14. | Considers that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy is in no way incompatible with certain European neighbouring countries' aspirations to EU membership or different contractual relations, and may in fact, despite being separate from enlargement policy, constitute an important instrument enabling those countries to move towards the stage at which they are in a position to apply for accession under Article 49 of the EU Treaty on the basis of the progress made so far; nor should the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy exclude forms of association at a later stage; |
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Considers that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy is in no way incompatible with certain European neighbouring countries' aspirations to EU membership or different contractual relations, and may in fact, despite being separate from enlargement policy, constitute an important instrument enabling those countries to move towards the stage at which they are in a position to apply for accession under Article 49 of the EU Treaty on the basis of the progress made so far; nor should the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy exclude forms of association at a later stage;

| 15. | Stresses, in the meantime, that under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union any European State which respects the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law may apply to become a member of the Union, and clear recognition of the right of countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, that explicitly express their European aspirations to obtain EU membership when they fulfil all the requisite political and economic criteria should be a strong incentive for their cooperation in the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative; |
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Stresses, in the meantime, that under Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union any European State which respects the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law may apply to become a member of the Union, and clear recognition of the right of countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, that explicitly express their European aspirations to obtain EU membership when they fulfil all the requisite political and economic criteria should be a strong incentive for their cooperation in the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative;

| 16. | Considers that, for those countries which aspire to eventually become members of the EU, the screening instrument used by the Commission to assess approximation to EU rules, as developed for the candidate countries, should be made available; |
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Considers that, for those countries which aspire to eventually become members of the EU, the screening instrument used by the Commission to assess approximation to EU rules, as developed for the candidate countries, should be made available;

| 17. | Considers that in order to have maximum effect, the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should encompass a vast pan-European and Mediterranean region, structured bilaterally, subregionally and regionally (including the Northern Dimension and cooperation in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions); points to the geopolitical differences between the eastern and southern neighbourhoods, and believes that, while there should be significant scope for developing subregional and regional cooperation in the south, a bilateral approach is more promising as regards States bordering the east as regional cooperation scarcely seems possible in view of these differences; |
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Considers that in order to have maximum effect, the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should encompass a vast pan-European and Mediterranean region, structured bilaterally, subregionally and regionally (including the Northern Dimension and cooperation in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions); points to the geopolitical differences between the eastern and southern neighbourhoods, and believes that, while there should be significant scope for developing subregional and regional cooperation in the south, a bilateral approach is more promising as regards States bordering the east as regional cooperation scarcely seems possible in view of these differences;

| 18. | In this context, with regard to the new neighbours in eastern Europe:






  — | recognises that a resolution of the Transnistria conflict would greatly improve the conditions for economic and social progress in Moldova and relieve Europe of a source of instability; notes with interest that ideas on sending an EU civilian or military mission are being considered in the Council, |
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In this context, with regard to the new neighbours in eastern Europe:

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recognises that a resolution of the Transnistria conflict would greatly improve the conditions for economic and social progress in Moldova and relieve Europe of a source of instability; notes with interest that ideas on sending an EU civilian or military mission are being considered in the Council,

| — | notes that the European Union provides Moldova with balance of payment loans and that these loans are made necessary not least by the barriers which the European Union maintains against Moldovan export products; regrets this inconsistency between EU policies affecting Moldova and calls on the Commission to address this issue, |
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notes that the European Union provides Moldova with balance of payment loans and that these loans are made necessary not least by the barriers which the European Union maintains against Moldovan export products; regrets this inconsistency between EU policies affecting Moldova and calls on the Commission to address this issue,

| — | welcomes the joint initiative of all parliamentary parties to call for support for Moldova's desire for EU integration, which is increasingly becoming the binding element in the country, |
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welcomes the joint initiative of all parliamentary parties to call for support for Moldova's desire for EU integration, which is increasingly becoming the binding element in the country,

| — | notes that the political conditions in Belarus, the only country with a dictatorial government left in Europe, continue to make it inappropriate to engage in any comprehensive cooperation with that country; calls, however, for intensified EU support to civil society and to the democratic opposition and for the exploitation of all existing possibilities in this regard; stresses the importance of preparing an action plan for this purpose, so as to create the preconditions for the European Union to have relations with that country, |
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notes that the political conditions in Belarus, the only country with a dictatorial government left in Europe, continue to make it inappropriate to engage in any comprehensive cooperation with that country; calls, however, for intensified EU support to civil society and to the democratic opposition and for the exploitation of all existing possibilities in this regard; stresses the importance of preparing an action plan for this purpose, so as to create the preconditions for the European Union to have relations with that country,

| — | considers that Ukraine, by virtue of its size, geographical location, profound historical, cultural, economic and other links with central and western Europe, as well as with Russia, and its potential to become an ever more valuable partner of the EU in essential areas, must be given a particularly important role in the context of the EU's Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy; supports Ukraine's desire for EU integration and the Council's and the Commission's current focusing on preparing an action plan for Ukraine, |
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considers that Ukraine, by virtue of its size, geographical location, profound historical, cultural, economic and other links with central and western Europe, as well as with Russia, and its potential to become an ever more valuable partner of the EU in essential areas, must be given a particularly important role in the context of the EU's Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy; supports Ukraine's desire for EU integration and the Council's and the Commission's current focusing on preparing an action plan for Ukraine,

| — | notes that the projected establishment of a Common Economic Space together with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan could hamper further cooperation between Ukraine and the EU; is of the opinion that only a fully democratic and independent Ukraine which has developed an open society comparable to those of the new EU Member States can decide on the country's final orientation; calls for close monitoring of the state of democracy in the run up to the presidential elections in 2004; takes the view that in order to support those who seek to advance the reform process, the EU should leave its door open to membership; |
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notes that the projected establishment of a Common Economic Space together with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan could hamper further cooperation between Ukraine and the EU; is of the opinion that only a fully democratic and independent Ukraine which has developed an open society comparable to those of the new EU Member States can decide on the country's final orientation; calls for close monitoring of the state of democracy in the run up to the presidential elections in 2004; takes the view that in order to support those who seek to advance the reform process, the EU should leave its door open to membership;

| 19. | With regard to the Mediterranean area and the Middle East:






  — | considers that there should be a relaunch of the current Euro-Mediterranean partnership through bilateral and multilateral sectoral initiatives, including the establishment of a Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures, repositioning that partnership with the wider framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy; reaffirms the priority of enhancing sub-regional relations in the Maghreb and the Mashreq, that being, moreover, the ultimate goal of the association agreements which are bilateral but which should promote, and contribute to, greater regional integration; reaffirms the need for the European Union to implement high-profile programmes in these regions, taking care to ensure that civil society in the countries concerned is fully involved, |
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With regard to the Mediterranean area and the Middle East:

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considers that there should be a relaunch of the current Euro-Mediterranean partnership through bilateral and multilateral sectoral initiatives, including the establishment of a Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures, repositioning that partnership with the wider framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy; reaffirms the priority of enhancing sub-regional relations in the Maghreb and the Mashreq, that being, moreover, the ultimate goal of the association agreements which are bilateral but which should promote, and contribute to, greater regional integration; reaffirms the need for the European Union to implement high-profile programmes in these regions, taking care to ensure that civil society in the countries concerned is fully involved,

| — | points out that a multilateral, coherent and effective Euro-Mediterranean partnership, in addition to encompassing the socio-economic dimension, must also fully embrace respect for, and the promotion of, human rights, as well as education and the fight against exclusion and poverty; demands that these fundamental principles be applied firmly and consistently in the European Union's relations with its Mediterranean partners, and in particular in connection with the MEDA programmes and current and future association agreements, |
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points out that a multilateral, coherent and effective Euro-Mediterranean partnership, in addition to encompassing the socio-economic dimension, must also fully embrace respect for, and the promotion of, human rights, as well as education and the fight against exclusion and poverty; demands that these fundamental principles be applied firmly and consistently in the European Union's relations with its Mediterranean partners, and in particular in connection with the MEDA programmes and current and future association agreements,

| — | hopes that bilateral association agreements will develop into multilateral agreements with all the Barcelona Process partner countries; |
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hopes that bilateral association agreements will develop into multilateral agreements with all the Barcelona Process partner countries;

| 20. | Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy could offer cooperation in three areas:






  — | first area: political, human, civil and cultural, |
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20.

Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy could offer cooperation in three areas:

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first area: political, human, civil and cultural,

| — | second area: security (internal and external), |
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second area: security (internal and external),

| — | third area: sustainable economic and social co-development, |
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third area: sustainable economic and social co-development,

also believes that a certain number of common policies could be developed in each of these areas;

| 21. | Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood concept should include a common policy on human rights, citizenship, democracy and the rule of law, as well as a common policy for the development of civil society, the latter paying special attention to credible media and respect for pluralism, education, research, culture and health care; strongly endorses, in this connection, the Commission's recent communication on the measures undertaken by the EU with its Mediterranean partners in this field; stresses that the recommendations set out therein must be implemented in a systematic, decisive and consistent fashion, especially in terms of clear and publicly-stated objectives and reference criteria for the different action plans, by incorporating into them, in particular, compliance with international human rights instruments; reaffirms the need to include in these actions, on a mainstreamed basis, the promotion and protection of women's rights; considers it important to strengthen all the opportunities for inter-cultural dialogue, so as to enable the peoples of the European Mediterranean to consolidate their mutual respect, understanding and tolerance; recalls the active and crucial role played by the EP in these areas, and reiterates that if democratic legitimacy is to be ensured there must be greater parliamentary control of these processes; |
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Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood concept should include a common policy on human rights, citizenship, democracy and the rule of law, as well as a common policy for the development of civil society, the latter paying special attention to credible media and respect for pluralism, education, research, culture and health care; strongly endorses, in this connection, the Commission's recent communication on the measures undertaken by the EU with its Mediterranean partners in this field; stresses that the recommendations set out therein must be implemented in a systematic, decisive and consistent fashion, especially in terms of clear and publicly-stated objectives and reference criteria for the different action plans, by incorporating into them, in particular, compliance with international human rights instruments; reaffirms the need to include in these actions, on a mainstreamed basis, the promotion and protection of women's rights; considers it important to strengthen all the opportunities for inter-cultural dialogue, so as to enable the peoples of the European Mediterranean to consolidate their mutual respect, understanding and tolerance; recalls the active and crucial role played by the EP in these areas, and reiterates that if democratic legitimacy is to be ensured there must be greater parliamentary control of these processes;

| 22. | Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should include common efforts in the field of illegal migration, the fight against terrorism, illegal trade, concern for international legal order, combating corruption and a policy on conflict prevention and settlement; in all these fields, the EU's principles concerning the rule of law must be guaranteed; |
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Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should include common efforts in the field of illegal migration, the fight against terrorism, illegal trade, concern for international legal order, combating corruption and a policy on conflict prevention and settlement; in all these fields, the EU's principles concerning the rule of law must be guaranteed;

| 23. | Considers that, taking into account the aim of developing a climate of trust and enhanced collaboration with neighbouring countries as well as regional cross-border cooperation, securing the European Union's external frontiers with regard to drug smuggling, subsidy fraud, illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings, fighting terrorism, and veterinary and food inspections should be pursued in close cooperation with the new neighbour countries; in the surveillance of the external frontiers the Galileo navigation system and the Global Monitoring of Environment and Security (GMES) satellite monitoring system must also be involved; in addition, the technological equipment used by customs authorities should be standardised; |
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Considers that, taking into account the aim of developing a climate of trust and enhanced collaboration with neighbouring countries as well as regional cross-border cooperation, securing the European Union's external frontiers with regard to drug smuggling, subsidy fraud, illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings, fighting terrorism, and veterinary and food inspections should be pursued in close cooperation with the new neighbour countries; in the surveillance of the external frontiers the Galileo navigation system and the Global Monitoring of Environment and Security (GMES) satellite monitoring system must also be involved; in addition, the technological equipment used by customs authorities should be standardised;

| 24. | Supports, in particular, the proposal to set up an agency for the management and operational coordination of frontiers which would, above all, be responsible for appropriate monitoring of migratory flows from the east and south, partly with the aim of developing the requisite climate of trust and collaboration with neighbouring countries; |
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24.

Supports, in particular, the proposal to set up an agency for the management and operational coordination of frontiers which would, above all, be responsible for appropriate monitoring of migratory flows from the east and south, partly with the aim of developing the requisite climate of trust and collaboration with neighbouring countries;

| 25. | Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should include: a policy to facilitate the free movement of people, goods, services and capital; a macroeconomic and monetary policy which also safeguards social cohesion; a microeconomic and employment policy accompanied by the introduction of special programmes for technical and financial assistance and an infrastructure and networks policy; considers, in this connection, that particular stress should be laid on energy, and recommends the development of convergent policies between the EU and its neighbours possessing energy resources; considers it necessary to develop environmental and social policies that are closely linked to the above-mentioned economic policies; |
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25.

Believes that the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy should include: a policy to facilitate the free movement of people, goods, services and capital; a macroeconomic and monetary policy which also safeguards social cohesion; a microeconomic and employment policy accompanied by the introduction of special programmes for technical and financial assistance and an infrastructure and networks policy; considers, in this connection, that particular stress should be laid on energy, and recommends the development of convergent policies between the EU and its neighbours possessing energy resources; considers it necessary to develop environmental and social policies that are closely linked to the above-mentioned economic policies;

| 26. | Draws the Commission's attention to the health and environmental situation affecting Belarus and Ukraine as a result of the Chernobyl catastrophe; calls for the development of a programme of medical aid and supplies of hospital equipment, bearing in mind these countries' fragile resources and means; |
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26.

Draws the Commission's attention to the health and environmental situation affecting Belarus and Ukraine as a result of the Chernobyl catastrophe; calls for the development of a programme of medical aid and supplies of hospital equipment, bearing in mind these countries' fragile resources and means;

| 27. | Stresses that each of the above areas and the associated common policies will need to receive adequate funding; considers that the EBRD should play a major part here, and that the EIB should be given a mandate and appropriate resources to extend loans to all of eastern Europe, including Moldova and Ukraine, while the existing EIB section for the Mediterranean and the Middle East must be developed into a branch thereof, which will be able to fulfill the future requirements of the new strategy, also with financial contributions from other Mediterranean countries; |
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27.

Stresses that each of the above areas and the associated common policies will need to receive adequate funding; considers that the EBRD should play a major part here, and that the EIB should be given a mandate and appropriate resources to extend loans to all of eastern Europe, including Moldova and Ukraine, while the existing EIB section for the Mediterranean and the Middle East must be developed into a branch thereof, which will be able to fulfill the future requirements of the new strategy, also with financial contributions from other Mediterranean countries;

| 28. | Considers that the development of the three areas should, above all, create the general conditions for progressive sharing of common values and principles with all the countries concerned; believes that, at the same time, it will be essential to develop, especially for policy in the economic and social area, the various regional and subregional dimensions in order to take account of the specific characteristics of the different areas and countries; |
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28.

Considers that the development of the three areas should, above all, create the general conditions for progressive sharing of common values and principles with all the countries concerned; believes that, at the same time, it will be essential to develop, especially for policy in the economic and social area, the various regional and subregional dimensions in order to take account of the specific characteristics of the different areas and countries;

| 29. | Envisages, in that respect, the opportunity to take into account, as a new option, the setting up of a free trade area which could encompass aspects of the internal market as well as internal and external security (‘European Economic Area Plus’) between the EU and its European neighbours, without ruling out future membership; |
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29.

Envisages, in that respect, the opportunity to take into account, as a new option, the setting up of a free trade area which could encompass aspects of the internal market as well as internal and external security (‘European Economic Area Plus’) between the EU and its European neighbours, without ruling out future membership;

| 30. | Recalls further that one of the eventual aims of the Barcelona Process is the setting-up of an equitable free trade zone within the Mediterranean and stresses that the Neighbourhood policy is aimed not least at reducing poverty and creating an area of shared prosperity; |
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30.

Recalls further that one of the eventual aims of the Barcelona Process is the setting-up of an equitable free trade zone within the Mediterranean and stresses that the Neighbourhood policy is aimed not least at reducing poverty and creating an area of shared prosperity;

| 31. | Draws the Commission's attention to the existence of environmental Euro-regions straddling new Member States and new neighbours, such as the Bialowieska (Poland/Belarus), Neman (Poland/Lithuania/Belarus) and Polesye (Ukraine/Belarus/Poland) reserves, which are of prime importance for the continent of Europe; |
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31.

Draws the Commission's attention to the existence of environmental Euro-regions straddling new Member States and new neighbours, such as the Bialowieska (Poland/Belarus), Neman (Poland/Lithuania/Belarus) and Polesye (Ukraine/Belarus/Poland) reserves, which are of prime importance for the continent of Europe;

| 32. | Welcomes the general thrust of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative but points out, at the same time, that the regions concerned by it are already covered by major EU geographical cooperation programmes and notes that the communication does not give any clear indication how these will be streamlined and made more effective and how they will finally play a part in the attainment of the ambitious goals of the new initiative; |
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32.

Welcomes the general thrust of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative but points out, at the same time, that the regions concerned by it are already covered by major EU geographical cooperation programmes and notes that the communication does not give any clear indication how these will be streamlined and made more effective and how they will finally play a part in the attainment of the ambitious goals of the new initiative;

| 33. | Notes that the communication expressly mentions ‘... increased financial assistance ...’; takes the view, whilst fully accepting the importance of the relations with the Union's neighbours, that the margins left under the current financial perspectives do not permit the financing of new needs without affecting other areas negatively; underlines that the financial amounts should be an important element in the negotiations on a new financial perspective for 2007 and beyond; |
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33.

Notes that the communication expressly mentions ‘... increased financial assistance ...’; takes the view, whilst fully accepting the importance of the relations with the Union's neighbours, that the margins left under the current financial perspectives do not permit the financing of new needs without affecting other areas negatively; underlines that the financial amounts should be an important element in the negotiations on a new financial perspective for 2007 and beyond;

| 34. | Takes the view that the new enhanced relationship with the Union's neighbours goes beyond what has traditionally been seen as ‘external actions’ for third countries and creates a new dimension to the partnership; believes, therefore, that the possibility of opening up heading 7 of the financial perspective (pre-accession strategy), or some other adjustment of the current headings, with appropriate financing after 2006, could be considered; |
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34.

Takes the view that the new enhanced relationship with the Union's neighbours goes beyond what has traditionally been seen as ‘external actions’ for third countries and creates a new dimension to the partnership; believes, therefore, that the possibility of opening up heading 7 of the financial perspective (pre-accession strategy), or some other adjustment of the current headings, with appropriate financing after 2006, could be considered;

| 35. | Takes the view that at least the CARDS part of funding under a Neighbourhood Instrument could be financed under heading 7 (pre-accession strategy), in line with the suggestion that the EU's relations with the Balkan region be transferred to this heading from heading 4 (external action); |
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35.

Takes the view that at least the CARDS part of funding under a Neighbourhood Instrument could be financed under heading 7 (pre-accession strategy), in line with the suggestion that the EU's relations with the Balkan region be transferred to this heading from heading 4 (external action);

| 36. | Welcomes the Council's call, included in its conclusions of 16 June 2003 and the 7 October 2003 EU-Ukraine Summit, for the Commission to pave the way for a deepening of bilateral relations with Ukraine, Moldova and the southern Mediterranean partners through the preparation of action plans; considers, however, that the entire Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy will require coherent action plans; |
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36.

Welcomes the Council's call, included in its conclusions of 16 June 2003 and the 7 October 2003 EU-Ukraine Summit, for the Commission to pave the way for a deepening of bilateral relations with Ukraine, Moldova and the southern Mediterranean partners through the preparation of action plans; considers, however, that the entire Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy will require coherent action plans;

| 37. | Insists that the proposed functioning of these action plans must fully respect Parliament's legislative and budgetary prerogatives, and rejects any proposal that would give the Council predominance on policy issues; emphasises that issues of policy must be dealt with in the framework of the established procedures and must guarantee the rights of both arms of the legislative and budgetary authorities; |
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37.

Insists that the proposed functioning of these action plans must fully respect Parliament's legislative and budgetary prerogatives, and rejects any proposal that would give the Council predominance on policy issues; emphasises that issues of policy must be dealt with in the framework of the established procedures and must guarantee the rights of both arms of the legislative and budgetary authorities;

| 38. | Stresses that the action plans should be integrated into the common fields of cooperation; prefers, therefore, that cooperation measures and measures for integration levels should as far as possible be adjusted to one another, as this will also increase transparency and help to limit the management burden on the Commission; calls, in particular, for the definition of a clear mechanism for implementation of the measures concerning democracy and human rights which will be included in the action plans so as to prevent the ineffectiveness of the current human rights clauses; |
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38.

Stresses that the action plans should be integrated into the common fields of cooperation; prefers, therefore, that cooperation measures and measures for integration levels should as far as possible be adjusted to one another, as this will also increase transparency and help to limit the management burden on the Commission; calls, in particular, for the definition of a clear mechanism for implementation of the measures concerning democracy and human rights which will be included in the action plans so as to prevent the ineffectiveness of the current human rights clauses;

| 39. | Stresses that it is particularly important to take as the starting point of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy the evaluation of the currently existing agreements and financial instruments which concern the new EU neighbours, and to take this evaluation into account by drafting national and regional action plans; asks that it be closely associated in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy by taking part, through an annual report, in the evaluation of the implementation of the action plans; |
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39.

Stresses that it is particularly important to take as the starting point of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy the evaluation of the currently existing agreements and financial instruments which concern the new EU neighbours, and to take this evaluation into account by drafting national and regional action plans; asks that it be closely associated in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy by taking part, through an annual report, in the evaluation of the implementation of the action plans;

| 40. | Considers that the EU should in the first instance support the applications to join the WTO made by its neighbouring countries that are not yet members, involving several important steps towards adapting their legislation to that of the EU; |
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40.

Considers that the EU should in the first instance support the applications to join the WTO made by its neighbouring countries that are not yet members, involving several important steps towards adapting their legislation to that of the EU;

| 41. | Supports the Commission's proposal, in its communication on a New Neighbourhood Instrument, for Neighbourhood Programmes as provisional solutions to the long-standing bureaucratic problems which greatly complicate EU support for crossborder cooperation; calls for these programmes to be put in place with all speed; regrets that Parliament's call for action in this field was not properly acted on much earlier, and that the rigidity of the financial perspective will delay the launch of the New Neighbourhood Instrument until 2007; calls for the proposed instrument, in addition to the crossborder dimension, to be implemented as a pilot project in some parts of the border and to be targeted as of now on transnational cooperation, on the lines of the Interreg III B mechanisms;
  e
  mphasises that crossborder cooperation should involve countries and regions which have maritime borders in common; |
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41.

Supports the Commission's proposal, in its communication on a New Neighbourhood Instrument, for Neighbourhood Programmes as provisional solutions to the long-standing bureaucratic problems which greatly complicate EU support for crossborder cooperation; calls for these programmes to be put in place with all speed; regrets that Parliament's call for action in this field was not properly acted on much earlier, and that the rigidity of the financial perspective will delay the launch of the New Neighbourhood Instrument until 2007; calls for the proposed instrument, in addition to the crossborder dimension, to be implemented as a pilot project in some parts of the border and to be targeted as of now on transnational cooperation, on the lines of the Interreg III B mechanisms;
  e
  mphasises that crossborder cooperation should involve countries and regions which have maritime borders in common;

| 42. | Stresses that cross-border cooperation and interregional cooperation constitute a key element in the enhancement of relations with the neighbour states, and calls for the application of an instrument with the mechanisms of Interreg III A and C that includes the participation of regional and local authorities; |
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42.

Stresses that cross-border cooperation and interregional cooperation constitute a key element in the enhancement of relations with the neighbour states, and calls for the application of an instrument with the mechanisms of Interreg III A and C that includes the participation of regional and local authorities;

| 43. | Welcomes the proposal, within the overall Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative, to create a New Neighbourhood Instrument to promote cross-border actions and improve the current unsatisfactory situation arising from the different character of the financing instruments now used (Interreg for Member States' share of projects and TACIS and PHARE for neighbouring countries' shares); also notes that MEDA and CARDS should be covered by the initiative; |
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43.

Welcomes the proposal, within the overall Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative, to create a New Neighbourhood Instrument to promote cross-border actions and improve the current unsatisfactory situation arising from the different character of the financing instruments now used (Interreg for Member States' share of projects and TACIS and PHARE for neighbouring countries' shares); also notes that MEDA and CARDS should be covered by the initiative;

| 44. | Considers that the New Neighbourhood instrument for the enlarged Union's external borders must be linked to external policy programmes and processes, while taking into account the various existing regional priorities; considers that this instrument should combine objectives associated with both external policy and social and economic cohesion; stresses that this instrument must be based on the lessons learned from previous experiences in implementing cross-border cooperation; |
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44.

Considers that the New Neighbourhood instrument for the enlarged Union's external borders must be linked to external policy programmes and processes, while taking into account the various existing regional priorities; considers that this instrument should combine objectives associated with both external policy and social and economic cohesion; stresses that this instrument must be based on the lessons learned from previous experiences in implementing cross-border cooperation;

| 45. | Draws attention, in the definition of New Neighbourhood programmes and of future New Neighbourhood instruments, to the different problems concerning countries with a land border with the enlarged EU and those with which the EU shares sea borders; is convinced, in this regard, that the Schengen Agreement should allow small and local border movement for populations, thus preserving and developing traditional cross-border relations; |
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45.

Draws attention, in the definition of New Neighbourhood programmes and of future New Neighbourhood instruments, to the different problems concerning countries with a land border with the enlarged EU and those with which the EU shares sea borders; is convinced, in this regard, that the Schengen Agreement should allow small and local border movement for populations, thus preserving and developing traditional cross-border relations;

| 46. | Points out that New Neighbourhood programmes and New Neighbourhood instruments must be easily accessible to regional and local communities, which must be directly involved in their management; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to start establishing in border regions an EU consular infrastructure so as to deal with the necessary simplification of visa procedures and facilitate decentralised implementation of the programmes; |
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46.

Points out that New Neighbourhood programmes and New Neighbourhood instruments must be easily accessible to regional and local communities, which must be directly involved in their management; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to start establishing in border regions an EU consular infrastructure so as to deal with the necessary simplification of visa procedures and facilitate decentralised implementation of the programmes;

| 47. | Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a regulation on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States, and regards this proposal as an important step towards ensuring that the new Schengen borders will not be a barrier to trade, social and cultural interchange or regional cooperation; notes, however, that such risks persist in relation to regions of the relevant neighbouring countries other than the border regions, and that further measures should therefore be taken where possible; |
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47.

Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a regulation on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States, and regards this proposal as an important step towards ensuring that the new Schengen borders will not be a barrier to trade, social and cultural interchange or regional cooperation; notes, however, that such risks persist in relation to regions of the relevant neighbouring countries other than the border regions, and that further measures should therefore be taken where possible;

| 48. | Draws emphatic attention once again to the important role of the new Member States in stepping up, at their frontiers, efforts to promote political dialogue and the gradual establishment of a free trade area by means of national action plans and to consolidate cross-frontier cooperation; |
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48.

Draws emphatic attention once again to the important role of the new Member States in stepping up, at their frontiers, efforts to promote political dialogue and the gradual establishment of a free trade area by means of national action plans and to consolidate cross-frontier cooperation;

| 49. | Is convinced that the existence of several diverse bodies involving the countries concerned by this resolution constitutes a favourable point of departure for ensuring a multilateral institutional dimension for the Union's strategy and the management of common policies; stresses that the political dialogue and the institutions concerned must take account of the different levels involved, be they governments, parliaments, regional or local government bodies or civil society organisations; |
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49.

Is convinced that the existence of several diverse bodies involving the countries concerned by this resolution constitutes a favourable point of departure for ensuring a multilateral institutional dimension for the Union's strategy and the management of common policies; stresses that the political dialogue and the institutions concerned must take account of the different levels involved, be they governments, parliaments, regional or local government bodies or civil society organisations;

| 50. | Advocates, in connection with the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative,






  — | that the EU's joint action in existing international institutions (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe) be stepped up, |
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50.

Advocates, in connection with the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood initiative,

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that the EU's joint action in existing international institutions (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe) be stepped up,

| — | that there be closer cooperation with the Council of Europe, with particular reference to its experience in the consolidation of democracy and the establishment of the rule of law, |
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that there be closer cooperation with the Council of Europe, with particular reference to its experience in the consolidation of democracy and the establishment of the rule of law,

| — | that consideration be given to the possibility of extending the OSCE to the countries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, or, at least, developing cooperation processes with those countries, |
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that consideration be given to the possibility of extending the OSCE to the countries of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, or, at least, developing cooperation processes with those countries,

| — | that the European Conference be re-launched as an instrument for cooperation within the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy, with the countries of the southern Caucasus possibly also taking part as full members, |
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that the European Conference be re-launched as an instrument for cooperation within the framework of the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy, with the countries of the southern Caucasus possibly also taking part as full members,

| — | that, during the Italian Council Presidency, the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly be established, with a view to conferring a solid parliamentary dimension on the Barcelona process and ensuring its future extension to the other countries of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East; |
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that, during the Italian Council Presidency, the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly be established, with a view to conferring a solid parliamentary dimension on the Barcelona process and ensuring its future extension to the other countries of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East;

| 51. | Calls on the countries included in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy that have not yet done so to sign, ratify and strictly apply all the current international treaties on anti-terrorist measures with full respect to the UN Charter; calls for the introduction of a network of contacts to allow the exchange of information and cooperation in the fight against terrorism; |
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51.

Calls on the countries included in the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy that have not yet done so to sign, ratify and strictly apply all the current international treaties on anti-terrorist measures with full respect to the UN Charter; calls for the introduction of a network of contacts to allow the exchange of information and cooperation in the fight against terrorism;

| 52. | Favours, in order to strengthen respect for human rights in the Mediterranean area, the creation of independent institutions in the countries concerned which could guarantee effective implementation of the rights that follow from signed bilateral and multilateral agreements; invites all countries concerned that have not yet done so to support the proposal for a moratorium on the death penalty and to ratify the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court; |
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52.

Favours, in order to strengthen respect for human rights in the Mediterranean area, the creation of independent institutions in the countries concerned which could guarantee effective implementation of the rights that follow from signed bilateral and multilateral agreements; invites all countries concerned that have not yet done so to support the proposal for a moratorium on the death penalty and to ratify the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court;

| 53. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Governments and Parliaments of the Member States and the candidate countries, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and the Governments of the countries referred to in this resolution. |
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53.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Governments and Parliaments of the Member States and the candidate countries, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and the Governments of the countries referred to in this resolution.

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(1)  P5_TA(2002)0296.

(2)  P5_TA(2003)0020.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0292.

P5_TA(2003)0521

The Northern dimension

European Parliament resolution on the Northern dimension

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Second Northern Dimension Action Plan 2004-2006 as endorsed by the European Council held in Brussels on 16/17 October 2003, |
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having regard to the Second Northern Dimension Action Plan 2004-2006 as endorsed by the European Council held in Brussels on 16/17 October 2003,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2003 on the Northern Dimension — New Action Plan 2004-2006 (1), |
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having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2003 on the Northern Dimension — New Action Plan 2004-2006 (1),

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 11 March 2003 on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours (COM(2003) 104), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 11 March 2003 on Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours (COM(2003) 104),

| — | having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas, since its creation in 1999, the Northern Dimension has shown great potential but has not yet reached the desired level in developing the northern areas of our continent and the Arctic, |
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A.

whereas, since its creation in 1999, the Northern Dimension has shown great potential but has not yet reached the desired level in developing the northern areas of our continent and the Arctic,

| B. | whereas in March 2003 the Commission published its first outline for the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy, and the European Council conclusions of 16 June 2003 now serve as the basis for the Commission's further work; whereas this policy places a new emphasis on relations with current and future neighbours of the enlarged Union, and the Northern Dimension forms an integral part of this, |
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B.

whereas in March 2003 the Commission published its first outline for the Wider Europe — Neighbourhood policy, and the European Council conclusions of 16 June 2003 now serve as the basis for the Commission's further work; whereas this policy places a new emphasis on relations with current and future neighbours of the enlarged Union, and the Northern Dimension forms an integral part of this,

| C. | whereas the principal objective of the future Northern Dimension policy is to address the opportunities and challenges posed by enlargement, which extends the EU border with Russia and makes Belarus and Ukraine new neighbouring countries to the EU, and whereas several of the Northern Dimension partner countries will become members of the EU, thus increasing the importance of the internal aspects of the Northern Dimension, |
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C.

whereas the principal objective of the future Northern Dimension policy is to address the opportunities and challenges posed by enlargement, which extends the EU border with Russia and makes Belarus and Ukraine new neighbouring countries to the EU, and whereas several of the Northern Dimension partner countries will become members of the EU, thus increasing the importance of the internal aspects of the Northern Dimension,

| D. | whereas the new border regions have great human and economic potential and it is therefore important to step up efforts to stimulate sustainable development and economic growth, to facilitate the movement of people and goods across borders while working closely together to combat organised crime, to reduce poverty and social disparities, to improve public health and social wellbeing and to promote productive employment as well as social and cultural exchange, the overall aim being the strengthening of democracy and stability in the area, |
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D.

whereas the new border regions have great human and economic potential and it is therefore important to step up efforts to stimulate sustainable development and economic growth, to facilitate the movement of people and goods across borders while working closely together to combat organised crime, to reduce poverty and social disparities, to improve public health and social wellbeing and to promote productive employment as well as social and cultural exchange, the overall aim being the strengthening of democracy and stability in the area,

| E. | whereas maritime safety remains an important issue, especially as regards the Baltic Sea, where oil transport by tanker is increasing rapidly; whereas the Baltic Sea is already heavily polluted and its position as an inland sea makes it especially vulnerable, |
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E.

whereas maritime safety remains an important issue, especially as regards the Baltic Sea, where oil transport by tanker is increasing rapidly; whereas the Baltic Sea is already heavily polluted and its position as an inland sea makes it especially vulnerable,

| F. | whereas in the Northern and Arctic regions the effects of global climate change could be dramatic, |
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F.

whereas in the Northern and Arctic regions the effects of global climate change could be dramatic,

| G. | whereas the scope of the Northern Dimension covers much more than north-western Russia, extending also to the entire Arctic region and the Baltic basin, |
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G.

whereas the scope of the Northern Dimension covers much more than north-western Russia, extending also to the entire Arctic region and the Baltic basin,

| H. | whereas increased interaction at all levels between Russia and the EU in the context of the Northern Dimension is essential to achieve these overall objectives and will act as a catalyst for Russia's closer ties with the EU, |
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H.

whereas increased interaction at all levels between Russia and the EU in the context of the Northern Dimension is essential to achieve these overall objectives and will act as a catalyst for Russia's closer ties with the EU,

| I. | whereas, at its meeting in Luxembourg on 9 April 2001, the General Affairs and External Relations Council decided to set up a Northern Dimension Forum, and whereas this decision still remains to be implemented, |
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I.

whereas, at its meeting in Luxembourg on 9 April 2001, the General Affairs and External Relations Council decided to set up a Northern Dimension Forum, and whereas this decision still remains to be implemented,

| 1. | Welcomes the Second Action Plan for the Northern Dimension as an important part of the development of the Northern Dimension policies and an important contribution to the region concerned; |
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1.

Welcomes the Second Action Plan for the Northern Dimension as an important part of the development of the Northern Dimension policies and an important contribution to the region concerned;

| 2. | Emphasises in this regard the key purpose of the present Action Plan, which is to provide a clear operational framework for all Northern Dimension stakeholders, setting out strategic objectives and priorities; |
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2.

Emphasises in this regard the key purpose of the present Action Plan, which is to provide a clear operational framework for all Northern Dimension stakeholders, setting out strategic objectives and priorities;

| 3. | Underlines that the forthcoming accession of the 10 new Member States will further increase the importance of the Northern Dimension, as will the further development and implementation of the Union's Wider Europe — New Neighbourhood policy; considers that the New Neighbourhood policy and the New Neighbourhood Instrument must be implemented in relations with all EU neighbours, thus enhancing the financing of Northern Dimension policies; |
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3.

Underlines that the forthcoming accession of the 10 new Member States will further increase the importance of the Northern Dimension, as will the further development and implementation of the Union's Wider Europe — New Neighbourhood policy; considers that the New Neighbourhood policy and the New Neighbourhood Instrument must be implemented in relations with all EU neighbours, thus enhancing the financing of Northern Dimension policies;

| 4. | Supports the present Action Plan's specific activities, taking into account all major points made by the European Parliament in its previous resolutions and covering six broad priority sectors:






  — | the economy, business and up-to-date infrastructure, |
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4.

Supports the present Action Plan's specific activities, taking into account all major points made by the European Parliament in its previous resolutions and covering six broad priority sectors:

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the economy, business and up-to-date infrastructure,

| — | human resources, education, scientific research and health and social questions, |
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human resources, education, scientific research and health and social questions,

| — | energy cooperation, |
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energy cooperation,

| — | the environment, nuclear safety and natural resources, |
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the environment, nuclear safety and natural resources,

| — | cross-border cooperation and regional development, |
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cross-border cooperation and regional development,

| — | justice and home affairs, |
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justice and home affairs,

as well as paying special attention to regions with specific needs such as Kaliningrad and the Arctic region;

| 5. | Welcomes the environmental aspects presented in the Action Plans, in particular concerning maritime safety in the Baltic Sea, the decision to propose the designation of the Baltic Sea as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area within the International Maritime Organisation and the overall emphasis on sustainable development and sustainable use of natural resources; supports, in particular, the goal of enhanced monitoring of pollutants and more effective waste water management; |
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5.

Welcomes the environmental aspects presented in the Action Plans, in particular concerning maritime safety in the Baltic Sea, the decision to propose the designation of the Baltic Sea as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area within the International Maritime Organisation and the overall emphasis on sustainable development and sustainable use of natural resources; supports, in particular, the goal of enhanced monitoring of pollutants and more effective waste water management;

| 6. | Expresses its concern at the tendency to over-emphasise the exploitation of fossil fuels and neglect the significant role which renewable sources of energy could play in the region; |
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6.

Expresses its concern at the tendency to over-emphasise the exploitation of fossil fuels and neglect the significant role which renewable sources of energy could play in the region;

| 7. | Welcomes, in particular, the approach adopted in the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership, including the NDEP support fund; welcomes, therefore, the establishment of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being in Oslo on 27 October 2003; |
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7.

Welcomes, in particular, the approach adopted in the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership, including the NDEP support fund; welcomes, therefore, the establishment of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being in Oslo on 27 October 2003;

| 8. | Welcomes the signature on 21 May 2003 of the Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme (MNEPR) as a major step towards greater transparency, efficiency and speed in internationally financed nuclear clean-up and dismantlement programmes in Russia; encourages Russia to ratify this agreement without delay; stresses the importance of environmental impact and risk assessment in the implementation of projects; |
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Welcomes the signature on 21 May 2003 of the Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme (MNEPR) as a major step towards greater transparency, efficiency and speed in internationally financed nuclear clean-up and dismantlement programmes in Russia; encourages Russia to ratify this agreement without delay; stresses the importance of environmental impact and risk assessment in the implementation of projects;

| 9. | Regrets the lack of coordination between the existing international environmental, nuclear safety and non-proliferation programmes; calls on the European Union to take an initiative to examine the establishment of an International Environmental and Non-Proliferation Oversight Agency for the purposes of coordination of efforts to help Russia to tackle the serious environmental problems caused by radioactive waste; |
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Regrets the lack of coordination between the existing international environmental, nuclear safety and non-proliferation programmes; calls on the European Union to take an initiative to examine the establishment of an International Environmental and Non-Proliferation Oversight Agency for the purposes of coordination of efforts to help Russia to tackle the serious environmental problems caused by radioactive waste;

| 10. | Welcomes the emphasis on increased cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs, in particular with reference to the fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, cooperation in border management and civil protection; |
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10.

Welcomes the emphasis on increased cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs, in particular with reference to the fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, cooperation in border management and civil protection;

| 11. | Welcomes the attention paid to the question of trafficking in women and gives its support to the idea presented in the Action Plan of projects aimed at improving the situation of victims and potential victims and at discouraging demand for sexual services from women and children; |
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11.

Welcomes the attention paid to the question of trafficking in women and gives its support to the idea presented in the Action Plan of projects aimed at improving the situation of victims and potential victims and at discouraging demand for sexual services from women and children;

| 12. | Recognises the special role north-western Russia has in the Northern Dimension policies, but points out that both the development of the Arctic Window and the need for increased political and scientific cooperation with Canada and the United States remain unaddressed in the Action Plan; |
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Recognises the special role north-western Russia has in the Northern Dimension policies, but points out that both the development of the Arctic Window and the need for increased political and scientific cooperation with Canada and the United States remain unaddressed in the Action Plan;

| 13. | Calls for improved coordination between the EU, the Arctic Council, the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Nordic Council, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and other bodies involved in Arctic and regional matters on the one hand, and a clear division of responsibilities among all relevant public bodies in the EU on the other; |
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13.

Calls for improved coordination between the EU, the Arctic Council, the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the Nordic Council, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and other bodies involved in Arctic and regional matters on the one hand, and a clear division of responsibilities among all relevant public bodies in the EU on the other;

| 14. | Regrets the lack of concrete proposals explicitly targeted to benefit the indigenous peoples in the area, with regard in particular to the Sami, whose political representation should be increased; |
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14.

Regrets the lack of concrete proposals explicitly targeted to benefit the indigenous peoples in the area, with regard in particular to the Sami, whose political representation should be increased;

| 15. | Believes that stronger links between the Northern Dimension policies and the EU budget are necessary, and calls for adequate funding of the former; |
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15.

Believes that stronger links between the Northern Dimension policies and the EU budget are necessary, and calls for adequate funding of the former;

| 16. | Is concerned at the implementation difficulties affecting the TACIS cross-border cooperation budget line; stresses the need to improve the regulatory and budgetary framework for implementation of the TACIS cross-border programme along the lines suggested for the New Neighbourhood Instrument and will closely examine proposals to extend lending facilities for the TACIS countries; also stresses the importance of cooperation between Interreg and TACIS operations, and expects that some pilot projects could be carried out in parts of the border region even before the launch of the New Neighbourhood Instrument; |
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Is concerned at the implementation difficulties affecting the TACIS cross-border cooperation budget line; stresses the need to improve the regulatory and budgetary framework for implementation of the TACIS cross-border programme along the lines suggested for the New Neighbourhood Instrument and will closely examine proposals to extend lending facilities for the TACIS countries; also stresses the importance of cooperation between Interreg and TACIS operations, and expects that some pilot projects could be carried out in parts of the border region even before the launch of the New Neighbourhood Instrument;

| 17. | Calls on all parties to work actively to connect the EU and Russian energy, transport and information networks, which will require greater involvement of the European Investment Bank; calls on the Council to establish a broader mandate for the EIB as soon as possible so as to enable it to become even more involved in Russia; |
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17.

Calls on all parties to work actively to connect the EU and Russian energy, transport and information networks, which will require greater involvement of the European Investment Bank; calls on the Council to establish a broader mandate for the EIB as soon as possible so as to enable it to become even more involved in Russia;

| 18. | Underlines the importance of including projects with a northern dimension in the TEN package proposed by the Commission; recalls that in developing the transport infrastructure in the Northern Dimension region, special attention must be paid to the environmental sustainability of proposed solutions by giving rail and sea transport priority; |
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18.

Underlines the importance of including projects with a northern dimension in the TEN package proposed by the Commission; recalls that in developing the transport infrastructure in the Northern Dimension region, special attention must be paid to the environmental sustainability of proposed solutions by giving rail and sea transport priority;

| 19. | Calls for further involvement of elected representatives at all levels in the implementation and evaluation of the Action Plan; regrets that this democratic dimension is missing; |
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19.

Calls for further involvement of elected representatives at all levels in the implementation and evaluation of the Action Plan; regrets that this democratic dimension is missing;

| 20. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States, the 10 new Member States, Russia, Belarus, Canada and the USA. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States, the 10 new Member States, Russia, Belarus, Canada and the USA.

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(1)  P5_TA(2003)0020.

P5_TA(2003)0522

Defence equipment

European Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — European Defence — Industrial and market issues — Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy (COM(2003) 113 — 2003/2096(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission (COM(2003) 113) and to it's previous communications (COM(1996) 10) and (COM(1997) 583), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission (COM(2003) 113) and to it's previous communications (COM(1996) 10) and (COM(1997) 583),

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 11 April 1984 (1), 13 July 1990 (2), 17 September 1992 (3), 19 January 1995 (4), 15 May 1997 (5), 14 May 1998 (6), 30 November 2000 (7), 10 April 2002 (8), 15 May 2002 (9) and 10 April 2003 (10), on this subject, |
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having regard to its resolutions of 11 April 1984 (1), 13 July 1990 (2), 17 September 1992 (3), 19 January 1995 (4), 15 May 1997 (5), 14 May 1998 (6), 30 November 2000 (7), 10 April 2002 (8), 15 May 2002 (9) and 10 April 2003 (10), on this subject,

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of various European Councils on this matter and, in particular, those of the Cologne European Council (3/4 June 1999) and of the Helsinki European Council (10/11 December 1999) on strengthening the common European Security and Defence Policy, and to the Presidency's reports on developing the Union's military and non-military crisis management capability, |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of various European Councils on this matter and, in particular, those of the Cologne European Council (3/4 June 1999) and of the Helsinki European Council (10/11 December 1999) on strengthening the common European Security and Defence Policy, and to the Presidency's reports on developing the Union's military and non-military crisis management capability,

| — | having regard to the letter of intent on measures to facilitate the restructuring of the European defence industry signed in London on 6 July 1998 by the Defence Ministers of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the UK and Sweden, which specifies the objectives and principles adopted by governments in order to promote the constitution and effective functioning of transnational defence companies in Europe, |
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having regard to the letter of intent on measures to facilitate the restructuring of the European defence industry signed in London on 6 July 1998 by the Defence Ministers of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the UK and Sweden, which specifies the objectives and principles adopted by governments in order to promote the constitution and effective functioning of transnational defence companies in Europe,

| — | having regard to the joint statement by the Ministers of Defence of the aforementioned countries, made on 20 April 1998, in which they agreed to make it a priority to seek to harmonise the requirements of their armed forces so as to avoid a duplication of their acquisition, research and technological development policies, |
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having regard to the joint statement by the Ministers of Defence of the aforementioned countries, made on 20 April 1998, in which they agreed to make it a priority to seek to harmonise the requirements of their armed forces so as to avoid a duplication of their acquisition, research and technological development policies,

| — | having regard to the agreement concluded by the EU Foreign Ministers at their informal meeting of 7 May 2000 in the Azores, in which they decided to back plans for joint EU-NATO working groups looking at security issues, military capabilities, arrangements for the EU to use NATO military assets, and the definition of more permanent consultation mechanisms between the EU and NATO, |
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having regard to the agreement concluded by the EU Foreign Ministers at their informal meeting of 7 May 2000 in the Azores, in which they decided to back plans for joint EU-NATO working groups looking at security issues, military capabilities, arrangements for the EU to use NATO military assets, and the definition of more permanent consultation mechanisms between the EU and NATO,

| — | having regard to the military and police capability improvement conferences and the European Action Plan on this matter of 19 November 2001, |
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having regard to the military and police capability improvement conferences and the European Action Plan on this matter of 19 November 2001,

| — | having regard to the Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government of the Atlantic Alliance on 21 November 2002 at the Prague summit, |
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having regard to the Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government of the Atlantic Alliance on 21 November 2002 at the Prague summit,

| — | having regard to the Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-EU Ministerial meeting held in Madrid on 3 June 2003, |
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having regard to the Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-EU Ministerial meeting held in Madrid on 3 June 2003,

| — | having regard to Article 17(1) of the EU Treaty, in particular the point concerning cooperation in the field of armaments, and to Article 296 of the Treaty on the protection of national security interests, |
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having regard to Article 17(1) of the EU Treaty, in particular the point concerning cooperation in the field of armaments, and to Article 296 of the Treaty on the protection of national security interests,

| — | having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0342/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinion of the — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0342/2003),

| — | having regard to the second report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0370/2003), |
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having regard to the second report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0370/2003),

| A. | whereas the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) has made it possible to launch and conduct EU-led operations to manage both non-military and military crises, irrespective of the specific objectives of the security and defence policy of the Member States, |
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whereas the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) has made it possible to launch and conduct EU-led operations to manage both non-military and military crises, irrespective of the specific objectives of the security and defence policy of the Member States,

| B. | whereas the consistent failure of several European States to increase expenditure on defence or to improve their military capabilities and interoperability with the Allies may jeopardise the cohesion of NATO, |
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B.

whereas the consistent failure of several European States to increase expenditure on defence or to improve their military capabilities and interoperability with the Allies may jeopardise the cohesion of NATO,

| C. | whereas the defence budget of the EU Member States is approximately 50% of that of the US, but their military capability is a mere 10% of that of the US, |
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C.

whereas the defence budget of the EU Member States is approximately 50% of that of the US, but their military capability is a mere 10% of that of the US,

| D. | whereas both societies are based on the same values of liberty, democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and therefore close cooperation is necessary between them, |
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D.

whereas both societies are based on the same values of liberty, democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and therefore close cooperation is necessary between them,

| E. | whereas the concept of a European Security and Defence Identity was accepted and recognised by all parties to the Atlantic Alliance at the Berlin meeting of June 1996, |
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E.

whereas the concept of a European Security and Defence Identity was accepted and recognised by all parties to the Atlantic Alliance at the Berlin meeting of June 1996,

| F. | whereas the strategic partnership agreement concluded on 16 December 2002 and the implementation of permanent agreements concluded between, and implemented by, the EU and NATO, and in particular the ‘Berlin Plus’ agreements, have enabled the EU to use NATO's military operational planning capabilities and command structures to carry out EU-led operations, requiring more rigorous accounting in respect of defence equipment, |
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F.

whereas the strategic partnership agreement concluded on 16 December 2002 and the implementation of permanent agreements concluded between, and implemented by, the EU and NATO, and in particular the ‘Berlin Plus’ agreements, have enabled the EU to use NATO's military operational planning capabilities and command structures to carry out EU-led operations, requiring more rigorous accounting in respect of defence equipment,

| G. | whereas the end of the cold war has led to a reduction in orders for military equipment, and it is therefore necessary to strengthen this sector once more, not only in the interests of its economic and social revival but also and above all in order to ensure a safer world, |
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whereas the end of the cold war has led to a reduction in orders for military equipment, and it is therefore necessary to strengthen this sector once more, not only in the interests of its economic and social revival but also and above all in order to ensure a safer world,

| H. | whereas the ongoing restructuring of national defence-linked industries has given rise to various coordination initiatives, as evidenced by the aforementioned letter of intent and the associated framework agreement, and also the creation of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, |
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H.

whereas the ongoing restructuring of national defence-linked industries has given rise to various coordination initiatives, as evidenced by the aforementioned letter of intent and the associated framework agreement, and also the creation of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation,

| I. | whereas, following the events of 11 September 2001, security within the EU has become a more urgent issue, increasing the responsibility of those Member States charged with protecting the external borders of the Union, |
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I.

whereas, following the events of 11 September 2001, security within the EU has become a more urgent issue, increasing the responsibility of those Member States charged with protecting the external borders of the Union,

| J. | whereas parliamentary controls over the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and ESDP are divided between the European Parliament and the national parliaments, and the latter continue to have basic powers over military expenditure and operational matters involving the armed forces, |
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J.

whereas parliamentary controls over the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and ESDP are divided between the European Parliament and the national parliaments, and the latter continue to have basic powers over military expenditure and operational matters involving the armed forces,

| K. | having regard to the eastwards enlargement of NATO, parallel to that of the EU, and the consequent need for growing coordination between all Member States, |
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K.

having regard to the eastwards enlargement of NATO, parallel to that of the EU, and the consequent need for growing coordination between all Member States,

| L. | whereas the European defence industry is economically and politically essential to the EU, |
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whereas the European defence industry is economically and politically essential to the EU,

| M. | whereas an internal market for armament equipment does not exist, and separate national procurement procedures and different forms of export regulation obstruct its development, |
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M.

whereas an internal market for armament equipment does not exist, and separate national procurement procedures and different forms of export regulation obstruct its development,

| N. | noting the potential benefits for SMEs and the call in the defence industries for a coordinated defence equipment policy, |
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noting the potential benefits for SMEs and the call in the defence industries for a coordinated defence equipment policy,

| 1. | Notes the communication from the Commission which follows a request made by the European Parliament and provides Member States with an appropriate framework for reflection on enhanced and effective cooperation in the arms sector; |
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Notes the communication from the Commission which follows a request made by the European Parliament and provides Member States with an appropriate framework for reflection on enhanced and effective cooperation in the arms sector;

| 2. | Insists on the need for the EU to endow itself with military capabilities, so as to ensure the credibility of its foreign and defence policy objectives; is aware that, if this project is to be successful, Member States must make a commitment to military expenditure over a period of time corresponding to their long-term defence obligations; awaits the drafting of the Commission Green Paper in 2004 setting out standards generally applicable to the purchase of defence equipment; |
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Insists on the need for the EU to endow itself with military capabilities, so as to ensure the credibility of its foreign and defence policy objectives; is aware that, if this project is to be successful, Member States must make a commitment to military expenditure over a period of time corresponding to their long-term defence obligations; awaits the drafting of the Commission Green Paper in 2004 setting out standards generally applicable to the purchase of defence equipment;

| 3. | Expresses its conviction that NATO remains not only a fundamental guarantee for the stability and security of the Euro-Atlantic area, but also an essential framework for developing joint operations; considers that it is therefore in the common interest to increase the interoperability of intra-European and transatlantic defence equipment; |
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Expresses its conviction that NATO remains not only a fundamental guarantee for the stability and security of the Euro-Atlantic area, but also an essential framework for developing joint operations; considers that it is therefore in the common interest to increase the interoperability of intra-European and transatlantic defence equipment;

| 4. | Recognises, within this framework, the need for favourable conditions to be established for the development of a European defence equipment industry which is competitive and viable; vigorously supports the Commission's project to map the situation of the defence industry in the EU through data collection; calls for the development of a research and development programme designed to improve the Union's capabilities in the area of defence; stresses also the need for Community-level support for pilot and demonstration projects to develop European capabilities in advanced technological sectors; |
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Recognises, within this framework, the need for favourable conditions to be established for the development of a European defence equipment industry which is competitive and viable; vigorously supports the Commission's project to map the situation of the defence industry in the EU through data collection; calls for the development of a research and development programme designed to improve the Union's capabilities in the area of defence; stresses also the need for Community-level support for pilot and demonstration projects to develop European capabilities in advanced technological sectors;

| 5. | Insists that in developing a European defence contribution, no shadow budgets should be created and urges that parliamentary control be assured; recalls that, at the current stage, this control has, for the most part, to be exercised by national parliaments; |
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Insists that in developing a European defence contribution, no shadow budgets should be created and urges that parliamentary control be assured; recalls that, at the current stage, this control has, for the most part, to be exercised by national parliaments;

| 6. | Encourages Member States to restructure the defence equipment industries sector and subscribe to the principle of industrial and technological interdependence in this sector, so as to ensure that public defence spending is used more effectively and overlapping is avoided; |
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Encourages Member States to restructure the defence equipment industries sector and subscribe to the principle of industrial and technological interdependence in this sector, so as to ensure that public defence spending is used more effectively and overlapping is avoided;

| 7. | Attaches great importance, therefore, to intra-European cooperation, to competitiveness and to the principle of Community preference, without excluding cooperation with third countries or the acquisition by Member States of defence equipment outside Europe, where supply proposals are more economically attractive than those available within the European Union and where these purchases operate in a form that is complementary to the realisation of a European project; |
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Attaches great importance, therefore, to intra-European cooperation, to competitiveness and to the principle of Community preference, without excluding cooperation with third countries or the acquisition by Member States of defence equipment outside Europe, where supply proposals are more economically attractive than those available within the European Union and where these purchases operate in a form that is complementary to the realisation of a European project;

| 8. | Calls for the expectations of the candidate countries in terms of security and national stability to be duly taken into account, since these countries have to be involved in the process of restructuring defencelinked industries; |
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8.

Calls for the expectations of the candidate countries in terms of security and national stability to be duly taken into account, since these countries have to be involved in the process of restructuring defencelinked industries;

| 9. | Considers that the increased opening-up of the arms markets must seek to ensure security of supply at national and European level; advocates, to this end, a reduction in controls on intra-Community transfers of defence equipment, the simplification of administrative procedures, and the approximation of national licence systems; recognises, however, the complexity and political sensitivity of this sector; |
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Considers that the increased opening-up of the arms markets must seek to ensure security of supply at national and European level; advocates, to this end, a reduction in controls on intra-Community transfers of defence equipment, the simplification of administrative procedures, and the approximation of national licence systems; recognises, however, the complexity and political sensitivity of this sector;

| 10. | Reiterates its position calling for the progressive establishment of a European armaments market and, in order to do this, calls for the drawing-up and implementation of common rules; asks the Commission to propose transparent procedures and simplification measures; |
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10.

Reiterates its position calling for the progressive establishment of a European armaments market and, in order to do this, calls for the drawing-up and implementation of common rules; asks the Commission to propose transparent procedures and simplification measures;

| 11. | Stresses that standards bodies in the European Union should make a major contribution to interoperability of armaments, in particular as regards products which may be used in both the civilian and military area; |
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Stresses that standards bodies in the European Union should make a major contribution to interoperability of armaments, in particular as regards products which may be used in both the civilian and military area;

| 12. | Reiterates that the internal opening-up of military markets should be accompanied by a further strengthening of export controls at the external borders of the EU; underlines, in this perspective, that the EU and its Member States should fully implement all of Parliament's recommendations on the implementation of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports; |
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12.

Reiterates that the internal opening-up of military markets should be accompanied by a further strengthening of export controls at the external borders of the EU; underlines, in this perspective, that the EU and its Member States should fully implement all of Parliament's recommendations on the implementation of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports;

| 13. | Proposes that, as part of the negotiations for the forthcoming financial perspective, Community support programmes be set up to review defence equipment; proposes, in particular, that a programme be set up devoted exclusively to the development of equipment for the protection of the EU's external frontiers, with the objective of meeting the requirements of the fight against international terrorism and organised crime, illegal immigration, trafficking in arms, narcotics and human beings, and maritime crime; |
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Proposes that, as part of the negotiations for the forthcoming financial perspective, Community support programmes be set up to review defence equipment; proposes, in particular, that a programme be set up devoted exclusively to the development of equipment for the protection of the EU's external frontiers, with the objective of meeting the requirements of the fight against international terrorism and organised crime, illegal immigration, trafficking in arms, narcotics and human beings, and maritime crime;

| 14. | Recalls the decision by the Thessaloniki European Council to create, in the course of 2004, an intergovernmental agency in the field of defence capabilities development, research, acquisition and armaments, subject to the authority of the Council and open to participation by all Member States; stresses, however, that the activities of this agency must be precisely defined in advance, so as to endow it with added value; requests that it be consulted when the activities and working methods of the Agency will be defined; |
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14.

Recalls the decision by the Thessaloniki European Council to create, in the course of 2004, an intergovernmental agency in the field of defence capabilities development, research, acquisition and armaments, subject to the authority of the Council and open to participation by all Member States; stresses, however, that the activities of this agency must be precisely defined in advance, so as to endow it with added value; requests that it be consulted when the activities and working methods of the Agency will be defined;

| 15. | Is of the opinion that the Agency should deal, firstly, with the equipment and armament of the European crisis intervention force, especially in relation to its compatibility; the Agency should also develop a long-term approach towards capability needs; the Agency should analyse at what moment in time and in which area a new need will arise, and which technological possibilities will exist at that moment to meet the respective shortfall; the Agency should have its own budget which should concentrate on the research and development of new technologies; |
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Is of the opinion that the Agency should deal, firstly, with the equipment and armament of the European crisis intervention force, especially in relation to its compatibility; the Agency should also develop a long-term approach towards capability needs; the Agency should analyse at what moment in time and in which area a new need will arise, and which technological possibilities will exist at that moment to meet the respective shortfall; the Agency should have its own budget which should concentrate on the research and development of new technologies;

| 16. | Expects full codecision procedures to be followed when decisions are to be made in the field of industrial policy; |
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Expects full codecision procedures to be followed when decisions are to be made in the field of industrial policy;

| 17. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 127, 14.5.1984, p. 70.

(2)  OJ C 231, 17.9.1990, p. 209.

(3)  OJ C 284, 2.11.1992, p. 138.

(4)  OJ C 43, 20.2.1995, p. 89.

(5)  OJ C 167, 2.6.1997, p. 137.

(6)  OJ C 167, 1.6.1998, p. 190.

(7)  OJ C 228, 13.8.2001, p. 173.

(8)  OJ C 127 E, 29.5.2003, p. 582.

(9)  OJ C 180 E, 31.7.2003, p. 392.

(10)  P5_TA(2003)0188.

P5_TA(2003)0523

Stabilisation and association process for South-East Europe

European Parliament resolution on the Stabilisation and Association Process for South-East Europe: Second Annual Report (COM(2003) 139 — 2003/2094(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the European Commission's Second Annual Report on the Stabilisation and Association Process for South-East Europe (COM(2003) 139), |
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having regard to the European Commission's Second Annual Report on the Stabilisation and Association Process for South-East Europe (COM(2003) 139),

| — | having regard to the Conclusions of the Fourth Parliamentary Conference EU-Stability Pact Countries of 21 May 2003, |
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having regard to the Conclusions of the Fourth Parliamentary Conference EU-Stability Pact Countries of 21 May 2003,

| — | having regard to its Resolution of 5 June 2003 (1) on the meeting of the Troika with the countries participating in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, and of its resolution of 3 July 2003 (2) on the European Council of 19/20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, |
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having regard to its Resolution of 5 June 2003 (1) on the meeting of the Troika with the countries participating in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, and of its resolution of 3 July 2003 (2) on the European Council of 19/20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki,

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the EU-West Balkans Summit of 21 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, and to the Joint Declaration of the EU-West Balkans adopted at this Summit, |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the EU-West Balkans Summit of 21 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, and to the Joint Declaration of the EU-West Balkans adopted at this Summit,

| — | having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999 on Kosovo, Resolution 1503 (2003) of 28 August 2003 on the part related to the relations and activity of the International Criminal Court of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Resolution 1491 (2003) of 11 July 2003 on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, UN Secretary-General Report S/2003/675 of 26 June 2003 on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and the European Parliament Resolutions of 28 February 2002 (3), 26 September 2002 (4) and 24 October 2002 (5), on the International Criminal Court, |
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having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999 on Kosovo, Resolution 1503 (2003) of 28 August 2003 on the part related to the relations and activity of the International Criminal Court of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Resolution 1491 (2003) of 11 July 2003 on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, UN Secretary-General Report S/2003/675 of 26 June 2003 on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and the European Parliament Resolutions of 28 February 2002 (3), 26 September 2002 (4) and 24 October 2002 (5), on the International Criminal Court,

| — | having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 47(2) and 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0397/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0397/2003),

General and horizontal issues

| 1. | Reiterates its conviction, previously expressed in paragraph 3 of its resolution of 7 November 2002 on the report from the Commission ‘The Stabilisation and Association Process for South-Eastern Europe — First Annual Report’ (6), that there can only be a European perspective if countries comply with the Copenhagen criteria and asks the Council and the Commission to link assistance to the countries participating in the stabilisation and association process (SAP countries) and the possible progression to a further stage of the stabilisation and association process (SAP) to the following conditions:






  — | cooperation with the ICTY; |
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1.

Reiterates its conviction, previously expressed in paragraph 3 of its resolution of 7 November 2002 on the report from the Commission ‘The Stabilisation and Association Process for South-Eastern Europe — First Annual Report’ (6), that there can only be a European perspective if countries comply with the Copenhagen criteria and asks the Council and the Commission to link assistance to the countries participating in the stabilisation and association process (SAP countries) and the possible progression to a further stage of the stabilisation and association process (SAP) to the following conditions:

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cooperation with the ICTY;

| — | the implementation of an effective policy in favour of the return of refugees and displaced persons; |
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the implementation of an effective policy in favour of the return of refugees and displaced persons;

| — | the implementation of active policies against corruption, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; |
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the implementation of active policies against corruption, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs;

| 2. | Considers it undesirable that in the future, a SAP country may become member of the EU if it has entered into a bilateral agreement with the USA that jeopardises the full effectiveness of the ICC; |
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2.

Considers it undesirable that in the future, a SAP country may become member of the EU if it has entered into a bilateral agreement with the USA that jeopardises the full effectiveness of the ICC;

| 3. | Points out that the successful completion of the work of the Office of the ICTY Prosecutor must rely on full and swift cooperation from all governments of the SAP countries, in particular those to whom a transfer of fugitives has been requested (Croatian government, Serbian and Montenegro government, and the Bosnian Serb authorities); |
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3.

Points out that the successful completion of the work of the Office of the ICTY Prosecutor must rely on full and swift cooperation from all governments of the SAP countries, in particular those to whom a transfer of fugitives has been requested (Croatian government, Serbian and Montenegro government, and the Bosnian Serb authorities);

| 4. | Invites the Commission and the Council to give their full support to the ICTY Prosecutor in her accomplishment of the priorities for the next four years, as set-up by the UN Security Council, namely, to complete investigations by 2004, ensure surrender of all remaining fugitives and finalise all trials in 2008 and appeals in 2010; |
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4.

Invites the Commission and the Council to give their full support to the ICTY Prosecutor in her accomplishment of the priorities for the next four years, as set-up by the UN Security Council, namely, to complete investigations by 2004, ensure surrender of all remaining fugitives and finalise all trials in 2008 and appeals in 2010;

| 5. | Notes that the SAP countries have begun domestic trials against suspects of war crimes; underlines that legal proceedings should be instituted against suspects irrespective of their ethnicity; |
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5.

Notes that the SAP countries have begun domestic trials against suspects of war crimes; underlines that legal proceedings should be instituted against suspects irrespective of their ethnicity;

| 6. | Reiterates its call to the Council and the Commission, made in paragraph 35 of its aforementioned resolution of 3 July 2003, to present a viable financial framework for the SAP countries under a restructured Heading 7 of the Financial Perspectives; |
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6.

Reiterates its call to the Council and the Commission, made in paragraph 35 of its aforementioned resolution of 3 July 2003, to present a viable financial framework for the SAP countries under a restructured Heading 7 of the Financial Perspectives;

| 7. | Calls on the Council and the Member States to begin to prepare for the likely withdrawal of the US forces from the UN contingents in South-East Europe, and to plan in due time their replacement with EU-lead peace-keeping forces; |
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7.

Calls on the Council and the Member States to begin to prepare for the likely withdrawal of the US forces from the UN contingents in South-East Europe, and to plan in due time their replacement with EU-lead peace-keeping forces;

| 8. | Calls on the SAP countries to seriously address the problem of discrimination against the Roma population, including through the adoption of effective anti-discrimination laws and the systematic monitoring of the access offered to Roma people to education, housing, employment, health care and social services; |
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8.

Calls on the SAP countries to seriously address the problem of discrimination against the Roma population, including through the adoption of effective anti-discrimination laws and the systematic monitoring of the access offered to Roma people to education, housing, employment, health care and social services;

| 9. | Reiterates its proposal, expressed in paragraph 4 of its aforementioned resolution of 7 November 2002, for an in-depth reflection as to the future developments of the current institutional framework and the status of state-like entities, within the framework of the relevant UN resolutions; |
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9.

Reiterates its proposal, expressed in paragraph 4 of its aforementioned resolution of 7 November 2002, for an in-depth reflection as to the future developments of the current institutional framework and the status of state-like entities, within the framework of the relevant UN resolutions;

| 10. | Notes that States in which, in practice, the rights of citizens depend on their ethnicity do not have a perspective towards EU accession; |
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10.

Notes that States in which, in practice, the rights of citizens depend on their ethnicity do not have a perspective towards EU accession;

| 11. | Stresses that the present visa regime between the EU and SAP countries undermines and slows down the European perspective for these countries, and has become a source of humiliation for its citizens; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish clear benchmarks on the ways in which the visa-regimes with the SAP countries can gradually be developed and eased as the countries undertake necessary reforms; is of the opinion that this will offer a tangible sign that the EU is coming closer to the citizens of SAP countries; |
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11.

Stresses that the present visa regime between the EU and SAP countries undermines and slows down the European perspective for these countries, and has become a source of humiliation for its citizens; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish clear benchmarks on the ways in which the visa-regimes with the SAP countries can gradually be developed and eased as the countries undertake necessary reforms; is of the opinion that this will offer a tangible sign that the EU is coming closer to the citizens of SAP countries;

| 12. | Urges the Commission to encourage the creation of areas of facilitated freedom of movement between neighbouring regions, which will thus enhance the development of cross-border and regional cooperation; |
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12.

Urges the Commission to encourage the creation of areas of facilitated freedom of movement between neighbouring regions, which will thus enhance the development of cross-border and regional cooperation;

| 13. | Urges the Commission to promote and support the setting-up of twinning programmes at all levels and to support all actions facilitating networking among the various actors in the EU and SAP countries; |
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13.

Urges the Commission to promote and support the setting-up of twinning programmes at all levels and to support all actions facilitating networking among the various actors in the EU and SAP countries;

| 14. | Calls on the Commission to facilitate the setting-up of an effective administration by strengthening the structures of the State as well as of regional and communal administrations in the SAP countries and to assist and support the municipalities in programming economic development measures; |
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14.

Calls on the Commission to facilitate the setting-up of an effective administration by strengthening the structures of the State as well as of regional and communal administrations in the SAP countries and to assist and support the municipalities in programming economic development measures;

| 15. | Encourages the participation of all citizens in the local administration, thus strengthening the sense of community; invites the Commission and the European Agency for Reconstruction to assist local authorities in adopting participatory budgets and promoting territorial communal planning; |
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15.

Encourages the participation of all citizens in the local administration, thus strengthening the sense of community; invites the Commission and the European Agency for Reconstruction to assist local authorities in adopting participatory budgets and promoting territorial communal planning;

| 16. | Calls on the Commission to present proposals to implement the promises made at the Thessaloniki European Council, in particular regarding access to community programmes such as Socrates; encourages the SAP countries, as part of the EU's pre-accession strategy, to participate in the Community's programmes to promote gender equality; |
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16.

Calls on the Commission to present proposals to implement the promises made at the Thessaloniki European Council, in particular regarding access to community programmes such as Socrates; encourages the SAP countries, as part of the EU's pre-accession strategy, to participate in the Community's programmes to promote gender equality;

| 17. | Invites the SAP countries to promptly implement the free-trade agreements already signed; points out that the non-implementation of these agreements constitutes an obstacle to the development of the SAP and of viable regional markets, further weakening the economic situation; |
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17.

Invites the SAP countries to promptly implement the free-trade agreements already signed; points out that the non-implementation of these agreements constitutes an obstacle to the development of the SAP and of viable regional markets, further weakening the economic situation;

| 18. | Calls on the Commission to take duly into account the fact that reinforcing assistance to institution-building is a prerequisite for the successful development of the SAP; invites the Commission to use all assistance capacities in order to develop of a proper infrastructure; |
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18.

Calls on the Commission to take duly into account the fact that reinforcing assistance to institution-building is a prerequisite for the successful development of the SAP; invites the Commission to use all assistance capacities in order to develop of a proper infrastructure;

| 19. | Urges the Commission, within the context of the CARDS programme, to support local governments in selecting production sectors in which the establishment of small- and medium-sized enterprises will be facilitated, thus favouring traditional local economies; urges the Commission, moreover, to support the promotion of small loans and a local financial system, as a means of providing concrete aid to the economy and of instilling a sense of responsibility; |
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19.

Urges the Commission, within the context of the CARDS programme, to support local governments in selecting production sectors in which the establishment of small- and medium-sized enterprises will be facilitated, thus favouring traditional local economies; urges the Commission, moreover, to support the promotion of small loans and a local financial system, as a means of providing concrete aid to the economy and of instilling a sense of responsibility;

| 20. | Insists, therefore, that in the forthcoming Action Plan priority be given to structural and economic reforms leading to functioning market economies and achieving sustainable development; |
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20.

Insists, therefore, that in the forthcoming Action Plan priority be given to structural and economic reforms leading to functioning market economies and achieving sustainable development;

| 21. | Calls on the countries in the region, in the light of the persistent trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation (in particular in Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina), to take action, in cooperation with the ‘countries of destination’, at both internal and regional level, giving top priority to assistance to the victims, to training programmes for the services responsible and to prevention by increasing public awareness and informing public opinion; |
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21.

Calls on the countries in the region, in the light of the persistent trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation (in particular in Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina), to take action, in cooperation with the ‘countries of destination’, at both internal and regional level, giving top priority to assistance to the victims, to training programmes for the services responsible and to prevention by increasing public awareness and informing public opinion;

Albania

| 22. | Recalls that ensuring the proper functioning of democracy and pursuing political stability will be essential to speed up the implementation of reforms; deplores the obvious unsatisfactory manner in which the last local election was conducted; |
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22.

Recalls that ensuring the proper functioning of democracy and pursuing political stability will be essential to speed up the implementation of reforms; deplores the obvious unsatisfactory manner in which the last local election was conducted;

| 23. | Encourages the Albanian authorities to reinforce their commitment to proceed with the reforms initiated, as the successful conclusion of the SAA will depend on their ability to properly implement the legislation adopted and to achieve the necessary reforms; |
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23.

Encourages the Albanian authorities to reinforce their commitment to proceed with the reforms initiated, as the successful conclusion of the SAA will depend on their ability to properly implement the legislation adopted and to achieve the necessary reforms;

| 24. | Recommends that enhanced actions be taken to provide the means to fight corruption, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; as well as to ensure the proper the functioning of an independent and efficient judicial system, the improvement of Albania's administrative capacity, in particular in border management, the development of a free and independent media sector, and the promotion and guarantee of respect for human and minority rights; |
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24.

Recommends that enhanced actions be taken to provide the means to fight corruption, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; as well as to ensure the proper the functioning of an independent and efficient judicial system, the improvement of Albania's administrative capacity, in particular in border management, the development of a free and independent media sector, and the promotion and guarantee of respect for human and minority rights;

| 25. | Insists on the need to present, before the end of 2003, an accurate evaluation of the size of the national minorities population, in order to properly implement throughout the country the national legislation on minorities, as well as the Council of Europe Conventions; invites the authorities to reinforce the structures of the Administration responsible for the protection of minorities; |
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25.

Insists on the need to present, before the end of 2003, an accurate evaluation of the size of the national minorities population, in order to properly implement throughout the country the national legislation on minorities, as well as the Council of Europe Conventions; invites the authorities to reinforce the structures of the Administration responsible for the protection of minorities;

Bosnia-Herzegovina

| 26. | Recognises the important and difficult work carried out by the OHR and the EU Special Representative in the implementation of the ‘Reform Agenda’; is of the opinion that international efforts should gradually shift to monitoring, facilitating and guiding, in order to implement the ownership principle; |
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26.

Recognises the important and difficult work carried out by the OHR and the EU Special Representative in the implementation of the ‘Reform Agenda’; is of the opinion that international efforts should gradually shift to monitoring, facilitating and guiding, in order to implement the ownership principle;

| 27. | Welcomes the government and parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina for having placed the armies of the entities under one supreme command; |
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27.

Welcomes the government and parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina for having placed the armies of the entities under one supreme command;

| 28. | Welcomes the installation of a Directorate-General for European Integration and a commission of both chambers for European Affairs; encourages the Bosnian Parliament to promptly decide on the legislation relating to common VAT and common custom reform; |
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28.

Welcomes the installation of a Directorate-General for European Integration and a commission of both chambers for European Affairs; encourages the Bosnian Parliament to promptly decide on the legislation relating to common VAT and common custom reform;

| 29. | Points out the contradiction of some political forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which openly support European integration but obstruct the indispensable reforms needed for a functioning state; notes that Bosnia-Herzegovina has to take responsibility for its own development and to rely less on the international community; |
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29.

Points out the contradiction of some political forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which openly support European integration but obstruct the indispensable reforms needed for a functioning state; notes that Bosnia-Herzegovina has to take responsibility for its own development and to rely less on the international community;

| 30. | Reminds the Bosnian authorities that state-building is a precondition for coming closer to the EU; urges all the political and social actors to begin a thorough evaluation of the existing institutions stemming from the Dayton agreements so as to make them viable and effective and, if necessary, to go beyond Dayton and create mechanisms that strengthen state-building; in this spirit welcomes the enactment of longer terms for the executive authorities, which will lead to more effective governance; |
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30.

Reminds the Bosnian authorities that state-building is a precondition for coming closer to the EU; urges all the political and social actors to begin a thorough evaluation of the existing institutions stemming from the Dayton agreements so as to make them viable and effective and, if necessary, to go beyond Dayton and create mechanisms that strengthen state-building; in this spirit welcomes the enactment of longer terms for the executive authorities, which will lead to more effective governance;

| 31. | Welcomes the return of refugees to their hometowns in part of the country, which, although slow, proves that the global climate has been steadily improving; urges the authorities at all levels in the Republika Srpska to finally make strong efforts to ensure the return of refugees, especially to the Posavina region and to Banja Luka; |
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31.

Welcomes the return of refugees to their hometowns in part of the country, which, although slow, proves that the global climate has been steadily improving; urges the authorities at all levels in the Republika Srpska to finally make strong efforts to ensure the return of refugees, especially to the Posavina region and to Banja Luka;

| 32. | Emphasises that the most serious issues remain the continued impunity of indicted war criminals and problems with their extradition, which represent an obstacle for reconciliation and the development of mutual trust between the peoples; calls on the Bosnian authorities to fully cooperate with the ICTY; calls on the authorities of Bosnia-Herzegovina at all levels of administration, the civil society and all other responsible actors to do their utmost to bring Karadic and Mladic before this Tribunal; |
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32.

Emphasises that the most serious issues remain the continued impunity of indicted war criminals and problems with their extradition, which represent an obstacle for reconciliation and the development of mutual trust between the peoples; calls on the Bosnian authorities to fully cooperate with the ICTY; calls on the authorities of Bosnia-Herzegovina at all levels of administration, the civil society and all other responsible actors to do their utmost to bring Karadic and Mladic before this Tribunal;

| 33. | Urges the Commission to conclude its feasibility study on the possibility of opening negotiations on the SAA before the end of 2003; |
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33.

Urges the Commission to conclude its feasibility study on the possibility of opening negotiations on the SAA before the end of 2003;

Croatia

| 34. | Insists, as it had reiterated in paragraph 31 of the aforementioned resolution of 7 November 2002, that intensive dialogue and diplomatic instruments continue to be the most appropriate means by which to reach agreement on borders; regrets that the Croatian authorities decided to declare the ecological and fishing zone without appropriate dialogue and coordination with all countries of the Adriatic basin; hopes that an agreement on the further steps to be taken will be reached after the Venice Conference, foreseen for 25/26 November 2003; |
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34.

Insists, as it had reiterated in paragraph 31 of the aforementioned resolution of 7 November 2002, that intensive dialogue and diplomatic instruments continue to be the most appropriate means by which to reach agreement on borders; regrets that the Croatian authorities decided to declare the ecological and fishing zone without appropriate dialogue and coordination with all countries of the Adriatic basin; hopes that an agreement on the further steps to be taken will be reached after the Venice Conference, foreseen for 25/26 November 2003;

| 35. | Welcomes the new constitutional law on the rights of national minorities; |
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35.

Welcomes the new constitutional law on the rights of national minorities;

| 36. | Praises the decision of Croatia not to enter into a bilateral agreement with USA on the ICC, despite forfeiting a considerable amount of US financial support; |
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36.

Praises the decision of Croatia not to enter into a bilateral agreement with USA on the ICC, despite forfeiting a considerable amount of US financial support;

| 37. | Welcomes Croatia's application for EU-membership and invites the Commission to adopt its opinion on this application by the end of March 2004; |
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37.

Welcomes Croatia's application for EU-membership and invites the Commission to adopt its opinion on this application by the end of March 2004;

| 38. | Draws the attention of the Croatian authorities to their interest in achieving significant improvements, before the adoption of the Commission's opinion on Croatia's application to join the EU, in the following areas:






  — | full implementation of all provisions in the recently adopted law on national minorities, in particular the representation of minorities in the judiciary and in the police force and the provisions on housing to returning refugees, which will have a direct impact on the practices of local authorities and will guarantee the unobstructed return of all refugees, |
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38.

Draws the attention of the Croatian authorities to their interest in achieving significant improvements, before the adoption of the Commission's opinion on Croatia's application to join the EU, in the following areas:

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full implementation of all provisions in the recently adopted law on national minorities, in particular the representation of minorities in the judiciary and in the police force and the provisions on housing to returning refugees, which will have a direct impact on the practices of local authorities and will guarantee the unobstructed return of all refugees,

| — | the fight against corruption, |
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the fight against corruption,

| — | full cooperation with the ICTY as a necessary basis for reconciliation, |
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full cooperation with the ICTY as a necessary basis for reconciliation,

| — | independence and freedom of the media (in particular, following international or EU recommendations to ensure the necessary transparency and independence of the sector and its regulatory authorities), |
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independence and freedom of the media (in particular, following international or EU recommendations to ensure the necessary transparency and independence of the sector and its regulatory authorities),

| — | implementation of the strategy for the reform of the judicial system adopted in 2002; |
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implementation of the strategy for the reform of the judicial system adopted in 2002;

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)

| 39. | Welcomes the proposed police mission to follow-up to the Concordia programme, but expects that the EU military presence will also be maintained as long as necessary; |
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39.

Welcomes the proposed police mission to follow-up to the Concordia programme, but expects that the EU military presence will also be maintained as long as necessary;

| 40. | Calls for further efforts to be made to fully dismantle the Albanian National Liberation Army; insists on the essential role of regional cooperation and cooperation with the EU in putting an end to arms trafficking; |
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40.

Calls for further efforts to be made to fully dismantle the Albanian National Liberation Army; insists on the essential role of regional cooperation and cooperation with the EU in putting an end to arms trafficking;

| 41. | Urges a more prompt implementation of the Ohrid agreement, in particular with regard to the reform of FYROM's police and army, the Amnesty Law for former National Liberation Army fighters, and the reform of local government; |
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41.

Urges a more prompt implementation of the Ohrid agreement, in particular with regard to the reform of FYROM's police and army, the Amnesty Law for former National Liberation Army fighters, and the reform of local government;

| 42. | Insists on the urgency of a more active policy against corruption and organised crime; calls on all political parties to condemn and oppose the use of violence; |
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42.

Insists on the urgency of a more active policy against corruption and organised crime; calls on all political parties to condemn and oppose the use of violence;

Serbia and Montenegro

| 43. | Points out that the EU should be ready to assist Serbia and Montenegro in reaching a lasting arrangement, while adopting a neutral stance regarding the form which this relationship should take; |
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43.

Points out that the EU should be ready to assist Serbia and Montenegro in reaching a lasting arrangement, while adopting a neutral stance regarding the form which this relationship should take;

| 44. | Underlines the need to focus SAP/SAA technical assistance to the two republics on the practical issues that need to be resolved, regardless of the form taken by their ultimate relationship; |
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44.

Underlines the need to focus SAP/SAA technical assistance to the two republics on the practical issues that need to be resolved, regardless of the form taken by their ultimate relationship;

| 45. | Notes the persisting difficulties of the Serbian Government to secure a parliamentary majority; expresses concern at the resulting deadlock concerning political and economic reforms; |
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45.

Notes the persisting difficulties of the Serbian Government to secure a parliamentary majority; expresses concern at the resulting deadlock concerning political and economic reforms;

| 46. | Encourages the Serbian government to press on with the current reform of the army so as to conclude it promptly and effectively; |
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46.

Encourages the Serbian government to press on with the current reform of the army so as to conclude it promptly and effectively;

| 47. | Points out that greater action is required in Serbia and Montenegro to fight corruption and organised crime; calls on the Commission, and invites the OSCE and the Council of Europe, to examine with the utmost urgency the allegations of violations of human rights, the lack of independence of the judiciary and the growing state influence over the media; |
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47.

Points out that greater action is required in Serbia and Montenegro to fight corruption and organised crime; calls on the Commission, and invites the OSCE and the Council of Europe, to examine with the utmost urgency the allegations of violations of human rights, the lack of independence of the judiciary and the growing state influence over the media;

| 48. | Calls on the Commission to find ways of creating, in close cooperation with the Regional Centre in Bucharest, a European network of associations for the fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; |
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48.

Calls on the Commission to find ways of creating, in close cooperation with the Regional Centre in Bucharest, a European network of associations for the fight against organised crime, trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs;

| 49. | Calls on the authorities of the Republic of Serbia and of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro to fully cooperate with the ICTY; |
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49.

Calls on the authorities of the Republic of Serbia and of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro to fully cooperate with the ICTY;

| 50. | Expresses its deep concern at the current standstill in the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro; calls on both parties to resume talks so as to find a viable solution; |
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50.

Expresses its deep concern at the current standstill in the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro; calls on both parties to resume talks so as to find a viable solution;

| 51. | Urges the Commission to conclude its feasibility study on the possibility of opening negotiations on the SAA before the end of 2003; |
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51.

Urges the Commission to conclude its feasibility study on the possibility of opening negotiations on the SAA before the end of 2003;

Kosovo

| 52. | Welcomes the start of the ‘SAP Tracking Mechanism’ for Kosovo which, as a technical non-political process, will enable Kosovo to benefit from the opportunities provided by the SAP; believes, nevertheless, that without the definition of the final status of Kosovo, numerous subsidiary problems cannot be solved effectively; |
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52.

Welcomes the start of the ‘SAP Tracking Mechanism’ for Kosovo which, as a technical non-political process, will enable Kosovo to benefit from the opportunities provided by the SAP; believes, nevertheless, that without the definition of the final status of Kosovo, numerous subsidiary problems cannot be solved effectively;

| 53. | Welcomes the direct talks between the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina, which focus on practical issues of mutual interest; is favourable to a continuation of these talks; |
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53.

Welcomes the direct talks between the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina, which focus on practical issues of mutual interest; is favourable to a continuation of these talks;

| 54. | Proposes that the EU, acting in cooperation with the United Nations, play a more active role in establishing a roadmap and a time frame with the aim of reaching a conclusion on the final status of Kosovo as soon as possible, and preferably within the next two years; |
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54.

Proposes that the EU, acting in cooperation with the United Nations, play a more active role in establishing a roadmap and a time frame with the aim of reaching a conclusion on the final status of Kosovo as soon as possible, and preferably within the next two years;

| 55. | Is of the opinion that irrespective of the form of the final status — far reaching autonomy or independence — the Kosovo authorities must strengthen and enhance their efforts so as to create a tolerant society with mutual respect of all ethnic groups according to European standards; calls, therefore, on the Kosovo authorities to respect concretely the principles of a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multireligious society and to cooperate actively with UNMIK so as to improve the return of refugees and displaced persons, in particular of minorities; |
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55.

Is of the opinion that irrespective of the form of the final status — far reaching autonomy or independence — the Kosovo authorities must strengthen and enhance their efforts so as to create a tolerant society with mutual respect of all ethnic groups according to European standards; calls, therefore, on the Kosovo authorities to respect concretely the principles of a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multireligious society and to cooperate actively with UNMIK so as to improve the return of refugees and displaced persons, in particular of minorities;

| 56. | Urges the UN to speed up the process of devolution of power to the Provisional Self Government, with the exclusion of the agreed reserved areas; |
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56.

Urges the UN to speed up the process of devolution of power to the Provisional Self Government, with the exclusion of the agreed reserved areas;

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| 57. | Instructs the President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the EU National Parliaments, the Governments and Parliaments of the SAP countries and the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact. |
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57.

Instructs the President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the EU National Parliaments, the Governments and Parliaments of the SAP countries and the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact.

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(1)  P5_TA(2003)0264.

(2)  P5_TA(2003)0320.

(3)  OJ C 293 E, 28.11.2002, p. 88.

(4)  OJ C 273 E, 14.11.2003, p. 291.

(5)  P5_TA(2002)0521.

(6)  P5_TA(2002)0534.

P5_TA(2003)0524

Sri Lanka

European Parliament resolution on Sri Lanka

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions of 18 May 2000 (1) and 14 March 2002 (2) on Sri Lanka, |
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having regard to its previous resolutions of 18 May 2000 (1) and 14 March 2002 (2) on Sri Lanka,

| — | having regard to the ceasefire agreement signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which entered into force on 23 February 2002, |
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having regard to the ceasefire agreement signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which entered into force on 23 February 2002,

| — | having regard to the Oslo Declaration of December 2002, in which the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed to explore a solution based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka, |
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having regard to the Oslo Declaration of December 2002, in which the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed to explore a solution based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka,

| — | having regard to the support given by the EU and the wider international community to the peace process, as reflected by the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka held on 9/10 June 2003, which pledged USD 4,5 billion over the next four years to underpin it, and which linked assistance pledged by donor countries to substantial and parallel progress in the peace process, |
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having regard to the support given by the EU and the wider international community to the peace process, as reflected by the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka held on 9/10 June 2003, which pledged USD 4,5 billion over the next four years to underpin it, and which linked assistance pledged by donor countries to substantial and parallel progress in the peace process,

| A. | whereas the ceasefire agreement has now held for 21 months, longer than any previous attempt, and gives great hope for bringing an end to the twenty-year-long civil war that has caused over 60 000 deaths and has impeded the development prospects of Sri Lanka, |
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A.

whereas the ceasefire agreement has now held for 21 months, longer than any previous attempt, and gives great hope for bringing an end to the twenty-year-long civil war that has caused over 60 000 deaths and has impeded the development prospects of Sri Lanka,

| B. | whereas political stability is vital to a long-term solution with the LTTE, |
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B.

whereas political stability is vital to a long-term solution with the LTTE,

| C. | whereas the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, which was elected in 2001, made the resolution of the conflict its main priority, |
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C.

whereas the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, which was elected in 2001, made the resolution of the conflict its main priority,

| D. | whereas the decision made by President Kumaratunga at the beginning of November to sack three ministers and prorogue parliament while Prime Minister Wickremasinghe was outside the country represents a threat to the peace process and shows the need, more than ever, for a real bipartisan commitment and approach to securing a political settlement in Sri Lanka between the major parties, |
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D.

whereas the decision made by President Kumaratunga at the beginning of November to sack three ministers and prorogue parliament while Prime Minister Wickremasinghe was outside the country represents a threat to the peace process and shows the need, more than ever, for a real bipartisan commitment and approach to securing a political settlement in Sri Lanka between the major parties,

| E. | whereas Norway has played a key role in brokering talks, but has suspended its participation in the peace process until the political crisis within the government is resolved, |
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E.

whereas Norway has played a key role in brokering talks, but has suspended its participation in the peace process until the political crisis within the government is resolved,

| F. | whereas prior to 4 November 2003 the peace dividend had already made a significant difference to the everyday life of Sri Lanka's citizens and also to the economy as a whole, as illustrated by the fact that the Colombo stock exchange was at a nine-year high and national GDP was experiencing a 5,6% growth rate as compared to 1,5% in 2001 while, additionally, incoming tourism was increasing substantially, |
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F.

whereas prior to 4 November 2003 the peace dividend had already made a significant difference to the everyday life of Sri Lanka's citizens and also to the economy as a whole, as illustrated by the fact that the Colombo stock exchange was at a nine-year high and national GDP was experiencing a 5,6% growth rate as compared to 1,5% in 2001 while, additionally, incoming tourism was increasing substantially,

| G. | whereas expectations remain high that an end to military conflict could improve the problematic human rights situation in Sri Lanka, which was documented again in the fourth periodic report on Sri Lanka by the UN Commission on Human Rights, as adopted this month, |
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G.

whereas expectations remain high that an end to military conflict could improve the problematic human rights situation in Sri Lanka, which was documented again in the fourth periodic report on Sri Lanka by the UN Commission on Human Rights, as adopted this month,

| 1. | Acknowledges the bold steps taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to create the conditions in which negotiations may lead to a political solution and a lasting peace, on the basis of the Oslo Declaration of December 2002, where the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed to explore a solution based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka; |
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1.

Acknowledges the bold steps taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to create the conditions in which negotiations may lead to a political solution and a lasting peace, on the basis of the Oslo Declaration of December 2002, where the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE agreed to explore a solution based on a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka;

| 2. | Welcomes, therefore, the publication of the proposals by the Government of Sri Lanka for a provisional administrative structure and of those by the LTTE for an interim self-governing authority; |
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2.

Welcomes, therefore, the publication of the proposals by the Government of Sri Lanka for a provisional administrative structure and of those by the LTTE for an interim self-governing authority;

| 3. | Acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Norway in facilitating the ongoing negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, and deeply regrets that the current political crisis and the lack of clarity as to who has political authority have obliged the Government of Norway to suspend its mediation role; |
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3.

Acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Norway in facilitating the ongoing negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, and deeply regrets that the current political crisis and the lack of clarity as to who has political authority have obliged the Government of Norway to suspend its mediation role;

| 4. | Acknowledges, furthermore, the contribution of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, especially the continuation of its work despite recent setbacks; |
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4.

Acknowledges, furthermore, the contribution of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, especially the continuation of its work despite recent setbacks;

| 5. | Expresses its deep concern about the recent developments in Sri Lanka which threaten the internationally supported peace process, notably the decisions by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to sack the three Ministers for Defence, Interior and Information and to prorogue the Parliament of Sri Lanka; |
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5.

Expresses its deep concern about the recent developments in Sri Lanka which threaten the internationally supported peace process, notably the decisions by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to sack the three Ministers for Defence, Interior and Information and to prorogue the Parliament of Sri Lanka;

| 6. | Regrets, furthermore, the comments made by President Kumaratunga on the validity of the ceasefire agreement signed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe with the LTTE; |
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6.

Regrets, furthermore, the comments made by President Kumaratunga on the validity of the ceasefire agreement signed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe with the LTTE;

| 7. | Believes that it is essential that the political differences between the two main parties in the south be resolved without delay; believes, furthermore, that this can best be achieved by the full and immediate restoration of parliamentary and governmental functions; |
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7.

Believes that it is essential that the political differences between the two main parties in the south be resolved without delay; believes, furthermore, that this can best be achieved by the full and immediate restoration of parliamentary and governmental functions;

| 8. | Urges the President, in the national interest, to work together with the democratically elected Government and its Prime Minister; welcomes, therefore, the recent establishment of a committee of officials to work out the details of future working arrangements under which the President and the Prime Minister could work together on these important national issues; |
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8.

Urges the President, in the national interest, to work together with the democratically elected Government and its Prime Minister; welcomes, therefore, the recent establishment of a committee of officials to work out the details of future working arrangements under which the President and the Prime Minister could work together on these important national issues;

| 9. | Welcomes the commitments given by all sides, including the LTTE, to maintaining the ceasefire agreement and respecting the peace process; stresses the need for full respect for human rights by both the armed forces and the LTTE; |
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9.

Welcomes the commitments given by all sides, including the LTTE, to maintaining the ceasefire agreement and respecting the peace process; stresses the need for full respect for human rights by both the armed forces and the LTTE;

| 10. | Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to continue to monitor progress in the search for a lasting and equitable political solution based on respect for human rights and democracy and the rule of law, securing the interests of all peoples and communities on the basis of a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka; |
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10.

Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to continue to monitor progress in the search for a lasting and equitable political solution based on respect for human rights and democracy and the rule of law, securing the interests of all peoples and communities on the basis of a federal structure within a united Sri Lanka;

| 11. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Member States, the President, Prime Minster and Parliament of Sri Lanka, the LTTE, the Government of Norway and the other Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Donor Conference, and the UN Commission on Human Rights. |
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11.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Member States, the President, Prime Minster and Parliament of Sri Lanka, the LTTE, the Government of Norway and the other Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Donor Conference, and the UN Commission on Human Rights.

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(1)  OJ C 59, 23.2.2001, p. 278.

(2)  OJ C 47 E, 27.2.2003, p. 613.

P5_TA(2003)0525

Aceh

European Parliament resolution on Aceh

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the recent appeal by the UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, to open up the Aceh province to human rights and humanitarian aid organisations, |
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—

having regard to the recent appeal by the UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, to open up the Aceh province to human rights and humanitarian aid organisations,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Indonesia, and in particular its resolution of 5 June 2003 (1) on the situation in Indonesia, particularly in the Aceh province, |
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—

having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Indonesia, and in particular its resolution of 5 June 2003 (1) on the situation in Indonesia, particularly in the Aceh province,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2000 (2) on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on developing closer relations between Indonesia and the European Union, |
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—

having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2000 (2) on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on developing closer relations between Indonesia and the European Union,

| — | having regard to the joint EU, Japan and US statement issued on 6 November 2003 following Jakarta's decision to extend martial law in Aceh for the next six months, |
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—

having regard to the joint EU, Japan and US statement issued on 6 November 2003 following Jakarta's decision to extend martial law in Aceh for the next six months,

| A. | whereas the Indonesian government has extended martial law in the province of Aceh for a further six months, |
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A.

whereas the Indonesian government has extended martial law in the province of Aceh for a further six months,

| B. | whereas the province has been effectively closed to national and international humanitarian and human rights workers, the press and rights monitors, |
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B.

whereas the province has been effectively closed to national and international humanitarian and human rights workers, the press and rights monitors,

| C. | deeply concerned by the fact that hundreds of combatants and civilians have died since the crackdown was launched in May, |
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C.

deeply concerned by the fact that hundreds of combatants and civilians have died since the crackdown was launched in May,

| D. | recalling that according to Presidential Decree No 28/2003 a democratic hearing process involving the House of Representatives (DPR) and a proper evaluation should have preceded the 19 November 2003 extension of martial law, |
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D.

recalling that according to Presidential Decree No 28/2003 a democratic hearing process involving the House of Representatives (DPR) and a proper evaluation should have preceded the 19 November 2003 extension of martial law,

| E. | whereas the Indonesia military and police personnel in Aceh is estimated at 45 000 and the number of rebels at 5 000, 2 000 of the latter having been killed, wounded or captured during the past six months, according to official figures, |
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E.

whereas the Indonesia military and police personnel in Aceh is estimated at 45 000 and the number of rebels at 5 000, 2 000 of the latter having been killed, wounded or captured during the past six months, according to official figures,

| F. | whereas the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) negotiators arrested after the collapsed peace talks in May 2003 have been condemned on terrorism and rebellion charges and sentenced to terms ranging from 11 to 15 years by the court, and the death penalty was requested on 5 November 2003 against a captured GAM leader, |
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F.

whereas the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) negotiators arrested after the collapsed peace talks in May 2003 have been condemned on terrorism and rebellion charges and sentenced to terms ranging from 11 to 15 years by the court, and the death penalty was requested on 5 November 2003 against a captured GAM leader,

| G. | whereas only minor prison sentences have been passed against the military personnel found guilty of torture, |
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G.

whereas only minor prison sentences have been passed against the military personnel found guilty of torture,

| H. | whereas about 12 000 Acehnese civilians have perished during the 26 years of war, and whereas the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) signed on 9 December 2002 between GAM and the Government of Indonesia was an attempt to bring peace to the province, |
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H.

whereas about 12 000 Acehnese civilians have perished during the 26 years of war, and whereas the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) signed on 9 December 2002 between GAM and the Government of Indonesia was an attempt to bring peace to the province,

| I. | whereas the first six months of the renewed Aceh military campaign have disrupted the food and health security of local people, and led to the destruction of infrastructure and of at least 600 schools, and to tens of thousands of people being voluntarily or forcibly internally displaced with no recourse to any meaningful aid, |
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I.

whereas the first six months of the renewed Aceh military campaign have disrupted the food and health security of local people, and led to the destruction of infrastructure and of at least 600 schools, and to tens of thousands of people being voluntarily or forcibly internally displaced with no recourse to any meaningful aid,

| J. | whereas the distribution by the military of humanitarian aid is not acceptable under international standards. |
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J.

whereas the distribution by the military of humanitarian aid is not acceptable under international standards.

| K. | whereas, according to the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Governor Abdullah Puteh, unemployment and poverty have reached alarming rates, |
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K.

whereas, according to the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Governor Abdullah Puteh, unemployment and poverty have reached alarming rates,

| L. | whereas the disruption by the police on 20 October 2003 of the training in human rights monitoring organised in Banda Aceh by the Komnas HAM (Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia, National Commission for Human Rights) illustrates the difficulties faced by human rights activists in the province, |
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L.

whereas the disruption by the police on 20 October 2003 of the training in human rights monitoring organised in Banda Aceh by the Komnas HAM (Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia, National Commission for Human Rights) illustrates the difficulties faced by human rights activists in the province,

| M. | having regard to the Commission's decision to grant EUR 8,5 million in aid to Indonesia for economic and social recovery, |
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M.

having regard to the Commission's decision to grant EUR 8,5 million in aid to Indonesia for economic and social recovery,

| 1. | Is deeply concerned at the extension of martial law and military operations in Aceh and the ongoing violence, including armed skirmishes, kidnappings, killings and other acts of violence, particularly outside the major towns of Aceh; |
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1.

Is deeply concerned at the extension of martial law and military operations in Aceh and the ongoing violence, including armed skirmishes, kidnappings, killings and other acts of violence, particularly outside the major towns of Aceh;

| 2. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to stop the offensive and resume talks with the GAM and to fully involve civil society — and in particular Acehnese women — in the dialogue and peace process; |
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2.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to stop the offensive and resume talks with the GAM and to fully involve civil society — and in particular Acehnese women — in the dialogue and peace process;

| 3. | Expresses its concern at the raid carried out by the military and the police, on 19 October 2003 in the province of Aceh, against a training programme in human rights monitoring organised by a governmental body, the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM); |
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3.

Expresses its concern at the raid carried out by the military and the police, on 19 October 2003 in the province of Aceh, against a training programme in human rights monitoring organised by a governmental body, the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM);

| 4. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to assist Indonesia in order to resume talks with the GAM; |
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4.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to assist Indonesia in order to resume talks with the GAM;

| 5. | Calls on GAM, on the basis of the Geneva Agreement, to pursue its cause through the democratic process and to decommission its weapons, and calls on the Indonesian army to withdraw; |
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5.

Calls on GAM, on the basis of the Geneva Agreement, to pursue its cause through the democratic process and to decommission its weapons, and calls on the Indonesian army to withdraw;

| 6. | Calls on the elected political authorities to operate strict surveillance of military activity in the province, especially in order to ensure respect for the international laws on the protection of civilians; |
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6.

Calls on the elected political authorities to operate strict surveillance of military activity in the province, especially in order to ensure respect for the international laws on the protection of civilians;

| 7. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that international humanitarian law and human rights standards are respected during operations by the security forces; |
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7.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that international humanitarian law and human rights standards are respected during operations by the security forces;

| 8. | Urges the Indonesian Government to provide immediate and unimpeded access throughout Aceh for all humanitarian agencies, independent human rights observers, diplomatic representatives (including any from the Tokyo group), journalists and other parties with a legitimate interest; |
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8.

Urges the Indonesian Government to provide immediate and unimpeded access throughout Aceh for all humanitarian agencies, independent human rights observers, diplomatic representatives (including any from the Tokyo group), journalists and other parties with a legitimate interest;

| 9. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to conduct transparently and accountably the evaluation process legally provided for, including in its scope the legislative bodies, the Komnas HAM, the political parties and the human rights community, so that the evaluation also considers whether martial law enables humanitarian work to aid the victims of conflict, as well as its effects on the social structure of Aceh; |
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9.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to conduct transparently and accountably the evaluation process legally provided for, including in its scope the legislative bodies, the Komnas HAM, the political parties and the human rights community, so that the evaluation also considers whether martial law enables humanitarian work to aid the victims of conflict, as well as its effects on the social structure of Aceh;

| 10. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to bring to account those responsible for violations of human rights in Aceh, as well as other parts of the country, whether committed by civilians, separatist groups, militias, paramilitary forces or the military; |
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10.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to bring to account those responsible for violations of human rights in Aceh, as well as other parts of the country, whether committed by civilians, separatist groups, militias, paramilitary forces or the military;

| 11. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to provide access to UN agencies and non-governmental organisations that can assist in the protection of civilians, particularly displaced persons; |
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11.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to provide access to UN agencies and non-governmental organisations that can assist in the protection of civilians, particularly displaced persons;

| 12. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to allow UN monitors to visit the province, in particular the UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, the UN Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; |
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12.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to allow UN monitors to visit the province, in particular the UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, the UN Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture;

| 13. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to ensure that the International Committee of the Red Cross has comprehensive access to prisoners in police and military detention; |
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13.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to ensure that the International Committee of the Red Cross has comprehensive access to prisoners in police and military detention;

| 14. | Asks the Indonesian Government to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered directly to those in need, rather than all aid having to be routed through the authorities; |
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14.

Asks the Indonesian Government to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered directly to those in need, rather than all aid having to be routed through the authorities;

| 15. | Calls on the Indonesian authorities to work in collaboration with other actors in order to provide better capacity to deal with humanitarian needs and to care for internally displaced persons; |
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15.

Calls on the Indonesian authorities to work in collaboration with other actors in order to provide better capacity to deal with humanitarian needs and to care for internally displaced persons;

| 16. | Appeals to the Indonesian Government to prevent attacks on humanitarian agencies and their workers and to take appropriate action against those implicated in such attacks, in accordance with its responsibilities under the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders of 9 December 1998; |
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16.

Appeals to the Indonesian Government to prevent attacks on humanitarian agencies and their workers and to take appropriate action against those implicated in such attacks, in accordance with its responsibilities under the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders of 9 December 1998;

| 17. | Calls on the Indonesian Government to guarantee the right to a fair trial and access to defence counsel, and to reform and strengthen the judiciary so that the law can provide protection against human rights violations; |
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17.

Calls on the Indonesian Government to guarantee the right to a fair trial and access to defence counsel, and to reform and strengthen the judiciary so that the law can provide protection against human rights violations;

| 18. | Calls for freedom of religion and condemns the restriction on freedom of the press provided for under martial law; |
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18.

Calls for freedom of religion and condemns the restriction on freedom of the press provided for under martial law;

| 19. | Requests that the Commission assist the Indonesian Government in its efforts to implement the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the recommendations made by the Committee against Torture, and the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; |
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19.

Requests that the Commission assist the Indonesian Government in its efforts to implement the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the recommendations made by the Committee against Torture, and the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers;

| 20. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Government and Parliament of Indonesia, the Governor and the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Aceh, the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the permanent members of the Secretariat of the Tokyo Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh, the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the ASEAN Secretariat. |
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20.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Government and Parliament of Indonesia, the Governor and the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Aceh, the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the permanent members of the Secretariat of the Tokyo Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh, the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the ASEAN Secretariat.

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(1)  P5_TA(2003)0271.

(2)  OJ C 232, 17.8.2001, p. 186.

P5_TA(2003)0526

Vietnam: freedom of religion

European Parliament resolution on Vietnam

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on Vietnam, in particular those of 16 November 2000 (1), 5 July 2001 on religious freedom in Vietnam (2) and 15 May 2003 (3), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on Vietnam, in particular those of 16 November 2000 (1), 5 July 2001 on religious freedom in Vietnam (2) and 15 May 2003 (3),

| — | having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 17 July 1995, Article 1 of which lays down respect for human rights and democratic principles as the basis for cooperation, |
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having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of 17 July 1995, Article 1 of which lays down respect for human rights and democratic principles as the basis for cooperation,

| — | having regard to Articles 69 and 70 of Vietnam's Constitution, which guarantee freedom of religion in the following terms: ‘the citizen (...) can follow any religion or follow none’, |
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—

having regard to Articles 69 and 70 of Vietnam's Constitution, which guarantee freedom of religion in the following terms: ‘the citizen (...) can follow any religion or follow none’,

| — | having regard to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Vietnam has ratified and which guarantees freedom of religion, |
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—

having regard to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Vietnam has ratified and which guarantees freedom of religion,

| — | having regard to the Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and Vietnam in 1985, |
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—

having regard to the Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and Vietnam in 1985,

| — | having regard to its report on the situation of human rights in the world in 2002, |
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—

having regard to its report on the situation of human rights in the world in 2002,

| — | having regard to the EC-Vietnam Strategy Paper 2002-2006, |
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—

having regard to the EC-Vietnam Strategy Paper 2002-2006,

| — | having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas freedom of religion is one of the fundamental freedoms defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and guaranteed by various international conventions to which Vietnam is party, |
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A.

whereas freedom of religion is one of the fundamental freedoms defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and guaranteed by various international conventions to which Vietnam is party,

| B. | whereas the EU-Vietnam Cooperation Agreement is, precisely, based on respect for fundamental rights as defined in these conventions, |
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B.

whereas the EU-Vietnam Cooperation Agreement is, precisely, based on respect for fundamental rights as defined in these conventions,

| C. | whereas also, despite the repeated declarations of the Vietnamese authorities, the situation with regard to fundamental freedoms in Vietnam, especially freedom of religion, remains extremely worrying, |
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C.

whereas also, despite the repeated declarations of the Vietnamese authorities, the situation with regard to fundamental freedoms in Vietnam, especially freedom of religion, remains extremely worrying,

| D. | having regard to the multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious character of the country, |
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D.

having regard to the multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious character of the country,

| E. | having regard to the hopes raised by the meeting in March this year between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 86, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who has spent 21 years in prison, |
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E.

having regard to the hopes raised by the meeting in March this year between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 86, Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), who has spent 21 years in prison,

| F. | regretting deeply that the unexpected and widely publicised meeting on 2 April 2003 between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the (outlawed) UBCV has been followed by the resumption and intensification of the repression of the UBCV, as well as by the continuing persecution of other non-recognised confessions such as the Protestant Churches of the Montagnards or the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church, |
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F.

regretting deeply that the unexpected and widely publicised meeting on 2 April 2003 between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the (outlawed) UBCV has been followed by the resumption and intensification of the repression of the UBCV, as well as by the continuing persecution of other non-recognised confessions such as the Protestant Churches of the Montagnards or the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church,

| G. | deploring the decision to place the Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and the Venerable Thich Quang Do under house arrest, and the immediate condemnation of the Venerables Thich Tue Sy, Thich Thanh Huyen and Thich Nguyen Ly, as well as the personal assistant of the Patriarch, the Venerable Thich Dong Tho, to two years' administrative detention by written order of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and the condemnation of four other monks, Thich Thien Hanh, Thich Vien Dinh, Thich Thai Hoa and Thich Nguyen Vuong, to two years' administrative detention by ‘verbal’ order of the authorities of Hue and of Ho Chi Minh City, |
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G.

deploring the decision to place the Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and the Venerable Thich Quang Do under house arrest, and the immediate condemnation of the Venerables Thich Tue Sy, Thich Thanh Huyen and Thich Nguyen Ly, as well as the personal assistant of the Patriarch, the Venerable Thich Dong Tho, to two years' administrative detention by written order of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and the condemnation of four other monks, Thich Thien Hanh, Thich Vien Dinh, Thich Thai Hoa and Thich Nguyen Vuong, to two years' administrative detention by ‘verbal’ order of the authorities of Hue and of Ho Chi Minh City,

| H. | whereas respect for human rights is one of the essential elements of the Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and Vietnam, |
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H.

whereas respect for human rights is one of the essential elements of the Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and Vietnam,

| I. | having regard to the meeting of the Joint EU-Vietnam Committee pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, |
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I.

having regard to the meeting of the Joint EU-Vietnam Committee pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement,

| J. | recalling the condemnation of Father Nguyen Van Ly and three of his relatives as well as the continual repression suffered by the Christian Montagnards and the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church, |
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J.

recalling the condemnation of Father Nguyen Van Ly and three of his relatives as well as the continual repression suffered by the Christian Montagnards and the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church,

| K. | noting that other religious groups are under government surveillance as well despite Vietnam's constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion and belief for its citizens, |
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K.

noting that other religious groups are under government surveillance as well despite Vietnam's constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion and belief for its citizens,

| 1. | Strongly condemns the new and more serious wave of repression of the religious freedom of the UBCV and of the Christian Montagnards in Vietnam and the deliberate policy of the Vietnamese regime of eliminating non-recognised Churches, especially the UBCV; |
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1.

Strongly condemns the new and more serious wave of repression of the religious freedom of the UBCV and of the Christian Montagnards in Vietnam and the deliberate policy of the Vietnamese regime of eliminating non-recognised Churches, especially the UBCV;

| 2. | Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to halt immediately the policies of repression of the UBCV, the Catholic Church, Montagnard Christian groups and Hoa Hao Buddhists and to adopt without delay all the reforms necessary to guarantee all these churches' legal status; |
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2.

Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to halt immediately the policies of repression of the UBCV, the Catholic Church, Montagnard Christian groups and Hoa Hao Buddhists and to adopt without delay all the reforms necessary to guarantee all these churches' legal status;

| 3. | Calls on the Vietnamese Government to release immediately all Vietnamese citizens detained on account of their faith, their religious practices or simply their attachment to the freedom of religion, beginning with the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the UBCV, and the Venerable Thich Quang Do, his deputy; |
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3.

Calls on the Vietnamese Government to release immediately all Vietnamese citizens detained on account of their faith, their religious practices or simply their attachment to the freedom of religion, beginning with the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the UBCV, and the Venerable Thich Quang Do, his deputy;

| 4. | Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to respect the freedom of religion of all religious groups and guarantee the right of all Vietnamese to practise the religion of their choice, including freedom of worship and assembly, and calls for the establishment of a judicial system independent of the political authorities; |
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4.

Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to respect the freedom of religion of all religious groups and guarantee the right of all Vietnamese to practise the religion of their choice, including freedom of worship and assembly, and calls for the establishment of a judicial system independent of the political authorities;

| 5. | Calls on the Commission to place the question of freedom of religion in Vietnam at the top of the agenda for the meeting of the Joint EU-Vietnam Committee to be held in Brussels on 21 November 2003; |
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5.

Calls on the Commission to place the question of freedom of religion in Vietnam at the top of the agenda for the meeting of the Joint EU-Vietnam Committee to be held in Brussels on 21 November 2003;

| 6. | Calls on the Council and Commission to use all political and diplomatic means to ensure that freedom of religion finally becomes a reality in Vietnam; |
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6.

Calls on the Council and Commission to use all political and diplomatic means to ensure that freedom of religion finally becomes a reality in Vietnam;

| 7. | Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that the human rights clauses contained in the agreements and treaties concluded are strictly complied with; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission and Council to ensure that the human rights clauses contained in the agreements and treaties concluded are strictly complied with;

| 8. | Calls on the diplomatic representations of the European Union and of its Member States in Vietnam to follow the case of the dignitaries of the UBCV imprisoned or kept under house arrest, to pay particular attention to the situation of religious freedom in the country, and to coordinate their efforts to promote this freedom in a concrete manner; |
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8.

Calls on the diplomatic representations of the European Union and of its Member States in Vietnam to follow the case of the dignitaries of the UBCV imprisoned or kept under house arrest, to pay particular attention to the situation of religious freedom in the country, and to coordinate their efforts to promote this freedom in a concrete manner;

| 9. | Recommends the appointment of a delegation of the European Parliament to visit Vietnam, to appraise the religious situation, especially that of the UBCV, and to meet its leaders, first and foremost the Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and the Venerable Thich Quang Do; |
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9.

Recommends the appointment of a delegation of the European Parliament to visit Vietnam, to appraise the religious situation, especially that of the UBCV, and to meet its leaders, first and foremost the Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang and the Venerable Thich Quang Do;

| 10. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the President, the Prime Minister and the President of the People's Assembly of Vietnam, the Patriarch and the deputy Patriarch of the UBCV, the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on freedom of religion. |
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10.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the President, the Prime Minister and the President of the People's Assembly of Vietnam, the Patriarch and the deputy Patriarch of the UBCV, the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on freedom of religion.

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(1)  OJ C 223, 8.8.2001, p. 337.

(2)  OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 369.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0225.

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