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| 2.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 83/15 |
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2.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 83/15

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MINUTES

(2004/C 83 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Renzo IMBENI

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Employment prospects in the EU automobile sector (statement followed by debate)

(statement followed by debate)

Commission statement: Employment prospects in the EU automobile sector

Franz Fischler (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Miet Smet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Wilfried Kuckelkorn, on behalf of the PSE Group, Dirk Sterckx, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Dhaene, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Malcolm Harbour, Anne E.M. Van Lancker, Miquel Mayol i Raynal, Benedetto Della Vedova, Bartho Pronk, Wilfried Kuckelkorn, Marianne L.P. Thyssen, Benedetto Della Vedova, Franz Fischler and Miet Smet.

The debate closed.

3.   Mid-term Social Policy Agenda Review (oral question with debate)

(oral question with debate)

Oral question by Theodorus J.J. Bouwman, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission, on the mid-term Social Policy Agenda Review (B5-0412/2003).

Theodorus J.J. Bouwman moved the oral question.

Franz Fischler (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Miet Smet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Catherine LALUMIÈRE

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Andersson, Ieke van den Burg and Franz Fischler.

The debate closed.

4.   Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men (debate)

(debate)

Report on Election 2004: How to ensure balanced representation of women and men [2003/2108(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Lone Dybkjær (A5-0333/2003)

Lone Dybkjær introduced the report.

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: María Antonia Avilés Perea, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Anna Karamanou, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Marianne Eriksson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Uma Aaltonen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the EDD Group, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Olga Zrihen, Nelly Maes, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Christa Prets and Margot Wallström.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 8.

Item 8

IN THE CHAIR: David W. MARTIN

Vice-President

5.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Giorgio Lisi had informed the Presidency that he had been present but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

6.   Official welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, led by Wang Yingfan, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who had taken their seats in 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.

7.   Community statistics on migration (Rule 110a) (vote)

(Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament to present an Action Plan for the collection and analysis of Community Statistics in the field of migration [2003/2157(INI)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Arie M. Oostlander (A5-0352/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0471).

(P5_TA(2003)0471)

8.   Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men (Rule 110a) (vote)

(Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on Election 2004: How to ensure balanced representation of women and men [2003/2108(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Lone Dybkjær (A5-0333/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 2)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0472).

(P5_TA(2003)0472)

9.   Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 [COM(2002) 340 — C5-0368/2002 — 2002/0139(COD)] — Committee on Development and Cooperation.

Rapporteur: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte (A5-0312/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0473)

(P5_TA(2003)0473)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0473).

(P5_TA(2003)0473)

10.   Action programme to promote youth ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth [COM(2003) 272 — C5-0257/2003 — 2003/0113(COD)] — Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport.

Rapporteur: Christa Prets (A5-0358/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0474)

(P5_TA(2003)0474)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0474)

(P5_TA(2003)0474)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Terence Wynn, Chairman of the Committee on Budgets, had moved an oral amendment to the reports by Christa Prets (A5-0358/2003), Doris Pack (A5-0357/2003) and Ulpu Iivari (A5-0359/2003), seeking to ensure that they would be compatible with Rule 63a. |
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Terence Wynn, Chairman of the Committee on Budgets, had moved an oral amendment to the reports by Christa Prets (A5-0358/2003), Doris Pack (A5-0357/2003) and Ulpu Iivari (A5-0359/2003), seeking to ensure that they would be compatible with Rule 63a.

11.   Action programme to promote education and training ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support specific activities in the field of education and training [COM(2003) 273 — C5-0255/2003 — 2003/0114(COD)] — Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport.

Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A5-0357/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0475)

(P5_TA(2003)0475)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0475).

(P5_TA(2003)0475)

12.   Action programme to promote culture ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture [COM(2003) 275 — C5-0262/2003 — 2003/0115(COD)] — Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport.

Rapporteur: Ulpu Iivari (A5-0359/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0476)

(P5_TA(2003)0476)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0476)

(P5_TA(2003)0476)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte pointed out errors in the translation of the various language versions, highlighting that the original language was English; |
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Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte pointed out errors in the translation of the various language versions, highlighting that the original language was English;

| — | the rapporteur recommended the adoption of amendment 15; |
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the rapporteur recommended the adoption of amendment 15;

| — | Doris Pack on the previous remark. |
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Doris Pack on the previous remark.

13.   2001 discharges (decentralised agencies) (vote)

(vote)

Report on the discharges to be given for 2001 to:

| 1. | the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (C5-0102/2003 — 2003/2046(DEC)), |
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1.

the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (C5-0102/2003 — 2003/2046(DEC)),

| 2. | the European Environment Agency (C5-0098/2003 — 2003/2044(DEC)), |
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2.

the European Environment Agency (C5-0098/2003 — 2003/2044(DEC)),

| 3. | the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union (C5-0100/2003 — 2003/2045(DEC)), |
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3.

the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union (C5-0100/2003 — 2003/2045(DEC)),

| 4. | the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (C5-0096/2003 — 2003/2043(DEC)), |
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4.

the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (C5-0096/2003 — 2003/2043(DEC)),

| 5. | the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (C5-0094/2003 — 2003/2042(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control. |
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5.

the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (C5-0094/2003 — 2003/2042(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control.

Rapporteur: Freddy Blak (A5-0360/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 7)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION No 1

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0477)

(P5_TA(2003)0477)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0477)

(P5_TA(2003)0477)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION No 2

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0478)

(P5_TA(2003)0478)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0478)

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0478)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION No 3

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0479)

(P5_TA(2003)0479)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0479)

(P5_TA(2003)0479)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION No 4

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0480)

(P5_TA(2003)0480)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0480)

(P5_TA(2003)0480)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION No 5

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0481)

(P5_TA(2003)0481)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0481).

(P5_TA(2003)0481).

14.   Immigration liaison officers network * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network [9870/2003 — C5-0260/2003 — 2003/0817(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Martine Roure (A5-0344/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 8)

INITIATIVE OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0482)

(P5_TA(2003)0482)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0482).

(P5_TA(2003)0482).

15.   Improving safety at sea (vote)

(vote)

Proposal for a decision tabled by the Conference of Presidents setting up a temporary committee on improving safety at sea (B5-0468/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 9)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0483).

(P5_TA(2003)0483).

16.   Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings (vote)

(vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [2003/2179(INI)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar (A5-0361/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0484).

(P5_TA(2003)0484)

17.   Women in the New Information Society (vote)

(vote)

Report on Women in the New Information Society [2003/2047(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Anna Karamanou (A5-0279/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0485)

(P5_TA(2003)0485)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou moved an oral amendment to amendment 4, to which the rapporteur agreed. |
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Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou moved an oral amendment to amendment 4, to which the rapporteur agreed.

There were no objections to the oral amendment which was thus incorporated.

18.   Taxation of passenger cars in the European Union (vote)

(vote)

Report on the Commission communication on taxation of passenger cars in the European Union [COM(2002) 431 — 2002/2260(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Mary Honeyball (A5-0265/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

(Voting record: Annex I, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0486).

(P5_TA(2003)0486)

19.   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 Sanders-ten Holte — A5-0312/2003: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra

Report Iivari — A5-0359/2003: Michl Ebner

Proposal for decision — B5-0468/2003: Josu Ortuondo Larrea.

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- *

The following spoke: Nelly Maes on the explanations of vote given by Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte and by José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, and Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco on this remark.

20.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report Oostlander — A5-0352/2003

| — | single vote

  for: Avril Doyle, Peter Pex, Lissy Gröner, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Fodé Sylla |
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single vote

for: Avril Doyle, Peter Pex, Lissy Gröner, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Fodé Sylla

for:

Report Sanders-ten Holte — A5-0312/2003

| — | amendment 1

  against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte |
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amendment 1

against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte

against:

| — | amendment 2

  against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte

  abstention: Efstratios Korakas |
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amendment 2

against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte

against:

abstention: Efstratios Korakas

abstention:

| — | amendment 18

  against: Richard Corbett |
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—

amendment 18

against: Richard Corbett

against:

| — | amendment 25

  for: Arlene McCarthy |
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—

amendment 25

for: Arlene McCarthy

for:

| — | amendment 27

  for: Inger Schörling

  against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte |
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amendment 27

for: Inger Schörling

for:

against: Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte

against:

| — | amendment 55

  for: Joan Colom i Naval, Charlotte Cederschiöld

  abstention: Efstratios Korakas |
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amendment 55

for: Joan Colom i Naval, Charlotte Cederschiöld

for:

abstention: Efstratios Korakas

abstention:

| — | amendment 56

  for: Efstratios Korakas |
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amendment 56

for: Efstratios Korakas

for:

| — | amendment 59

  for: Efstratios Korakas |
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—

amendment 59

for: Efstratios Korakas

for:

| — | amendment 93

  against: Charlotte Cederschiöld, Richard Corbett |
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amendment 93

against: Charlotte Cederschiöld, Richard Corbett

against:

| — | amendment 94

  against: Charlotte Cederschiöld, Richard Corbett |
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amendment 94

against: Charlotte Cederschiöld, Richard Corbett

against:

| — | amendment 110

  against: Efstratios Korakas |
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amendment 110

against: Efstratios Korakas

against:

| — | amendment 114

  against: Efstratios Korakas, Ioannis Patakis |
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amendment 114

against: Efstratios Korakas, Ioannis Patakis

against:

| — | amendment 115

  against: Efstratios Korakas |
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amendment 115

against: Efstratios Korakas

against:

| — | legislative resolution

  against: Gérard Onesta |
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legislative resolution

against: Gérard Onesta

against:

Fodé Sylla had highlighted that he had wanted to vote on this report as follows:

for: Committee amendments en bloc: 5, 19, 20, 21, 25, 89, 90 (first and second part), 93, 94, 22, 1, 27, 2, 55, 56 (first part), 59, 18, amended proposal, legislative resolution.

for:

against: amendments 97, 111, 114, 56 (second part), 115 and 110.

against:

Report Honeyball — A5-0265/2003

| — | paragraph 2, second part

  against: Christine De Veyrac |
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paragraph 2, second part

against: Christine De Veyrac

against:

| — | paragraph 13

  against: Sabine Zissener, Christine De Veyrac |
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paragraph 13

against: Sabine Zissener, Christine De Veyrac

against:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  for: Diana Wallis |
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resolution (as a whole)

for: Diana Wallis

for:

Chantal Cauquil and Armonia Bordes had pointed out that they did not take part in the final vote on the Hernández Mollar report — A5-0361/2003.

END OF VOTING TIME

21.   Communication of common positions of the Council

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 74(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

| — | Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards traditional herbal medicinal products, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (C5-0519/2003 — 2002/0008(COD) — 12754/1/2003 — 13601/2003 — SEC(2003) 1247)






  referred to | responsible: ENVI |
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| | opinion at first reading: JURI |

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards traditional herbal medicinal products, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (C5-0519/2003 — 2002/0008(COD) — 12754/1/2003 — 13601/2003 — SEC(2003) 1247)

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion at first reading: JURI

| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Detergents (C5-0521/2003 — 2002/0216(COD) — 10595/3/2003 — 13271/2003 — SEC(2003) 1051)






  referred to | responsible: ENVI |
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| | opinion at first reading: ITRE |

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Detergents (C5-0521/2003 — 2002/0216(COD) — 10595/3/2003 — 13271/2003 — SEC(2003) 1051)

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion at first reading: ITRE

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 7 November 2003.

22.   Referral to committees

The ECON Committee was asked for its opinion on:

| — | Authors' rights: Community framework for collecting societies (2002/2274(INI))
  Committee responsible: JURI |
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Authors' rights: Community framework for collecting societies (2002/2274(INI))

Committee responsible: JURI

23.   Membership of Parliament

The competent Cypriot authorities had given notice of the appointment of George Varnava to replace Vassos Lyssarides as observer, with effect from 17 November 2003.

24.   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.

25.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 17 to 20 November 2003.

26.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 12.00.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

David W. Martin

Vice-President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Aaltonen, Abitbol, Adam, Nuala Ahern, Ainardi, Alavanos, Almeida Garrett, Alyssandrakis, Andersen, Andersson, Andreasen, André-Léonard, Andrews, Andria, Angelilli, 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, Berès, van den Berg, Bergaz Conesa, Berger, Berlato, Bernié, Berthu, Bertinotti, Beysen, Blak, Blokland, Bodrato, Böge, Bösch, von Boetticher, Bonde, Booth, Bordes, Borghezio, van den Bos, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Bowe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Breyer, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Butel, Callanan, Calò, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Camre, Cappato, Cardoso, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Caullery, Cauquil, Cederschiöld, Celli, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Cesaro, Ceyhun, Chichester, Claeys, Clegg, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Corrie, Cossutta, Coûteaux, Cox, Cushnahan, van Dam, Damião, Dary, Daul, Davies, De Clercq, Decourrière, Dehousse, De Keyser, Della Vedova, 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, Echerer, Elles, Eriksson, Esclopé, Ettl, Jillian Evans, Robert J.E. Evans, Färm, Farage, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrández Lezaun, Ferreira, Ferri, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Fiori, Fitzsimons, Flautre, Flemming, Flesch, Florenz, Folias, Ford, Foster, Fourtou, Frahm, Frassoni, Fruteau, Gahler, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Garaud, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garot, de Gaulle, Gebhardt, Gemelli, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glante, Glase, Goebbels, Goepel, Görlach, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Gouveia, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graça Moura, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hager, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, van Hulten, Hume, Hyland, Iivari, Ilgenfritz, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jové Peres, Junker, Karamanou, Karas, Karlsson, Katiforis, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korakas, Korhola, Koukiadis, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Krivine, Kronberger, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Kuntz, Lage, Lagendijk, Lalumière, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, de La Perriere, Laschet, Lavarra, Lechner, Lehne, Leinen, Linkohr, Lipietz, Lisi, Lombardo, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lund, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maes, Malliori, Manisco, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Mantovani, Marchiani, Marinho, Marini, Marinos, Markov, Marset Campos, Martens, David W. Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastella, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Matikainen-Kallström, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Mayol i Raynal, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Mennea, Menrad, Messner, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Modrow, Mombaur, Monsonís Domingo, Moraes, Morillon, Müller, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Nobilia, Nogueira Román, Nordmann, Obiols i Germà, Ojeda Sanz, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Ortuondo Larrea, O'Toole, Paciotti, Pack, Paisley, Pannella, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Patakis, Patrie, Paulsen, Pérez Álvarez, Pérez Royo, Perry, Pesälä, Pex, Piecyk, Piétrasanta, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Pittella, Plooij-van Gorsel, Podestà, Pohjamo, Poignant, Poos, Posselt, Prets, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raymond, Read, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rocard, Rod, Rodríguez Ramos, de Roo, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Saint-Josse, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Sanders-ten Holte, Santini, dos Santos, Sartori, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scallon, Scapagnini, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Gerhard Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schörling, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Segni, Seppänen, Simpson, Skinner, Smet, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Staes, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Swiebel, Swoboda, Sørensen, Tajani, Tannock, Terrón i Cusí, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Turchi, Turco, Turmes, Twinn, Vachetta, Väyrynen, Vairinhos, Valdivielso de Cué, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Veltroni, van Velzen, Vermeer, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vinci, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wiersma, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Wuori, Wurtz, Wynn, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimeray, Zimmerling, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen.

Observers:

Bagó Zoltán, Balsai István, Bastys Mindaugas, Bekasovs Martijans, Biela Adam, Brejc Mihael, Chrzanowski Zbigniew, Cilevičs Boriss, Didžiokas Gintaras, Filipek Krzysztof, Gadzinowski Piotr, Gawłowski Andrzej, Germič Ljubo, Hegyi Gyula, Holáň Vilém, Horvat Franc, Ilves Toomas Hendrik, Jaskiernia Jerzy, Kalisz Ryszard, Kamiński Michał Tomasz, Kelemen András, Kłopotek Eugeniusz, Konečná Kateřina, Kriščiūnas Kęstutis, Kuzmickas Kęstutis, Kvietkauskas Vytautas, Lachnit Petr, Lewandowski Janusz Antoni, Libicki Marcin, Lisak Janusz, Lydeka Arminas, Łyżwiński Stanisław, Maldeikis Eugenijus, Maštálka Jiří, Matsakis Marios, Őry Csaba, Pasternak Agnieszka, Peterle Alojz, Plokšto Artur, Podgórski Bogdan, Pusz Sylwia, Siekierski Czesław, Szabó Zoltán, Szczygło Aleksander, Szent-Iványi István, Tabajdi Csaba, Tomaka Jan, Tomczak Witold, Valys Antanas, Vastagh Pál, Wenderlich Jerzy, Widuch Marek, Wittbrodt Edmund, Zahradil Jan, Żenkiewicz Marian, Žiak Rudolf.

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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.   Community statistics on migration

Report: OOSTLANDER (A5-0352/2003)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote | | + | 314, 15, 66 |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

314, 15, 66

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

2.   Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men

Report: DYBKJAER (A5-0333/2003)

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

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote

+

3.   Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I

Report: SANDERS-TEN-HOLTE (A5-0312/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 3-4
  6-17
  23-24
  26
  28-54
  57-58
  60-88
  91-92
  95-96
  98-109 | committee | RCV | + | 419, 63, 15 |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 5 | committee | RCV | + | 366, 122, 9 |
| 19 | committee | RCV | + | 297, 184, 16 |
| 20 | committee | RCV | + | 408, 82, 14 |
| 21 | committee | RCV | + | 319, 167, 13 |
| 25 | committee | RCV | + | 417, 75, 15 |
| 89 | committee | RCV | + | 293, 201, 9 |
| 90 | committee | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 452, 42, 13 |
| 2 | + | 280, 207, 18 |
| 93 | committee | RCV | + | 331, 168, 9 |
| 94 | committee | RCV | + | 332, 164, 11 |
| 97 | committee | RCV | + | 305, 189, 15 |
| art 2, § 1 | 111 | ELDR | RCV | - | 72, 418, 16 |
| 22 | committee | RCV | + | 454, 45, 7 |
| art 3a | 1 | committee | RCV | + | 341, 160, 10 |
| 112 | ELDR + Verts/ALE | RCV | ↓ | |
| 27 | committee | RCV | + | 419, 74, 14 |
| art 3(c) | 2 | committee | RCV | + | 339, 167, 10 |
| 113 | ELDR + Verts/ALE | RCV | ↓ | |
| 55 | committee | RCV | + | 451, 36, 12 |
| art 3c, after point (a) | 114 | ELDR | RCV | - | 65, 429, 14 |
| 56 | committee | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 420, 80, 13 |
| 2 | + | 298, 186, 12 |
| art 3c, after point (d) | 59 | committee | RCV | - | 236, 263, 11 |
| 115 | ELDR + Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 248, 248, 14 |
| after recital 13 | 110 | ELDR + Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 114, 386, 14 |
| 18 | committee | RCV | + | 325, 169, 18 |
| vote: amended proposal | RCV | + | 334, 159, 24 |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 342, 152, 22 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

3-4

6-17

23-24

26

28-54

57-58

60-88

91-92

95-96

98-109

committee

RCV

+

419, 63, 15

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

5

committee

RCV

+

366, 122, 9

19

committee

RCV

+

297, 184, 16

20

committee

RCV

+

408, 82, 14

21

committee

RCV

+

319, 167, 13

25

committee

RCV

+

417, 75, 15

89

committee

RCV

+

293, 201, 9

90

committee

split/RCV

1

+

452, 42, 13

2

+

280, 207, 18

93

committee

RCV

+

331, 168, 9

94

committee

RCV

+

332, 164, 11

97

committee

RCV

+

305, 189, 15

art 2, § 1

111

ELDR

RCV

-

72, 418, 16

22

committee

RCV

+

454, 45, 7

art 3a

1

committee

RCV

+

341, 160, 10

112

ELDR + Verts/ALE

RCV

↓

27

committee

RCV

+

419, 74, 14

art 3(c)

2

committee

RCV

+

339, 167, 10

113

ELDR + Verts/ALE

RCV

↓

55

committee

RCV

+

451, 36, 12

art 3c, after point (a)

114

ELDR

RCV

-

65, 429, 14

56

committee

split/RCV

1

+

420, 80, 13

2

+

298, 186, 12

art 3c, after point (d)

59

committee

RCV

-

236, 263, 11

115

ELDR + Verts/ALE

RCV

-

248, 248, 14

after recital 13

110

ELDR + Verts/ALE

RCV

-

114, 386, 14

18

committee

RCV

+

325, 169, 18

vote: amended proposal

RCV

+

334, 159, 24

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

342, 152, 22

The Verts/ALE Group had withdrawn its signature from Amendments 111 and 114.

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: ams 1, 112, 2, 113, final vote

ELDR: ams 1, 2, 93, 112, 94, 113 and final vote

Verts/ALE: all the votes

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: ams 19, 21, 89

ELDR: ams 5, 20, 25, 97

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 90

1st part: up to ‘consultation and information’

2nd part: remainder

Verts/ALE

am 56

1st part: 1st indent

2nd part: remainder

4.   Action programme to promote youth ***I

Report: PRETS (A5-0358/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-4
  6-7
  9-17
  20 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 5 | committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | 277, 191, 8 |
| 2 | + | 266, 205, 8 |
| 8 | committee | sep | - | |
| 18 | committee | sep | + | 294, 191, 12 |
| annex, point 3 | 22 | Verts/ALE | | - | 239, 243, 5 |
| 23 | Verts/ALE | | + | 264, 222, 5 |
| annex, point 5.6 | 19 D | committee | | + | 294, 180, 11 |
| 24 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-4

6-7

9-17

20

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

5

committee

split

1

+

277, 191, 8

2

+

266, 205, 8

8

committee

sep

-

18

committee

sep

+

294, 191, 12

annex, point 3

22

Verts/ALE

-

239, 243, 5

23

Verts/ALE

+

264, 222, 5

annex, point 5.6

19 D

committee

+

294, 180, 11

24

ELDR

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Amendment 21 had been cancelled.

Requests for separate vote

PSE: am 8

ELDR: ams 5, 8, 18

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 5

1st part: up to ‘of interest to them’

2nd part: remainder

Other information

Terence Wynn, Chairman of the BUDG Committee, had moved an oral amendment to add a new paragraph 1a which reads as follows: ‘considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2002-2006’.

The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment which was adopted.

5.   Action programme to promote education and training ***I

Report: PACK (A5-0357/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 2
  4-6
  8-13 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 1 | committee | sep | + | |
| 3 | committee | sep | + | |
| annex 3, after point 3 | 14 | Verts/ALE | EV | - | 243, 248, 7 |
| 15 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 263, 231, 5 |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

2

4-6

8-13

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

1

committee

sep

+

3

committee

sep

+

annex 3, after point 3

14

Verts/ALE

EV

-

243, 248, 7

15

Verts/ALE

EV

+

263, 231, 5

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Amendment 7 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote [Rule 140(1)(d)].

Requests for separate vote

Verts/ALE: ams 1, 3

Other information

Terence Wynn, Chairman of the BUDG Committee, had moved an oral amendment to add a new paragraph 1a which reads as follows: ‘considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2002-2006’.

The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment which was adopted.

6.   Action programme to promote culture ***I

Report: IIVARI (A5-0359/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1
  3
  6
  8-9
  11-12 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 2 | committee | sep | + | |
| 10 | committee | sep/EV | + | 275, 204, 6 |
| 13 | committee | sep | + | |
| art 3, § 1 | 16 | PSE | | + | |
| art 3 | 18 | PSE | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 460, 36, 11 |
| 2 | + | 338, 135, 9 |
| 5 | committee | RCV | ↓ | |
| art 5, § 1 | 17 | PSE | | + | |
| 7 | committee | | ↓ | |
| annex, point 2, § 3 | 25 | PPE-DE | EV | - | 222, 275, 7 |
| annex, point 3, §§ 2 and 3 | 19 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 137, 360, 7 |
| annex, point 3, § 2 | 23 | ELDR | split/ RCV | | |
| 1 | - | 136, 356, 14 |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| 15 | PSE | RCV | - | 233, 261, 16 |
| 20 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 128, 371, 9 |
| annex 3, after point 3 | 21 | Verts/ALE | EV | - | 241, 246, 6 |
| 22 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 229, 224, 9 |
| annex, point 5, § 6 | 14 D | committee | EV | + | 286, 198, 5 |
| 24 | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| annex, point 5, § 7 | 26 | PSE | | + | 258, 201, 9 |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1

3

6

8-9

11-12

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

2

committee

sep

+

10

committee

sep/EV

+

275, 204, 6

13

committee

sep

+

art 3, § 1

16

PSE

+

art 3

18

PSE

split/RCV

1

+

460, 36, 11

2

+

338, 135, 9

5

committee

RCV

↓

art 5, § 1

17

PSE

+

7

committee

↓

annex, point 2, § 3

25

PPE-DE

EV

-

222, 275, 7

annex, point 3, §§ 2 and 3

19

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

137, 360, 7

annex, point 3, § 2

23

ELDR

split/ RCV

1

-

136, 356, 14

2

↓

15

PSE

RCV

-

233, 261, 16

20

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

128, 371, 9

annex 3, after point 3

21

Verts/ALE

EV

-

241, 246, 6

22

Verts/ALE

EV

+

229, 224, 9

annex, point 5, § 6

14 D

committee

EV

+

286, 198, 5

24

ELDR

↓

annex, point 5, § 7

26

PSE

+

258, 201, 9

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Amendment 4 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: ams 18, 5, 23, 15, 20

Verts/ALE: ams 18, 19

Requests for separate vote

PSE: am 10

ELDR: am 13

Verts/ALE: am 2

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

am 18

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘operating grants may also be awarded ... pre-assigned by the budgetary authority’

2nd part: those words

am 23

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘and the principle of gradual decrease of 10% after the third year’

2nd part: those words

Other information

Terence Wynn, Chairman of the BUDG Committee, had moved an oral amendment to add a new paragraph 1a which reads as follows: ‘considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2002-2006’.

The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment which was adopted.

7.   2001 discharges (decentralised agencies)

Report: BLAK (A5-0360/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| proposal for decision No 1




  (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |
| motion for a resolution |
| § 25 | 1 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| proposal for decision No 2




  (European Environment Agency) |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |
| motion for a resolution |
| § 23 | 2 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| proposal for decision No 3




  (Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union) |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |
| motion for a resolution |
| § 21 | 3 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| proposal for decision No 4




  (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |
| motion for a resolution |
| § 21 | 4 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| proposal for decision No 5




  (European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia) |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |
| motion for a resolution |
| § 19 | 5 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

proposal for decision No 1

(European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

motion for a resolution

§ 25

1

ELDR

-

vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole)

+

proposal for decision No 2

(European Environment Agency)

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

motion for a resolution

§ 23

2

ELDR

-

vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole)

+

proposal for decision No 3

(Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union)

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

motion for a resolution

§ 21

3

ELDR

-

vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole)

+

proposal for decision No 4

(European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction)

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

motion for a resolution

§ 21

4

ELDR

-

vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole)

+

proposal for decision No 5

(European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia)

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

motion for a resolution

§ 19

5

ELDR

-

vote: motion for a resolution (as a whole)

+

8.   Immigration liaison officers network *

Report: ROURE (A5-0344/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-13 | committee | | + | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-13

committee

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

9.   Improving safety at sea

Proposal for a decision: B5-0468/2003

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole) | | + | |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: proposal for a decision (as a whole)

+

10.   Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings

Report: HERNÁNDEZ MOLLAR (A5-0361/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| after § 1 | 2 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| 1 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 10 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | 261, 208, 2 |
| § 15 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 16 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 20 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 21 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 22 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 23 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 24 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 25 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 26 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 27 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| citation 11 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1/RCV | + | 427, 54, 5 |
| 2 | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 410, 67, 4 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after § 1

2

GUE/NGL

-

1

Verts/ALE

-

§ 10

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

261, 208, 2

§ 15

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 16

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 20

§

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 21

§

original text

sep

+

§ 22

§

original text

sep

+

§ 23

§

original text

sep

+

§ 24

§

original text

sep

+

§ 25

§

original text

sep

+

§ 26

§

original text

sep

+

§ 27

§

original text

sep

+

citation 11

§

original text

split

1/RCV

+

427, 54, 5

2

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

410, 67, 4

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

ELDR: final vote

KIRKHOPE ao: citation 11 [Part 1]

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: §§ 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

§ 10

1st part: up to ‘crime to the defendant’

2nd part: remainder

§ 15

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘or an appropriate organisation’

2nd part: those words

§ 16

1st part: up to ‘more effective protection’

2nd part: remainder

§ 20

1st part: up to ‘common fundamental standards’

2nd part: remainder

KIRKHOPE ao

Citation 11

1st part: up to ‘between Member States’

2nd part: remainder

11.   Women in the New Information Society

Report: KARAMANOU (A5-0279/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | 8 =
  19 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| § 2 | 9 | PSE | | + | |
| after § 3 | 10 =
  20 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 4 | 11 | PSE | EV | + | 254, 165, 32 |
| 12 =
  21 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 6 | 13 | PSE | | + | |
| § 8 | 14 =
  22 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 8 | 15 | PSE | | + | |
| § 9 | 16 | PSE | | + | |
| § 11 | 17 =
  23 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after recital B | 1 | PSE | | + | |
| recital C | 2 | PSE | | + | |
| after recital C | 3 | PSE | | + | |
| after recital E | 4 | PSE | | + | amended orally |
| 5 =
  18 = | PSE
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| recital I | 6 | PSE | | + | |
| after recital I | 7 | PSE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 414, 18, 49 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

8 =

19 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

§ 2

9

PSE

+

after § 3

10 =

20 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

after § 4

11

PSE

EV

+

254, 165, 32

12 =

21 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

after § 6

13

PSE

+

§ 8

14 =

22 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

after § 8

15

PSE

+

§ 9

16

PSE

+

§ 11

17 =

23 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

after recital B

1

PSE

+

recital C

2

PSE

+

after recital C

3

PSE

+

after recital E

4

PSE

+

amended orally

5 =

18 =

PSE

PPE-DE

+

recital I

6

PSE

+

after recital I

7

PSE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

414, 18, 49

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: final vote

Other information

Mrs Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment to amendment 4, replacing the words ‘the frequent projection of negative and degrading images of women’ with the words ‘the frequent projection of an image of women which does not correspond to their real role’.

The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment which was adopted.

12.   Taxation of passenger cars in the European Union

Report: HONEYBALL (A5-0265/2003)

| Subject | Amendment No | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | § | original text | sep/EV | + | 237, 224, 5 |
| § 2 | § | original text | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 426, 34, 13 |
| 2 | + | 247, 186, 14 |
| § 4 | § | original text | sep | + | 226, 223, 3 |
| § 7 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 8 | § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 10 | 2 | ELDR | | + | |
| § 12 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 253, 198, 3 |
| § 13 | § | original text | RCV | + | 248, 197, 10 |
| § 16 | 1 | PSE | | + | |
| § | original text | sep | ↓ | |
| § 19 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | - | 207, 256, 4 |
| 3/EV | + | 231, 217, 5 |
| 4/EV | + | 245, 216, 4 |
| § 21 | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 / EV | - | 226, 230, 2 |
| recital D | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital E | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital F | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital G | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital H | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital I | § | original text | sep | + | |
| recital J | § | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 239, 196, 39 |

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

§

original text

sep/EV

+

237, 224, 5

§ 2

§

original text

split/RCV

1

+

426, 34, 13

2

+

247, 186, 14

§ 4

§

original text

sep

+

226, 223, 3

§ 7

§

original text

sep

+

§ 8

§

original text

sep

+

§ 10

2

ELDR

+

§ 12

§

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

253, 198, 3

§ 13

§

original text

RCV

+

248, 197, 10

§ 16

1

PSE

+

§

original text

sep

↓

§ 19

§

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

-

207, 256, 4

3/EV

+

231, 217, 5

4/EV

+

245, 216, 4

§ 21

§

original text

split

1

+

2 / EV

-

226, 230, 2

recital D

§

original text

sep

+

recital E

§

original text

sep

+

recital F

§

original text

sep

+

recital G

§

original text

sep

+

recital H

§

original text

sep

+

recital I

§

original text

sep

+

recital J

§

original text

split

1

+

2

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

239, 196, 39

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: §§ 2, 13, final vote

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: recitals D, E, F, G, H, I, §§ 1, 4, 7, 13, 16

Verts/ALE: recital J, § 8

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

recital J

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘a certain amount of’

2nd part: those words

§ 2

1st part: up to ‘Member States’

2nd part: remainder

§ 12

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘in order to ensure an optimal environmental impact’

2nd part: those words

§ 19

1st part: text as a whole exept the words ‘Commission and’, ‘in addition... registration taxes’ and ‘other’

2nd part: the words ‘Commission and’

3rd part: the words ‘in addition... registration taxes’

4th part: the word ‘other’

§ 21

1st part: up to ‘languages of a country’

2nd part: remainder

---

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Oostlander report A5-0352/2003

For: 314

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Dary

NI: Beysen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, Mann Thomas, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Guy-Quint, Haug, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lavarra, Leinen, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Piecyk, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Ó Neachtain, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lucas, MacCormick, Maes, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Turmes

Against: 15

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Frahm, Korakas, Krivine, Vachetta

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang

Abstention: 66

EDD: Bernié, Booth, Butel, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Seppänen, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Corrie, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Jackson, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Perry, Provan, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

2.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 419

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 63

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Cashman, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Guy-Quint, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Murphy, O'Toole, Piecyk, Rapkay, Read, Sandberg-Fries, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

Abstention: 15

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Dupuis, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

3.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 366

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

ELDR: Davies

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Nogueira Román, Ortuondo Larrea

Against: 122

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Seppänen, Vachetta

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 9

EDD: Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

4.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 297

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Souchet

PPE-DE: Bébéar, von Boetticher, Cesaro, Cornillet, Florenz, García-Margallo y Marfil, Goepel, Lamassoure, Langen, Lombardo, Mauro, Menrad, Musotto, Oreja Arburúa, Redondo Jiménez, Sacrédeus, Scapagnini, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 184

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Angelilli, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 16

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

UEN: Camre

5.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 408

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

ELDR: Manders, Plooij-van Gorsel

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 82

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Ilgenfritz, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Oomen-Ruijten, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Vatanen

UEN: Ó Neachtain

Abstention: 14

EDD: Abitbol, Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Kuntz, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Berthu, de La Perriere, Souchet

6.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 319

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Bébéar, Bodrato, Böge, Brok, Cesaro, Cornillet, Costa Raffaele, Doyle, Fatuzzo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Hernández Mollar, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Lechner, Lehne, Lombardo, Maat, Marques, Mauro, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Musotto, Ojeda Sanz, Oreja Arburúa, Podestà, Redondo Jiménez, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schierhuber, Theato, Vatanen, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 167

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Corrie, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Ebner, Elles, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gemelli, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Koch, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lisi, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Sartori, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

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

Abstention: 13

EDD: Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

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

7.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 417

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

ELDR: Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 75

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Jackson, Jeggle, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Mayer Xaver, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

Abstention: 15

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Camisón Asensio

8.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 293

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PPE-DE: Bébéar, Bodrato, Costa Raffaele, Florenz, Goepel, Matikainen-Kallström, Redondo Jiménez, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Camre, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 201

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Turchi

Abstention: 9

EDD: Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Garaud

9.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 452

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 42

EDD: Kuntz

NI: de La Perriere, Souchet

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, De Veyrac, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Thyssen, Twinn, Van Orden, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Zissener

Abstention: 13

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

UEN: Thomas-Mauro

10.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 280

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Bodrato, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Florenz, Goepel, Korhola, Lombardo, Musotto, Pronk, Schwaiger, Wenzel-Perillo

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 207

EDD: Coûteaux

ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak, Nordmann

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 18

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

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

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For: 331

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

ELDR: van den Bos

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Claeys, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Wiersma, Zorba

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

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Ortuondo Larrea, Wuori

Against: 168

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Cushnahan, Deva, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Foster, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Smet, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Carrilho, Cashman, Färm, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Pittella, Read, Sandberg-Fries, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 9

EDD: Abitbol, Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

PPE-DE: Camisón Asensio

PSE: Mann Erika

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For: 332

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

ELDR: van den Bos

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Claeys, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Angelilli, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Ortuondo Larrea, Wuori

Against: 164

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Clegg, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Foster, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Kauppi, Khanbhai, Korhola, McMillan-Scott, Marques, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Sartori, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Cashman, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Pittella, Sandberg-Fries, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Andrews, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 11

EDD: Abitbol, Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: de La Perriere, Martinez

PPE-DE: von Boetticher, Matikainen-Kallström

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For: 305

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

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bergaz Conesa, Caudron, Dary, Jové Peres, Korakas, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Vinci

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Ortuondo Larrea

Against: 189

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Foster, Gahler, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Pittella, Read, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori

Abstention: 15

EDD: Booth, Farage

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PPE-DE: Matikainen-Kallström

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

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For: 72

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, van Dam, Kuntz

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Caudron, Scarbonchi, Vinci

NI: Berthu, de La Perriere, Souchet

PPE-DE: Cesaro, Costa Raffaele, Goepel, Korhola, Lombardo

PSE: Casaca, Corbey, Dehousse, Dührkop Dührkop, Ford, Guy-Quint, Kinnock, Lage, Lange, Marinho, Piecyk, Pittella, Torres Marques

UEN: Angelilli, Caullery

Verts/ALE: Celli

Against: 418

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

ELDR: Ries, Rutelli

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lalumière, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 16

EDD: Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez

PSE: Mann Erika

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For: 454

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, 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, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sandberg-Fries, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 45

EDD: Abitbol, Coûteaux, Kuntz

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

Abstention: 7

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Souchet

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For: 341

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

ELDR: Huhne, Lynne, Rutelli, Vallvé

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Ortuondo Larrea, Sörensen

Against: 160

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Foster, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Matikainen-Kallström, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ford, Gill, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Karlsson, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Murphy, O'Toole, Read, Sandberg-Fries, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, Maes, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Staes, Turmes, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 10

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Gollnisch

PSE: Mann Erika, Swoboda

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For: 419

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

ELDR: Clegg, Flesch, Manders, Plooij-van Gorsel, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Van Hecke, Vermeer

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 74

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Schröder Ilka

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Matikainen-Kallström, Nassauer, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Sornosa Martínez

UEN: Andrews, Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Schörling

Abstention: 14

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

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For: 339

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

ELDR: Vallvé, Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Ortuondo Larrea, Sörensen

Against: 167

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Meijer, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Foster, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Karlsson, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Read, Sandberg-Fries, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 10

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Patakis

PPE-DE: McMillan-Scott

PSE: Mann Erika, Swoboda

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For: 451

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 36

GUE/NGL: Bertinotti, Manisco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Mastella, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden

PSE: Colom i Naval, Lalumière

UEN: Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Nogueira Román

Abstention: 12

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Claeys, de Gaulle, Lang, Martinez

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For: 65

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, van Dam, Kuntz

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Patakis

NI: de La Perriere, Mennea

PPE-DE: Berend, Cesaro, Florenz, Goepel, Korhola, Pronk

PSE: Berenguer Fuster, Ceyhun, Kinnock, Marinho, Moraes, Swiebel

UEN: Fitzsimons

Verts/ALE: Nogueira Román

Against: 429

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 14

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Korakas

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez, Souchet

PSE: Dehousse

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For: 420

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Smet, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 80

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Foster, Gahler, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, Klamt, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Sartori, Scallon, Schmitt, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman, Zimmerling

PSE: Adam, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, Lange, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Abstention: 13

EDD: Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Korakas

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Bébéar

PSE: Mann Erika

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For: 298

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

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bergaz Conesa, Dary, Jové Peres, Korakas, Marset Campos, Puerta, Scarbonchi

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Bouwman, Ferrández Lezaun, Ortuondo Larrea, Sörensen

Against: 186

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Foster, Gahler, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, Langen, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Schmitt, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Read, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Andrews, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 12

EDD: Abitbol, Booth, Farage, Titford

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Souchet

PSE: Mann Erika

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For: 236

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling

PSE: Berenguer Fuster, Jöns, Leinen, Marinho, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ortuondo Larrea

Against: 263

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Meijer, Scarbonchi, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 11

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang

PSE: Mann Erika

24.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 248

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Eriksson, Frahm, Korakas, Krivine, Patakis, Seppänen, Vachetta

NI: Berthu, Dupuis, de La Perriere, Souchet

PPE-DE: Cesaro, Florenz, Montfort

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 248

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Hughes

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Brie, Cauquil

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez

PSE: Mann Erika

25.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 114

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bertinotti, Eriksson, Frahm, Korakas, Krivine, Meijer, Patakis, Seppänen, Vachetta

NI: de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Cesaro, Lombardo, Mastella, Thyssen, Wijkman

PSE: Kinnock, Marinho, Martin Hans-Peter, O'Toole, Prets, Schmid Gerhard

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 386

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun

Abstention: 14

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez, Souchet

PSE: Dehousse, Mann Erika

26.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 325

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McNally, Malliori, Martin Hans-Peter, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Ortuondo Larrea

Against: 169

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krivine, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Cushnahan, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Gahler, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Hernández Mollar, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, Konrad, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Scallon, Schmitt, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wijkman

PSE: Adam, Carrilho, Cashman, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Read, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 18

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

ELDR: Nordmann

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PSE: Mann Erika, Marinho

27.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 334

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

ELDR: Vallvé

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Nogueira Román, Ortuondo Larrea, Sörensen

Against: 159

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Sandbæk, Titford

ELDR: Andreasen, Attwooll, van den Bos, Busk, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Frahm, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Bowe, Carrilho, Cashman, Ceyhun, Corbett, Corbey, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Glante, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Poignant, Read, Ruffolo, Savary, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 24

EDD: Abitbol, Kuntz

ELDR: André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, Calò, Di Pietro

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Eriksson, Korakas, Krivine, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Mann Erika, Marinho, Swoboda

28.   Sanders-Ten Holte report A5-0312/2003

For: 342

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse

ELDR: Vallvé

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scapagnini, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Müller Rosemarie, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swiebel, Terrón i Cusí, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Weiler, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Angelilli, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Ortuondo Larrea, Sörensen

Against: 152

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Sandbæk, Titford

ELDR: Andreasen, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Frahm, Krivine, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Bowe, Carrilho, Cashman, Corbett, Evans Robert J.E., Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Read, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Whitehead, Wynn

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 22

EDD: Abitbol, Kuntz

ELDR: André-Léonard, Calò, Di Pietro, Manders, Sanders-ten Holte

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Eriksson, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Mann Erika, Swoboda

29.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 460

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Ilgenfritz, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Musumeci, Ribeiro e Castro

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 36

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Booth, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

ELDR: Di Pietro

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Garaud, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Cesaro

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

30.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 338

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: van den Bos, Ludford, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Blak, Eriksson, Frahm, Krarup, Seppänen

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Breyer, Staes

Against: 135

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Booth, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Podestà

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Abstention: 9

ELDR: Flesch

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

31.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 137

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

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

PPE-DE: Cesaro, Maat, Oomen-Ruijten

PSE: Marinho

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 360

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, Booth, van Dam, Farage, Kuntz, Titford

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Khanbhai, Klamt, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Lechner, Lisi, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro

Verts/ALE: Schörling

Abstention: 7

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Borghezio

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

32.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 136

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

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

PPE-DE: García-Orcoyen Tormo, Liese, Maat, Oomen-Ruijten

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 356

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

ELDR: Pesälä

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

EDD: Coûteaux

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

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

PPE-DE: Lechner

33.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 233

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Dary, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Cappato, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Wuermeling

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Campos, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Damião, De Keyser, De Rossa, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ford, Garot, Ghilardotti, Goebbels, Gröner, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, Savary, Scheele, Simpson, Skinner, Souladakis, Stihler, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Veltroni, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 261

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Booth, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

NI: Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Barón Crespo, Bullmann, Carnero González, Cercas, Ceyhun, Corbey, Dehousse, Dührkop Dührkop, Gill, Glante, Görlach, Haug, Izquierdo Collado, Junker, Keßler, Kindermann, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Leinen, Linkohr, Müller Rosemarie, Piecyk, Pittella, Poos, Rapkay, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Walter

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 16

EDD: Abitbol, Coûteaux, Kuntz

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Souchet

PPE-DE: Matikainen-Kallström, Suominen

PSE: Désir, Fruteau, Gillig, Guy-Quint, Mann Erika, Torres Marques

34.   Iivari report A5-0359/2003

For: 128

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

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

PSE: Dehousse, Hume, Marinho

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 371

EDD: Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Booth, Butel, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

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

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Damião, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 9

EDD: Abitbol, Coûteaux, Kuntz

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

PSE: Carrilho

35.   Hernández Mollar report A5-0361/2003

For: 427

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Cappato, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea, Pannella, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Muscardini, Nobilia, Pasqua, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 54

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, Booth, van Dam, Farage, Kuntz, Titford

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Corrie, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Musotto, Parish, Perry, Scallon, Stevenson, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Camre, Marchiani, Musumeci, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 5

EDD: Coûteaux

NI: Dell'Alba, Garaud

UEN: Fitzsimons, Ó Neachtain

36.   Hernández Mollar report A5-0361/2003

For: 410

EDD: Abitbol, Kuntz

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Patakis, Puerta, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Beysen, Borghezio, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Mennea

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Bremmer, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Decourrière, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 67

EDD: Andersen, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Booth, Coûteaux, van Dam, Esclopé, Farage, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk, Titford

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Krarup

NI: Berthu, Cappato, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Pannella, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Corrie, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Sumberg, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Lund

UEN: Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 4

GUE/NGL: Schröder Ilka

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez

UEN: Camre

37.   Karamanou report A5-0279/2003

For: 414

EDD: Andersen, Booth, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Mennea

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Bodrato, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Gouveia, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Andrews, Berlato, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 18

EDD: Abitbol, Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, van Dam, Farage, Kuntz

NI: Berthu, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Souchet

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

UEN: Caullery, Pasqua, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 49

EDD: Bernié, Butel, Esclopé, Raymond, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Beysen, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PPE-DE: Atkins, Beazley, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Hannan, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Khanbhai, McMillan-Scott, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Stevenson, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

UEN: Camre

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For: 426

EDD: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, van Dam, Kuntz, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Manisco, Puerta

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Foster, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sudre, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 34

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

PPE-DE: Scallon, Sumberg

Abstention: 13

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

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bertinotti, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Cappato

PPE-DE: Konrad

PSE: Poos

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For: 247

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Calò, Clegg, Davies, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Bordes, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bodrato, Cesaro, Doorn, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Mantovani, Mastella, Mauro, Mombaur, Pisicchio, Schwaiger, Thyssen, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Gröner, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 186

EDD: Coûteaux, Farage, Kuntz, Titford

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

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

NI: Cappato, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Lang, Martinez

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter, Poos

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For: 248

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Ludford, Maaten, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Ilgenfritz

PPE-DE: Bodrato, Doorn, Fiori, Korhola, Mastella, Pisicchio, Thyssen, Wijkman, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 197

EDD: Abitbol, Booth, Coûteaux, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Korakas, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tannock, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 10

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

NI: Cappato, Dell'Alba

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

Verts/ALE: MacCormick

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For: 239

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, van den Bos, Calò, Clegg, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Huhne, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Vermeer, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Markov

NI: Cappato, Ilgenfritz

PPE-DE: Banotti, Bodrato, Deprez, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Kauppi, Korhola, Maat, Marques, Martens, Matikainen-Kallström, Oomen-Ruijten, Pex, Pronk, Rübig, Sartori, Scallon, Suominen, Thyssen, Vatanen, van Velzen, Wijkman

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Damião, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Hume, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Ruffolo, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Gahrton, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 196

EDD: Abitbol, Bernié, Booth, Butel, Coûteaux, Esclopé, Farage, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Saint-Josse, Titford

ELDR: Wallis

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Corrie, Costa Raffaele, Daul, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Dover, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Flemming, Folias, Foster, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marini, Martin Hugues, Mastella, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Ojeda Sanz, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Podestà, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Redondo Jiménez, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schaffner, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sudre, Tannock, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Fitzsimons, Marchiani, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 39

EDD: Andersen, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bertinotti, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Patakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Sylla, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Dell'Alba, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Cocilovo, Fiori

PSE: Lund, Martin Hans-Peter, Thorning-Schmidt

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2003)0471

Community statistics on migration

European Parliament resolution on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament to present an Action Plan for the collection and analysis of Community Statistics in the field of migration (2003/2157(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Communication from the Commission (COM(2003) 179), |
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having regard to the Communication from the Commission (COM(2003) 179),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meetings of 15 and 16 October 1999 in Tampere and of 19 and 20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meetings of 15 and 16 October 1999 in Tampere and of 19 and 20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 28 and 29 May 2001, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 28 and 29 May 2001,

| — | having regard to the UN recommendations relating to statistics on international migration (1998 General Assembly), |
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having regard to the UN recommendations relating to statistics on international migration (1998 General Assembly),

| — | having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0352/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0352/2003),

| A. | whereas clear, comprehensive, reliable and comparable statistics are of crucial importance if a proper solution is to be found to the various policy problems arising from the migration phenomenon, |
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whereas clear, comprehensive, reliable and comparable statistics are of crucial importance if a proper solution is to be found to the various policy problems arising from the migration phenomenon,

| B. | whereas, in its conclusions, the Tampere European Council emphasised the need for transparency with regard to asylum and migration policy as well, and whereas exceptions to the rule are admitted only where confidential data relating to individuals is involved, |
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B.

whereas, in its conclusions, the Tampere European Council emphasised the need for transparency with regard to asylum and migration policy as well, and whereas exceptions to the rule are admitted only where confidential data relating to individuals is involved,

| C. | whereas, in some instances, Eurostat receives inadequate or insufficiently appropriate and unequivocal information from the various actors because those actors constantly use differing definitions, which makes it difficult to compare data at international level and to compare the efficacy of policies, |
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whereas, in some instances, Eurostat receives inadequate or insufficiently appropriate and unequivocal information from the various actors because those actors constantly use differing definitions, which makes it difficult to compare data at international level and to compare the efficacy of policies,

| D. | whereas the activities outlined in this Action Plan require full and active cooperation from the competent national authorities, but whereas such cooperation cannot be totally successful until the Member States coordinate their priorities, interests and definitions, |
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D.

whereas the activities outlined in this Action Plan require full and active cooperation from the competent national authorities, but whereas such cooperation cannot be totally successful until the Member States coordinate their priorities, interests and definitions,

| E. | whereas that is the reason why the Commission wishes to organise a debate so as to verify whether Community legislation and harmonisation in the field of statistics would be useful in order, firstly, to prevent duplication of effort and, secondly, to bring definitions and working methods into line with each other so that all the actors are ready and able to publish accurate figures, |
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whereas that is the reason why the Commission wishes to organise a debate so as to verify whether Community legislation and harmonisation in the field of statistics would be useful in order, firstly, to prevent duplication of effort and, secondly, to bring definitions and working methods into line with each other so that all the actors are ready and able to publish accurate figures,

| F. | whereas illegal migration cannot be measured accurately, but whereas estimates do exist which form some kind of basis on which to establish policy, |
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whereas illegal migration cannot be measured accurately, but whereas estimates do exist which form some kind of basis on which to establish policy,

| G. | whereas statistics on illegal migration, where they actually exist, are sometimes not published because they are deemed to constitute sensitive information, |
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whereas statistics on illegal migration, where they actually exist, are sometimes not published because they are deemed to constitute sensitive information,

| H. | whereas in order to develop efficient and targeted measures to prevent trafficking in women, there is a need for improved data, research, and analysis, including on the character and scale of trafficking, |
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whereas in order to develop efficient and targeted measures to prevent trafficking in women, there is a need for improved data, research, and analysis, including on the character and scale of trafficking,

| I. | whereas, in its recommendations on statistics of international migration, the United Nations proposes practices for the collection of statistics at regional level, |
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whereas, in its recommendations on statistics of international migration, the United Nations proposes practices for the collection of statistics at regional level,

| J. | whereas the Eurodac system could also supply information at Union level which might be useful for supplementing statistics, |
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whereas the Eurodac system could also supply information at Union level which might be useful for supplementing statistics,

| K. | whereas implementation of the Action Plan for the collection of statistics would result in a significant increase in activities and in statistical outputs, but whereas it is not clear whether adequate funding is available for that purpose, |
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whereas implementation of the Action Plan for the collection of statistics would result in a significant increase in activities and in statistical outputs, but whereas it is not clear whether adequate funding is available for that purpose,

| L. | whereas the phenomenon of smuggling and trafficking in human beings mainly concern women and children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery, and is mainly controlled by criminal networks the dismantling of which requires information, |
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whereas the phenomenon of smuggling and trafficking in human beings mainly concern women and children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery, and is mainly controlled by criminal networks the dismantling of which requires information,

| M. | whereas data and statistics will help to shed more light on trafficking in women and children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery, |
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whereas data and statistics will help to shed more light on trafficking in women and children for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery,

| N. | whereas the lack of reliable data and statistics has prevented the magnitude of the phenomenon from being measured, thereby hampering effective action against trafficking in women and children, |
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whereas the lack of reliable data and statistics has prevented the magnitude of the phenomenon from being measured, thereby hampering effective action against trafficking in women and children,

Role of statistics in migration

| 1. | Welcomes the Communication and agrees with it in principle, but regrets the delay in its presentation, given that the Action Plan covers the period 2002-2004 and that the Communication is dated April 2003; |
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Welcomes the Communication and agrees with it in principle, but regrets the delay in its presentation, given that the Action Plan covers the period 2002-2004 and that the Communication is dated April 2003;

| 2. | Urges the rapid and complete implementation of the statistics action plan so as to strengthen the Union's ability to gather, exchange and process information on illegal immigration and, in particular, trafficking in women and children; |
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Urges the rapid and complete implementation of the statistics action plan so as to strengthen the Union's ability to gather, exchange and process information on illegal immigration and, in particular, trafficking in women and children;

| 3. | Takes the view that statistics in the field of migration in the European Union make a crucial contribution to the establishment of an effective, fair and socially responsible Community policy on migration; |
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3.

Takes the view that statistics in the field of migration in the European Union make a crucial contribution to the establishment of an effective, fair and socially responsible Community policy on migration;

| 4. | Recalls the differences, based on gender, in the reasons for migration and types of migration, as well as the different conditions in which women and men migrants live and therefore insists on the importance of gathering gender-based statistics as a tool to monitor and evaluate policies and measures in this field; |
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Recalls the differences, based on gender, in the reasons for migration and types of migration, as well as the different conditions in which women and men migrants live and therefore insists on the importance of gathering gender-based statistics as a tool to monitor and evaluate policies and measures in this field;

| 5. | Agrees with the Council that Eurostat constitutes the principal source of Community statistics in this field but considers that it is initially for the Commission to propose further measures to improve statistics and information exchange, with a view to the communitisation of asylum and immigration policy; |
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Agrees with the Council that Eurostat constitutes the principal source of Community statistics in this field but considers that it is initially for the Commission to propose further measures to improve statistics and information exchange, with a view to the communitisation of asylum and immigration policy;

| 6. | Points out that, to date, not all the Member States are supplying comprehensive information to Eurostat and that no progress is possible without proper cooperation from the Member States; |
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Points out that, to date, not all the Member States are supplying comprehensive information to Eurostat and that no progress is possible without proper cooperation from the Member States;

| 7. | Takes the view that the new European Migration Network will be able to play the role previously conferred on the European Migration Monitoring Centre; |
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Takes the view that the new European Migration Network will be able to play the role previously conferred on the European Migration Monitoring Centre;

Transparency

| 8. | Takes the view that all statistics must be transparent, i.e. they must be accessible and intelligible to the general public, with any exceptions being accepted only in instances where the privacy of the individual is at stake; |
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Takes the view that all statistics must be transparent, i.e. they must be accessible and intelligible to the general public, with any exceptions being accepted only in instances where the privacy of the individual is at stake;

| 9. | Notes the concerns of non-governmental organisations with regard to the sharing of data on victims of smuggling and trafficking with Member States, given that it is of the utmost importance to assure confidentiality of this information; |
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Notes the concerns of non-governmental organisations with regard to the sharing of data on victims of smuggling and trafficking with Member States, given that it is of the utmost importance to assure confidentiality of this information;

Avoidance of duplication of effort

| 10. | Underlines that, although non-governmental organisations have information on smuggling and trafficking, this information is yet not collected in a systematic manner; |
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Underlines that, although non-governmental organisations have information on smuggling and trafficking, this information is yet not collected in a systematic manner;

| 11. | Notes that various governmental and non-governmental organisations publish statistics which are difficult to read together, for example because they sometimes provide information about asylum requests but not about temporary protection; |
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Notes that various governmental and non-governmental organisations publish statistics which are difficult to read together, for example because they sometimes provide information about asylum requests but not about temporary protection;

| 12. | Sees Eurostat being given a coordinating role in the publication of clear, comprehensive, objective and comparable statistics, with no actor, as a data provider, being able to claim a pre-eminent role; |
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Sees Eurostat being given a coordinating role in the publication of clear, comprehensive, objective and comparable statistics, with no actor, as a data provider, being able to claim a pre-eminent role;

| 13. | Takes the view that the utmost attention must be paid to the integrity of Eurostat as an organisation in order to guarantee confidence in the data published; |
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Takes the view that the utmost attention must be paid to the integrity of Eurostat as an organisation in order to guarantee confidence in the data published;

| 14. | Believes that statistics on migration must be compiled on a monthly basis so that they may be used in the longer term for the devising of a coherent and responsible policy; |
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Believes that statistics on migration must be compiled on a monthly basis so that they may be used in the longer term for the devising of a coherent and responsible policy;

Possible future legislation

| 15. | Notes that the current gentleman's agreements no longer meet requirements; takes the view, therefore, that binding European legislation is required so that European Union policy as a whole is not adversely affected by the failure of one or more Member States to fulfil their obligations; |
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Notes that the current gentleman's agreements no longer meet requirements; takes the view, therefore, that binding European legislation is required so that European Union policy as a whole is not adversely affected by the failure of one or more Member States to fulfil their obligations;

| 16. | Supports the Commission in its plans to propose legislation but hopes that its draft will be flexible enough for such legislation it to be adjusted on an ongoing basis so as to take account of improvements in working methods and so that the publication of statistics will not become a tool for the manipulation of policy or of public opinion; |
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Supports the Commission in its plans to propose legislation but hopes that its draft will be flexible enough for such legislation it to be adjusted on an ongoing basis so as to take account of improvements in working methods and so that the publication of statistics will not become a tool for the manipulation of policy or of public opinion;

| 17. | Invites the Commission to base its proposed legislation on the UN recommendations on statistics of international migration, so that the connection with statistics published on an international basis and on a regional basis is strengthened; |
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Invites the Commission to base its proposed legislation on the UN recommendations on statistics of international migration, so that the connection with statistics published on an international basis and on a regional basis is strengthened;

Illegal migration

| 18. | Understands the Council's view that some data concerning illegal migration are sensitive but considers that such a view must not be used as a pretext for not supplying Eurostat with general statistics, since such statistics are necessary if the Union is to be able to find proper answers to trends in illegal migration; |
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Understands the Council's view that some data concerning illegal migration are sensitive but considers that such a view must not be used as a pretext for not supplying Eurostat with general statistics, since such statistics are necessary if the Union is to be able to find proper answers to trends in illegal migration;

| 19. | Stresses the importance of comparable statistics at EU and international level, and considers that they are particularly relevant to the evaluation and analysis of the phenomenon of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings; |
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Stresses the importance of comparable statistics at EU and international level, and considers that they are particularly relevant to the evaluation and analysis of the phenomenon of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings;

| 20. | Considers that statistics compiled by Member States and non-governmental organisations should be combined in order to obtain a more complete picture of the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, with particular attention to women and children; |
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Considers that statistics compiled by Member States and non-governmental organisations should be combined in order to obtain a more complete picture of the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, with particular attention to women and children;

| 21. | Calls on the Commission to examine whether Eurodac could be involved as a provider of certain data; |
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Calls on the Commission to examine whether Eurodac could be involved as a provider of certain data;

| 22. | Calls on the Commission to investigate also the inclusion of Europol as a provider of data on the smuggling of immigrants and trafficking in human beings, with particular attention to women and children; |
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Calls on the Commission to investigate also the inclusion of Europol as a provider of data on the smuggling of immigrants and trafficking in human beings, with particular attention to women and children;

| 23. | Calls on the Commission to take the necessary initiatives based on the Brussels declaration on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, in particular, on the establishment of a European database for missing persons, in conjunction with Interpol and Europol, which would include specially recorded details of missing persons who are believed to be victims of traffickers; |
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Calls on the Commission to take the necessary initiatives based on the Brussels declaration on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, in particular, on the establishment of a European database for missing persons, in conjunction with Interpol and Europol, which would include specially recorded details of missing persons who are believed to be victims of traffickers;

Funding

| 24. | Calls on the Commission to clarify which budget lines will be used to fund this Action Plan and whether expenditure connected with the collection and dissemination of statistics might be covered by the appropriations allocated to the European Migration Network; |
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Calls on the Commission to clarify which budget lines will be used to fund this Action Plan and whether expenditure connected with the collection and dissemination of statistics might be covered by the appropriations allocated to the European Migration Network;

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| 25. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

P5_TA(2003)0472

Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men

European Parliament resolution on election 2004: How to ensure balanced representation of women and men (2003/2108(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Articles 2, 3(2), 13 and 141(4) thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Articles 2, 3(2), 13 and 141(4) thereof,

| — | having regard to Article 23(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (1), |
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having regard to Article 23(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (1),

| — | having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), |
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having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),

| — | having regard to the Athens Declaration of 3 November 1992 on the occasion of the first ‘Women in Power’ European summit, |
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having regard to the Athens Declaration of 3 November 1992 on the occasion of the first ‘Women in Power’ European summit,

| — | having regard to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, as adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, |
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having regard to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, as adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993,

| — | having regard to the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing on 15 September 1995 and its resolution of 18 May 2000 on the follow-up to the Beijing Action Platform (2), |
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having regard to the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing on 15 September 1995 and its resolution of 18 May 2000 on the follow-up to the Beijing Action Platform (2),

| — | having regard to the Charter of Rome, adopted by the EU's women ministers on 18 May 1996, |
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having regard to the Charter of Rome, adopted by the EU's women ministers on 18 May 1996,

| — | having regard to its resolutions of 11 February 1994 (3), 24 May 1996 (4) and 2 March 2000 (5) on women's representation in decision-making, |
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having regard to its resolutions of 11 February 1994 (3), 24 May 1996 (4) and 2 March 2000 (5) on women's representation in decision-making,

| — | having regard to the Council Resolution of 27 March 1995 (6) and to Council Recommendation 96/694/EC of 2 December 1996 on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process (7), |
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having regard to the Council Resolution of 27 March 1995 (6) and to Council Recommendation 96/694/EC of 2 December 1996 on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process (7),

| — | having regard to the ministerial declaration of 17 April 1999 issued at the conference in Paris on Women and Men in Power, |
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having regard to the ministerial declaration of 17 April 1999 issued at the conference in Paris on Women and Men in Power,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 18 January 2001 on the Commission report on the implementation of Council Recommendation 96/694/EC of 2 December 1996 on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process (8), |
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having regard to its resolution of 18 January 2001 on the Commission report on the implementation of Council Recommendation 96/694/EC of 2 December 1996 on the balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process (8),

| — | having regard to Council Decision 2001/51/EC of 20 December 2000 establishing a Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005) (9), |
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having regard to Council Decision 2001/51/EC of 20 December 2000 establishing a Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005) (9),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 19 December 2002 (10) on the Commission report on Equal Opportunities for women and men in the European Union, 6th annual report, |
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having regard to its resolution of 19 December 2002 (10) on the Commission report on Equal Opportunities for women and men in the European Union, 6th annual report,

| — | having regard to the public hearing on ‘Elections 2004 — How to ensure balanced representation of women and men’, held by its Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities on 11 June 2003, at which all experts spoke out in favour of electoral systems which ensure equal representation of women and men, |
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having regard to the public hearing on ‘Elections 2004 — How to ensure balanced representation of women and men’, held by its Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities on 11 June 2003, at which all experts spoke out in favour of electoral systems which ensure equal representation of women and men,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Ministerial Conference on ‘Women in decision- and policymaking processes’ held in Syracuse on 12 September 2003, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Ministerial Conference on ‘Women in decision- and policymaking processes’ held in Syracuse on 12 September 2003,

| — | having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0333/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0333/2003),

| A. | whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of Community law according to Article 2 of the Treaty and thus part of the Community acquis; whereas this principle is, therefore, an essential requirement for membership of the European Union, |
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whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental principle of Community law according to Article 2 of the Treaty and thus part of the Community acquis; whereas this principle is, therefore, an essential requirement for membership of the European Union,

| B. | whereas Article 3(2) of the Treaty lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming by stating that in all its activities the Community shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, |
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whereas Article 3(2) of the Treaty lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming by stating that in all its activities the Community shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women,

| C. | whereas Article 141(4) of the Treaty provides that the principle of equal treatment should not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for the underrepresented sex to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in professional careers, |
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whereas Article 141(4) of the Treaty provides that the principle of equal treatment should not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for the underrepresented sex to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in professional careers,

| D. | whereas the Vienna Declaration on Human Rights (paragraph 18) clearly imposes the obligation to promote the full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life, at the local, regional, national and international levels, and declares the eradication of all forms of discrimination on grounds of sex to be a priority objective of the international community, |
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D.

whereas the Vienna Declaration on Human Rights (paragraph 18) clearly imposes the obligation to promote the full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life, at the local, regional, national and international levels, and declares the eradication of all forms of discrimination on grounds of sex to be a priority objective of the international community,

| E. | whereas the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) stressed the need to ensure that responsibilities, powers and rights are shared equally; whereas the Member States are committed to implementing the Platform for Action, |
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E.

whereas the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) stressed the need to ensure that responsibilities, powers and rights are shared equally; whereas the Member States are committed to implementing the Platform for Action,

| F. | whereas the Council, in its abovementioned recommendation of 2 December 1996, stresses that the under-representation of women in decision-making posts leaves the specific experiences of women unused and undervalued, and thus constitutes a loss for society as a whole and may prevent the interests and needs of the entire population from being catered for in full, and recommends the Member States to encourage and support efforts of associations and organisations in all areas of society promote women's access to the decision-making process and balanced participation of women and men in decision-making bodies, |
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F.

whereas the Council, in its abovementioned recommendation of 2 December 1996, stresses that the under-representation of women in decision-making posts leaves the specific experiences of women unused and undervalued, and thus constitutes a loss for society as a whole and may prevent the interests and needs of the entire population from being catered for in full, and recommends the Member States to encourage and support efforts of associations and organisations in all areas of society promote women's access to the decision-making process and balanced participation of women and men in decision-making bodies,

| G. | whereas the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (text of 18 July 2003) clearly states in Article I-2 (part I) that equality is one of the European values that must be respected by the Member States if they are to avoid suspension of their Union membership rights, as well as by the accession countries if they are to join the Union (Articles I-58 and I-57 respectively (Title IX, part I)), |
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G.

whereas the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (text of 18 July 2003) clearly states in Article I-2 (part I) that equality is one of the European values that must be respected by the Member States if they are to avoid suspension of their Union membership rights, as well as by the accession countries if they are to join the Union (Articles I-58 and I-57 respectively (Title IX, part I)),

| H. | whereas equality between women and men is established by Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is now an integrated part of the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (text of 18 July 2003), just as the balanced participation of women and men in positions of power and in decision-making is regarded as a matter of democratic principle and is also a part of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, |
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H.

whereas equality between women and men is established by Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which is now an integrated part of the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (text of 18 July 2003), just as the balanced participation of women and men in positions of power and in decision-making is regarded as a matter of democratic principle and is also a part of the Charter of Fundamental Rights,

| I. | whereas, although women make up at least half of the electorate and have attained the right to vote and hold office in all Member States, they continue to be seriously underrepresented in political decision-making, |
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I.

whereas, although women make up at least half of the electorate and have attained the right to vote and hold office in all Member States, they continue to be seriously underrepresented in political decision-making,

| J. | whereas the low representation of women among the observers from the accession countries in the European Parliament (14 %) gives rise to the fear that women will be less well represented in the European Parliament in the new legislature (2004-2009), |
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J.

whereas the low representation of women among the observers from the accession countries in the European Parliament (14 %) gives rise to the fear that women will be less well represented in the European Parliament in the new legislature (2004-2009),

| K. | whereas too many women are forced to cope with the dual burden of, on the one hand, attending to their family tasks and responsibilities and, on the other, pursuing their professional careers, |
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K.

whereas too many women are forced to cope with the dual burden of, on the one hand, attending to their family tasks and responsibilities and, on the other, pursuing their professional careers,

| L. | whereas there are strong empirical indications that the involvement of both sexes in policy formation leads to better policy which is more attuned to the needs of a very diverse population, |
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L.

whereas there are strong empirical indications that the involvement of both sexes in policy formation leads to better policy which is more attuned to the needs of a very diverse population,

| M. | whereas the participation of women in decision-making has been defined by the Commission as the priority theme for 2003 in the Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005), since parity in political life remains a source of concern at both Member State and European level, |
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M.

whereas the participation of women in decision-making has been defined by the Commission as the priority theme for 2003 in the Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005), since parity in political life remains a source of concern at both Member State and European level,

| N. | whereas combating inequalities in all areas means political involvement and a better representation of women, |
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N.

whereas combating inequalities in all areas means political involvement and a better representation of women,

| O. | whereas the full accomplishment of the universality of human rights requires that equal treatment of, and equal opportunities for, women and men, both de jure and de facto, be regarded as a basic human right, |
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O.

whereas the full accomplishment of the universality of human rights requires that equal treatment of, and equal opportunities for, women and men, both de jure and de facto, be regarded as a basic human right,

| 1. | Calls on governments in all Member States and accession countries urgently to review the differential impact of electoral systems on the political representation of women in elected bodies and to consider the adjustment or reform of these systems and, where necessary, take legislative measures and/or encourage political parties to introduce quota systems, such as the zipper system, and/or to take measures designed to promote balanced participation; |
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1.

Calls on governments in all Member States and accession countries urgently to review the differential impact of electoral systems on the political representation of women in elected bodies and to consider the adjustment or reform of these systems and, where necessary, take legislative measures and/or encourage political parties to introduce quota systems, such as the zipper system, and/or to take measures designed to promote balanced participation;

| 2. | Calls on political parties, at the national level as well as the European level, to review their party structures and procedures so as to remove all barriers that directly or indirectly discriminate against the participation of women, and to adopt adequate strategies to reach a better balance of women and men in elected assemblies; |
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2.

Calls on political parties, at the national level as well as the European level, to review their party structures and procedures so as to remove all barriers that directly or indirectly discriminate against the participation of women, and to adopt adequate strategies to reach a better balance of women and men in elected assemblies;

| 3. | Calls on political parties, in the light of the conclusions of the Syracuse Ministerial Conference, to agree on common policies providing for female candidates to make up at least 30 % of their party lists in the European elections, to initiate a gender sensitisation of their party leadership, to encourage promotion, including financial promotion, of the empowerment of women in politics (training, meetings, monitoring), and to ensure that their media strategies take gender balance into account; |
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3.

Calls on political parties, in the light of the conclusions of the Syracuse Ministerial Conference, to agree on common policies providing for female candidates to make up at least 30 % of their party lists in the European elections, to initiate a gender sensitisation of their party leadership, to encourage promotion, including financial promotion, of the empowerment of women in politics (training, meetings, monitoring), and to ensure that their media strategies take gender balance into account;

| 4. | Invites the Member States and the accession countries to take initiatives, including legislative initiatives, and to develop policies aimed at combining work with family life, by ensuring access to appropriate and high quality child-care; calls on the Commission to promote and fund ways of combining work with family life; |
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4.

Invites the Member States and the accession countries to take initiatives, including legislative initiatives, and to develop policies aimed at combining work with family life, by ensuring access to appropriate and high quality child-care; calls on the Commission to promote and fund ways of combining work with family life;

| 5. | Stresses the Commission's commitments (in the Annual Report on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union 2002 (COM(2003) 98)) to developing the participation of women in decision-making and making financial resources available in 2003 to promote gender-balanced representation in decision-making fields; in particular, asks the Commission to initiate dissemination of information — before the European election 2004 — on the concept of parity democracy, including information on the lessons learned from those countries (e.g. France and Belgium) which have enshrined the principle of parity democracy in their constitutions, or introduced specific legislation on the subject; |
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5.

Stresses the Commission's commitments (in the Annual Report on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union 2002 (COM(2003) 98)) to developing the participation of women in decision-making and making financial resources available in 2003 to promote gender-balanced representation in decision-making fields; in particular, asks the Commission to initiate dissemination of information — before the European election 2004 — on the concept of parity democracy, including information on the lessons learned from those countries (e.g. France and Belgium) which have enshrined the principle of parity democracy in their constitutions, or introduced specific legislation on the subject;

| 6. | Urges the Commission, national governments and national parliaments, as well as women's organisations, to fund and organise awareness-raising campaigns aiming to promote the involvement of women in politics, before the 2004 European election; |
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6.

Urges the Commission, national governments and national parliaments, as well as women's organisations, to fund and organise awareness-raising campaigns aiming to promote the involvement of women in politics, before the 2004 European election;

| 7. | Underlines, in this regard, the need to take into account different national settings and especially to the special situation in the accession countries; |
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7.

Underlines, in this regard, the need to take into account different national settings and especially to the special situation in the accession countries;

| 8. | Stresses the importance of involving gender experts, women's organisations and networks when drafting possible positive action legislation or programmes, information material, etc. and when arranging awareness-raising campaigns; |
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8.

Stresses the importance of involving gender experts, women's organisations and networks when drafting possible positive action legislation or programmes, information material, etc. and when arranging awareness-raising campaigns;

| 9. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States and of the accession countries. |
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9.

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

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(1)  OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 59, 23.2.2001, p. 258.

(3)  OJ C 61, 28.2.1994, p. 248.

(4)  OJ C 166, 10.6.1996, p. 269.

(5)  OJ C 346, 4.12.2000, p. 82.

(6)  OJ C 168, 4.7.1995, p. 3.

(7)  OJ L 319, 10.12.1996, p. 11.

(8)  OJ C 262, 18.9.2001, p. 248.

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

(10)  P5_TA(2002)0633.

P5_TA(2003)0473

Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 (COM(2002) 340 — C5-0368/2002 — 2002/0139(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2002) 340 (1)), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2002) 340 (1)),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0368/2002), |
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—

having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0368/2002),

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

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0312/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0312/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to deal with the amendments to the proposal for a Regulation concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 in two separate Regulations, applicable to the countries of Asia and Latin American respectively, and consequently to incorporate the amendments adopted by Parliament into the regulation to which they correspond; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to deal with the amendments to the proposal for a Regulation concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 in two separate Regulations, applicable to the countries of Asia and Latin American respectively, and consequently to incorporate the amendments adopted by Parliament into the regulation to which they correspond;

| 3. | Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 4 of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies; |
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3.

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 4 of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies;

| 4. | 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; |
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4.

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;

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

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

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(1)  OJ C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12.

P5_TC1-COD(2002)0139

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community cooperation with Asian countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 179(1) 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 Community has since 1992 been pursuing a policy of financial, technical and economic cooperation with the countries of
  Asia in
  the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 on financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America (3). This policy should be continued and intensified
  in keeping with a new approach based on the specificity of each of the regions
  . |
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(1)

The Community has since 1992 been pursuing a policy of financial, technical and economic cooperation with the countries of
  Asia in
  the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 on financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America (3). This policy should be continued and intensified
  in keeping with a new approach based on the specificity of each of the regions
  .

| (2) | Agreements
  , governed by the principle of partnership,
  between the
  European
  Community and the countries and
  subregions
  of
  Asia define
  domains of cooperation for each country and sub-region
  , paying particular attention to the eradication of situations of extreme poverty. Stakeholders — including civil society organisations representing people living in poverty — should be consulted during the negotiation of cooperation and other agreements. |
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(2)

Agreements
  , governed by the principle of partnership,
  between the
  European
  Community and the countries and
  subregions
  of
  Asia define
  domains of cooperation for each country and sub-region
  , paying particular attention to the eradication of situations of extreme poverty. Stakeholders — including civil society organisations representing people living in poverty — should be consulted during the negotiation of cooperation and other agreements.

| (3) | The
  Commission communication of 4 September 2001‘Europe and Asia: a strategic framework for enhanced partnerships’ (4) sets out an overall framework for relations with
  Asia. The
  Council fully endorsed that communication in conclusions adopted on 27 December 2001. |
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(3)

The
  Commission communication of 4 September 2001‘Europe and Asia: a strategic framework for enhanced partnerships’ (4) sets out an overall framework for relations with
  Asia. The
  Council fully endorsed that communication in conclusions adopted on 27 December 2001.

| (4) | The Heads of State and Government of the European Union and the Commission reached a consensus at the 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration setting out the Millennium Development Goals. In striving to reach these goals, the Community will be guided by the principles and objectives of the development policy defined by the Council and the Commission in their joint statement of 10 November 2000. |
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(4)

The Heads of State and Government of the European Union and the Commission reached a consensus at the 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration setting out the Millennium Development Goals. In striving to reach these goals, the Community will be guided by the principles and objectives of the development policy defined by the Council and the Commission in their joint statement of 10 November 2000.

| (5) | Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals includes responsibilities to be assumed by donors in areas including levels of official development assistance and market access. |
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(5)

Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals includes responsibilities to be assumed by donors in areas including levels of official development assistance and market access.

| (6) | Strategy papers must ensure respect for and support the implementation of international environment agreements ratified by the EU and the partner countries, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Desertification and the Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
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(6)

Strategy papers must ensure respect for and support the implementation of international environment agreements ratified by the EU and the partner countries, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Desertification and the Framework Convention on Climate Change.

| (7) | It is necessary to underline the responsibility of the EU institutions and Member States to avoid the potentially adverse economic, social and environmental impacts on developing countries of certain other Community policies, such as agriculture, fisheries, energy, transport, internal market and trade. This Regulation should ensure coherence between internal and external policies in order to achieve the goal of eradicating poverty. |
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(7)

It is necessary to underline the responsibility of the EU institutions and Member States to avoid the potentially adverse economic, social and environmental impacts on developing countries of certain other Community policies, such as agriculture, fisheries, energy, transport, internal market and trade. This Regulation should ensure coherence between internal and external policies in order to achieve the goal of eradicating poverty.

| (8) | The members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) committed themselves at the 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha to mainstreaming trade in development strategies and to providing trade-related technical and capacity-building assistance
  as well as the necessary measures seeking to facilitate the transfer of technology via trade, to enhance the relationship between foreign direct investment and trade, and the mutual interrelation of trade and environment, and
  to help developing countries take part in new trade negotiations and implement their results.
  This assistance should contribute to free and fair trade. |
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(8)

The members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) committed themselves at the 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha to mainstreaming trade in development strategies and to providing trade-related technical and capacity-building assistance
  as well as the necessary measures seeking to facilitate the transfer of technology via trade, to enhance the relationship between foreign direct investment and trade, and the mutual interrelation of trade and environment, and
  to help developing countries take part in new trade negotiations and implement their results.
  This assistance should contribute to free and fair trade.

| (9) | The Commission plans to support the preparation and implementation of a new generation of economic reforms in the countries of
  Asia, in
  line with
  the objective of poverty reduction as laid down in the Millennium Development Goals. |
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(9)

The Commission plans to support the preparation and implementation of a new generation of economic reforms in the countries of
  Asia, in
  line with
  the objective of poverty reduction as laid down in the Millennium Development Goals.

| (10) | To provide a policy framework for
  the decisions which will be taken during the programming phase, it is necessary to define
  the objectives
  of Community cooperation in order to allow the implementation of activities in all the sectors covered by the agreements concluded with the beneficiary countries and the pursuit of the priorities defined in the European Union's strategic guidelines with respect
  to Asia
  . |
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(10)

To provide a policy framework for
  the decisions which will be taken during the programming phase, it is necessary to define
  the objectives
  of Community cooperation in order to allow the implementation of activities in all the sectors covered by the agreements concluded with the beneficiary countries and the pursuit of the priorities defined in the European Union's strategic guidelines with respect
  to Asia
  .

| (11) | Extensive discussions have taken place between the European Parliament and the Commission on the subject of establishing targets, both for budgetary allocations and for results and outcomes of development actions, and on establishing performance indicators to allow better assessment of cooperation actions, and the fruits of these discussions should be included in legislation. |
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(11)

Extensive discussions have taken place between the European Parliament and the Commission on the subject of establishing targets, both for budgetary allocations and for results and outcomes of development actions, and on establishing performance indicators to allow better assessment of cooperation actions, and the fruits of these discussions should be included in legislation.

| (12) | Special attention should be given to improving the implementation of cooperation with Asian countries, achieving a sound balance between financial resources allocated and absorption capacity, as well as to reducing outstanding commitments. In this respect, the simplification and rationalisation of common implementation procedures and decision-making procedures should be taken into account. |
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(12)

Special attention should be given to improving the implementation of cooperation with Asian countries, achieving a sound balance between financial resources allocated and absorption capacity, as well as to reducing outstanding commitments. In this respect, the simplification and rationalisation of common implementation procedures and decision-making procedures should be taken into account.

| (13) | Operations related to rehabilitation and reconstruction and those concerning aid to uprooted people are of vital importance in post-emergency situations to ensure the smooth transition from humanitarian aid to development assistance and must be maintained. However,
  in order to simplify and rationalise the rules governing cooperation,
  these activities can be incorporated in
  this Regulation
  and the corresponding Regulation on cooperation with Latin America
  . Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (5) should therefore be repealed and Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 of 22 November 1996 on rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in developing countries (6) should be amended accordingly. |
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(13)

Operations related to rehabilitation and reconstruction and those concerning aid to uprooted people are of vital importance in post-emergency situations to ensure the smooth transition from humanitarian aid to development assistance and must be maintained. However,
  in order to simplify and rationalise the rules governing cooperation,
  these activities can be incorporated in
  this Regulation
  and the corresponding Regulation on cooperation with Latin America
  . Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (5) should therefore be repealed and Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 of 22 November 1996 on rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in developing countries (6) should be amended accordingly.

| (14) | Community cooperation should be governed by a strategy framework and by annual and multiannual programming as defined in the Commission Communication on the reform of Community's external assistance of 16 May 2000 and referred to in the Council Conclusions of 10 November 2000. This will situate the cooperation within a medium-term outlook and will make it possible to ensure that it complements and remains consistent with that of the Member States.
  The abovementioned Council Conclusions, the programming guidelines and the Commission Communication of 7 November 2002 on participation of non-state actors in EC development policy emphasise the role of civil society actors, which need to be consulted in the programming process. |
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(14)

Community cooperation should be governed by a strategy framework and by annual and multiannual programming as defined in the Commission Communication on the reform of Community's external assistance of 16 May 2000 and referred to in the Council Conclusions of 10 November 2000. This will situate the cooperation within a medium-term outlook and will make it possible to ensure that it complements and remains consistent with that of the Member States.
  The abovementioned Council Conclusions, the programming guidelines and the Commission Communication of 7 November 2002 on participation of non-state actors in EC development policy emphasise the role of civil society actors, which need to be consulted in the programming process.

| (15) | To promote economic relations within the two regions and in conformity with the OECD Development Assistance Committee's (DAC) recommendation of 26 April 2001 on untying official development aid to the least developed countries and the Commission declaration annexed to it, provision should be made for opening up participation in invitations to tender and contracts, on a regional basis, to
  Asian partner
  countries, taking into account the content of the above-mentioned declaration in the field of services and products essential in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In addition, participation in invitations to tender and contracts for Community cooperation with the least developed countries eligible under this Regulation is fully opened up for the categories specified in that recommendation. |
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(15)

To promote economic relations within the two regions and in conformity with the OECD Development Assistance Committee's (DAC) recommendation of 26 April 2001 on untying official development aid to the least developed countries and the Commission declaration annexed to it, provision should be made for opening up participation in invitations to tender and contracts, on a regional basis, to
  Asian partner
  countries, taking into account the content of the above-mentioned declaration in the field of services and products essential in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In addition, participation in invitations to tender and contracts for Community cooperation with the least developed countries eligible under this Regulation is fully opened up for the categories specified in that recommendation.

| (16) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (7). |
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(16)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (7).

| (17) | This Regulation establishes a financial framework for the period 2003 to 2006 which constitutes 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 (8), for the budgetary authority.
  Priority should be given to the poorest countries among the Asian partners, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Asian partners. |
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(17)

This Regulation establishes a financial framework for the period 2003 to 2006 which constitutes 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 (8), for the budgetary authority.
  Priority should be given to the poorest countries among the Asian partners, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Asian partners.

| (18) | Projects targeted at social infrastructure should receive an allocation of 35% as a benchmark. |
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(18)

Projects targeted at social infrastructure should receive an allocation of 35% as a benchmark.

| (19) | The protection of the Community's financial interests and the fight against fraud and irregularities form an integral part of this Regulation. In particular, agreements and contracts concluded pursuant to this Regulation should authorise the Commission to carry out the measures provided for in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (9). |
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(19)

The protection of the Community's financial interests and the fight against fraud and irregularities form an integral part of this Regulation. In particular, agreements and contracts concluded pursuant to this Regulation should authorise the Commission to carry out the measures provided for in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (9).

| (20) | The allocation of resources as well as the choice of eligible Asian countries should be reviewed and suitable criteria should be established to reflect a country's population, internal inequalities, per capita income, poverty, export potential and economic performance, for its eligibility to become an ‘Asian partner’. |
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(20)

The allocation of resources as well as the choice of eligible Asian countries should be reviewed and suitable criteria should be established to reflect a country's population, internal inequalities, per capita income, poverty, export potential and economic performance, for its eligibility to become an ‘Asian partner’.

| (21) | In view of the establishment under this Regulation of a new framework for cooperation, it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 443/92. At the same time, to avoid any disruption in the action of the Community, it is important to provide for transitional measures, |
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(21)

In view of the establishment under this Regulation of a new framework for cooperation, it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 443/92. At the same time, to avoid any disruption in the action of the Community, it is important to provide for transitional measures,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, PURPOSE AND UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

Article 1

This Regulation establishes a framework for the implementation of a Community policy of cooperation through the financing of projects and programmes, hereinafter referred to as ‘Community cooperation’, with the Asian [and Latin American (ALA)] countries, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Asian partners’[and ‘Latin American partners’], listed in
  the Annex
  .

The primary objective of this instrument shall be to eradicate poverty, while its overall objectives are stated in Article 2.

Article 2

1.   Community cooperation under this Regulation shall be pursued with the overall
  objective of reducing and, eventually, eradicating
  poverty.

2.
     
  Attaining the overall objective will entail close reference to the Millennium Development Goals, and actions aimed at
  promoting sustainable
  economic, social and environmental
  development
  , promoting human rights, minority rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, democracy and good governance, combating inequality, improving the gender balance
  and contributing to prosperity, security and
  stability
  .

3.   
  Community
  cooperation shall follow a sector-wide approach wherever possible
  and desirable
  . In this context, it
  may
  support sectoral policies and economic reform programmes, through the most appropriate instruments, including
  sectoral
  budgetary support,
  provided this is geared to poverty reduction and
  subject to strict
  control
  and
  ex-ante
  conditionality,
  including minimum conditions of sound public finance management
  .

Article 3

Respect for the principles of
  democracy, good governance and
  the rule of law and for human and minority rights and fundamental freedoms is an essential element for the
  Community's relations with Asian countries. If these principles are not respected, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take
  appropriate measures.

Article 4

The following factors shall be included in Community cooperation with the Asian partners and reflected in the relevant programming documents:

| (a) | A benchmark of 35% of annual commitments shall be allocated to social infrastructure as defined by the OECD's DAC. Most of this benchmark, amounting to a minimum of 20% of total annual commitments, shall be allocated to basic health and basic education. In this context it is recognised that the EU contribution be seen as part of overall donor support in a given country. A deviation from the benchmark will be motivated in the Commission's annual report. |
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(a)

A benchmark of 35% of annual commitments shall be allocated to social infrastructure as defined by the OECD's DAC. Most of this benchmark, amounting to a minimum of 20% of total annual commitments, shall be allocated to basic health and basic education. In this context it is recognised that the EU contribution be seen as part of overall donor support in a given country. A deviation from the benchmark will be motivated in the Commission's annual report.

| (b) | A benchmark of 10% of annual commitments shall be allocated to projects and programmes for improving the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources and reversing environmental degradation (in keeping with Millennium Development Goal 7). |
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(b)

A benchmark of 10% of annual commitments shall be allocated to projects and programmes for improving the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources and reversing environmental degradation (in keeping with Millennium Development Goal 7).

| (c) | Priority shall be given to the poorest countries among the Asian partners, especially the least developed countries, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Asian partners. |
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(c)

Priority shall be given to the poorest countries among the Asian partners, especially the least developed countries, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Asian partners.

| (d) | Programming documents and actions shall be assessed for their impact on vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, people subject to caste-based, religious or racial discrimination, indigenous peoples, women, children and older people. |
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(d)

Programming documents and actions shall be assessed for their impact on vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, people subject to caste-based, religious or racial discrimination, indigenous peoples, women, children and older people.

| (e) | Gender concerns and women's rights shall be mainstreamed in cooperation activities with the Asian partners, including but not limited to the routine analysis of the situation for women and men at project and programme level, strengthening gender considerations during the whole project cycle and use of gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data at all stages of planning, implementing and evaluating actions, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation (10). |
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(e)

Gender concerns and women's rights shall be mainstreamed in cooperation activities with the Asian partners, including but not limited to the routine analysis of the situation for women and men at project and programme level, strengthening gender considerations during the whole project cycle and use of gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data at all stages of planning, implementing and evaluating actions, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation (10).

| (f) | Environmental considerations shall be systematically incorporated into the preparation of all programming documents, making use of in-depth policy analyses and strategic environmental assessments (SEA) to this end. SEA shall also be used systematically during the preparation of structural and sectoral programmes. Environmental impact assessment shall be used systematically at project level and for major new infrastructure. The involvement of all interested and affected stakeholders at all stages of these assessments shall be ensured. Public access to the results of environmental screening shall be guaranteed. |
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(f)

Environmental considerations shall be systematically incorporated into the preparation of all programming documents, making use of in-depth policy analyses and strategic environmental assessments (SEA) to this end. SEA shall also be used systematically during the preparation of structural and sectoral programmes. Environmental impact assessment shall be used systematically at project level and for major new infrastructure. The involvement of all interested and affected stakeholders at all stages of these assessments shall be ensured. Public access to the results of environmental screening shall be guaranteed.

Article 5

Without prejudice to the eligibility of the sectors included in agreements with Asian partners, Community cooperation shall particularly support:

| (a) | Actions in the health sector including increasing access to health services for lower income population groups and marginalised groups, including groups subject to caste-based, religious or genderbased discrimination, reducing child mortality, improving maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health and addressing poverty diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. |
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(a)

Actions in the health sector including increasing access to health services for lower income population groups and marginalised groups, including groups subject to caste-based, religious or genderbased discrimination, reducing child mortality, improving maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health and addressing poverty diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

| (b) | Actions in the education sector, especially in the context of Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 and the Dakar Framework for Action: Education For All, with emphasis on achieving full-time universal education of equal quality for girl and boy children. |
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(b)

Actions in the education sector, especially in the context of Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 and the Dakar Framework for Action: Education For All, with emphasis on achieving full-time universal education of equal quality for girl and boy children.

| (c) | Actions in favour of vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, people subject to caste-based or religious discrimination, indigenous peoples, women, children and older people. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Actions in favour of vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, people subject to caste-based or religious discrimination, indigenous peoples, women, children and older people.

| (d) | Actions in favour of children's rights, particularly to combat all forms of child labour that are hazardous and/or hinder full-time education and in support of the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Actions in favour of children's rights, particularly to combat all forms of child labour that are hazardous and/or hinder full-time education and in support of the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

| (e) | The strengthening of democratic principles, the rule of law and protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms by actions including, but not limited to, capacity building and strengthening the institutional and legislative framework. |
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(e)

The strengthening of democratic principles, the rule of law and protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms by actions including, but not limited to, capacity building and strengthening the institutional and legislative framework.

| (f) | Actions to combat corruption and foster good governance, particularly in the areas of national administration, designing and implementing policies and managing public finances and national resources in a transparent way. |
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(f)

Actions to combat corruption and foster good governance, particularly in the areas of national administration, designing and implementing policies and managing public finances and national resources in a transparent way.

| (g) | Actions to support the role of civil society organisations, particularly those representing people living in poverty, in any of the actions set out in this article to contribute to the objective of poverty eradication. |
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(g)

Actions to support the role of civil society organisations, particularly those representing people living in poverty, in any of the actions set out in this article to contribute to the objective of poverty eradication.

| (h) | Actions to promote and ensure that private actors, including the corporate private sector, contribute to the implementation of human rights and the alleviation of poverty in their respective spheres of influence. |
| --- | --- |

(h)

Actions to promote and ensure that private actors, including the corporate private sector, contribute to the implementation of human rights and the alleviation of poverty in their respective spheres of influence.

| (i) | The provision of water, prioritising universal sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation but also including sustainable use of water resources, efficient water use for agricultural and industrial purposes and improving water quality. |
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(i)

The provision of water, prioritising universal sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation but also including sustainable use of water resources, efficient water use for agricultural and industrial purposes and improving water quality.

| (j) | Actions in favour of the development of rural areas, particularly with a view to ensuring food security. |
| --- | --- |

(j)

Actions in favour of the development of rural areas, particularly with a view to ensuring food security.

| (k) | Promotion of economic and trade cooperation, supporting mechanisms to comprehensively address debt problems and strengthening investment relations between the European Union and Asian countries, by actions that promote and ensure that private actors, including the indigenous private sector and investment by European enterprises, contribute to socially responsible economic development, respecting ILO standards and other human rights and contributing to the alleviation of poverty, particularly by capacity-building actions. |
| --- | --- |

(k)

Promotion of economic and trade cooperation, supporting mechanisms to comprehensively address debt problems and strengthening investment relations between the European Union and Asian countries, by actions that promote and ensure that private actors, including the indigenous private sector and investment by European enterprises, contribute to socially responsible economic development, respecting ILO standards and other human rights and contributing to the alleviation of poverty, particularly by capacity-building actions.

| (l) | Actions to tackle the structural difficulties the partner countries face in the global economy by enhancing technical assistance and capacity building, reduction or elimination of tariff peaks and non-tariff barriers between trading partners, the proper interpretation(s) of the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS Agreement) in areas such as public health or research and development in the field of new medicines. |
| --- | --- |

(l)

Actions to tackle the structural difficulties the partner countries face in the global economy by enhancing technical assistance and capacity building, reduction or elimination of tariff peaks and non-tariff barriers between trading partners, the proper interpretation(s) of the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS Agreement) in areas such as public health or research and development in the field of new medicines.

| (m) | Emergency preparedness and the prevention of natural disasters, as well as post-emergency rehabilitation, reconstruction and aid to uprooted people, with particular attention to the transition between emergency assistance and development cooperation. |
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(m)

Emergency preparedness and the prevention of natural disasters, as well as post-emergency rehabilitation, reconstruction and aid to uprooted people, with particular attention to the transition between emergency assistance and development cooperation.

| (n) | Actions in favour of environmental protection and the sustainable management of natural resources and human activities, especially improving the urban environment of Asia's megacities, promoting sustainable patterns of production and consumption, safe and sustainable management of chemicals and the sustainable use and conservation of marine and terrestrial biodiversity, particularly in rivers, oceans and forests. |
| --- | --- |

(n)

Actions in favour of environmental protection and the sustainable management of natural resources and human activities, especially improving the urban environment of Asia's megacities, promoting sustainable patterns of production and consumption, safe and sustainable management of chemicals and the sustainable use and conservation of marine and terrestrial biodiversity, particularly in rivers, oceans and forests.

| (o) | Actions in favour of gender equality and promoting the full participation of women in society, including but not limited to actions to secure full-time education rights for girl children and to increase the active participation of women, on an equal footing with men, in access to and control of the means of production, the productive process and its results, in decision making and in social activities, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation. |
| --- | --- |

(o)

Actions in favour of gender equality and promoting the full participation of women in society, including but not limited to actions to secure full-time education rights for girl children and to increase the active participation of women, on an equal footing with men, in access to and control of the means of production, the productive process and its results, in decision making and in social activities, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation.

| (p) | Cultural cooperation, including exchanges allowing for greater cultural understanding between Asian partners and the European Union. |
| --- | --- |

(p)

Cultural cooperation, including exchanges allowing for greater cultural understanding between Asian partners and the European Union.

| (q) | The increased use of information and communication technologies as a tool for development in the Asian partner countries. |
| --- | --- |

(q)

The increased use of information and communication technologies as a tool for development in the Asian partner countries.

| (r) | Actions to foster greater use of sustainable energy technologies among the Asian partners. |
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(r)

Actions to foster greater use of sustainable energy technologies among the Asian partners.

| (s) | Regional integration and cooperation in Asia, and the development of closer relations between the Asian partners and the European Union. |
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(s)

Regional integration and cooperation in Asia, and the development of closer relations between the Asian partners and the European Union.

| (t) | The strengthening of the institutional framework to promote and engender the creation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, increasing capacity to promote the opening of bank accounts and the setting up of businesses. |
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(t)

The strengthening of the institutional framework to promote and engender the creation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, increasing capacity to promote the opening of bank accounts and the setting up of businesses.

CHAPTER II

PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATION ACTIVITIES

Article 6

1.   As a general rule, the framework for the programming and identification of Community cooperation activities under this Regulation shall consist of:

| (a) | strategy papers; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

strategy papers;

| (b) | multiannual indicative programmes; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

multiannual indicative programmes;

| (c) | annual action plans. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

annual action plans.

These documents shall reflect priorities identified and agreed with stakeholders in the Asian partner countries concerned, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, the private sector and other relevant civil society actors. The European Parliament shall receive the documents referred to in (a), (b) and (c).

As a general rule the revision of the above-mentioned documents shall reflect priorities identified and agreed with the stakeholders referred to above. The European Parliament shall receive the documents referred to in (a), (b) and (c) as revised.

The above-mentioned documents shall be publicly available on the EU information web-site to ensure a maximum degree of transparency.

2.   Strategy papers for
  Asian partner
  countries, regions or subregions shall be established for a period of five to seven years
  and must be linked to (or reflect) a partner country's national development plan, where it exists
  .

They shall define the long-term objectives for cooperation and identify the strategic priorities and the specific fields of action. They shall be revised if circumstances so require.

A separate three-year strategy paper covering the whole of
  Asia shall
  be drawn up for crises involving uprooted people.

3.   Three-year multiannual indicative programmes based on the strategy papers shall be drawn up for each country, region or subregion eligible for Community cooperation.

They shall contain a description of sectoral and cross-cutting priorities, specific objectives and expected results
  based on the development and use of suitable achievement indicators.

They shall give indicative amounts (overall and for each priority sector) and set out criteria for funding the programme concerned.

They shall contain a list of all bodies (government or public, non-profitmaking and private organisations) which have been consulted prior to drawing up the multiannual indicative programmes.

They shall reflect the priorities identified and agreed with the
  Asian partners
  concerned
  including consultation of the populations concerned.
  They shall be updated as necessary.

4.   Annual action plans based on the multiannual programmes shall be drawn up for each country, region or subregion eligible for Community cooperation.

They shall set out, as precisely as possible, for a given operational year, the aims being pursued, the fields of action and the budget provided.

They shall contain a list of cooperation activities to be financed by the Community. They shall specify the maximum amount of the Community financial contribution for each project and programme.

The annual reports evaluating progress under the multiannual programmes and Country Strategy Papers shall be publicly available to all stakeholders.

5.   In
  exceptional circumstances due to unforeseen events,
  specific cooperation measures not covered by annual action plans may be approved.

Article 7

1.   Community financing shall be in the form of grants.

2.   Community financing may be used to cover in particular expenditure for preparing, implementing, monitoring, checking and evaluating projects and programmes and for
  consultation and
  information on
  the availability of Community projects and their funding.

3.   Community financing may be used for cofinancing, which should be sought whenever feasible, particularly when it can lever other funding to contribute to the objectives set in Article 2.

4.
     
  Community financing may be used for debt relief linked to existing international agreements in support of the objectives detailed in Article 2.

5.   Community financing may not be used to pay taxes, duties or charges.

6.   Community financing may cover investment expenditure, including the purchase of real estate, when the latter is necessary for the direct implementation of the operation and provided that ownership is transferred to the recipient's local partners or the ultimate beneficiaries of the operation once the latter has come to an end.
  The purchase and transfer of real estate should under no circumstances infringe on the economic, social and cultural rights of minorities or indigenous peoples.

Article 8

1.   The Commission shall implement Community cooperation in accordance with the budgetary and other procedures in force, in particular those laid down in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

2.   In taking financing decisions under this Regulation, the Commission shall have regard to the principles of sound financial management laid down in the Financial Regulation.

Article 9

The financial framework for the implementation of Community cooperation under this Regulation for the period 2003 to 2006 shall be
  EUR 2 276 million
  for cooperation with
  Asia
  .

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective
  and on the basis of objective criteria reflecting poverty levels, population and performance.

A benchmark of 35% of annual commitments under the annual budget for the Asian partners shall be allocated to social infrastructure expenditure, most of which shall be devoted to education and health.

Article 10

In addition to national and federal governments, partners eligible for financial support under this Regulation may include regional and international organisations (including United Nations
  agencies), national
  , provincial and local administrations and agencies
  and non-state actors
  .

The complementary role of and potential for contribution by non-state actors to the development process should be recognised. Non-state actors shall comprise private sector, economic and social partners, including trade union organisations, and civil society in all its forms according to national characteristics.

To this end, non-state actors should, where appropriate

| — | be informed and involved in consultation on cooperation policies and strategies, on priorities for cooperation especially in areas that concern or directly affect them, and on political dialogue; |
| --- | --- |

—

be informed and involved in consultation on cooperation policies and strategies, on priorities for cooperation especially in areas that concern or directly affect them, and on political dialogue;

| — | be provided with financial resources, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, comprising up to 15% of the total funds available, in order to support local development processes; |
| --- | --- |

—

be provided with financial resources, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, comprising up to 15% of the total funds available, in order to support local development processes;

| — | be involved in the implementation of cooperation projects and programmes in areas that concern them where these actors have a comparative advantage; |
| --- | --- |

—

be involved in the implementation of cooperation projects and programmes in areas that concern them where these actors have a comparative advantage;

| — | be provided with capacity-building support in critical areas in order to reinforce the capabilities of these actors, particularly as regards organisation and representation, and the establishment of consultation mechanisms including channels of communication and dialogue, and to promote strategic alliances. |
| --- | --- |

—

be provided with capacity-building support in critical areas in order to reinforce the capabilities of these actors, particularly as regards organisation and representation, and the establishment of consultation mechanisms including channels of communication and dialogue, and to promote strategic alliances.

Article 11

1.
     
  In the following provisions, ‘developing countries’ and ‘least developed countries’ refers to those countries defined as such by the OECD's DAC.

2.   Participation in invitations to tender and contracts shall be open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons from the Member States, candidate countries for accession to the European Union and
  all developing countries
  .

3.   
  In
  the event of cofinancing, the Commission may authorise participation in invitations to tender and contracts by natural and legal persons of the other financing countries on a case-by-case basis, provided that reciprocity is granted.

4.   The Commission may also open up, on a case-by-case basis, its procurement of services and sanitary products essential to the fight against communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to natural and legal persons of other countries.

5.   In addition, natural and legal persons of any third country shall be eligible to participate in invitations to tender and contracts for projects and programmes in favour of the countries listed in
  the Annex
  , which are classified as least developed in the OECD/DAC list of aid recipients, in the following areas: sectoral and multisectoral programme assistance, investment project aid, import and commodity support, commercial services contracts, and assistance to non-governmental organisations. In these cases, the participation of undertakings from third countries shall only be admissible if reciprocity is granted.

This provision applies only to activities with a value of more than SDR 700 000 or, in the case of investment-related technical cooperation, SDR 130 000. Free-standing technical cooperation and food aid are not covered by this provision.

6.
     
  Measures shall be taken to encourage the widest participation of natural and legal persons of developing countries, and in particular least developed countries, in the performance of contracts financed under this Regulation in order to permit the optimisation of the physical and human resources of those countries.

To this end:

| (a) | for works contracts of a value of less than EUR 5 000 000, tenderers of developing countries, provided that at least one quarter of the capital stock and management staff originates from one or more developing countries, shall be accorded a 10% price preference where tenders of an equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the price preference shall be 15% where the same conditions are met; |
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(a)

for works contracts of a value of less than EUR 5 000 000, tenderers of developing countries, provided that at least one quarter of the capital stock and management staff originates from one or more developing countries, shall be accorded a 10% price preference where tenders of an equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the price preference shall be 15% where the same conditions are met;

| (b) | for supply contracts, irrespective of the value of the supplies, tenderers of developing countries who offer supplies of at least 50% in contract value of developing country origin, shall be accorded a 15% price preference where tenders of equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the preference will be 20% where the same conditions are met; |
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(b)

for supply contracts, irrespective of the value of the supplies, tenderers of developing countries who offer supplies of at least 50% in contract value of developing country origin, shall be accorded a 15% price preference where tenders of equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the preference will be 20% where the same conditions are met;

| (c) | in respect of service contracts, given the required competence, preference shall be given to:










  (i) | experts, institutions or consultancy companies or firms from developing countries where tenders of equivalent economic and technical quality are compared, |
| --- | --- | --- |

(c)

in respect of service contracts, given the required competence, preference shall be given to:

(i)

experts, institutions or consultancy companies or firms from developing countries where tenders of equivalent economic and technical quality are compared,

| (ii) | offers submitted by a developing country firm in a consortium with European partners, and |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

offers submitted by a developing country firm in a consortium with European partners, and

| (iii) | offers presented by European tenderers with developing country sub-contractors or experts. |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

offers presented by European tenderers with developing country sub-contractors or experts.

| (d) | where subcontracting is envisaged, preference shall be given by the successful tenderer to natural persons, companies and firms of developing countries, and particularly least developed countries, capable of performing the contract required on similar terms; and |
| --- | --- |

(d)

where subcontracting is envisaged, preference shall be given by the successful tenderer to natural persons, companies and firms of developing countries, and particularly least developed countries, capable of performing the contract required on similar terms; and

| (e) | the developing country may, in the invitation to tender, propose to the prospective tenderers the assistance of other developing countries' companies or firms or national experts or consultants selected by mutual agreement. This cooperation may take the form either of a joint venture, of a subcontract or of on-the-job training of trainees. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

the developing country may, in the invitation to tender, propose to the prospective tenderers the assistance of other developing countries' companies or firms or national experts or consultants selected by mutual agreement. This cooperation may take the form either of a joint venture, of a subcontract or of on-the-job training of trainees.

Article 12

Any agreement or contract concluded pursuant to this Regulation shall expressly provide for monitoring and financial control by the Commission, including the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and audits by the Court of Auditors, if necessary on the spot. They shall authorise the Commission to carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections in accordance with Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96.

CHAPTER III

DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE

Article 13

1.   The strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes and annual action plans referred to in Article 6 shall be
  drawn up in consultation with stakeholders in the Asian partner countries concerned, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, the private sector and other relevant civil society actors. They shall be
  adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
  The European Parliament shall be consulted at the earliest stage.
  Decisions on annual action plans are to be considered financing decisions for the projects and programmes specified in those annual action plans.

Amendments to decisions referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure, except where amendments do not exceed 20% of the global amount allocated to the annual action plan or do not substantially change the nature of the projects or programmes contained in the annual action plan. In that case, the amendments will be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

2.   Financing decisions on projects and programmes not covered by annual action plans and amounting to or exceeding EUR 5 million shall be individually adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Amendments to those decisions shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure, except where amendments do not exceed 20% of the amount allocated to the projects and programmes or do not substantially change the projects or programmes in question. In the latter case, amendments will be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

Financing decisions below EUR 5 million and amendments thereto shall be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

Article 14

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, referred to as ‘the
  Asia
  Committee’, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.
  The Committee shall meet once a year with representatives of civil society organisations working on the poverty eradication goal for consultation on the Asia programme.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be 30 days.

3.   The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

4.   The Committee may examine any other question concerning this Regulation which is submitted to it by the Chairman, whether or not at the request of the representative of a Member State, and in particular any question relating to the programming or general implementation of measures or to cofinancing.

CHAPTER IV

COORDINATION, REPORTING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 15

1.   In the interests of the consistency
  , coherence,
  efficiency and complementarity of Community cooperation, the Member States and the Commission shall organise, including on the spot, a frequent and regular exchange of information on the operations they intend to implement. They shall keep each other informed about their programme strategy, priority sectors, evaluations and their ongoing and future cooperation.
  This information shall also be made available to the European Parliament and national parliaments of the Member States and the partner countries
  .

2.   The Commission may, in liaison with the Member States, take any initiative necessary to ensure proper coordination and cooperation with international financial institutions, United Nations agencies and other donors.

3.   The necessary measures shall be taken to emphasise the Community character of cooperation activities carried out under this Regulation.

Article 16

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council copies of all strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes and annual action plans when they are adopted, as well as the (multi-)annual reviews of their implementation. These documents shall be accompanied by a list of all bodies, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, the private sector and other relevant civil society, consulted during the drawingup of the documents.

The
  Commission shall
  also
  submit,
  every year
  in its annual report on Community external assistance to the European Parliament and the Council, information on the operations financed under this Regulation.

Article 17

The Commission shall take the measures necessary to ensure effective and continuous monitoring of the implementation of Community cooperation activities under this Regulation.

Every five years the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council an evaluation report, together with suggestions regarding the future of this Regulation and, where necessary, proposals for amending it.

Article 18

1.   Regulations (EEC) No 443/92 and (EC) No 2130/2001 are hereby repealed.

2.   In Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2258/96, the words ‘the countries of Latin America and Asia’ are deleted.

3.   Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, Regulations (EEC) No 443/92, (EC) No 2130/2001 and (EC) No 2258/96 shall remain applicable to projects and programmes for which the procedures leading to the Commission financing decision have been started but have not yet been completed at the time of entry into force of this Regulation.

4.   Strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes, annual action plans and projects adopted by the Commission under Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 with the favourable opinion of the Committee set up in Article 15 thereof shall be deemed to have been adopted in accordance with this Regulation.

Article 19

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament,

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12
  .

1

331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

(3)  OJ L 52, 27.2.1992, p. 1.

3

(4)  COM(2001) 469 final.

4

(5)  OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 3.

5

(6)  OJ L 306, 28.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

6

Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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

7

(8)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

8

(9)  OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.

9

(10)  COM(2001) 295 final.

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ANNEX

| Afghanistan | [Argentina] |
| --- | --- |
| Bahrain | [Bolivia] |
| Bangladesh | [Brazil] |
| Bhutan | [Chile] |
| Burma/Myanmar | [Colombia] |
| Cambodia | [Costa Rica] |
| China | [Cuba] |
| East Timor | [Ecuador] |
| India | [El Salvador] |
| Indonesia | [Guatemala] |
| Iran | [Honduras] |
| Iraq | [Mexico] |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic | [Nicaragua] |
| Laos | [Panama] |
| Malaysia | [Paraguay] |
| Maldives | [Peru] |
| Mongolia | [Uruguay] |
| Nepal | [Venezuela] |
| Oman | |
| Pakistan | |
| Philippines | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Thailand | |
| Vietnam | |
| Yemen | |

Afghanistan

[Argentina]

Bahrain

[Bolivia]

Bangladesh

[Brazil]

Bhutan

[Chile]

Burma/Myanmar

[Colombia]

Cambodia

[Costa Rica]

China

[Cuba]

East Timor

[Ecuador]

India

[El Salvador]

Indonesia

[Guatemala]

Iran

[Honduras]

Iraq

[Mexico]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic

[Nicaragua]

Laos

[Panama]

Malaysia

[Paraguay]

Maldives

[Peru]

Mongolia

[Uruguay]

Nepal

[Venezuela]

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Vietnam

Yemen

P5_TC1-COD(2002)0139A

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community cooperation with Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 179(1) 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 Community has since 1992 been pursuing a policy of financial, technical and economic cooperation with the countries
  of Latin
  America in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 on financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America (3). This policy should be continued and intensified
  in keeping with a new approach based on the specificity of each of the regions
  . |
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(1)

The Community has since 1992 been pursuing a policy of financial, technical and economic cooperation with the countries
  of Latin
  America in the framework of Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 on financial and technical assistance to, and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America (3). This policy should be continued and intensified
  in keeping with a new approach based on the specificity of each of the regions
  .

| (2) | Agreements
  , governed by the principle of partnership,
  between the
  European
  Community and the countries and
  subregions of Latin
  America define domains of cooperation for each country and subregion, paying particular attention to the eradication of situations of extreme poverty. Stakeholders — including civil society organisations representing people living in poverty — should be consulted during the negotiation of cooperation and other agreements. |
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(2)

Agreements
  , governed by the principle of partnership,
  between the
  European
  Community and the countries and
  subregions of Latin
  America define domains of cooperation for each country and subregion, paying particular attention to the eradication of situations of extreme poverty. Stakeholders — including civil society organisations representing people living in poverty — should be consulted during the negotiation of cooperation and other agreements.

| (3) | The Heads of State and Government of the European Union, of Latin America and of the Caribbean, meeting in Rio de Janeiro in June 1999, adopted an action plan defining a broad range of cooperation activities with a view to developing a
  Biregional Strategic Partnership
  . They updated and consolidated this action plan at their second summit, which was held in Madrid on 17 May 2002
  , and which reiterated and gave specific form to the process of partnership between the two regions, with particular reference to the partnership agreements in force or in the process of being negotiated with the countries and regions of Latin America
  . |
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(3)

The Heads of State and Government of the European Union, of Latin America and of the Caribbean, meeting in Rio de Janeiro in June 1999, adopted an action plan defining a broad range of cooperation activities with a view to developing a
  Biregional Strategic Partnership
  . They updated and consolidated this action plan at their second summit, which was held in Madrid on 17 May 2002
  , and which reiterated and gave specific form to the process of partnership between the two regions, with particular reference to the partnership agreements in force or in the process of being negotiated with the countries and regions of Latin America
  .

| (4) | The
  Heads of State and Government of the European Union and the Commission reached a consensus at the 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration setting out the Millennium Development Goals. In striving to reach these goals, the Community will be guided by the principles and objectives of the development policy defined by the Council and the Commission in their joint statement of 10 November 2000. |
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(4)

The
  Heads of State and Government of the European Union and the Commission reached a consensus at the 55th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration setting out the Millennium Development Goals. In striving to reach these goals, the Community will be guided by the principles and objectives of the development policy defined by the Council and the Commission in their joint statement of 10 November 2000.

| (5) | Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals includes responsibilities to be assumed by donors in areas including levels of official development assistance and market access. |
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(5)

Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals includes responsibilities to be assumed by donors in areas including levels of official development assistance and market access.

| (6) | Strategy papers must ensure respect for and support the implementation of international environment agreements ratified by the EU and the partner countries, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Desertification and the Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
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(6)

Strategy papers must ensure respect for and support the implementation of international environment agreements ratified by the EU and the partner countries, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Desertification and the Framework Convention on Climate Change.

| (7) | It is necessary to underline the responsibility of the EU institutions and Member States to avoid the potentially adverse economic, social and environmental impacts on developing countries of certain other Community policies, such as agriculture, fisheries, energy, transport, internal market and trade. This Regulation should ensure coherence between internal and external policies in order to achieve the goal of eradicating poverty. |
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(7)

It is necessary to underline the responsibility of the EU institutions and Member States to avoid the potentially adverse economic, social and environmental impacts on developing countries of certain other Community policies, such as agriculture, fisheries, energy, transport, internal market and trade. This Regulation should ensure coherence between internal and external policies in order to achieve the goal of eradicating poverty.

| (8) | The members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) committed themselves at the 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha to mainstreaming trade in development strategies and to providing trade-related technical and capacity-building assistance
  as well as the necessary measures seeking to facilitate the transfer of technology via trade, to enhance the relationship between foreign direct investment and trade, and the mutual interrelation of trade and environment, and
  to help developing countries take part in new trade negotiations and implement their results.
  This assistance should contribute to free and fair trade. |
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(8)

The members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) committed themselves at the 4th Ministerial Conference in Doha to mainstreaming trade in development strategies and to providing trade-related technical and capacity-building assistance
  as well as the necessary measures seeking to facilitate the transfer of technology via trade, to enhance the relationship between foreign direct investment and trade, and the mutual interrelation of trade and environment, and
  to help developing countries take part in new trade negotiations and implement their results.
  This assistance should contribute to free and fair trade.

| (9) | The Commission plans to support the preparation and implementation of a new generation of economic reforms in the countries
  of Latin
  America, in line with
  the objective of poverty reduction as laid down in the Millennium Development Goals. |
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(9)

The Commission plans to support the preparation and implementation of a new generation of economic reforms in the countries
  of Latin
  America, in line with
  the objective of poverty reduction as laid down in the Millennium Development Goals.

| (10) | To provide a policy framework for
  the decisions which will be taken during the programming phase, it is necessary to define the objectives of Community cooperation in order to allow the implementation of activities in all the sectors covered by the agreements concluded with the beneficiary countries and the pursuit of the priorities defined in the European Union's strategic guidelines with respect to Latin
  America. |
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(10)

To provide a policy framework for
  the decisions which will be taken during the programming phase, it is necessary to define the objectives of Community cooperation in order to allow the implementation of activities in all the sectors covered by the agreements concluded with the beneficiary countries and the pursuit of the priorities defined in the European Union's strategic guidelines with respect to Latin
  America.

| (11) | Extensive discussions have taken place between the European Parliament and the Commission on the subject of establishing targets, both for budgetary allocations and for results and outcomes of development actions, and on establishing performance indicators to allow better assessment of cooperation actions, and the fruits of these discussions should be included in legislation. |
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(11)

Extensive discussions have taken place between the European Parliament and the Commission on the subject of establishing targets, both for budgetary allocations and for results and outcomes of development actions, and on establishing performance indicators to allow better assessment of cooperation actions, and the fruits of these discussions should be included in legislation.

| (12) | Special attention should be given to improving the implementation of cooperation with Latin American countries, achieving a sound balance between financial resources allocated and absorption capacity, as well as to reducing outstanding commitments. In this respect, the simplification and rationalisation of common implementation procedures and decision-making procedures should be taken into account. |
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(12)

Special attention should be given to improving the implementation of cooperation with Latin American countries, achieving a sound balance between financial resources allocated and absorption capacity, as well as to reducing outstanding commitments. In this respect, the simplification and rationalisation of common implementation procedures and decision-making procedures should be taken into account.

| (13) | Operations related to rehabilitation and reconstruction and those concerning aid to uprooted people are of vital importance in post-emergency situations to ensure the smooth transition from humanitarian aid to development assistance and must be maintained. However,
  in order to simplify and rationalise the rules governing cooperation,
  these activities can be incorporated in
  this Regulation
  and the corresponding Regulation on cooperation with Asia
  . Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (4) should therefore be repealed and Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 of 22 November 1996 on rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in developing countries (5) should be amended accordingly. |
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(13)

Operations related to rehabilitation and reconstruction and those concerning aid to uprooted people are of vital importance in post-emergency situations to ensure the smooth transition from humanitarian aid to development assistance and must be maintained. However,
  in order to simplify and rationalise the rules governing cooperation,
  these activities can be incorporated in
  this Regulation
  and the corresponding Regulation on cooperation with Asia
  . Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 October 2001 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries (4) should therefore be repealed and Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 of 22 November 1996 on rehabilitation and reconstruction operations in developing countries (5) should be amended accordingly.

| (14) | Community cooperation should be governed by a strategy framework and by annual and multiannual programming as defined in the Commission Communication on the reform of Community's external assistance of 16 May 2000 and referred to in the Council Conclusions of 10 November 2000. This will situate the cooperation within a medium-term outlook and will make it possible to ensure that it complements and remains consistent with that of the Member States.
  The abovementioned Council Conclusions, the programming guidelines and the Commission Communication of 7 November 2002 on participation of non-state actors in EC development policy emphasise the role of civil society actors, which need to be consulted in the programming process. |
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(14)

Community cooperation should be governed by a strategy framework and by annual and multiannual programming as defined in the Commission Communication on the reform of Community's external assistance of 16 May 2000 and referred to in the Council Conclusions of 10 November 2000. This will situate the cooperation within a medium-term outlook and will make it possible to ensure that it complements and remains consistent with that of the Member States.
  The abovementioned Council Conclusions, the programming guidelines and the Commission Communication of 7 November 2002 on participation of non-state actors in EC development policy emphasise the role of civil society actors, which need to be consulted in the programming process.

| (15) | To promote economic relations within the two regions and in conformity with the OECD Development Assistance Committee's (DAC) recommendation of 26 April 2001 on untying official development aid to the least developed countries and the Commission declaration annexed to it, provision should be made for opening up participation in invitations to tender and contracts, on a regional basis,
  to Latin
  American partner countries, taking into account the content of the above-mentioned declaration in the field of services and products essential in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In addition, participation in invitations to tender and contracts for Community cooperation with the least developed countries eligible under this Regulation is fully opened up for the categories specified in that recommendation. |
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(15)

To promote economic relations within the two regions and in conformity with the OECD Development Assistance Committee's (DAC) recommendation of 26 April 2001 on untying official development aid to the least developed countries and the Commission declaration annexed to it, provision should be made for opening up participation in invitations to tender and contracts, on a regional basis,
  to Latin
  American partner countries, taking into account the content of the above-mentioned declaration in the field of services and products essential in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In addition, participation in invitations to tender and contracts for Community cooperation with the least developed countries eligible under this Regulation is fully opened up for the categories specified in that recommendation.

| (16) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (6). |
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(16)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (6).

| (17) | This Regulation establishes a financial framework for the period 2003 to 2006 which constitutes 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 (7), for the budgetary authority.
  Priority should be given to the poorest countries among the Latin American partners, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Latin American partners
  . |
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(17)

This Regulation establishes a financial framework for the period 2003 to 2006 which constitutes 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 (7), for the budgetary authority.
  Priority should be given to the poorest countries among the Latin American partners, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Latin American partners
  .

| (18) | Projects targeted at social infrastructure should receive an allocation of 35% as a benchmark. The budget appropriations earmarked for this purpose should also be used to finance a Biregional Solidarity Fund. |
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(18)

Projects targeted at social infrastructure should receive an allocation of 35% as a benchmark. The budget appropriations earmarked for this purpose should also be used to finance a Biregional Solidarity Fund.

| (19) | The protection of the Community's financial interests and the fight against fraud and irregularities form an integral part of this Regulation. In particular, agreements and contracts concluded pursuant to this Regulation should authorise the Commission to carry out the measures provided for in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (8). |
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(19)

The protection of the Community's financial interests and the fight against fraud and irregularities form an integral part of this Regulation. In particular, agreements and contracts concluded pursuant to this Regulation should authorise the Commission to carry out the measures provided for in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (8).

| (20) | The allocation of resources as well as the choice of eligible Latin American countries should be reviewed and suitable criteria should be established to reflect a country's population, internal inequalities, per capita income, poverty, export potential and economic performance, for its eligibility to become a ‘Latin American partner’. |
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(20)

The allocation of resources as well as the choice of eligible Latin American countries should be reviewed and suitable criteria should be established to reflect a country's population, internal inequalities, per capita income, poverty, export potential and economic performance, for its eligibility to become a ‘Latin American partner’.

| (21) | In view of the establishment under this Regulation of a new framework for cooperation, it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 443/92. At the same time, to avoid any disruption in the action of the Community, it is important to provide for transitional measures, |
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(21)

In view of the establishment under this Regulation of a new framework for cooperation, it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 443/92. At the same time, to avoid any disruption in the action of the Community, it is important to provide for transitional measures,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, PURPOSE, AND UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

Article 1

This Regulation establishes a framework for the
  formulation of political objectives and
  implementation of a Community policy of cooperation through the financing of projects and programmes, hereinafter referred to as ‘Community cooperation’, with
  the Latin American countries
  , hereinafter referred to as
  the ‘Latin
  American partners’, listed in
  the Annex
  .

The primary objective of this instrument shall be to eradicate poverty, while its overall objectives are stated in Article 2.

Article 2

1.   Community cooperation under this Regulation shall be pursued with the overall
  objective of reducing and, eventually, eradicating
  poverty.

2.
     
  Attaining the overall objective will entail close reference to the Millennium Development Goals, and actions aimed at
  promoting sustainable
  economic, social and environmental
  development
  , promoting human rights, minority rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, democracy and good governance, combating inequality, improving the gender balance
  and contributing to prosperity, security and
  stability
  .

3.   
  Community
  cooperation shall follow a sector-wide approach wherever possible
  and desirable
  . In this context, it
  may
  support sectoral policies and economic reform programmes, through the most appropriate instruments, including
  sectoral
  budgetary support,
  provided this is geared to poverty reduction and
  subject to strict
  control
  and
  ex-ante
  conditionality,
  including minimum conditions of sound public finance management
  .

4.
     
  Community cooperation with Latin America shall retain a regional focus, distinguishing where appropriate between countries and regions as agreed in the partnership agreements in force or in the process of being negotiated or, failing that, in the remaining agreements applying to the other countries and regions, taking account of the processes of regional and sub-regional integration underway in Latin America.

Article 3

Respect for the principles of
  democracy, good governance and
  the rule of law and for human and minority rights and fundamental freedoms is an essential element for the
  Community's relations with Latin American countries. If these principles are not respected, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may take
  appropriate measures.

Article 4

The following factors shall be included in Community cooperation with the Latin American partners and reflected in the relevant programming documents:

| (a) | A benchmark of 35% of annual commitments shall be allocated to social infrastructure as defined by the OECD's DAC. Most of this benchmark, amounting to a minimum of 20% of total annual commitments, shall be allocated to basic health and basic education. In this context it is recognised that the EU contribution be seen as part of overall donor support in a given country. A deviation of the benchmark will be motivated in the Commission's annual report.



  Without this entailing any increase in the annual amounts allocated, EUR 20 million of the budget for Community cooperation with Latin America shall be set aside each year for a Biregional Solidarity Fund whose activities shall be geared to the management and financing of sectoral programmes linked to health, education and combating poverty and social inequality in the countries and regions of Latin America with the lowest rate of per capita income or which are experiencing serious unforeseen difficulties.


  Bodies (EIB, IDB, World Bank, etc.) and countries interested in its activities may also participate in this fund. The fund shall be coordinated by the Commission in coordination with the other participants. |
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(a)

A benchmark of 35% of annual commitments shall be allocated to social infrastructure as defined by the OECD's DAC. Most of this benchmark, amounting to a minimum of 20% of total annual commitments, shall be allocated to basic health and basic education. In this context it is recognised that the EU contribution be seen as part of overall donor support in a given country. A deviation of the benchmark will be motivated in the Commission's annual report.

| (b) | A benchmark of 10 % of annual commitments shall be allocated to projects and programmes for improving the management of natural resources and reversing environmental degradation (in keeping with Millennium Development Goal 7). |
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(b)

A benchmark of 10 % of annual commitments shall be allocated to projects and programmes for improving the management of natural resources and reversing environmental degradation (in keeping with Millennium Development Goal 7).

| (c) | Priority shall be given to the poorest countries among the Latin American partners, especially the low income countries, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Latin American partners, with particular regard to combating inequality and building more cohesive societies. |
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(c)

Priority shall be given to the poorest countries among the Latin American partners, especially the low income countries, and to the poorest sectors of society within all the Latin American partners, with particular regard to combating inequality and building more cohesive societies.

| (d) | Gender concerns and women's rights shall be mainstreamed in cooperation activities with the Latin American partners, including but not limited to the routine analysis of the situation for women and men at project and programme level, strengthening gender considerations during the whole project cycle and use of gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data at all stages of planning, implementing and evaluating actions, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation (9). |
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(d)

Gender concerns and women's rights shall be mainstreamed in cooperation activities with the Latin American partners, including but not limited to the routine analysis of the situation for women and men at project and programme level, strengthening gender considerations during the whole project cycle and use of gender-sensitive indicators and sex-disaggregated data at all stages of planning, implementing and evaluating actions, in accordance with the Commission Programme of Action on the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation (9).

| (e) | Environmental considerations shall be systematically incorporated into the preparation of all programming documents, making use of in-depth policy analyses and strategic environmental assessments (SEA) to this end. SEA shall also be used systematically during the preparation of structural and sectoral programmes. Environmental impact assessment shall be utilised systematically at project level and for major new infrastructure. The involvement of all interested and affected stakeholders, and in particular the indigenous peoples, shall be ensured at all stages of the preparation and assessment process. Public access to the results of environmental screening shall be guaranteed. |
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(e)

Environmental considerations shall be systematically incorporated into the preparation of all programming documents, making use of in-depth policy analyses and strategic environmental assessments (SEA) to this end. SEA shall also be used systematically during the preparation of structural and sectoral programmes. Environmental impact assessment shall be utilised systematically at project level and for major new infrastructure. The involvement of all interested and affected stakeholders, and in particular the indigenous peoples, shall be ensured at all stages of the preparation and assessment process. Public access to the results of environmental screening shall be guaranteed.

Article 5

Without prejudice to the eligibility of the sectors included in agreements with Latin American partners, Community cooperation shall particularly support:

| (a) | Actions in the health sector including increasing access to health services for lower income population groups and marginalised groups, including groups subject to ethnic, religious or genderbased discrimination, reducing child mortality, improving maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health and addressing poverty diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. |
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(a)

Actions in the health sector including increasing access to health services for lower income population groups and marginalised groups, including groups subject to ethnic, religious or genderbased discrimination, reducing child mortality, improving maternal and child health and sexual and reproductive health and addressing poverty diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

| (b) | Actions in the education sector, especially in the context of Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 and the Dakar Framework for Action: Education For All. |
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(b)

Actions in the education sector, especially in the context of Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 and the Dakar Framework for Action: Education For All.

| (c) | Actions in favour of vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, indigenous peoples and other minorities, women, children and older people. |
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(c)

Actions in favour of vulnerable and excluded groups including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, indigenous peoples and other minorities, women, children and older people.

| (d) | Actions in favour of children's rights, particularly to address the problems faced by street children and children undertaking forms of labour that are hazardous and/or hinder full-time education, and to support implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
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(d)

Actions in favour of children's rights, particularly to address the problems faced by street children and children undertaking forms of labour that are hazardous and/or hinder full-time education, and to support implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

| (e) | The strengthening of democratic principles, the rule of law and protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms by actions including, but not limited to, capacity building and strengthening the institutional and legislative framework. |
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(e)

The strengthening of democratic principles, the rule of law and protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms by actions including, but not limited to, capacity building and strengthening the institutional and legislative framework.

| (f) | Actions to combat corruption and foster good governance, particularly in the areas of national administration, designing and implementing policies and managing public finances and national resources in a transparent way. |
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(f)

Actions to combat corruption and foster good governance, particularly in the areas of national administration, designing and implementing policies and managing public finances and national resources in a transparent way.

| (g) | Actions to support the role of civil society organisations, particularly those representing people living in poverty, in any of the actions set out in this article to contribute to the objective of poverty eradication. |
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(g)

Actions to support the role of civil society organisations, particularly those representing people living in poverty, in any of the actions set out in this article to contribute to the objective of poverty eradication.

| (h) | The provision of water, prioritising universal sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation but also including sustainable use of water resources, efficient water use for agricultural and industrial purposes and improving water quality. |
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(h)

The provision of water, prioritising universal sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation but also including sustainable use of water resources, efficient water use for agricultural and industrial purposes and improving water quality.

| (i) | Actions in favour of the development of rural areas, particularly with a view to ensuring food security. |
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(i)

Actions in favour of the development of rural areas, particularly with a view to ensuring food security.

| (j) | Promotion of economic and trade cooperation, supporting mechanisms to comprehensively address debt problems and strengthening investment relations between the European Union and Latin American countries, by actions to promote and ensure that private actors, including the indigenous private sector and investment by European enterprises, contribute to socially responsible economic development, respecting ILO standards and other human rights, and contributing to the alleviation of poverty particularly by capacity-building actions. |
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(j)

Promotion of economic and trade cooperation, supporting mechanisms to comprehensively address debt problems and strengthening investment relations between the European Union and Latin American countries, by actions to promote and ensure that private actors, including the indigenous private sector and investment by European enterprises, contribute to socially responsible economic development, respecting ILO standards and other human rights, and contributing to the alleviation of poverty particularly by capacity-building actions.

| (k) | Actions to tackle the structural difficulties the partner countries face in the global economy by enhancing technical assistance and capacity building, reduction or elimination of tariff peaks and non-tariff barriers between trading partners, the proper interpretations of the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS Agreement) in areas such as public health or research and development in the field of new medicines. |
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(k)

Actions to tackle the structural difficulties the partner countries face in the global economy by enhancing technical assistance and capacity building, reduction or elimination of tariff peaks and non-tariff barriers between trading partners, the proper interpretations of the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS Agreement) in areas such as public health or research and development in the field of new medicines.

| (l) | Emergency preparedness and the prevention of natural disasters, as well as post-emergency rehabilitation, reconstruction and aid to uprooted people, with particular attention to the transition between emergency assistance and development cooperation. |
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(l)

Emergency preparedness and the prevention of natural disasters, as well as post-emergency rehabilitation, reconstruction and aid to uprooted people, with particular attention to the transition between emergency assistance and development cooperation.

| (m) | Actions in favour of environmental protection and the sustainable management of natural resources and human activities, especially ensuring sustainable use and conservation of Latin America's rich biodiversity, taking traditional and local knowledge into consideration, particularly in forests, rivers and oceans, and also supporting improvements in the urban environment, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption, and the safe and sustainable management of chemicals. |
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(m)

Actions in favour of environmental protection and the sustainable management of natural resources and human activities, especially ensuring sustainable use and conservation of Latin America's rich biodiversity, taking traditional and local knowledge into consideration, particularly in forests, rivers and oceans, and also supporting improvements in the urban environment, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption, and the safe and sustainable management of chemicals.

| (n) | Actions in favour of gender equality and promoting the full participation of women in society, including but not limited to actions to secure education rights for girl children and to increase the active participation of women, on an equal footing with men, in access to and control of the means of production, the productive process and its results, in decision making and in social activities. |
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(n)

Actions in favour of gender equality and promoting the full participation of women in society, including but not limited to actions to secure education rights for girl children and to increase the active participation of women, on an equal footing with men, in access to and control of the means of production, the productive process and its results, in decision making and in social activities.

| (o) | Cultural cooperation, including exchanges allowing for greater cultural understanding between Latin American partners and the European Union. |
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(o)

Cultural cooperation, including exchanges allowing for greater cultural understanding between Latin American partners and the European Union.

| (p) | The increased use of information and communication technologies as a tool for development in the Latin American partner countries. |
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(p)

The increased use of information and communication technologies as a tool for development in the Latin American partner countries.

| (q) | Actions to foster greater use of sustainable energy technologies among the Latin American partners. |
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(q)

Actions to foster greater use of sustainable energy technologies among the Latin American partners.

| (r) | Regional integration and cooperation in Latin America, and the development of closer relations between the Latin American partners and the European Union. |
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(r)

Regional integration and cooperation in Latin America, and the development of closer relations between the Latin American partners and the European Union.

| (s) | The strengthening of the institutional framework to promote and engender the creation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, increasing capacity to promote the opening of bank accounts and the setting up of businesses. |
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(s)

The strengthening of the institutional framework to promote and engender the creation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, increasing capacity to promote the opening of bank accounts and the setting up of businesses.

| (t) | The promotion of ‘Offset’ investments by foreign investors in the social, educational and healthcare sectors, in conjunction with NGOs and other civil society actors to guarantee that projects are tied to local social, industrial and service capacity building. |
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(t)

The promotion of ‘Offset’ investments by foreign investors in the social, educational and healthcare sectors, in conjunction with NGOs and other civil society actors to guarantee that projects are tied to local social, industrial and service capacity building.

CHAPTER II

PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES

Article 6

1.   As a general rule, the framework for the programming and identification of Community cooperation activities under this Regulation shall consist of:

| (a) | strategy papers; |
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(a)

strategy papers;

| (b) | multiannual indicative programmes; |
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(b)

multiannual indicative programmes;

| (c) | annual action plans. |
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(c)

annual action plans.

These documents shall reflect priorities identified and agreed with stakeholders in the Latin American countries concerned, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, the private sector and other relevant civil society actors. The European Parliament shall receive the documents referred to in (a), (b) and (c).

As a general rule the revision of the above-mentioned documents shall reflect priorities identified and agreed with the stakeholders referred to above. The European Parliament shall receive the documents referred to in (a), (b) and (c) as revised.

The above-mentioned documents shall be publicly available on the EU information web-site to ensure a maximum degree of transparency.

2.   Strategy papers
  for Latin
  American partner countries, regions or subregions shall be established for a period of five to seven years
  and must be linked to (or reflect) a partner country's national development plan, where it exists
  .

They shall define the long-term objectives for cooperation and identify the strategic priorities and the specific fields of action. They shall be revised if circumstances so require.

A separate three-year strategy paper covering the whole
  of Latin
  America shall be drawn up for crises involving uprooted people.

3.   Three-year multiannual indicative programmes based on the strategy papers shall be drawn up for each country, region or subregion eligible for Community cooperation.

They shall contain a description of sectoral and cross-cutting priorities, specific objectives and expected results
  based on the development and use of suitable achievement indicators.

They shall give indicative amounts (overall and for each priority sector) and set out criteria for funding the programme concerned.

They shall contain a list of all bodies (government or public, non-profitmaking and private organisations) which have been consulted prior to drawing up the multiannual indicative programmes.

They shall reflect the priorities identified and agreed with
  the Latin
  American partners concerned
  including consultation of the populations concerned.
  They shall be updated as necessary.

4.   Annual action plans based on the multiannual programmes shall be drawn up for each country, region or subregion eligible for Community cooperation.

They shall set out, as precisely as possible, for a given operational year, the aims being pursued, the fields of action and the budget provided.

They shall contain a list of cooperation activities to be financed by the Community. They shall specify the maximum amount of the Community financial contribution for each project and programme.

The annual reports evaluating progress under the multiannual programmes and Country Strategy Papers shall be publicly available to all stakeholders.

5.   In
  exceptional circumstances due to unforeseen events,
  specific cooperation measures not covered by annual action plans may be approved.

Article 7

1.   Community financing shall be in the form of grants.

2.   Community financing may be used to cover in particular expenditure for preparing, implementing, monitoring, checking and evaluating projects and programmes and for
  consultation and
  information on
  the availability of Community projects and their funding.

3.   Community financing may be used for cofinancing, which should be sought whenever feasible, particularly when it can lever other funding to contribute to the objectives set in Article 2.

4.
     
  Community financing may be used for debt relief linked to existing international agreements in support of the objectives detailed in Article 2.

5.   Community financing may not be used to pay taxes, duties or charges.

6.   Community financing may cover investment expenditure, including the purchase of real estate, when the latter is necessary for the direct implementation of the operation and provided that ownership is transferred to the recipient's local partners or the ultimate beneficiaries of the operation once the latter has come to an end.
  The purchase and transfer of real estate should under no circumstances infringe on the economic, social and cultural rights of minorities or indigenous peoples.

Article 8

1.   The Commission shall implement Community cooperation in accordance with the budgetary and other procedures in force, in particular those laid down in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

2.   In taking financing decisions under this Regulation, the Commission shall have regard to the principles of sound financial management laid down in the Financial Regulation.

Article 9

The financial framework for the implementation of Community cooperation under this Regulation for the period 2003 to 2006 shall be
  EUR 1 517 million for
  cooperation with Latin America.

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective
  and on the basis of objective criteria reflecting poverty levels, population and performance.

A benchmark of 35 % of annual commitments under the annual budget for Latin American partners shall be allocated to social infrastructure expenditure, most of which shall be devoted to education and health. The gender perspective should be incorporated at all levels when the budgets are drawn up.

The resulting budget appropriations earmarked to ensure that 35 % of annual commitments are allocated to social infrastructure are also to be used to finance a Biregional Solidarity Fund, without this entailing any increase in the annual amounts allocated.

The activities of the Biregional Solidarity Fund shall be geared towards the management and financing of sectoral programmes relating to health, education and the combating of extreme poverty, as a priority in those countries and regions with the lowest per capita income indexes and greater social inequalities, but also possibly in all Latin American countries.

Financial organisations (EIB, IDB, World Bank, etc.) and countries with an interest in the activities of the Biregional Development Fund may be involved in that Fund.

The Biregional Development Fund should be able to call on sufficient budgetary resources and shall be coordinated by the Commission, in association with those international financial organisations and with those other countries which contribute to it.

Article 10

In addition to national and federal governments, partners eligible for financial support under this Regulation may include regional and international organisations (including United Nations
  agencies), national,
  provincial and local administrations and agencies
  and non-state actors
  .

The complementary role of and potential for contribution by non-state actors to the development process should be recognised. Non-state actors shall comprise private sector, economic and social partners, including trade union organisations, and civil society in all its forms according to national characteristics.

To this end, non-state actors should, where appropriate

| — | be informed and involved in consultation on cooperation policies and strategies, on priorities for cooperation especially in areas that concern or directly affect them, and on political dialogue; |
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—

be informed and involved in consultation on cooperation policies and strategies, on priorities for cooperation especially in areas that concern or directly affect them, and on political dialogue;

| — | be provided with financial resources, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, comprising up to 15% of the total funds available, in order to support local development processes; |
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—

be provided with financial resources, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, comprising up to 15% of the total funds available, in order to support local development processes;

| — | be involved in the implementation of cooperation projects and programmes in areas that concern them where these actors have a comparative advantage; |
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—

be involved in the implementation of cooperation projects and programmes in areas that concern them where these actors have a comparative advantage;

| — | be provided with capacity-building support in critical areas in order to reinforce the capabilities of these actors, particularly as regards organisation and representation, and the establishment of consultation mechanisms including channels of communication and dialogue, and to promote strategic alliances. |
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—

be provided with capacity-building support in critical areas in order to reinforce the capabilities of these actors, particularly as regards organisation and representation, and the establishment of consultation mechanisms including channels of communication and dialogue, and to promote strategic alliances.

Article 11

1.
     
  In the following provisions, ‘developing countries’ and ‘least developed countries’ refers to those countries defined as such by the OECD's DAC.

2.   Participation in invitations to tender and contracts shall be open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons from the Member States, candidate countries for accession to the European Union and
  all developing countries.

3.   
  In
  the event of cofinancing, the Commission may authorise participation in invitations to tender and contracts by natural and legal persons of the other financing countries on a case-by-case basis, provided that reciprocity is granted.

4.   The Commission may also open up, on a case-by-case basis, its procurement of services and sanitary products essential to the fight against communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to natural and legal persons of other countries.

5.   In addition, natural and legal persons of any third country shall be eligible to participate in invitations to tender and contracts for projects and programmes in favour of the countries listed in
  the Annex,
  which are classified as least developed in the OECD/DAC list of aid recipients, in the following areas: sectoral and multisectoral programme assistance, investment project aid, import and commodity support, commercial services contracts, and assistance to non-governmental organisations. In these cases, the participation of undertakings from third countries shall only be admissible if reciprocity is granted.

This provision applies only to activities with a value of more than SDR 700 000 or, in the case of investment-related technical cooperation, SDR 130 000. Free-standing technical cooperation and food aid are not covered by this provision.

6.
     
  Measures shall be taken to encourage the widest participation of natural and legal persons of developing countries, and in particular least developed countries, in the performance of contracts financed under this Regulation in order to permit the optimisation of the physical and human resources of those countries.

To this end:

| (a) | for works contracts of a value of less than EUR 5 000 000, tenderers of developing countries, provided that at least one quarter of the capital stock and management staff originates from one or more developing countries, shall be accorded a 10% price preference where tenders of an equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the price preference shall be 15% where the same conditions are met; |
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(a)

for works contracts of a value of less than EUR 5 000 000, tenderers of developing countries, provided that at least one quarter of the capital stock and management staff originates from one or more developing countries, shall be accorded a 10% price preference where tenders of an equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the price preference shall be 15% where the same conditions are met;

| (b) | for supply contracts, irrespective of the value of the supplies, tenderers of developing countries who offer supplies of at least 50% in contract value of developing country origin, shall be accorded a 15% price preference where tenders of equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the preference will be 20% where the same conditions are met; |
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(b)

for supply contracts, irrespective of the value of the supplies, tenderers of developing countries who offer supplies of at least 50% in contract value of developing country origin, shall be accorded a 15% price preference where tenders of equivalent economic, technical and administrative quality are compared; for tenderers of least developed countries, the preference will be 20% where the same conditions are met;

| (c) | in respect of service contracts, given the required competence, preference shall be given to:










  (i) | experts, institutions or consultancy companies or firms from developing countries where tenders of equivalent economic and technical quality are compared, |
| --- | --- | --- |

(c)

in respect of service contracts, given the required competence, preference shall be given to:

(i)

experts, institutions or consultancy companies or firms from developing countries where tenders of equivalent economic and technical quality are compared,

| (ii) | offers submitted by a developing country firm in a consortium with European partners, and |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

offers submitted by a developing country firm in a consortium with European partners, and

| (iii) | offers presented by European tenderers with developing country sub-contractors or experts. |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

offers presented by European tenderers with developing country sub-contractors or experts.

| (d) | where subcontracting is envisaged, preference shall be given by the successful tenderer to natural persons, companies and firms of developing countries, and particularly least developed countries, capable of performing the contract required on similar terms; and |
| --- | --- |

(d)

where subcontracting is envisaged, preference shall be given by the successful tenderer to natural persons, companies and firms of developing countries, and particularly least developed countries, capable of performing the contract required on similar terms; and

| (e) | the developing country may, in the invitation to tender, propose to the prospective tenderers the assistance of other developing countries' companies or firms or national experts or consultants selected by mutual agreement. This cooperation may take the form either of a joint venture, of a subcontract or of on-the-job training of trainees. |
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(e)

the developing country may, in the invitation to tender, propose to the prospective tenderers the assistance of other developing countries' companies or firms or national experts or consultants selected by mutual agreement. This cooperation may take the form either of a joint venture, of a subcontract or of on-the-job training of trainees.

Article 12

Any agreement or contract concluded pursuant to this Regulation shall expressly provide for monitoring and financial control by the Commission, including the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and audits by the Court of Auditors, if necessary on the spot. They shall authorise the Commission to carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections in accordance with Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96.

CHAPTER III

DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE

Article 13

1.   The strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes and annual action plans referred to in Article 6 shall be
  drawn up in consultation with stakeholders in the Latin American countries concerned, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, the private sector and other relevant civil society actors. They shall be
  adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
  The European Parliament shall be consulted at the earliest stage.
  Decisions on annual action plans are to be considered financing decisions for the projects and programmes specified in those annual action plans.

Amendments to decisions referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure, except where amendments do not exceed 20% of the global amount allocated to the annual action plan or do not substantially change the nature of the projects or programmes contained in the annual action plan. In that case, the amendments will be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

2.   Financing decisions on projects and programmes not covered by annual action plans and amounting to or exceeding EUR 5 million shall be individually adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Amendments to those decisions shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure, except where amendments do not exceed 20% of the amount allocated to the projects and programmes or do not substantially change the projects or programmes in question. In the latter case, amendments will be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

Financing decisions below EUR 5 million and amendments thereto shall be adopted by the Commission, which shall inform the committee set up in Article 14(1).

Article 14

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, referred to as ‘the
  Latin America
  Committee’, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.
  The Committee shall meet once a year with representatives of civil society organisations working on the poverty eradication goal for consultation on the Latin America programme.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be 30 days.

3.   The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

4.   The Committee may examine any other question concerning this Regulation which is submitted to it by the Chairman, whether or not at the request of the representative of a Member State, and in particular any question relating to the programming or general implementation of measures or to cofinancing.

CHAPTER IV

COORDINATION, REPORTING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 15

1.   In the interests of the consistency
  , coherence,
  efficiency and complementarity of Community cooperation, the Member States and the Commission shall organise, including on the spot, a frequent and regular exchange of information on the operations they intend to implement. They shall keep each other informed about their programme strategy, priority sectors, evaluations and their ongoing and future cooperation.
  This information shall also be made available to the European Parliament and national parliaments of the Member States and the partner countries.

2.   The Commission may, in liaison with the Member States, take any initiative necessary to ensure proper coordination and cooperation with international financial institutions, United Nations agencies and other donors.

3.   The necessary measures shall be taken to emphasise the Community character of cooperation activities carried out under this Regulation.

Article 16

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council copies of all strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes and annual action plans when they are adopted, as well as the (multi-)annual reviews of their implementation. These documents shall be accompanied by a list of all bodies, including government authorities at national, regional and local level, parliaments, non-governmental organisations, the private sector and other relevant civil society, consulted during the drawingup of the documents.

The
  Commission shall
  also
  submit,
  every year
  in its annual report on Community external assistance to the European Parliament and the Council, information on the operations financed under this Regulation.

Article 17

The Commission shall take the measures necessary to ensure effective and continuous monitoring of the implementation of Community cooperation activities under this Regulation.

Every five years the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council an evaluation report, together with suggestions regarding the future of this Regulation and, where necessary, proposals for amending it.

Article 18

1.   Regulations (EEC) No 443/92 and (EC) No 2130/2001 are hereby repealed.

2.   In Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2258/96, the words ‘the countries of Latin America and Asia’ are deleted.

3.   Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, Regulations (EEC) No 443/92, (EC) No 2130/2001 and (EC) No 2258/96 shall remain applicable to projects and programmes for which the procedures leading to the Commission financing decision have been started but have not yet been completed at the time of entry into force of this Regulation.

4.   Strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes, annual action plans and projects adopted by the Commission under Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 with the favourable opinion of the Committee set up in Article 15 thereof shall be deemed to have been adopted in accordance with this Regulation.

Article 19

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12
  .

1

C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 12

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

(3)  OJ L 52, 27.2.1992, p. 1.

3

(4)  OJ L 287, 31.10.2001, p. 3.

4

(5)  OJ L 306, 28.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

5

Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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

6

(7)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

7

(8)  OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.

8

(9)  COM(2001) 295 final.

9

ANNEX

| [Afghanistan] | Argentina |
| --- | --- |
| [Bahrain] | Bolivia |
| [Bangladesh] | Brazil |
| [Bhutan] | Chile |
| [Burma/Myanmar] | Colombia |
| [Cambodia] | Costa Rica |
| [China] | Cuba |
| [East Timor] | Ecuador |
| [India] | El Salvador |
| [Indonesia] | Guatemala |
| [Iran] | Honduras |
| [Iraq] | Mexico |
| [Korea, Democratic People's Republic] | Nicaragua |
| [Laos ] | Panama |
| [Malaysia] | Paraguay |
| [Maldives] | Peru |
| [Mongolia] | Uruguay |
| [Nepal] | Venezuela |
| [Oman] | |
| [Pakistan] | |
| [Philippines] | |
| [Saudi Arabia] | |
| [Sri Lanka] | |
| [Thailand] | |
| [Vietnam] | |
| [Yemen] | |

[Afghanistan]

Argentina

[Bahrain]

Bolivia

[Bangladesh]

Brazil

[Bhutan]

Chile

[Burma/Myanmar]

Colombia

[Cambodia]

Costa Rica

[China]

Cuba

[East Timor]

Ecuador

[India]

El Salvador

[Indonesia]

Guatemala

[Iran]

Honduras

[Iraq]

Mexico

[Korea, Democratic People's Republic]

Nicaragua

[Laos ]

Panama

[Malaysia]

Paraguay

[Maldives]

Peru

[Mongolia]

Uruguay

[Nepal]

Venezuela

[Oman]

[Pakistan]

[Philippines]

[Saudi Arabia]

[Sri Lanka]

[Thailand]

[Vietnam]

[Yemen]

P5_TA(2003)0474

Action programme to promote youth ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth (COM(2003) 272 — C5-0257/2003 — 2003/0113(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 272) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 272) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 251(2) and 149 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0257/2003), |
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—

having regard to Articles 251(2) and 149 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0257/2003),

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

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0358/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0358/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2000-2006; |
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2.

Considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 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; |
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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 the Commission. |
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4.

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0113

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No.../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 149(4) thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

| (1) | The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union and provides that Community action in the field of education, vocational training and youth shall be aimed, inter alia, at encouraging the development of youth exchanges and of exchanges of socio-educative instructors. |
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(1)

The Treaty establishes citizenship of the Union and provides that Community action in the field of education, vocational training and youth shall be aimed, inter alia, at encouraging the development of youth exchanges and of exchanges of socio-educative instructors.

| (2) | The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is the way in which to bring citizens, and primarily the young, closer to the European design and the European institutions.
  International non-governmental youth organisations (INGYOs) enable young people to become active citizens, develop a sense of responsibility, express their opinions and values and take part in exchanges across national borders; in so doing, these organisations help to bring Europe closer to young citizens. |
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(2)

The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is the way in which to bring citizens, and primarily the young, closer to the European design and the European institutions.
  International non-governmental youth organisations (INGYOs) enable young people to become active citizens, develop a sense of responsibility, express their opinions and values and take part in exchanges across national borders; in so doing, these organisations help to bring Europe closer to young citizens.

| (3) | The Commission's White Paper entitled‘A new impetus for European youth’ (5) argues that participation by young people should be encouraged and advocates strengthening the organisations within which young people can make their voice heard; it also states that information is essential to the development of active citizenship.
  In its resolution on the White Paper (6), the European Parliament also stressed the important role played by international and European youth organisations in enabling young people to participate on a long-term basis in democratic life in Europe. |
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(3)

The Commission's White Paper entitled‘A new impetus for European youth’ (5) argues that participation by young people should be encouraged and advocates strengthening the organisations within which young people can make their voice heard; it also states that information is essential to the development of active citizenship.
  In its resolution on the White Paper (6), the European Parliament also stressed the important role played by international and European youth organisations in enabling young people to participate on a long-term basis in democratic life in Europe.

| (4) | The Commission's White Paper on European governance (7) calls for general openness and for representatives of civil society to be consulted and included in the formation of EU policy. It recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in giving voice to the concerns of citizens. |
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(4)

The Commission's White Paper on European governance (7) calls for general openness and for representatives of civil society to be consulted and included in the formation of EU policy. It recognises the role of non-governmental organisations in giving voice to the concerns of citizens.

| (5) | The resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 27 June 2002 regarding the framework of European cooperation in the youth field (8) endorses the thematic priorities as proposed in the White Paper on European youth, and in particular participation and information, especially with the aim of encouraging participation by young people in the exercise of active citizenship, and proposes mechanisms for implementing the open method of coordination by consulting young people through specific arrangements at national level and consulting the European Youth Forum at European level. |
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(5)

The resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 27 June 2002 regarding the framework of European cooperation in the youth field (8) endorses the thematic priorities as proposed in the White Paper on European youth, and in particular participation and information, especially with the aim of encouraging participation by young people in the exercise of active citizenship, and proposes mechanisms for implementing the open method of coordination by consulting young people through specific arrangements at national level and consulting the European Youth Forum at European level.

| (6) | The Draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe, approved by the European Convention on 10 July 2003, introduces the principle of participatory democracy (Title I, Article 46) and calls for action to encourage the participation of young people (Article III-182). |
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(6)

The Draft Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe, approved by the European Convention on 10 July 2003, introduces the principle of participatory democracy (Title I, Article 46) and calls for action to encourage the participation of young people (Article III-182).

| (7) | The European Youth Forum represents young people vis-à-vis the European Union
  and other international institutions
  . Its action is essential in order to coordinate and relay to the European institutions the views of non-governmental youth organisations and to relay to these organisations information
  about European matters which are of interest to them. INGYOs provide non-formal education, training and information to young people; they constitute networks representing nonprofit bodies active in the Member States and other European countries. These actions are matters of general European interest, in accordance with Article 162 of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (9); the beneficiaries should therefore be exempt from the principle of the gradual reduction of grants. |
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(7)

The European Youth Forum represents young people vis-à-vis the European Union
  and other international institutions
  . Its action is essential in order to coordinate and relay to the European institutions the views of non-governmental youth organisations and to relay to these organisations information
  about European matters which are of interest to them. INGYOs provide non-formal education, training and information to young people; they constitute networks representing nonprofit bodies active in the Member States and other European countries. These actions are matters of general European interest, in accordance with Article 162 of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (9); the beneficiaries should therefore be exempt from the principle of the gradual reduction of grants.

| (8) | Headings A-3023 and A-3029 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provide support for the European Youth Forum and international non-governmental youth organisations. |
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(8)

Headings A-3023 and A-3029 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provide support for the European Youth Forum and international non-governmental youth organisations.

| (9) | Council Regulation (CE, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (10), hereinafter ‘The Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions. |
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(9)

Council Regulation (CE, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (10), hereinafter ‘The Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions.

| (10) | At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation (11), the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would come into force as from the financial year 2004. |
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(10)

At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation (11), the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would come into force as from the financial year 2004.

| (11) | Provision should be made for the geographic scope of this programme to extend to the Member States and possibly, in the case of some activities, to all European countries, in view of the importance of strengthening links between the enlarged Union and its neighbours on the European continent. |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Provision should be made for the geographic scope of this programme to extend to the Member States and possibly, in the case of some activities, to all European countries, in view of the importance of strengthening links between the enlarged Union and its neighbours on the European continent.

| (12) | In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities. |
| --- | --- |

(12)

In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

| (13) | Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty. |
| --- | --- |

(13)

Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.

| (14) | This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (12), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure. |
| --- | --- |

(14)

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (12), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure.

| (15) | Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, |
| --- | --- |

(15)

Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Programme objective

1.   This Decision establishes a Community action programme to support non-governmental organisations active at European level in the field of youth.

2.   The general objective of the present programme is to support the activities of these bodies.

The following activities are covered by the programme:

| (a) | the ongoing work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of youth; or |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the ongoing work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of youth; or

| (b) | an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area.

In particular, these activities must contribute, or be capable of contributing,
  to the active participation of young citizens in public life and in society and
  to the development and implementation of Community cooperation actions in the field of youth
  in the broad sense
  .

Cooperation with the European Youth Forum contributes to this general objective in so far as the European Youth Forum represents and coordinates non-governmental youth organisations and relays information on youth to the European institutions.

3.   The programme shall start on 1 January 2004 and shall end on 31 December 2006.

Article 2

Access to the programme

To be eligible for an operating grant, a body must satisfy the requirements of the Annex and have the following characteristics:

| (a) | its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the youth policy area and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the youth policy area and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex;

| (b) | it must have been legally established for more than one year; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

it must have been legally established for more than one year;

| (c) | it must operate at European level, either alone or in the form of various coordinated associations, and its structure and activities must have a potential impact throughout the Union or cover at least eight of the countries referrred to in Article 3, including the Member States. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

it must operate at European level, either alone or in the form of various coordinated associations, and its structure and activities must have a potential impact throughout the Union or cover at least eight of the countries referrred to in Article 3, including the Member States.

Article 3

Participation of countries outside the Union

Participation
  in this
  programme may be open to the EFTA/EEA countries and the candidate countries for accession to the European Union, in accordance with the relevant provisions in the instruments governing relations between the European Community and these countries.

Participation
  in this programme
  may also be open to the Balkan countries forming part of the Stabilisation and Association process for countries of South Eastern Europe (13)

  and to some countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

   (14), in accordance with the conditions and procedures to be agreed with these
  countries
  .

Article 4

Selection of beneficiaries

The programme covers two types of beneficiaries:

| — | Group 1: operating grants shall be directly awarded to the beneficiaries referred to under point 3.1 of the annex; |
| --- | --- |

—

Group 1: operating grants shall be directly awarded to the beneficiaries referred to under point 3.1 of the annex;

| — | Group 2: operating grants shall be awarded by means of a call for proposals to the permanent activities of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of youth
  . |
| --- | --- |

—

Group 2: operating grants shall be awarded by means of a call for proposals to the permanent activities of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of youth
  .

Article 5

Award of grants

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.

Article 6

Financial provisions

1.   The financial framework for the implementation of this programme for the period specified in Article 1(3) is hereby set at EUR 13,17 million
  .

2.   The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the Budgetary Authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

Article 7

Monitoring and evaluation

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. 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 shall appraise at least the overall pertinence and coherence of the programme, the effectiveness of its execution (preparation, selection, implementation of actions) and the overall and individual effectiveness of the various actions in terms of achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 and in 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)  OJ C ...

2

(3)  OJ C ...

3

(4)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

4

Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

(5)  COM(2001) 681 final.

5

COM(2001) 681 final.

(6)  OJ C 180 E, 31.7.2003, p. 145.

6

(7)  OJ C 287, 12.10.2001, p. 1.

7

(8)  OJ C 168, 13.7.2002, p. 2.

8

(9)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

9

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

10

(11)  Statement of 13 June 2002 on adoption of the Financial Regulation, re Article 108.

11

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

12

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

(13)  The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.

13

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.

(14)  Belarus, Moldova, the Russia Federation and Ukraine.

14

Belarus, Moldova, the Russia Federation and Ukraine.

ANNEX

1.   ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

The general objective laid down in Article 1 is to strengthen Community action in the field of youth and increase its effectiveness by promoting the bodies working in this field.

| 1.1. | The main activities of these youth organisations that are likely to contribute to the strengthening and effectiveness of Community action are as follows:






  — | representation of
  the views and interests of young people in all their diversity
  at Community level; |
| --- | --- | --- |

1.1.

The main activities of these youth organisations that are likely to contribute to the strengthening and effectiveness of Community action are as follows:

—

representation of
  the views and interests of young people in all their diversity
  at Community level;

| — | youth exchanges and voluntary services; |
| --- | --- |

—

youth exchanges and voluntary services;

| — | non-formal
  education and
  youth work
  programmes; |
| --- | --- |

—

non-formal
  education and
  youth work
  programmes;

| — | the promotion of intercultural learning and understanding; |
| --- | --- |

—

the promotion of intercultural learning and understanding;

| — | debate on
  European matters and EU policies or
  youth policies; |
| --- | --- |

—

debate on
  European matters and EU policies or
  youth policies;

| — | dissemination of information on Community action; |
| --- | --- |

—

dissemination of information on Community action;

| — | actions promoting citizens' participation and initiative. |
| --- | --- |

—

actions promoting citizens' participation and initiative.

| 1.2. | The main activities of the European Youth Forum are as follows:






  — | representing young people vis-à-vis the European Union; |
| --- | --- | --- |

1.2.

The main activities of the European Youth Forum are as follows:

—

representing young people vis-à-vis the European Union;

| — | coordinating the positions of its members vis-à-vis the European Union; |
| --- | --- |

—

coordinating the positions of its members vis-à-vis the European Union;

| — | relaying information on youth to the European institutions; |
| --- | --- |

—

relaying information on youth to the European institutions;

| — | relaying information from the European Union to national youth councils and non-governmental organisations; |
| --- | --- |

—

relaying information from the European Union to national youth councils and non-governmental organisations;

| — | promoting and paving the way for young people to participate in democratic life; |
| --- | --- |

—

promoting and paving the way for young people to participate in democratic life;

| — | contributing to the new cooperation framework in the youth field which it has been decided to establish at the level of the European Union; |
| --- | --- |

—

contributing to the new cooperation framework in the youth field which it has been decided to establish at the level of the European Union;

| — | contributing to the development of youth policies, youth work and educational opportunities and to relaying information concerning young people and developing representative structures for young people throughout Europe; |
| --- | --- |

—

contributing to the development of youth policies, youth work and educational opportunities and to relaying information concerning young people and developing representative structures for young people throughout Europe;

| — | engaging in discussion and reflection on youth in Europe
  and other parts of the world
  and on the European Union's action to assist young people. |
| --- | --- |

—

engaging in discussion and reflection on youth in Europe
  and other parts of the world
  and on the European Union's action to assist young people.

2.   IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

The activities carried out by the bodies eligible for Community funding under the programme fall within one of the following areas:

| 2.1. | Part 1: permanent activities of the European Youth Forum, a body pursuing an aim of general European interest whose members are the national youth councils and the international nongovernmental youth organisations, in conformity with the following principles:






  — | independence of the European Youth Forum in the selection of its members; |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.1.

Part 1: permanent activities of the European Youth Forum, a body pursuing an aim of general European interest whose members are the national youth councils and the international nongovernmental youth organisations, in conformity with the following principles:

—

independence of the European Youth Forum in the selection of its members;

| — | autonomy of the European Youth Forum in the detailed specification of its activities, in conformity with section 1.2; |
| --- | --- |

—

autonomy of the European Youth Forum in the detailed specification of its activities, in conformity with section 1.2;

| — | broadest possible involvement in the European Youth Forum's activities of non-member youth organisations and young people who do not belong to organisations; |
| --- | --- |

—

broadest possible involvement in the European Youth Forum's activities of non-member youth organisations and young people who do not belong to organisations;

| — | active contribution by the European Youth Forum to the political processes relevant to youth at European level, in particular by responding to the European institutions when they consult civil society and explaining the positions adopted by these institutions to its members; |
| --- | --- |

—

active contribution by the European Youth Forum to the political processes relevant to youth at European level, in particular by responding to the European institutions when they consult civil society and explaining the positions adopted by these institutions to its members;

| — | geographic membership coverage extending to the countries mentioned in Article 3. |
| --- | --- |

—

geographic membership coverage extending to the countries mentioned in Article 3.

| 2.2. | Part 2: permanent activities of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of youth or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area.
  This may relate to:






  (a) | a non-profit-making body whose activities are solely for the benefit of young people or a body with wider aims, part of whose activities are solely for the benefit of young people; in either case, the body must involve young people in managing the activities conducted for their benefit; |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.2.

Part 2: permanent activities of a body pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of youth or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area.

This may relate to:

(a)

a non-profit-making body whose activities are solely for the benefit of young people or a body with wider aims, part of whose activities are solely for the benefit of young people; in either case, the body must involve young people in managing the activities conducted for their benefit;

| (b) | a European network representing non-profit-making bodies working for the benefit of young people and involving young people in their activities. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

a European network representing non-profit-making bodies working for the benefit of young people and involving young people in their activities.

An annual operating grant may be awarded to support the conduct of the permanent work programme of such a body.

| 2.3. | In view of the need to ensure continuity of the European Youth Forum, the programme resources shall be allocated in accordance with the following guideline: the resources allocated under part 1 shall be not less than
  EUR 2,2 million
  . |
| --- | --- |

2.3.

In view of the need to ensure continuity of the European Youth Forum, the programme resources shall be allocated in accordance with the following guideline: the resources allocated under part 1 shall be not less than
  EUR 2,2 million
  .

3.   SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES

| 3.1. | The grant under part 1 of the programme shall be awarded directly to the European Youth Forum. |
| --- | --- |

3.1.

The grant under part 1 of the programme shall be awarded directly to the European Youth Forum.

| 3.2. | The bodies receiving operating grants under part 2 of the programme shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.
  Framework partnership agreements may be concluded for the duration of the programme with the bodies so selected. The specific grants based on the framework agreements shall be awarded in accordance with the procedures laid down in these agreements.
  Calls for proposals shall be issued to select additional beneficiaries. |
| --- | --- |

3.2.

The bodies receiving operating grants under part 2 of the programme shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.

Framework partnership agreements may be concluded for the duration of the programme with the bodies so selected. The specific grants based on the framework agreements shall be awarded in accordance with the procedures laid down in these agreements.

Calls for proposals shall be issued to select additional beneficiaries.

| 3.3. | The priorities, themes and types of activities relating to the calls for proposals shall be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposals. |
| --- | --- |

3.3.

The priorities, themes and types of activities relating to the calls for proposals shall be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposals.

| 3.4. | The Commission shall give applicants the opportunity to correct errors of form within a specified period after the submission of their application. |
| --- | --- |

3.4.

The Commission shall give applicants the opportunity to correct errors of form within a specified period after the submission of their application.

| 3.5. | The Commission shall, on an annual basis, submit a brief report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the programme. |
| --- | --- |

3.5.

The Commission shall, on an annual basis, submit a brief report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the programme.

| 3.6. | The European Parliament shall be informed of the composition of the panel of experts in charge of selecting beneficiaries. |
| --- | --- |

3.6.

The European Parliament shall be informed of the composition of the panel of experts in charge of selecting beneficiaries.

4.   CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS

Funding applications shall be assessed in the light of:

| — | their consistency with the programme objectives; |
| --- | --- |

—

their consistency with the programme objectives;

| — | the quality of the planned activities; |
| --- | --- |

—

the quality of the planned activities;

| — | the likely multiplier effect on young people of these activities; |
| --- | --- |

—

the likely multiplier effect on young people of these activities;

| — | the geographic impact of the activities carried out; |
| --- | --- |

—

the geographic impact of the activities carried out;

| — | the involvement of young people in the organisation of the bodies concerned. |
| --- | --- |

—

the involvement of young people in the organisation of the bodies concerned.

5.   FUNDING AND ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

| 5.1. | Under part 1, the eligible expenditure of the European Youth Forum comprises operating costs and expenses for carrying out its actions. |
| --- | --- |

5.1.

Under part 1, the eligible expenditure of the European Youth Forum comprises operating costs and expenses for carrying out its actions.

| 5.2. | The grant to the European Youth Forum shall not fund all its eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded: at least 20 per cent of the Forum's budget must be co-financed from non-Community sources. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in question. |
| --- | --- |

5.2.

The grant to the European Youth Forum shall not fund all its eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded: at least 20 per cent of the Forum's budget must be co-financed from non-Community sources. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in question.

| 5.3. | Operating grants to the European Youth Forum
  and the International Youth organisations shall not be subject to the principle of gradual reduction set out in Article 113(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002,
  since these bodies pursue an objective of general European interest. |
| --- | --- |

5.3.

Operating grants to the European Youth Forum
  and the International Youth organisations shall not be subject to the principle of gradual reduction set out in Article 113(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002,
  since these bodies pursue an objective of general European interest.

| 5.4. | Under part 2, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant shall be those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, and publication, information and dissemination costs. |
| --- | --- |

5.4.

Under part 2, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant shall be those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, and publication, information and dissemination costs.

| 5.5. | An operating grant under part 2 of the Annex shall not fund all the body's eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded. At least 20 per cent of the budgets of the bodies covered by this part must be co-financed from non-Community sources. The co-financing rate shall be determined each year in the call for proposals. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in
  question. |
| --- | --- |

5.5.

An operating grant under part 2 of the Annex shall not fund all the body's eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded. At least 20 per cent of the budgets of the bodies covered by this part must be co-financed from non-Community sources. The co-financing rate shall be determined each year in the call for proposals. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in
  question.

6.
     
  TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT

Any beneficiary of a grant awarded under any action of this programme shall indicate in a prominent place, such as website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

7.   MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME

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 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. 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.

8.   CHECKS AND AUDITS

| 8.1. | 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. |
| --- | --- |

8.1.

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.

| 8.2. | 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. |
| --- | --- |

8.2.

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.

| 8.3. | 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. |
| --- | --- |

8.3.

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.

| 8.4. | The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

8.4.

The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission.

| 8.5. | 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). |
| --- | --- |

8.5.

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)0475

Action programme to promote education and training ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support specific activities in the field of education and training (COM(2003) 273 — C5-0255/2003 — 2003/0114(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 273) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 273) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 149 and 150 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0255/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 149 and 150 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0255/2003),

| — | 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 Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (A5-0357/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (A5-0357/2003),

| 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 headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2000-2006; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 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 the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

4.

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0114

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No .../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support specific activities in the field of education and training

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 149(4) and 150(4) thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

| (1) | The Treaty provides that the Community is to contribute to the development of quality education by supporting and supplementing the action of Member States, to implement a vocational training policy which supports and supplements the action of the Member States, and to foster cooperation with third countries. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

The Treaty provides that the Community is to contribute to the development of quality education by supporting and supplementing the action of Member States, to implement a vocational training policy which supports and supplements the action of the Member States, and to foster cooperation with third countries.

| (2) | The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is to bring citizens closer to the European design and the European institutions. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is to bring citizens closer to the European design and the European institutions.

| (3) | The detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe (5), adopted by the Council on 14 June 2002, sets out a programme of activity that requires support at Community level. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe (5), adopted by the Council on 14 June 2002, sets out a programme of activity that requires support at Community level.

| (4) | The Declaration of the European Union made in Vienna on 10 December 1998 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that the Union should further develop cooperation in the field of human rights, such as education and training activities, in coordination with other relevant organisations, and ensure the continuation of the European Masters Programme in human rights and democratisation, organised by fifteen European universities. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The Declaration of the European Union made in Vienna on 10 December 1998 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that the Union should further develop cooperation in the field of human rights, such as education and training activities, in coordination with other relevant organisations, and ensure the continuation of the European Masters Programme in human rights and democratisation, organised by fifteen European universities.

| (5) | The Presidency Conclusions of the Cologne European Council of 4 June 1999 stated that, in order to enhance the sustainability and continuity of the European Masters programme in human rights and democratisation, further attention should be given to the issue of budget security. |
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(5)

The Presidency Conclusions of the Cologne European Council of 4 June 1999 stated that, in order to enhance the sustainability and continuity of the European Masters programme in human rights and democratisation, further attention should be given to the issue of budget security.

| (6) | Headings A-3010, A-3011, A-3012, A-3013, A-3014, A-3017, A-3022, A-3027, A-3044, B3-1000 and B3-304 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years have proved their worth in the field of education and training. |
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(6)

Headings A-3010, A-3011, A-3012, A-3013, A-3014, A-3017, A-3022, A-3027, A-3044, B3-1000 and B3-304 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years have proved their worth in the field of education and training.

| (7) | The College of Europe, providing postgraduate courses in law, economics, politics, social sciences and humanities with a European dimension; the European University Institute, contributing to the development of European cultural and scientific heritage by means of higher education and research; the European Institute of Public Administration training national and European civil servants in the field of European integration; the European Academy of Law, providing university-level training of European law professionals and users; the European Inter-University Centre in Human Rights and Democratisation providing a European Masters degree and Advanced Internships and other education, training and research services in promotion of human rights and democratisation; the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, working to improve the quality of education for pupils with special needs and to foster sustainable European cooperation in this field, and the International Centre for European Training, providing teaching, training and research on issues of Europeanisation, globalisation, federalism, regionalism and the transformation of contemporary social structures, constitute bodies pursuing aims of general European interest. |
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(7)

The College of Europe, providing postgraduate courses in law, economics, politics, social sciences and humanities with a European dimension; the European University Institute, contributing to the development of European cultural and scientific heritage by means of higher education and research; the European Institute of Public Administration training national and European civil servants in the field of European integration; the European Academy of Law, providing university-level training of European law professionals and users; the European Inter-University Centre in Human Rights and Democratisation providing a European Masters degree and Advanced Internships and other education, training and research services in promotion of human rights and democratisation; the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, working to improve the quality of education for pupils with special needs and to foster sustainable European cooperation in this field, and the International Centre for European Training, providing teaching, training and research on issues of Europeanisation, globalisation, federalism, regionalism and the transformation of contemporary social structures, constitute bodies pursuing aims of general European interest.

| (8) | There is an increased need to train national judges in the application of Community law and for such training to be supported by the Community, notably following adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (6), which increases the power of national courts to apply these Treaty provisions. |
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(8)

There is an increased need to train national judges in the application of Community law and for such training to be supported by the Community, notably following adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (6), which increases the power of national courts to apply these Treaty provisions.

| (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 (7), hereinafter ‘The Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions. |
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(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 (7), hereinafter ‘The Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions.

| (10) | At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would enter into force as from the financial year 2004 (8),
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation
  . |
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(10)

At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would enter into force as from the financial year 2004 (8),
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation
  .

| (11) | It is necessary to ensure that the institutions to which the Community has allocated funding support over previous years enjoy an adequate measure of stability and continuity of funding under the Financial Regulation. |
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(11)

It is necessary to ensure that the institutions to which the Community has allocated funding support over previous years enjoy an adequate measure of stability and continuity of funding under the Financial Regulation.

| (12) | Provision should be made for the geographic scope of this programme to extend to the Member States and possibly, in the case of some actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries. |
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(12)

Provision should be made for the geographic scope of this programme to extend to the Member States and possibly, in the case of some actions, to the candidate countries and the EFTA/EEA countries.

| (13) | In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities. |
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(13)

In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

| (14) | Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty. |
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(14)

Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.

| (15) | This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (9), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, |
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(15)

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (9), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure,

| (16) | Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, |
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(16)

Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Programme objective

1.   This Decision establishes a Community action programme in the field of education and training, to support bodies and their activities which seek to extend and deepen knowledge of the building of Europe, or to contribute to the achievement of the common policy objectives in the field of education and training, both inside and outside the Community.

2.   The general objective of the present programme is to support the activities of these bodies in the field of education and training.

The following activities are covered by the programme:

| (a) | the ongoing work programme of a body operating at European or international level which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of education and training or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area; or |
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(a)

the ongoing work programme of a body operating at European or international level which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of education and training or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area; or

| (b) | specific actions promoting the European Union's action in this area, providing information on European integration and the objectives pursued by the Union in its international relations or supporting Community action and relaying it at national level. |
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(b)

specific actions promoting the European Union's action in this area, providing information on European integration and the objectives pursued by the Union in its international relations or supporting Community action and relaying it at national level.

In particular, these activities must contribute, or be capable of contributing, to the development and implementation of Community cooperation policy and actions in the field of education and training.

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

Article 2

Access to the programme

To be eligible for a grant, a body must satisfy the requirements of the Annex and have the following characteristics:

| (a) | it must be an independent and non-profit-making legal person primarily active in the field of education and training, with an objective aimed at the public good; |
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(a)

it must be an independent and non-profit-making legal person primarily active in the field of education and training, with an objective aimed at the public good;

| (b) | it must have been legally established for more than two years and have had its annual statement of accounts for the two preceding years certified by a registered auditor; |
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(b)

it must have been legally established for more than two years and have had its annual statement of accounts for the two preceding years certified by a registered auditor;

| (c) | its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the field of education and training and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex. |
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(c)

its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the field of education and training and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex.

In exceptional circumstances, the Commission may grant a derogation from the requirement under point (b) of the first paragraph, provided that this would not compromise the protection of Community financial interests.

Article 3

Access by third countries

Participation in actions under the programme may be open to the candidate countries for accession to the European Union and to the EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with the relevant provisions in the instruments governing relations between the European Community and these countries.

Article 4

Selection of beneficiaries

The programme covers two groups of beneficiaries:

| — | Group 1:
  Operating grants
  shall be directly
  awarded
  to the beneficiaries referred to under point 2 of
  the Annex. |
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—

Group 1:
  Operating grants
  shall be directly
  awarded
  to the beneficiaries referred to under point 2 of
  the Annex.

| — | Group 2: Grants shall be awarded by means of a call for proposal for European associations active in the field of education or training, for activities in the field of higher education concerning European integration, including Jean Monnet chairs, for activities contributing to the achievement of the future objectives of education and training systems in Europe and for the training of national judges in the field of European law and for organisations for judicial cooperation. |
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—

Group 2: Grants shall be awarded by means of a call for proposal for European associations active in the field of education or training, for activities in the field of higher education concerning European integration, including Jean Monnet chairs, for activities contributing to the achievement of the future objectives of education and training systems in Europe and for the training of national judges in the field of European law and for organisations for judicial cooperation.

Article 5

Award of grants

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.

Article 6

Financial provisions

1.   The financial framework for the implementation of the programme for the period specified in Article 1(3) is
  EUR 149,92 million
  .

2.   The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the Budgetary Authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

Article 7

Monitoring and evaluation

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.

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.

2.   In accordance with the Treaty, the European Parliament and the Council shall decide on the continuation of the programme as from 1 January 2009. Before presenting proposals to this end, the Commission shall have the external evaluation of the programme updated and shall take account of the outcome of this evaluation in its proposals.

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.

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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(2)  OJ C ...

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(3)  OJ C ...

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(4)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

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Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

(5)  OJ C 142, 14.6.2002, p. 1.

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(6)  OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1
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(7)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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(8)  Declaration of 13 June 2002, on approval of the Financial Regulation, re Article 108.

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approval

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

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

ANNEX

1.   INTRODUCTION

The objectives laid down in Article 1 are to be implemented by means of the actions set out in this Annex.

This Annex contains two main types of actions:

| — | the first type, Actions 1 and 2, is aimed at supporting particular institutions or selected associations active at European level in the field of education; |
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—

the first type, Actions 1 and 2, is aimed at supporting particular institutions or selected associations active at European level in the field of education;

| — | the second type, Action 3, is aimed at supporting particular activities or projects focusing on European integration (Action 3A), or supporting European Union policies in the fields of education and training outside the Community programmes in these fields (Action 3B), or promoting training in European law, notably for national judges (Action 3C). |
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the second type, Action 3, is aimed at supporting particular activities or projects focusing on European integration (Action 3A), or supporting European Union policies in the fields of education and training outside the Community programmes in these fields (Action 3B), or promoting training in European law, notably for national judges (Action 3C).

2.   IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

The activities carried out by the bodies eligible for Community funding under the programme fall within one of the following areas:

Action 1: Support for specified institutions active in the field of education

Grants may be awarded under this action of the programme to support certain operational and administrative costs of the following institutions pursuing an aim of general European interest, acting in the following fields:

| — | the College of Europe (Bruges and Natolin campuses) in post-graduate studies in the European dimension of law, economics, political and social sciences and the humanities; |
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—

the College of Europe (Bruges and Natolin campuses) in post-graduate studies in the European dimension of law, economics, political and social sciences and the humanities;

| — | the European University Institute, Florence, in its contribution to the development of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage by higher education and research; |
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—

the European University Institute, Florence, in its contribution to the development of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage by higher education and research;

| — | the European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, in the training of national and European officials to enable them to discharge their responsibilities in the field of European integration; |
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—

the European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, in the training of national and European officials to enable them to discharge their responsibilities in the field of European integration;

| — | the Academy of European Law, Trier, in university-level continuing education for European law practitioners and users; |
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—

the Academy of European Law, Trier, in university-level continuing education for European law practitioners and users;

| — | the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation for the continuation of the European Masters Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, the Advanced Internship Programme and other education, training and research activities in promotion of human rights and democratisation; |
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—

the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation for the continuation of the European Masters Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation, the Advanced Internship Programme and other education, training and research activities in promotion of human rights and democratisation;

| — | the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education in the improvement of the quality of special needs education and the institution of extensive and long-term European cooperation in this field; |
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—

the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education in the improvement of the quality of special needs education and the institution of extensive and long-term European cooperation in this field;

| — | the International Centre for European Training in study, education, training and research on issues of European and world unification, federalism, regionalism and the changing structures of contemporary society, from a world federalist viewpoint; |
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—

the International Centre for European Training in study, education, training and research on issues of European and world unification, federalism, regionalism and the changing structures of contemporary society, from a world federalist viewpoint;

| — | the International Federation of European Houses (FIME), in reducing the gap between citizens' problems and the questions under discussion at EU level; in linking national identities with a European identity; and in making clear the coherence and complementarity of decision-making at European, national, regional and local levels. |
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—

the International Federation of European Houses (FIME), in reducing the gap between citizens' problems and the questions under discussion at EU level; in linking national identities with a European identity; and in making clear the coherence and complementarity of decision-making at European, national, regional and local levels.

The Commission may award grants to the institutions listed above upon receipt of an appropriate workplan and budget. Grants may be awarded on an annual basis or on a renewable basis within 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 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.

The activities of the institutions supported under this action may take place within or beyond the European Union.

The resources to be committed under Action 1 will be not more than
  68 per cent
  and not less than
  64 per cent
  of the total budget available for this programme.

Action 2: Support for European associations active in the field of education or training

Grants may be awarded under this action of the programme to support certain operational and administrative costs of European associations active in the field of education and training, which fulfil the following minimum criteria:

| — | exist as a body pursuing an aim of general European interest as defined in article 162 of the implementing rules; |
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—

exist as a body pursuing an aim of general European interest as defined in article 162 of the implementing rules;

| — | operate in the field of education and training at European level and pursue clear and well-defined objectives laid down in their official articles of association; |
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—

operate in the field of education and training at European level and pursue clear and well-defined objectives laid down in their official articles of association;

| — | have members in at least twelve Member States of the European Union; |
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—

have members in at least twelve Member States of the European Union;

| — | are composed of national, regional or local associations; |
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—

are composed of national, regional or local associations;

| — | are located and have legal status in one of the Member States of the European Union; |
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—

are located and have legal status in one of the Member States of the European Union;

| — | undertake the majority of their activity in the Member States of the European Union, in candidate countries or in EEA countries. |
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—

undertake the majority of their activity in the Member States of the European Union, in candidate countries or in EEA countries.

Grants will be awarded under this action following the selection of proposals submitted in response to one or more published calls for proposals. The Community grant will not cover more than 75 per cent of the eligible costs set out in an approved workplan for the association. Grants may be awarded on an annual basis or on a renewable basis within 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 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.

The resources to be committed under Action 2 will not be more than
  3 per cent
  of the total budget available for this programme.

Action 3A: Support for activities in the field of higher education concerning European integration, including Jean Monnet chairs

This action relates to activities promoting the European Union's action in the field of higher education, raising awareness in higher education circles of European integration and the objectives pursued by the Union in its international relations or supporting Community action and relaying it at national level.

Activities supported under this action may take place in countries within or outside the European Union.

In accordance with Article 2 of the Decision, this particularly relates to:

| — | implementation of European integration studies in universities; |
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—

implementation of European integration studies in universities;

| — | creation and support of national associations of teachers specialised in European integration; |
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—

creation and support of national associations of teachers specialised in European integration;

| — | promotion of reflection and discussion on the process of European integration; |
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—

promotion of reflection and discussion on the process of European integration;

| — | promotion of academic research on EU priority subjects, such as the future of Europe or dialogue between peoples and cultures, including research by young academics. |
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—

promotion of academic research on EU priority subjects, such as the future of Europe or dialogue between peoples and cultures, including research by young academics.

Grants will be awarded under this action following the selection of proposals submitted in response to one or more published calls for proposals. The Community grant will not cover more than 75 per cent of the eligible costs of activities selected for funding under this action.

The resources to be committed under Action 3A will be not more than
  21 per cent
  and not less than
  19 per cent
  of the total budget available for this programme.

Action 3B: Support for activities contributing to the achievement of the future objectives of education and training systems in Europe

This action relates to support, implementation, awareness-raising and promotion activities concerning the follow-up of the three objectives of education and training systems in Europe agreed by the European Council for 2010 (1):

| — | improving the quality and effectiveness of education and training systems in the European Union; |
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—

improving the quality and effectiveness of education and training systems in the European Union;

| — | facilitating the access of all to education and training systems; |
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—

facilitating the access of all to education and training systems;

| — | opening up education and training systems to the wider world; |
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—

opening up education and training systems to the wider world;

and the 13 sub-objectives associated with them. These activities may include forward-looking approaches covering the period up to 2010 and may cover both intra-European aspects and aspects concerning Europe's place in the world.

The types of activity to be supported under this action consist of the implementation of the open method of coordination in the field of education and training, notably through peer review, exchange of good practice, exchange of information and setting of indicators and benchmarks.

These activities are, in particular:

| — | support for studies, inquiries and research linked to the achievement of the concrete future objectives; |
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—

support for studies, inquiries and research linked to the achievement of the concrete future objectives;

| — | meetings of experts, seminars, conferences and study visits supporting the implementation of the detailed work programme on the objectives; |
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—

meetings of experts, seminars, conferences and study visits supporting the implementation of the detailed work programme on the objectives;

| — | preparation and execution of information activities and publications seeking to raise awareness in education and training circles, including those intended to promote the European Union's action in these fields and to improve the quality, universal accessibility and openness to the wider world of European education and training systems; |
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—

preparation and execution of information activities and publications seeking to raise awareness in education and training circles, including those intended to promote the European Union's action in these fields and to improve the quality, universal accessibility and openness to the wider world of European education and training systems;

| — | various activities supporting Community action by involving players in civil society operating at national or European level in the fields of education and training. |
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—

various activities supporting Community action by involving players in civil society operating at national or European level in the fields of education and training.

This action will be implemented by means of grants awarded following the selection of proposals submitted in response to one or more calls for proposals.

Grants may be awarded to institutions based in one of the Member States of the European Union, in candidate countries or EEA countries. For activities relating to the third objective (opening up of education and training systems to the wider world), grants may exceptionally be awarded to institutions based in other third countries.

The Community grant will not normally cover more than 75 per cent of the eligible costs of selected proposals.

The resources to be committed under Action 3B will be not more than
  9 per cent
  and not less than 7 per cent of the total budget available for this programme.

Action 3C: Support for training of national judges in the field of European law and for organisations for judicial cooperation

Grants may be awarded under this action to support organisations for judicial cooperation and actions designed to promote training in European law, notably for national judges.

Activities supported under this action may take place in Member States of the European Union, in candidate countries or in EEA countries.

Grants will be awarded under this action following the selection of proposals submitted in response to one or more published calls for proposals. The Community grant will not normally cover more than 75 per cent of the eligible costs of the activity set out in an approved workplan.

The resources to be committed under Action 3C will not be more than
  3 per cent
  of the total budget available for this programme.

3.   CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FUNDING APPLIACTIONS

Requests for grant funding submitted in response to a call for proposals will be assessed in respect of the following criteria:

| — | relevance to the objectives of the programme and of the specific action concerned; |
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—

relevance to the objectives of the programme and of the specific action concerned;

| — | relevance to any priorities or other criteria set out in the call for proposals; |
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—

relevance to any priorities or other criteria set out in the call for proposals;

| — | the quality of the proposal; |
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—

the quality of the proposal;

| — | the likely impact of the proposal on education and/or training at European level. |
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—

the likely impact of the proposal on education and/or training at European level.

The priorities, themes and types of activites relating to the calls for proposals shall be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposals.

4.
     
  TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT

Any beneficiary of a grant awarded under any action of this programme, shall indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

5.
     
  PANEL OF EXPERTS

The European Parliament shall be informed of the composition of the panel of experts in charge of selecting beneficiaries.

6.   ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

In determining the amount of a grant awarded under any action of this programme, the Commission may have recourse to flat-rate financing based on published scales of unit costs.

7.   MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME

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; 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.

8.   CHECKS AND AUDITS

| 8.1. | 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. |
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8.1.

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.

| 8.2. | 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. |
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8.2.

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.

| 8.3. | 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. |
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8.3.

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.

| 8.4. | The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission. |
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8.4.

The Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission.

| 8.5. | 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 (2). 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 (3). |
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8.5.

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 (2). 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 (3).

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(1)  Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe (OJ C 142, 14.6.2002, p. 1).

(2)  OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2.

(3)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.

P5_TA(2003)0476

Action programme to promote culture ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture (COM(2003) 275 — C5-0262/2003 — 2003/0115(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 275) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 275) (1),

| — | having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 151(5) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0262/2003), |
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—

having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 151(5) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0262/2003),

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

having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0359/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0359/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 5 of the Financial Perspectives 2000-2006; |
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2.

Considers that the financial statement, as amended, is compatible with the ceiling of headings 3 and 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; |
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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 the Commission. |
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4.

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

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(1)  Not yet published in the OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0115

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No.../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151(5) thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

| (1) | The Treaty confers responsibility on the Community for creating an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe and for contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore. |
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(1)

The Treaty confers responsibility on the Community for creating an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe and for contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.

| (2) | The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is to bring citizens closer to the European design and the European institutions. |
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(2)

The Laeken Declaration annexed to the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2001 asserts that one of the basic challenges to be resolved by the European Union is to bring citizens closer to the European design and the European institutions.

| (3) | The Ministers of Culture, in the Council resolution of 14 November 1991 on European cultural networks (5), stressed the important role of networks of cultural organisations in cultural cooperation in Europe, and agreed to encourage the cultural organisations in their countries to participate actively in non-governmental cooperation on a European scale. |
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(3)

The Ministers of Culture, in the Council resolution of 14 November 1991 on European cultural networks (5), stressed the important role of networks of cultural organisations in cultural cooperation in Europe, and agreed to encourage the cultural organisations in their countries to participate actively in non-governmental cooperation on a European scale.

| (4) | Heading A-3042 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provides support for organisations of European cultural interest.
  These organisations pursue aims of general European interest. |
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(4)

Heading A-3042 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provides support for organisations of European cultural interest.
  These organisations pursue aims of general European interest.

| (5) | Further to the resolutions of the European Parliament on regional languages and cultures, the European Union has engaged in action to promote and safeguard linguistic diversity in the Union, in order to preserve languages as an element of Europe's living cultural heritage. |
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(5)

Further to the resolutions of the European Parliament on regional languages and cultures, the European Union has engaged in action to promote and safeguard linguistic diversity in the Union, in order to preserve languages as an element of Europe's living cultural heritage.

| (6) | At the request of the European Parliament, the Commission has provided support, since 1982, for a non-profit-making body, the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), which is organised as a network of national committees working in the Member States, and since 1987, for the Mercator information and documentation network. These bodies pursue an aim of general European interest: EBLUL represents all regional or minority language communities in the European Union and disseminates European information in these communities. The Mercator network collects and disseminates at European level information on three aspects which are essential to the promotion of regional and minority languages: education, legislation and the media. |
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(6)

At the request of the European Parliament, the Commission has provided support, since 1982, for a non-profit-making body, the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), which is organised as a network of national committees working in the Member States, and since 1987, for the Mercator information and documentation network. These bodies pursue an aim of general European interest: EBLUL represents all regional or minority language communities in the European Union and disseminates European information in these communities. The Mercator network collects and disseminates at European level information on three aspects which are essential to the promotion of regional and minority languages: education, legislation and the media.

| (7) | Heading A-3015 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provides support for these two bodies. |
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(7)

Heading A-3015 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and for previous financial years provides support for these two bodies.

| (8) | On 11 February 1993, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the European and international preservation of the sites of Nazi concentration camps as historical memorials (6). |
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(8)

On 11 February 1993, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the European and international preservation of the sites of Nazi concentration camps as historical memorials (6).

| (9) | Heading A-3035 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the preservation of the sites of Nazi concentration camps as historical memorials. |
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(9)

Heading A-3035 of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2003 and previous financial years provides support for the preservation of the sites of Nazi concentration camps as historical memorials.

| (10) | Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7), hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions. |
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(10)

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7), hereinafter ‘the Financial Regulation’, requires a basic act to be provided to cover these existing support actions.

| (11) | At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would enter into force as from the financial year 2004 (8),
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation. |
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(11)

At the time of the adoption of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission undertook to achieve the objective of ensuring that this basic act would enter into force as from the financial year 2004 (8),
  taking into consideration the budgetary remarks in the context of implementation.

| (12) | It is necessary to ensure appropriate funding stability and continuity, within the framework of the Financial Regulation, for institutions to which the European Community has granted financial support over previous years. |
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(12)

It is necessary to ensure appropriate funding stability and continuity, within the framework of the Financial Regulation, for institutions to which the European Community has granted financial support over previous years.

| (13) | In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities. |
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(13)

In the interest of transparency, any beneficiary of a grant should indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

| (14) | Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty. |
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(14)

Any non-Community financing from State resources must comply with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.

| (15) | This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (9), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, |
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(15)

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework 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 (9), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure,

| (16) | Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, |
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(16)

Any support granted under this Decision must comply strictly with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Programme objective

1.   This Decision establishes a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture.

2.   The general objective of the present programme is to support the activities of these bodies.

The following activities are covered by the programme:

| (a) | the ongoing work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area; or |
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(a)

the ongoing work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area; or

| (b) | specific actions in this area. |
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(b)

specific actions in this area.

These activities must contribute, or be capable of contributing, to the development and implementation of Community cooperation policy and actions in the field of culture.

3.   The programme shall start on 1 January 2004 and shall end on
  31 December 2006
  .

Article 2

Access to the programme

To be eligible for an operating grant, a body must satisfy the requirements of the Annex and have the following characteristics:

| (a) | it must be an independent and non-profit-making legal person primarily active in the field of culture, with an objective aimed at the public good; |
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(a)

it must be an independent and non-profit-making legal person primarily active in the field of culture, with an objective aimed at the public good;

| (b) | it must have been legally established for more than two years and have had its annual statement of accounts for the two preceding years certified by a registered auditor; |
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(b)

it must have been legally established for more than two years and have had its annual statement of accounts for the two preceding years certified by a registered auditor;

| (c) | its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the field of culture and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex. |
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(c)

its activities must be in accordance with the principles underlying Community action in the field of culture and take account of the priorities set out in the Annex.

Article 3

Selection of beneficiaries

1.   Grants shall be awarded in accordance with the overall criteria laid down in the Annex:

2.
     
  Under Part 1 of the programme, operating grants may be awarded directly to organisations named in paragraph 2.1 of the Annex.

3.
     
  Under Part 2 of the programme, following a call for proposals, operating grants may be awarded to organisations meeting the criteria set out in paragraph 2.2 of the Annex. Operating grants may also be awarded directly to beneficiaries meeting these criteria where such beneficiaries are explicitly named in budget lines entirely pre-assigned by the budgetary authority.

4.
     
  Under Part 3 of the programme, grants may be awarded, following a call for proposals, for actions meeting the criteria set out in paragraph 2.3 of the Annex.

Article 4

Award of grants

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.

Article 5

Implementation of the programme

The Commission shall be responsible for implementing this programme in accordance with the provisions in the Annex.

Article 6

Financial provisions

1.   The financial framework for the implementation of the programme for the period specified in Article 1(3) is
  EUR 22,764 million
  .

2.   The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the Budgetary Authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

Article 7

Monitoring and evaluation

1.
     
  The Commission shall, on an annual basis, present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Committee of the Regions a short report on the implementation of the programme.

2.   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.

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 shall 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.

3.   In accordance with the Treaty, the European Parliament and the Council shall decide on the continuation of the programme as from 1 January 2009. Before presenting proposals to this end, the Commission shall have the external evaluation of the programme updated and shall take account of the outcome of this evaluation in its proposals.

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.

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)  OJ C ...

2

(3)  OJ C ...

3

(4)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

4

Position of the European Parliament of 6 November 2003.

(5)  OJ C 314, 5.12.1991, p. 1.

5

(6)  OJ C 72, 15.3.1993, p. 118.

6

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

7

(8)  Declaration of 13 June 2002, on adoption of the Financial Regulation, re Article 108.

8

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

9

Agreement last 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 strengthen Community action in the field of culture and increase its effectiveness by supporting the bodies working in this field.

This support takes the form of one of two types of grant:

| — | either an operating grant to co-finance expenditure associated with the permanent work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area (parts 1 and 2); |
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—

either an operating grant to co-finance expenditure associated with the permanent work programme of a body which pursues an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area (parts 1 and 2);

| — | or a grant to co-finance a specific action in this area (part 3). |
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—

or a grant to co-finance a specific action in this area (part 3).

The main activities of these bodies that are likely to contribute to the strengthening and effectiveness of Community action in the field of culture are as follows:

| — | representation of stakeholders at Community level; |
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—

representation of stakeholders at Community level;

| — | dissemination of information on Community action; |
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—

dissemination of information on Community action;

| — | networking of bodies active in the cultural field; |
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—

networking of bodies active in the cultural field;

| — | representation
  of, and the dissemination of information about,
  regional and minority language communities of the European Union; |
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—

representation
  of, and the dissemination of information about,
  regional and minority language communities of the European Union;

| — | the finding and dissemination of information in the legislation, education and media fields; |
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—

the finding and dissemination of information in the legislation, education and media fields;

| — | fulfilling the role of cultural ‘ambassador’, promoting awareness of Europe's common cultural heritage; |
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—

fulfilling the role of cultural ‘ambassador’, promoting awareness of Europe's common cultural heritage;

| — | preservation of the main sites and archives associated with the deportations
  to concentration camps, maintenance of
  the memorials which have been raised on the sites of the former camps, and the
  commemoration of
  the victims at these sites. |
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—

preservation of the main sites and archives associated with the deportations
  to concentration camps, maintenance of
  the memorials which have been raised on the sites of the former camps, and the
  commemoration of
  the victims at these sites.

2.   IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

The activities carried out by the bodies eligible for Community funding under the programme fall within one of the following areas:

| 2.1. | Part 1: permanent activities of the following bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of culture:






  — | European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages; |
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2.1.

Part 1: permanent activities of the following bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of culture:

—

European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages;

| — | centres of the Mercator network. |
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—

centres of the Mercator network.

| 2.2. | Part 2: permanent activities of other bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area.
  An annual operating grant may be awarded to support the conduct of the permanent work programme of an organisation or network promoting European culture and cooperation in the cultural sector and making a contribution to cultural life and the management of culture. |
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2.2.

Part 2: permanent activities of other bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area.

An annual operating grant may be awarded to support the conduct of the permanent work programme of an organisation or network promoting European culture and cooperation in the cultural sector and making a contribution to cultural life and the management of culture.

| 2.3. | Part 3: actions to preserve the main sites and archives associated with the deportations, symbolised by the memorials which have been raised on the sites of the former camps, and to keep alive the memory of the victims at these sites. |
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2.3.

Part 3: actions to preserve the main sites and archives associated with the deportations, symbolised by the memorials which have been raised on the sites of the former camps, and to keep alive the memory of the victims at these sites.

3.   SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES

Grants under part 1 of the programme shall be awarded directly to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Mercator network centres.

In order to award the grants under part 2 of the programme, 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 explicitely. 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 relevant budget line is entirely pre-assigned by budgetary authority. In both cases, all other requirements of the Financial Regulation, its Implementing Rules and the basic act apply.

In this regard, funding shall be provided for the list of organisations already included under heading 15.04.01.03 (ex heading A-3042) of the general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2004. However, this list shall be subject to the outcome of the external evaluation requested by the Commission, which Parliament shall obtain and analyse at the earliest opportunity.

Actions to be supported under part 3 shall be selected on the basis of calls for proposals.

The priorities, themes and types of activities relating to the calls for proposals will be communicated to the European Parliament before proceeding to the calls for proposals.

4.
     
  PANEL OF EXPERTS

The European Parliament shall be informed of the composition of the panel of experts in charge of selecting beneficiaries.

5.   CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS

Applications for operating grants shall be assessed in the light of:

| — | the exchange of experiences promoting a greater cultural diversity; |
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—

the exchange of experiences promoting a greater cultural diversity;

| — | the mobility of art and artists; |
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—

the mobility of art and artists;

| — | the quality of the planned activities; |
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—

the quality of the planned activities;

| — | the European added value of the planned activities; |
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—

the European added value of the planned activities;

| — | the lasting nature of the planned activities; |
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—

the lasting nature of the planned activities;

| — | the visibility of the planned activities; |
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—

the visibility of the planned activities;

| — | the representativeness of the bodies. |
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—

the representativeness of the bodies.

Grants shall be awarded on the basis of a work programme approved by the European Commission.

6.
     
  TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT

Any beneficiary of a grant awarded under any action of this programme, shall indicate in a prominent place, such as a website homepage or an annual report, that it has received funding from the budget of the European Communities.

7.   FUNDING AND ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE

| 7.1. | Under part 1, the eligible expenditure of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Mercator network centres comprises operating costs and expenses for carrying out their actions. |
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7.1.

Under part 1, the eligible expenditure of the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Mercator network centres comprises operating costs and expenses for carrying out their actions.

| 7.2. | The grant to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Mercator network centres shall not fund all their eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded: at least 10 per cent of the bodies' budgets must be co-financed from non-Community sources. |
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7.2.

The grant to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages and the Mercator network centres shall not fund all their eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded: at least 10 per cent of the bodies' budgets must be co-financed from non-Community sources.

| 7.3. | Operating grants to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages
  , to
  the Mercator network centres
  and to cultural organisations advancing the idea of Europe shall not be subject to the principle of gradual reduction set out in Article 113(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002,
  since these bodies pursue an objective of general European interest. |
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7.3.

Operating grants to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages
  , to
  the Mercator network centres
  and to cultural organisations advancing the idea of Europe shall not be subject to the principle of gradual reduction set out in Article 113(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002,
  since these bodies pursue an objective of general European interest.

| 7.4. | Under part 2, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant shall be those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, publication, information and dissemination costs and costs directly linked to the body's activities. |
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7.4.

Under part 2, the only costs to be taken into account in determining the operating grant shall be those necessary for the proper conduct of the normal activities of the body selected, in particular personnel costs, overheads (rental and property charges, equipment, office supplies, telecommunications, postal charges, etc.), costs of internal meetings, publication, information and dissemination costs and costs directly linked to the body's activities.

| 7.5. | An operating grant under part 2 of the annex shall not fund all the body's eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded. At least 20 per cent of the budgets of the bodies covered by this part must be co-financed from non-Community sources. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in
  question
  . |
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7.5.

An operating grant under part 2 of the annex shall not fund all the body's eligible expenditure in the calendar year for which it is awarded. At least 20 per cent of the budgets of the bodies covered by this part must be co-financed from non-Community sources. Such co-financing may be partly contributed in kind, provided the contribution is valued at no more than the cost actually incurred and evidenced by accounting documents or the cost generally obtaining on the market in
  question
  .

| 7.6. | A
  grant awarded under part 3 of the Annex may not cover more than
  80 per cent
  of the eligible costs of the action concerned. |
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7.6.

A
  grant awarded under part 3 of the Annex may not cover more than
  80 per cent
  of the eligible costs of the action concerned.

8.   MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME

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 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. 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.

9.   CHECKS AND AUDITS

| 9.1. | 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. |
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9.1.

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.

| 9.2. | 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. |
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9.2.

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.

| 9.3. | 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. |
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9.3.

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.

| 9.4. | The Court of Auditors and OLAF shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission. |
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9.4.

The Court of Auditors and OLAF shall enjoy the same rights, especially of access, as the Commission.

| 9.5. | 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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9.5.

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)0477

2001 discharges: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

1.

European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0102/2003 — 2003/2046(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0102/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0102/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0103/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0103/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0360/2003),

| 1. | Gives discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001; |
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1.

Gives discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

| 2. | Records its comments in the accompanying resolution; |
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2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series). |
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3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 9.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

2.

European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0102/2003 — 2003/2046(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (C5-0102/2003) (1), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (C5-0102/2003) (1),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0103/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0103/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0360/2003),

| A. | whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament






  — | welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and |
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A.

whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament

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welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and

| — | stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them; |
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stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them;

| B. | whereas its competent Committee has received answers to such questions, |
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B.

whereas its competent Committee has received answers to such questions,

| C. | whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; whereas such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' above-mentioned report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations, |
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C.

whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; whereas such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' above-mentioned report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations,

| D. | whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met, |
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D.

whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met,

| 1. | Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial years 2001 and 2000;
  Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000







  (thousand euros) |
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| | 2001 | 2000 |
| Revenue collected for the financial year |
| Commission subsidies | 9 400 | 6 188 |
| Other Subsidies | 184 | 288 |
| Financial revenue | 91 | 97 |
| Total revenue (a) | 9 676 | 6 573 |
| Budgetary expenditure for the financial year |
| Staff — Title I of the budget |
| Payments | 2 654 | 2 358 |
| Appropriations carried over | 168 | 36 |
| Administration — Title II of the budget |
| Payments | 846 | 746 |
| Appropriations carried over | 229 | 204 |
| Operational activities — Title III of the budget |
| Payments | 1 543 | 1 339 |
| Appropriations carried over | 5 814 | 1 745 |
| Total expenditure (b) | 11 255 | 6 427 |
| Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5) | -1 579 | 146 |
| Balance carried over from the previous financial year | - 886 | -1 273 |
| Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year and cancelled | 242 | 234 |
| Sums to be re-used carried over from the previous financial year | 9 | — |
| Exchange-rate differences | 2 | — |
| Adjustment entries | 27 | — |
| Balance for the financial year | -2 185 | - 886 |
| NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

  Source: The Agency's data — These tables present, in summary form, the data provided by the Agency in its own financial statements. |

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial years 2001 and 2000;

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000

(thousand euros)

2001

2000

Revenue collected for the financial year

Commission subsidies

9 400

6 188

Other Subsidies

184

288

Financial revenue

91

97

Total revenue (a)

9 676

6 573

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

2 654

2 358

Appropriations carried over

168

36

Administration — Title II of the budget

Payments

846

746

Appropriations carried over

229

204

Operational activities — Title III of the budget

Payments

1 543

1 339

Appropriations carried over

5 814

1 745

Total expenditure (b)

11 255

6 427

Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5)

-1 579

146

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

- 886

-1 273

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year and cancelled

242

234

Sums to be re-used carried over from the previous financial year

9

—

Exchange-rate differences

2

—

Adjustment entries

27

—

Balance for the financial year

-2 185

- 886

NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source: The Agency's data — These tables present, in summary form, the data provided by the Agency in its own financial statements.

Implementation of the budget/SME funding scheme

| 2. | Notes that the main cause for the large amount of operating appropriations carried over from 2001 to 2002 was the late approval of the new activity — the SME accident prevention funding scheme — that the Commission entrusted to the Agency; |
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2.

Notes that the main cause for the large amount of operating appropriations carried over from 2001 to 2002 was the late approval of the new activity — the SME accident prevention funding scheme — that the Commission entrusted to the Agency;

| 3. | Accepts the explanation provided by the Agency on the circumstances that resulted in this important carry-over and considers that the Agency's efforts to implement this new activity were, considering the context, appropriate; |
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3.

Accepts the explanation provided by the Agency on the circumstances that resulted in this important carry-over and considers that the Agency's efforts to implement this new activity were, considering the context, appropriate;

| 4. | Notes with satisfaction in this respect the good overall assessment of the Agency's performance contained in the external evaluation of the first SME funding scheme (2001-2002); requests that the Agency forward to Parliament the external evaluation report for the second scheme, as this is in line with Parliament's wish to be informed on the results of evaluations carried out; |
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4.

Notes with satisfaction in this respect the good overall assessment of the Agency's performance contained in the external evaluation of the first SME funding scheme (2001-2002); requests that the Agency forward to Parliament the external evaluation report for the second scheme, as this is in line with Parliament's wish to be informed on the results of evaluations carried out;

| 5. | Takes the view that appropriate consideration should be given to the Agency's position in favour of a multiannual programme for health and safety issues in SMEs, based on a decentralised approach and aimed at developing a safety culture in SMEs through partnership and developing networks; |
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5.

Takes the view that appropriate consideration should be given to the Agency's position in favour of a multiannual programme for health and safety issues in SMEs, based on a decentralised approach and aimed at developing a safety culture in SMEs through partnership and developing networks;

| 6. | Recalls, in this respect, that in its resolution of 23 October 2002 (6) on the Commission's communication on a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006, Parliament deeply regretted ‘that the Commission has still not launched a multiannual SME programme based on the two years of preparatory actions undertaken by the Bilbao Agency on the initiative of the European Parliament ...’ (paragraph 25) and welcomed the proposal for the Bilbao Agency to establish a ‘Risk Observatory’ (paragraph 33); |
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6.

Recalls, in this respect, that in its resolution of 23 October 2002 (6) on the Commission's communication on a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-2006, Parliament deeply regretted ‘that the Commission has still not launched a multiannual SME programme based on the two years of preparatory actions undertaken by the Bilbao Agency on the initiative of the European Parliament ...’ (paragraph 25) and welcomed the proposal for the Bilbao Agency to establish a ‘Risk Observatory’ (paragraph 33);

| 7. | Expects the Commission in this respect to explain whether it is preparing a proposal for a specific multiannual programme promoting health and safety at work in SMEs as provided for in the remarks of budget lines B3-4314 and B3-4321 (in the 2002 and 2003 budget); furthermore, invites the Commission to present the reasons for its proposal, in the context of the 2004 budgetary procedure, that the SME scheme it had entrusted to the Agency be discontinued, against the background of the needs related to the process of integrating the accession countries and while it recognises that the Agency is capable of being the ‘driving force’ in non-legislative health and safety activities; |
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7.

Expects the Commission in this respect to explain whether it is preparing a proposal for a specific multiannual programme promoting health and safety at work in SMEs as provided for in the remarks of budget lines B3-4314 and B3-4321 (in the 2002 and 2003 budget); furthermore, invites the Commission to present the reasons for its proposal, in the context of the 2004 budgetary procedure, that the SME scheme it had entrusted to the Agency be discontinued, against the background of the needs related to the process of integrating the accession countries and while it recognises that the Agency is capable of being the ‘driving force’ in non-legislative health and safety activities;

| 8. | Expects the Agency to continue its efforts to further improve its internal procedures and the quality of the programming of its activities with a view to enhancing its efficiency in carrying out its tasks and in order substantially to reduce the rate of carry-overs for operating appropriations; takes the view that such a reduction in carry-overs does not solely depend on the multiannual programming of activities; |
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8.

Expects the Agency to continue its efforts to further improve its internal procedures and the quality of the programming of its activities with a view to enhancing its efficiency in carrying out its tasks and in order substantially to reduce the rate of carry-overs for operating appropriations; takes the view that such a reduction in carry-overs does not solely depend on the multiannual programming of activities;

Financial statements / Financial provisions

| 9. | Notes the Agency's efforts to update its inventory system and thus ensure that the Commission's valuation and depreciation rules for fixed assets will be applied by the end of the year; also notes that the Agency modified the rules in the system of reimbursement of expenses for experts' meetings in response to criticism from the Court of Auditors; |
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9.

Notes the Agency's efforts to update its inventory system and thus ensure that the Commission's valuation and depreciation rules for fixed assets will be applied by the end of the year; also notes that the Agency modified the rules in the system of reimbursement of expenses for experts' meetings in response to criticism from the Court of Auditors;

| 10. | Takes the view that the Agency should improve the programming of its work with regard to the national focal points; considers that an appropriate planning of their tasks and an enhanced monitoring of implementation will help achieve positive results; |
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10.

Takes the view that the Agency should improve the programming of its work with regard to the national focal points; considers that an appropriate planning of their tasks and an enhanced monitoring of implementation will help achieve positive results;

Cooperation with the Dublin Foundation (Eurofound)

| 11. | Notes with satisfaction that, further to their Memorandum of Understanding of February 2001, the Agency and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions have very recently concluded a specific cooperation agreement in order to improve complementarity and remove any risk of duplication of their work; takes the view, however, that notwithstanding these efforts, a solution should be found, in the context of the upcoming enlargement, with regard to the composition of boards which, as a general rule, are already ponderous; |
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11.

Notes with satisfaction that, further to their Memorandum of Understanding of February 2001, the Agency and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions have very recently concluded a specific cooperation agreement in order to improve complementarity and remove any risk of duplication of their work; takes the view, however, that notwithstanding these efforts, a solution should be found, in the context of the upcoming enlargement, with regard to the composition of boards which, as a general rule, are already ponderous;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 12. | Asks the Director to bring the Agency's decision of 18 June 1999 concerning the terms and conditions for internal investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) into line with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) by introducing a provision allowing Agency staff to report to OLAF directly; |
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12.

Asks the Director to bring the Agency's decision of 18 June 1999 concerning the terms and conditions for internal investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) into line with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) by introducing a provision allowing Agency staff to report to OLAF directly;

General points concerning the Agencies

Operational tasks

| 13. | Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (8) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003; |
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13.

Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (8) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003;

| 14. | Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus; |
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14.

Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus;

Adapting the financial rules to the new Financial Regulation

| 15. | Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation; |
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15.

Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation;

| 16. | Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in






  (a) | laying down and validating the accounting systems; |
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16.

Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in

(a)

laying down and validating the accounting systems;

| (b) | keeping the accounts; |
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(b)

keeping the accounts;

| (c) | validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information; |
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(c)

validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information;

| (d) | cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer; |
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(d)

cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer;

| (e) | preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget; |
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(e)

preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget;

Stresses, furthermore, that accounting officers must be appointed by the management boards of the Agencies on the grounds of adequate competence and professional experience; also expects computerised systems put in place to guarantee the existence of a complete audit trail for each operation in order to ensure transparency;

| 17. | Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States; |
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17.

Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States;

Internal audit and control

| 18. | Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites






  — | the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors, |
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18.

Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites

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the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors,

| — | the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework, |
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the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework,

| — | the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures, |
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the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures,

in order for appropriate and harmonised solutions to be put into practice.

| 19. | Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case; |
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19.

Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case;

| 20. | Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies; |
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20.

Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 21. | Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with OLAF and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far; |
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21.

Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with OLAF and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far;

Preparing the Agencies for enlargement

| 22. | Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at






  — | fostering better functioning of these Community bodies, |
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22.

Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at

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fostering better functioning of these Community bodies,

| — | ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis, |
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ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis,

| — | avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies; |
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—

avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies;

stresses that the further expansion, on the occasion of enlargement, of the administrative boards of the Agencies — which, as a general rule, are already very ponderous — would not be acceptable, on grounds of both efficiency and cost; considers that enlargement offers a good opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the composition and working methods of these administrative boards;

| 23. | Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:






  — | entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying-out of programmes, where appropriate; |
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23.

Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:

—

entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying-out of programmes, where appropriate;

| — | setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks; |
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—

setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks;

| — | the possibility of mergers of Agencies where activities overlap; |
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the possibility of mergers of Agencies where activities overlap;

recalls, with regard to the latter, that the Commission has indicated a possible overlap between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Training Foundation, and between the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Agency for Safety and Health at Work;

| 24. | Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission; |
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24.

Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission;

| 25. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest. |
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25.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest.

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 9.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

(5)  The negative out-turn and own capital balances do not constitute a loss of capital. They result from the application of the Financial Regulation in respect of revenue (collected only) and expenditure (payments made plus appropriations carried over).

(6)  P5_TA(2002)0499.

(7)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

(8)  See paragraph 14 of Parliament's resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision concerning discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (OJ L 148 of 16.6.2003, p. 83).

P5_TA(2003)0478

2001 discharges: European Environment Agency

1.

European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0098/2003 — 2003/2044(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0098/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0098/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0099/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0099/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| 1. | Gives discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001; |
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1.

Gives discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

| 2. | Records its comments in the accompanying resolution; |
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2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series). |
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3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 17.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

2.

European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0098/2003 — 2003/2044(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0098/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0098/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0099/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0099/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| A. | whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament






  — | welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and |
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A.

whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament

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welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and

| — | stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them; |
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stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them;

| B. | whereas, its competent Committee has received answers to such questions, |
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B.

whereas, its competent Committee has received answers to such questions,

| C. | whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; whereas such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations, |
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C.

whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; whereas such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations,

| D. | whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met, |
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D.

whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met,

| 1. | Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial years 2001 and 2000;
  Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000







  (thousand euros) |
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| | 2001 | 2000 |
| Revenue collected for the financial year |
| Commission subsidies | 18 342 | 17 816 |
| Miscellaneous revenue | 1 493 | 67 |
| Financial revenue | 369 | 423 |
| Total revenue (a) | 20 204 | 18 306 |
| Budgetary expenditure for the financial year |
| Staff — Title I of the budget |
| Payments | 8 126 | 7 137 |
| Appropriations carried over | 735 | 456 |
| Administration — Title II of the budget |
| Payments | 1 423 | 1 570 |
| Appropriations carried over | 521 | 517 |
| Operating activities — Title III of the budget |
| Payments | 3 738 | 4 505 |
| Appropriations carried over | 6 856 | 4 432 |
| Total expenditure (b) | 21 399 | 18 617 |
| Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5) | -1 195 | - 310 |
| Balance carried over from the previous financial year | -3 117 | -3 517 |
| Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapse | 939 | 628 |
| Re-used revenue from the previous financial year which lapses | 86 | 84 |
| Exchange-rate differences | 13 | - 2 |
| Balance for the financial year | -3 274 | -3 117 |
| NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

  Source: Data compiled by the Agency — These tables summarise the data provided by the Agency in its own financial statements. |

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial years 2001 and 2000;

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000

(thousand euros)

2001

2000

Revenue collected for the financial year

Commission subsidies

18 342

17 816

Miscellaneous revenue

1 493

67

Financial revenue

369

423

Total revenue (a)

20 204

18 306

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

8 126

7 137

Appropriations carried over

735

456

Administration — Title II of the budget

Payments

1 423

1 570

Appropriations carried over

521

517

Operating activities — Title III of the budget

Payments

3 738

4 505

Appropriations carried over

6 856

4 432

Total expenditure (b)

21 399

18 617

Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5)

-1 195

- 310

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

-3 117

-3 517

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapse

939

628

Re-used revenue from the previous financial year which lapses

86

84

Exchange-rate differences

13

- 2

Balance for the financial year

-3 274

-3 117

NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source: Data compiled by the Agency — These tables summarise the data provided by the Agency in its own financial statements.

Implementation of the budget

| 2. | Notes the measures taken by the Agency aimed at ‘tightening’ the schedule of its expenditure in the administrative area, related to infrastructures, non-urgent purchases and to the postponement of the fitting-out of its premises; takes the view that such measures are in line with the recommendations of the Court of Auditors; |
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2.

Notes the measures taken by the Agency aimed at ‘tightening’ the schedule of its expenditure in the administrative area, related to infrastructures, non-urgent purchases and to the postponement of the fitting-out of its premises; takes the view that such measures are in line with the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;

| 3. | Welcomes the Agency's efforts to improve the operational planning of its activities, and the fact that these efforts have led to a reduction in the amount of appropriations the Agency carries over; notes, however, that the Agency stated that in implementing grant agreements concerning multiannual projects, a certain level of automatic carry-over ‘is difficult to avoid’; considers this problem to be ‘systemic’ in nature as it mainly concerns the relationship with the European Topic Centres which are under contract with the Agency; |
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3.

Welcomes the Agency's efforts to improve the operational planning of its activities, and the fact that these efforts have led to a reduction in the amount of appropriations the Agency carries over; notes, however, that the Agency stated that in implementing grant agreements concerning multiannual projects, a certain level of automatic carry-over ‘is difficult to avoid’; considers this problem to be ‘systemic’ in nature as it mainly concerns the relationship with the European Topic Centres which are under contract with the Agency;

| 4. | Takes the view that as projects carried out by such centres account for almost half of the Agency's operational budget, it should intensify its efforts to ensure that, in implementing such projects, these centres operate within a time frame that reflects the ‘annuality principle’ of the budget; considers that such efforts would result in a reduction in carry-overs; |
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4.

Takes the view that as projects carried out by such centres account for almost half of the Agency's operational budget, it should intensify its efforts to ensure that, in implementing such projects, these centres operate within a time frame that reflects the ‘annuality principle’ of the budget; considers that such efforts would result in a reduction in carry-overs;

| 5. | Also takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between agencies when dealing with ‘systematic’ problems; expects the Agency to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their contractual relations with such centres or national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied; |
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5.

Also takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between agencies when dealing with ‘systematic’ problems; expects the Agency to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their contractual relations with such centres or national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied;

Financial statements

| 6. | Welcomes the fact that the Agency has achieved the necessary coordination between its relevant departments so as to ensure that the rules concerning depreciation of fixed assets are correctly applied; |
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6.

Welcomes the fact that the Agency has achieved the necessary coordination between its relevant departments so as to ensure that the rules concerning depreciation of fixed assets are correctly applied;

Management of cash-flow

| 7. | Encourages the Agency to further improve its record with regard to data reconciliation between its bank accounts and general accounts in line with the Court of Auditors' recommendations; expects the Agency to report on progress made on this matter in the context of the next discharge procedure; |
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7.

Encourages the Agency to further improve its record with regard to data reconciliation between its bank accounts and general accounts in line with the Court of Auditors' recommendations; expects the Agency to report on progress made on this matter in the context of the next discharge procedure;

Implementation of financial provisions

| 8. | Expects the Agency to implement as soon as possible the IT developments made concerning the ‘electronic document repository’, in the context of its project on filing and archiving; furthermore, expects it to take all necessary steps in order for the financial files to contain the necessary supporting documents so as to comply with the Court of Auditors' recommendations; |
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8.

Expects the Agency to implement as soon as possible the IT developments made concerning the ‘electronic document repository’, in the context of its project on filing and archiving; furthermore, expects it to take all necessary steps in order for the financial files to contain the necessary supporting documents so as to comply with the Court of Auditors' recommendations;

Purchasing of goods and services/Cooperation with the institutions

| 9. | Looks forward to the Agency achieving better results in its efforts to improve its planning for purchases within the context of its multiannual work programme; welcomes the Agency's efforts to improve procedures and criteria for the evaluation of tenders; expects the Agency to intensify its efforts with a view to enhancing interinstitutional cooperation in the field of procurement, based on a best practice approach including evaluation criteria and comparability of tenders; expects it also to take part, as frequently as possible in the light of the specific constraints under which it operates, in interinstitutional invitations to tender; |
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9.

Looks forward to the Agency achieving better results in its efforts to improve its planning for purchases within the context of its multiannual work programme; welcomes the Agency's efforts to improve procedures and criteria for the evaluation of tenders; expects the Agency to intensify its efforts with a view to enhancing interinstitutional cooperation in the field of procurement, based on a best practice approach including evaluation criteria and comparability of tenders; expects it also to take part, as frequently as possible in the light of the specific constraints under which it operates, in interinstitutional invitations to tender;

| 10. | Takes note of the fact that the Agency had several contracts with firms involved in the Eurostat case; invites the Agency to transmit all documents related to these contracts to the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) so that they may be taken into account during the current audit of Eurostat contracts by the IAS; |
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10.

Takes note of the fact that the Agency had several contracts with firms involved in the Eurostat case; invites the Agency to transmit all documents related to these contracts to the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) so that they may be taken into account during the current audit of Eurostat contracts by the IAS;

General points concerning the Agencies

Operational tasks

| 11. | Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, that there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003; |
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11.

Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, that there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003;

| 12. | Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus; |
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12.

Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus;

Adapting the financial rules to the new Financial Regulation

| 13. | Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation; |
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13.

Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation;

| 14. | Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in






  (a) | laying down and validating the accounting systems; |
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14.

Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in

(a)

laying down and validating the accounting systems;

| (b) | keeping the accounts; |
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(b)

keeping the accounts;

| (c) | validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information; |
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(c)

validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information;

| (d) | cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer; |
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(d)

cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer;

| (e) | preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget; |
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(e)

preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget;

stresses, furthermore, that accounting officers must be appointed by the management boards of the Agencies on the grounds of adequate competence and professional experience; also expects computerised systems put in place to guarantee the existence of a complete audit trail for each operation in order to ensure transparency;

| 15. | Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States; |
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15.

Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States;

Internal audit and control

| 16. | Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites






  — | the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors, |
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16.

Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites

—

the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors,

| — | the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework, |
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the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework,

| — | the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures, |
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the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures,

in order for appropriate and harmonised solutions to be put into practice.

| 17. | Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case; |
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17.

Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case;

| 18. | Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies; |
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18.

Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 19. | Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far; |
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19.

Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far;

Preparing the Agencies for enlargement

| 20. | Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at






  — | fostering better functioning of these Community bodies, |
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20.

Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at

—

fostering better functioning of these Community bodies,

| — | ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis, |
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ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis,

| — | avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies; |
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—

avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies;

stresses that the further expansion, on the occasion of enlargement, of the administrative boards of the Agencies — which, as a general rule, are already very ponderous — would not be acceptable, on grounds of both efficiency and cost; considers that enlargement offers a good opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the composition and working methods of these administrative boards;

| 21. | Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:






  — | entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate; |
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21.

Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:

—

entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate;

| — | setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks; |
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—

setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks;

| — | the possibility of mergers of Agencies where activities overlap; |
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—

the possibility of mergers of Agencies where activities overlap;

recalls, with regard to the latter, that the Commission has indicated a possible overlap between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Training Foundation, and between the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Agency for Safety and Health at Work;

| 22. | Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission; |
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22.

Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission;

| 23. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest. |
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23.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest.

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 17.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

(5)  The negative out-turn and own capital balances do not constitute a loss of capital. They result from the application of the Financial Regulation in respect of revenue (collected only) and expenditure (payments plus appropriations carried over).

(6)  See paragraph 14 of Parliament's resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision concerning discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (OJ L 148 of 16.6.2003, p. 83).

(7)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

P5_TA(2003)0479

2001 discharges: Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union

1.

European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0100/2003 — 2003/2045(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0100/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0100/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0101/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0101/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| 1. | Gives discharge to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001; |
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1.

Gives discharge to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

| 2. | Records its comments in the accompanying resolution; |
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2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series). |
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3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 35.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

2.

European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0100/2003 — 2003/2045(DEC)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0100/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0100/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0101/2003) |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0101/2003)

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| A. | whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament






  — | welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and |
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A.

whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament

—

welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and

| — | stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them; |
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stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them;

| B. | whereas its competent committee has received answers to such questions, |
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B.

whereas its competent committee has received answers to such questions,

| C. | whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union (CdT) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations, |
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C.

whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union (CdT) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations,

| D. | whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met, |
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D.

whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met,

| 1. | Notes the following figures for the accounts of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial years 2001 and 2000;
  Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000







  (thousand euros) |
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| | 2001 | 2000 |
| Revenue collected for the financial year |
| Commission subsidies | 20 182 | 21 264 |
| Miscellaneous revenue | 5 | 263 |
| Financial revenue | 458 | — |
| Total revenue (a) | 20 646 | 21 527 |
| Budgetary expenditure for the financial year |
| Staff — Title I of the budget |
| Payments | 13 861 | 12 640 |
| Appropriations carried over | 891 | 881 |
| Operational activities — Title II of the budget |
| Payments | 1 090 | 849 |
| Appropriations carried over | 929 | 1 512 |
| Total expenditure (b) | 16 772 | 15 882 |
| Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5) | 3 873 | 5 645 |
| Balance carried over from the previous financial year | 4 977 | 1 854 |
| Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapsed | 240 | 358 |
| Refund to Europol | — | - 217 |
| Contingency reserve | -1 221 | -2 653 |
| Exchange-rate differences | 6 | - 10 |
| Balance for the financial year | 7 875 | 4 977 |
| NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

  Source: Data compiled by the Centre — These tables summarise the data provided by the Centre in its own financial statements. |

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial years 2001 and 2000;

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000

(thousand euros)

2001

2000

Revenue collected for the financial year

Commission subsidies

20 182

21 264

Miscellaneous revenue

5

263

Financial revenue

458

—

Total revenue (a)

20 646

21 527

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

13 861

12 640

Appropriations carried over

891

881

Operational activities — Title II of the budget

Payments

1 090

849

Appropriations carried over

929

1 512

Total expenditure (b)

16 772

15 882

Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5)

3 873

5 645

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

4 977

1 854

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapsed

240

358

Refund to Europol

—

- 217

Contingency reserve

-1 221

-2 653

Exchange-rate differences

6

- 10

Balance for the financial year

7 875

4 977

NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source: Data compiled by the Centre — These tables summarise the data provided by the Centre in its own financial statements.

Financial statements/CdT premises

| 2. | Acknowledges the efforts made by the Centre, in line with the Court of Auditors' observations, in seeking a suitable solution with regard to the premises it occupies, which were made available by the Luxembourg authorities pending a permanent solution; |
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2.

Acknowledges the efforts made by the Centre, in line with the Court of Auditors' observations, in seeking a suitable solution with regard to the premises it occupies, which were made available by the Luxembourg authorities pending a permanent solution;

| 3. | Recalls that the Court of Auditors has made repeated comments with regard to the issue of premises; notes that in general, as regards buildings policy, and based on a cost/benefit analysis, the institutions see purchase as a better solution than renting; |
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3.

Recalls that the Court of Auditors has made repeated comments with regard to the issue of premises; notes that in general, as regards buildings policy, and based on a cost/benefit analysis, the institutions see purchase as a better solution than renting;

| 4. | Calls on the Centre to step up, together with the Luxembourg authorities, its efforts with a view to finding a permanent solution to the problem of premises which suit its needs; |
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4.

Calls on the Centre to step up, together with the Luxembourg authorities, its efforts with a view to finding a permanent solution to the problem of premises which suit its needs;

| 5. | Recalls that with respect to any building project likely to have significant financial implications for the Centre's budget, Article 179 of the new Financial Regulation applies; therefore invites the Centre, if such a project is planned, to submit to the budgetary authority, before Parliament's second reading of the 2004 budget, an analysis of the different options available as regards finding a solution to the problem concerning its premises; |
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5.

Recalls that with respect to any building project likely to have significant financial implications for the Centre's budget, Article 179 of the new Financial Regulation applies; therefore invites the Centre, if such a project is planned, to submit to the budgetary authority, before Parliament's second reading of the 2004 budget, an analysis of the different options available as regards finding a solution to the problem concerning its premises;

Evaluation of tenders

| 6. | Takes the view that, concerning the evaluation of tenders for the purchase of goods and services other than external translations, there is scope for further improvement in the definition and application by the Centre of quality assessment criteria with a view to enhancing comparability of tenders and ensuring better management; |
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6.

Takes the view that, concerning the evaluation of tenders for the purchase of goods and services other than external translations, there is scope for further improvement in the definition and application by the Centre of quality assessment criteria with a view to enhancing comparability of tenders and ensuring better management;

Cooperation with the Institutions and other Community bodies

| 7. | Notes the Centre's active participation in the Interinstitutional Translation and Interpretation Committee, which seeks to define and apply evaluation rules and criteria, laid down jointly by the institutions, on the quality of translation work; |
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7.

Notes the Centre's active participation in the Interinstitutional Translation and Interpretation Committee, which seeks to define and apply evaluation rules and criteria, laid down jointly by the institutions, on the quality of translation work;

| 8. | Encourages the Centre to continue such action ensuring better cooperation between institutions, especially with a view to finding the best way to meet the needs in this field in the light of the forthcoming enlargement; |
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8.

Encourages the Centre to continue such action ensuring better cooperation between institutions, especially with a view to finding the best way to meet the needs in this field in the light of the forthcoming enlargement;

General points concerning the Agencies

Operational tasks

| 9. | Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003; |
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9.

Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003;

| 10. | Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus; |
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10.

Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus;

Adapting the financial rules to the new Financial Regulation

| 11. | Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation; |
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11.

Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation;

| 12. | Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in






  (a) | laying down and validating the accounting systems; |
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12.

Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in

(a)

laying down and validating the accounting systems;

| (b) | keeping the accounts; |
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(b)

keeping the accounts;

| (c) | validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information; |
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(c)

validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information;

| (d) | cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer; |
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(d)

cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer;

| (e) | preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget; |
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(e)

preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget;

Stresses, furthermore, that accounting officers must be appointed by the management boards of the Agencies on the grounds of adequate competence and professional experience; also expects computerised systems put in place to guarantee the existence of a complete audit trail for each operation in order to ensure transparency;

| 13. | Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States; |
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13.

Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States;

Internal audit and control

| 14. | Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of the internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites






  — | the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors, |
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14.

Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of the internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites

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the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors,

| — | the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework, |
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the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework,

| — | the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures, |
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the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures,

in order for appropriate and harmonised solutions to be put into practice.

| 15. | Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case; |
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15.

Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case;

| 16. | Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies; |
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16.

Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 17. | Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far; |
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17.

Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far;

Preparing the Agencies for enlargement

| 18. | Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at






  — | fostering better functioning of these Community bodies, |
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18.

Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at

—

fostering better functioning of these Community bodies,

| — | ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis, |
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ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis,

| — | avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies; |
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avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies;

Stresses that the further expansion, on the occasion of enlargement, of the administrative boards of the Agencies — which, as a general rule, are already very ponderous — would not be acceptable, on grounds of both efficiency and cost; considers that enlargement offers a good opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the composition and working methods of these administrative boards;

| 19. | Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:






  — | entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate; |
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19.

Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:

—

entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate;

| — | setting up joint boards for more agencies, especially for those with similar tasks; |
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setting up joint boards for more agencies, especially for those with similar tasks;

| — | the possibility of mergers of agencies in case of overlapping of activities; |
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the possibility of mergers of agencies in case of overlapping of activities;

recalls, with regard to the latter, that the Commission has indicated a possible overlap between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Training Foundation, and between the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Agency for Safety and Health at Work;

| 20. | Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission; |
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20.

Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission;

| 21. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest. |
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21.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest.

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 35.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

(5)  Calculation based on the principles laid down in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 (OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 8).

(6)  See paragraph 14 of Parliament's resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision concerning discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (OJ L 148 of 16.6.2003, p. 83).

(7)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

P5_TA(2003)0480

2001 discharges: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

1.

European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0096/2003 — 2003/2043(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0096/2003), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0096/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0097/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0097/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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—

having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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—

having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| 1. | Gives discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001; |
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1.

Gives discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

| 2. | Records its comments in the accompanying resolution; |
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2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series). |
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3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 64.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

2.

European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0096/2003 — 2003/2043(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0096/2003), |
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—

having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0096/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0097/2003), |
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—

having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0097/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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—

having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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—

having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| A. | whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament






  — | welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and |
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A.

whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament

—

welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and

| — | stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them; |
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—

stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them;

| B. | whereas its competent committee has received answers to such questions; |
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B.

whereas its competent committee has received answers to such questions;

| C. | whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations; |
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C.

whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations;

| D. | whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met; |
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D.

whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met;

| 1. | Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial years 2001 and 2000;
  Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000







  (thousand euros) |
| --- | --- |
| | 2001 | 2000 |
| Revenue collected for the financial year |
| Commission subsidies | 8 750 | 8 214 |
| Norwegian subsidy | 399 | — |
| Other Subsidies | 1 153 | — |
| Financial revenue | 99 | 232 |
| Total revenue (a) | 10 401 | 8 446 |
| Budgetary expenditure for the financial year |
| Staff — Title I of the budget |
| Payments | 4 027 | 3 876 |
| Appropriations carried over | 428 | 189 |
| Administration — Title II of the budget |
| Payments | 560 | 682 |
| Appropriations carried over | 596 | 354 |
| Operational activities — Title III of the budget |
| Payments | 1 883 | 1 498 |
| Appropriations carried over | 1 432 | 1 651 |
| Payments in respect of appropriations assigned | 469 | — |
| Carry-overs of appropriations assigned | 684 | — |
| Total expenditure (b) | 10 079 | 8 250 |
| Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5) | 322 | 196 |
| Balance carried over from the previous financial year | 2 076 | 1 617 |
| Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year for re-use | 319 | 269 |
| Reimbursement of balance to the Commission | -2 076 | — |
| Depreciation | - 557 | — |
| Exchange differences | - 2 | - 6 |
| Balance for the financial year | 82 | 2 076 |
| NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

  Source: Monitoring Centre data. These tables summarise the data provided by the Monitoring Centre in its own financial statements. |

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial years 2001 and 2000;

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000

(thousand euros)

2001

2000

Revenue collected for the financial year

Commission subsidies

8 750

8 214

Norwegian subsidy

399

—

Other Subsidies

1 153

—

Financial revenue

99

232

Total revenue (a)

10 401

8 446

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

4 027

3 876

Appropriations carried over

428

189

Administration — Title II of the budget

Payments

560

682

Appropriations carried over

596

354

Operational activities — Title III of the budget

Payments

1 883

1 498

Appropriations carried over

1 432

1 651

Payments in respect of appropriations assigned

469

—

Carry-overs of appropriations assigned

684

—

Total expenditure (b)

10 079

8 250

Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5)

322

196

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

2 076

1 617

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year for re-use

319

269

Reimbursement of balance to the Commission

-2 076

—

Depreciation

- 557

—

Exchange differences

- 2

- 6

Balance for the financial year

82

2 076

NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source: Monitoring Centre data. These tables summarise the data provided by the Monitoring Centre in its own financial statements.

Implementation of the budget

| 2. | Notes with satisfaction the measures introduced by the Centre in line with an integrated planning of activities and allocation of budgetary resources aimed at ensuring better monitoring, implementing, reporting on and assessment of its activities; expects such measures to have a positive impact on budget implementation and to result, in particular, in a reduction in appropriations carried over; |
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2.

Notes with satisfaction the measures introduced by the Centre in line with an integrated planning of activities and allocation of budgetary resources aimed at ensuring better monitoring, implementing, reporting on and assessment of its activities; expects such measures to have a positive impact on budget implementation and to result, in particular, in a reduction in appropriations carried over;

| 3. | Encourages the Centre to continue its efforts to follow its operational activities closely, especially as regards its relation with the Reitox focal points; considers that the recommendations of the external evaluation on the financing of the Reitox network should be taken up with a view to clarifying and further adapting the contractual relationship of the Centre with such focal points; notes that such problems are ‘systemic’ in nature; |
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3.

Encourages the Centre to continue its efforts to follow its operational activities closely, especially as regards its relation with the Reitox focal points; considers that the recommendations of the external evaluation on the financing of the Reitox network should be taken up with a view to clarifying and further adapting the contractual relationship of the Centre with such focal points; notes that such problems are ‘systemic’ in nature;

| 4. | Takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between Agencies in dealing with such problems; expects the Centre to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their relations with networks of national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied; |
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4.

Takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between Agencies in dealing with such problems; expects the Centre to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their relations with networks of national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied;

Application of financial provisions

| 5. | Notes the measures introduced by the Centre with a view to putting its contract database into operation and, more generally, measures aiming to achieve better cooperation between its operational and administrative departments; |
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5.

Notes the measures introduced by the Centre with a view to putting its contract database into operation and, more generally, measures aiming to achieve better cooperation between its operational and administrative departments;

Purchases of goods and services/tendering procedures

| 6. | Welcomes the Centre's reply on steps taken in order to secure improvements in this field, including better definition of evaluation criteria, ensuring comparability of tenders and equal treatment for tenderers; |
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6.

Welcomes the Centre's reply on steps taken in order to secure improvements in this field, including better definition of evaluation criteria, ensuring comparability of tenders and equal treatment for tenderers;

| 7. | Expects the Centre to take further steps to enhance interinstitutional cooperation, based on a best practice approach, while allowing for the specific interests of and constraints upon Agencies to be taken duly into consideration; |
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7.

Expects the Centre to take further steps to enhance interinstitutional cooperation, based on a best practice approach, while allowing for the specific interests of and constraints upon Agencies to be taken duly into consideration;

Buildings policy

| 8. | Reiterates the concerns expressed by the Commission in the Management Board of the Centre and the negative opinion of Parliament under Article 179 of the Financial Regulation concerning the Centre's current building requirements; expects the Centre to find an appropriate solution in accordance with Parliament's recommendations, and will follow up the issue in the forthcoming discharge procedure; |
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8.

Reiterates the concerns expressed by the Commission in the Management Board of the Centre and the negative opinion of Parliament under Article 179 of the Financial Regulation concerning the Centre's current building requirements; expects the Centre to find an appropriate solution in accordance with Parliament's recommendations, and will follow up the issue in the forthcoming discharge procedure;

General points concerning the Agencies

Operational tasks

| 9. | Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003; |
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9.

Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003;

| 10. | Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus; |
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10.

Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus;

Adapting the financial rules to the new Financial Regulation

| 11. | Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation; |
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11.

Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation;

| 12. | Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in






  (a) | laying down and validating the accounting systems; |
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12.

Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in

(a)

laying down and validating the accounting systems;

| (b) | keeping the accounts; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

keeping the accounts;

| (c) | validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information; |
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(c)

validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information;

| (d) | cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer; |
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(d)

cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer;

| (e) | preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget; |
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(e)

preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget;

Stresses, furthermore, that accounting officers must be appointed by the management boards of the Agencies on the grounds of adequate competence and professional experience; also expects computerised systems put in place to guarantee the existence of a complete audit trail for each operation in order to ensure transparency;

| 13. | Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States; |
| --- | --- |

13.

Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States;

Internal audit and control

| 14. | Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites






  — | the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors, |
| --- | --- | --- |

14.

Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites

—

the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors,

| — | the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework, |
| --- | --- |

—

the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework,

| — | the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures, |
| --- | --- |

—

the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures,

in order for appropriate and harmonised solutions to be put into practice.

| 15. | Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case; |
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15.

Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the Agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case;

| 16. | Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies; |
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16.

Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 17. | Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far; |
| --- | --- |

17.

Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far;

Preparing the Agencies for enlargement

| 18. | Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at






  — | fostering better functioning of these Community bodies, |
| --- | --- | --- |

18.

Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at

—

fostering better functioning of these Community bodies,

| — | ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis, |
| --- | --- |

—

ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis,

| — | avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies; |
| --- | --- |

—

avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies;

stresses that the further expansion, on the occasion of enlargement, of the administrative boards of the Agencies — which, as a general rule, are already very ponderous — would not be acceptable, on grounds of both efficiency and cost; considers that enlargement offers a good opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the composition and working methods of these administrative boards;

| 19. | Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia






  — | entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate; |
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19.

Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia

—

entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate;

| — | setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks; |
| --- | --- |

—

setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks;

| — | the possibility of mergers of Agencies in case of overlapping of activities; |
| --- | --- |

—

the possibility of mergers of Agencies in case of overlapping of activities;

recalls, with regard to the latter, that the Commission has indicated a possible overlap between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Training Foundation, and between the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Agency for Safety and Health at Work;

| 20. | Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission; |
| --- | --- |

20.

Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission;

| 21. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest. |
| --- | --- |

21.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest.

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 64.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

(5)  Calculation based on the principles laid down in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 (OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 8).

(6)  See paragraph 14 of Parliament's resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision concerning discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, p. 83).

(7)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

P5_TA(2003)0481

2001 discharges: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

1.

European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0094/2003 — 2003/2042(DEC))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0094/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0094/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0095/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0095/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| 1. | Gives discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001; |
| --- | --- |

1.

Gives discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

| 2. | Records its comments in the accompanying resolution; |
| --- | --- |

2.

Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series). |
| --- | --- |

3.

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 72.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

2.

European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (C5-0094/2003 — 2003/2042(DEC)),

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0094/2003), |
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—

having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2001, together with the Centre's replies (1) (C5-0094/2003),

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0095/2003), |
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—

having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0095/2003),

| — | having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof, |
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—

having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof, |
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—

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002, |
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—

having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

| — | having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4), |
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—

having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision (4),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0360/2003),

| A. | whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament






  — | welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and |
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A.

whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament

—

welcomed the fact that it is henceforth the competent authority for giving discharge to the Community bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of the new Financial Regulation and

| — | stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them; |
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—

stressed that in order to fulfil its new responsibilities in this respect it expected to receive all relevant and necessary information from these bodies in reply to questions that it would have forwarded to them;

| B. | whereas its competent Committee has received answers to such questions; |
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B.

whereas its competent Committee has received answers to such questions;

| C. | whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statement of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations; |
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C.

whereas the Agency's answers to the above-mentioned questions, in many respects, provided Parliament with updated information; such information is supplementary to the observations contained in the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statement of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) for 2001 and to the Agency's replies to these observations;

| D. | whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met; |
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D.

whereas the condition that Parliament takes a decision on discharge after it has been adequately informed was thus met;

| 1. | Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial years 2001 and 2000;
  Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000







  (thousand euros) |
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| | 2001 | 2000 |
| Revenue collected for the financial year |
| Commission subsidies | 5 000 | 4 250 |
| Financial revenue | 46 | 61 |
| Total revenue (a) | 5 046 | 4 311 |
| Budgetary expenditure for the financial year |
| Staff — Title I of the budget |
| Payments | 2 072 | 1 935 |
| Appropriations carried over | 67 | 84 |
| Administration — Title II of the budget |
| Payments | 662 | 987 |
| Appropriations carried over | 151 | 106 |
| Operational activities — Title III of the budget |
| Payments | 990 | 898 |
| Appropriations carried over | 1 181 | 643 |
| Total expenditure (b) | 5 123 | 4 653 |
| Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5) | - 77 | - 342 |
| Balance carried over from the previous financial year | 179 | 737 |
| Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapse | 75 | 310 |
| Appropriations for re-use from the financial year 2000, not utilised | — | 5 |
| Repayments to the Commission | - 174 | - 533 |
| Exchange-rate differences | - 11 | 2 |
| Balance for the financial year | - 8 | 179 |
| NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

  Source: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia. |

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial years 2001 and 2000;

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2001 and 2000

(thousand euros)

2001

2000

Revenue collected for the financial year

Commission subsidies

5 000

4 250

Financial revenue

46

61

Total revenue (a)

5 046

4 311

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

2 072

1 935

Appropriations carried over

67

84

Administration — Title II of the budget

Payments

662

987

Appropriations carried over

151

106

Operational activities — Title III of the budget

Payments

990

898

Appropriations carried over

1 181

643

Total expenditure (b)

5 123

4 653

Out-turn for the financial year (a-b)
   (5)

- 77

- 342

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

179

737

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year which lapse

75

310

Appropriations for re-use from the financial year 2000, not utilised

—

5

Repayments to the Commission

- 174

- 533

Exchange-rate differences

- 11

2

Balance for the financial year

- 8

179

NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

Source: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia.

Budgetary implementation/recurrent problems

| 2. | Notes the Centre's efforts to prepare its work programme at an earlier stage and the measures taken in order to introduce tighter monitoring of the implementation of appropriations and the work programme; |
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2.

Notes the Centre's efforts to prepare its work programme at an earlier stage and the measures taken in order to introduce tighter monitoring of the implementation of appropriations and the work programme;

| 3. | Expects the positive results of such measures to be confirmed during the subsequent financial year and looks forward to being fully informed by the Centre on this matter in the context of the next discharge procedure; |
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3.

Expects the positive results of such measures to be confirmed during the subsequent financial year and looks forward to being fully informed by the Centre on this matter in the context of the next discharge procedure;

| 4. | Encourages the Centre to continue its efforts to follow its operational activities closely and to make further efforts to resolve recurrent problems in its relations with the Raxen network; notes in this respect that such problems are ‘systemic’ in nature; |
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4.

Encourages the Centre to continue its efforts to follow its operational activities closely and to make further efforts to resolve recurrent problems in its relations with the Raxen network; notes in this respect that such problems are ‘systemic’ in nature;

| 5. | Takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between Agencies in dealing with such problems; expects the Centre to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their relations with networks of national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied; |
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5.

Takes the view that there is scope for developing a harmonised approach between Agencies in dealing with such problems; expects the Centre to intensify its contacts with other agencies faced with similar problems in their relations with networks of national points in order for a ‘best practice approach’ to be developed and applied;

Application of financial provisions

| 6. | Notes the Centre's efforts with a view to facilitating the correct application of the new Financial Regulation; expects such efforts to be continued, especially in the areas of internal audit/control with a view to further improving its financial management; |
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6.

Notes the Centre's efforts with a view to facilitating the correct application of the new Financial Regulation; expects such efforts to be continued, especially in the areas of internal audit/control with a view to further improving its financial management;

General points concerning the Agencies

Operational tasks

| 7. | Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003; |
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7.

Reiterates, in the light of the fact that, in the case of many Agencies, administrative expenditure exceeds operational expenditure, there is scope for these Agencies to be entrusted with more operational tasks; takes the view that they could for example be entrusted with implementing Community programmes in the field of education or health, thus helping to avoid the unnecessary creation of further executive agencies by the Commission; regrets that the Commission did not comply with Parliament's request (6) to make proposals in this respect by 30 June 2003; invites the Agencies to identify areas where they could take over implementation of Community programmes currently managed by the Commission and to make proposals in this respect by the end of 2003;

| 8. | Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus; |
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8.

Welcomes, in this context, the proposal from the European Training Foundation (ETF) to take up possible further tasks; invites the Commission to use the ETF's expertise in a wider geographical area than at present and for providing technical assistance to programmes such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus;

Adapting the financial rules to the new Financial Regulation

| 9. | Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation; |
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9.

Expects the Agencies to complete their procedures for bringing into line their internal financial rules with the requirements of the new framework Financial Regulation as soon as possible and in any event by the end of the year at the latest; recalls that such internal financial rules may not depart from the framework Financial Regulation except where the specific operating needs of an Agency so require and with the Commission's prior consent; calls on the Agencies once they have completed such a process to inform Parliament's competent committees; asks the Court of Auditors to give an opinion on all financial provisions adopted by the Agencies which depart from the framework Financial Regulation;

| 10. | Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in






  (a) | laying down and validating the accounting systems; |
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10.

Reiterates its call to the Agencies to ensure a strict segregation of duties between authorising officer(s) and accounting officer(s); recalls the enhanced role of the latter in

(a)

laying down and validating the accounting systems;

| (b) | keeping the accounts; |
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(b)

keeping the accounts;

| (c) | validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information; |
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(c)

validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply accounting information;

| (d) | cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer; |
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(d)

cooperating with the Commission's accounting officer;

| (e) | preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget; |
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(e)

preparing and presenting the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget;

Stresses, furthermore, that accounting officers must be appointed by the management boards of the Agencies on the grounds of adequate competence and professional experience; also expects that computerised systems put in place to guarantee the existence of a complete audit trail for each operation in order to ensure transparency;

| 11. | Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States; |
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11.

Reminds the Agencies that they should fully respect public procurement procedures as laid down in the Financial Regulation; stresses that open calls for tender must be used as much as possible in order to enhance transparency and to ensure equal treatment of potential tenderers; emphasises that non-respect of public procurement rules is not only potentially detrimental to the financial interests of the Agencies but can also be a criminal offence under the law of Member States;

Internal audit and control

| 12. | Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites






  — | the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors, |
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12.

Recalls that among the important features of the new Financial Regulation are the increased responsibility of authorising officers and the setting-up of internal audit capabilities in order to counter the risk of irregularities and mismanagement; therefore invites

—

the Court of Auditors to increase the number of checks carried out by its auditors,

| — | the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework, |
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—

the Agencies to thoroughly review their procedures for implementing their budgets in line with the newly created framework,

| — | the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures, |
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—

the Commission to cooperate closely with the Agencies, especially in the areas of accounting, internal audit and management and control procedures,

in order for appropriate and harmonised solutions to be put into practice.

| 13. | Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case; |
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13.

Invites the Commission to propose a change to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation governing the agencies in order to give the Agencies' respective internal auditors real powers of scrutiny instead of merely an advisory role, as is currently the case;

| 14. | Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies; |
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14.

Is extremely concerned that the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) does not carry out any checks on the Agencies; stresses that this implies that Articles 71 and 72 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 are not being adhered to and that, in practice, an outside control of the quality of management and control systems of the agencies is left to be carried out in the context of the Court of Auditors control; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that the necessary resources are made available so that the IAS is in a position to fulfil its tasks with regard to the internal control systems in the Agencies;

Cooperation with OLAF

| 15. | Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far; |
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15.

Invites the Court of Auditors to report by the end of the year on whether the Community bodies duly cooperate with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and apply the corresponding Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (7) unreservedly; also asks the Court of Auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of this cooperation on the basis of the cases processed so far;

Preparing the Agencies for enlargement

| 16. | Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at






  — | fostering better functioning of these Community bodies, |
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16.

Invites the Commission, with a view to accelerating the efforts towards preparing the integration of the future Member States, to make the appropriate proposals, before the adoption of the 2004 budget, aimed at

—

fostering better functioning of these Community bodies,

| — | ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis, |
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—

ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis,

| — | avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies; |
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—

avoiding any unnecessary creation of new agencies;

stresses that the further expansion, on the occasion of enlargement, of the administrative boards of the Agencies — which, as a general rule, are already very ponderous — would not be acceptable, on grounds of both efficiency and cost; considers that enlargement offers a good opportunity to thoroughly reconsider the composition and working methods of these administrative boards;

| 17. | Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:






  — | entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate; |
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17.

Calls, therefore, on the Commission, in making such proposals, to consider, inter alia:

—

entrusting the Agencies with further operational tasks such as the carrying out of programmes, where appropriate;

| — | setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks; |
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—

setting up joint boards for more Agencies, especially for those with similar tasks;

| — | the possibility of mergers of Agencies in case of overlapping of activities; |
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—

the possibility of mergers of Agencies in case of overlapping of activities;

recalls with regard to the latter, that the Commission has indicated a possible overlaps between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Training Foundation, and between the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Agency for Safety and Health at Work;

| 18. | Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission; |
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18.

Furthermore, invites the Commission, in line with its proposal on European Governance (aimed at concentrating its activity on the core tasks), to include in its action programme for 2004 the appropriate proposals with a view to avoiding the duplication of work, either between Agencies with similar activities, or between the activities of the Agencies and those of the Commission;

| 19. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest. |
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19.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an amendment to the constituent acts of the Agencies to ensure that their directors may in future be appointed only with the assent of Parliament; awaits proposals from the Commission to this effect, to be submitted by 1 December 2003 at the latest.

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(1)  OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 72.

(2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002.

(3)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.

(5)  The negative out-turn and own capital balances do not constitute a loss of capital. They result from the application of the Financial Regulation in respect of revenue.

(6)  See paragraph 14 of Parliament's resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision concerning discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001 (OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, p. 83).

(7)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

P5_TA(2003)0482

Immigration liaison officers network *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network (9870/2003 — C5-0260/2003 — 2003/0817(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the initiative of the Hellenic Republic (9870/2003) (1), |
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—

having regard to the initiative of the Hellenic Republic (9870/2003) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 63(3)(b) and 66 of the EC Treaty, |
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—

having regard to Articles 63(3)(b) and 66 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0260/2003), |
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—

having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0260/2003),

| — | having regard to Rule 67 and Rule 61 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 67 and Rule 61 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0344/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0344/2003),

| 1. | Approves the initiative of the Hellenic Republic as amended; |
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1.

Approves the initiative of the Hellenic Republic as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Council to alter the text accordingly; |
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2.

Calls on the Council to alter the text accordingly;

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

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

| 4. | Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative of the Hellenic Republic substantially; |
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4.

Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative of the Hellenic Republic substantially;

| 5. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the government of the Hellenic Republic. |
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5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the government of the Hellenic Republic.

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| Article 2, paragraph 2, point (ja) (new) |
| | (ja) | information transmitted via an ‘immigration officers' intranet system’ and the police central (head) office in the host country; |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Article 2, paragraph 2, point (ja) (new)

(ja)

Amendment 2

Article 2, paragraph 2, point (jb) (new)

| (jb) | information intended to assist immediate humanitarian aid in the event of human tragedies linked to illegal immigration. |
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(jb)

Amendment 3

Article 3, paragraph 1

1. Member States shall inform one another, the Council and the Commission of their secondments of immigration liaison officers to third countries, including a description of their duties. The Commission shall present an annual summary
  to the Council
  concerning
  Member States'
  postings of immigration liaison officers.

1. Member States shall inform one another, the Council and the Commission of their secondments of immigration liaison officers to third countries, including a description of their duties. The Commission shall present
  to the Council and to the Member States
  an annual summary concerning postings of immigration liaison officers.

Amendment 4

Article 4, paragraph 1, point (b)

(b) exchange information and practical experience;

| (b) | exchange information and practical experience
  in accordance with the arrangements set out in the common manual
  ; |
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(b)

exchange information and practical experience
  in accordance with the arrangements set out in the common manual
  ;

Amendment 5

Article 4, paragraph 1, point (ea) (new)

| (ea) | implement a common information policy aimed at making the local population aware of the existence of legal ways of immigrating and warning them of the dangers of illegal immigration and of slave-trafficking networks; |
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(ea)

Amendment 6

Article 4, paragraph 1, point (fa) (new)

| (fa) | attend workshops and seminars organised on a rota system by the Member States represented in the third countries concerned, in which members of similar networks set up in neighbouring third countries shall be invited to take part. |
| --- | --- |

(fa)

Amendment 7

Article 4, paragraph 2

2. Local representatives of the Commission of the European Communities shall
  be entitled to
  participate in the meetings organised within the framework of immigration liaison officers network. Other bodies and authorities may also be invited, as appropriate.

2. Local representatives of the Commission of the European Communities shall participate in the meetings organised within the framework of immigration liaison officers network. Other bodies and authorities may also be invited, as appropriate.
  Those Commission representatives shall provide information to liaison officers on entry, exit and residence conditions in the various Member States of the European Union.

Amendment 8

Article 4, paragraph 3

3. The Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union shall take the initiative to hold the meetings referred to in paragraph 1(a). However, if the Member State holding the Presidency is not represented in the country or region,
  the Member State serving as acting Presidency shall take
  the initiative to hold the meeting.

3. The Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union shall take the initiative to hold the meetings referred to in paragraph 1(a). However, if the Member State holding the Presidency is not represented in the country or region,
  it may delegate
  the initiative to hold the meeting
  to another Member State
  .

Amendment 9

Article 6a (new)

Article 6a

In carrying out its activities, the immigration liaison officers' network shall respect democratic principles, human rights, the principle of transparency, the national sovereignty of the countries and their laws.

Amendment 10

Article 7, paragraph 1

1. The Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union or, if this Member State is not represented in the country or region, the Member State serving as acting Presidency shall draw up, by the end of each semester, a report to the Council and the Commission on the activities of immigration liaison officers networks in which it has a representative and on the situation in host countries, in matters relating to illegal immigration.

1. The Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union or, if this Member State is not represented in the country or region, the Member State serving as acting Presidency shall draw up, by the end of each semester, a report to
  the European Parliament,
  the Council and the Commission on the activities of immigration liaison officers networks in which it has a representative and on the situation in host countries, in matters relating to illegal immigration.

Amendment 11

Article 7, paragraph 3

3. The reports constitute an essential form of information for the preparation at the end of each Presidency of an evaluation report drafted by the Presidency in cooperation with the Commission and submitted to the Council, on the existing situation in each third country, in which Member States' immigration liaison officers are posted.

3. The reports constitute an essential form of information for the preparation at the end of each Presidency of an evaluation report drafted by the Presidency in cooperation with the Commission and submitted to
  the European Parliament and
  the Council, on the existing situation in each third country, in which Member States' immigration liaison officers are posted.

Amendment 12

Article 7, paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall, on the basis of the abovementioned reports draw up a summary factual report which shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council before the end of each year. When presenting its summary factual report to the Council the Commission may make such proposals or recommendations as it deems appropriate concerning improving the information-liaison officer network and the existing situation in each third country.

4. The Commission shall, on the basis of the abovementioned reports draw up a summary factual report which shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council before the end of each year. When presenting its summary factual report to
  the European Parliament and
  the Council the Commission may make such proposals or recommendations as it deems appropriate concerning improving the immigration liaison officer network and the existing situation in each third country.

Amendment 13

Article 7, paragraph 4a (new)

4a. The Commission shall request its delegations in the countries in which immigration originates to provide access to information on immigration for citizens of those countries, in cooperation with the embassies of the Member States, the authorities of the countries concerned and the immigration liaison officers.

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(1)  OJ C 140, 14.6.2003, p. 12.

P5_TA(2003)0483

Improving safety at sea

European Parliament decision setting up a temporary committee on improving safety at sea

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard Rule 150(2) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard Rule 150(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 23 September 2003 on improving safety at sea in response to the ‘Prestige’ accident (1), in particular paragraph 1 thereof, which calls on the Conference of Presidents ‘to give favourable consideration to any request for the setting-up of a temporary committee’, |
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having regard to its resolution of 23 September 2003 on improving safety at sea in response to the ‘Prestige’ accident (1), in particular paragraph 1 thereof, which calls on the Conference of Presidents ‘to give favourable consideration to any request for the setting-up of a temporary committee’,

| — | having regard to the various resolutions concerning navigation and pollution problems in the European Union adopted following several accidents, shipwrecks and oil tanker wrecks along the European coasts, |
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having regard to the various resolutions concerning navigation and pollution problems in the European Union adopted following several accidents, shipwrecks and oil tanker wrecks along the European coasts,

| 1. | Decides, in order to strengthen maritime safety and to avoid new maritime disasters, and without prejudice to Article 193 of the Treaty, to set up a temporary committee with the following powers:






  (a) | to examine in detail maritime disasters, in particular the ‘Prestige’, the ‘Erika’ and other recent accidents and incidents; |
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1.

Decides, in order to strengthen maritime safety and to avoid new maritime disasters, and without prejudice to Article 193 of the Treaty, to set up a temporary committee with the following powers:

(a)

to examine in detail maritime disasters, in particular the ‘Prestige’, the ‘Erika’ and other recent accidents and incidents;

| (b) | to further analyse their social and economic consequences, with regard in particular to fisheries, industry and tourism, as well as the environment and health; |
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(b)

to further analyse their social and economic consequences, with regard in particular to fisheries, industry and tourism, as well as the environment and health;

| (c) | to assess maritime safety standards more generally and the application of these standards by the Member States in compliance with EU and international law; |
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(c)

to assess maritime safety standards more generally and the application of these standards by the Member States in compliance with EU and international law;

| (d) | to seek to ensure implementation of the recommendations contained in its resolution of 23 September 2003; |
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(d)

to seek to ensure implementation of the recommendations contained in its resolution of 23 September 2003;

| (e) | to propose additional measures which are found to be necessary; |
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(e)

to propose additional measures which are found to be necessary;

| 2. | Decides that the term of office of the temporary committee shall be six months, at the end of which it shall submit a report to Parliament; |
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2.

Decides that the term of office of the temporary committee shall be six months, at the end of which it shall submit a report to Parliament;

| 3. | Decides that the temporary committee shall be composed of 44 members. |
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3.

Decides that the temporary committee shall be composed of 44 members.

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(1)  P5_TA(2003)0400.

P5_TA(2003)0484

Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings

European Parliament recommendation with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (2003/2179(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council tabled by Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (B5-0359/2003), |
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having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council tabled by Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (B5-0359/2003),

| — | having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 6 thereof, |
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having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 6 thereof,

| — | having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which was signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof, |
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having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which was signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

| — | having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which was formally proclaimed at Nice on 7 December 2000, and in particular Articles 47 and 48 thereof (2), |
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having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which was formally proclaimed at Nice on 7 December 2000, and in particular Articles 47 and 48 thereof (2),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Cardiff European Council meeting of 15/16 June 1998, and in particular point 39 thereof, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Cardiff European Council meeting of 15/16 June 1998, and in particular point 39 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 July 1998 to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘Towards an area of freedom, security and justice’ (COM(98) 459), |
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having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 July 1998 to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘Towards an area of freedom, security and justice’ (COM(98) 459),

| — | having regard to the Vienna Action Plan of the Council and the Commission on how best to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on an area of freedom, security and justice — Text adopted by the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 3 December 1998 (3), (and in particular point 45(f) thereof), |
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having regard to the Vienna Action Plan of the Council and the Commission on how best to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on an area of freedom, security and justice — Text adopted by the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 3 December 1998 (3), (and in particular point 45(f) thereof),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Tampere European Council of 15/16 October 1999, and in particular points 33 and 37 thereof, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Tampere European Council of 15/16 October 1999, and in particular points 33 and 37 thereof,

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Mutual recognition of final decisions in criminal matters’ (COM(2000) 495), |
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having regard to the Commission Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled ‘Mutual recognition of final decisions in criminal matters’ (COM(2000) 495),

| — | having regard to the programme of measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters (4), |
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having regard to the programme of measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters (4),

| — | having regard to the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and surrender procedures between Member States (5), and in particular recital 12 and Article 1(3) thereof concerning the rights and constitutional rules of Member States, |
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having regard to the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and surrender procedures between Member States (5), and in particular recital 12 and Article 1(3) thereof concerning the rights and constitutional rules of Member States,

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

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (A5-0361/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (A5-0361/2003),

| A. | whereas the European Union upholds fundamental rights as safeguarded under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and as reaffirmed and proclaimed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, |
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A.

whereas the European Union upholds fundamental rights as safeguarded under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and as reaffirmed and proclaimed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

| B. | whereas Article 6(3) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms guarantees, among other rights, that everyone charged with a criminal offence has the right to be informed, in a language which he understands, of the nature and cause of the accusation, to have adequate time to prepare his defence, to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free, to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf and to have the free assistance of an interpreter should he not understand or speak the language used in court, |
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B.

whereas Article 6(3) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms guarantees, among other rights, that everyone charged with a criminal offence has the right to be informed, in a language which he understands, of the nature and cause of the accusation, to have adequate time to prepare his defence, to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free, to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf and to have the free assistance of an interpreter should he not understand or speak the language used in court,

| C. | whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union reaffirms the rights acknowledged in the constitutional traditions and international obligations common to the Member States, and in particular lays down in Article 47(2) and (3) that everyone has the right to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal, to defend himself and be advised and represented and to receive legal aid should he lack sufficient resources and this aid is necessary to ensure effective access to justice, |
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C.

whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union reaffirms the rights acknowledged in the constitutional traditions and international obligations common to the Member States, and in particular lays down in Article 47(2) and (3) that everyone has the right to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal, to defend himself and be advised and represented and to receive legal aid should he lack sufficient resources and this aid is necessary to ensure effective access to justice,

| D. | whereas point 37 of the conclusions of the Tampere European Council sets out the need to indicate those aspects of procedural law on which common minimum standards are considered necessary in order to facilitate application of the principle of mutual recognition, with due regard for the fundamental legal principles of Member States, |
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D.

whereas point 37 of the conclusions of the Tampere European Council sets out the need to indicate those aspects of procedural law on which common minimum standards are considered necessary in order to facilitate application of the principle of mutual recognition, with due regard for the fundamental legal principles of Member States,

| E. | whereas application of the principle of the mutual recognition of decisions on criminal matters presupposes that Member States have trust in each others' criminal justice systems and that this trust is based, among other things, on the common foundation of adherence to the principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law, |
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E.

whereas application of the principle of the mutual recognition of decisions on criminal matters presupposes that Member States have trust in each others' criminal justice systems and that this trust is based, among other things, on the common foundation of adherence to the principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law,

| F. | whereas, moreover, a set of common procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants should be drawn up with a view to facilitating application of the principle of mutual recognition, |
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F.

whereas, moreover, a set of common procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants should be drawn up with a view to facilitating application of the principle of mutual recognition,

| 1. | Fully supports the commitment of the Commission to table a proposal for a Framework Decision on common minimum standards governing procedural law, since the initiative seeking to promote a system of procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union is both advisable and necessary; |
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Fully supports the commitment of the Commission to table a proposal for a Framework Decision on common minimum standards governing procedural law, since the initiative seeking to promote a system of procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union is both advisable and necessary;

| 2. | Firmly believes that the adoption of common minimum standards in respect of procedural safeguards is essential to increase the confidence and the faith which members of the public, the judicial authorities and defendants in one Member State have in the legal systems of all the other Member States by virtue of the approximation of the provisions relating to procedural safeguards and the impartiality of proceedings; |
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Firmly believes that the adoption of common minimum standards in respect of procedural safeguards is essential to increase the confidence and the faith which members of the public, the judicial authorities and defendants in one Member State have in the legal systems of all the other Member States by virtue of the approximation of the provisions relating to procedural safeguards and the impartiality of proceedings;

| 3. | States that such a framework decision should include a non-regression clause so that Member States are encouraged to apply higher national standards and cannot use the establishment of common minimum standards at EU level as a reason to undermine existing national standards, with those common minimum standards being considered an acquis that can be improved but not reduced and whose wording should be such that the margin of interpretation is as narrow as possible; |
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States that such a framework decision should include a non-regression clause so that Member States are encouraged to apply higher national standards and cannot use the establishment of common minimum standards at EU level as a reason to undermine existing national standards, with those common minimum standards being considered an acquis that can be improved but not reduced and whose wording should be such that the margin of interpretation is as narrow as possible;

| 4. | Firmly believes that a common minimum standard relating to procedural safeguards of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union will ensure that any individual present within the territory of a Member State (irrespective of his or her nationality and situation) is entitled to assistance from and representation by a lawyer and/or, where appropriate, a procurator (a professional practitioner who, in Spain, France and Portugal represents a party before the courts), from the moment when, as a suspect of complicity in crime, he or she is placed under arrest, taken into custody or charged with an offence by a public authority appropriately empowered to do so, and that such assistance or representation is provided free of charge if the suspect or defendant has insufficient means to pay for it and the provision of such services is required in the interests of justice; the technical defence of suspects and defendants shall be compulsory and indefeasible at every stage and level of criminal proceedings; considers that the right to legal assistance should embrace, at every stage and all tiers of the proceedings, the complete confidentiality of contacts between the defence lawyer and the suspect or defendant, the presence of the defence lawyer each time the suspect or defendant is questioned and his right to put questions both to the suspect or defendant and to any witnesses, and the right of the defence lawyer to submit evidence in exoneration; |
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Firmly believes that a common minimum standard relating to procedural safeguards of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union will ensure that any individual present within the territory of a Member State (irrespective of his or her nationality and situation) is entitled to assistance from and representation by a lawyer and/or, where appropriate, a procurator (a professional practitioner who, in Spain, France and Portugal represents a party before the courts), from the moment when, as a suspect of complicity in crime, he or she is placed under arrest, taken into custody or charged with an offence by a public authority appropriately empowered to do so, and that such assistance or representation is provided free of charge if the suspect or defendant has insufficient means to pay for it and the provision of such services is required in the interests of justice; the technical defence of suspects and defendants shall be compulsory and indefeasible at every stage and level of criminal proceedings; considers that the right to legal assistance should embrace, at every stage and all tiers of the proceedings, the complete confidentiality of contacts between the defence lawyer and the suspect or defendant, the presence of the defence lawyer each time the suspect or defendant is questioned and his right to put questions both to the suspect or defendant and to any witnesses, and the right of the defence lawyer to submit evidence in exoneration;

| 5. | Considers it vital to ensure that lawyers who participate in national legal aid schemes are suitably qualified and experienced and that these requirements could be fulfilled and checked by special training colleges and/or by way of exams, which could be organised by the relevant professional associations and should meet broader general criteria to be laid down by the Union; |
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Considers it vital to ensure that lawyers who participate in national legal aid schemes are suitably qualified and experienced and that these requirements could be fulfilled and checked by special training colleges and/or by way of exams, which could be organised by the relevant professional associations and should meet broader general criteria to be laid down by the Union;

| 6. | Believes that a common minimum standard should lay down at EU level the terms and conditions relating to the financial resources of suspects and defendants under which entitlement to free legal aid may be granted in whole or in part, along the lines provided for in civil and commercial matters by Article 5 of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to free legal aid in such disputes (6); considers that in view of the unfamiliar foreign context facing the suspect or defendant, grant of free legal aid should be presumed ab initio, subject to later adjustment though application of the rules of entitlement; |
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Believes that a common minimum standard should lay down at EU level the terms and conditions relating to the financial resources of suspects and defendants under which entitlement to free legal aid may be granted in whole or in part, along the lines provided for in civil and commercial matters by Article 5 of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to free legal aid in such disputes (6); considers that in view of the unfamiliar foreign context facing the suspect or defendant, grant of free legal aid should be presumed ab initio, subject to later adjustment though application of the rules of entitlement;

| 7. | Considers that a common minimum standard relating to procedural safeguards should specify the offences in respect of which the defendant's entitlement to free assistance may be exercised; the list of such offences must always include those for which the defendant may be imprisoned or may lose his job or means of subsistence; furthermore, takes the view that in cases in which a Member State fails to provide the assistance of and representation by a lawyer or, where appropriate, a procurator to an individual who is entitled to such assistance and representation, the process should automatically be considered void and the most severe censure possible, i.e. annulment of the proceedings, should therefore be applied; |
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Considers that a common minimum standard relating to procedural safeguards should specify the offences in respect of which the defendant's entitlement to free assistance may be exercised; the list of such offences must always include those for which the defendant may be imprisoned or may lose his job or means of subsistence; furthermore, takes the view that in cases in which a Member State fails to provide the assistance of and representation by a lawyer or, where appropriate, a procurator to an individual who is entitled to such assistance and representation, the process should automatically be considered void and the most severe censure possible, i.e. annulment of the proceedings, should therefore be applied;

| 8. | Believes that a common minimum standard in respect of procedural safeguards should not lay down a formal mechanism for determining whether or not a defendant has sufficient understanding of the language used for the proceedings in order to conduct his or her own defence; rather, this should be decided in each individual case by the persons with whom the suspect comes into contact, be they police officers, lawyers, court employees, and so on; also holds that a common minimum standard in respect of procedural safeguards should ensure that the trial judge is reminded of his or her duty to ensure accurate understanding between all parties, as called for in international jurisprudence; |
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Believes that a common minimum standard in respect of procedural safeguards should not lay down a formal mechanism for determining whether or not a defendant has sufficient understanding of the language used for the proceedings in order to conduct his or her own defence; rather, this should be decided in each individual case by the persons with whom the suspect comes into contact, be they police officers, lawyers, court employees, and so on; also holds that a common minimum standard in respect of procedural safeguards should ensure that the trial judge is reminded of his or her duty to ensure accurate understanding between all parties, as called for in international jurisprudence;

| 9. | Considers that a common minimum standard should incorporate the requirement for all oral proceedings to be interpreted, from the very first time the suspect or defendant is questioned, in order to enable them to understand everything that is said, and should also stipulate that, where a conflict of interest arises, two different translators or interpreters may be necessary, with one for the defence and the other for the prosecution (the public prosecutor or judicial body as appropriate) and that all documents which the defendant must be able to understand if the trial is to be impartial and if the consultation thereof is to serve the defence of the accused must be translated, including:






  — | the police statement, |
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Considers that a common minimum standard should incorporate the requirement for all oral proceedings to be interpreted, from the very first time the suspect or defendant is questioned, in order to enable them to understand everything that is said, and should also stipulate that, where a conflict of interest arises, two different translators or interpreters may be necessary, with one for the defence and the other for the prosecution (the public prosecutor or judicial body as appropriate) and that all documents which the defendant must be able to understand if the trial is to be impartial and if the consultation thereof is to serve the defence of the accused must be translated, including:

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the police statement,

| — | statements by the complainant/s and witness/es, |
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statements by the complainant/s and witness/es,

| — | statement/s by the suspect/defendant, both to the police and to the judicial authorities, |
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statement/s by the suspect/defendant, both to the police and to the judicial authorities,

| — | an indictment by the procurator or other prosecuting authorities, |
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an indictment by the procurator or other prosecuting authorities,

| — | a judicial order imputing the crime to the defendant; |
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a judicial order imputing the crime to the defendant;

believes that these translation and interpreting services should be free of charge;

| 10. | Firmly believes that each Member State should be required to draw up a register of certified translators and one of certified interpreters, which should allow access to the registers of the other Member States and that, furthermore, each Member State should set up a national accreditation body responsible for administering a scheme providing for the accreditation, renewable registration and in-service training of specialist legal translators and interpreters, in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice and the Interior; these registers would be amalgamated in due course into an EU-wide register with common minimum standards; considers moreover that suitable technical training courses should be provided for specialist interpreters and translators to ensure that they understand the legal procedures and terminology of the systems within which they are working, and that all professional practitioners involved in criminal procedures, including police, lawyers, prosecutors and judges, should receive training in working with and through an interpreter; |
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Firmly believes that each Member State should be required to draw up a register of certified translators and one of certified interpreters, which should allow access to the registers of the other Member States and that, furthermore, each Member State should set up a national accreditation body responsible for administering a scheme providing for the accreditation, renewable registration and in-service training of specialist legal translators and interpreters, in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice and the Interior; these registers would be amalgamated in due course into an EU-wide register with common minimum standards; considers moreover that suitable technical training courses should be provided for specialist interpreters and translators to ensure that they understand the legal procedures and terminology of the systems within which they are working, and that all professional practitioners involved in criminal procedures, including police, lawyers, prosecutors and judges, should receive training in working with and through an interpreter;

| 11. | Believes that the Member States should adopt a code of conduct containing ethical guidelines and other good practices to be adhered to by certified translators and interpreters, failing which accreditation would be withdrawn or the individuals concerned would be dismissed from the profession; this code of conduct should be drawn up with due regard for the opinions of all interested parties, such as schools for translators and interpreters, ministries of justice and professional associations and so on; also believes that Member States should provide suitable technical training courses for sworn translators and interpreters to ensure that they understand the meaning of legal terms and are versed in the workings of the judicial system; |
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Believes that the Member States should adopt a code of conduct containing ethical guidelines and other good practices to be adhered to by certified translators and interpreters, failing which accreditation would be withdrawn or the individuals concerned would be dismissed from the profession; this code of conduct should be drawn up with due regard for the opinions of all interested parties, such as schools for translators and interpreters, ministries of justice and professional associations and so on; also believes that Member States should provide suitable technical training courses for sworn translators and interpreters to ensure that they understand the meaning of legal terms and are versed in the workings of the judicial system;

| 12. | Believes that a common minimum standard should provide for a degree of protection of procedural safeguards that adequately reflects the vulnerability of certain groups of persons who are at a particular disadvantage in terms of asserting their rights, owing for example to age, infirmity, physical or mental handicap or illiteracy, and that minors should at all events be included within these groups; considers attention should be drawn to their vulnerable situation by these persons themselves, law enforcement officials or the defence lawyer at the commencement of proceedings from the first time the defendant comes into contact with a law enforcement official, submitted to the judicial body for consideration and form the subject of monitoring within the criminal proceedings; considers that it should be the duty of all officials to draw attention to the vulnerability of such persons from the point of arrest and their initial questioning and that it should at any event automatically be taken into consideration as soon as it becomes apparent and, in particular, that appropriate medical assistance should be guaranteed for anyone who appears or declares themself to be in a precarious state of health and that specific safeguard instruments should be established for anyone appearing to be vulnerable owing to their mental or emotional state; |
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Believes that a common minimum standard should provide for a degree of protection of procedural safeguards that adequately reflects the vulnerability of certain groups of persons who are at a particular disadvantage in terms of asserting their rights, owing for example to age, infirmity, physical or mental handicap or illiteracy, and that minors should at all events be included within these groups; considers attention should be drawn to their vulnerable situation by these persons themselves, law enforcement officials or the defence lawyer at the commencement of proceedings from the first time the defendant comes into contact with a law enforcement official, submitted to the judicial body for consideration and form the subject of monitoring within the criminal proceedings; considers that it should be the duty of all officials to draw attention to the vulnerability of such persons from the point of arrest and their initial questioning and that it should at any event automatically be taken into consideration as soon as it becomes apparent and, in particular, that appropriate medical assistance should be guaranteed for anyone who appears or declares themself to be in a precarious state of health and that specific safeguard instruments should be established for anyone appearing to be vulnerable owing to their mental or emotional state;

| 13. | Considers that the list of especially vulnerable people appears to be exhaustive; considers that for whom provision is already made by the Member States by means of special procedures or specialist judges in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, merit greater consideration; considers that, as regards those suffering from mental or nervous illnesses, a psychiatrist should always be involved in the proceedings, in order to prevent any abuse either by the police or by the suspects or defendants themselves; considers that the consequence of any failure to assess and report a suspect's vulnerability may be to render the subsequent procedure null and void if such failure has not been rectified; |
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13.

Considers that the list of especially vulnerable people appears to be exhaustive; considers that for whom provision is already made by the Member States by means of special procedures or specialist judges in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, merit greater consideration; considers that, as regards those suffering from mental or nervous illnesses, a psychiatrist should always be involved in the proceedings, in order to prevent any abuse either by the police or by the suspects or defendants themselves; considers that the consequence of any failure to assess and report a suspect's vulnerability may be to render the subsequent procedure null and void if such failure has not been rectified;

| 14. | Considers that a common minimum standard should include the right of a person to contact their consular representative or an appropriate organisation without delay and the consequent requirement for the Member States to provide consular assistance (even where all the Member States are already bound by existing national, EU and international instruments) and to make their consular representation responsible for upholding the rights of their nationals abroad when they are charged with, or arrested for, allegedly having committed an offence, and should also lay down a requirement for the police, judicial or prison authorities (as appropriate) to inform foreigners who have been arrested (and to do so immediately upon their arrest) that they may notify their country's consul regarding the circumstances of their arrest, ask the consul to visit them or establish contact with them and with their family; penalties should also be laid down, to be imposed in the event of non-compliance; |
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14.

Considers that a common minimum standard should include the right of a person to contact their consular representative or an appropriate organisation without delay and the consequent requirement for the Member States to provide consular assistance (even where all the Member States are already bound by existing national, EU and international instruments) and to make their consular representation responsible for upholding the rights of their nationals abroad when they are charged with, or arrested for, allegedly having committed an offence, and should also lay down a requirement for the police, judicial or prison authorities (as appropriate) to inform foreigners who have been arrested (and to do so immediately upon their arrest) that they may notify their country's consul regarding the circumstances of their arrest, ask the consul to visit them or establish contact with them and with their family; penalties should also be laid down, to be imposed in the event of non-compliance;

| 15. | Notes that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which all Member States are party, entitles suspects and defendants to consular assistance from the country of which they are a national, and that people should be made aware of this right, and the EU and Member States should work for the strengthening and modernisation of the Convention to give more effective protection e.g. to make representations when safeguards are being violated and to represent a Member State's refugees and long-term residents who are not citizens of the European Union; notes that consular assistance, as provided for by the Vienna Convention, shall be guaranteed by the presence of an official who should be responsible for looking after the rights of suspects and defendants and should liaise with the families and lawyers of those concerned; |
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15.

Notes that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which all Member States are party, entitles suspects and defendants to consular assistance from the country of which they are a national, and that people should be made aware of this right, and the EU and Member States should work for the strengthening and modernisation of the Convention to give more effective protection e.g. to make representations when safeguards are being violated and to represent a Member State's refugees and long-term residents who are not citizens of the European Union; notes that consular assistance, as provided for by the Vienna Convention, shall be guaranteed by the presence of an official who should be responsible for looking after the rights of suspects and defendants and should liaise with the families and lawyers of those concerned;

| 16. | Believes that a common minimum standard should impose a requirement on the Member States to furnish suspects and defendants, as soon as they enter a police station or enter into contact with another law enforcement official for the first time, with a written, readily comprehensible ‘Statement of Rights’ which sets out their fundamental rights in a language they understand, and that a receipt should be signed by the defendant and set down in record, except in cases where, in front of a lawyer, he/she waives this right and declines to sign, or considers that, in any event, they should be informed by an official of the existence of charges against them; points out that this statement is not intended to take the place of the obligation to advise suspects that anything they say may be used in evidence against them, but should supplement that obligation; |
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16.

Believes that a common minimum standard should impose a requirement on the Member States to furnish suspects and defendants, as soon as they enter a police station or enter into contact with another law enforcement official for the first time, with a written, readily comprehensible ‘Statement of Rights’ which sets out their fundamental rights in a language they understand, and that a receipt should be signed by the defendant and set down in record, except in cases where, in front of a lawyer, he/she waives this right and declines to sign, or considers that, in any event, they should be informed by an official of the existence of charges against them; points out that this statement is not intended to take the place of the obligation to advise suspects that anything they say may be used in evidence against them, but should supplement that obligation;

| 17. | Considers the statement of rights to be a useful information tool for the defence which should be drawn up in several languages, given to suspects and defendants as soon as they come into contact with the authorities which have initiated proceedings and consist of two parts:






  (a) | a general part common to all Member States, setting out the following rights:






  — | right to be assisted by counsel of their own choice, even when they are unable to pay for it; |
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17.

Considers the statement of rights to be a useful information tool for the defence which should be drawn up in several languages, given to suspects and defendants as soon as they come into contact with the authorities which have initiated proceedings and consist of two parts:

(a)

a general part common to all Member States, setting out the following rights:

—

right to be assisted by counsel of their own choice, even when they are unable to pay for it;

| — | right to be informed of the nature of and grounds for the charges against them, in a language they understand, and to be given the necessary time and instruments to prepare their defence; |
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right to be informed of the nature of and grounds for the charges against them, in a language they understand, and to be given the necessary time and instruments to prepare their defence;

| — | right to an interpreter, free of charge; |
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right to an interpreter, free of charge;

| — | right to contact their families; |
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right to contact their families;

| — | right to remain silent; |
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right to remain silent;

| — | right to request that evidence be acquired or used; |
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right to request that evidence be acquired or used;

| — | right to a judicial review of the measures adopted; |
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right to a judicial review of the measures adopted;

| — | right to consular assistance; |
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right to consular assistance;

| — | right to medical treatment or check-ups; |
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right to medical treatment or check-ups;

| (b) | a special part illustrating the particular advantages offered by the State in which proceedings are to take place; |
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(b)

a special part illustrating the particular advantages offered by the State in which proceedings are to take place;

considers that the statement should be drawn up at European level, with the requirement that it be constantly updated and that Member States should be responsible for disseminating it; believes that any failure to give suspects/defendants their statement of rights must be penalised by declaring all subsequent measures dependent on it null and void;

| 18. | Is aware that a means of assessing or supervising the way in which common minimum standards are actually applied would help to build mutual trust in the police and judicial systems of each Member State and that this lies at the heart of a common area of freedom, security and justice and will help to ensure that the system of mutual recognition functions properly: firstly, the way in which the Member States have incorporated the principles of the common minimum standards into their national law must be monitored; secondly, the Commission must check that the national provisions incorporating the common minimum standards into the Member States' system of laws are actually applied, on the basis of statistical reports drawn up by the Member States every two years and of other information gathered by the Commission — for instance, the services of the network of independent experts on fundamental rights, which is already in place, could be used to assess the extent to which the agreed common standards on procedural safeguards are being applied and at the same time reports of non-compliance could be investigated; on those bases the Commission should draw up a general report to be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council every two and a half years, in which the degree of compliance at each of the procedural levels and stages is indicated; |
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18.

Is aware that a means of assessing or supervising the way in which common minimum standards are actually applied would help to build mutual trust in the police and judicial systems of each Member State and that this lies at the heart of a common area of freedom, security and justice and will help to ensure that the system of mutual recognition functions properly: firstly, the way in which the Member States have incorporated the principles of the common minimum standards into their national law must be monitored; secondly, the Commission must check that the national provisions incorporating the common minimum standards into the Member States' system of laws are actually applied, on the basis of statistical reports drawn up by the Member States every two years and of other information gathered by the Commission — for instance, the services of the network of independent experts on fundamental rights, which is already in place, could be used to assess the extent to which the agreed common standards on procedural safeguards are being applied and at the same time reports of non-compliance could be investigated; on those bases the Commission should draw up a general report to be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council every two and a half years, in which the degree of compliance at each of the procedural levels and stages is indicated;

| 19. | Shares the view of the Commission that the main problem in terms of standards is more the deficiencies in practice than their absence; considers therefore that provisions should be included in the framework decision for effective enforcement and sanctions including the invalidation of a judicial decision in case of serious breaches of the common fundamental standards; considers that in order to ensure compliance with minimum fair trial standards, the Member States must provide for adequate legal sanctions in cases of infringement, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 of the TEU for cases of serious breaches by a Member State; |
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19.

Shares the view of the Commission that the main problem in terms of standards is more the deficiencies in practice than their absence; considers therefore that provisions should be included in the framework decision for effective enforcement and sanctions including the invalidation of a judicial decision in case of serious breaches of the common fundamental standards; considers that in order to ensure compliance with minimum fair trial standards, the Member States must provide for adequate legal sanctions in cases of infringement, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7 of the TEU for cases of serious breaches by a Member State;

| 20. | Stresses that such a framework decision should include provisions governing other fundamental rights of suspects and defendants such as the right of bail, the right of a due process of law, rules on the admissibility and weight of evidence, the ne bis in idem principle, the right of silence (right against self-incrimination), the right to be presumed innocent, guarantees covering pre- and post sentence detention and the right to review of decisions and appeal proceedings; |
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20.

Stresses that such a framework decision should include provisions governing other fundamental rights of suspects and defendants such as the right of bail, the right of a due process of law, rules on the admissibility and weight of evidence, the ne bis in idem principle, the right of silence (right against self-incrimination), the right to be presumed innocent, guarantees covering pre- and post sentence detention and the right to review of decisions and appeal proceedings;

| 21. | Urges the Commission to start work on a new proposal that includes standards on methods of investigation, conditions of detention and duration of pre-trial detention, pre-trial orders, admissibility and weight of evidence and the right to bail; |
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21.

Urges the Commission to start work on a new proposal that includes standards on methods of investigation, conditions of detention and duration of pre-trial detention, pre-trial orders, admissibility and weight of evidence and the right to bail;

| 22. | Regrets that the Green Paper (COM(2003) 75) and the proposal for a framework decision that is soon to be published) only covers the right to legal assistance and representation, the right to interpretation and translation, protection for vulnerable suspects, consular assistance and the statement of rights; |
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22.

Regrets that the Green Paper (COM(2003) 75) and the proposal for a framework decision that is soon to be published) only covers the right to legal assistance and representation, the right to interpretation and translation, protection for vulnerable suspects, consular assistance and the statement of rights;

| 23. | Urges the Council and the Commission to speed up the investigation on the condition of prisoners and of prisons in the EU, with a view to adopting a framework decision on prisoners' rights and common minimum standards to guarantee such rights on the basis of Article 6 TEU; |
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23.

Urges the Council and the Commission to speed up the investigation on the condition of prisoners and of prisons in the EU, with a view to adopting a framework decision on prisoners' rights and common minimum standards to guarantee such rights on the basis of Article 6 TEU;

| 24. | Urges the Council and the Commission to take initiatives at EU level to solve the problem of the excessive length of trials, which in some Member States has become a systematic, grave and repeated violation of fundamental rights; |
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24.

Urges the Council and the Commission to take initiatives at EU level to solve the problem of the excessive length of trials, which in some Member States has become a systematic, grave and repeated violation of fundamental rights;

| 25. | Believes that the legal basis identified by the Commission, notably Article 6 TEU, is absolutely correct; |
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25.

Believes that the legal basis identified by the Commission, notably Article 6 TEU, is absolutely correct;

| 26. | Considers that, given that one or more Member States provide levels of protection which are higher than the common ‘minimum’ levels, European ‘minimum’ safeguards must not merely be those common to all legal systems of the Member States but must be based on those guarantees which (even if contained in a single constitutional legal system) provide greater protection or specify more clearly the fundamental rights of the defendant in the light of the constitutional traditions of the various States; |
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26.

Considers that, given that one or more Member States provide levels of protection which are higher than the common ‘minimum’ levels, European ‘minimum’ safeguards must not merely be those common to all legal systems of the Member States but must be based on those guarantees which (even if contained in a single constitutional legal system) provide greater protection or specify more clearly the fundamental rights of the defendant in the light of the constitutional traditions of the various States;

| 27. | Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, and to the Commission for information. |
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27.

Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, and to the Commission for information.

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(1)  Council of Europe, STE 005.

(2)  OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

(3)  OJ C 19, 23.1.1999, p. 1.

(4)  OJ C 12, 15.1.2001, p. 10.

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

(6)  OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 41.

P5_TA(2003)0485

Women in the new information society

European Parliament resolution on women in the new information society (2003/2047(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 2, 3(2) and 141(4) of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Articles 2, 3(2) and 141(4) of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to the Lisbon Strategy and the Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 on the objective of building a ‘learning society’ in Europe (1), |
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having regard to the Lisbon Strategy and the Presidency Conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 on the objective of building a ‘learning society’ in Europe (1),

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of 23 and 24 March 2001 (1), |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of 23 and 24 March 2001 (1),

| — | having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 (1), |
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having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002 (1),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2836/98 of 22 December 1998 on integrating of gender issues in development cooperation (2), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2836/98 of 22 December 1998 on integrating of gender issues in development cooperation (2),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 781/98 of 7 April 1998 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities in respect of equal treatment (3), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 781/98 of 7 April 1998 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities in respect of equal treatment (3),

| — | having regard to European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/73/EC of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (4), |
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having regard to European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/73/EC of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (4),

| — | having regard to Council Decision 2001/63/EC of 19 January 2001 on Guidelines for Member States' employment policies for the year 2001 (5), |
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having regard to Council Decision 2001/63/EC of 19 January 2001 on Guidelines for Member States' employment policies for the year 2001 (5),

| — | having regard to Commission Decision 2000/407/EC of 19 June 2000 relating to gender balance within the committees and expert groups established by it (6), |
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having regard to Commission Decision 2000/407/EC of 19 June 2000 relating to gender balance within the committees and expert groups established by it (6),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 3 July 2001 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament: ‘Framework Strategy on Gender Equality — Work Programme for 2001’ (7), |
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having regard to its resolution of 3 July 2001 on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament: ‘Framework Strategy on Gender Equality — Work Programme for 2001’ (7),

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 3 February 2003 entitled ‘Framework Strategy on Gender Equality — Work Programme for 2003’ (COM(2003) 47), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 3 February 2003 entitled ‘Framework Strategy on Gender Equality — Work Programme for 2003’ (COM(2003) 47),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2000 on the communication from the Commission entitled ‘Women and science — Mobilising women to enrich European research’ (8), |
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having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2000 on the communication from the Commission entitled ‘Women and science — Mobilising women to enrich European research’ (8),

| — | having regard to the resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 17 December 1999 on the employment and social dimensions of the information society (9), |
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having regard to the resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 17 December 1999 on the employment and social dimensions of the information society (9),

| — | having regard to the Council Resolution of 20 May 1999 on women and science (10), |
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having regard to the Council Resolution of 20 May 1999 on women and science (10),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the Commission communication entitled ‘Incorporating equal opportunities for women and men into all Community policies and activities — “mainstreaming”’ (11), |
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having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the Commission communication entitled ‘Incorporating equal opportunities for women and men into all Community policies and activities — “mainstreaming”’ (11),

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 7 June 2000: Towards a Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005) (COM(2000) 335), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 7 June 2000: Towards a Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005) (COM(2000) 335),

| — | having regard to the Annual Report on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union 2002 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 5 March 2003 (COM(2003) 98), |
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having regard to the Annual Report on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union 2002 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 5 March 2003 (COM(2003) 98),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication of 21 November 2001‘Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality’ (COM(2001) 678), |
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having regard to the Commission communication of 21 November 2001‘Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality’ (COM(2001) 678),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2001 on the Commission communications on the initiative and the action plan for 2001-2004 entitled ‘eLearning — Designing tomorrow's education’ (12), |
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having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2001 on the Commission communications on the initiative and the action plan for 2001-2004 entitled ‘eLearning — Designing tomorrow's education’ (12),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2001 on the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament ‘Designing tomorrow's education: promoting innovation with new technologies’ (13), |
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having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2001 on the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament ‘Designing tomorrow's education: promoting innovation with new technologies’ (13),

| — | having regard to the Commission report of 31 January 2001 on ‘The concrete future objectives of education systems’ (COM(2001) 59), |
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having regard to the Commission report of 31 January 2001 on ‘The concrete future objectives of education systems’ (COM(2001) 59),

| — | having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 28 May 2002: eEurope 2005 — an Information Society for all, an action plan for the Sevilla European Council 2002, 21/22 June 2002 (COM(2002) 263), |
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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 28 May 2002: eEurope 2005 — an Information Society for all, an action plan for the Sevilla European Council 2002, 21/22 June 2002 (COM(2002) 263),

| — | taking into account the communication from the Commission to the Member States of 14 April 2000 establishing guidelines for the community initiative Equal (14), and more precisely Pillar 4 of the programme aiming to ‘reconcile family and working life’ and ‘to reduce the gender pay gap and combat job segregation’, |
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taking into account the communication from the Commission to the Member States of 14 April 2000 establishing guidelines for the community initiative Equal (14), and more precisely Pillar 4 of the programme aiming to ‘reconcile family and working life’ and ‘to reduce the gender pay gap and combat job segregation’,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the 47th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2003 on participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women (15), |
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having regard to the conclusions of the 47th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2003 on participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women (15),

| — | having regard to the ongoing preparations for the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in December 2003 and in 2005 (16) and for the World Conference on Women Beijing+10, |
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having regard to the ongoing preparations for the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in December 2003 and in 2005 (16) and for the World Conference on Women Beijing+10,

| — | having regard to the documentation of the International ‘ITech Women’ Conference held in Vienna in October 2001 (17), |
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having regard to the documentation of the International ‘ITech Women’ Conference held in Vienna in October 2001 (17),

| — | having regard to the Report ‘eCommerce and Development’ of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva 2002 (18), |
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having regard to the Report ‘eCommerce and Development’ of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva 2002 (18),

| — | having regard to the documentation of the Expert Group Meeting, organised by the UN ICT Task Force in November 2002, on the advancement and empowerment of women (19), |
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having regard to the documentation of the Expert Group Meeting, organised by the UN ICT Task Force in November 2002, on the advancement and empowerment of women (19),

| — | having regard to the Eurostat publication ‘The life of women and men in Europe — A statistical portrait: data 1980-2000’, |
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having regard to the Eurostat publication ‘The life of women and men in Europe — A statistical portrait: data 1980-2000’,

| — | having regard to statistics on women and science available online (20), |
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having regard to statistics on women and science available online (20),

| — | having regard to the political guidelines laid down by the Nice European Council and commitments to improve access to lifelong education and training, particularly in the new technology sector (21), |
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having regard to the political guidelines laid down by the Nice European Council and commitments to improve access to lifelong education and training, particularly in the new technology sector (21),

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the Athens informal ministerial meeting on ‘Gender and Information Society’ on 6 May 2003 (22), |
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having regard to the conclusions of the Athens informal ministerial meeting on ‘Gender and Information Society’ on 6 May 2003 (22),

| — | having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0279/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (A5-0279/2003),

| A. | whereas globalisation and information and communication technologies (ICT) have dramatically changed all areas of European working and social life and are making constant progress, |
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A.

whereas globalisation and information and communication technologies (ICT) have dramatically changed all areas of European working and social life and are making constant progress,

| B. | whereas the current policy framework for the development of new ICT has largely been focused on economic aspects and the control of the ICT is primarily left to the private sector, without any social impact assessment or proper incentive policies for equal rights of women and men, in order to acquire the necessary skills for the ‘knowledge society’; whereas this approach leads to a mistaken perception that participation is open to all, |
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B.

whereas the current policy framework for the development of new ICT has largely been focused on economic aspects and the control of the ICT is primarily left to the private sector, without any social impact assessment or proper incentive policies for equal rights of women and men, in order to acquire the necessary skills for the ‘knowledge society’; whereas this approach leads to a mistaken perception that participation is open to all,

| C. | whereas the traditional approach to new ICT is based on economic, professional and technical arguments and the misconceived view that participation is open to all, |
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C.

whereas the traditional approach to new ICT is based on economic, professional and technical arguments and the misconceived view that participation is open to all,

| D. | whereas the information society and access to ICT is widely considered to be gender neutral with no inherent structural gender discrimination, |
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D.

whereas the information society and access to ICT is widely considered to be gender neutral with no inherent structural gender discrimination,

| E. | whereas the development of new information technologies occurs without any real involvement of women in the decision-making process, |
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E.

whereas the development of new information technologies occurs without any real involvement of women in the decision-making process,

| F. | whereas the planned policies about the information society do not address any gender issues and fail to recognise the uneven results for men and women, |
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F.

whereas the planned policies about the information society do not address any gender issues and fail to recognise the uneven results for men and women,

| G. | whereas the emerging danger of social exclusion emanating from the inability to use ICT — digital illiteracy — particularly concerns women, |
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G.

whereas the emerging danger of social exclusion emanating from the inability to use ICT — digital illiteracy — particularly concerns women,

| H. | whereas there is inadequate representation and participation of women journalists in decision-making posts in the media sector, as evidenced by a lack of attention to women's issues and the frequent projection of an image of women which does not correspond to their real role, |
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H.

whereas there is inadequate representation and participation of women journalists in decision-making posts in the media sector, as evidenced by a lack of attention to women's issues and the frequent projection of an image of women which does not correspond to their real role,

| I. | whereas the emergence of ICT has also had an impact on consumers, in particular the emergence of ecommerce, where women control most consumer spending, |
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I.

whereas the emergence of ICT has also had an impact on consumers, in particular the emergence of ecommerce, where women control most consumer spending,

| J. | whereas studies and data show a persistent gender imbalance to the disadvantage of women in ICT related education and ICT related jobs, |
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J.

whereas studies and data show a persistent gender imbalance to the disadvantage of women in ICT related education and ICT related jobs,

| K. | whereas the right to participate in the information society must enable women to fully take on their role as actors in shaping the society of the future, |
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K.

whereas the right to participate in the information society must enable women to fully take on their role as actors in shaping the society of the future,

| L. | whereas educational and vocational systems in most European countries tend to sustain prejudices and stereotyped perceptions of the ICT professions and ICT industry, with disappointing figures of less than 20% female students in the ICT sector, and even fewer women setting up their own businesses and being in positions of responsibility and creativity in this sector, |
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L.

whereas educational and vocational systems in most European countries tend to sustain prejudices and stereotyped perceptions of the ICT professions and ICT industry, with disappointing figures of less than 20% female students in the ICT sector, and even fewer women setting up their own businesses and being in positions of responsibility and creativity in this sector,

| M. | whereas 60% of new work opportunities during the five past years have been in the ICT sector which is sex-segregated and where disproportionate numbers of women are in lower-paid jobs; whereas the present economic development of new technologies adds to the disparities between women and men and deepens the structural weakness that sustains this gap, |
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M.

whereas 60% of new work opportunities during the five past years have been in the ICT sector which is sex-segregated and where disproportionate numbers of women are in lower-paid jobs; whereas the present economic development of new technologies adds to the disparities between women and men and deepens the structural weakness that sustains this gap,

| N. | whereas although the Fifth Framework Programme for research and technological development sets a target of a minimum participation level of 40% for each gender, women account for only for 14,5% of start-ups in the multimedia and information sector, |
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N.

whereas although the Fifth Framework Programme for research and technological development sets a target of a minimum participation level of 40% for each gender, women account for only for 14,5% of start-ups in the multimedia and information sector,

| O. | whereas private and public sectors are obliged to care about gender equality, promoting the participation of each gender, |
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O.

whereas private and public sectors are obliged to care about gender equality, promoting the participation of each gender,

| P. | whereas the under-representation of women in science and the ICT sector prevents the achievement of the Lisbon objectives, |
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P.

whereas the under-representation of women in science and the ICT sector prevents the achievement of the Lisbon objectives,

| Q. | whereas Europe continues to see the under-representation of women in science and the ICT sector and is failing to make the most of its human resources and potential; as a result the gap between Europe and the US in terms of innovation and economic competitiveness cannot be reduced, |
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Q.

whereas Europe continues to see the under-representation of women in science and the ICT sector and is failing to make the most of its human resources and potential; as a result the gap between Europe and the US in terms of innovation and economic competitiveness cannot be reduced,

| R. | whereas the rapid growth of ICT is universally recognised as the most important factor in the development of any nation, and that new technologies, in the context of globalisation, offer new opportunities, which, however, are often least accessible to women, |
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R.

whereas the rapid growth of ICT is universally recognised as the most important factor in the development of any nation, and that new technologies, in the context of globalisation, offer new opportunities, which, however, are often least accessible to women,

| S. | whereas it is of the utmost importance that due attention be paid to formulating parameters as regards the participation of women in the ICT sector, not only in the current Member States, but also in new Member States, including Bulgaria and Romania, |
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S.

whereas it is of the utmost importance that due attention be paid to formulating parameters as regards the participation of women in the ICT sector, not only in the current Member States, but also in new Member States, including Bulgaria and Romania,

| 1. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise policies
  , supported by sufficient financial resources,
  intended to include women
  — both young and old —
  in all sectors of the new ICT
  , with the objective of achieving a gender-balanced information society
  ; |
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1.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise policies
  , supported by sufficient financial resources,
  intended to include women
  — both young and old —
  in all sectors of the new ICT
  , with the objective of achieving a gender-balanced information society
  ;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the full involvement of women in planning and decision-making on information society policies and
  to promote the full and equal participation of women in the media, including management, programming, education, training and research
  ; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the full involvement of women in planning and decision-making on information society policies and
  to promote the full and equal participation of women in the media, including management, programming, education, training and research
  ;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to women at risk of being excluded from the benefits of the information society, such as older women, unemployed and lowincome women, migrant women, women belonging to ethnic minorities and women with disabilities, in order to prevent the emergence of a two-speed society and to give them the opportunity to participate in easily accessible ICT courses in their home localities; |
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3.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to women at risk of being excluded from the benefits of the information society, such as older women, unemployed and lowincome women, migrant women, women belonging to ethnic minorities and women with disabilities, in order to prevent the emergence of a two-speed society and to give them the opportunity to participate in easily accessible ICT courses in their home localities;

| 4. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to draw up a gender assessment of the implications of policies on the new ICT; points out that priority areas should be programmes for assessment and support launched by and for women; |
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4.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to draw up a gender assessment of the implications of policies on the new ICT; points out that priority areas should be programmes for assessment and support launched by and for women;

| 5. | Urges the Commission to collect systematic data on structural differences in the ICT sector broken down by gender in the sectors of education and the labour market (education level and type of education, type of jobs and level of seniority, grades and wages); |
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5.

Urges the Commission to collect systematic data on structural differences in the ICT sector broken down by gender in the sectors of education and the labour market (education level and type of education, type of jobs and level of seniority, grades and wages);

| 6. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the broad use of information and communication tools by women in order to enhance the effectiveness of strategies for the advancement of the equality of women, such as awareness campaigns, encouraging networking, taking up opportunities in the ICT sector, support for equal participation in social and public life and eliminating discriminatory stereotypes; |
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6.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the broad use of information and communication tools by women in order to enhance the effectiveness of strategies for the advancement of the equality of women, such as awareness campaigns, encouraging networking, taking up opportunities in the ICT sector, support for equal participation in social and public life and eliminating discriminatory stereotypes;

| 7. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to strengthening women's ICT and the creation of enterprises by women, and supporting financial institutions that lend specifically to women entrepreneurs; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to strengthening women's ICT and the creation of enterprises by women, and supporting financial institutions that lend specifically to women entrepreneurs;

| 8. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement gender equality policies that aim in particular to promote vocational training, lifelong learning, compatibility between professional and private life and the equal division of family responsibilities between men and women, which will facilitate the participation of women in the information society; |
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8.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement gender equality policies that aim in particular to promote vocational training, lifelong learning, compatibility between professional and private life and the equal division of family responsibilities between men and women, which will facilitate the participation of women in the information society;

| 9. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make a commitment — with the full use of Structural Funds and in particular the Social Fund — for training in ICT, particularly with regard to entry or return to the job market (unemployed women, initiatives for re-training, all in the context of the Lisbon objective for labour force participation levels); |
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9.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make a commitment — with the full use of Structural Funds and in particular the Social Fund — for training in ICT, particularly with regard to entry or return to the job market (unemployed women, initiatives for re-training, all in the context of the Lisbon objective for labour force participation levels);

| 10. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to formulate benchmarks and standards, based on the equality of women and men, that should be reflected across the board in communications, including images in advertising, the media and on the internet; |
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10.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to formulate benchmarks and standards, based on the equality of women and men, that should be reflected across the board in communications, including images in advertising, the media and on the internet;

| 11. | Calls on the Member States to encourage the inclusion of ICT in primary schooling from an early age, thus giving girls a more natural relationship with ICT and counteracting the gender-stereotypical attitude to ICT which may occur later in life; |
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11.

Calls on the Member States to encourage the inclusion of ICT in primary schooling from an early age, thus giving girls a more natural relationship with ICT and counteracting the gender-stereotypical attitude to ICT which may occur later in life;

| 12. | Calls for democratic and transparent governance of ICT policies at European and national level in order to ensure immediate information, affordable access and effective use by all citizens; |
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12.

Calls for democratic and transparent governance of ICT policies at European and national level in order to ensure immediate information, affordable access and effective use by all citizens;

| 13. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a strategy ensuring an extensive infrastructure providing home access, equipment and connection as well as stepping up public investments by prioritising quality internet access structures in schools, libraries and other venues frequented by young women, especially in rural and suburban areas (which currently have inadequate provision), poorer regions and the accession countries; |
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13.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a strategy ensuring an extensive infrastructure providing home access, equipment and connection as well as stepping up public investments by prioritising quality internet access structures in schools, libraries and other venues frequented by young women, especially in rural and suburban areas (which currently have inadequate provision), poorer regions and the accession countries;

| 14. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to continue existing gender mainstreaming policies and initiatives for confronting the under-representation of women in education in the fields of ICT by implementing a gender sensitive approach in all educational fields at all levels, focusing on the new role of ICT in daily life, in the labour market and in initiatives for combating stereotypes of young women in ICT-related occupations; |
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14.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to continue existing gender mainstreaming policies and initiatives for confronting the under-representation of women in education in the fields of ICT by implementing a gender sensitive approach in all educational fields at all levels, focusing on the new role of ICT in daily life, in the labour market and in initiatives for combating stereotypes of young women in ICT-related occupations;

| 15. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make a commitment to:






  (a) | integrate specific ICT training for women within a broader process of cooperation between all the parties concerned: the education authorities and organisations, school and vocational guidance, the private and public sectors, training organisations, lenders of capital, central and/or regional and/or local authorities, equal opportunities organisations, undertakings, women's groups or associations; |
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15.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make a commitment to:

(a)

integrate specific ICT training for women within a broader process of cooperation between all the parties concerned: the education authorities and organisations, school and vocational guidance, the private and public sectors, training organisations, lenders of capital, central and/or regional and/or local authorities, equal opportunities organisations, undertakings, women's groups or associations;

| (b) | reorganise school, university and vocational guidance services in such a way that they seek out, rather than wait to be approached by, the people concerned and encourage the participation of girls in higher education, particularly in technical and technological fields; |
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(b)

reorganise school, university and vocational guidance services in such a way that they seek out, rather than wait to be approached by, the people concerned and encourage the participation of girls in higher education, particularly in technical and technological fields;

| (c) | encourage the participation of women and girls in specific ICT training courses by providing more decentralised and more widely distributed education and training facilities; |
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(c)

encourage the participation of women and girls in specific ICT training courses by providing more decentralised and more widely distributed education and training facilities;

| (d) | develop awareness and information measures so as to offer women and those around them images of women engaged in non-traditional activities, particularly those related to ICT activities; |
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(d)

develop awareness and information measures so as to offer women and those around them images of women engaged in non-traditional activities, particularly those related to ICT activities;

| (e) | encourage greater participation by girls in the various initial vocational training systems outside the school education system, especially ITC apprenticeships, and adapt or, where appropriate, abolish types of training for women which do not provide real occupational skills or lead girls into traditionally female or overcrowded occupations; |
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encourage greater participation by girls in the various initial vocational training systems outside the school education system, especially ITC apprenticeships, and adapt or, where appropriate, abolish types of training for women which do not provide real occupational skills or lead girls into traditionally female or overcrowded occupations;

| 16. | Stresses the important role of the social partners for implementing gender equality and equal treatment in employment, promoting the advancement of women to senior positions, lifelong training, collaborating with the educational system and modernising curricula in order to facilitate the transition from school to work, making use of new forms of elearning; |
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16.

Stresses the important role of the social partners for implementing gender equality and equal treatment in employment, promoting the advancement of women to senior positions, lifelong training, collaborating with the educational system and modernising curricula in order to facilitate the transition from school to work, making use of new forms of elearning;

| 17. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to submit practical strategy proposals and contribute to the incorporation of horizontal policies for gender equality in the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society scheduled to be held in Geneva in December 2003; |
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17.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to submit practical strategy proposals and contribute to the incorporation of horizontal policies for gender equality in the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society scheduled to be held in Geneva in December 2003;

| 18. | Calls on the Commission and the Council, within the framework of EU and Member State development policies, to pay due attention to the fact that the education of women and girls should be recognised as the most important factor in sustainable development in developing countries, paying particular attention to the advantages that ICT offers women (specifically, the new forms of information transfer in the areas of health, (sexual) education, food production and environmental knowledge); |
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18.

Calls on the Commission and the Council, within the framework of EU and Member State development policies, to pay due attention to the fact that the education of women and girls should be recognised as the most important factor in sustainable development in developing countries, paying particular attention to the advantages that ICT offers women (specifically, the new forms of information transfer in the areas of health, (sexual) education, food production and environmental knowledge);

| 19. | Calls on the Commission to promote programmes and projects in developing countries, establishing networks of women in ICT with the aim of strengthening the economic capacity of women, which, linked with new technology, would lead to a more active participation by women in the shaping of the new economy and society, helping them to lift themselves and their families out of poverty; |
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19.

Calls on the Commission to promote programmes and projects in developing countries, establishing networks of women in ICT with the aim of strengthening the economic capacity of women, which, linked with new technology, would lead to a more active participation by women in the shaping of the new economy and society, helping them to lift themselves and their families out of poverty;

| 20. | Requests that the Commission, together with industry, study the ways in which ICT technology and products could be made available, as cheaply as possible, on a wide scale in developing countries, taking full account of the potential local production capacities, in order to prevent a division between the few people able to purchase expensive technology and the masses who cannot; |
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20.

Requests that the Commission, together with industry, study the ways in which ICT technology and products could be made available, as cheaply as possible, on a wide scale in developing countries, taking full account of the potential local production capacities, in order to prevent a division between the few people able to purchase expensive technology and the masses who cannot;

| 21. | Calls on the Commission, within the framework of the financial programmes for the accession countries — and, after accession in 2004, within the Structural Funds — to give a higher priority to educational, professional programmes whereby ICT is offered to unemployed women to increase their chances on the labour market; |
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21.

Calls on the Commission, within the framework of the financial programmes for the accession countries — and, after accession in 2004, within the Structural Funds — to give a higher priority to educational, professional programmes whereby ICT is offered to unemployed women to increase their chances on the labour market;

| 22. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States and the Accession Countries. |
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22.

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

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(1)  http://ue.eu.int/en/Info/eurocouncil/index.htm

(2)  OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 5.

(3)  OJ L 113, 15.4.1998, p. 4.

(4)  OJ L 269, 5.10.2002, p. 15.

(5)  OJ L 22, 24.1.2001, p. 18.

(6)  OJ L 154, 27.6.2000, p. 34.

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(9)  OJ C 8, 12.1.2000, p. 1.

(10)  OJ C 201, 16.7.1999, p. 1.

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(13)  OJ C 34 E, 7.2.2002, p. 143.

(14)  OJ C 127, 5.5.2000, p. 2.

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(22)  http://www.eu2003.gr//en/articles/2003/5/6/2680/

P5_TA(2003)0486

Taxation of passenger cars

European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication on taxation of passenger cars in the European Union (COM(2002) 431 — (2002/2260(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission communication (COM(2002) 431 — C5-0573/2002), |
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having regard to the Commission communication (COM(2002) 431 — C5-0573/2002),

| — | having regard to its opinion of 18 June 1998 on the proposal for a Council Directive governing the tax treatment of private motor vehicles moved permanently to another Member State in connection with a transfer of residence or used temporarily in a Member State other than that in which they are registered (1), |
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having regard to its opinion of 18 June 1998 on the proposal for a Council Directive governing the tax treatment of private motor vehicles moved permanently to another Member State in connection with a transfer of residence or used temporarily in a Member State other than that in which they are registered (1),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2002 on the Commission communication to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee on tax policy in the European Union — Priorities for the years ahead (2), |
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having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2002 on the Commission communication to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee on tax policy in the European Union — Priorities for the years ahead (2),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 92/81/EEC and Directive 92/82/EEC to introduce special tax arrangements for diesel fuel used for commercial purposes and to align the excise duties on petrol and diesel fuel (COM(2002) 410) (3), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 92/81/EEC and Directive 92/82/EEC to introduce special tax arrangements for diesel fuel used for commercial purposes and to align the excise duties on petrol and diesel fuel (COM(2002) 410) (3),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 10 April 1997 on the Commission communication on a Community strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars and improve fuel economy (4), |
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having regard to its resolution of 10 April 1997 on the Commission communication on a Community strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars and improve fuel economy (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on Implementing the Community Strategy to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Cars: Third annual report on the effectiveness of the strategy (Reporting year 2001) (COM(2002) 693), |
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having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on Implementing the Community Strategy to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Cars: Third annual report on the effectiveness of the strategy (Reporting year 2001) (COM(2002) 693),

| — | having regard to the reports presented at the hearing of experts organised by its Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in March 2003, |
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having regard to the reports presented at the hearing of experts organised by its Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in March 2003,

| — | 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0265/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy and the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0265/2003),

| A. | whereas citizens wishing to transfer their car from one Member State to another face considerable administrative and financial barriers which might impair their right to free movement, |
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A.

whereas citizens wishing to transfer their car from one Member State to another face considerable administrative and financial barriers which might impair their right to free movement,

| B. | whereas the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice every year receive a large number of complaints from citizens concerning problems arising in connection with cross-border movements of cars; whereas this suggests that there is a need to complete the Single Market in this area, |
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B.

whereas the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice every year receive a large number of complaints from citizens concerning problems arising in connection with cross-border movements of cars; whereas this suggests that there is a need to complete the Single Market in this area,

| C. | whereas current legislation requires citizens to re-register their vehicles even for a relatively brief stay in another Member State, and it also prevents companies from re-renting a car registered in one Member State arrived in another, instead requiring the vehicle to be repatriated empty to its country of registration, |
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C.

whereas current legislation requires citizens to re-register their vehicles even for a relatively brief stay in another Member State, and it also prevents companies from re-renting a car registered in one Member State arrived in another, instead requiring the vehicle to be repatriated empty to its country of registration,

| D. | whereas transport is responsible for 28 % of total CO2 emissions, and road transport alone represents 84 % of all transport-related CO2 emissions, half of which is accounted for by passenger cars, |
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D.

whereas transport is responsible for 28 % of total CO2 emissions, and road transport alone represents 84 % of all transport-related CO2 emissions, half of which is accounted for by passenger cars,

| E. | having regard to rising transport-related CO2 emissions and to the continuing trend towards largeengined, high-consumption off-road vehicles (SUVs), |
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E.

having regard to rising transport-related CO2 emissions and to the continuing trend towards largeengined, high-consumption off-road vehicles (SUVs),

| F. | having regard to the objective, laid down in Article 5 of the Sixth Environmental Action Programme, of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector by laying down and implementing additional, specific measures for motor vehicles, |
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F.

having regard to the objective, laid down in Article 5 of the Sixth Environmental Action Programme, of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector by laying down and implementing additional, specific measures for motor vehicles,

| G. | whereas the European Union and its Member States have in ratifying the Kyoto Protocol committed themselves to substantially reduce CO2 emissions over the coming years, |
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G.

whereas the European Union and its Member States have in ratifying the Kyoto Protocol committed themselves to substantially reduce CO2 emissions over the coming years,

| H. | whereas as part of the 1995 Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions, the Commission has secured commitments from the automobile industry aimed at reducing such emissions from new cars from an average of 186 g CO2/km to 140 g CO2/km by 2008/2009, |
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whereas as part of the 1995 Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions, the Commission has secured commitments from the automobile industry aimed at reducing such emissions from new cars from an average of 186 g CO2/km to 140 g CO2/km by 2008/2009,

| I. | having regard to the European Parliament's and the Council's shared objective of reducing new passenger cars' average CO2 emissions to 120 g/km by 2010 at the latest, |
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having regard to the European Parliament's and the Council's shared objective of reducing new passenger cars' average CO2 emissions to 120 g/km by 2010 at the latest,

| J. | whereas tax competition between the Member States is reasonable and advantageous for strong economic development in the EU; |
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J.

whereas tax competition between the Member States is reasonable and advantageous for strong economic development in the EU;

| 1. | Agrees that there is an urgent need to restructure vehicle taxes in the European Union; |
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1.

Agrees that there is an urgent need to restructure vehicle taxes in the European Union;

| 2. | Agrees that it is necessary to improve the functioning of the internal market by removing or reducing administrative barriers between Member States, and to better address wider policy considerations, especially the European Union's environmental commitments; |
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2.

Agrees that it is necessary to improve the functioning of the internal market by removing or reducing administrative barriers between Member States, and to better address wider policy considerations, especially the European Union's environmental commitments;

| 3. | Considers therefore that urgent action must be taken at national level to remove barriers to the free movement of persons and cars; |
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3.

Considers therefore that urgent action must be taken at national level to remove barriers to the free movement of persons and cars;

| 4. | Underlines that passenger car taxation cannot be seen in isolation from the taxation of fuels or from road user charges; |
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4.

Underlines that passenger car taxation cannot be seen in isolation from the taxation of fuels or from road user charges;

| 5. | Underlines its belief that the level of the annual circulation tax paid by users of private cars does not affect the functioning of the internal market and considers that these taxes are of the competence of the National Authorities concerned; |
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5.

Underlines its belief that the level of the annual circulation tax paid by users of private cars does not affect the functioning of the internal market and considers that these taxes are of the competence of the National Authorities concerned;

| 6. | Stresses that such an annual circulation tax is a transparent instrument clearly identifying the component parts relating to emission and consumption levels and is easily understandable and easy to use; |
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6.

Stresses that such an annual circulation tax is a transparent instrument clearly identifying the component parts relating to emission and consumption levels and is easily understandable and easy to use;

| 7. | Emphatically reasserts, in this connection, the demand made in paragraph 7 its abovementioned resolution of 10 April 1997:
  ‘7. Calls on the Commission, in order to promote the introduction of low-consumption and environmentally compatible motor vehicles, to submit a proposal for a directive on the structure of car purchase taxes and/or annual road taxes in the EU, which might include the following points:






  — | an exclusive focus on emissions which affect the environment (vehicle emissions, particles and carbon dioxide), |
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7.

Emphatically reasserts, in this connection, the demand made in paragraph 7 its abovementioned resolution of 10 April 1997:

‘7. Calls on the Commission, in order to promote the introduction of low-consumption and environmentally compatible motor vehicles, to submit a proposal for a directive on the structure of car purchase taxes and/or annual road taxes in the EU, which might include the following points:

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an exclusive focus on emissions which affect the environment (vehicle emissions, particles and carbon dioxide),

| — | classification of each vehicle type according to EU directives on vehicle emission reductions (EURO I, II, III) and establishment of a basic tax for each type which would take account of any lower excise duty on diesel fuel, |
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classification of each vehicle type according to EU directives on vehicle emission reductions (EURO I, II, III) and establishment of a basic tax for each type which would take account of any lower excise duty on diesel fuel,

| — | a progressively graduated CO2 supplement to be levied on passenger cars producing more than 120 g/km of CO2 emissions, which would be added to the basic tax to calculate the final tax level, |
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a progressively graduated CO2 supplement to be levied on passenger cars producing more than 120 g/km of CO2 emissions, which would be added to the basic tax to calculate the final tax level,

| — | rebates to be allowed for vehicles with less than 120 g/km of CO2 emissions, to be structured so as to ensure that ‘three-litre cars’ are tax-free;’ |
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rebates to be allowed for vehicles with less than 120 g/km of CO2 emissions, to be structured so as to ensure that ‘three-litre cars’ are tax-free;’

| 8. | Points out that the proposal to remove the favourable tax treatment for diesel cars in most Member States may be counterproductive insofar as the objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is concerned; |
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Points out that the proposal to remove the favourable tax treatment for diesel cars in most Member States may be counterproductive insofar as the objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is concerned;

| 9. | Stresses its conviction that in order to avoid any reduction of economic activity, the excise duty on fuel should not be set much higher than the external cost of fuel use; |
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9.

Stresses its conviction that in order to avoid any reduction of economic activity, the excise duty on fuel should not be set much higher than the external cost of fuel use;

| 10. | Is of the opinion that the tax structures must be kept simple and transparent and considers that the criteria used for determining the tax should be kept at an absolute minimum; considers that both environmental and road safety parameters are important factors which, when they do not contradict each other, must be used as the basis for a revised tax structure; |
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10.

Is of the opinion that the tax structures must be kept simple and transparent and considers that the criteria used for determining the tax should be kept at an absolute minimum; considers that both environmental and road safety parameters are important factors which, when they do not contradict each other, must be used as the basis for a revised tax structure;

| 11. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that tax benefits are accorded to low-pollution passenger vehicles and to technical innovations in vehicles aimed at the further reduction of gas pollution; |
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11.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that tax benefits are accorded to low-pollution passenger vehicles and to technical innovations in vehicles aimed at the further reduction of gas pollution;

| 12. | Considers, in addition, that changes are necessary in a number of other areas in order to ensure an optimal environmental impact, for example registration and insurance requirements for temporary transfers from one Member State to another should be reformed and made more flexible; |
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12.

Considers, in addition, that changes are necessary in a number of other areas in order to ensure an optimal environmental impact, for example registration and insurance requirements for temporary transfers from one Member State to another should be reformed and made more flexible;

| 13. | Is convinced that, without environment-oriented taxation, the objectives of the three-pillar Community strategy on CO2 reduction and the shared goal of achieving a CO2 level of 120 g/km for new cars by 2010 at the latest are in jeopardy and cannot be realised; |
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Is convinced that, without environment-oriented taxation, the objectives of the three-pillar Community strategy on CO2 reduction and the shared goal of achieving a CO2 level of 120 g/km for new cars by 2010 at the latest are in jeopardy and cannot be realised;

| 14. | Calls on the Council to implement the third pillar of the Community CO2 strategy speedily; |
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14.

Calls on the Council to implement the third pillar of the Community CO2 strategy speedily;

| 15. | Finds it unacceptable that 10 years after the launch of the Single Market, such a large number of obstacles to transfer of cars caused by administrative practices or procedures still remain; |
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Finds it unacceptable that 10 years after the launch of the Single Market, such a large number of obstacles to transfer of cars caused by administrative practices or procedures still remain;

| 16. | Calls on the Commission as soon as practicable to present proposals, as a temporary solution pending measures to abolish registration taxes, to overcome internal market barriers resulting from registration taxes; |
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16.

Calls on the Commission as soon as practicable to present proposals, as a temporary solution pending measures to abolish registration taxes, to overcome internal market barriers resulting from registration taxes;

| 17. | Recalls its strong support for the Commission's 1998 proposal seeking to eliminate the double imposition of registration taxes, but points out that this has failed to secure the unanimous agreement of the Council; |
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Recalls its strong support for the Commission's 1998 proposal seeking to eliminate the double imposition of registration taxes, but points out that this has failed to secure the unanimous agreement of the Council;

| 18. | Calls consequently on the Council to make a greater effort in the future to facilitate the passage of the measures envisaged in this resolution, in particular as they concern issues directly affecting the daily lives of European citizens; |
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18.

Calls consequently on the Council to make a greater effort in the future to facilitate the passage of the measures envisaged in this resolution, in particular as they concern issues directly affecting the daily lives of European citizens;

| 19. | Calls on the Member States, in addition to the removal of the tax barriers caused by registration taxes, to also tackle all other existing barriers to cross-border transfers of cars in order to reduce the time and expense required for the importation or exportation of a vehicle; |
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19.

Calls on the Member States, in addition to the removal of the tax barriers caused by registration taxes, to also tackle all other existing barriers to cross-border transfers of cars in order to reduce the time and expense required for the importation or exportation of a vehicle;

| 20. | Requires the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure that, in accordance with Council Directive 83/183/EEC (5), cars are not taxed when a person moves from one Member State to another; further asks the Commission to evaluate whether restrictions imposed by some Member States on the resale of the vehicle within a period of three years after its importation are compatible with the single market; |
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20.

Requires the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure that, in accordance with Council Directive 83/183/EEC (5), cars are not taxed when a person moves from one Member State to another; further asks the Commission to evaluate whether restrictions imposed by some Member States on the resale of the vehicle within a period of three years after its importation are compatible with the single market;

| 21. | Calls on the Member States to make information on, as well as the required documents for, import and export procedures available in languages other than the official languages of a country; |
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21.

Calls on the Member States to make information on, as well as the required documents for, import and export procedures available in languages other than the official languages of a country;

| 22. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the parliaments of the Member States. |
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22.

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

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(1)  OJ C 210, 6.7.1998, p. 203.

(2)  OJ C 47 E, 27.2.2003, p. 591.

(3)  OJ C 291 E, 26.11.2002, p. 221.

(4)  OJ C 132, 28.4.1997, p. 210.

(5)  OJ L 105, 23.4.1983, p. 64.

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