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| 15.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 91/512 |
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15.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 91/512

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MINUTES

(2004/C 91 E/04)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Gerhard SCHMID

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

Bill Miller spoke on the lock-out of staff of the European Parliament office in London by the UK Independence Party (the President took note of his remarks).

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission:







  — | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (COM(2003) 789 — C5-0645/2003 — 2003/0296(COD))







  referred to | responsible | ECON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis | Article 285(1) EC |

1)

from the Council and Commission:

from the Council and Commission:

—

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (COM(2003) 789 — C5-0645/2003 — 2003/0296(COD))

referred to

responsible

ECON

legal basis

Article 285(1) EC

| — | Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 47/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0647/2003 — 2003/2250(GBD))







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

—

Opinion of the Council on transfer of appropriations 47/2003 between Chapters in Section III — Commission — Part B — of the General Budget for the European Union for the financial year 2003 (C5-0647/2003 — 2003/2250(GBD))

referred to

responsible

BUDG

legal basis

Article 274 EC

| — | Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the compilation and transmission of data on the quarterly government debt (COM(2003) 761 — C5-0649/2003 — 2003/0295(CNS))







  referred to | responsible | ECON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| legal basis | Article 104 (14), third subparagraph EC |

—

Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the compilation and transmission of data on the quarterly government debt (COM(2003) 761 — C5-0649/2003 — 2003/0295(CNS))

referred to

responsible

ECON

legal basis

Article 104 (14), third subparagraph EC

| — | Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 825 — C5-0653/2003 — 2003/0317(CNS))







  referred to | responsible | ECON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | EMPL |
| legal basis | Article 93 EC |

—

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 825 — C5-0653/2003 — 2003/0317(CNS))

referred to

responsible

ECON

opinion

EMPL

legal basis

Article 93 EC

| 2) | from the Court of Auditors:







  — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2002 together with the Centre's replies (I5-0020/2003 — C5-0630/2003 — 2003/2240(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | EMPL |

2)

from the Court of Auditors:

from the Court of Auditors:

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2002 together with the Centre's replies (I5-0020/2003 — C5-0630/2003 — 2003/2240(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

EMPL

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2002 together with the Foundation's replies (I5-0021/2003 — C5-0631/2003 — 2003/2241(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | EMPL |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2002 together with the Foundation's replies (I5-0021/2003 — C5-0631/2003 — 2003/2241(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

EMPL

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2002 together with the Agency's replies (I5-0022/2003 — C5-0632/2003 — 2003/2242(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | AFET |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2002 together with the Agency's replies (I5-0022/2003 — C5-0632/2003 — 2003/2242(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

AFET

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2002, together with the Centre's replies (I5-0023/2003 — C5-0633/2003 — 2003/2243(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | LIBE |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2002, together with the Centre's replies (I5-0023/2003 — C5-0633/2003 — 2003/2243(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

LIBE

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2002, together with the Centre's replies (I5-0024/2003 — C5-0634/2003 — 2003/2244(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | LIBE |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2002, together with the Centre's replies (I5-0024/2003 — C5-0634/2003 — 2003/2244(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

LIBE

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (I5-0025/2003 — C5-0635/2003 — 2003/2245(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | ENVI |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (I5-0025/2003 — C5-0635/2003 — 2003/2245(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

ENVI

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (I5-0026/2003 — C5-0636/2003 — 2003/2246(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | EMPL |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (I5-0026/2003 — C5-0636/2003 — 2003/2246(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

EMPL

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2002 together with the Centre's replies (I5-0027/2003 — C5-0637/2003 — 2003/2247(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2002 together with the Centre's replies (I5-0027/2003 — C5-0637/2003 — 2003/2247(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products concerning the financial year 2002 together with the Agency's replies (I5-0029/2003 — C5-0638/2003 — 2003/2255(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | ENVI |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products concerning the financial year 2002 together with the Agency's replies (I5-0029/2003 — C5-0638/2003 — 2003/2255(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

ENVI

| — | Proposal for a Report on the financial statements of the Community Plant Variety Office concerning the financial year 2002 together with the Office's replies (I5-0030/2003 — C5-0639/2003 — 2003/2257(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | AGRI |

—

Proposal for a Report on the financial statements of the Community Plant Variety Office concerning the financial year 2002 together with the Office's replies (I5-0030/2003 — C5-0639/2003 — 2003/2257(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

AGRI

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market for the financial year 2002 together with the Office's replies (I5-0028/2003 — C5-0640/2003 — 2003/2258(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | JURI |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market for the financial year 2002 together with the Office's replies (I5-0028/2003 — C5-0640/2003 — 2003/2258(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

JURI

| — | Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2002 together with the Foundation's replies (I5-0032/2003 — C5-0641/2003 — 2003/2259(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | EMPL |

—

Court of Auditors: Report on the financial statements of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2002 together with the Foundation's replies (I5-0032/2003 — C5-0641/2003 — 2003/2259(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

opinion

EMPL

| — | Court of Auditors: Annual Report and Statement of Assurance concerning the ECSC for the financial year ended 23 July 2002, together with the Commission's replies (I5-0033/2003 — C5-0646/2003 — 2003/2218(DEC))







  referred to | responsible | CONT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

—

Court of Auditors: Annual Report and Statement of Assurance concerning the ECSC for the financial year ended 23 July 2002, together with the Commission's replies (I5-0033/2003 — C5-0646/2003 — 2003/2218(DEC))

referred to

responsible

CONT

| 3) | from Members:







  3.1) | motions for resolution (Rule 48):







  — | Salvador Garriga Polledo on a European start-up register (B5-0571/2003)







  referred to | responsible | ITRE |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | opinion | JURI, ECON |

3)

from Members:

from Members:

3.1)

motions for resolution (Rule 48):

motions for resolution (Rule 48):

—

Salvador Garriga Polledo on a European start-up register (B5-0571/2003)

referred to

responsible

ITRE

opinion

JURI, ECON

| 3.2) | proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 181):







  — | Glyn Ford on amendment of Rule 51, paragraphs 3 and 4 (B5-0584/2003)







  referred to | responsible | AFCO |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

3.2)

proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 181):

proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 181):

—

Glyn Ford on amendment of Rule 51, paragraphs 3 and 4 (B5-0584/2003)

referred to

responsible

AFCO

3.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 47/2003 (C5-0590/2003 — SEC(2003)1409 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer, pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 181(1) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, in accordance with the following breakdown:

| FROM: |
| --- |
| Chapter B0-40 — Provisions | | |
| — Article B2-515 — Forestry | CA | -1 500 000 EUR |
| — Article B2-517 — Plant and animal genetic resources | CA | -1 500 000 EUR |
| — | Item B3-4331 — European Food Safety Authority — Subsidy under Title 3 |

FROM:

Chapter B0-40 — Provisions

— Article B2-515 — Forestry

CA

-1 500 000 EUR

— Article B2-517 — Plant and animal genetic resources

CA

-1 500 000 EUR

—

Item B3-4331 — European Food Safety Authority — Subsidy under Title 3

CA

-3 880 000 EUR

Chapter B2-51 — Cntrols and other operations in the agricultural sector

— Article B2-511 — Checks on application of the rules on agriculture

CA

- 600 000 EUR

Chapter B2-90 — Spport measures for the common fisheries policy

| — | Article B2-904 — Support for the management of fishery resources and stepping up of research (collection of basic data and improvement of scientific advice) |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B2-904 — Support for the management of fishery resources and stepping up of research (collection of basic data and improvement of scientific advice)

CA

-1 000 000 EUR

Chapter B4-30 — Action on the environment

| — | Article B4-304 — Legislation, awareness-raising and other general actions based on the Community action programmes in the field of the environment |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B4-304 — Legislation, awareness-raising and other general actions based on the Community action programmes in the field of the environment

CA

-2 500 000 EUR

| — | Article B4-305 — Community framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban development |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B4-305 — Community framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban development

CA

-2 300 000 EUR

| — | Article B4-308 — Community action programme in the field of civil protection |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B4-308 — Community action programme in the field of civil protection

CA

-2 000 000 EUR

Chapter B5-30 — Strategic implementing measures

— Article B5-300 — Strategic programme on the internal market

| — | Item B5-3001 — Implementation and development of the internal market |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B5-3001 — Implementation and development of the internal market

CA

-3 800 000 EUR

| — | Item B5-3002 — Operation and development of the internal market, particularly in the fields of notification, certification and sectoral approximation |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B5-3002 — Operation and development of the internal market, particularly in the fields of notification, certification and sectoral approximation

CA

- 670 000 EUR

| — | Article B5-304 — Procedures for awarding and advertising public supply, works and service contracts |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B5-304 — Procedures for awarding and advertising public supply, works and service contracts

CA

-2 050 000 EUR

Chapter B5-31 — Standardisation and evaluation measures

| — | Article B5-312 — Subsidy for the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B5-312 — Subsidy for the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

| — | Item B5-3120 — European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products — Subsidy for Titles 1 and 2 |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B5-3120 — European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products — Subsidy for Titles 1 and 2

CA

-1 500 000 EUR

| — | Item B5-3121 — European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products — Subsidy for Title 3 |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B5-3121 — European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products — Subsidy for Title 3

CE

-1 500 000 EUR

Chapter B5-32 — Promotion of growth and employment: measures to assist firms

— Article B5-326 — Industrial competitiveness policy for the European Union

CA

- 700 000 EUR

Chapter B5-60 — Statistical information policy connected with the completion of the internal market and in support of community policies

— Article — B5-600 Statistical information policy

CA

-2 000 000 EUR

Chapter B5-72 — Telecommunications networks

— Article B5-721 — Telematics networks linking administrations

| — | Item B5-7210 — Networks for the interchange of data between administrations (IDA) |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B5-7210 — Networks for the interchange of data between administrations (IDA)

CA

-2 500 000 EUR

— Item B5-7211 — Networks for intra-Community statistics (Edicom)

CA

-3 000 000 EUR

TO:

Chapter B6-61 — Operating expenditure — Integrating and strengthening the european research area

— Article B6-611 — Genomics and biotechnology for health

CA

26 000 000 EUR

— Article B6-617 — Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society

CA

5 000 000 EUR

Chapter B6-63 — Operating expenditure — Research and training actions under the euratom treaty

— Article B6-631 — Priority thematic areas of research

— Item B6-6311 — Controlled thermonuclear fusion

CA

2 000 000 EUR

*

- *

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 48/2003 (C5-0566/2003 — SEC(2003)1390 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer, pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 181(1) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, in accordance with the following breakdown:

| FROM: |
| --- |
| Chapter B6-52 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002) | | |
| — | Article B6-521 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002) |

FROM:

Chapter B6-52 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002)

—

Article B6-521 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002)

| — | Item B6-5211 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002) |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B6-5211 — Completion of the fifth framework programme (1998 to 2002)

PA

-14 000 000 EUR

TO:

Chapter B3-20 — Culture and Audiovisual media

— Article B3-200 — Culture

— Item B3-2008 Framework programme in support of culture

PA

6 000 000 EUR

— Article B3-201 — Audiovisual media

| — | Item B3-2010 — MediaPlus (measures to promote the development of the audiovisual industry) |
| --- | --- |

—

Item B3-2010 — MediaPlus (measures to promote the development of the audiovisual industry)

PA

8 000 000 EUR

*

- *

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 49/2003 (C5-0591/2003 — SEC(2003)1412 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer, pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 181(1) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, in accordance with the following breakdown:

| FROM: |
| --- |
| Chapter B0-40 — Provisions | | |
| — Item B7-6313 — Aid for basic education in developing countries | CA | -3 500 000 EUR |
| Chapter B7-54 — Cooperation with the western Balkan countries | | |
| — | Article B7-548 — Macroeconomic assistance for the countries of the western Balkans not concerned by a pre-accession strategy |

FROM:

Chapter B0-40 — Provisions

— Item B7-6313 — Aid for basic education in developing countries

CA

-3 500 000 EUR

Chapter B7-54 — Cooperation with the western Balkan countries

—

Article B7-548 — Macroeconomic assistance for the countries of the western Balkans not concerned by a pre-accession strategy

CA

-3 600 000 EUR

Chapter B7-81 — External aspects of environment policy

| — | Article B7-810 — LIFE (European Financial Instrument for the Environment) — Operations outside Community territory |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B7-810 — LIFE (European Financial Instrument for the Environment) — Operations outside Community territory

CA

-2 900 000 EUR

TO:

Chapter B7-31 — Cooperation with Latin American developing countries

| — | Article B7-310 — Financial and technical cooperation with Latin American developing countries |
| --- | --- |

—

Article B7-310 — Financial and technical cooperation with Latin American developing countries

CA

10 000 000 EUR

*

- *

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations 50/2003 (C5-0592/2003 — SEC(2003)1411 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer, pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 181(1) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, in accordance with the following breakdown:

| FROM: |
| --- |
| Chapter A-24 — Postal charges, telecommunications and computer infrastructure | | |
| — Article A-240 — Postal charges | NDA | - 350 000 EUR |
| Chapter A-25 — Other expenditure on formal and other meetings | | |
| — Article A-253 — Bodies specialising in industrial safety | | |
| — Item A-2530 — Mines Safety and Health Commission | NDA | -80 000 EUR |
| Chapter A-30 — Community subsidies | | |
| — | Article A-304 — Community participation in the financing of organisations advancing the idea of the European civil society |

FROM:

Chapter A-24 — Postal charges, telecommunications and computer infrastructure

— Article A-240 — Postal charges

NDA

- 350 000 EUR

Chapter A-25 — Other expenditure on formal and other meetings

— Article A-253 — Bodies specialising in industrial safety

— Item A-2530 — Mines Safety and Health Commission

NDA

-80 000 EUR

Chapter A-30 — Community subsidies

—

Article A-304 — Community participation in the financing of organisations advancing the idea of the European civil society

| — | Item A-3044 — European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education |
| --- | --- |

—

Item A-3044 — European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education

NDA

- 187 000 EUR

| — | Item A-3045 — Educational activities to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism |
| --- | --- |

—

Item A-3045 — Educational activities to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism

NDA

- 100 000 EUR

Chapter A-32 — Youth, education and town-twinning

— Article A-320 — Cost of organising graduate traineeships with the institution

| — | Item A-3201 — Subsidy for organising traineeships for young diplomats from the applicant countries |
| --- | --- |

—

Item A-3201 — Subsidy for organising traineeships for young diplomats from the applicant countries

NDA

- 200 000 EUR

Chapter A-34 — Publishing

— Article A-342 — Publications Office

NDA

-1 646 000 EUR

Chapter A-35 — Monitoring, surveys and methods of analysis in the field of economics, trade and industry, and other sectors

| — | Article A-350 — Economic information and administration of economic and monetary union |
| --- | --- |

—

Article A-350 — Economic information and administration of economic and monetary union

| — | Item A-3500 — Harmonised European economic surveys and use of findings |
| --- | --- |

—

Item A-3500 — Harmonised European economic surveys and use of findings

NDA

-28 000 EUR

| — | Item A-3501 — Economic information and administration of economic and monetary union |
| --- | --- |

—

Item A-3501 — Economic information and administration of economic and monetary union

NDA

-72 000 EUR

Chapter A-36 — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

— Article A-360 — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

NDA

- 500 000 EUR

Chapter A-40 — Management of resources

— Article A-403 — Professional training for staff

— Item A-4030 — Language courses

NDA

- 130 000 EUR

Chapter A-45 — ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

— Article A-452 — Office for Infrastructure and Logistics (Brussels)

NDA

- 350 000 EUR

Chapter A-70 — Decentralised expenditure on support staff and administration

— Article A-700 — Decentralised expenditure on support staff

— Item A-7000 — Auxiliary staff

NDA

-1 350 000 EUR

— Article A-703 — Expenditure on formal and other meetings

— Item A-7030 — Meetings in general

NDA

-2 500 000 EUR

TO:

Chapter A-20 — Investments in immovable property, rental of buildings and associated costs

— Article A-200 — Rent and ground rent

NDA

7 493 000 EUR

4.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following documents:

| — | Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning certain agricultural products |
| --- | --- |

—

Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning certain agricultural products

| — | Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia concerning the system of ecopoints to be applied to Croatian transit traffic through Austria as from 1 January 2003 |
| --- | --- |

—

Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia concerning the system of ecopoints to be applied to Croatian transit traffic through Austria as from 1 January 2003

| — | Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union |
| --- | --- |

—

Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent on the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union

| — | Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Community on a Norwegian financial mechanism for the period 2004-2009 |
| --- | --- |

—

Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Community on a Norwegian financial mechanism for the period 2004-2009

5.   Discrimination against MS patients (debate)

(debate)

Report on Petition 842/2001 concerning the effects of discriminatory treatment afforded to persons with Multiple Sclerosis, within the European Union [2003/2173(INI)] — Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Uma Aaltonen (A5-0451/2003).

Uma Aaltonen introduced the report.

Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Richard Howitt (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Richard A. Balfe, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margot Keßler, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ELDR Group, María Luisa Bergaz Conesa, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roy Perry, Proinsias De Rossa, Astrid Thors, Ilda Figueiredo, Michl Ebner, Minerva Melpomeni Malliori, Roger Helmer, Catherine Stihler and Uma Aaltonen.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 23.

Item 23

6.   World Summit on the Information Society (first phase: Geneva, 10/12 December 2003) (debate)

(debate)

Commission statement: World Summit on the Information Society (first phase: Geneva, 10/12 December 2003).

Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Myrsini Zorba, on behalf of the PSE Group, Astrid Thors, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Cappato, Nonattached Member, Paul Rübig, Erika Mann, Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm, Michl Ebner, Barbara O'Toole, Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski, Anna Karamanou and Marco Cappato, for a point of order.

The debate closed.

VOTING TIME

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.

IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX

President

7.   Ban on cat and dog fur (Rule 51)

(Rule 51)

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 51, that written declaration 17/2003 by Struan Stevenson, Bob van den Bos, Nelly Maes, Mihail Papayannakis and Phillip Whitehead on a ban on trade in cat and dog fur had obtained the signatures of the majoirity of the Members of Parliament, and would therefore be forwarded to its addressees, together with the names of the signatories, and published in the Texts Adopted of that sitting (P5-TA(2003)0605), also with the names of the signatories.

8.   Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for Iraq (Rule 110a) (vote)

(Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 [COM(2003) 576 — C5-0455/2003 — 2003/0225(ACI)] — Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Joan Colom i Naval (A5-0456/2003).

(Qualified majority plus three-fifths of the votes cast (IIA of 6 May 1999, paragraph 24 and Article 272(9) of EC Treaty))

(Qualified majority plus three-fifths of the votes cast (IIA of 6 May 1999, paragraph 24 and Article 272(9) of EC Treaty))

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P5_TA(2003)0587)

(P5_TA(2003)0587)

9.   Draft general budget 2004, as modified by the Council (vote)

(vote)

Draft amendments to the draft general budget modified by the Council

CORRIGENDUM to first reading: Annex to texts adopted at the sitting of Thursday 23 October 2003 (Amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 — 2nd part: Section III — Commission). Amendment 805 on Budget reference line 02 02 03 02 should read:

| | AMENDMENT | DB+AMENDMENT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Commitments | Payments | Commitments | Payments |
| EU-15 | 2 000 000 | 1 000 000 | 2 000 000 | 1 000 000 |
| EU-10 | 4 000 000 | 1 000 000 | 4 000 000 | 1 000 000 |

AMENDMENT

DB+AMENDMENT

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

EU-15

2 000 000

1 000 000

2 000 000

1 000 000

EU-10

4 000 000

1 000 000

4 000 000

1 000 000

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 2)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 2)

Jan Mulder, general rapporteur, pointed out that the vote dealt with the EU-15 budget and that the enlargement appropriations voted at first reading would be taken into account in the amending budget for enlargement.

He then announced technical corrections to amendments 335 and 378, and pointed out that a technical adjustment would have to be made in the light of the vote to ensure that Chapter XX was consistent with the vote in the different policy areas.

Parliament adopted the amendments as corrected.

The amendments adopted appear in an annex to the Texts Adopted

10.   Draft 2004 budget as modified by the Council and Letters of Amendment 1,2 & 3/2004 (vote)

(vote)

Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the year 2004 as modified by the Council (all sections) [11357/2003 — C5-0600/2003 — 2003/2001(BUD) — 2003/2002(BUD)] and Letters of Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3/2004 [14837/2003 — C5-0570/2003, 14838/2003 — C5-0571/2003, 14839/2003 — C5-0572/2003] to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004

Section I — European Parliament

Section II — Council

Section III — Commission

Section IV — Court of Justice

Section V — Court of Auditors

Section VI — Economic and Social Committee

Section VII — Committee of the Regions

Section VIII(A) — European Ombudsman

Section VII(B) — European Data Protection Supervisor — Committee on Budgets. rapporteurs: Jan Mulder and Neena Gill (A5-0473/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 3)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 3)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0588)

(P5_TA(2003)0588)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

| — | Neena Gill (rapporteur) on amendment 1; |
| --- | --- |

—

Neena Gill (rapporteur) on amendment 1;

| — | Terence Wynn (Chairman of BUDG Committee), who thanked all those who had taken part in the budgetary procedure and asked the Council for its position on the outcome of the second reading; |
| --- | --- |

—

Terence Wynn (Chairman of BUDG Committee), who thanked all those who had taken part in the budgetary procedure and asked the Council for its position on the outcome of the second reading;

| — | Gianluigi Magri (President-in-Office of the Council) made the following statement:

  ‘... We have concluded the second reading of the draft general budget for the financial year 2004, which is of historical importance given the Union's enlargement to 25.
  We are pleased to note that by your vote you have confirmed the agreement between the institutions which emerged from the conciliation meetings of 24 November.
  While noting that divergences remain as regards the classification of expenditure — in respect of which the Council reserves its rights — I should like to conclude this statement in the same spirit as I began when I spoke of a historical occasion, and thank all the actors in this procedure, including the institutions, for enabling this memorable day in the life of the European Union to be concluded on such a successful note.’ |
| --- | --- |

—

Gianluigi Magri (President-in-Office of the Council) made the following statement:

‘... We have concluded the second reading of the draft general budget for the financial year 2004, which is of historical importance given the Union's enlargement to 25.

We are pleased to note that by your vote you have confirmed the agreement between the institutions which emerged from the conciliation meetings of 24 November.

While noting that divergences remain as regards the classification of expenditure — in respect of which the Council reserves its rights — I should like to conclude this statement in the same spirit as I began when I spoke of a historical occasion, and thank all the actors in this procedure, including the institutions, for enabling this memorable day in the life of the European Union to be concluded on such a successful note.’

| — | Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission) pointed out that the budgetary preparation of enlargement had been completed; she thanked Terence Wynn, Jan Mulder and Neena Gill on behalf of the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

—

Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission) pointed out that the budgetary preparation of enlargement had been completed; she thanked Terence Wynn, Jan Mulder and Neena Gill on behalf of the Commission.

The President called on President-in-Office of the Council Gianluigi Magri, Commission representative Michaele Schreyer, Budgets Committee Chairman Terence Wynn, and rapporteurs Jan Mulder, Neena Gill and Joan Colom i Naval to join him, and then proceeded to sign the budget.

11.   Future budget requirements for external measures (vote)

(vote)

Report on future budget requirements for external measures [2003/2037(INI)] — Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Guido Podestà (A5-0434/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 4)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0589)

(P5_TA(2003)0589)

12.   Transitional points system for HGVs in Austria in 2004 ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council regulation establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for the year 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy [PE-CONS 3689/2003 — C5-0562/2003 — 2001/0310(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A5-0475/2003).

(Simple majority for approval)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 5)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 5)

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0590)

(P5_TA(2003)0590)

13.   Compensation and assistance to air passengers ***III (vote)

(vote)

Report of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to air passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights [PE-CONS 3676/2003 — C5-0518/2003 — 2001/0305(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteur: Giorgio Lisi (A5-0464/2003).

(Simple majority for approval)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 6)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 6)

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0591)

(P5_TA(2003)0591)

14.   Cogeneration ***II (vote)

(vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC [10345/2/2003 — C5-0444/2003 — 2002/0185(COD)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Norbert Glante (A5-0457/2003).

(Qualified majority)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 7)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 7)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0592)

(P5_TA(2003)0592)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

The rapporteur, on amendment block 1.

15.   Meeting of heads of state and/or government on the IGC (Brussels, 12/13 December 2003) (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0535, 0573, 0574, 0575, 0576, 0579 and 0581/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 8)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B5-0535/2003

Rejected

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0573/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0573, 0574, 0575 and 0576/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Elmar Brok, Hans-Gert Poettering and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Elmar Brok, Hans-Gert Poettering and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Enrique Barón Crespo, Klaus Hänsch, Giorgio Napolitano and Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Enrique Barón Crespo, Klaus Hänsch, Giorgio Napolitano and Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Andrew Nicholas Duff, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Andrew Nicholas Duff, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Johannes Voggenhuber, Monica Frassoni and Neil MacCormick, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group |
| --- | --- |

—

Johannes Voggenhuber, Monica Frassoni and Neil MacCormick, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0593)

(P5_TA(2003)0593)

(Motions for resolutions B5-0579 et B5-0581/2003 and B5-0581/2003 fell.)

16.   Electronic road toll systems ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the widespread introduction and interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community [COM(2003) 132 — C5-0190/2003 — 2003/0081(COD)] — Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (A5-0435/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 9)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 9)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0594)

(P5_TA(2003)0594)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0594)

(P5_TA(2003)0594)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Renate Sommer, rapporteur, on certain amendments, and Claude Turmes on amendment 37.

17.   Decentralised cooperation (2004-2006) ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council extending and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 on decentralised cooperation [COM(2003) 413 — C5-0319/2003 — 2003/0156(COD)] — Committee on Development and Cooperation. Rapporteur: Jürgen Zimmerling (A5-0431/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 10)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 10)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0595)

(P5_TA(2003)0595)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0595)

(P5_TA(2003)0595)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Jürgen Zimmerling, rapporteur, spoke on amendment 5, and pointed out that, following its rejection, amendment 11 fell.

18.   Gender equality in development cooperation ***I (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting gender equality in development cooperation [COM(2003) 465 — C5-0367/2003 — 2003/0176(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities. Rapporteur: Olga Zrihen (A5-0447/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 11)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 11)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0596)

(P5_TA(2003)0596)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0596)

(P5_TA(2003)0596)

19.   EC-Côte d'Ivoire fisheries agreement * (vote)

(vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending to the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire [COM(2003) 556 — C5-0458/2003 — 2003/0219(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Struan Stevenson (A5-0459/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 12)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 12)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0597)

(P5_TA(2003)0597)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0597)

(P5_TA(2003)0597)

20.   European Council (Brussels, 12/13 December 2003) (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0570, 0577, 0578, 0580, 0582 and 0583/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 13)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 13)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0570/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0570, B5-0577, B5-0580, B5-0582 and B5-0583/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Hans-Gert Poettering, Ilkka Suominen, Othmar Karas, Philippe Morillon, Arie M. Oostlander and Hubert Pirker, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Hans-Gert Poettering, Ilkka Suominen, Othmar Karas, Philippe Morillon, Arie M. Oostlander and Hubert Pirker, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

| — | Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

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

—

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

| — | Charles Pasqua, Cristiana Muscardini, Gerard Collins and Luís Queiró, on behalf of the UEN Group. |
| --- | --- |

—

Charles Pasqua, Cristiana Muscardini, Gerard Collins and Luís Queiró, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0598)

(P5_TA(2003)0598)

(Motion for a resolution B5-0578/2003 fell.)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Christos Zacharakis drew attention to a discrepancy between the Greek version of paragraph 31 and the other languages (the President replied that the matter would be looked into).

21.   Removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0548, 0549, 0552, 0553 and 0565/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 14)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 14)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0548/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0548, 0549, 0552 and 0553/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Michael Gahler, Philippe Morillon, Georg Jarzembowski, Charles Tannock and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Michael Gahler, Philippe Morillon, Georg Jarzembowski, Charles Tannock and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

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

—

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

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

—

Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit and Per Gahrton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group |
| --- | --- |

—

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit and Per Gahrton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0599)

(P5_TA(2003)0599)

(Motion for a resolution B5-0565/2003 fell.)

22.   Coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic crops (vote)

(vote)

Report on the coexistence of genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops [2003/2098(INI)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A5-0465/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 15)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0600)

(P5_TA(2003)0600)

23.   Discrimination against MS patients (vote)

(vote)

Report on Petition 842/2001 concerning the effects of discriminatory treatment afforded to persons with Multiple Sclerosis, within the European Union [2003/2173(INI)] — Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Uma Aaltonen (A5-0451/2003).

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 16)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0601)

(P5_TA(2003)0601)

The following spoke:

The following spoke:

Before the vote, the President welcomed Mrs Louise McVay, the instigator of the report, who was sitting in the gallery.

Uma Aaltonen, rapporteur, moved an oral amendment to paragraphs 4, 9, 11, 13 and 15.

24.   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 Paolo Costa — A5-0475/2003: Michl Ebner

Joint motion for a resolution RC-0573/2003 om regeringskonferensen: Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Jean-Maurice Dehousse, on behalf of the Belgian French-speaking members of the PSE Group.

25.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report Mulder — A5-0473/2003

| — | amendment 1

  for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Göran Färm, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Hans Karlsson, Yvonne Sandberg-Fries, Maj Britt Theorin, Catherine Guy-Quint, Alexander Radwan, W.G. van Velzen |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 1

for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Göran Färm, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Hans Karlsson, Yvonne Sandberg-Fries, Maj Britt Theorin, Catherine Guy-Quint, Alexander Radwan, W.G. van Velzen

for:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  against: Hans-Peter Martin |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

against: Hans-Peter Martin

against:

Report Podestà — A5-0434/2003

| — | amendment 27

  for: Eurig Wyn

  against: Claude Turmes |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 27

for: Eurig Wyn

for:

against: Claude Turmes

against:

| — | amendment 30

  for: Claude Turmes |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 30

for: Claude Turmes

for:

Report Paolo Costa — A5-0475/2003

| — | joint text

  against: Georges Berthu, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Michl Ebner

  abstention: Gilles Savary |
| --- | --- |

—

joint text

against: Georges Berthu, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Michl Ebner

against:

abstention: Gilles Savary

abstention:

RC-B5-0573/2003 — IGC

| — | recital D

  for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Jens-Peter Bonde, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk

  against: Gilles Savary |
| --- | --- |

—

recital D

for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Jens-Peter Bonde, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk

for:

against: Gilles Savary

against:

| — | resolution

  for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Jens-Peter Bonde, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Helle Thorning-Schmidt

  against: Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak

  abstention: Gérard Onesta |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution

for: Bent Hindrup Andersen, Jens-Peter Bonde, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Helle Thorning-Schmidt

for:

against: Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak

against:

abstention: Gérard Onesta

abstention:

Report Zimmerling — A5-0431/2003

| — | amendment 10 — first part

  for: Georges Garot |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 10 — first part

for: Georges Garot

for:

RC-B5-0560/2003 — European Council meeting

| — | amendment 5

  for: Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil and Alain Krivine

  against: Concepció Ferrer |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 5

for: Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil and Alain Krivine

for:

against: Concepció Ferrer

against:

RC-B5-0548/2003 — China

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  for: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt and Brian Simpson |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

for: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt and Brian Simpson

for:

Report Graefe zu Baringdorf — A5-0465/2003

| — | amendment 3 — first part

  for: Simon Francis Murphy |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 3 — first part

for: Simon Francis Murphy

for:

| — | amendment 4 — 1st part

  for: Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| --- | --- |

—

amendment 4 — 1st part

for: Helle Thorning-Schmidt

for:

| — | paragraph 9

  for: Avril Doyle |
| --- | --- |

—

paragraph 9

for: Avril Doyle

for:

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  for: Francis Wurtz

  against: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

for: Francis Wurtz

for:

against: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines

against:

Report Aaltonen — A5-0451/2003

| — | resolution (as a whole)

  for: Chantal Cauquil and Alain Krivine |
| --- | --- |

—

resolution (as a whole)

for: Chantal Cauquil and Alain Krivine

for:

Members present but not voting:

Members present but not voting:

Armonia Bordes and Chantal Cauquil, on resolution B5-0535/2003: recital D and final vote; Stevenson report — A5-0459/2003: amendments 4, 5, and legislative resolution; joint resolution RC-B5-0548/2003 on China: paragraph 3.

END OF VOTING TIME

(The sitting was suspended at 12.40 and resumed at 15.00.)

(The sitting was suspended at 12.40 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alonso José PUERTA

Vice-President

26.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Robert J.E. Evans 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.

27.   Request for urgent procedure (Rule 112)

(Rule 112)

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 112) for:

| — | Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 825 — C5-0653/2003 — 2003/0317(CNS)) |
| --- | --- |

—

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 825 — C5-0653/2003 — 2003/0317(CNS))

Reason for request:

The directive currently enforced was due to expire on 31 December 2003 and the Council wished to obtain Parliament's opinion on the proposal before 29 January 2004.

Parliament would be consulted on the request for urgent procedure at the beginning of the sitting of Monday 12 January 2004.

28.   Natural disasters in the South of France and the regions ‘Languedoc-Roussillon’ and ‘Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur’(statement followed by debate)

(statement followed by debate)

Commission statement: Natural disasters in the South of France and the regions ‘Languedoc-Roussillon‘ and ‘Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur’

Philippe Busquin (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gérard Onesta, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alain Esclopé, on behalf of the EDD Group, and Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member.

The debate closed.

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

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

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolution, see Item 2 of the Minutes of Tuesday 16 December 2003)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolution, see Item 2 of the Minutes of Tuesday 16 December 2003)

29.   Georgia (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on 6 motions for resolution (B5-0547, 0550, 0554, 0556, 0560 and 0566/2003).

Bill Newton Dunn, Demetrio Volcic, Bastiaan Belder, Erik Meijer, Joost Lagendijk and Ursula Schleicher introduced motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Olivier Dupuis, Non-attached Member, Bernd Posselt and Philippe Busquin (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 32.

Item 32

30.   Philippines: end of the moratorium on the death penalty (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on 6 motions for resolution (B5-0545, 0551, 0557, 0562, 0567 and 0569/2003).

María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Erik Meijer and Bernd Posselt introduced motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, on behalf of the EDD Group, and Philippe Busquin (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 33.

Item 33

31.   Moldova (debate)

(debate)

The next item was the joint debate on 6 motions for resolution (B5-0546, 0555, 0558, 0559, 0561 and 0568/2003).

Paulo Casaca, Bastiaan Belder and Erik Meijer introduced motions for resolution.

Bernd Posselt spoke on a technical matter.

Michael Gahler introduced his motion for a resolution.

Lennart Sacrédeus, on behalf of the PPE-DE Groupspoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

Philippe Busquin (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 34.

Item 34

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

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

VOTING TIME

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.

32.   Georgia (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0547, 0550, 0554, 0556, 0560 and 0566/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 17)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 17)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0547/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0547, 0550, 0554, 0556, 0560 and 0566/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Ursula Schleicher, Bernd Posselt and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Ursula Schleicher, Bernd Posselt and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

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

—

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

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

—

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

| — | Per Gahrton, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Miquel Mayol i Raynal, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Per Gahrton, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Miquel Mayol i Raynal, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

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

—

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

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

—

Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group,

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

—

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

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0602)

(P5_TA(2003)0602)

33.   Philippines: end of the moratorium on the death penalty (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0545, 0551, 0557, 0562, 0567 and 0569/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 17)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 17)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0545/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0545, 0551, 0557, 0562 and 0567/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

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

—

Bernd Posselt and Ilkka Suominen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

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

—

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

| — | Bob van den Bos, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Bob van den Bos, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

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

—

Patricia McKenna and Matti Wuori, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

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

—

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

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0603)

(P5_TA(2003)0603)

(Motion for a resolution B5-0569/2003 fell.)

34.   Moldova (vote)

(vote)

Motions for resolution B5-0546, 0555, 0558, 0559, 0561 and 0568/2003

(Simple majority)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 19)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 19)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B5-0546/2003

(replacing motions for resolution B5-0546, 0555, 0559, 0561 and 0568/2003):

tabled by the following Members:

| — | Michael Gahler, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Lennart Sacrédeus, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Michael Gahler, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Lennart Sacrédeus, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

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

—

Margrietus J. van den Berg and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group,

| — | Bob van den Bos, Anne André-Léonard and Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Bob van den Bos, Anne André-Léonard and Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group,

| — | Elisabeth Schroedter and Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |
| --- | --- |

—

Elisabeth Schroedter and Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

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

—

Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0604)

(P5_TA(2003)0604)

(Motion for a resolution B5-0558/2003 fell.)

END OF VOTING TIME

35.   Membership of committees and political groups

Parliament took note of the appointment of George Varnava to the AFET Committee as observer, and of the fact that Adam Bielan, Michal Kaminski, Marcin Libicki and Aleksander Szczyglo had joined the UEN Group, with effect from 18 December 2003, as observers.

36.   Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports — cooperation between committees — Withdrawal of an own-initiative report already authorised by the Conference of Presidents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports, pursuant to Rules 47(2) and 163

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports, pursuant to Rules 47(2) and 163

ENVI Committee

| — | Integrated product policy — Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking (COM(2003) 302 — C5-0550/2003 — 2003/2221(INI))
  (asked for opinion: ITRE)
  (Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

Integrated product policy — Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking (COM(2003) 302 — C5-0550/2003 — 2003/2221(INI))

(asked for opinion: ITRE)

(Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003)

| — | A European environment and health strategy (COM(2003) 338 — C5-0551/2003 — 2003/2222(INI))
  (asked for opinion: ITRE)
  (Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

A European environment and health strategy (COM(2003) 338 — C5-0551/2003 — 2003/2222(INI))

(asked for opinion: ITRE)

(Conference of Presidents' decision of 13 November 2003)

Cooperation between committees

Cooperation between committees

Rule 162a had been applied to the following reports:

AFET Committee:

| — | Developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights (COM(2003) 639 — C5-0507/2003 — 2003/0250(COD))
  (asked for opinion: BUDG, DEVE)
  Rule 162a procedure between AFET and DEVE
  (Conference of Presidents' decision of 11 December 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

Developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights (COM(2003) 639 — C5-0507/2003 — 2003/0250(COD))

(asked for opinion: BUDG, DEVE)

Rule 162a procedure between AFET and DEVE

(Conference of Presidents' decision of 11 December 2003)

DEVE Committee:

| — | Budgetisation of the European Development Fund (2003/2163(INI))
  (asked for opinion: BUDG)
  Rule 162a procedure between DEVE and BUDG
  (Conference of Presidents' decision of 11 December 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

Budgetisation of the European Development Fund (2003/2163(INI))

(asked for opinion: BUDG)

Rule 162a procedure between DEVE and BUDG

(Conference of Presidents' decision of 11 December 2003)

Withdrawal of an own-initiative report already authorised by the Conference of Presidents

Withdrawal of an own-initiative report already authorised by the Conference of Presidents

ENVI Committee:

| — | Follow-up report on Directive 85/337/EEC — environmental impact assessment of public and private projects (COM(2003) 334 — C5-0411/2003 — 2003/2126(INI))
  (Announced in Minutes of 4 September 2003) |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow-up report on Directive 85/337/EEC — environmental impact assessment of public and private projects (COM(2003) 334 — C5-0411/2003 — 2003/2126(INI))

(Announced in Minutes of 4 September 2003)

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

(Rule 51)

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

| No. Document | Author | Signatures |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 17/2003 | Struan Stevenson, Bob van den Bos, Nelly Maes, Mihail Papayannakis and Phillip Whitehead | 346 |
| 18/2003 | André Brie, Willi Görlach, Joost Lagendijk and Philippe Morillon | 50 |
| 19/2003 | Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Alexander de Roo | 49 |
| 20/2003 | Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen | 14 |
| 21/2003 | María Sornosa Martínez | 33 |
| 22/2003 | Jean-Claude Martinez, Carl Lang, Bruno Gollnisch and Marie-France Stirbois | 6 |
| 23/2003 | Mark Francis Watts, Catherine Stihler and Phillip Whitehead | 88 |
| 24/2003 | Cristiana Muscardini | 52 |
| 25/2003 | Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Inger Schörling, Paul A.A.J.G. Lannoye, Gérard Onesta and Yves Piétrasanta | 19 |
| 26/2003 | Caroline Lucas, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk and Pernille Frahm | 29 |
| 27/2003 | Marco Cappato and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit | 41 |
| 28/2003 | Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, Cristiana Muscardini, Mauro Nobilia and Adriana Poli Bortone | 15 |
| 29/2003 | Chris Davies, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak, Marco Cappato, Anna Karamanou and Michiel van Hulten | 45 |
| 30/2003 | Jonathan Evans, Jacqueline Foster, Martin Callanan, Ian Twinn and Timothy Kirkhope | 36 |
| 31/2003 | José Ribeiro e Castro | 16 |

No. Document

Author

Signatures

17/2003

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

346

18/2003

André Brie, Willi Görlach, Joost Lagendijk and Philippe Morillon

50

19/2003

Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Alexander de Roo

49

20/2003

Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen

14

21/2003

María Sornosa Martínez

33

22/2003

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

6

23/2003

Mark Francis Watts, Catherine Stihler and Phillip Whitehead

88

24/2003

Cristiana Muscardini

52

25/2003

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

19

26/2003

Caroline Lucas, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk and Pernille Frahm

29

27/2003

Marco Cappato and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit

41

28/2003

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

15

29/2003

Chris Davies, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak, Marco Cappato, Anna Karamanou and Michiel van Hulten

45

30/2003

Jonathan Evans, Jacqueline Foster, Martin Callanan, Ian Twinn and Timothy Kirkhope

36

31/2003

José Ribeiro e Castro

16

38.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 148(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

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

39.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 12 to 15 January 2004.

40.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.20.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Pat Cox

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, Aparicio Sánchez, Arvidsson, Atkins, 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, Beysen, Bigliardo, Blak, Blokland, Bodrato, Böge, Bösch, von Boetticher, Bonde, Bonino, Boogerd-Quaak, Bordes, Borghezio, van den Bos, Boudjenah, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Bowe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Breyer, Brie, Brienza, Buitenweg, Bullmann, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Butel, Callanan, Calò, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Camre, Cappato, Cardoso, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Caullery, Cauquil, Cederschiöld, Celli, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Chichester, Claeys, Clegg, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Collins, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Coûteaux, Cox, Crowley, Cushnahan, van Dam, Dary, Daul, Davies, De Clercq, Dehousse, De Keyser, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, Dhaene, Díez González, Di Lello Finuoli, Dillen, Di Pietro, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duhamel, Duin, Dupuis, Dybkjær, Ebner, Echerer, El Khadraoui, Elles, Eriksson, Esclopé, Ettl, Jillian Evans, Robert J.E. Evans, Färm, Fatuzzo, Fava, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrández Lezaun, Ferreira, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Fiori, Flautre, Flesch, Folias, Ford, Foster, Fourtou, Frahm, Fraisse, Frassoni, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, Garaud, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gasòliba i Böhm, Gemelli, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glante, Glase, Gobbo, Goebbels, Goepel, Görlach, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Gouveia, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graça Moura, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hager, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Herzog, Hieronymi, Hoff, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hughes, Huhne, van Hulten, Hume, Hyland, Iivari, Ilgenfritz, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Jensen, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jové Peres, Junker, Karamanou, Karas, Karlsson, Kastler, Katiforis, Kaufmann, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Koukiadis, Koulourianos, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Krivine, Kronberger, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Kuntz, Lage, Lagendijk, Laguiller, Lalumière, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lang, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, de La Perriere, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Leinen, Liese, Linkohr, Lipietz, Lisi, Lucas, Lulling, Lund, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McNally, Malliori, Malmström, Manders, Manisco, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marchiani, Marinho, Marini, Marinos, Marques, Marset Campos, Martens, David W. Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Matikainen-Kallström, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Mayol i Raynal, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Menrad, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Modrow, Mombaur, Monsonís Domingo, Montfort, Moraes, Morillon, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Mussa, Myller, Naïr, Napoletano, Napolitano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Nobilia, Nogueira Román, Nordmann, Ojeda Sanz, Olsson, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Paisley, Papayannakis, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Patakis, Paulsen, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pesälä, Pex, Piecyk, Piétrasanta, Piscarreta, Pittella, Podestà, Poettering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Poos, Posselt, Prets, Pronk, Puerta, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Read, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rocard, Rod, Rodríguez Ramos, de Roo, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Saint-Josse, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Santer, Santini, dos Santos, Sartori, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Gerhard Schmid, Herman Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schörling, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Segni, Seppänen, Simpson, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smet, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Staes, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stirbois, Stockmann, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Swoboda, Tajani, Tannock, Terrón i Cusí, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thors, Titford, Titley, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trentin, Tsatsos, Turchi, Turco, Turmes, Twinn, Uca, Vachetta, Valdivielso de Cué, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Vattimo, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vinci, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Volcic, Wachtmeister, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wiersma, von Wogau, Wynn, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen.

Observers

Bastys, Biela, Chronowski, Czinege, Ékes, Gurmai, Ilves, Kelemen, Klukowski, Kriščiūnas, Daniel Kroupa, Kuzmickas, Kvietkauskas, Lachnit, Laštůvka, Lydeka, Macierewicz, Maldeikis, Mallotová, Ouzký, Alojz Peterle, Pieniążek, Plokšto, Podgórski, Ransdorf, Janno Reiljan, Sefzig, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Szent-Iványi, Tabajdi, Tomczak, Valys, Vastagh, Vėsaitė, Wittbrodt, Zahradil, Žiak.

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ANNEX 1

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.   Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for Iraq

Report: COLOM I NAVAL (A5-0456/2003)

| Subject | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| single vote (1) | | + | qualified majority |

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

single vote (1)

+

qualified majority

2.   2004 draft general budget, as amended by the Council

| AM no | Budget line | Block, RCV, EV, sep | Split votes | Vote | Votes by RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COMMISSION |
| 45 | 05 | BLOCK 1 | | | |
| 120 | 11 |
| 47 | 05 04 01 02 |
| 48 | 05 04 01 12 |
| 123 | 11 06 01 |
| 127 | 13 |
| 334 | 13 03 01 |
| 130 | 13 03 02 |
| 335 | 13 04 01 | technical modifications |
| 82 | 08 | + |
| 85 | 08 02 01 02 |
| 96 | 09 04 01 |
| 118 | 10 |
| 333 | 10 01 05 03 |
| 389 | 05 08 03 |
| 56 | 06 01 04 02 |
| 324 | 06 02 01 01 |
| 325 | 06 02 02 01 |
| 61 | 06 02 02 03 |
| 62 | 06 02 03 01 |
| 326 | 06 02 08 02 |
| 121 | 11 01 04 02 |
| 149 | 15 02 02 01 |
| 150 | 15 02 02 02 |
| 342 | 15 03 01 03 |
| 140 | 15 |
| 1 | 01 |
| 314 | 01 02 04 | | | | |
| 143 | 15 02 01 01 |
| 161 | 15 06 01 01 |
| 169 | 16 |
| 171 | 16 01 04 02 | + |
| 172 | 16 02 02 |
| 173 | 16 03 01 |
| 174 | 16 03 02 |
| 175 | 16 04 02 |
| 176 | 16 04 03 |
| 355 | 16 05 01 |
| 201 | 18 08 01 |
| 287 | 22 04 |
| 295 | 25 03 02 |
| 18 | 04 |
| 20 | 04 01 04 02 |
| 24 | 04 02 12 |
| 26 | 04 03 03 01 | BLOCK 1 | | | |
| 27 | 04 03 03 02 |
| 317 | 04 03 04 01 |
| 318 | 04 03 05 02 |
| 319 | 04 03 05 03 |
| 34 | 04 04 02 01 |
| 35 | 04 04 02 02 |
| 36 | 04 04 03 |
| 41 | 04 04 08 |
| 42 | 04 04 09 |
| 182 | 17 03 01 01 |
| 356 | 17 04 08 01 |
| 54 | 06 | | | + | |
| 329 | 06 04 03 |
| 72 | 07 |
| 74 | 07 01 04 01 |
| 330 | 07 03 01 01 |
| 77 | 07 03 08 |
| 331 | 07 04 01 01 |
| 80 | 07 04 02 |
| 81 | 07 05 01 |
| 179 | 17 |
| 7 | 02 |
| 315 | 02 04 02 01 |
| 15 | 02 04 02 03 |
| 16 | 02 05 01 | BLOCK 1 | | | |
| 17 | 03 |
| 90 | 08 14 01 |
| 91 | 09 |
| 92 | 09 01 04 01 |
| 332 | 09 03 05 02 |
| 124 | 12 |
| 125 | 12 01 04 01 |
| 126 | 12 02 01 |
| 137 | 14 |
| 138 | 14 01 04 01 |
| 139 | 14 02 01 |
| 260 | 20 | + |
| 4 | 01 04 05 |
| 10 | 02 02 03 |
| 11 | 02 02 03 02 | | | | |
| 25 | 04 02 15 |
| 381 | 25 04 01 |
| 304 | 29 01 04 01 |
| 385 | 29 02 01 |
| 327 | 06 03 01 |
| 328 | 06 03 02 |
| 37 | 04 04 04 |
| 320 | 04 04 06 01 |
| 43 | 04 04 10 |
| 186 | 18 | BLOCK 1 | | | |
| 187 | 18 01 04 01 |
| 189 | 18 03 03 |
| 357 | 18 03 06 |
| 192 | 18 04 01 01 |
| 193 | 18 04 01 02 |
| 194 | 18 04 03 |
| 195 | 18 05 01 02 |
| 196 | 18 05 01 03 |
| 358 | 18 06 04 01 |
| 359 | 18 07 01 01 |
| 202 | 18 08 02 |
| 203 | 18 08 03 | + |
| 217 | 19 04 02 |
| 377 | 22 02 09 |
| 290 | 24 |
| 292 | 24 02 01 |
| 282 | 22 01 04 04 |
| 378 | 22 03 04 | | | | technical modifications |
| 293 | 25 |
| 297 | 26 |
| 300 | 27 |
| 301 | 28 |
| 302 | 29 |
| 213 | 19 03 03 | BLOCK 2/RCV | | | 59, 406, 7 |
| 214 | 19 03 04 |
| 218 | 19 04 03 |
| 222 | 19 06 01 |
| 232 | 19 08 02 01 |
| 241 | 19 09 01 |
| 243 | 19 09 03 | - |
| 244 | 19 09 04 |
| 250 | 19 10 01 |
| 251 | 19 10 02 |
| 253 | 19 10 04 |
| 254 | 19 10 06 |
| 265 | 21 02 03 |
| 272 | 21 03 | BLOCK 3 | | | |
| 274 |
| 275 |
| 273 | + |
| 276 | 21 03 01 N |
| 288 | 23 |
| 204 | 19 |
| 216 | 19 04 |
| 245 | 19 10 | BLOCK 3 | | | |
| 248 |
| 246 |
| 247 |
| 249 |
| 371 | 19 10 01 |
| 372 | 19 10 02 |
| 252 | 19 10 03 |
| 394 | 19 10 04 |
| 262 | 21 |
| 236 | 19 09 |
| 239 |
| 237 | + |
| 240 |
| 238 |
| 368 | 19 09 01 |
| 242 | 19 09 02 |
| 369 | 19 09 03 |
| 393 | 19 09 04 |
| 277 | 21 03 17 |
| 228 | 19 08 |
| 229 |
| 230 |
| 231 |
| 366 | 19 08 02 01 | BLOCK 3 | | | |
| 367 | 19 08 03 |
| 234 | 19 08 05 |
| 392 | 19 06 01 |
| 223 | 19 06 02 |
| 224 | 19 07 01 |
| 225 | 19 07 02 |
| 226 | 19 07 03 |
| 227 | 19 07 04 |
| 343 | 15 03 03 01 |
| 208 | 19 02 03 |
| 209 | 19 02 04 |
| 211 | 19 02 12 | + |
| 362 | 19 02 13 |
| 221 | 19 05 01 |
| 266 | 21 02 07 02 |
| 267 | 21 02 07 03 |
| 268 | 21 02 07 04 |
| 395 | 21 02 13 |
| 271 | 21 02 17 |
| 278 | 21 03 20 |
| 279 | 21 04 02 |
| 364 | 19 04 03 |
| 219 | 19 04 04 |
| 391 | 19 04 05 |
| 255 | 19 11 02 | BLOCK 3 | | | |
| 261 | 20 01 04 01 | + |
| 390 | 19 03 03 |
| 215 | 19 03 06 |
| 374 | 19 10 06 | split | 1. amount | + | |
| 2. reserve | + | |
| 376 | 21 02 03 | split | 1. amount | + | |
| 2/RCV reserve | + | 380, 89, 4 |
| 280 | 22 | BLOCK 4 | | | |
| 396 | XX 01 01 01 |
| 309 |
| 311 | XX 01 02 01 01 |
| 387 | XX 01 02 11 01 |
| 388 | XX 01 02 11 04 |
| 308 | PARTC-5 | replaced by 405 |
| 307 | PARTC-4 | + |
| 2 | 01 02 02 |
| 316 | 04 01 02 11 |
| 321 | 04 04 07 |
| 322 | 04 05 03 |
| 336 | 15 01 02 11 |
| 337 | 15 02 01 02 |
| 338 | 15 02 01 03 |
| 339 | 15 02 01 04 | BLOCK 4 | | | |
| 340 | 15 02 01 05 |
| 341 | 15 02 01 07 |
| 344 | 15 04 01 01 |
| 345 | 15 04 01 02 |
| 346 | 15 04 01 03 |
| 347 | 15 04 01 04 |
| 348 | 15 06 01 03 | | | | |
| 349 | 15 06 01 04 |
| 350 | 15 06 01 05 |
| 351 | 15 06 01 06 |
| 352 | 15 06 01 07 | + |
| 353 | 15 06 01 08 |
| 354 | 15 07 01 02 |
| 360 | 19 01 02 11 |
| 361 | 19 02 02 |
| 375 | 21 01 02 11 |
| 285 | 22 02 08 |
| 379 | 24 01 06 |
| 380 | 25 01 02 11 |
| 382 | 26 01 09 01 |
| 383 | 26 01 50 23 |
| 384 | 29 01 02 01 |
| COURT OF JUSTICE |
| 104 | 11 | BLOCK 5 | | | |
| 114 |
| 98 | + |
| 99 |
| 116 | 1110 |
| 257 | 2001 |
| COURT OF AUDITORS |
| 113 | 11 | BLOCK 6 | | | |
| 100 |
| 101 | + |
| 117 | 1110 |
| 256 | 200 |
| ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE |
| 110 | 11 | BLOCK 7 | | | |
| 103 |
| 112 |
| 102 | + |
| 105 |
| 111 |
| 258 | 204 |
| COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS |
| 97 | 1004 | BLOCK 8 | | | |
| 106 | 11 |
| 109 |
| 108 | + |
| 107 |
| 115 | 110 |
| 259 | 204 |
| EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN |
| 306 | A-11 | sep | | + | |

AM no

Budget line

Block, RCV, EV, sep

Split votes

Vote

Votes by RCV/EV — remarks

COMMISSION

45

05

BLOCK 1

120

11

47

05 04 01 02

48

05 04 01 12

123

11 06 01

127

13

334

13 03 01

130

13 03 02

335

13 04 01

technical modifications

82

08

+

85

08 02 01 02

96

09 04 01

118

10

333

10 01 05 03

389

05 08 03

56

06 01 04 02

324

06 02 01 01

325

06 02 02 01

61

06 02 02 03

62

06 02 03 01

326

06 02 08 02

121

11 01 04 02

149

15 02 02 01

150

15 02 02 02

342

15 03 01 03

140

15

1

01

314

01 02 04

143

15 02 01 01

161

15 06 01 01

169

16

171

16 01 04 02

+

172

16 02 02

173

16 03 01

174

16 03 02

175

16 04 02

176

16 04 03

355

16 05 01

201

18 08 01

287

22 04

295

25 03 02

18

04

20

04 01 04 02

24

04 02 12

26

04 03 03 01

BLOCK 1

27

04 03 03 02

317

04 03 04 01

318

04 03 05 02

319

04 03 05 03

34

04 04 02 01

35

04 04 02 02

36

04 04 03

41

04 04 08

42

04 04 09

182

17 03 01 01

356

17 04 08 01

54

06

+

329

06 04 03

72

07

74

07 01 04 01

330

07 03 01 01

77

07 03 08

331

07 04 01 01

80

07 04 02

81

07 05 01

179

17

7

02

315

02 04 02 01

15

02 04 02 03

16

02 05 01

BLOCK 1

17

03

90

08 14 01

91

09

92

09 01 04 01

332

09 03 05 02

124

12

125

12 01 04 01

126

12 02 01

137

14

138

14 01 04 01

139

14 02 01

260

20

+

4

01 04 05

10

02 02 03

11

02 02 03 02

25

04 02 15

381

25 04 01

304

29 01 04 01

385

29 02 01

327

06 03 01

328

06 03 02

37

04 04 04

320

04 04 06 01

43

04 04 10

186

18

BLOCK 1

187

18 01 04 01

189

18 03 03

357

18 03 06

192

18 04 01 01

193

18 04 01 02

194

18 04 03

195

18 05 01 02

196

18 05 01 03

358

18 06 04 01

359

18 07 01 01

202

18 08 02

203

18 08 03

+

217

19 04 02

377

22 02 09

290

24

292

24 02 01

282

22 01 04 04

378

22 03 04

technical modifications

293

25

297

26

300

27

301

28

302

29

213

19 03 03

BLOCK 2/RCV

59, 406, 7

214

19 03 04

218

19 04 03

222

19 06 01

232

19 08 02 01

241

19 09 01

243

19 09 03

-

244

19 09 04

250

19 10 01

251

19 10 02

253

19 10 04

254

19 10 06

265

21 02 03

272

21 03

BLOCK 3

274

275

273

+

276

21 03 01 N

288

23

204

19

216

19 04

245

19 10

BLOCK 3

248

246

247

249

371

19 10 01

372

19 10 02

252

19 10 03

394

19 10 04

262

21

236

19 09

239

237

+

240

238

368

19 09 01

242

19 09 02

369

19 09 03

393

19 09 04

277

21 03 17

228

19 08

229

230

231

366

19 08 02 01

BLOCK 3

367

19 08 03

234

19 08 05

392

19 06 01

223

19 06 02

224

19 07 01

225

19 07 02

226

19 07 03

227

19 07 04

343

15 03 03 01

208

19 02 03

209

19 02 04

211

19 02 12

+

362

19 02 13

221

19 05 01

266

21 02 07 02

267

21 02 07 03

268

21 02 07 04

395

21 02 13

271

21 02 17

278

21 03 20

279

21 04 02

364

19 04 03

219

19 04 04

391

19 04 05

255

19 11 02

BLOCK 3

261

20 01 04 01

+

390

19 03 03

215

19 03 06

374

19 10 06

split

1. amount

+

2. reserve

+

376

21 02 03

split

1. amount

+

2/RCV reserve

+

380, 89, 4

280

22

BLOCK 4

396

XX 01 01 01

309

311

XX 01 02 01 01

387

XX 01 02 11 01

388

XX 01 02 11 04

308

PARTC-5

replaced by 405

307

PARTC-4

+

2

01 02 02

316

04 01 02 11

321

04 04 07

322

04 05 03

336

15 01 02 11

337

15 02 01 02

338

15 02 01 03

339

15 02 01 04

BLOCK 4

340

15 02 01 05

341

15 02 01 07

344

15 04 01 01

345

15 04 01 02

346

15 04 01 03

347

15 04 01 04

348

15 06 01 03

349

15 06 01 04

350

15 06 01 05

351

15 06 01 06

352

15 06 01 07

+

353

15 06 01 08

354

15 07 01 02

360

19 01 02 11

361

19 02 02

375

21 01 02 11

285

22 02 08

379

24 01 06

380

25 01 02 11

382

26 01 09 01

383

26 01 50 23

384

29 01 02 01

COURT OF JUSTICE

104

11

BLOCK 5

114

98

+

99

116

1110

257

2001

COURT OF AUDITORS

113

11

BLOCK 6

100

101

+

117

1110

256

200

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

110

11

BLOCK 7

103

112

102

+

105

111

258

204

COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

97

1004

BLOCK 8

106

11

109

108

+

107

115

110

259

204

EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

306

A-11

sep

+

Requests for roll-call votes

GUE/NGL: block of amendments concerning heading 4 (block 2), am 376/2nd part only

Requests for split votes

GUE/NGL

am 376 (line 21 02 03 — NGOs)

1st part: amounts

2nd part: reserve (in the event of rejection of the reserve, the appropriations are entered on the line)

Verts/ALE

am 376 (line 21 02 03 — NGOs)

1st part: amounts

2nd part: reserve (in the event of rejection of the reserve, the appropriations are entered on the line)

am 374 (line 19 10 06 — Afghanistan)

1st part: amounts

2nd part: reserve (in the event of rejection of the reserve, the appropriations are entered on the line)

3.   2004 draft general budget, as amended by the Council (all sections)/Letters of Amendment 1, 2 & 3/2004

Report: MULDER/GILL (A5-0473/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 1 | | original text | RCV | + | 429, 46, 5 |
| § 2 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 4 | | original text | sep | + | |
| after § 4 | 1 | EDD | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | - | 203, 270, 4 |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| § 13 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 19 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 20 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 21 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| 3 | + | |
| § 22 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 25 | 2 =
  5 = | ELDR
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 25 | 3 =
  6 = | ELDR
  PPE-DE | | + | |
| after § 27 | 4 | UEN | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 410, 65, 10 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 1

original text

RCV

+

429, 46, 5

§ 2

original text

sep

+

§ 4

original text

sep

+

after § 4

1

EDD

split/RCV

1

-

203, 270, 4

2

↓

§ 13

original text

sep

+

§ 19

original text

sep

+

§ 20

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 21

original text

split

1

+

2

+

3

+

§ 22

original text

sep

+

§ 25

2 =

5 =

ELDR

PPE-DE

+

after § 25

3 =

6 =

ELDR

PPE-DE

+

after § 27

4

UEN

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

410, 65, 10

Requests for roll-call votes

GUE/NGL: § 1, final vote

EDD: am 1

HEATON-HARRIS ao: am 1 [1st part]

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

§ 21

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘maintains the reserves created in first reading and’ and ‘underlines that the reserves ... by the EP’

2nd part:‘maintains the reserves created in first reading and’

3rd part:‘underlines that the reserves ... by the EP’

EDD

§ 20

1st part: up to ‘development of civil rights’

2nd part: remainder

HEATON-HARRIS ao

am 1

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘or the lowest published air fares’

2nd part: those words

Requests for separate vote

GUE/NGL: § 2, 4, 13, 19, 20, 22

EDD: § 22

4.   Future budget requirements for external measures

Report: PODESTÀ (A5-0434/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 2 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | - | |
| 3 | + | |
| § 10 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 15 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 16 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 262, 197, 8 |
| § 27 | | original text | RCV | + | 387, 73, 11 |
| § 28 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 30 | | original text | RCV | + | 371, 66, 33 |
| § 33 | | original text | split | | |
| 1/EV | + | 273, 197, 2 |
| 2 | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 385, 66, 26 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 2

original text

split

1

+

2

-

3

+

§ 10

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 15

original text

sep

+

§ 16

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

262, 197, 8

§ 27

original text

RCV

+

387, 73, 11

§ 28

original text

sep

+

§ 30

original text

RCV

+

371, 66, 33

§ 33

original text

split

1/EV

+

273, 197, 2

2

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

385, 66, 26

Requests for roll-call votes

GUE/NGL: §§ 27, 30 and final vote

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

§ 10

1st part:‘Notes that the own resources ... or 1,02 % of GNI,’

2nd part:‘there is an annual ... be allocated to external measures;’

§ 33

1st part:‘Recommends that ... heading 7 to heading 4,’

2nd part:‘while pointing out ... funding allocations;’

Verts/ALE

§ 2

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘with great concern’ and ‘before the Commission puts forward its proposals’

2nd part:‘with great concern’

3rd part:‘before the Commission puts forward its proposals’

PSE

§ 16

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘if necessary’

2nd part: those words

Requests for separate vote

Verts/ALE: § 27

GUE/NGL: §§ 15, 28

5.   Traditional points system for HGVs in Austria in 2004 ***III

Report: COSTA (A5-0475/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | RCV | + | 348, 102, 32 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

RCV

+

348, 102, 32

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: final vote

6.   Compensation and assistance to air passengers ***III

Report: LISI (A5-0464/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vote: joint text | RCV | + | 467, 4, 13 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

RCV

+

467, 4, 13

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: final vote

7.   Cogeneration ***II

Recommendation for second reading: GLANTE (A5-0457/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| text as a whole | block 1 | committee | | + | |
| block 2 | committee | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

text as a whole

block 1

committee

+

block 2

committee

↓

Block 1 = compromise amendments of the ITRE Committee (amendments 60 to 79)

Block 2 = amendments of the ITRE Committee (amendments 1 to 59)

8.   Meeting of heads of state and/or government on the IGC

Motions for resolutions: B5-0573, 0574, 0575, 0576, 0579, 0581/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| motion for a resolution B5-0535/2003




  (EVANS ao) |
| rec D | | original text | RCV | - | 128, 331, 22 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | - | 58, 371, 49 |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0573/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE) |
| § 3 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 4 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 6 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 7 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | - | 191, 269, 17 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 344, 115, 23 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0573/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0574/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0575/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0576/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0579/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0581/2003 | | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

motion for a resolution B5-0535/2003

(EVANS ao)

rec D

original text

RCV

-

128, 331, 22

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

-

58, 371, 49

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0573/2003

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

§ 3

original text

sep

+

§ 4

original text

sep

+

§ 6

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 7

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

-

191, 269, 17

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

344, 115, 23

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0573/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0574/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0575/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0576/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0579/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0581/2003

UEN

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

ELDR: final vote of the JT MOT

M. Mr Jonathan EVANS: rec D, final vote of B5-0535/2003

Requests for separate vote

Verts/ALE: §§ 4, 7

GUE/NGL: § 3

Requests for split votes

PSE

§ 7

1st part: text as a whole except the word ‘institutional’

2nd part: that word

Verts/ALE

§ 6

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘to reconvene the IGC at the level ... for making progress and’

2nd part: those words

9.   Electronic road toll systems ***I

Report: SOMMER (A5-0435/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 2
  4-10
  12-15
  17-18
  20
  22
  25
  28
  32-33
  36 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 1 | committee | sep | + | |
| 3 | committee | RCV | + | 466, 6, 5 |
| 11 | committee | sep | + | |
| 19 | committee | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 257, 203, 12 |
| 29 | committee | sep/EV | + | 284, 179, 12 |
| 34 | committee | sep/EV | + | 281, 178, 7 |
| art 1, § 1 | 16 | committee | | + | |
| 37 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 213, 249, 11 |
| art 1, after subparagraph 1 | 44 | PSE | EV | + | 293, 167, 10 |
| art. 1, point 2 | 41 =
  45 = | ELDR
  PSE | | + | |
| 38 | Verts/ALE | RCV | - | 220, 244, 14 |
| art 2, § 4 | 21 D | committee | | + | |
| 43 | PSE | | ↓ | |
| art 2, after § 5 | 46 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 23 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 2, § 6 | 48 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 24 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 3, § 1 | 49 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 26 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 3, § 2 | 42 | ELDR | | - | |
| 27 | committee | EV | + | 252, 215, 3 |
| art 3, § 3, points (a) and (b) | 50 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 30 | committee | | ↓ | |
| 31 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 4, after § 5 | 51 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| 35 | committee | | ↓ | |
| art 5 | 39 | Verts/ALE | EV | + | 246, 217, 7 |
| after recital 9 | 40 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| 47 | PPE-DE | | + | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

2

4-10

12-15

17-18

20

22

25

28

32-33

36

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

1

committee

sep

+

3

committee

RCV

+

466, 6, 5

11

committee

sep

+

19

committee

split

1

+

2/EV

+

257, 203, 12

29

committee

sep/EV

+

284, 179, 12

34

committee

sep/EV

+

281, 178, 7

art 1, § 1

16

committee

+

37

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

213, 249, 11

art 1, after subparagraph 1

44

PSE

EV

+

293, 167, 10

art. 1, point 2

41 =

45 =

ELDR

PSE

+

38

Verts/ALE

RCV

-

220, 244, 14

art 2, § 4

21 D

committee

+

43

PSE

↓

art 2, after § 5

46

PPE-DE

+

23

committee

↓

art 2, § 6

48

PPE-DE

+

24

committee

↓

art 3, § 1

49

PPE-DE

+

26

committee

↓

art 3, § 2

42

ELDR

-

27

committee

EV

+

252, 215, 3

art 3, § 3, points (a) and (b)

50

PPE-DE

+

30

committee

↓

31

committee

↓

art 4, after § 5

51

PPE-DE

+

35

committee

↓

art 5

39

Verts/ALE

EV

+

246, 217, 7

after recital 9

40

Verts/ALE

-

47

PPE-DE

+

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: ams 37, 38

BRADBOURN ao: am 3

Requests for separate vote

PSE: am 1, 29, 34

BRADBOURN ao: am 11

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 19

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘contractual set of rules’

2nd part: those words

10.   Decentralised cooperation (2004-2006) ***I

Report: ZIMMERLING (A5-0431/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1
  2
  4
  6-9 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 5 | committee | RCV | - | 75, 389, 10 |
| art 3 | 10 | PPE-DE, PSE | split/RCV | | |
| 1 | + | 460, 8, 6 |
| 2 | + | 350, 111, 8 |
| 3 | committee | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| § 2 | 11 | Committee on Budgets | | ↓ | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 415, 45, 11 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1

2

4

6-9

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

5

committee

RCV

-

75, 389, 10

art 3

10

PPE-DE, PSE

split/RCV

1

+

460, 8, 6

2

+

350, 111, 8

3

committee

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

§ 2

11

Committee on Budgets

↓

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

415, 45, 11

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Verts/ALE: ams 5, 10

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: am 5

ELDR: am 5

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

am 10

1st part: text as a whole except the word ‘churches’

2nd part: that word

Misellaneous

Amendment 11 fell following the rejection of amendment 5.

11.   Gender equality in development cooperation ***I

Report: ZRIHEN (A5-0447/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-18
  20 | committee | | + | |
| amendments by committee responsible — separate votes | 21 | committee | sep | + | |
| art 10, § 2 | 23 | PSE, SANDERS | | + | |
| 19 | committee | | ↓ | |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| draft legislative resolution |
| § 2 | 22 | Committee on Budgets | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | | + | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-18

20

committee

+

amendments by committee responsible — separate votes

21

committee

sep

+

art 10, § 2

23

PSE, SANDERS

+

19

committee

↓

vote: amended proposal

+

draft legislative resolution

§ 2

22

Committee on Budgets

+

vote: legislative resolution

+

Requests for separate vote

PSE: am 21

ELDR: am 21

12.   EC-Côte d'Ivoire fisheries agreement *

Report: STEVENSON (A5-0459/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| amendments by committee responsible — block vote | 1-3 | committee | | + | |
| after recital 1 | 4 =
  5 = | Verts/ALE
  ELDR | RCV | - | 95, 332, 30 |
| vote: amended proposal | | + | |
| vote: legislative resolution | RCV | + | 341, 101, 14 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

amendments by committee responsible — block vote

1-3

committee

+

after recital 1

4 =

5 =

Verts/ALE

ELDR

RCV

-

95, 332, 30

vote: amended proposal

+

vote: legislative resolution

RCV

+

341, 101, 14

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: ams 4/5, final vote

13.   European Council

Motions for resolutions: B5-0570, 0577, 0578, 0580, 0582, 0583/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0570/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, UEN) |
| § 1 | 4 | PPE-DE | EV | + | 227, 217, 5 |
| § 2 | 1 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § 3 | 2 | Verts/ALE | | - | |
| § | original text | sep | + | |
| § 9 | 3 | ELDR | RCV | + | 286, 166, 7 |
| § | original text | | ↓ | |
| after § 10 | 5 | PSE | RCV | - | 209, 229, 22 |
| § 13 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| § 17 | | original text | sep | + | |
| § 46 | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2/EV | + | 205, 197, 41 |
| § 51 | | original text | sep | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0570/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0577/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0578/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0580/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0582/2003 | | UEN | | ↓ | |
| B5-0583/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0570/2003

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

§ 1

4

PPE-DE

EV

+

227, 217, 5

§ 2

1

Verts/ALE

-

§ 3

2

Verts/ALE

-

§

original text

sep

+

§ 9

3

ELDR

RCV

+

286, 166, 7

§

original text

↓

after § 10

5

PSE

RCV

-

209, 229, 22

§ 13

original text

split

1

+

2

+

§ 17

original text

sep

+

§ 46

original text

split

1

+

2/EV

+

205, 197, 41

§ 51

original text

sep

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0570/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0577/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0578/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0580/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0582/2003

UEN

↓

B5-0583/2003

PPE-DE

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: am 5

ELDR: am 3

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

§ 46

1st part: text as a whole except the words ‘in preparation for the next EU-USA and EU-Canada summits’

2nd part: those words

ELDR

§ 13

1st part: up to ‘relocations’

2nd part: remainder

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: § 17

PSE: § 3

Verts/ALE: § 51

UEN: § 17

14.   Removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China

Motions for resolutions: B5-0548, 0549, 0552, 0553, 0565/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0548/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE) |
| § 3 | | original text | RCV | + | 389, 27, 22 |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 373, 32, 29 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0548/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0549/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0552/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0553/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0565/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0548/2003

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

§ 3

original text

RCV

+

389, 27, 22

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

373, 32, 29

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0548/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0549/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0552/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0553/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0565/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

The UEN Group did not sign the JT MOT

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote of the JT MOT

Verts/ALE: § 3, final vote of JT MOT

15.   Coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic crops

Report: GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF (A5-0465/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| § 3 | 2 | ELDR | | - | |
| after § 7 | 3 | EDD | split | | |
| 1/RCV | - | 84, 327, 8 |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| 4 | EDD | split | | |
| 1/RCV | - | 76, 338, 8 |
| 2 | ↓ | |
| § 9 | | original text | RCV | + | 222, 166, 34 |
| § 14 | | original text | sep | + | |
| recital B | | original text | split | | |
| 1 | + | |
| 2 | + | |
| recital E | | original text | RCV | + | 383, 27, 8 |
| recital F | 1 | ELDR | | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 327, 52, 34 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 3

2

ELDR

-

after § 7

3

EDD

split

1/RCV

-

84, 327, 8

2

↓

4

EDD

split

1/RCV

-

76, 338, 8

2

↓

§ 9

original text

RCV

+

222, 166, 34

§ 14

original text

sep

+

recital B

original text

split

1

+

2

+

recital E

original text

RCV

+

383, 27, 8

recital F

1

ELDR

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

327, 52, 34

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: am 3 [1st part], 4 [1st part]

GUE/NGL: final vote

EDD: rec E, § 9

Requests for separate vote

ELDR: §§ 9, 14

Requests for split votes

Verts/ALE

am 3

1st part:‘Calls on the Commission to instruct ... of GMO farmers’

2nd part:‘A Member State should be allowed ... an EU Council meeting’

am 4

1st part:‘Calls on the Commission to instruct ... of GMO farmers’

2nd part:‘A Member State should be allowed ... an EU Council meeting’

EDD

recital B

1st part: text as a whole without the word ‘extensive’

2nd part: that word

16.   Discrimination against MS patients

Report: AALTONEN (A5-0451/2003)

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| after § 2 | 2 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| § 4 | | original text | | + | Amended orally |
| § 9 | | original text | | + | Amended orally |
| § 11 | | original text | | + | Amended orally |
| after § 11 | 3 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| § 13 | | original text | | + | Amended orally |
| § 15 | | original text | | + | Amended orally |
| rec P | 1 | Verts/ALE | | + | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 340, 0, 4 |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after § 2

2

Verts/ALE

+

§ 4

original text

+

Amended orally

§ 9

original text

+

Amended orally

§ 11

original text

+

Amended orally

after § 11

3

Verts/ALE

+

§ 13

original text

+

Amended orally

§ 15

original text

+

Amended orally

rec P

1

Verts/ALE

+

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

340, 0, 4

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Other information

Mrs AALTONEN tabled an oral amendment to paragraphs 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, seeking the insertion, after the words ‘multiple sclerosis’, of the words ‘and similar diseases’. The President established that there was no objection to the oral amendment which was adopted.

17.   Georgia

Motions for resolutions: B5-0547, 0550, 0554, 0556, 0560 and 0566/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0547/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, EDD, DUPUIS ao) |
| after § 2 | 3 | GUE/NGL | | - | |
| after § 10 | 2 | PSE | EV | - | 25, 35, 1 |
| after recital F | 1 | PSE | | - | |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | RCV | + | 61, 1, 0 |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0547/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0550/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0554/2003 | | EDD | | ↓ | |
| B5-0556/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0560/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0566/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0547/2003

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

after § 2

3

GUE/NGL

-

after § 10

2

PSE

EV

-

25, 35, 1

after recital F

1

PSE

-

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

61, 1, 0

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0547/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0550/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0554/2003

EDD

↓

B5-0556/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0560/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0566/2003

PPE-DE

↓

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote of the JT MOT

18.   Philippines: end of the moratorium on the death penalty

Motions for resolutions: B5-0545, 0551, 0557, 0562, 0567 and 0569/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0545/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0545/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0551/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0557/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0562/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0567/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0569/2003 | | UEN | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0545/2003

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

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0545/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0551/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0557/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0562/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0567/2003

PPE-DE

↓

B5-0569/2003

UEN

↓

19.   Moldova

Motions for resolutions: B5-0546, 0555, 0558, 0559, 0561 and 0568/2003

| Subject | Am no. | Author | RCV, etc. | Vote | RCV/EV — remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joint motion for a resolution RC5-0546/2003




  (PPE-DE, PSE, ELDR, Verts/ALE, EDD) |
| vote: resolution (as a whole) | | + | |
| motions for resolutions by political groups |
| B5-0546/2003 | | ELDR | | ↓ | |
| B5-0555/2003 | | EDD | | ↓ | |
| B5-0558/2003 | | GUE/NGL | | ↓ | |
| B5-0559/2003 | | PSE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0561/2003 | | Verts/ALE | | ↓ | |
| B5-0568/2003 | | PPE-DE | | ↓ | |

Subject

Am no.

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC5-0546/2003

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

vote: resolution (as a whole)

+

motions for resolutions by political groups

B5-0546/2003

ELDR

↓

B5-0555/2003

EDD

↓

B5-0558/2003

GUE/NGL

↓

B5-0559/2003

PSE

↓

B5-0561/2003

Verts/ALE

↓

B5-0568/2003

PPE-DE

↓

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(1)  
  majority required = qualified majority + 3/5 of the votes cast (IIA of 6 May 1999, point 24 and Art. 272(9) of the EC Treaty)

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

Draft budget 2004

Block 2

For: 59

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

PPE-DE: Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Foster, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Goodwill, Helmer, Kirkhope, Parish, Purvis, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Hoff, Savary, Sornosa Martínez, Tsatsos

Verts/ALE: Boumediene-Thiery, Isler Béguin, Lannoye, Lipietz, McKenna, Piétrasanta, Rod

Against: 406

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, 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, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lucas, MacCormick, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Onesta, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 7

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Krarup, Modrow

PSE: Dehousse

Verts/ALE: Schörling

Draft budget 2004

Amendment 376, 2nd part

For: 380

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Beysen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Marchiani, Mussa, Nobilia, Pasqua, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Against: 89

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Martinez, Stirbois, Turco

PSE: Mendiluce Pereiro

UEN: Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni

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

Abstention: 4

NI: Berthu, Souchet

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Mulder/Gill report A5-0473/2003

Paragraph 1

For: 429

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Fraisse

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 46

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Martinez, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Xarchakos

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 5

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

GUE/NGL: Puerta

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

Mulder/Gill report A5-0473/2003

Amendment 1, 1st part

For: 203

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Deprez, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Grönfeldt Bergman, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Matikainen-Kallström, Parish, Perry, Posselt, Purvis, Sacrédeus, Scallon, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden, Wachtmeister

PSE: van den Berg, Bowe, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, El Khadraoui, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Karlsson, Kinnock, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Marinho, Martin David W., Mendiluce Pereiro, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, O'Toole, Rothley, Savary, Simpson, Skinner, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn

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

Against: 270

NI: Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Brienza, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Zorba

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 4

PSE: Casaca, Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter, Zrihen

Mulder/Gill report A5-0473/2003

Resolution

For: 410

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Beysen, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 65

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Bonino, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois, Turco

PSE: Schmid Gerhard

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 10

GUE/NGL: Puerta

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Garaud

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Marchiani, Pasqua

Verts/ALE: McKenna, Rod, Schörling

Podestà report A5-0434/2003

Paragraph 27

For: 387

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Fraisse

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Muscardini, Mussa, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lipietz, MacCormick, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, de Roo, Rühle, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Against: 73

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

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

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, McKenna, Schörling, Schroedter, Wyn

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Herzog, Puerta

NI: Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Sacrédeus

PSE: Lund, Myller

UEN: Queiró

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Mayol i Raynal, Rod

Podestà report A5-0434/2003

Paragraph 30

For: 371

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Fraisse

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Muscardini, Mussa, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lannoye, Lipietz, MacCormick, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 66

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Sacrédeus

PSE: Paasilinna

UEN: Camre, Marchiani, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro

Verts/ALE: Lambert, Schörling

Abstention: 33

GUE/NGL: Herzog, Puerta

NI: Borghezio, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PSE: Corbett, Ford, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Simpson, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Whitehead, Wynn

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

Verts/ALE: Mayol i Raynal

Podestà report A5-0434/2003

Resolution

For: 385

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Malmström, Monsonís Domingo, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Fraisse

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Muscardini, Mussa, Segni, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Dhaene, Echerer, Ferrández Lezaun, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lannoye, Lipietz, MacCormick, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 66

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

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

PSE: Gill, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Marchiani, Pasqua

Abstention: 26

ELDR: Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Sanders-ten Holte

GUE/NGL: Herzog, Puerta

PPE-DE: Helmer, Montfort, Pastorelli, Sacrédeus

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

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Lambert, Lucas, McKenna, Rod, Schörling, Turmes

Costa report A5-0475/2003

Joint text

For: 348

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Garaud, de La Perriere, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brienza, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Lisi, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Volcic, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Against: 102

EDD: Abitbol

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Karas, Lulling, Rack, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Schierhuber, Stenzel

PSE: Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Ettl, Hänsch, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lund, Mann Erika, Martin Hans-Peter, Prets, Roth-Behrendt, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Swoboda, Van Lancker, Walter

UEN: Camre

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

Abstention: 32

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Coûteaux, Kuntz, Sandbæk

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Harbour, Helmer, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Marques, Perry, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson

PSE: Gröner

Lisi report A5-0464/2003

Joint text

For: 467

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Ilgenfritz, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, 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, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

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

Against: 4

EDD: Abitbol

PPE-DE: Deva, Foster, Helmer

Abstention: 13

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

NI: Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Kronberger, Turco

B5-0535/2003 — IGC

Recital D

For: 128

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

ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Marset Campos, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Scarbonchi, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Lamassoure, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Purvis, Scallon, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Casaca, Lund, Savary

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

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

Against: 331

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Beysen, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brienza, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, 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, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre, Segni

Abstention: 22

EDD: Andersen

GUE/NGL: Eriksson, Frahm, Herzog, Krarup, Manisco, Meijer, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Turco

PSE: Hoff

Verts/ALE: Evans Jillian, Wyn

B5-0535/2003 — IGC

Resolution

For: 58

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

NI: Berthu, Garaud, de La Perriere, Souchet

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

PSE: Hazan, Lund, Myller, Thorning-Schmidt

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

Against: 371

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Fraisse, Herzog, Patakis, Puerta, Vinci

NI: Beysen, Ilgenfritz

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brienza, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, 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, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre, Segni

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

Abstention: 49

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

ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Wurtz

NI: Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Kronberger, Martinez, Stirbois, Turco

RC — B5-0573/2003 — IGC

Resolution

For: 344

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Brienza, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba

UEN: Bigliardo, Segni

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Lagendijk, Lambert, MacCormick, Piétrasanta, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 115

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

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

PSE: Dehousse, De Keyser, Ferreira, Lund, Martin Hans-Peter, Schmid Gerhard, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Celli, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, McKenna, Onesta, Rod, Schörling, Sörensen, Turmes

Abstention: 23

GUE/NGL: Herzog, Papayannakis

NI: Borghezio

PPE-DE: Bastos, Cardoso, Coelho, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Lisi, Montfort, Pacheco Pereira, Piscarreta

PSE: Swoboda

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

Verts/ALE: Mayol i Raynal

Sommer report A5-0435/2003

Amendment 3

For: 466

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 6

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

PPE-DE: Banotti

Abstention: 5

EDD: Abitbol

GUE/NGL: Krivine, Vachetta

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Sommer report A5-0435/2003

Amendment 37

For: 213

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Davies, Duff

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Ebner, Ferri, Karas, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Stenzel, Vlasto

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Against: 249

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Bordes, Cauquil

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

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Elles, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Martinez, Stirbois

PSE: Adam, Hänsch, Martin Hans-Peter, Poos

Sommer report A5-0435/2003

Amendment 38

For: 220

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

ELDR: Boogerd-Quaak

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Against: 244

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Bordes, Cauquil

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

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 14

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

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Krivine, Patakis, Vachetta

NI: Borghezio

PSE: Adam, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Ribeiro e Castro

Zimmerling report A5-0431/2003

Amendment 5

For: 75

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PSE: Dehousse, Leinen, Marinho

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

Against: 389

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Martinez, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 10

NI: Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Schierhuber

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

Zimmerling report A5-0431/2003

Amendment 10, 1st part

For: 460

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

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

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 8

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de La Perriere, Martinez, Stirbois

PSE: Garot, Savary

Abstention: 6

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Borghezio, Souchet

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Zimmerling report A5-0431/2003

Amendment 10, 2nd part

For: 350

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Watson

NI: Beysen, Garaud, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Rossa, Dührkop Dührkop, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ford, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Hänsch, Haug, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Piecyk, Pittella, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn

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

Against: 111

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Bonino, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez, Stirbois, Turco

PSE: Berès, Carlotti, Colom i Naval, De Keyser, Désir, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gillig, Guy-Quint, Hazan, Lalumière, Paasilinna, Poignant, Rocard, Roure, Savary, Van Lancker, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Segni

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

Abstention: 8

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Souchet

PSE: Lage, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Zimmerling report A5-0431/2003

Resolution

For: 415

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

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

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Collins, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: MacCormick, Nogueira Román

Against: 45

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

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Dillen, de La Perriere, Martinez, Stirbois

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 11

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Bordes, Cauquil, Krarup, Krivine, Patakis

NI: Borghezio, Souchet

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre, Caullery

Stevenson report A5-0459/2003

Amendments 4-5

For: 95

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Eriksson, Frahm, Fraisse, Krarup, Meijer, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Bonino, Dupuis, Garaud

PPE-DE: Deva, Dover, Foster, Helmer, Perry

PSE: van den Berg, Casaca, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lund, Mendiluce Pereiro, Skinner, Wiersma, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Against: 332

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zorba

UEN: Berlato, Bigliardo, Caullery, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Mayol i Raynal

Abstention: 30

ELDR: Thors

NI: Borghezio, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Martinez, Stirbois, Turco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Bowis, Bradbourn, Callanan, Chichester, Goodwill, Harbour, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Parish, Scallon, Stockton, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Stevenson report A5-0459/2003

Resolution

For: 341

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

ELDR: Gasòliba i Böhm

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Manisco, Marset Campos, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, Berger, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Mayol i Raynal

Against: 101

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Eriksson, Frahm, Krarup, Meijer, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

PPE-DE: Bradbourn, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Nicholson, Pack, Parish, Perry, Scallon, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: van den Berg, Casaca, Kreissl-Dörfler, Wiersma

UEN: Segni

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 14

ELDR: Thors

GUE/NGL: Krivine

NI: Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Turco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Bowis, Khanbhai

PSE: Bösch, Dehousse

RC — B5-0570/2003 — European Council

Amendment 3

For: 286

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Davies, De Clercq, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Vachetta

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Cappato, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dillen, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Dehousse, Marinho, Medina Ortega

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 166

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 7

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Borghezio, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Cocilovo

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

Verts/ALE: Jonckheer

RC — B5-0570/2003 — European Council

Amendment 5

For: 209

EDD: Andersen, Bonde, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Caudron, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Naïr, Papayannakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Bonino, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Turco

PPE-DE: Atkins, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Ferrer, Ferri, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Perry, Sturdy, Van Orden

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Garot, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hazan, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Volcic, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

Verts/ALE: Bouwman, Cohn-Bendit, Ferrández Lezaun

Against: 229

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

GUE/NGL: Brie, Krivine, Modrow, Schröder Ilka

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Ilgenfritz, Souchet

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Bullmann, Duin, Gebhardt, Görlach, Gröner, Haug, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Leinen, Martin Hans-Peter, Piecyk, Randzio-Plath, Walter

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Caullery, Crowley, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Abstention: 22

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

ELDR: André-Léonard

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

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Hager, Martinez, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Bradbourn, Cocilovo, Tannock, Twinn

PSE: Désir, Scheele

RC — B5-0548/2003 — Removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China

Paragraph 3

For: 389

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Di Lello Finuoli, Eriksson, Frahm, Fraisse, Meijer, Schmid Herman, Seppänen

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Segni

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

Against: 27

EDD: Abitbol, Butel, Coûteaux, Esclopé, Mathieu, Saint-Josse

ELDR: Monsonís Domingo

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Boudjenah, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Marset Campos, Modrow, Papayannakis, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Vinci, Wurtz

PPE-DE: Bartolozzi, Cocilovo

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 22

EDD: Bernié

GUE/NGL: Brie, Krarup, Manisco, Vachetta

NI: Berthu, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Souchet

PSE: Dehousse, De Keyser, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Crowley, Hyland, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

RC — B5-0548/2003 — Removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China

Resolution

For: 373

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

ELDR: Andreasen, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Blak, Eriksson, Frahm, Fraisse, Meijer, Seppänen

NI: Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Turco

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferri, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Sartori, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McCarthy, McNally, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schulz, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Whitehead, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Segni

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

Against: 32

EDD: Abitbol, Butel, Coûteaux

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Bordes, Boudjenah, Cauquil, Di Lello Finuoli, Figueiredo, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Modrow, Papayannakis, Patakis, Schröder Ilka, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Martinez, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Cocilovo

UEN: Crowley, Hyland, Ó Neachtain

Abstention: 29

EDD: Bernié, Esclopé, Mathieu

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Brie, Krarup

NI: Berthu, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Souchet

PPE-DE: Marques, Santini

PSE: Bowe, Colom i Naval, Dehousse, Roth-Behrendt, Schmid Gerhard, Simpson, Swoboda, Wynn

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

Graefe zu Baringdorf report A5-0465/2003

Amendment 3, 1st part

For: 84

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Eriksson, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Papayannakis, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Claeys, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Souchet

PSE: Bowe, Corbett, Ferreira, Ford, Howitt, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, Martin Hans-Peter, Miller, Moraes, O'Toole, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Whitehead

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 327

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Figueiredo

NI: Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hoff, Honeyball, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McNally, Malliori, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

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

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Breyer, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Graefe zu Baringdorf

Abstention: 8

EDD: Abitbol

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Cappato, Martinez, Stirbois

PSE: Dehousse

UEN: Segni

Graefe zu Baringdorf report A5-0465/2003

Amendment 4, 1st part

For: 76

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

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Papayannakis, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois, Turco

PSE: Lund, Marinho

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, McKenna, Nogueira Román, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wyn

Against: 338

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil

NI: Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jarzembowski, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Crowley, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Ahern, Dhaene, Echerer, Graefe zu Baringdorf, MacCormick, Mayol i Raynal

Abstention: 8

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Cappato

PPE-DE: Marques

PSE: Dehousse, Ferreira, Martin Hans-Peter

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun

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Paragraph 9

For: 222

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

ELDR: van den Bos, Davies, Duff, Lynne, Monsonís Domingo, Watson

GUE/NGL: Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Papayannakis, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Daul, Fatuzzo, Fourtou, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Hernández Mollar, Hortefeux, Jean-Pierre, Lulling, Maat, Martin Hugues, Morillon, Oostlander, Piscarreta, Posselt, Rack, Radwan, Rübig, Santer, Santini, Schierhuber, Stenzel, Vatanen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Corbey, De Keyser, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Karamanou, Karlsson, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Napoletano, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Thorning-Schmidt, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Muscardini, Mussa, Nobilia, Turchi

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

Against: 166

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski

NI: Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Bayona de Perogordo, Bébéar, Berend, Bremmer, Bushill-Matthews, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gouveia, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hieronymi, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Martens, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Montfort, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Podestà, Poettering, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà

PSE: Adam, van den Berg, Bowe, Colom i Naval, Corbett, De Rossa, Duhamel, Ettl, Ford, Goebbels, Honeyball, Howitt, Katiforis, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, Myller, Napolitano, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Roth-Behrendt, Skinner, Stihler, Swoboda, Titley, Whitehead

UEN: Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Thomas-Mauro

Abstention: 34

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Cappato, Dell'Alba

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Beazley, Bowis, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Marques, Mombaur, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter, Poos

UEN: Camre, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni

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Recital E

For: 383

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

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Davies, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Papayannakis, Puerta, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Atkins, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cardoso, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fiori, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Inglewood, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Montfort, Morillon, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, Campos, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ribeiro e Castro

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

Against: 27

PSE: Adam, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Savary, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Whitehead

UEN: Berlato, Mussa, Nobilia, Queiró, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Abstention: 8

EDD: Abitbol

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

NI: Cappato, Dell'Alba

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre, Caullery

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Resolution

For: 327

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

ELDR: Andreasen, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Davies, Di Pietro, Duff, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Malmström, Monsonís Domingo, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Eriksson, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Claeys, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Martinez, Souchet, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bremmer, Cardoso, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fiori, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Graça Moura, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Hieronymi, Hortefeux, Jean-Pierre, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Marini, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Morillon, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stenzel, Stockton, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Trakatellis, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, von Wogau, Xarchakos, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbey, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miranda de Lage, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Rapkay, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Wiersma, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Caullery, Crowley, Mussa, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

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

Against: 52

ELDR: van den Bos, De Clercq, Flesch, Manders, Mulder, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Sanders-ten Holte, Sterckx, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Alyssandrakis, Patakis

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Bayona de Perogordo, Bushill-Matthews, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Fernández Martín, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Grönfeldt Bergman, Naranjo Escobar, Ojeda Sanz, Oreja Arburúa, Purvis, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Schmitt, Stenmarck, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Wachtmeister

PSE: Adam, Bowe, Corbett, Ford, Gill, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Kinnock, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Martin David W., Miller, Moraes, Murphy, O'Toole, Skinner, Stihler, Titley, Whitehead, Wynn

UEN: Segni

Abstention: 34

EDD: Abitbol

ELDR: André-Léonard, Ries, Thors

NI: Borghezio, Cappato

PPE-DE: Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Dover, Elles, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Helmer, Inglewood, Khanbhai, Kirkhope, Klamt, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Sommer, Sturdy, Tannock, Twinn, Van Orden

PSE: Dehousse, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre, Muscardini

Aaltonen report A5-0451/2003

Resolution

For: 340

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

ELDR: Andreasen, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Di Pietro, Duff, Flesch, Gasòliba i Böhm, Jensen, Lynne, Maaten, Malmström, Monsonís Domingo, Newton Dunn, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schmidt, Sterckx, Thors, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Eriksson, Frahm, Fraisse, Jové Peres, Koulourianos, Krarup, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Patakis, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Borghezio, Cappato, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Souchet, Turco

PPE-DE: Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bowis, Bremmer, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Chichester, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, Doorn, Dover, Ebner, Elles, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Garriga Polledo, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Helmer, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kastler, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klaß, Koch, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Langenhagen, Lechner, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pack, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Piscarreta, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Scallon, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Sommer, Stenzel, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Trakatellis, Twinn, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vlasto, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Bösch, Bullmann, Carlotti, Carrilho, Casaca, Cercas, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Dehousse, De Rossa, Désir, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Färm, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gillig, Glante, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Haug, Hazan, Hoff, Honeyball, Howitt, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Jöns, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Lage, Lalumière, Leinen, Linkohr, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Murphy, Napoletano, Napolitano, Paasilinna, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rodríguez Ramos, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Crowley, Muscardini, Nobilia, Ribeiro e Castro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Ferrández Lezaun, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Mayol i Raynal, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, Rühle, Schroedter, Staes, Turmes, Wyn

Abstention: 4

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Stenmarck, Wachtmeister

RC — B5-0547/2003 — Georgia

For: 61

EDD: Belder, Sandbæk

ELDR: Lynne, Mulder

GUE/NGL: Caudron, Koulourianos, Meijer, Puerta

NI: Berthu, Cappato, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

PPE-DE: Arvidsson, Balfe, Bowis, Chichester, Cushnahan, Daul, De Sarnez, Elles, Gahler, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Goepel, Gomolka, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hatzidakis, Karas, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klaß, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, McCartin, Mayer Hans-Peter, Menrad, Nicholson, Posselt, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Stenmarck, von Wogau, Zimmerling

PSE: Casaca, Ettl, Gillig, Karamanou, Kindermann, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Souladakis, Stihler, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco

UEN: Ribeiro e Castro

Verts/ALE: Ferrández Lezaun, Lagendijk, Onesta

Against: 1

PSE: Dehousse

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2003)0587

Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for Iraq

European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 (COM(2003) 576 — C5-0455/2003 — 2003/0225(ACI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council presented by the Commission (COM(2003) 576 — C5-0455/2003), |
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having regard to the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council presented by the Commission (COM(2003) 576 — C5-0455/2003),

| — | having regard to 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 (1), |
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having regard to 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 (1),

| — | having regard to the outcome of the trialogue of 13 November 2003, |
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having regard to the outcome of the trialogue of 13 November 2003,

| — | having regard to the outcome of the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 with the Council, |
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having regard to the outcome of the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 with the Council,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0456/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0456/2003),

| A. | whereas the possibility of EU participation in the reconstruction of Iraq was entirely unforeseeable when the financial perspectives were adopted on 9 May 1999, |
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A.

whereas the possibility of EU participation in the reconstruction of Iraq was entirely unforeseeable when the financial perspectives were adopted on 9 May 1999,

| B. | whereas the Council has not included any amount for the reconstruction of Iraq in its first reading, |
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B.

whereas the Council has not included any amount for the reconstruction of Iraq in its first reading,

| C. | whereas the pledge made by the Commission on behalf of the European Union at the Ministerial Conference in Madrid to set up the Community's participation for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq until the end of 2004, was preceded by a prior consultation of the budgetary authority, |
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C.

whereas the pledge made by the Commission on behalf of the European Union at the Ministerial Conference in Madrid to set up the Community's participation for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq until the end of 2004, was preceded by a prior consultation of the budgetary authority,

| D. | whereas the Parliament, in its first reading of the draft budget for 2004, has allocated an amount of EUR 30 million for Iraq without reducing the existing policies, while the Council in its second reading, has reduced them to finance the whole amount through redeployment, |
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D.

whereas the Parliament, in its first reading of the draft budget for 2004, has allocated an amount of EUR 30 million for Iraq without reducing the existing policies, while the Council in its second reading, has reduced them to finance the whole amount through redeployment,

| 1. | Stresses that the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument, provided for by point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, has been decided for the fourth consecutive year as the needs to face international crises since 2000 could not be financed within the initial ceilings of heading 4 of the financial perspective; |
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Stresses that the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument, provided for by point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, has been decided for the fourth consecutive year as the needs to face international crises since 2000 could not be financed within the initial ceilings of heading 4 of the financial perspective;

| 2. | Is willing to provide the European Union with the appropriate means to assume its new responsibilities in the world, without affecting its traditional priorities; |
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2.

Is willing to provide the European Union with the appropriate means to assume its new responsibilities in the world, without affecting its traditional priorities;

| 3. | Approves the attached decision; |
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3.

Approves the attached decision;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including the annex, to the Council and the Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including the annex, to the Council and the Commission.

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

ANNEX

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular point 24 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

Whereas:

| (1) | Following the European Council of 19 and 20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, the Commission proposed that the Community share of the European contribution amount to EUR 200 million over the 2003-2004 period, with EUR 40 million mobilised in 2003 and EUR 160 million in 2004, |
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(1)

Following the European Council of 19 and 20 June 2003 in Thessaloniki, the Commission proposed that the Community share of the European contribution amount to EUR 200 million over the 2003-2004 period, with EUR 40 million mobilised in 2003 and EUR 160 million in 2004,

| (2) | The amount foreseen for 2004 was not entered in the Preliminary draft Budget for 2004. Accordingly, the Commission has proposed to budget the EUR 160 million under the new dedicated budget line created through the amending letter No 1 to PDB 2004 (article 19 08 07). At the conciliation meeting on 24 November 2003 the European Parliament and the Council accepted this amending letter with an amount of EUR 160 million on the line created for ‘Aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq’ and the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for an amount of EUR 95 million. |
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(2)

The amount foreseen for 2004 was not entered in the Preliminary draft Budget for 2004. Accordingly, the Commission has proposed to budget the EUR 160 million under the new dedicated budget line created through the amending letter No 1 to PDB 2004 (article 19 08 07). At the conciliation meeting on 24 November 2003 the European Parliament and the Council accepted this amending letter with an amount of EUR 160 million on the line created for ‘Aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq’ and the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for an amount of EUR 95 million.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 (hereinafter ‘the 2004 budget’), the flexibility instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 95 000 000 in commitment appropriations.

This amount shall be used for the financing of the aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq, covered by Heading 4 ‘External actions’ of the financial perspective, under the new article 19 08 07 of the 2004 budget.

Article 2

This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same time as the 2004 budget.

Done at Strasbourg, ...

For the European Parliament

The President

...

For the Council

The President

...

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

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(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

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P5_TA(2003)0588

2004 draft general budget, as amended by the Council (all sections)

European Parliament resolution on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004 as modified by the Council (all sections) (11357/2003 — C5-0600/2003 — 2003/2001(BUD) — 2003/2002(BUD)) and Letters of amendment Nos 1/2004 — (14837/2003 — C5-0570/2003), 2/2004 (14838/2003 — C5-0571/2003) and 3/2004 (14839/2003 — C5-0572/2003) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

| — | having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1), |
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having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1),

| — | 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), |
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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),

| — | having regard to 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 (3), and the adjustment and revision of the Financial Perspective in preparation for enlargement of 19 May 2003, |
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having regard to 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 (3), and the adjustment and revision of the Financial Perspective in preparation for enlargement of 19 May 2003,

| — | having regard to the preliminary draft general budget of the European Community for the financial year 2004 submitted by the Commission on 13 June 2003 (COM(2003) 400), |
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having regard to the preliminary draft general budget of the European Community for the financial year 2004 submitted by the Commission on 13 June 2003 (COM(2003) 400),

| — | having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, which the Council established on 18 July 2003 (C5-0300/2003), |
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having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, which the Council established on 18 July 2003 (C5-0300/2003),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 (4) on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, Section III — Commission (C5-0300/2003), |
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having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 (4) on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, Section III — Commission (C5-0300/2003),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 (5) on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII(A) — European Ombudsman, Section VIII(B) — European Data Protection Supervisor (C5-0300/2003), |
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having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2003 (5) on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII(A) — European Ombudsman, Section VIII(B) — European Data Protection Supervisor (C5-0300/2003),

| — | having regard to its amendments and proposed modifications of 23 October 2003 to the draft general budget, |
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having regard to its amendments and proposed modifications of 23 October 2003 to the draft general budget,

| — | having regard to the Council's modifications to the amendments and proposed modifications adopted by Parliament to the draft general budget (11357/2003 — C5-0600/2003), |
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having regard to the Council's modifications to the amendments and proposed modifications adopted by Parliament to the draft general budget (11357/2003 — C5-0600/2003),

| — | having regard to the results of the conciliation of 24 November 2003, |
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having regard to the results of the conciliation of 24 November 2003,

| — | having regard to European Parliament and Council Decision of 18 December 2003 to mobilise the flexibility instrument provided for in paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) of 6 May 1999 (6), |
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having regard to European Parliament and Council Decision of 18 December 2003 to mobilise the flexibility instrument provided for in paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) of 6 May 1999 (6),

| — | having regard to Letters of amendment Nos 1/2004 (14837/2003 — C5-0570/2003), 2/2004 (14838/2003 — C5-0571/2003)) and 3/2004 (14839/2003 — C5-0572/2003) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, |
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having regard to Letters of amendment Nos 1/2004 (14837/2003 — C5-0570/2003), 2/2004 (14838/2003 — C5-0571/2003)) and 3/2004 (14839/2003 — C5-0572/2003) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004,

| — | having regard to Rule 92 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 92 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0473/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0473/2003),

| A. | whereas Letter of Amendment No 1/2004 to the Draft General Budget (DB) proposes, among other things, the creation of a new article under Heading 4 with the provision of supplementary appropriations for the support to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq, and whereas this part will be covered by the budget vote, |
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A.

whereas Letter of Amendment No 1/2004 to the Draft General Budget (DB) proposes, among other things, the creation of a new article under Heading 4 with the provision of supplementary appropriations for the support to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq, and whereas this part will be covered by the budget vote,

| B. | whereas Letter of Amendment No 2/2004 to the DB proposes to adjust the estimates for agriculture and for international fisheries agreements in accordance with the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) of 6 May 1999, |
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B.

whereas Letter of Amendment No 2/2004 to the DB proposes to adjust the estimates for agriculture and for international fisheries agreements in accordance with the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) of 6 May 1999,

| C. | whereas Letter of Amendment No 3/2004 proposes to create an appropriate structure to accommodate in the budget the revenue deriving from the ‘special levy’ on the salaries of Members of the institutions, officials and other servants of the Communities, |
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C.

whereas Letter of Amendment No 3/2004 proposes to create an appropriate structure to accommodate in the budget the revenue deriving from the ‘special levy’ on the salaries of Members of the institutions, officials and other servants of the Communities,

| D. | whereas the Budget for 2004 as adopted by the Parliament for EU-15 amounts to EUR 99 528 million in commitments and EUR 94 618 million in payments, whereas the budget figures agreed for EU-25 account for EUR 111 300 million in commitments and EUR 99 724 million in payments, whereas these levels of payments represent only 0,98 % of estimated GNI for the year 2004, compared to 1,06 % for EU-15 and 1,10 % for EU-25 as established by the Financial Perspective, and leaving a margin of EUR 7 655 million for EU-15 and of EUR 11 829 million for EU-25, |
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D.

whereas the Budget for 2004 as adopted by the Parliament for EU-15 amounts to EUR 99 528 million in commitments and EUR 94 618 million in payments, whereas the budget figures agreed for EU-25 account for EUR 111 300 million in commitments and EUR 99 724 million in payments, whereas these levels of payments represent only 0,98 % of estimated GNI for the year 2004, compared to 1,06 % for EU-15 and 1,10 % for EU-25 as established by the Financial Perspective, and leaving a margin of EUR 7 655 million for EU-15 and of EUR 11 829 million for EU-25,

| E. | whereas the Commission's letter concerning the executability of the amendments adopted to the draft budget 2004 was taken into consideration, |
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E.

whereas the Commission's letter concerning the executability of the amendments adopted to the draft budget 2004 was taken into consideration,

| F. | whereas the maximum rate of increase (Article 272(9) of the Treaty) is being respected, |
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F.

whereas the maximum rate of increase (Article 272(9) of the Treaty) is being respected,

| G. | whereas the overall amount of payment appropriations has been maintained at the lowest acceptable level, i.e. at 2,3 % over Budget 2003 for EU-25, in accordance with the agreement reached at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003, |
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G.

whereas the overall amount of payment appropriations has been maintained at the lowest acceptable level, i.e. at 2,3 % over Budget 2003 for EU-25, in accordance with the agreement reached at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003,

| H. | whereas the budgetary authority reached an agreement at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 (as outlined in the attached declaration) on the procedure for the presentation of the amending budget to cater for enlargement and whereas it is imperative that the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) take Parliament's first reading vote on board, in order to allow the budget EU-25 to enter into force on 1 May 2004, |
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H.

whereas the budgetary authority reached an agreement at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 (as outlined in the attached declaration) on the procedure for the presentation of the amending budget to cater for enlargement and whereas it is imperative that the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) take Parliament's first reading vote on board, in order to allow the budget EU-25 to enter into force on 1 May 2004,

| I. | whereas it is essential to continue monitoring the implementation of the Budget, for which reason it has decided to maintain the implementation reserves in a number of areas, in accordance with the principle voted in its first reading, |
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whereas it is essential to continue monitoring the implementation of the Budget, for which reason it has decided to maintain the implementation reserves in a number of areas, in accordance with the principle voted in its first reading,

| 1. | Approves those parts of Letter of Amendment No 1/2004 as adopted by the Council on 25 November 2003, which are not covered by the budget vote; |
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1.

Approves those parts of Letter of Amendment No 1/2004 as adopted by the Council on 25 November 2003, which are not covered by the budget vote;

| 2. | Approves Letter of Amendment No 2/2004 as adopted by the Council on 25 November 2003; |
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2.

Approves Letter of Amendment No 2/2004 as adopted by the Council on 25 November 2003;

| 3. | Approves Letter of Amendment 3/2004 as adopted by Council on 25 November 2003; |
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3.

Approves Letter of Amendment 3/2004 as adopted by Council on 25 November 2003;

Subsidies and co-decided programmes

| 4. | Welcomes the agreements achieved at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 concerning the basic acts for grants and the co-decided programmes, as outlined in the attached declarations; |
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4.

Welcomes the agreements achieved at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 concerning the basic acts for grants and the co-decided programmes, as outlined in the attached declarations;

Implementation

| 5. | Expects the Commission to show more determination for an efficient implementation of the 2004 Budget as agreed by the budgetary authority and respecting the European Parliament's political priorities; considers that the Commission should present proposals for more efficient tools for the surveillance of implementation and on-time identification of areas of concern; |
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5.

Expects the Commission to show more determination for an efficient implementation of the 2004 Budget as agreed by the budgetary authority and respecting the European Parliament's political priorities; considers that the Commission should present proposals for more efficient tools for the surveillance of implementation and on-time identification of areas of concern;

Heading 1: Agriculture

| 6. | Has decided to approve the Letter of Amendment No 2 on agriculture and international fishery; welcomes the fact that the Commission has taken the European Parliament first reading priorities for the agricultural sector into account in its Letter of Amendment, which includes the following:






  — | EUR 500 000 to allow for further examination of the environmental indicators to be used in the context of the cross-compliance rules, as adopted under the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in close cooperation with the Environment Agency, |
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6.

Has decided to approve the Letter of Amendment No 2 on agriculture and international fishery; welcomes the fact that the Commission has taken the European Parliament first reading priorities for the agricultural sector into account in its Letter of Amendment, which includes the following:

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EUR 500 000 to allow for further examination of the environmental indicators to be used in the context of the cross-compliance rules, as adopted under the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in close cooperation with the Environment Agency,

| — | a new budget line with EUR 500 000 to enable the exploration of the possibility of establishing European quality labels, so as to ensure transparency for consumers, |
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a new budget line with EUR 500 000 to enable the exploration of the possibility of establishing European quality labels, so as to ensure transparency for consumers,

| — | a new budget line 17 01 04 04 (BA line) for a pilot study on the financing of risks for livestock epidemics. The appropriations of EUR 500 000 are intended to cover further studies and a conference in this domain, |
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a new budget line 17 01 04 04 (BA line) for a pilot study on the financing of risks for livestock epidemics. The appropriations of EUR 500 000 are intended to cover further studies and a conference in this domain,

| — | budget line 05 03 02 01 (Export refunds for beef and veal) will be subdivided to ensure transparency between those appropriations intended for export refunds for meat and those for live exports. |
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budget line 05 03 02 01 (Export refunds for beef and veal) will be subdivided to ensure transparency between those appropriations intended for export refunds for meat and those for live exports.

| 7. | Notes that, for subheading 1a, the updated figures correspond to EUR 40 254.3 million for EU-25, leaving a margin of EUR 2 523.7 million below the ceiling of the Financial Perspectives, whereas the margin in the PDB was EUR 1 431.2 million; notes also that, for rural development, several modifications have been included in the Letter of Amendment, leaving the global amount unchanged, which corresponds to the ceiling of subheading 1b (EUR 4 803 million); |
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Notes that, for subheading 1a, the updated figures correspond to EUR 40 254.3 million for EU-25, leaving a margin of EUR 2 523.7 million below the ceiling of the Financial Perspectives, whereas the margin in the PDB was EUR 1 431.2 million; notes also that, for rural development, several modifications have been included in the Letter of Amendment, leaving the global amount unchanged, which corresponds to the ceiling of subheading 1b (EUR 4 803 million);

| 8. | Welcomes the fact that the Council has accepted the Letter of Amendment No 2 and has decided to restore PDB for all the agricultural budget lines that have not been modified by the Commission in its Letter of Amendment; |
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8.

Welcomes the fact that the Council has accepted the Letter of Amendment No 2 and has decided to restore PDB for all the agricultural budget lines that have not been modified by the Commission in its Letter of Amendment;

| 9. | Notes the Commission's estimation that the level of appropriations entered against line 17 04 02 (Other measures in the veterinary, animal welfare and public-health field) is sufficient to cover the development of marker vaccines; is willing, nevertheless, to make the necessary appropriations available in the course of 2004 by means of a transfer request should the level of appropriations not be sufficient; |
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9.

Notes the Commission's estimation that the level of appropriations entered against line 17 04 02 (Other measures in the veterinary, animal welfare and public-health field) is sufficient to cover the development of marker vaccines; is willing, nevertheless, to make the necessary appropriations available in the course of 2004 by means of a transfer request should the level of appropriations not be sufficient;

| 10. | Welcomes the remarks introduced in Article 11 03 01 of the Letter of Amendment No 2 as regards the breakdown of appropriations for international fisheries agreements in financial contributions (EUR 142 million in commitments and payments) and targeted and other measures (EUR 26,3 million in commitments and 30,8 million in payments); |
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10.

Welcomes the remarks introduced in Article 11 03 01 of the Letter of Amendment No 2 as regards the breakdown of appropriations for international fisheries agreements in financial contributions (EUR 142 million in commitments and payments) and targeted and other measures (EUR 26,3 million in commitments and 30,8 million in payments);

Heading 2: Structural Actions

| 11. | Remains concerned about the high level of outstanding commitments and their continued accumulation; invites the Commission to present, during the first trimester of 2004, a thorough assessment of the situation of the Structural Funds payments, especially as regards the remaining payments relating to the previous programming period 1994-1999 by fund and by Member State and the effects of the implementation of the n+2 rule; reminds the Commission of its commitment to bring forward an Amending Budget should the level of payments appropriations made available prove to be insufficient during 2004; |
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11.

Remains concerned about the high level of outstanding commitments and their continued accumulation; invites the Commission to present, during the first trimester of 2004, a thorough assessment of the situation of the Structural Funds payments, especially as regards the remaining payments relating to the previous programming period 1994-1999 by fund and by Member State and the effects of the implementation of the n+2 rule; reminds the Commission of its commitment to bring forward an Amending Budget should the level of payments appropriations made available prove to be insufficient during 2004;

Heading 3: Internal Policies

| 12. | Notes that the Council has hardly accepted any of Parliament's amendments, and regrets especially the willingness of the Council to provide only marginal support for EP proposals on pilot projects and preparatory actions despite the fact that the provisions of their financing were jointly agreed in the IIA of 6 May 1999 and the ceilings foreseen by point 37 have been fully respected; |
| --- | --- |

12.

Notes that the Council has hardly accepted any of Parliament's amendments, and regrets especially the willingness of the Council to provide only marginal support for EP proposals on pilot projects and preparatory actions despite the fact that the provisions of their financing were jointly agreed in the IIA of 6 May 1999 and the ceilings foreseen by point 37 have been fully respected;

| 13. | Confirms that the management of the Union's external borders remains a priority; has decided, therefore, to enter an amount of EUR 19.8 million in commitments for the ARGO programme, as recommended by the Commission and agreed by the Council; |
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13.

Confirms that the management of the Union's external borders remains a priority; has decided, therefore, to enter an amount of EUR 19.8 million in commitments for the ARGO programme, as recommended by the Commission and agreed by the Council;

| 14. | Endorses the solution proposed by the Commission concerning the financing of Info points and as agreed in the Declaration adopted at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 (attached to this resolution) and reiterates its request to the Commission to set up transitional measures ensuring the continuation of EU funding to actions and programmes in the area of Information Policy, particularly in view of the European elections, in respect of the provisions of the Financial Regulation; |
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14.

Endorses the solution proposed by the Commission concerning the financing of Info points and as agreed in the Declaration adopted at the conciliation meeting of 24 November 2003 (attached to this resolution) and reiterates its request to the Commission to set up transitional measures ensuring the continuation of EU funding to actions and programmes in the area of Information Policy, particularly in view of the European elections, in respect of the provisions of the Financial Regulation;

| 15. | Welcomes the constructive answers provided by the Commission, some parliamentary committees and by the agencies themselves to its first reading amendments concerning the decentralised agencies; considers that EP control at political and budgetary levels should be reinforced in line with the trend to create more agencies in future and with the significant and increasing impact the agencies will have on heading 3; invites the specialised committees to enhance the coordination of their activities, also in light of the provisions of the Financial Regulation, so that a coherent approach of Parliament can be ensured in this sector; |
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15.

Welcomes the constructive answers provided by the Commission, some parliamentary committees and by the agencies themselves to its first reading amendments concerning the decentralised agencies; considers that EP control at political and budgetary levels should be reinforced in line with the trend to create more agencies in future and with the significant and increasing impact the agencies will have on heading 3; invites the specialised committees to enhance the coordination of their activities, also in light of the provisions of the Financial Regulation, so that a coherent approach of Parliament can be ensured in this sector;

| 16. | Decides to confirm the staff of the Agencies as decided by the Council: considers that the staff policy of the Agencies should respect the Financial Regulation, the Staff Regulations and the best practice generally followed by the Institutions; |
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16.

Decides to confirm the staff of the Agencies as decided by the Council: considers that the staff policy of the Agencies should respect the Financial Regulation, the Staff Regulations and the best practice generally followed by the Institutions;

| 17. | Considers that the Commission should indicate before the budgetary procedure 2005 the guidelines concerning the staff policy, notably the rate of vacant posts, the rate of promotions and the level of recruitment and a standard career profile; to this end, Agencies are requested to provide the Commission necessary information, in particular regarding establishment plans; |
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17.

Considers that the Commission should indicate before the budgetary procedure 2005 the guidelines concerning the staff policy, notably the rate of vacant posts, the rate of promotions and the level of recruitment and a standard career profile; to this end, Agencies are requested to provide the Commission necessary information, in particular regarding establishment plans;

| 18. | Requests all the agencies to adopt career and promotion policies which are in line with those applied in the Commission or in the other institutions; |
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18.

Requests all the agencies to adopt career and promotion policies which are in line with those applied in the Commission or in the other institutions;

Heading 4: External Policies

| 19. | Welcomes the agreement reached on funding for the reconstruction of Iraq, which will fully respect the indicative EU pledge of EUR 200 million —for the period 2003-2004— made at the Madrid Donor's Conference, and which is to be implemented on the basis of the political principles approved by Parliament on 24 September 2003 (7); recalls that it is the responsibility of the Union to base its longer-term contributions on the needs of the Iraqi people and on the political and institutional progress made; |
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19.

Welcomes the agreement reached on funding for the reconstruction of Iraq, which will fully respect the indicative EU pledge of EUR 200 million —for the period 2003-2004— made at the Madrid Donor's Conference, and which is to be implemented on the basis of the political principles approved by Parliament on 24 September 2003 (7); recalls that it is the responsibility of the Union to base its longer-term contributions on the needs of the Iraqi people and on the political and institutional progress made;

| 20. | Notes with satisfaction that its engagement with Iraq has been achieved whilst, at the same time, being able to maintain its existing external policy priorities, such as the global fight against poverty in various geographical regions, the fight against HIV/AIDS, promotion of human rights, consolidation of the rule of law and development of civil rights, but regrets that the Council's intransigence has forced cuts in other well-established policies and/or geographical regions; |
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20.

Notes with satisfaction that its engagement with Iraq has been achieved whilst, at the same time, being able to maintain its existing external policy priorities, such as the global fight against poverty in various geographical regions, the fight against HIV/AIDS, promotion of human rights, consolidation of the rule of law and development of civil rights, but regrets that the Council's intransigence has forced cuts in other well-established policies and/or geographical regions;

| 21. | Notes the documentation provided by the Commission concerning its procedures vis-à-vis non-state actors, including NGOs, and considers that the information received contributes to greater clarity in the allocation of funds in this area but is of the opinion that further analysis should be undertaken; therefore maintains the reserves created in first reading and intends to follow up on the information provided during the course of 2004, particularly with respect to the exceptions to the principle of open tendering which have been notified by the Commission; underlines that the reserves can be lifted as soon as additional answers have been received and analysed by the EP; |
| --- | --- |

21.

Notes the documentation provided by the Commission concerning its procedures vis-à-vis non-state actors, including NGOs, and considers that the information received contributes to greater clarity in the allocation of funds in this area but is of the opinion that further analysis should be undertaken; therefore maintains the reserves created in first reading and intends to follow up on the information provided during the course of 2004, particularly with respect to the exceptions to the principle of open tendering which have been notified by the Commission; underlines that the reserves can be lifted as soon as additional answers have been received and analysed by the EP;

| 22. | Considers that the agreement on CFSP reached with the Council, concerning the practical implementation of points 39 and 40 of the IIA of 6 May 1999, and the Common Declaration of 25 November 2002, constitutes an important step forward as regards political dialogue in this field and as regards early warning of future CFSP actions; has therefore decided to substantially increase Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) appropriations, particularly so as to launch the new EU Police Mission in FYROM, based on the condition that the new cooperation/consultation provisions between Parliament and Council will be fully respected, and including a qualitatively improved (more policy-oriented and forward-looking) annual CFSP reporting; |
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22.

Considers that the agreement on CFSP reached with the Council, concerning the practical implementation of points 39 and 40 of the IIA of 6 May 1999, and the Common Declaration of 25 November 2002, constitutes an important step forward as regards political dialogue in this field and as regards early warning of future CFSP actions; has therefore decided to substantially increase Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) appropriations, particularly so as to launch the new EU Police Mission in FYROM, based on the condition that the new cooperation/consultation provisions between Parliament and Council will be fully respected, and including a qualitatively improved (more policy-oriented and forward-looking) annual CFSP reporting;

| 23. | Has decided to create the budgetary structure (line 22 02 09) for demining activities in Cyprus with a token entry; invites the Commission, however, to take Parliament's first reading vote into account in the context of its PDAB enlargement and propose the corresponding amount; |
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23.

Has decided to create the budgetary structure (line 22 02 09) for demining activities in Cyprus with a token entry; invites the Commission, however, to take Parliament's first reading vote into account in the context of its PDAB enlargement and propose the corresponding amount;

| 24. | Reaffirms its support for the creation of a Bi-regional Solidarity Found, within the framework of cooperation with Latin America, and, pending the entry into force of the legal basis, calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures based on amendment 0692 of its the first reading of the draft budget 2004 and on the proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 as modified by the Parliament in its first reading; |
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24.

Reaffirms its support for the creation of a Bi-regional Solidarity Found, within the framework of cooperation with Latin America, and, pending the entry into force of the legal basis, calls on the Commission to take the appropriate measures based on amendment 0692 of its the first reading of the draft budget 2004 and on the proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 as modified by the Parliament in its first reading;

Heading 5: Administrative Expenditure

| 25. | Has decided to make the necessary appropriations available on the line for the creation of 247 posts in the Commission's establishment plan; insists, however, that these posts are being authorised on condition that the Commission implements the pilot projects and preparatory actions, as voted by Parliament, in particular by anticipating the internal procedures of a call for interest, by allocating adequate human resources, and finally by fully integrating them in the legislative work programme; |
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25.

Has decided to make the necessary appropriations available on the line for the creation of 247 posts in the Commission's establishment plan; insists, however, that these posts are being authorised on condition that the Commission implements the pilot projects and preparatory actions, as voted by Parliament, in particular by anticipating the internal procedures of a call for interest, by allocating adequate human resources, and finally by fully integrating them in the legislative work programme;

| 26. | Notes with interest President Prodi's statement that problems still persist in the effective functioning of the Commission and that changes are still needed; therefore, has decided to maintain the appropriations for the remaining 25 posts requested by the Commission in reserve until the Commission presents Parliament with an overall assessment not only of the changes made in the context of the reform of the Commission, but more particularly, what remains to be done in order to successfully complete the reform at the latest by 15 February 2004; |
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26.

Notes with interest President Prodi's statement that problems still persist in the effective functioning of the Commission and that changes are still needed; therefore, has decided to maintain the appropriations for the remaining 25 posts requested by the Commission in reserve until the Commission presents Parliament with an overall assessment not only of the changes made in the context of the reform of the Commission, but more particularly, what remains to be done in order to successfully complete the reform at the latest by 15 February 2004;

| 27. | Considers the adoption of Amending Budget No 8/2003 as part of a global solution concerning the situation in heading 5; has decided to leave sufficient a margin to cover the cost of emerging additional needs, such as the financing of European political parties, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the salary adjustment for staff, among others; notes that amending budgets will be presented in the course of 2004 to the budgetary authority to make funding for these needs available; |
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27.

Considers the adoption of Amending Budget No 8/2003 as part of a global solution concerning the situation in heading 5; has decided to leave sufficient a margin to cover the cost of emerging additional needs, such as the financing of European political parties, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the salary adjustment for staff, among others; notes that amending budgets will be presented in the course of 2004 to the budgetary authority to make funding for these needs available;

| 28. | Notes that enlargement implies the recruitment of a number of officials from the new Member States; recalls that the principle of geographical balance, which is laid down in the Staff Regulations, should be respected for all Member States; invites all institutions, with due regard to their administrative autonomy, to apply that principle when recruiting officials with the required professional qualifications to fill both vacant posts and newly created ones; |
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28.

Notes that enlargement implies the recruitment of a number of officials from the new Member States; recalls that the principle of geographical balance, which is laid down in the Staff Regulations, should be respected for all Member States; invites all institutions, with due regard to their administrative autonomy, to apply that principle when recruiting officials with the required professional qualifications to fill both vacant posts and newly created ones;

| 29. | Reiterates its call on the Commission, made in its resolution of 19 December 2002 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 (8), that it submit as soon as possible a proposal to solve definitively the problem of the creation of a day and residential care centre for disabled children of European officials; observes, in the light of the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union, that the number of children concerned is likely to rise; |
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29.

Reiterates its call on the Commission, made in its resolution of 19 December 2002 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 (8), that it submit as soon as possible a proposal to solve definitively the problem of the creation of a day and residential care centre for disabled children of European officials; observes, in the light of the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union, that the number of children concerned is likely to rise;

Other Sections

| 30. | Notes that heading 5 will be under considerable pressure in 2005 due, among other things, to the effects that the new gross national income estimates will have on the technical adjustment of the Financial Perspective and the resulting reduction of the ceiling; recalls that all the Secretaries General of the institutions presented an estimation of needs in 2005 in the third report on the evolution of heading 5; points out that the estimation provided is no longer compatible with the adjusted ceiling of the Financial Perspective in 2005; urges all institutions, therefore, to fine-tune and scale down their needs when they present their 2005 estimates of expenditure, so that the ceiling of heading 5 is not exceeded, as is also outlined in the attached declaration on heading 5; |
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30.

Notes that heading 5 will be under considerable pressure in 2005 due, among other things, to the effects that the new gross national income estimates will have on the technical adjustment of the Financial Perspective and the resulting reduction of the ceiling; recalls that all the Secretaries General of the institutions presented an estimation of needs in 2005 in the third report on the evolution of heading 5; points out that the estimation provided is no longer compatible with the adjusted ceiling of the Financial Perspective in 2005; urges all institutions, therefore, to fine-tune and scale down their needs when they present their 2005 estimates of expenditure, so that the ceiling of heading 5 is not exceeded, as is also outlined in the attached declaration on heading 5;

| 31. | Requests its Bureau and its Secretary-General, to work out a smooth and swift financial structure for paying the various costs related to Parliament's involvement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the WTO in Parliament's budget, when preparing the budgetary estimates for 2005, and to take appropriate action to this end during the financial year 2004; |
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31.

Requests its Bureau and its Secretary-General, to work out a smooth and swift financial structure for paying the various costs related to Parliament's involvement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the WTO in Parliament's budget, when preparing the budgetary estimates for 2005, and to take appropriate action to this end during the financial year 2004;

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| 32. | Instructs its President to declare that the budget has been finally adopted and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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32.

Instructs its President to declare that the budget has been finally adopted and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

| 33. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the other institutions and bodies concerned. |
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33.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the other institutions and bodies concerned.

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(1)  OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 42.

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

(3)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement modified by European Parliament and Council Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

(4)  P5_TA(2003)0449.

(5)  P5_TA(2003)0450.

(6)  P5_TA(2003)...

(7)  P5_TA(2003)0401.

(8)  
  P5_TA(2002)0624.

ANNEX

Joint declaration on administrative expenditure in 2005 and 2006

‘The Commission declares that the financing of the adjustment proposed for salaries and of the new posts requested by all Institutions in the PDB 2004 are compatible with the present ceilings and forecasts of administrative expenditure from 2004 to 2006. However, to take into account the most recent data and economic forecasts available, the Commission will determine in December, ahead of the 2005 procedure, technical adjustments to the financial perspective in line with the movements of GNI and prices, as foreseen by the IIA (pt 15).

Mainly due to the depreciation of the Sterling Pound against the Euro in 2003, these adjustments will result in a decrease of the present ceilings other than those for Heading 1 and the Structural Funds.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission call on the Secretaries General of all institutions and Directors of non self-financed decentralised bodies to revise accordingly their administrative expenditure plans by end February 2004 in order for the PDB 2005 to comply with this new ceiling.’

Joint declaration on the EU 25 Budget

‘The European Parliament and the Council:

Recalling their declaration adopted at the budgetary conciliation meeting of 16 July 2003 on budget procedure 2004;

Invite the Commission to present early 2004 the enlargement PDAB for the budgeting of the amounts for EU-25 on the basis of the agreement reached at the conciliation meeting on 24 November 2003, thus taking into account the following elements:

| — | the respect of the global increase of 2,3 % for Payment Appropriations for EU-25, as compared to the 2003 budget including AB No 1 to 5; |
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—

the respect of the global increase of 2,3 % for Payment Appropriations for EU-25, as compared to the 2003 budget including AB No 1 to 5;

| — | as for commitment appropriations, the respect of the decision of the Council 2nd reading in Heading 1, including Amending Letter no 2/2004; |
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—

as for commitment appropriations, the respect of the decision of the Council 2nd reading in Heading 1, including Amending Letter no 2/2004;

| — | the amounts for commitment appropriations in Heading 2 and 8 of the PDB, in line with the decisions taken at the Copenhagen European Council of December 2002; |
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—

the amounts for commitment appropriations in Heading 2 and 8 of the PDB, in line with the decisions taken at the Copenhagen European Council of December 2002;

| — | the amounts added for enlargement in Heading 3 on the relevant lines by the European Parliament at its 1st reading; |
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—

the amounts added for enlargement in Heading 3 on the relevant lines by the European Parliament at its 1st reading;

| — | they note that for all the other Headings (4, 5, 6 and 7), the budget as it will be adopted in December will already include the amounts for the enlarged Union.’ |
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—

they note that for all the other Headings (4, 5, 6 and 7), the budget as it will be adopted in December will already include the amounts for the enlarged Union.’

Declaration of the European Parliament and the Council

on the programmes adopted under co-decision

‘Referring to the joint declaration of 16 July 2003, Parliament and Council, having reached a political agreement on the indicative reference amounts to be included in the basic act of community programmes decided under the co-decision procedure following enlargement, invite the Commission to present without delay the appropriate legislative proposal(s) and confirm that they will make all the efforts to take in due consideration, in the co-decision procedure, the amounts attached to the present declaration, in time for their possible application as from the date of entry into force of the Accession Treaty.

The European Parliament and the Council remind to their respective bodies that the legislative procedures should in any circumstances respect the adjustment and revision of the Financial Perspective in view of enlargement as approved on 9 April 2003, and leave a sufficient margin for future programmes, including the ones not based on co-decision.’

| Name of the programme (period covered by the programmes in respect of which the basic acts have been adopted) | Reference amount | Amounts approved | Difference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EU 15 | EU 25 | EU 10 |
| 6th framework programme for research and technological development (02-06) | 17 500,000 | 19 235,000 | 1 735,000 |
| Networks for the interchange of data between administrations (IDA) (02-04) | 74,000 | 75,500 | 1,500 |
| Labour market (02-06) | 55,000 | 62,300 | 7,300 |
| Measures aimed at preventing and combating exclusion (02-06) | 75,000 | 85,040 | 10,040 |
| Restructuring of systems for agricultural surveys | 12,850 | 26,400 | 13,550 |
| Tapas — (03-07) | 5,000 | 11,650 | 6,650 |
| LUCAS/MARS (04-07) | 7,850 | 14,750 | 6,900 |
| Marco Polo programme (03-06) | 75,000 | 100,000 | 25,000 |
| Financial support for projects of common interest in the trans-European transport network and energy infrastructures (00-06) | 4 325,000 | 4 580,000 | 255,000 |
| ‘Intelligent Energy for Europe’ Programme (03-06) | 200,000 | 250,000 | 50,000 |
| Forest protection (03-06) | 61,000 | 65,000 | 4,000 |
| Community Action Programme for promoting NGOs primarily active in the field of environmental protection (02-06) | 32,000 | 34,300 | 2,300 |
| LIFE III (financial instrument for the environment (2000 to 2004)) - activities on Community territory (01-04) | 640,000 | 649,900 | 9,900 |
| Community framework for cooperation to promote to sustainable urban development (01-04) | 14,000 | 14,800 | 0,800 |
| Community cooperation in the field of marine pollution (00-06) | 7,000 | 12,600 | 5,600 |
| Action against Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet (03-04) | 13,300 | 14,100 | 0,800 |
| Trans-European telecommunications networks (00-06) | 275,000 | 294,880 | 19,880 |
| Customs 2007 (03-07) | 133,000 | 165,550 | 32,550 |
| Fiscalis 2007 (Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market (03-07) | 44,000 | 67,250 | 23,250 |
| Socrates (00-06) | 1 850,000 | 2 060,000 | 210,000 |
| Framework Programme in support of Culture (00-04) | 167,000 | 170,700 | 3,700 |
| Media Training (measures to encourage the development of vocational training in the audiovisual industry) (01-05) | 50,000 | 52,000 | 2,000 |
| European Year of Education through Sport (03-04) | 11,500 | 12,100 | 0,600 |
| Youth (00-06) | 520,000 | 605,000 | 85,000 |
| Community activities in favour of consumers (04-07) | 72,000 | 81,800 | 9,800 |
| Public health (2003 à 2008) | 312,000 | 353,770 | 41,770 |
| Statistical information policy (03-07) | 192,500 | 220,600 | 28,100 |
| Networks for intra-Community statistics (Edicom) (01-05) | 51,200 | 53,600 | 2,400 |
| Modinis (03-05) | 21,000 | 22,440 | 1,440 |
| TOTAL | 26 783,350 | 29 364,630 | 2 581,280 |

Name of the programme (period covered by the programmes in respect of which the basic acts have been adopted)

Name of the programme (period covered by the programmes in respect of which the basic acts have been adopted)

Reference amount

Reference amount

Amounts approved

Amounts approved

Difference

Difference

EU 15

EU 15

EU 25

EU 25

EU 10

EU 10

6th framework programme for research and technological development (02-06)

17 500,000

19 235,000

1 735,000

Networks for the interchange of data between administrations (IDA) (02-04)

74,000

75,500

1,500

Labour market (02-06)

55,000

62,300

7,300

Measures aimed at preventing and combating exclusion (02-06)

75,000

85,040

10,040

Restructuring of systems for agricultural surveys

12,850

26,400

13,550

Tapas — (03-07)

5,000

11,650

6,650

LUCAS/MARS (04-07)

7,850

14,750

6,900

Marco Polo programme (03-06)

75,000

100,000

25,000

Financial support for projects of common interest in the trans-European transport network and energy infrastructures (00-06)

4 325,000

4 580,000

255,000

‘Intelligent Energy for Europe’ Programme (03-06)

200,000

250,000

50,000

Forest protection (03-06)

61,000

65,000

4,000

Community Action Programme for promoting NGOs primarily active in the field of environmental protection (02-06)

32,000

34,300

2,300

LIFE III (financial instrument for the environment (2000 to 2004)) - activities on Community territory (01-04)

640,000

649,900

9,900

Community framework for cooperation to promote to sustainable urban development (01-04)

14,000

14,800

0,800

Community cooperation in the field of marine pollution (00-06)

7,000

12,600

5,600

Action against Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet (03-04)

13,300

14,100

0,800

Trans-European telecommunications networks (00-06)

275,000

294,880

19,880

Customs 2007 (03-07)

133,000

165,550

32,550

Fiscalis 2007 (Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market (03-07)

44,000

67,250

23,250

Socrates (00-06)

1 850,000

2 060,000

210,000

Framework Programme in support of Culture (00-04)

167,000

170,700

3,700

Media Training (measures to encourage the development of vocational training in the audiovisual industry) (01-05)

50,000

52,000

2,000

European Year of Education through Sport (03-04)

11,500

12,100

0,600

Youth (00-06)

520,000

605,000

85,000

Community activities in favour of consumers (04-07)

72,000

81,800

9,800

Public health (2003 à 2008)

312,000

353,770

41,770

Statistical information policy (03-07)

192,500

220,600

28,100

Networks for intra-Community statistics (Edicom) (01-05)

51,200

53,600

2,400

Modinis (03-05)

21,000

22,440

1,440

TOTAL

26 783,350

29 364,630

2 581,280

| FOR INFORMATION:
  EU 25 REFERENCE AMOUNTS FOR PROGRAMMES ADOPTED OR BEING ADOPTED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CO-DECISION PROCEDURE |
| --- |
| Name of the programme (period covered by the programmes in respect of which the basic acts have been adopted) | Former financial package | New reference amount | Difference |
| EU 15 | EU 25 | EU 10 |
| E-learning (04-06) | 33,000 | 44,000 | 11,000 |
| Erasmus Mundus (04-08) | 180,000 | 230,000 | 50,000 |
| Measures for combating violence against children, adolescents and women — Daphne II (04-08) (1) | 41,000 | 50,000 | 9,000 |
| TOTAL | 254,000 | 324,000 | 70,000 |
| OVERALL TOTAL | 27 037,350 | 29 688,630 | 2 651,280 |
| | | |

FOR INFORMATION:

EU 25 REFERENCE AMOUNTS FOR PROGRAMMES ADOPTED OR BEING ADOPTED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CO-DECISION PROCEDURE

Name of the programme (period covered by the programmes in respect of which the basic acts have been adopted)

Former financial package

New reference amount

Difference

EU 15

EU 25

EU 10

E-learning (04-06)

33,000

44,000

11,000

Erasmus Mundus (04-08)

180,000

230,000

50,000

Measures for combating violence against children, adolescents and women — Daphne II (04-08) (1)

1

41,000

50,000

9,000

TOTAL

254,000

324,000

70,000

OVERALL TOTAL

OVERALL TOTAL

27 037,350

29 688,630

2 651,280

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(1)  Being adopted, agreement on the amount between Council and EP

1

Declaration on the basic acts for grants (ex A-30)

‘The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission will continue their cooperation in order to adopt the legal basic acts before the end of 2003 or at the latest at the very beginning of 2004. They will do their utmost efforts to speed up institutional procedures in the second reading of proposals in co-decision and avoid further conciliation, in order to formally adopt the legal basis in March 2004 at the latest. Their agreement on the legislative acts will be based on the respect of the following elements, agreed upon at the conciliation meeting on 24 November 2003:

| — | the duration of all the programmes will be limited to the period 2004-2006; |
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—

the duration of all the programmes will be limited to the period 2004-2006;

| — | the amounts agreed for this period are those detailed in the annex; |
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—

the amounts agreed for this period are those detailed in the annex;

| — | the list of beneficiaries should be included in the legal base for the programmes concerning civic participation and culture for the years 2004 and 2005, as adopted by the European Parliament at its 1st reading of the draft budget 2004. |
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—

the list of beneficiaries should be included in the legal base for the programmes concerning civic participation and culture for the years 2004 and 2005, as adopted by the European Parliament at its 1st reading of the draft budget 2004.

The European Parliament and the Council ask the Commission to make all the preliminary steps in order to be able to execute the budget 2004 immediately after the approval of the basic acts. In order to speed up the execution, the amounts voted for the operating grants will be placed on the line and not in reserve. However, the Commission will not make any execution before the approval of the basic acts. Should the approval occur only in 2004, transitional clauses covering the period before this approval will have to be added to the basic acts, allowing, on an exceptional basis, to sign the conventions mentioned in Article 112, paragraph 2 of the Financial Regulation before the 30 June 2004.’

million euro

| Period 2004-2006


  (except for Equality 2004-2005) | Agreed amounts |
| --- | --- |
| Youth | 13,000 |
| Training and education | 77,000 |
| Culture | 19,000 |
| Financial interest | 11,775 |
| Equality | 2,200 |
| Citizenship | 72,000 |
| Relex | 4,100 |
| Total | 199,075 |

Period 2004-2006

(except for Equality 2004-2005)

Agreed amounts

Youth

13,000

Training and education

77,000

Culture

19,000

Financial interest

11,775

Equality

2,200

Citizenship

72,000

Relex

4,100

Total

199,075

Declaration of the European Parliament and the Council on Info-Points and rural Carrefours

‘The two Institutions confirm the importance that they attach to the functioning of the Info-Points system and Carrefours and to the solution of the current problems. Within this framework Parliament and the Council approve the intention of the Commission to take a transitional decision in order to maintain for the year 2004 the grants to the Info-Points and the rural Carrefours which are currently benefiting of financial aid of the EU budget. This decision would be accompanied by specific monitoring and control measures. They invite the Commission to seek a final solution in the respect of the financial regulation.’

P5_TA(2003)0589

Future budget requirements for external measures

European Parliament resolution on the future budgetary requirements for external actions (2003/2037(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Articles 268 and 269 of the EC Treaty, |
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having regard to Articles 268 and 269 of the EC Treaty,

| — | having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1), |
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having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 of 26 September 2000 on budgetary discipline (2), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 of 26 September 2000 on budgetary discipline (2),

| — | having regard to 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 (3), |
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having regard to 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 (3),

| — | having regard to Decision 91/400/ECSC, EEC of the Council and the Commission of 25 February 1991 on the conclusion of the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (4), |
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having regard to Decision 91/400/ECSC, EEC of the Council and the Commission of 25 February 1991 on the conclusion of the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (4),

| — | having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on full integration of cooperation with ACP countries in the EU budget (SEC(2003) 241/2), |
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having regard to the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on full integration of cooperation with ACP countries in the EU budget (SEC(2003) 241/2),

| — | having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (5), |
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having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (5),

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (6), |
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having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (6),

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0434/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0434/2003),

| A. | whereas since 1988 the Union has given itself a multiannual expenditure framework in order to ensure a sufficient level of resources for funding major priorities in the medium term, |
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whereas since 1988 the Union has given itself a multiannual expenditure framework in order to ensure a sufficient level of resources for funding major priorities in the medium term,

| B. | whereas the financial perspective has undergone 48 revisions since 1988 because of the lack of flexibility to respond to new circumstances, |
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B.

whereas the financial perspective has undergone 48 revisions since 1988 because of the lack of flexibility to respond to new circumstances,

| C. | whereas the ceiling for heading 4 (External action) of the financial perspective for the period 2000-2006 has proved insufficient to meet the international crises which have occurred during the period and, consequently, EUR 600 million has already had to be mobilised under the flexibility instrument between 2000 and 2003, |
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C.

whereas the ceiling for heading 4 (External action) of the financial perspective for the period 2000-2006 has proved insufficient to meet the international crises which have occurred during the period and, consequently, EUR 600 million has already had to be mobilised under the flexibility instrument between 2000 and 2003,

| D. | whereas in recent years the budgetary authority has also made use of the emergency reserve (heading 6) and decided to widen the scope of this instrument during the budgetary procedure for 2003, in order to supplement Community aid in the face of the various international crises, |
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D.

whereas in recent years the budgetary authority has also made use of the emergency reserve (heading 6) and decided to widen the scope of this instrument during the budgetary procedure for 2003, in order to supplement Community aid in the face of the various international crises,

| E. | whereas, in leaving the final decision on the own resources ceiling to the Council, the financial provisions of the draft Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe make it hard to imagine raising the own resources ceiling in the medium term and, consequently, the magnitude of the current ceiling could remain the reference figure for the next financial framework, |
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E.

whereas, in leaving the final decision on the own resources ceiling to the Council, the financial provisions of the draft Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe make it hard to imagine raising the own resources ceiling in the medium term and, consequently, the magnitude of the current ceiling could remain the reference figure for the next financial framework,

| F. | whereas over the last few years spending has remained well below the own resources ceiling, at around 1,02 %, thus leaving a significant budgeted margin below the present ceiling, |
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whereas over the last few years spending has remained well below the own resources ceiling, at around 1,02 %, thus leaving a significant budgeted margin below the present ceiling,

| G. | whereas the volume of appropriations currently given over to external actions (headings 4 and 7) represents a little less than 9 % of the Union's total budget, |
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G.

whereas the volume of appropriations currently given over to external actions (headings 4 and 7) represents a little less than 9 % of the Union's total budget,

| H. | whereas the new external borders of the enlarged Union will mean new neighbourhood relations and — despite the need for political solutions — the significant changes in foreign and security policy in the aftermath of the conflicts of recent years also require additional financial capacities in order to reinforce security, stability and economic development, |
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whereas the new external borders of the enlarged Union will mean new neighbourhood relations and — despite the need for political solutions — the significant changes in foreign and security policy in the aftermath of the conflicts of recent years also require additional financial capacities in order to reinforce security, stability and economic development,

| I. | whereas the new draft treaty provides for the Union to be given a higher profile in terms of external representation by establishing a minister for foreign affairs, |
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whereas the new draft treaty provides for the Union to be given a higher profile in terms of external representation by establishing a minister for foreign affairs,

| J. | whereas the EU general budget provides funding under heading 4 of the financial perspective for development cooperation and other external actions via geographical programmes, sectoral measures and the common foreign and security policy, |
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J.

whereas the EU general budget provides funding under heading 4 of the financial perspective for development cooperation and other external actions via geographical programmes, sectoral measures and the common foreign and security policy,

| K. | whereas the funding provided under heading 4 is mostly targeted on development cooperation and humanitarian aid (52 %, not including cooperation with the Mediterranean developing countries), |
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K.

whereas the funding provided under heading 4 is mostly targeted on development cooperation and humanitarian aid (52 %, not including cooperation with the Mediterranean developing countries),

| L. | whereas, post-enlargement, heading 7 (Pre-accession strategy), which was reshaped in the context of the adjustment of the financial perspective with a view to enlargement, will cover Union aid to Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, |
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L.

whereas, post-enlargement, heading 7 (Pre-accession strategy), which was reshaped in the context of the adjustment of the financial perspective with a view to enlargement, will cover Union aid to Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey,

| M. | whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for the European Development Fund (EDF) to be incorporated into the budget in the interests of the principles of budget unity and transparency and with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of Community aid in an international context, |
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M.

whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for the European Development Fund (EDF) to be incorporated into the budget in the interests of the principles of budget unity and transparency and with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of Community aid in an international context,

| N. | whereas the objectives of the European Development Fund must be geared to the alleviation of poverty and to development, reiterates, therefore, Parliament's commitment to the achievement of these goals by means of projects that eradicate poverty, |
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N.

whereas the objectives of the European Development Fund must be geared to the alleviation of poverty and to development, reiterates, therefore, Parliament's commitment to the achievement of these goals by means of projects that eradicate poverty,

| O. | whereas the Commission needs to deepen the ongoing reform process by pursuing the harmonisation and simplification of financial and administrative procedures to further improve speed of delivery, and the new provisions of the Financial Regulation aim to improve implementation of Community policies in the interests of transparency and effectiveness, sound financial management and greater accountability, |
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O.

whereas the Commission needs to deepen the ongoing reform process by pursuing the harmonisation and simplification of financial and administrative procedures to further improve speed of delivery, and the new provisions of the Financial Regulation aim to improve implementation of Community policies in the interests of transparency and effectiveness, sound financial management and greater accountability,

| P. | whereas the Commission is preparing a set of general guidelines with a view to submitting a new financial package for the post-2006 period, |
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P.

whereas the Commission is preparing a set of general guidelines with a view to submitting a new financial package for the post-2006 period,

| Q. | whereas the Commission needs to work towards selectively introducing resource allocation criteria to support the delivery of external action objectives, recognising that different instruments are appropriate in different contexts, |
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whereas the Commission needs to work towards selectively introducing resource allocation criteria to support the delivery of external action objectives, recognising that different instruments are appropriate in different contexts,

The future financial framework

| 1. | Regards it as the responsibility of Parliament, as one arm of the budgetary authority, to set in train a debate on the enlarged Union's future external-spending requirements, on the one hand, and on laying down the financial framework, on the other; |
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Regards it as the responsibility of Parliament, as one arm of the budgetary authority, to set in train a debate on the enlarged Union's future external-spending requirements, on the one hand, and on laying down the financial framework, on the other;

| 2. | Notes the ongoing discussions and preparations in the Commission about future political priorities for a revised financial framework post-2006; considers that this debate is relevant and should be accompanied by a broad discussion with Parliament and the Council before the Commission puts forward its proposals; believes that the decision should be the prerogative of an incoming Commission once constituted and with its own priorities established, with the final decision being taken by the budgetary authority; |
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Notes the ongoing discussions and preparations in the Commission about future political priorities for a revised financial framework post-2006; considers that this debate is relevant and should be accompanied by a broad discussion with Parliament and the Council before the Commission puts forward its proposals; believes that the decision should be the prerogative of an incoming Commission once constituted and with its own priorities established, with the final decision being taken by the budgetary authority;

| 3. | Stresses that, because of the European elections, the present Parliament should not take decisions which restrict the scope for decision-making by the Parliament which is elected in June 2004; urges the Commission and the Council to take account of that political event when setting the timetable for interinstitutional negotiations; |
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Stresses that, because of the European elections, the present Parliament should not take decisions which restrict the scope for decision-making by the Parliament which is elected in June 2004; urges the Commission and the Council to take account of that political event when setting the timetable for interinstitutional negotiations;

| 4. | Restates its opinion of 24 September 2003, expressed on the convening of the Intergovernmental Conference (7), that the satisfactory exercise of Parliament's power to approve the multiannual financial framework presupposes the rapid opening of interinstitutional negotiations, following the Intergovernmental Conference, on the structure of this framework and the nature of the constraints on the budgetary procedure; |
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Restates its opinion of 24 September 2003, expressed on the convening of the Intergovernmental Conference (7), that the satisfactory exercise of Parliament's power to approve the multiannual financial framework presupposes the rapid opening of interinstitutional negotiations, following the Intergovernmental Conference, on the structure of this framework and the nature of the constraints on the budgetary procedure;

| 5. | Considers that the future financial framework must enable the European Union to play a role in the world which is commensurate with its ambitions; therefore, calls on the Commission to make a proposal, in relation to the policies likely to be funded under this area of expenditure, to define the financial framework for external actions in line with experience gained and foreseeable future requirements; |
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Considers that the future financial framework must enable the European Union to play a role in the world which is commensurate with its ambitions; therefore, calls on the Commission to make a proposal, in relation to the policies likely to be funded under this area of expenditure, to define the financial framework for external actions in line with experience gained and foreseeable future requirements;

| 6. | Points out in this connection that the ceilings for heading 4 of the current financial perspective, which were laid down at the Council's request on the basis of the budget adopted for 1999 and not on the basis of the heading 4 ceiling approved for that year under the previous financial perspective, have not made it possible to provide adequate funding for the Union's requirements in the external domain; |
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Points out in this connection that the ceilings for heading 4 of the current financial perspective, which were laid down at the Council's request on the basis of the budget adopted for 1999 and not on the basis of the heading 4 ceiling approved for that year under the previous financial perspective, have not made it possible to provide adequate funding for the Union's requirements in the external domain;

| 7. | Considers that financial needs arising from international crises and/or events which were unforeseen when the budget was drafted and which necessitate the rapid mobilisation of funds must not be met at the expense of planned financial commitments, as this would jeopardise the credibility and effectiveness of the EU's external policy; |
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Considers that financial needs arising from international crises and/or events which were unforeseen when the budget was drafted and which necessitate the rapid mobilisation of funds must not be met at the expense of planned financial commitments, as this would jeopardise the credibility and effectiveness of the EU's external policy;

| 8. | Notes that the flexibility instrument provided for in point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 for the purpose of financing clearly identified expenditure which could not be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings, had to be mobilised in 2000, 2001 and 2002 (and a Commission proposal for 2004 exists) in order to cope with unforeseen multiannual international crises, thus straying from its initial objective; |
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Notes that the flexibility instrument provided for in point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 for the purpose of financing clearly identified expenditure which could not be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings, had to be mobilised in 2000, 2001 and 2002 (and a Commission proposal for 2004 exists) in order to cope with unforeseen multiannual international crises, thus straying from its initial objective;

| 9. | Points out that sustained use of the flexibility instrument or any other emergency mechanism is not satisfactory in terms of developing a coherent external policy; considers that flexibility is best secured by ensuring a reasonable margin under the heading; regards it as vital that post-2006 budget planning arrangements make provision for genuine development of the European Union's external policy; |
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Points out that sustained use of the flexibility instrument or any other emergency mechanism is not satisfactory in terms of developing a coherent external policy; considers that flexibility is best secured by ensuring a reasonable margin under the heading; regards it as vital that post-2006 budget planning arrangements make provision for genuine development of the European Union's external policy;

| 10. | Notes that the own resources ceiling is currently set at 1,24 % of Member States' GNI and that on the basis of successive budgets in recent years, in which the amount represented 1,01 % or 1,02 % of GNI, there is an annual potential margin of EUR 16,5 billion; proposes, therefore, that an appropriate proportion of this potential margin be allocated to external measures; |
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10.

Notes that the own resources ceiling is currently set at 1,24 % of Member States' GNI and that on the basis of successive budgets in recent years, in which the amount represented 1,01 % or 1,02 % of GNI, there is an annual potential margin of EUR 16,5 billion; proposes, therefore, that an appropriate proportion of this potential margin be allocated to external measures;

| 11. | Calls on the Commission to look at this possibility and to make proposals for better use of the margin below the own resources ceiling set by the aforementioned Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom; |
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Calls on the Commission to look at this possibility and to make proposals for better use of the margin below the own resources ceiling set by the aforementioned Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom;

| 12. | Calls on its committee responsible to make proposals to examine the possibility of introducing budgetary mechanisms designed to increase available margins and to rectify the shortcomings revealed by the systematic use of the flexibility instrument to solve financing problems within this heading, in particular by making use of unused appropriations for urgent external actions, such as the use of unused appropriations for a given year from various headings, where appropriate, in conjunction with a special fund endowed with unused appropriations relating to commitments from the previous year, the entry into force of these arrangements being subject to budgetary authority approval; |
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Calls on its committee responsible to make proposals to examine the possibility of introducing budgetary mechanisms designed to increase available margins and to rectify the shortcomings revealed by the systematic use of the flexibility instrument to solve financing problems within this heading, in particular by making use of unused appropriations for urgent external actions, such as the use of unused appropriations for a given year from various headings, where appropriate, in conjunction with a special fund endowed with unused appropriations relating to commitments from the previous year, the entry into force of these arrangements being subject to budgetary authority approval;

| 13. | Invites the relevant bodies to look into the possibility of enhancing the role of the European Investment Bank to ensure that a range of instruments remain available to support external actions, and particularly that technical assistance and loans play an adequate role in cases in which they can be most effectively deployed; |
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Invites the relevant bodies to look into the possibility of enhancing the role of the European Investment Bank to ensure that a range of instruments remain available to support external actions, and particularly that technical assistance and loans play an adequate role in cases in which they can be most effectively deployed;

| 14. | Wonders whether it is necessary to maintain three separate headings for external actions and proposes that the structure of the future financial framework be reviewed, enabling resources to be effectively spent and the political profile to be raised; in this context, is willing to consider different options including one which makes a distinction between several levels of external action, such as preaccession (in extenso) aid, enhanced neighbourhood cooperation defined by the Union's new borders, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and geographical, selective or structural assistance for the various other regions of the world; |
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14.

Wonders whether it is necessary to maintain three separate headings for external actions and proposes that the structure of the future financial framework be reviewed, enabling resources to be effectively spent and the political profile to be raised; in this context, is willing to consider different options including one which makes a distinction between several levels of external action, such as preaccession (in extenso) aid, enhanced neighbourhood cooperation defined by the Union's new borders, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and geographical, selective or structural assistance for the various other regions of the world;

Political guidelines

| 15. | Points out that the role of the Union in the world will also be gauged by its ability to prevent conflicts and to respond and intervene rapidly in conflict zones; regards it as essential to adjust CFSP resources in the next financial framework, provided that this is clearly linked to a continued ‘communautarisation’ of the CFSP, including by increasing the role of the other institutions (Parliament and Commission) in priority setting and decision making and giving the budgetary authority prior information; regards the relevant proposals in the draft treaty as a step in the right direction; |
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15.

Points out that the role of the Union in the world will also be gauged by its ability to prevent conflicts and to respond and intervene rapidly in conflict zones; regards it as essential to adjust CFSP resources in the next financial framework, provided that this is clearly linked to a continued ‘communautarisation’ of the CFSP, including by increasing the role of the other institutions (Parliament and Commission) in priority setting and decision making and giving the budgetary authority prior information; regards the relevant proposals in the draft treaty as a step in the right direction;

| 16. | Restates its support for incorporation of the EDF into the budget, subject to consideration of the aforementioned Commission communication, provided that the contributions are ring-fenced to ensure that resources for the poorest countries are maintained, provided that incorporation into the budget is not achieved at the expense of the cooperation and development policies funded by the general budget, and provided that the financial perspective ceiling, and, if necessary, the own resources ceiling, are brought into line accordingly; |
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16.

Restates its support for incorporation of the EDF into the budget, subject to consideration of the aforementioned Commission communication, provided that the contributions are ring-fenced to ensure that resources for the poorest countries are maintained, provided that incorporation into the budget is not achieved at the expense of the cooperation and development policies funded by the general budget, and provided that the financial perspective ceiling, and, if necessary, the own resources ceiling, are brought into line accordingly;

| 17. | Thinks that development cooperation should be concentrated and rationalised by incorporating the EDF into the general budget, by ensuring better coordination and coherence between the geographical and sectoral programmes creating progressive synergies between the various existing instruments, and by ensuring fast and transparent budget implementing procedures so as to rationalise European external action as a whole; |
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Thinks that development cooperation should be concentrated and rationalised by incorporating the EDF into the general budget, by ensuring better coordination and coherence between the geographical and sectoral programmes creating progressive synergies between the various existing instruments, and by ensuring fast and transparent budget implementing procedures so as to rationalise European external action as a whole;

| 18. | Expects the Commission to implement the new provisions of the Financial Regulation in order to enhance Community policy implementation, in particular as regards external actions, and to consider any additional proposals on legislative or management-related aspects which may facilitate the provision of support, in future, for the Union's future external policies; |
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18.

Expects the Commission to implement the new provisions of the Financial Regulation in order to enhance Community policy implementation, in particular as regards external actions, and to consider any additional proposals on legislative or management-related aspects which may facilitate the provision of support, in future, for the Union's future external policies;

| 19. | Considers Activity-Based Budgeting to be an additional tool to evaluate the efficiency, impact and effectiveness of external actions and to decide upon priorities and negative priorities in external policy; |
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19.

Considers Activity-Based Budgeting to be an additional tool to evaluate the efficiency, impact and effectiveness of external actions and to decide upon priorities and negative priorities in external policy;

| 20. | Reiterates its call on the Commission to make an appraisal of the quantitative and qualitative advances resulting from reform of the external service; expects the Commission to step up its efforts to make up for the delay which has occurred; |
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20.

Reiterates its call on the Commission to make an appraisal of the quantitative and qualitative advances resulting from reform of the external service; expects the Commission to step up its efforts to make up for the delay which has occurred;

| 21. | Confirms that it regards the fostering of a ‘culture of prevention’ as a key element in the European Union's measures in the field of external relations, and calls on the Commission to incorporate it consistently, and develop it further, in its planning in the fields both of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and of external policy in general; notes, in this connection, various resolutions adopted by Parliament as well as the programme for the prevention of violent conflicts adopted by the Göteborg European Council on 15 and 16 June 2001; |
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21.

Confirms that it regards the fostering of a ‘culture of prevention’ as a key element in the European Union's measures in the field of external relations, and calls on the Commission to incorporate it consistently, and develop it further, in its planning in the fields both of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and of external policy in general; notes, in this connection, various resolutions adopted by Parliament as well as the programme for the prevention of violent conflicts adopted by the Göteborg European Council on 15 and 16 June 2001;

| 22. | Reiterates that administrative procedures and requirements must be simplified, especially for small projects that offer high value for money, in order to achieve a more output-oriented policy; |
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22.

Reiterates that administrative procedures and requirements must be simplified, especially for small projects that offer high value for money, in order to achieve a more output-oriented policy;

| 23. | Is of the opinion that the future financial framework ought to make a distinction between types of external action which have different characteristics and for which the financial requirements have to be considered separately: pre-accession aid, neighbourhood cooperation defined by the Union's new borders, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and poverty eradication, including relations with ACP countries, CFSP and reserves; |
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23.

Is of the opinion that the future financial framework ought to make a distinction between types of external action which have different characteristics and for which the financial requirements have to be considered separately: pre-accession aid, neighbourhood cooperation defined by the Union's new borders, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and poverty eradication, including relations with ACP countries, CFSP and reserves;

| 24. | Points out that Parliament has for many years repeatedly called for the EDF to be incorporated into the budget and deplores the fact that no consensus has been reached to date; welcomes the new initiative by the Commission, which presents incorporation of the EDF into the European Union as a factor which enhances effectiveness and raises the political profile of Community aid in an international context; |
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24.

Points out that Parliament has for many years repeatedly called for the EDF to be incorporated into the budget and deplores the fact that no consensus has been reached to date; welcomes the new initiative by the Commission, which presents incorporation of the EDF into the European Union as a factor which enhances effectiveness and raises the political profile of Community aid in an international context;

| 25. | Is of the opinion that the EU external strategy should not be solely judged on the scale of its contributions, but should also be judged on the effectiveness of its contributions; |
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25.

Is of the opinion that the EU external strategy should not be solely judged on the scale of its contributions, but should also be judged on the effectiveness of its contributions;

| 26. | Reaffirms the need for the European Union to make its external action more visible, more coherent and more credible in the eyes of both the world and its own citizens, in line with the political commitment it has given to play an important role in the field of external policy; to that end, enjoins the European Union to equip itself with multipurpose instruments and flexible, high-speed mechanisms, while making sure that they are transparent and agreed to in advance, and politically followed up, by the European Parliament; |
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26.

Reaffirms the need for the European Union to make its external action more visible, more coherent and more credible in the eyes of both the world and its own citizens, in line with the political commitment it has given to play an important role in the field of external policy; to that end, enjoins the European Union to equip itself with multipurpose instruments and flexible, high-speed mechanisms, while making sure that they are transparent and agreed to in advance, and politically followed up, by the European Parliament;

| 27. | Takes the view that European Union external action will need to expand and calls therefore for its resources and capabilities to be strengthened as regards logistics, human resources, intelligence and defence assets in the context of ESDP, as is advocated in the strategy presented by the High Representative for the CFSP and the draft European Constitution; reiterates that its resources and capabilities must be strengthened in order to enhance its credibility as a world player; |
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27.

Takes the view that European Union external action will need to expand and calls therefore for its resources and capabilities to be strengthened as regards logistics, human resources, intelligence and defence assets in the context of ESDP, as is advocated in the strategy presented by the High Representative for the CFSP and the draft European Constitution; reiterates that its resources and capabilities must be strengthened in order to enhance its credibility as a world player;

| 28. | Stresses the varied nature of threats — environmental, technological, military and terrorist — and points out that a comprehensive view must be taken of the Union's external action; points out that, in addition to the implementation of customary programmes, action should be taken to promote macroeconomic assistance designed to prevent conflicts of all types, peacekeeping measures, and civilian or military crisis management measures, in particular through rapid deployment of an intervention force; particularly stresses the need for a sufficient funding allocation for aspects relating to political cooperation, combating poverty and promoting democracy and human rights, in close partnership with UN agency, NGO and civil society actions on the ground; |
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28.

Stresses the varied nature of threats — environmental, technological, military and terrorist — and points out that a comprehensive view must be taken of the Union's external action; points out that, in addition to the implementation of customary programmes, action should be taken to promote macroeconomic assistance designed to prevent conflicts of all types, peacekeeping measures, and civilian or military crisis management measures, in particular through rapid deployment of an intervention force; particularly stresses the need for a sufficient funding allocation for aspects relating to political cooperation, combating poverty and promoting democracy and human rights, in close partnership with UN agency, NGO and civil society actions on the ground;

| 29. | Calls for the Commission's deconcentration efforts to be continued, while calling on the budgetary authority to provide adequate resources for efficient and rational realisation of the objectives laid down; |
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29.

Calls for the Commission's deconcentration efforts to be continued, while calling on the budgetary authority to provide adequate resources for efficient and rational realisation of the objectives laid down;

| 30. | Takes the view that the creation of a European Union minister for foreign affairs goes hand in hand with an increased funding allocation for the CFSP, and with better implementation and enhanced ‘communautarisation’ thereof; |
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30.

Takes the view that the creation of a European Union minister for foreign affairs goes hand in hand with an increased funding allocation for the CFSP, and with better implementation and enhanced ‘communautarisation’ thereof;

| 31. | Calls for the next financial perspective to aim to enhance coherence between Union actions and Member States' actions, including in budgetary terms, so as to prevent any duplication of effort; |
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31.

Calls for the next financial perspective to aim to enhance coherence between Union actions and Member States' actions, including in budgetary terms, so as to prevent any duplication of effort;

| 32. | Calls on the budgetary authority to make provision for the need for an adequate response to international crisis situations, it being understood that in such situations the European Union's credibility as a world player is reflected directly in its effective response capability; |
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32.

Calls on the budgetary authority to make provision for the need for an adequate response to international crisis situations, it being understood that in such situations the European Union's credibility as a world player is reflected directly in its effective response capability;

| 33. | Recommends that funding be transferred from budget heading 7 to heading 4, while pointing out that policies towards new neighbouring countries in a wider Europe must be given special attention and a specific funding allocation; |
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33.

Recommends that funding be transferred from budget heading 7 to heading 4, while pointing out that policies towards new neighbouring countries in a wider Europe must be given special attention and a specific funding allocation;

| 34. | Calls for thought to be given to internally reorganising the budget heading given over to external action, while maintaining the budgetary commitments under each item to ensure continuity and the greatest possible transparency in implementing those commitments; to that end, proposes a thematic breakdown of appropriations reflecting overarching priorities and policy objectives, coupled with a geographical structure enabling those appropriations to be mobilised on a flexible basis for a given area in the light of needs, to be sure, but also in accordance with objective and invariable criteria, including recipient countries' take-up capacity as well as compliance with a number of binding obligations such as the populations' unfettered access to basic necessities; |
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34.

Calls for thought to be given to internally reorganising the budget heading given over to external action, while maintaining the budgetary commitments under each item to ensure continuity and the greatest possible transparency in implementing those commitments; to that end, proposes a thematic breakdown of appropriations reflecting overarching priorities and policy objectives, coupled with a geographical structure enabling those appropriations to be mobilised on a flexible basis for a given area in the light of needs, to be sure, but also in accordance with objective and invariable criteria, including recipient countries' take-up capacity as well as compliance with a number of binding obligations such as the populations' unfettered access to basic necessities;

| 35. | Calls, in particular, for Africa and those countries with higher poverty indices and underdevelopment rates to be given renewed attention and to benefit from enhanced synergies between humanitarian policies, development programmes and political cooperation; wonders whether the present apportionment of competences between the external relations and development fields is relevant and proposes that it be reviewed; |
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35.

Calls, in particular, for Africa and those countries with higher poverty indices and underdevelopment rates to be given renewed attention and to benefit from enhanced synergies between humanitarian policies, development programmes and political cooperation; wonders whether the present apportionment of competences between the external relations and development fields is relevant and proposes that it be reviewed;

| 36. | Calls for the Commission, when urgent budget transfers are adopted, to take account of the European Parliament's and the relevant committees' timetable in order to make the best possible use of the existing conciliation and early notification mechanism; |
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36.

Calls for the Commission, when urgent budget transfers are adopted, to take account of the European Parliament's and the relevant committees' timetable in order to make the best possible use of the existing conciliation and early notification mechanism;

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| 37. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the ACP-EU Council and the Commission. |
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37.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the ACP-EU Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 42.

(2)  OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 27.

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

(4)  OJ L 229, 17.8.1991, p. 1.

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

(6)  P5_TA(2003)0520.

(7)  P5_TA(2003)0407.

P5_TA(2003)0590

Transitional points system for HGVs in Austria in 2004 ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council regulation establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy (PE-CONS 3689/1/2003 — C5-0562/2003 — 2001/0310(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Parliament, Council and Commission statement (PE-CONS 3689/1/2003 — C5-0562/2003), |
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—

having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Parliament, Council and Commission statement (PE-CONS 3689/1/2003 — C5-0562/2003),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 807) (2), |
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—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 807) (2),

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

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

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 531 — C5-0415/2003) (5), |
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—

having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 531 — C5-0415/2003) (5),

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

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

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

having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0475/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0475/2003),

| 1. | Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Parliament, Council and Commission statement thereon; |
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1.

Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Parliament, Council and Commission statement thereon;

| 2. | Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published, together with the Parliament, Council and Commission statement thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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3.

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published, together with the Parliament, Council and Commission statement thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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4.

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

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(1)  Texts Adopted, 12.2.2003, P5_TA(2003)0048.

(2)  OJ C 103 E, 30.4.2002, p. 230.

(3)  Texts Adopted, 3.7.2003, P5_TA(2003)0328.

(4)  OJ C 214 E, 9.9.2003, p. 1.

(5)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0591

Compensation and assistance to air passengers ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council regulation establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (PE-CONS 3676/2003 — C5-0518/2003 — 2001/0305(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission statement (PE-CONS 3676/2003 — C5-0518/2003), |
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—

having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee and the relevant Commission statement (PE-CONS 3676/2003 — C5-0518/2003),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 784) (2), |
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—

having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2001) 784) (2),

| — | having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2002) 717) (3), |
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—

having regard to the amended proposal (COM(2002) 717) (3),

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

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

| — | having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 496 — C5-0396/2003) (6), |
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—

having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2003) 496 — C5-0396/2003) (6),

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

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

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

having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0464/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0464/2003),

| 1. | Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission statement thereon; |
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1.

Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Commission statement thereon;

| 2. | Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty; |
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2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

| 3. | Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published, together with the statement by the Commission thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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3.

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published, together with the statement by the Commission thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and the Commission. |
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4.

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

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(1)  Texts Adopted, 24.10.2002, P5_TA(2002)0514.

(2)  OJ C 103 E, 30.4.2002, p. 225.

(3)  OJ C 71 E, 25.3.2003, p. 188.

(4)  Texts Adopted, 3.7.2003, P5_TA(2003)0329.

(5)  OJ C 125 E, 27.5.2003, p. 63.

(6)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0592

Cogeneration ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC (10345/2/2003 — C5-0444/2003 — 2002/0185(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council common position (10345/2/2003 — C5-0444/2003) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Council common position (10345/2/2003 — C5-0444/2003) (1),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2002) 415) (3), |
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—

having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2002) 415) (3),

| — | having regard the Commission's amended proposal (COM(2003) 416) (1), |
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—

having regard the Commission's amended proposal (COM(2003) 416) (1),

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

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

| — | having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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—

having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0457/2003), |
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—

having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0457/2003),

| 1. | Amends the common position as follows; |
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1.

Amends the common position as follows;

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  Texts adopted, 13.5.2003, P5_TA(2003)0202.

(3)  OJ C 291 E, 26.11.2002, p. 182.

P5_TC2-COD(2002)0185

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 18 December 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/.../EC on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) 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 potential for use of cogeneration as a measure to save energy is underused in the Community at present. Promotion of high-efficiency cogeneration based on a useful heat demand is a Community priority given the potential benefits of cogeneration with regard to saving primary energy, avoiding network losses and reducing emissions, in particular of greenhouse gases. In addition, efficient use of energy by cogeneration can also contribute positively to the security of energy supply and to the competitive situation of the European Union and its Member States. It is therefore necessary to take measures to ensure that the potential is better exploited within the framework of the internal energy market. |
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(1)

The potential for use of cogeneration as a measure to save energy is underused in the Community at present. Promotion of high-efficiency cogeneration based on a useful heat demand is a Community priority given the potential benefits of cogeneration with regard to saving primary energy, avoiding network losses and reducing emissions, in particular of greenhouse gases. In addition, efficient use of energy by cogeneration can also contribute positively to the security of energy supply and to the competitive situation of the European Union and its Member States. It is therefore necessary to take measures to ensure that the potential is better exploited within the framework of the internal energy market.

| (2) | Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 (5) establishes common rules for the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity within the internal market in electricity. In this context, the development of cogeneration contributes to enhancing competition, also with regard to new market actors. |
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(2)

Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 (5) establishes common rules for the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity within the internal market in electricity. In this context, the development of cogeneration contributes to enhancing competition, also with regard to new market actors.

| (3) | The Green Paper entitled ‘Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply’ points out that the European Union is extremely dependent on its external energy supplies currently accounting for 50 % of requirements and projected to rise to 70 % by 2030 if current trends persists. Import dependency and rising import ratios heighten the risk of interruption to or difficulties in supply. However, security of supply should not be conceived as merely a question of reducing import dependency and boosting domestic production. Security of supply calls for a wide range of policy initiatives aimed at, inter alia, diversification of sources and technologies and improved international relations. The Green Paper emphasised furthermore that security of energy supply is essential for a future sustainable development. The Green Paper concludes that the adoption of new measures to reduce energy demand is essential both in terms of reducing the import dependence and in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions. In its Resolution of 15 November 2001 on the Green Paper (6), the European Parliament called for incentives to encourage a shift towards efficient energy production plants, including combined heat and power. |
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(3)

The Green Paper entitled ‘Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply’ points out that the European Union is extremely dependent on its external energy supplies currently accounting for 50 % of requirements and projected to rise to 70 % by 2030 if current trends persists. Import dependency and rising import ratios heighten the risk of interruption to or difficulties in supply. However, security of supply should not be conceived as merely a question of reducing import dependency and boosting domestic production. Security of supply calls for a wide range of policy initiatives aimed at, inter alia, diversification of sources and technologies and improved international relations. The Green Paper emphasised furthermore that security of energy supply is essential for a future sustainable development. The Green Paper concludes that the adoption of new measures to reduce energy demand is essential both in terms of reducing the import dependence and in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions. In its Resolution of 15 November 2001 on the Green Paper (6), the European Parliament called for incentives to encourage a shift towards efficient energy production plants, including combined heat and power.

| (4) | The Commission's Communication ‘A Sustainable Europe for a better world — A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development’ presented at the Gothenburg European Council on 15 and 16 June 2001 identified climate change as one of the principal barriers to sustainable development and emphasised the need for increased use of clean energy and clear action to reduce energy demand. |
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(4)

The Commission's Communication ‘A Sustainable Europe for a better world — A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development’ presented at the Gothenburg European Council on 15 and 16 June 2001 identified climate change as one of the principal barriers to sustainable development and emphasised the need for increased use of clean energy and clear action to reduce energy demand.

| (5) | The increased use of cogeneration geared towards making primary energy savings could constitute an important part of the package of measures needed to comply with the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and of any policy package to meet further commitments. The Commission in its Communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme identified promotion of cogeneration as one of the measures needed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector and announced its intention to present a proposal for a Directive on the promotion of cogeneration in 2002. |
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(5)

The increased use of cogeneration geared towards making primary energy savings could constitute an important part of the package of measures needed to comply with the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and of any policy package to meet further commitments. The Commission in its Communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme identified promotion of cogeneration as one of the measures needed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector and announced its intention to present a proposal for a Directive on the promotion of cogeneration in 2002.

| (6) | In its Resolution of 25 September 2002 on the Commission communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme (7), the European Parliament welcomes the idea of submitting a proposal to strengthen Community measures to promote the use of combined heat and power (CHP) and calls for prompt adoption of a Directive on the promotion of CHP. |
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(6)

In its Resolution of 25 September 2002 on the Commission communication on the implementation of the first phase of the European Climate Change Programme (7), the European Parliament welcomes the idea of submitting a proposal to strengthen Community measures to promote the use of combined heat and power (CHP) and calls for prompt adoption of a Directive on the promotion of CHP.

| (7) | The importance of cogeneration was also recognised by the Council Resolution of 18 December 1997 (8) and by the European Parliament Resolution of 15 May 1998 (9) on a Community strategy to promote combined heat and power. |
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(7)

The importance of cogeneration was also recognised by the Council Resolution of 18 December 1997 (8) and by the European Parliament Resolution of 15 May 1998 (9) on a Community strategy to promote combined heat and power.

| (8) | The Council in its Conclusions of 30 May 2000 and of 5 December 2000 endorsed the Commission's Action Plan on energy efficiency and identified promotion of cogeneration as one of the short-term priority areas. The European Parliament in its Resolution of 14 March 2001 on the Action Plan on energy efficiency (10) called on the Commission to submit proposals establishing common rules for the promotion of cogeneration, where this makes environmental sense. |
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(8)

The Council in its Conclusions of 30 May 2000 and of 5 December 2000 endorsed the Commission's Action Plan on energy efficiency and identified promotion of cogeneration as one of the short-term priority areas. The European Parliament in its Resolution of 14 March 2001 on the Action Plan on energy efficiency (10) called on the Commission to submit proposals establishing common rules for the promotion of cogeneration, where this makes environmental sense.

| (9) | Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (11), Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (12) and Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (13) highlight the need to evaluate the potential for cogeneration in new installations. |
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(9)

Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (11), Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (12) and Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (13) highlight the need to evaluate the potential for cogeneration in new installations.

| (10) | Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings (14) requires the Member States to ensure that for new buildings with a total useful floor area of over 1000 m2, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of alternative systems, such as cogeneration of heat and power, is considered and taken into account before construction starts. |
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(10)

Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings (14) requires the Member States to ensure that for new buildings with a total useful floor area of over 1000 m2, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of alternative systems, such as cogeneration of heat and power, is considered and taken into account before construction starts.

| (11) | High efficiency cogeneration is in this Directive defined by the energy savings obtained by combined production instead of separate production of heat and electricity. Energy savings of more than 10 % qualify for the term ‘high efficiency cogeneration’. To maximise the energy savings and to avoid energy savings being lost, the greatest attention must be paid to the functioning conditions of cogeneration units. |
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(11)

High efficiency cogeneration is in this Directive defined by the energy savings obtained by combined production instead of separate production of heat and electricity. Energy savings of more than 10 % qualify for the term ‘high efficiency cogeneration’. To maximise the energy savings and to avoid energy savings being lost, the greatest attention must be paid to the functioning conditions of cogeneration units.

| (12) | In the context of the evaluation of primary energy savings, it is important to take into account the situation of Member States in which the most of electricity consumption is covered by imports. |
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(12)

In the context of the evaluation of primary energy savings, it is important to take into account the situation of Member States in which the most of electricity consumption is covered by imports.

| (13) | It is important for transparency to adopt a harmonised basic definition of cogeneration. Where cogeneration installations are equipped to generate separate electricity or heat production, such production should not be specified as cogeneration for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes. |
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(13)

It is important for transparency to adopt a harmonised basic definition of cogeneration. Where cogeneration installations are equipped to generate separate electricity or heat production, such production should not be specified as cogeneration for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes.

| (14) | To ensure that support for cogeneration in the context of this Directive is based on the useful heat demand and primary energy savings, it is necessary to set up criteria to determine and assess the energy efficiency of the cogeneration production identified under the basic definition. |
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(14)

To ensure that support for cogeneration in the context of this Directive is based on the useful heat demand and primary energy savings, it is necessary to set up criteria to determine and assess the energy efficiency of the cogeneration production identified under the basic definition.

| (15) | The general objective of this Directive should be to establish a harmonised method for calculation of electricity from cogeneration and necessary guidelines for its implementation, taking into account methodologies such as those currently under development by European standardisation organisations. This method should be adjustable to take account of technical progress. Application of the calculations in Annexes II and III to micro cogeneration units could, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, be based on values resulting from a type testing process certified by a competent, independent body. |
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(15)

The general objective of this Directive should be to establish a harmonised method for calculation of electricity from cogeneration and necessary guidelines for its implementation, taking into account methodologies such as those currently under development by European standardisation organisations. This method should be adjustable to take account of technical progress. Application of the calculations in Annexes II and III to micro cogeneration units could, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, be based on values resulting from a type testing process certified by a competent, independent body.

| (16) | The definitions of cogeneration and of high-efficiency cogeneration used in this Directive do not prejudge the use of different definitions in national legislation, for purposes other than those set out in this Directive. It is appropriate to borrow in addition the relevant definitions contained in Directive 2003/54/EC and in Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market. (15) |
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(16)

The definitions of cogeneration and of high-efficiency cogeneration used in this Directive do not prejudge the use of different definitions in national legislation, for purposes other than those set out in this Directive. It is appropriate to borrow in addition the relevant definitions contained in Directive 2003/54/EC and in Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market. (15)

| (17) | Measuring the useful heat output at the point of production of the cogeneration plant underlines the need to ensure that advantages of the cogenerated useful heat are not lost in high heat losses from distribution networks. |
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(17)

Measuring the useful heat output at the point of production of the cogeneration plant underlines the need to ensure that advantages of the cogenerated useful heat are not lost in high heat losses from distribution networks.

| (18) | The power to heat ratio is a technical characteristic that needs to be defined in order to calculate the amount of electricity from cogeneration. |
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(18)

The power to heat ratio is a technical characteristic that needs to be defined in order to calculate the amount of electricity from cogeneration.

| (19) | For the purpose of this Directive, the definition of ‘cogeneration units’ may also include equipment in which only electrical energy or only thermal energy can be generated, such as auxiliary firing and after burning units. The output from such equipment should not be considered as cogeneration for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes. |
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(19)

For the purpose of this Directive, the definition of ‘cogeneration units’ may also include equipment in which only electrical energy or only thermal energy can be generated, such as auxiliary firing and after burning units. The output from such equipment should not be considered as cogeneration for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes.

| (20) | The definition of ‘small scale cogeneration’ comprises inter alia micro-cogeneration and distributed cogeneration units such as cogeneration units supplying isolated areas or limited residential, commercial or industrial demands. |
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(20)

The definition of ‘small scale cogeneration’ comprises inter alia micro-cogeneration and distributed cogeneration units such as cogeneration units supplying isolated areas or limited residential, commercial or industrial demands.

| (21) | To increase transparency for the consumer's choice between electricity from cogeneration and electricity produced on the basis of other techniques, it is necessary to ensure that, on the basis of harmonised efficiency reference values, the origin of high efficiency cogeneration can be guaranteed. Schemes for the guarantee of origin do not by themselves imply a right to benefit from national support mechanisms. |
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(21)

To increase transparency for the consumer's choice between electricity from cogeneration and electricity produced on the basis of other techniques, it is necessary to ensure that, on the basis of harmonised efficiency reference values, the origin of high efficiency cogeneration can be guaranteed. Schemes for the guarantee of origin do not by themselves imply a right to benefit from national support mechanisms.

| (22) | It is important that all forms of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration can be covered by guarantees of origin. It is important to distinguish guarantees of origin clearly from exchangeable certificates. |
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(22)

It is important that all forms of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration can be covered by guarantees of origin. It is important to distinguish guarantees of origin clearly from exchangeable certificates.

| (23) | To ensure increased market penetration of cogeneration in the medium term, it is appropriate to require all Member States to adopt and publish a report analysing the national potential for highefficiency cogeneration and to include a separate analysis of barriers to cogeneration in the report, and of measures taken to ensure the reliability of the guarantee system. |
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(23)

To ensure increased market penetration of cogeneration in the medium term, it is appropriate to require all Member States to adopt and publish a report analysing the national potential for highefficiency cogeneration and to include a separate analysis of barriers to cogeneration in the report, and of measures taken to ensure the reliability of the guarantee system.

| (24) | Public support should be consistent with the provisions of the Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection (16), including as regards the non cumulation of aid. These guidelines currently allow certain types of public support if it can be shown that the support measures are beneficial in terms of protection of the environment because the conversion efficiency is particularly high, because the measures will allow energy consumption to be reduced or because the production process will be less damaging to the environment. Such support will in some cases be necessary to further exploit the potential for cogeneration, in particular to take account of the need to internalise external costs. |
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(24)

Public support should be consistent with the provisions of the Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection (16), including as regards the non cumulation of aid. These guidelines currently allow certain types of public support if it can be shown that the support measures are beneficial in terms of protection of the environment because the conversion efficiency is particularly high, because the measures will allow energy consumption to be reduced or because the production process will be less damaging to the environment. Such support will in some cases be necessary to further exploit the potential for cogeneration, in particular to take account of the need to internalise external costs.

| (25) | Public support schemes for promoting cogeneration should focus mainly on support for cogeneration based on economically justifiable demand for heat and cooling. |
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(25)

Public support schemes for promoting cogeneration should focus mainly on support for cogeneration based on economically justifiable demand for heat and cooling.

| (26) | Member States operate different mechanisms of support for cogeneration at the national level, including investment aid, tax exemptions or reductions, green certificates and direct price support schemes. One important means to achieve the aim of this Directive is to guarantee the proper functioning of these mechanisms, until a harmonised Community framework is put into operation, in order to maintain investor confidence. The Commission intends to monitor the situation and report on experiences gained with the application of national support schemes. |
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(26)

Member States operate different mechanisms of support for cogeneration at the national level, including investment aid, tax exemptions or reductions, green certificates and direct price support schemes. One important means to achieve the aim of this Directive is to guarantee the proper functioning of these mechanisms, until a harmonised Community framework is put into operation, in order to maintain investor confidence. The Commission intends to monitor the situation and report on experiences gained with the application of national support schemes.

| (27) | For the transmission and distribution of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration, the provisions of Article 7(1), (2) and (5) of Directive 2001/77/EC as well as relevant provisions of Directive 2003/54/EC should apply. Until the cogeneration producer is an eligible customer under national legislation within the meaning of Article 21(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC, tariffs related to the purchase of additional electricity sometimes needed by cogeneration producers should be set according to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. Especially for small scale and micro cogeneration units access to the grid system of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration may be facilitated subject to notification to the Commission. |
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(27)

For the transmission and distribution of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration, the provisions of Article 7(1), (2) and (5) of Directive 2001/77/EC as well as relevant provisions of Directive 2003/54/EC should apply. Until the cogeneration producer is an eligible customer under national legislation within the meaning of Article 21(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC, tariffs related to the purchase of additional electricity sometimes needed by cogeneration producers should be set according to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. Especially for small scale and micro cogeneration units access to the grid system of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration may be facilitated subject to notification to the Commission.

| (28) | In general, cogeneration units up to 400kW falling within the definitions of Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels (17) are unlikely to meet the minimum efficiency requirements therein and should therefore be excluded from that Directive. |
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(28)

In general, cogeneration units up to 400kW falling within the definitions of Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels (17) are unlikely to meet the minimum efficiency requirements therein and should therefore be excluded from that Directive.

| (29) | The specific structure of the cogeneration sector, which includes many small and medium-sized producers, should be taken into account, especially when reviewing the administrative procedures for obtaining permission to construct cogeneration capacity. |
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(29)

The specific structure of the cogeneration sector, which includes many small and medium-sized producers, should be taken into account, especially when reviewing the administrative procedures for obtaining permission to construct cogeneration capacity.

| (30) | Within the purpose of this Directive to create a framework for promoting cogeneration it is important to emphasise the need for a stabile economical and administrative environment for investments in new cogeneration installations. Member States should be encouraged to address this need by designing support schemes with a duration period of at least 4 years and by avoiding frequent changes in administrative procedures etc. Member States should furthermore be encouraged to ensure that public support schemes respect the phase-out principle. |
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(30)

Within the purpose of this Directive to create a framework for promoting cogeneration it is important to emphasise the need for a stabile economical and administrative environment for investments in new cogeneration installations. Member States should be encouraged to address this need by designing support schemes with a duration period of at least 4 years and by avoiding frequent changes in administrative procedures etc. Member States should furthermore be encouraged to ensure that public support schemes respect the phase-out principle.

| (31) | The overall efficiency and sustainability of cogeneration is dependent on many factors, such as technology used, fuel types, load curves, the size of the unit, and also on the properties of the heat. For practical reasons and based on the fact, that the use of the heat output for different purposes requires different temperature levels of the heat, and that these and other differences influence efficiencies of the cogeneration, cogeneration could be divided into classes such as: ‘industrial cogeneration’, ‘heating cogeneration’ and ‘agricultural cogeneration’. |
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(31)

The overall efficiency and sustainability of cogeneration is dependent on many factors, such as technology used, fuel types, load curves, the size of the unit, and also on the properties of the heat. For practical reasons and based on the fact, that the use of the heat output for different purposes requires different temperature levels of the heat, and that these and other differences influence efficiencies of the cogeneration, cogeneration could be divided into classes such as: ‘industrial cogeneration’, ‘heating cogeneration’ and ‘agricultural cogeneration’.

| (32) | In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, general principles providing a framework for the promotion of cogeneration in the internal energy market should be set at Community level, but the detailed implementation should be left to Member States, thus allowing each Member State to choose the regime, which corresponds best to its particular situation. This Directive confines itself to the minimum required in order to achieve those objectives and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose. |
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(32)

In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, general principles providing a framework for the promotion of cogeneration in the internal energy market should be set at Community level, but the detailed implementation should be left to Member States, thus allowing each Member State to choose the regime, which corresponds best to its particular situation. This Directive confines itself to the minimum required in order to achieve those objectives and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose.

| (33) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive 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 (18), |
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(33)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive 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 (18),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Purpose

The purpose of this Directive is to increase energy efficiency and improve security of supply by creating a framework for promotion and development of high efficiency cogeneration of heat and power based on useful heat demand and primary energy savings in the internal energy market, taking into account the specific national circumstances especially concerning climatic and economic conditions.

Article 2

Scope

This Directive shall apply to cogeneration as defined in Article 3 and cogeneration technologies listed in Annex I.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

| a) | ‘cogeneration’ shall mean the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical and/or mechanical energy; |
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a)

‘cogeneration’ shall mean the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical and/or mechanical energy;

| b) | ‘useful heat’ shall mean heat produced in a cogeneration process to satisfy an economically justifiable demand for heat or cooling; |
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b)

‘useful heat’ shall mean heat produced in a cogeneration process to satisfy an economically justifiable demand for heat or cooling;

| c) | ‘economically justifiable demand’ shall mean the demand that does not exceed the needs for heat or cooling and which would otherwise be satisfied at market conditions by energy generation processes other than cogeneration; |
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c)

‘economically justifiable demand’ shall mean the demand that does not exceed the needs for heat or cooling and which would otherwise be satisfied at market conditions by energy generation processes other than cogeneration;

| d) | ‘electricity from cogeneration’ shall mean electricity generated in a process linked to the production of useful heat and calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex II; |
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d)

‘electricity from cogeneration’ shall mean electricity generated in a process linked to the production of useful heat and calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex II;

| e) | ‘back-up electricity’ shall mean the electricity supplied through the electricity grid whenever the cogeneration process is disrupted, including maintenance periods, or out of order; |
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e)

‘back-up electricity’ shall mean the electricity supplied through the electricity grid whenever the cogeneration process is disrupted, including maintenance periods, or out of order;

| f) | ‘top-up electricity’ shall mean the electricity supplied through the electricity grid in cases where the electricity demand is greater than the electrical output of the cogeneration process; |
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f)

‘top-up electricity’ shall mean the electricity supplied through the electricity grid in cases where the electricity demand is greater than the electrical output of the cogeneration process;

| g) | ‘overall efficiency’ shall mean the annual sum of electricity and mechanical energy production and useful heat output divided by the fuel input used for heat produced in a cogeneration process and gross electricity and mechanical energy production; |
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g)

‘overall efficiency’ shall mean the annual sum of electricity and mechanical energy production and useful heat output divided by the fuel input used for heat produced in a cogeneration process and gross electricity and mechanical energy production;

| h) | ‘efficiency’ shall mean efficiency calculated on the basis of ‘net calorific values’ of fuels (also referred to as ‘lower calorific values’); |
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h)

‘efficiency’ shall mean efficiency calculated on the basis of ‘net calorific values’ of fuels (also referred to as ‘lower calorific values’);

| i) | ‘high efficiency cogeneration’ shall mean cogeneration meeting the criteria of Annex III; |
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i)

‘high efficiency cogeneration’ shall mean cogeneration meeting the criteria of Annex III;

| j) | ‘efficiency reference value for separate production’ shall mean efficiency of the alternative separate productions of heat and electricity that the cogeneration process is intended to substitute; |
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j)

‘efficiency reference value for separate production’ shall mean efficiency of the alternative separate productions of heat and electricity that the cogeneration process is intended to substitute;

| k) | ‘power to heat ratio’ shall mean the ratio between electricity from cogeneration and useful heat when operating in full cogeneration mode using operational data of the specific unit; |
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k)

‘power to heat ratio’ shall mean the ratio between electricity from cogeneration and useful heat when operating in full cogeneration mode using operational data of the specific unit;

| l) | ‘cogeneration unit’ shall mean a unit that can operate in cogeneration mode; |
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l)

‘cogeneration unit’ shall mean a unit that can operate in cogeneration mode;

| m) | ‘micro cogeneration unit’ shall mean a cogeneration unit with a maximum capacity below 50kWe; |
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m)

‘micro cogeneration unit’ shall mean a cogeneration unit with a maximum capacity below 50kWe;

| n) | ‘small scale cogeneration’ shall mean cogeneration units with an installed capacity below 1MWe; |
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n)

‘small scale cogeneration’ shall mean cogeneration units with an installed capacity below 1MWe;

| o) | ‘cogeneration production’ shall mean the sum of electricity and mechanical energy and useful heat from cogeneration. |
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o)

‘cogeneration production’ shall mean the sum of electricity and mechanical energy and useful heat from cogeneration.

In addition, the relevant definitions in Directive 2003/54/EC, and in Directive 2001/77/EC shall apply.

Article 4

Efficiency criteria of cogeneration

1.   For the purpose of determining the efficiency of cogeneration in accordance with Annex III, the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2), not later than ... (19), establish harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat. These harmonised efficiency reference values shall consist of a matrix of values differentiated by relevant factors, including year of construction and types of fuel, and must be based on a well-documented analysis taking inter alia into account data from operational use under realistic conditions, cross-border exchange of electricity, fuel mix and climate conditions as well as applied cogeneration technologies in accordance with the principles in Annex III.

2.   The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2), review the harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat referred to in paragraph 1, for the first time on ... (20), and every four years thereafter, to take account of technological developments and changes in the distribution of energy sources.

3.   Member States implementing this Directive before the establishment by the Commission of harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat referred to in paragraph 1, should, until the date referred to in paragraph 1, adopt their national efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity to be used for the calculation of primary energy savings from cogeneration in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex III.

Article 5

Guarantee of origin of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration

1.   On the basis of the harmonised efficiency reference values referred to in Article 4(1), Member States shall, not later than six months after adoption of these values, ensure that the origin of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration can be guaranteed according to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria laid down by each Member State. They shall ensure that this guarantee of origin of the electricity enable producers to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from high efficiency cogeneration and is issued to this effect in response to a request from the producer.

2.   Member States may designate one or more competent bodies, independent of generation and distribution activities, to supervise the issue of the guarantee of origin referred to in paragraph 1.

3.   Member States or the competent bodies shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure that the guarantee of origin are both accurate and reliable and they shall outline in the report referred to in Article 10(1) the measures taken to ensure the reliability of the guarantee system.

4.   Schemes for the guarantee of origin do not by themselves imply a right to benefit from national support mechanisms.

5.   A guarantee of origin shall:

| — | specify the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced, specify the use of the heat generated together with the electricity and finally specify the dates and places of production, |
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specify the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced, specify the use of the heat generated together with the electricity and finally specify the dates and places of production,

| — | specify the quantity of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents, |
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specify the quantity of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents,

| — | specify the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex III based on harmonised efficiency reference values established by the Commission as referred to in Article 4(1). |
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specify the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex III based on harmonised efficiency reference values established by the Commission as referred to in Article 4(1).

Member States may include additional information on the guarantee of origin.

6.   Such guarantees of origin, issued according to paragraph 1, should be mutually recognised by the Member States, exclusively as proof of the elements referred in paragraph 5. Any refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin as such proof, in particular for reasons relating to the prevention of fraud, must be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.

In the event of refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin, the Commission may compel the refusing party to recognise it, particularly with regard to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria on which such recognition is based.

Article 6

National potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration

1.   Member States shall establish an analysis of the national potential for the application of highefficiency cogeneration, including high-efficiency micro cogeneration.

2.   The analysis shall:

| — | be based on well-documented scientific data and comply with the criteria listed in Annex IV, |
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—

be based on well-documented scientific data and comply with the criteria listed in Annex IV,

| — | identify all potential for useful heating and cooling demands, suitable for application of highefficiency cogeneration, as well as the availability of fuels and other energy resources to be utilised in cogeneration, |
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—

identify all potential for useful heating and cooling demands, suitable for application of highefficiency cogeneration, as well as the availability of fuels and other energy resources to be utilised in cogeneration,

| — | include a separate analysis of barriers, which may prevent the realisation of the national potential for high-efficiency cogeneration. In particular, this analysis shall consider barriers relating to the prices and costs of and access to fuels, barriers in relation to grid system issues, barriers in relation to administrative procedures, and barriers relating to the lack of internalisation of the external costs in energy prices. |
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—

include a separate analysis of barriers, which may prevent the realisation of the national potential for high-efficiency cogeneration. In particular, this analysis shall consider barriers relating to the prices and costs of and access to fuels, barriers in relation to grid system issues, barriers in relation to administrative procedures, and barriers relating to the lack of internalisation of the external costs in energy prices.

3.   Member States shall for the first time not later than ... (21) and thereafter every four years, following a request by the Commission at least six months before the due date, evaluate progress towards increasing the share of high-efficiency cogeneration.

Article 7

Support schemes

1.   Member States shall ensure that support for cogeneration — existing and future units — is based on the useful heat demand and primary energy savings, in the light of opportunities available for reducing energy demand through other economically feasible or environmental advantageous measures like other energy efficiency measures.

2.   Without prejudice to Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, the Commission shall evaluate the application of support mechanisms used in Member States according to which a producer of cogeneration receives, on the basis of regulations issued by public authorities, direct or indirect support, which could have the effect of restricting trade.

The Commission shall consider whether those mechanisms contribute to the pursuit of the objectives set out in Articles 6 and 174(1) of the Treaty.

3.   The Commission shall in the report referred to in Article 11 present a well-documented analysis on experience gained with the application and coexistence of the different support mechanisms referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. The report shall assess the success, including cost-effectiveness, of the support systems in promoting the use of high-efficiency cogeneration in conformity with the national potentials referred to in Article 6. The report shall further review to what extent the support schemes have contributed to the creation of stable conditions for investments in cogeneration.

Article 8

Electricity grid system and tariff issues

1.   For the purpose of ensuring the transmission and distribution of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration the provisions of Article 7(1), (2) and (5) of Directive 2001/77/EC as well as the relevant provisions of Directive 2003/54/EC shall apply.

2.   Until the cogeneration producer is an eligible customer under national legislation within the meaning of Article 21(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC, Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that the tariffs for the purchase of electricity to back-up or top-up electricity generation are set on the basis of published tariffs and terms and conditions.

3.   Subject to notification to the Commission, Member States may particularly facilitate access to the grid system of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration from small scale and micro cogeneration units.

Article 9

Administrative procedures

1.   Member States or the competent bodies appointed by the Member States shall evaluate the existing legislative and regulatory framework with regard to authorisation procedures or the other procedures laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2003/54/EC, which are applicable to high efficiency cogeneration units.

Such evaluation shall be made with a view to:

| a) | encouraging the design of cogeneration units to match economically justifiable demands for useful heat output and avoiding production of more heat than useful heat; |
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a)

encouraging the design of cogeneration units to match economically justifiable demands for useful heat output and avoiding production of more heat than useful heat;

| b) | reducing the regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to an increase in cogeneration; |
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b)

reducing the regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to an increase in cogeneration;

| c) | streamlining and expediting procedures at the appropriate administrative level; and |
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c)

streamlining and expediting procedures at the appropriate administrative level; and

| d) | ensuring that the rules are objective, transparent and non-discriminatory, and take fully into account the particularities of the various cogeneration technologies. |
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d)

ensuring that the rules are objective, transparent and non-discriminatory, and take fully into account the particularities of the various cogeneration technologies.

2.   Member States shall — where this is appropriate in the context of national legislation — provide an indication of the stage reached specifically in:

| a) | coordination between the different administrative bodies as regards deadlines, reception and treatment of applications for authorisations; |
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a)

coordination between the different administrative bodies as regards deadlines, reception and treatment of applications for authorisations;

| b) | the drawing up of possible guidelines for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, and the feasibility of a fast-track planning procedure for cogeneration producers; and |
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b)

the drawing up of possible guidelines for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, and the feasibility of a fast-track planning procedure for cogeneration producers; and

| c) | the designation of authorities to act as mediators in disputes between authorities responsible for issuing authorisations and applicants for authorisations. |
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c)

the designation of authorities to act as mediators in disputes between authorities responsible for issuing authorisations and applicants for authorisations.

Article 10

Member States' reporting

1.   Member States shall, not later than ... (22), publish a report with the results of the analysis and evaluations carried out in accordance with Articles 5(3), 6(1), 9(1) and 9(2).

2.   Member States shall not later than ... (23) and thereafter every four years, following a request by the Commission at least six months before the due date, publish a report with the result of the evaluation referred to in Article 6(3).

3.   Member States shall submit to the Commission, for the first time before the end of December 2004 covering data for the year 2003, and thereafter on an annual basis, statistics on national electricity and heat production from cogeneration, in accordance with the methodology shown in Annex II.

They shall also submit annual statistics on cogeneration capacities and fuels used for cogeneration. Member States may also submit statistics on primary energy savings achieved by application of cogeneration, in accordance with the methodology shown in Annex III.

Article 11

Commission reporting

1.   On the basis of the reports submitted pursuant to Article 10, the Commission shall review the application of this Directive and submit to the European Parliament and to the Council not later than ... (24) and thereafter every four years, a progress report on the implementation of this Directive. In particular, the report shall:

| (a) | consider progress towards realising national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration referred to in Article 6; |
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(a)

consider progress towards realising national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration referred to in Article 6;

| (b) | assess the extent to which rules and procedures defining the framework conditions for cogeneration in the internal energy market are set on the basis of objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria taking due account of the benefits of cogeneration; |
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(b)

assess the extent to which rules and procedures defining the framework conditions for cogeneration in the internal energy market are set on the basis of objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria taking due account of the benefits of cogeneration;

| (c) | examine the experiences gained with the application and coexistence of different support mechanisms for cogeneration; |
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(c)

examine the experiences gained with the application and coexistence of different support mechanisms for cogeneration;

| (d) | review efficiency reference values for separate production on the basis of the current technologies. |
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(d)

review efficiency reference values for separate production on the basis of the current technologies.

If appropriate, the Commission shall submit with the report further proposals to the European Parliament and the Council.

2.   When evaluating the progress referred to in paragraph 1(a), the Commission shall consider to what extent the national potentials for high efficiency cogeneration, referred to in Article 6, have been or are foreseen to be realised taking into account Member State measures, conditions, including climate conditions, and impacts of the internal energy market and implications of other Community initiatives such as Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (25).

If appropriate, the Commission shall submit further proposals to the European Parliament and Council, notably aiming at the establishment of an action plan for the development of high efficiency cogeneration in the Community.

3.   When evaluating the scope for further harmonisation of calculation methods as referred to in Article 4(1), the Commission shall consider the impact of the coexistence of calculations as referred to in Article 12, Annex II and Annex III, on the internal energy market also taking into account the experiences gained from national support mechanisms.

If appropriate, the Commission shall submit further proposals to the European Parliament and Council aiming at further harmonisation of the calculation methods.

Article 12

Alternative calculations

1.   Until the end of 2010 and subject to prior approval by the Commission, Member States may use other methods than the one provided for in Annex II(b) to subtract possible electricity production not produced in a cogeneration process from the reported figures. However, for the purposes referred to in Article 5(1) and in Article 10(3), the quantity of electricity from cogeneration shall be determined in accordance with Annex II.

2.   Member States may calculate primary energy savings from a production of heat and electricity and mechanical energy according to Annex III(c), without using Annex II to exclude the non-cogenerated heat and electricity parts of the same process. Such a production can be regarded as high efficiency cogeneration provided it fulfils the efficiency criteria in Annex III(a) and, for cogeneration units with an electrical capacity larger than 25 MW, the overall efficiency is above 70 %. However, specification of the quantity of electricity from cogeneration produced in such a production, for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes, shall be determined in accordance with Annex II.

3.   Until the end of 2010, Member States may, using an alternative methodology, define a cogeneration as high efficiency cogeneration without verifying that the cogeneration production fulfils the criteria in Annex III(a), if it is proved on national level that the cogeneration production identified by such an alternative calculation methodology on average fulfils the criteria in Annex III(a). If a guarantee of origin is issued for such production then the efficiency of the cogeneration production specified on the guarantee shall not exceed the threshold values of the criteria in Annex III(a) unless calculations in accordance with Annex III prove otherwise. However, specification of the quantity of electricity from cogeneration produced in such a production, for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes, shall be determined in accordance with Annex II.

Article 13

Review

1.   The threshold values used for calculation of electricity from cogeneration referred to in Annex II(a) shall be adapted to technical progress in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

2.   The threshold values used for calculation of efficiency of cogeneration production and primary energy savings referred to in Annex III(a) shall be adapted to technical progress in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

3.   The guidelines for determining the power to heat ratio referred to in Annex II(d) shall be adapted to technical progress in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Article 14

Committee procedure

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.   The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 15

Transposition

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than ... (26). They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The Member States shall lay down the methods of making such reference.

Article 16

Amendment to Directive 92/42/EEC

The following indent shall be added to Article 3(1) of Directive 92/42/EEC:

| ’— | cogeneration units as defined in Directive 2004/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on the promotion of cogeneration based on useful heat demand in the internal energy market (27). |
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cogeneration units as defined in Directive 2004/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on the promotion of cogeneration based on useful heat demand in the internal energy market (27).

Article 17

Entry into force

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

Article 18

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C 291 E, 26.11.2002, p. 182.

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(2)  OJ C 95, 23.4.2003, p. 12.

2

(3)  OJ C 244, 10.10.2003, p. 1.

3

(4)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 13 May 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 8 September 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

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(5)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 37.

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(6)  OJ C 140 E, 13.6.2002, p. 543.

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

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(8)  OJ C 4, 8.1.1998, p. 1.

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(9)  OJ C 167, 1.6.1998, p. 308.

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(10)  OJ C 343, 5.12.2001, p. 190.

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(11)  OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.

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(12)  OJ L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 1.

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(13)  OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91.

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(14)  OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 65.

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(15)  OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33.

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(16)  OJ C 37, 3.2.2001, p. 3.

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(17)  OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1).

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

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(19)  Two years after entry into force of this Directive.

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(20)  Seven years after entry into force of this Directive.

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(21)  Three years after the entry into force of this Directive.

21

(22)  Two years after the entry into force of this Directive.

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(23)  Three years after the entry into force of this Directive.

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(24)  Four years after the entry into force of this Directive.

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

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(26)  Two years after the entry into force of this Directive.

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ANNEX I

Cogeneration technologies covered by this Directive

| (a) | Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery |
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(a)

Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery

| (b) | Steam backpressure turbine |
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(b)

Steam backpressure turbine

| (c) | Steam condensing extraction turbine |
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(c)

Steam condensing extraction turbine

| (d) | Gas turbine with heat recovery |
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(d)

Gas turbine with heat recovery

| (e) | Internal combustion engine |
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(e)

Internal combustion engine

| (f) | Microturbines |
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(f)

Microturbines

| (g) | Stirling engines |
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(g)

Stirling engines

| (h) | Fuel cells |
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(h)

Fuel cells

| (i) | Steam engines |
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(i)

Steam engines

| (j) | Organic Rankine cycles |
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(j)

Organic Rankine cycles

| (k) | Any other type of technology or combination thereof falling under the definition laid down in Article 3(a) |
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(k)

Any other type of technology or combination thereof falling under the definition laid down in Article 3(a)

ANNEX II

Calculation of electricity from cogeneration

Values used for calculation of electricity from cogeneration shall be determined on the basis of the expected or actual operation of the unit under normal conditions of use. For micro cogeneration units the calculation may be based on certified values.

| (a) | Electricity production from cogeneration shall be considered equal to total annual electricity production of the unit measured at the outlet of the main generators;






  i) | in cogeneration units of type (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) referred to in Annex I, with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 75 %, and |
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(a)

Electricity production from cogeneration shall be considered equal to total annual electricity production of the unit measured at the outlet of the main generators;

i)

in cogeneration units of type (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) referred to in Annex I, with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 75 %, and

| ii) | in cogeneration units of type (a) and (c) referred to in Annex I with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 80 %. |
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ii)

in cogeneration units of type (a) and (c) referred to in Annex I with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 80 %.

| (b) | In cogeneration units with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in paragraph (a)(i) (cogeneration units of type (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) referred to in Annex I) or with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) (cogeneration units of type (a) and (c) referred to in Annex I) cogeneration is calculated according to the following formula:
  ECHP = Hchp . C
  where
  ECHP is the amount of electricity from cogeneration
  C is the power to heat ratio
  Hchp is the amount of useful heat from cogeneration (calculated for this purpose as total heat production minus any heat produced in separate boilers or by live steam extraction from the steam generator before the turbine).
  The calculation of electricity from cogeneration must be based on the actual power to heat ratio. If the actual power to heat ratio of a cogeneration unit is not known, the following default values may be used, notably for statistical purposes, for units of type (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) referred to in Annex I provided that the calculated cogeneration electricity is less or equal to total electricity production of the unit:






  Type of the unit | Default power to heat ratio, C |
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| Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery | 0,95 |
| Steam backpressure turbine | 0,45 |
| Steam condensing extraction turbine | 0,45 |
| Gas turbine with heat recovery | 0,55 |
| Internal combustion engine | 0,75 |

(b)

In cogeneration units with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in paragraph (a)(i) (cogeneration units of type (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) referred to in Annex I) or with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) (cogeneration units of type (a) and (c) referred to in Annex I) cogeneration is calculated according to the following formula:

ECHP = Hchp . C

where

ECHP is the amount of electricity from cogeneration

C is the power to heat ratio

Hchp is the amount of useful heat from cogeneration (calculated for this purpose as total heat production minus any heat produced in separate boilers or by live steam extraction from the steam generator before the turbine).

The calculation of electricity from cogeneration must be based on the actual power to heat ratio. If the actual power to heat ratio of a cogeneration unit is not known, the following default values may be used, notably for statistical purposes, for units of type (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) referred to in Annex I provided that the calculated cogeneration electricity is less or equal to total electricity production of the unit:

Type of the unit

Default power to heat ratio, C

Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery

0,95

Steam backpressure turbine

0,45

Steam condensing extraction turbine

0,45

Gas turbine with heat recovery

0,55

Internal combustion engine

0,75

If Member States introduce default values for power to heat ratios for units of type (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) referred to in Annex I, such default values shall be published and shall be notified to the Commission.

| (c) | If a share of the energy content of the fuel input to the cogeneration process is recovered in chemicals and recycled this share can be subtracted from the fuel input before calculating the overall efficiency used in paragraph (a) and (b). |
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(c)

If a share of the energy content of the fuel input to the cogeneration process is recovered in chemicals and recycled this share can be subtracted from the fuel input before calculating the overall efficiency used in paragraph (a) and (b).

| (d) | Member States may determine the power to heat ratio as the ratio between electricity and useful heat when operating in cogeneration mode at a lower capacity using operational data of the specific unit. |
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(d)

Member States may determine the power to heat ratio as the ratio between electricity and useful heat when operating in cogeneration mode at a lower capacity using operational data of the specific unit.

| (e) | The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2), establish detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of Annex II, including the determination of the power to heat ratio. |
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(e)

The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2), establish detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of Annex II, including the determination of the power to heat ratio.

| (f) | Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to paragraphs (a) and (b). |
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(f)

Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to paragraphs (a) and (b).

ANNEX III

Methodology for determining the efficiency of the cogeneration process

Values used for calculation of efficiency of cogeneration and primary energy savings shall be determined on the basis of the expected or actual operation of the unit under normal conditions of use.

| (a) | High-efficiency cogeneration
  For the purpose of this Directive high-efficiency cogeneration shall fulfil the following criteria:






  — | cogeneration production from cogeneration units shall provide primary energy savings calculated according to point (b) of at least 10 % compared with the references for separate production of heat and electricity, |
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(a)

High-efficiency cogeneration

For the purpose of this Directive high-efficiency cogeneration shall fulfil the following criteria:

—

cogeneration production from cogeneration units shall provide primary energy savings calculated according to point (b) of at least 10 % compared with the references for separate production of heat and electricity,

| — | production from small scale and micro cogeneration units providing primary energy savings may qualify as high-efficiency cogeneration. |
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—

production from small scale and micro cogeneration units providing primary energy savings may qualify as high-efficiency cogeneration.

| (b) | Calculation of primary energy savings
  The amount of primary energy savings provided by cogeneration production defined in accordance with Annex II shall be calculated on the basis of the following formula:

  Where:
  PES is primary energy savings
  CHP Hη is the heat efficiency of the cogeneration production defined as annual useful heat output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of useful heat output and electricity from cogeneration.
  Ref Hη is the efficiency reference value for separate heat production
  CHP Eη is the electrical efficiency of the cogeneration production defined as annual electricity from cogeneration divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of useful heat output and electricity from cogeneration. Where a cogeneration unit generates mechanical energy, the annual electricity from cogeneration may be increased by an additional element representing the amount of electricity which is equivalent to that of mechanical energy.
  This additional element will not create a right to issue guarantees of origin in accordance with Article 5. |
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(b)

Calculation of primary energy savings

The amount of primary energy savings provided by cogeneration production defined in accordance with Annex II shall be calculated on the basis of the following formula:

Where:

PES is primary energy savings

CHP Hη is the heat efficiency of the cogeneration production defined as annual useful heat output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of useful heat output and electricity from cogeneration.

Ref Hη is the efficiency reference value for separate heat production

CHP Eη is the electrical efficiency of the cogeneration production defined as annual electricity from cogeneration divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of useful heat output and electricity from cogeneration. Where a cogeneration unit generates mechanical energy, the annual electricity from cogeneration may be increased by an additional element representing the amount of electricity which is equivalent to that of mechanical energy.

This additional element will not create a right to issue guarantees of origin in accordance with Article 5.

| (c) | Ref Eη is the efficiency reference value for separate electricity production.
  Calculations of energy savings using alternative calculation according to Article 12(2)
  If primary energy savings for a process are calculated in accordance with Article 12(2) the primary energy savings shall be calculated using the formula in paragraph b) of this Annex replacing:
  ‘CHP Hη’ with ‘Hη’ and
  ‘CHP Eη’ with ‘Eη’,
  where:
  Hη shall mean the heat efficiency of the process, defined as the annual heat output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output.
  Eη shall mean the electricity efficiency of the process, defined as the annual electricity output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output. Where a cogeneration unit generates mechanical energy, the annual electricity from cogeneration may be increased by an additional element representing the amount of electricity which is equivalent to that of mechanical energy. This additional element will not create a right to issue guarantees of origin in accordance with Article 5. |
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(c)

Ref Eη is the efficiency reference value for separate electricity production.

Calculations of energy savings using alternative calculation according to Article 12(2)

If primary energy savings for a process are calculated in accordance with Article 12(2) the primary energy savings shall be calculated using the formula in paragraph b) of this Annex replacing:

‘CHP Hη’ with ‘Hη’ and

‘CHP Eη’ with ‘Eη’,

where:

Hη shall mean the heat efficiency of the process, defined as the annual heat output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output.

Eη shall mean the electricity efficiency of the process, defined as the annual electricity output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output. Where a cogeneration unit generates mechanical energy, the annual electricity from cogeneration may be increased by an additional element representing the amount of electricity which is equivalent to that of mechanical energy. This additional element will not create a right to issue guarantees of origin in accordance with Article 5.

| (d) | Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to paragraph (b) and (c) of this Annex. |
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(d)

Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to paragraph (b) and (c) of this Annex.

| (e) | For micro cogeneration units the calculation of primary energy savings may be based on certified data. |
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(e)

For micro cogeneration units the calculation of primary energy savings may be based on certified data.

| (f) | Efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity
  The principles for defining the efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity referred to in Article 4(1) and in the formula set out in paragraph b) of this Annex shall establish the operating efficiency of the separate heat and electricity production that cogeneration is intended to substitute.
  The efficiency reference values shall be calculated according to the following principles:






  (1) | For cogeneration units as defined in Article 3, the comparison with separate electricity production shall be based on the principle that the same fuel categories are compared. |
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(f)

Efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity

The principles for defining the efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity referred to in Article 4(1) and in the formula set out in paragraph b) of this Annex shall establish the operating efficiency of the separate heat and electricity production that cogeneration is intended to substitute.

The efficiency reference values shall be calculated according to the following principles:

(1)

For cogeneration units as defined in Article 3, the comparison with separate electricity production shall be based on the principle that the same fuel categories are compared.

| (2) | Each cogeneration unit shall be compared with the best available and economically justifiable technology for separate production of heat and electricity on the market in the year of construction of the cogeneration unit. |
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(2)

Each cogeneration unit shall be compared with the best available and economically justifiable technology for separate production of heat and electricity on the market in the year of construction of the cogeneration unit.

| (3) | The efficiency reference values for cogeneration units older than 10 years of age shall be fixed on the reference values of units of 10 years of age. |
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(3)

The efficiency reference values for cogeneration units older than 10 years of age shall be fixed on the reference values of units of 10 years of age.

| (4) | The efficiency reference values for separate electricity production and heat production shall reflect the climatic differences between Member States. |
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(4)

The efficiency reference values for separate electricity production and heat production shall reflect the climatic differences between Member States.

ANNEX IV

Criteria for analysis of national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration

| (a) | The analysis of national potentials referred to in Article 6 shall consider:






  — | The type of fuels that are likely to be used to realise the cogeneration potentials, including specific considerations on the potential for increasing the use of renewable energy sources in the national heat markets via cogeneration. |
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(a)

The analysis of national potentials referred to in Article 6 shall consider:

—

The type of fuels that are likely to be used to realise the cogeneration potentials, including specific considerations on the potential for increasing the use of renewable energy sources in the national heat markets via cogeneration.

| — | The type of cogeneration technologies as listed in Annex I that are likely to be used to realise the national potential. |
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—

The type of cogeneration technologies as listed in Annex I that are likely to be used to realise the national potential.

| — | The type of separate production of heat and electricity or, where feasible, mechanical energy that high-efficiency cogeneration is likely to substitute. |
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—

The type of separate production of heat and electricity or, where feasible, mechanical energy that high-efficiency cogeneration is likely to substitute.

| — | A division of the potential into modernisation of existing capacity and construction of new capacity. |
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—

A division of the potential into modernisation of existing capacity and construction of new capacity.

| (b) | The analysis shall include appropriate mechanisms to assess the cost effectiveness — in terms of primary energy savings — of increasing the share of high-efficiency cogeneration in the national energy mix. The analysis of cost effectiveness shall also take into account national commitments accepted in the context of the climate change commitments accepted by the Community pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
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(b)

The analysis shall include appropriate mechanisms to assess the cost effectiveness — in terms of primary energy savings — of increasing the share of high-efficiency cogeneration in the national energy mix. The analysis of cost effectiveness shall also take into account national commitments accepted in the context of the climate change commitments accepted by the Community pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

| (c) | The analysis of the national cogeneration potential shall specify the potentials in relation to the timeframes 2010, 2015 and 2020 and include, where feasible, appropriate cost estimates for each of the timeframes. |
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(c)

The analysis of the national cogeneration potential shall specify the potentials in relation to the timeframes 2010, 2015 and 2020 and include, where feasible, appropriate cost estimates for each of the timeframes.

P5_TA(2003)0593

Meeting of heads of state and/or government on the IGC

European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the Intergovernmental Conference

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the draft Treaty of 18 July 2003 establishing a Constitution for Europe drawn up by the European Convention, |
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—

having regard to the draft Treaty of 18 July 2003 establishing a Constitution for Europe drawn up by the European Convention,

| — | having regard to the Italian Presidency proposals (CIG 60/03), |
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—

having regard to the Italian Presidency proposals (CIG 60/03),

| — | having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | recalling the general acknowledgement of the need for a deepening of European integration in the process of the enlargement of the Union, |
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A.

recalling the general acknowledgement of the need for a deepening of European integration in the process of the enlargement of the Union,

| B. | reaffirming its view that the Constitution must be signed in time for the public to be able to engage in a relevant political debate in the context of the election campaign for the European Parliament, |
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B.

reaffirming its view that the Constitution must be signed in time for the public to be able to engage in a relevant political debate in the context of the election campaign for the European Parliament,

| 1. | Deeply deplores the failure of the European Council to reach an overall agreement on the draft constitutional treaty; |
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1.

Deeply deplores the failure of the European Council to reach an overall agreement on the draft constitutional treaty;

| 2. | Notes once again the failure of the Intergovernmental Conference method and points to the effectiveness and efficiency of the European Convention; deplores the evident lack of focus at the IGC on the common European interest; |
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2.

Notes once again the failure of the Intergovernmental Conference method and points to the effectiveness and efficiency of the European Convention; deplores the evident lack of focus at the IGC on the common European interest;

| 3. | Insists that the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, as it resulted from the Convention, must remain the basis for the final and overall IGC agreement without new points being opened; |
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3.

Insists that the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, as it resulted from the Convention, must remain the basis for the final and overall IGC agreement without new points being opened;

| 4. | Warns that failure to resolve the issue of the enlarged Union's capability to act could result in a ‘variable-speed Europe’, in a return to the intergovernmental method or even in the fragmentation of the Union; |
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4.

Warns that failure to resolve the issue of the enlarged Union's capability to act could result in a ‘variable-speed Europe’, in a return to the intergovernmental method or even in the fragmentation of the Union;

| 5. | Invites the Italian presidency to publish a detailed list of the agreements it claims were reached at the Brussels meeting of the IGC on 12 and 13 December 2003; |
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5.

Invites the Italian presidency to publish a detailed list of the agreements it claims were reached at the Brussels meeting of the IGC on 12 and 13 December 2003;

| 6. | Calls on the forthcoming Irish Presidency to reconvene the IGC at the level of the Foreign Ministers in January 2004 in order to agree a procedure for making progress and to consolidate all the texts approved so far at the IGC; |
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6.

Calls on the forthcoming Irish Presidency to reconvene the IGC at the level of the Foreign Ministers in January 2004 in order to agree a procedure for making progress and to consolidate all the texts approved so far at the IGC;

| 7. | Calls on the Irish Presidency to set a date — before 1 May 2004 — for an IGC meeting at the level of the Heads of State or Government in order to decide on the remaining issues; |
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7.

Calls on the Irish Presidency to set a date — before 1 May 2004 — for an IGC meeting at the level of the Heads of State or Government in order to decide on the remaining issues;

| 8. | Requests the Irish Presidency, when it appears before the European Parliament in Strasbourg in January 2004, to present its plan of action for the successful completion of the IGC; |
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8.

Requests the Irish Presidency, when it appears before the European Parliament in Strasbourg in January 2004, to present its plan of action for the successful completion of the IGC;

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

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

P5_TA(2003)0594

Electronic road toll systems ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the widespread introduction and interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community (COM(2003) 132 — C5-0190/2003 — 2003/0081(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 132) (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 132) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 251(2) and 71(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0190/2003), |
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having regard to Articles 251(2) and 71(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0190/2003),

| — | 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 Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0435/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0435/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
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2.

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

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0081

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 December 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/.../EC on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71(1) thereof,

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

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (1),

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

Whereas:

| (1) | By its resolution of 17 June 1997 on the development of telematics in road transport, in particular with respect to electronic fee collection (EFC) (3), the Council called on the Commission and Member States to develop a strategy for the convergence of EFC systems in order to achieve an appropriate level of interoperability at a European level, The communication to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on interoperable electronic fee collection systems in Europe (4) presented the first stage of this strategy. |
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(1)

By its resolution of 17 June 1997 on the development of telematics in road transport, in particular with respect to electronic fee collection (EFC) (3), the Council called on the Commission and Member States to develop a strategy for the convergence of EFC systems in order to achieve an appropriate level of interoperability at a European level, The communication to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on interoperable electronic fee collection systems in Europe (4) presented the first stage of this strategy.

| (2) | The majority of European States which have installed electronic toll systems to finance road infrastructure costs or electronic systems to collect road use fees (jointly referred to hereinafter as ‘electronic toll systems’) use short-range microwave technology and frequencies close to 5,8 GHz, but these systems are currently
  not completely
  mutually
  compatible
  . The work on microwave technology undertaken by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) resulted in January 2003 in the preparation of technical standards making for the compatibility of 5,8 GHz microwave electronic toll systems, following the adoption of pre-standards in
  1997. However
  , these technical
  pre-standards do not cover all the Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) 5,8 GHz systems in operation in the Union and
  encompass
  two variants
  which are not totally compatible. They are based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model defined by the International Standardisation Organisation for communication between computer systems. |
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(2)

The majority of European States which have installed electronic toll systems to finance road infrastructure costs or electronic systems to collect road use fees (jointly referred to hereinafter as ‘electronic toll systems’) use short-range microwave technology and frequencies close to 5,8 GHz, but these systems are currently
  not completely
  mutually
  compatible
  . The work on microwave technology undertaken by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) resulted in January 2003 in the preparation of technical standards making for the compatibility of 5,8 GHz microwave electronic toll systems, following the adoption of pre-standards in
  1997. However
  , these technical
  pre-standards do not cover all the Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) 5,8 GHz systems in operation in the Union and
  encompass
  two variants
  which are not totally compatible. They are based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model defined by the International Standardisation Organisation for communication between computer systems.

| (3) | This Directive does not affect the Member States' freedom to lay down rules governing road infrastructure charging. |
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(3)

This Directive does not affect the Member States' freedom to lay down rules governing road infrastructure charging.

| (4) | Manufacturers and infrastructure managers have nonetheless agreed, within the Member States of the European Union, to develop interoperable products based on the pre-standards adopted in 1997, favouring the option of high-speed transmission between roadside units and on-board
  equipment. The equipment that will need to be made available to users will accordingly need to be capable of communicating with all the systems specified in Article 2(1). |
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(4)

Manufacturers and infrastructure managers have nonetheless agreed, within the Member States of the European Union, to develop interoperable products based on the pre-standards adopted in 1997, favouring the option of high-speed transmission between roadside units and on-board
  equipment. The equipment that will need to be made available to users will accordingly need to be capable of communicating with all the systems specified in Article 2(1).

| (5) | It is essential that this standardisation work be completed as quickly as possible to establish technical standards ensuring the compatibility of electronic toll systems based on microwave technology. Other standardisation work concerning a combination of satellite and mobile communications technology for electronic toll systems should also be completed rapidly in order to avoid further fragmentation of the market. |
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(5)

It is essential that this standardisation work be completed as quickly as possible to establish technical standards ensuring the compatibility of electronic toll systems based on microwave technology. Other standardisation work concerning a combination of satellite and mobile communications technology for electronic toll systems should also be completed rapidly in order to avoid further fragmentation of the market.

| (6) | It is necessary to provide for the widespread deployment of electronic toll systems in the Member States and neighbouring countries, and the need is arising to have interoperable systems suited to the future development of road-charging policy at Community level
  and technological developments
  . |
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(6)

It is necessary to provide for the widespread deployment of electronic toll systems in the Member States and neighbouring countries, and the need is arising to have interoperable systems suited to the future development of road-charging policy at Community level
  and technological developments
  .

| (7) | In introducing new toll systems, sufficient equipment must be made available to avoid discrimination between the undertakings concerned. |
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(7)

In introducing new toll systems, sufficient equipment must be made available to avoid discrimination between the undertakings concerned.

| (8) | In particular, owing to their great flexibility and versatility,
  application of the new satellite positioning (GNSS) and mobile communications (GSM/GPRS) technologies to electronic toll systems
  may
  serve to meet the requirements of the new road-charging policies planned at Community and Member State level. These technologies enable the number of kilometres covered per category of road to be counted without requiring costly investment in infrastructure
  equipment. They
  also open the door to
  additional
  new safety and information services for travellers, such as the automatic alarm triggered by a vehicle involved in an accident and indicating its position, and real-time information on traffic conditions, traffic levels and journey times. With regard to satellite positioning, the Galileo project launched by the European Union in 2002 will, as of 2008, provide information of higher quality than that provided by the current GPS system and which is optimal for road telematic services. The EGNOS precursor system will already be operational in 2004 providing similar results. However, these innovative systems could raise problems concerning the reliability of checks and with regard to fraud prevention.
  However, owing to the overwhelming advantages referred to above, the application of satellite positioning and mobile communications technologies is to be recommended as a matter of principle in introducing new toll systems. |
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(8)

In particular, owing to their great flexibility and versatility,
  application of the new satellite positioning (GNSS) and mobile communications (GSM/GPRS) technologies to electronic toll systems
  may
  serve to meet the requirements of the new road-charging policies planned at Community and Member State level. These technologies enable the number of kilometres covered per category of road to be counted without requiring costly investment in infrastructure
  equipment. They
  also open the door to
  additional
  new safety and information services for travellers, such as the automatic alarm triggered by a vehicle involved in an accident and indicating its position, and real-time information on traffic conditions, traffic levels and journey times. With regard to satellite positioning, the Galileo project launched by the European Union in 2002 will, as of 2008, provide information of higher quality than that provided by the current GPS system and which is optimal for road telematic services. The EGNOS precursor system will already be operational in 2004 providing similar results. However, these innovative systems could raise problems concerning the reliability of checks and with regard to fraud prevention.
  However, owing to the overwhelming advantages referred to above, the application of satellite positioning and mobile communications technologies is to be recommended as a matter of principle in introducing new toll systems.

| (9) | The proliferation of technologies already in use or planned for electronic toll systems in the coming years (mainly 5,8 GHz microwave, satellite positioning and mobile communications) and the proliferation of specifications imposed by the Member States and neighbouring countries for their electronic toll systems may compromise both the smooth operation of the internal market and transport policy objectives. Such a situation is liable to lead in future to the proliferation of
  incompatible electronic
  boxes in the driving cabs of heavy goods vehicles, and to drivers making mistakes when using them or committing involuntary fraud.
  Such a proliferation is unacceptable to users and to manufacturers of heavy goods vehicles for cost, safety and legal reasons. |
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(9)

The proliferation of technologies already in use or planned for electronic toll systems in the coming years (mainly 5,8 GHz microwave, satellite positioning and mobile communications) and the proliferation of specifications imposed by the Member States and neighbouring countries for their electronic toll systems may compromise both the smooth operation of the internal market and transport policy objectives. Such a situation is liable to lead in future to the proliferation of
  incompatible electronic
  boxes in the driving cabs of heavy goods vehicles, and to drivers making mistakes when using them or committing involuntary fraud.
  Such a proliferation is unacceptable to users and to manufacturers of heavy goods vehicles for cost, safety and legal reasons.

| (10) | Artificial barriers to the
  operation of the internal market
  need to be removed, while still allowing the Member States and the Union to implement a variety of road-charging policies for all types of vehicles at local, national or international level. The equipment installed in vehicles must allow such road-charging policies to be implemented in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination between the citizens of all European Union countries. The interoperability of electronic toll systems at Community level therefore needs to be ensured as soon as possible. |
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(10)

Artificial barriers to the
  operation of the internal market
  need to be removed, while still allowing the Member States and the Union to implement a variety of road-charging policies for all types of vehicles at local, national or international level. The equipment installed in vehicles must allow such road-charging policies to be implemented in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination between the citizens of all European Union countries. The interoperability of electronic toll systems at Community level therefore needs to be ensured as soon as possible.

| (11) | Drivers are legitimately concerned to see improved quality of service on the road infrastructure, particular in terms of safety, as well as a substantial reduction in the length of queues at toll stations, especially on busy days and at certain particularly congested points in the road network. The definition of the European electronic toll service needs to address that concern.
  Provision should, moreover, be made to ensure that the technologies and components provided for can also be combined with other vehicle components, in particular the electronic tachograph and emergency call capabilities. Intermodal systems should not be excluded at a later stage. |
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(11)

Drivers are legitimately concerned to see improved quality of service on the road infrastructure, particular in terms of safety, as well as a substantial reduction in the length of queues at toll stations, especially on busy days and at certain particularly congested points in the road network. The definition of the European electronic toll service needs to address that concern.
  Provision should, moreover, be made to ensure that the technologies and components provided for can also be combined with other vehicle components, in particular the electronic tachograph and emergency call capabilities. Intermodal systems should not be excluded at a later stage.

| (12) | The option of accessing other, future applications in addition to toll collection should be ensured by fitting an appropriate interface. |
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(12)

The option of accessing other, future applications in addition to toll collection should be ensured by fitting an appropriate interface.

| (13) | A European electronic toll service will provide interoperability at technical and contractual level, covering a single contract between the clients and the operators offering the service, complying with a contractual set of rules allowing all operators and/or issuers to provide the service, giving access to the whole network as well as a set of technical standards and requirements allowing the industry to provide the necessary equipment for the provision of the service. |
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(13)

A European electronic toll service will provide interoperability at technical and contractual level, covering a single contract between the clients and the operators offering the service, complying with a contractual set of rules allowing all operators and/or issuers to provide the service, giving access to the whole network as well as a set of technical standards and requirements allowing the industry to provide the necessary equipment for the provision of the service.

| (14) | Electronic toll systems contribute significantly to reducing the risk of accidents, and thus increasing traveller safety, at toll gates, to reducing the number of cash transactions and to reducing congestion at toll gates, especially at busy times. They also preclude the negative environmental impact of installing new toll gates or expanding existing toll stations. |
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(14)

Electronic toll systems contribute significantly to reducing the risk of accidents, and thus increasing traveller safety, at toll gates, to reducing the number of cash transactions and to reducing congestion at toll gates, especially at busy times. They also preclude the negative environmental impact of installing new toll gates or expanding existing toll stations.

| (15) | The introduction of electronic toll systems will entail the processing of personal data. Such processing needs to be carried out in accordance with European rules, as set out inter alia in Directive 95/46/EC (5) and Directive 2002/58/EC (6). The right to protection of personal data is explicitly recognised by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. |
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(15)

The introduction of electronic toll systems will entail the processing of personal data. Such processing needs to be carried out in accordance with European rules, as set out inter alia in Directive 95/46/EC (5) and Directive 2002/58/EC (6). The right to protection of personal data is explicitly recognised by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

| (16) | Given that the objectives of the proposed action, including the interoperability of toll systems in the internal market and the introduction of a European electronic toll service covering the entire Community road network on which tolls are charged, cannot be achieved sufficiently by the Member States and may therefore be better achieved, by reason of their European dimension, at Community level, the Community may take measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity established in Article 5 of the Treaty. This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve these objectives, and is therefore in accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in the said Article. |
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(16)

Given that the objectives of the proposed action, including the interoperability of toll systems in the internal market and the introduction of a European electronic toll service covering the entire Community road network on which tolls are charged, cannot be achieved sufficiently by the Member States and may therefore be better achieved, by reason of their European dimension, at Community level, the Community may take measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity established in Article 5 of the Treaty. This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve these objectives, and is therefore in accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in the said Article.

| (17) | To set up the European electronic toll system it will first be necessary to establish a body of principles to be laid down by the Committee provided for in Article 5. |
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(17)

To set up the European electronic toll system it will first be necessary to establish a body of principles to be laid down by the Committee provided for in Article 5.

| (18) | Automatic debiting of toll charges to bank accounts or credit/debit card accounts which are domiciled anywhere in the EU (and beyond) requires a fully operational EU payments area with non-discriminatory service charges. |
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(18)

Automatic debiting of toll charges to bank accounts or credit/debit card accounts which are domiciled anywhere in the EU (and beyond) requires a fully operational EU payments area with non-discriminatory service charges.

| (19) | It is vital that any common electronic tolling system which is adopted for the EU meets the following fundamental criteria, namely that it is amenable to ready incorporation of future technological and systems improvements and developments without costly redundancy of older models and methods, that its costs of adoption by commercial and private road users are insignificant compared with the benefits to those road users as well as to society as a whole, and that its implementation in any Member State is non-discriminatory in all respects between domestic road users and road users from other Member States. |
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(19)

It is vital that any common electronic tolling system which is adopted for the EU meets the following fundamental criteria, namely that it is amenable to ready incorporation of future technological and systems improvements and developments without costly redundancy of older models and methods, that its costs of adoption by commercial and private road users are insignificant compared with the benefits to those road users as well as to society as a whole, and that its implementation in any Member State is non-discriminatory in all respects between domestic road users and road users from other Member States.

| (20) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive 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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(20)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive 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).

| (21) | The inclusion of concerned parties (toll-service operators, infrastructure managers, electronics and motor industries, users) in Commission consultations on technical and contractual aspects of creating the European electronic toll service should be guaranteed. |
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(21)

The inclusion of concerned parties (toll-service operators, infrastructure managers, electronics and motor industries, users) in Commission consultations on technical and contractual aspects of creating the European electronic toll service should be guaranteed.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Objective and scope

1.   This Directive prescribes the conditions necessary to ensure
  the interoperability
  of electronic road toll systems in the Community. It applies to the electronic collection of all types of road fees, on all parts of the Community road network, urban and interurban, motorways, major and minor roads, and various structures such as tunnels, bridges or ferries.

2.   
  This Directive does not apply to:

| a) | road toll systems for which no electronic means of toll collection exists; |
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a)

road toll systems for which no electronic means of toll collection exists;

| b) | electronic road toll systems which do not need this installation of equipment on board vehicles; |
| --- | --- |

b)

electronic road toll systems which do not need this installation of equipment on board vehicles;

| c) | small, strictly local road toll systems for which the costs of compliance with the requirements of this Directive would be disproportionate to the benefits. |
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c)

small, strictly local road toll systems for which the costs of compliance with the requirements of this Directive would be disproportionate to the benefits.

3.   To achieve the objective set in the first paragraph, a European electronic toll service shall be created. This service must ensure the interoperability, for users, of the electronic toll systems that have already been introduced
  in
  the Member States and of those to be introduced in future throughout the Union's territory.

Article 2

Technological solutions

1.   All new electronic toll systems brought into service on or after
  1 January 2007
  and intended for use by all categories of heavy goods vehicles and/or buses and coaches shall, for carrying out electronic toll transactions,
  be interoperable with each other and
  use one or more of the following technologies:

| (a) | satellite positioning; |
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(a)

satellite positioning;

| (b) | mobile communications using the GSM-GPRS standard (reference GSM TS 03.60/23.060); |
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(b)

mobile communications using the GSM-GPRS standard (reference GSM TS 03.60/23.060);

| (c) | 5,8 GHz microwave technology. |
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(c)

5,8 GHz microwave technology.

2.
     
  The systems referred to in paragraph 1(a) to (c) shall be interoperable and may, as regards the country of origin of systems or the conditions under which the systems are operated, be supported solely on the basis of their interoperability (free competition).

3.   A European electronic toll service shall be set up pursuant to Article 3 on
  1 January 2007
  . As of this date, operators must make available to interested users on-board equipment which is suitable for use with all electronic toll systems in service in the Union and in all types of vehicle, in accordance with the timetable set out in Article 3(4), and which is interoperable and capable of communicating with all the systems operating in the territory of the Union
  and is available in sufficient quantities to meet the demand of all interested users
  .

4.   
  Without prejudice to paragraph 1, on-board equipment may also be suitable for other technologies, on condition that this does not lead to an additional burden for users or create discrimination between them. Where relevant, on-board equipment may also be linked to the vehicle's electronic tachograph.

5.
     
  Interoperability work on existing toll technologies undertaken in connection with the European electronic toll service must ensure the compatibility and interfacing of the systems referred to in paragraph 1 and of their equipment with each other.

6.   
  It is recommended that new electronic toll systems brought into service use the satellite positioning and mobile communications technologies referred to in paragraph 1. In respect of the possible migration to systems using such technologies by systems using other technologies, the Commission, in liaison with the Committee referred to in Article 5, shall draw up a report by 31 December 2009 at the latest. This report shall include a study of the use of each of the technologies referred to in paragraph 1, as well as a cost-benefit analysis. If appropriate, the Commission shall accompany the report with a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for a migration strategy.

7.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to increase the use of electronic toll systems. They shall
  endeavour to ensure that, by 1 January 2007 at the latest
  , at least 50%
  of traffic flow
  in each toll station
  can use
  are equipped with electronic toll systems.
  Lanes used for electronic toll collection may also be used for toll collection by other means, with due regard to safety.

8.   Member States shall ensure that processing of personal data necessary for the operation of the European electronic toll service is carried out in accordance with the European rules protecting the freedoms and fundamental rights of individuals, including Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC.

Article 3

Setting-up of a European electronic toll service

1.   A European electronic toll service shall be set up which encompasses all road infrastructure in the Community on which tolls or usage fees are collected
  electronically. This electronic toll service will be defined by a contractual set of rules allowing all operators and/or issuers to provide the service, a set of technical standards and requirements and a single subscription contract between the clients and the operators offering the service. This
  contract. shall give access to the service on the whole of this network and subscriptions shall be available from the
  operator
  of any part of the network.

2.   The European electronic toll service shall be independent of
  the fundamental decisions taken by Member States to levy tolls on particular types of vehicles and of
  the level of charges and the purpose for which such charges are levied. It shall concern only the method of collecting tolls or fees. The
  system
  shall
  allow for interoperability of the contracts
  irrespective of the place of registration of the vehicle, the nationality of the subscriber, the nationality of the
  issuer
  who issued the subscription, and the zone or point on the road network in respect of which the toll is due.

3.   
  The system shall allow an intermodal toll service to develop without creating disadvantages for more sustainable modes of transport.

4.   All
  EFC contract issuers in the Union
  must
  offer to
  their customers
  a contract that complies with
  the European
  electronic toll
  service in accordance with the following timetable:

| a) | for all vehicles exceeding 3.5 tonnes and vehicles carrying more than nine passengers (driver + 8),
  at the latest two years after the decisions on the European electronic toll service
  , |
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a)

for all vehicles exceeding 3.5 tonnes and vehicles carrying more than nine passengers (driver + 8),
  at the latest two years after the decisions on the European electronic toll service
  ,

| b) | for all other types of vehicle,
  at the latest five years after the decisions on the definition of the European electronic toll service
  . |
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b)

for all other types of vehicle,
  at the latest five years after the decisions on the definition of the European electronic toll service
  .

Article 4

Features of the European electronic toll service

1.   The European electronic toll service shall encompass the following:

| a) | functional and technical specifications of the service, the quality of the service and its level of deployment at toll stations with a view to limiting queues, slow-moving traffic and incidents of all kinds resulting from toll collection; |
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a)

functional and technical specifications of the service, the quality of the service and its level of deployment at toll stations with a view to limiting queues, slow-moving traffic and incidents of all kinds resulting from toll collection;

| b) | launching and following up technical harmonisation activities with the European standardisation bodies |
| --- | --- |

b)

launching and following up technical harmonisation activities with the European standardisation bodies

| c) | any technical additions to the standards or pre-standards used and which ensure interoperability; procedures for taking account of technological developments, in particular the development of mobile communications, with the aim of updating the list of technologies on which the European electronic toll service is based; |
| --- | --- |

c)

any technical additions to the standards or pre-standards used and which ensure interoperability; procedures for taking account of technological developments, in particular the development of mobile communications, with the aim of updating the list of technologies on which the European electronic toll service is based;

| d) | specifications for integrating equipment into vehicles; |
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d)

specifications for integrating equipment into vehicles;

| e) | procedures for approving, at European level, on-board equipment, roadside equipment and the way equipment is incorporated into vehicles, particularly from the point of view of road
  safety; |
| --- | --- |

e)

procedures for approving, at European level, on-board equipment, roadside equipment and the way equipment is incorporated into vehicles, particularly from the point of view of road
  safety;

| f) | transactional
  models; |
| --- | --- |

f)

transactional
  models;

| g) | a memorandum of understanding between the managers of the road network concerned enabling the service to be implemented on the European road network, and a single contract for customers; |
| --- | --- |

g)

a memorandum of understanding between the managers of the road network concerned enabling the service to be implemented on the European road network, and a single contract for customers;

| h) | handling of special cases, such as occasional users and any type of malfunction; |
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h)

handling of special cases, such as occasional users and any type of malfunction;

| i) | validation of the chosen technical solutions vis-à-vis the European rules protecting the freedoms and fundamental rights of individuals, including their privacy. In particular, conformity will have to be ensured with Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC; |
| --- | --- |

i)

validation of the chosen technical solutions vis-à-vis the European rules protecting the freedoms and fundamental rights of individuals, including their privacy. In particular, conformity will have to be ensured with Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC;

| j) | assessment of the possibility of harmonising the rules of enforcement relating to electronic road tolls. |
| --- | --- |

j)

assessment of the possibility of harmonising the rules of enforcement relating to electronic road tolls.

2.   The European electronic toll service shall employ the technical solutions referred to in Article 2
  and shall rely on a public availability of specifications needed for their realisation
  .

3.   Technical decisions relating to the definition of the European electronic toll service shall be taken by the Commission in accordance with the procedure stipulated in Article 5(2).

4.   The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by Directive 98/34/EC (8), ask the European standardisation bodies, and in particular the European Committee for Standardisation, to make every necessary effort rapidly to adopt standards applicable to electronic toll systems, particularly with regard to microwave technology, and systems using satellite positioning and mobile communications technology.

5.   Equipment for the European electronic toll service must comply in particular with the requirements of Directives 1999/5/EC (9) (R&TTE) and 89/336/EEC (10)
  (EMC).

6.
     
  The decisions relating to the definition of the European electronic toll service shall be taken by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5, at the latest by 1 January 2007. Such decisions shall only be taken if all the conditions, evaluated on the basis of appropriate studies, are in place to enable interoperability to work from all points of view, including the technical, legal and commercial points of view.

Article 5

Committee

The Commission shall be assisted by an Electronic Toll Committee composed of representatives of the Member States
  and of NGOs responsible for privacy protection, safety and environmental questions
  and chaired by the representative of the Commission.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC is hereby set at three months.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 6

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than
  30 June 2005.
  They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

Article 7

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

Article 8

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C ...

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

(3)  OJ C 194, 25.6.1997, p. 5.

3

(4)  COM(1998) 795.

4

795

(5)  Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31). Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

5

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31). Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(6)  Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37).

6

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37).

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

7

(8)  Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37). Directive as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 68).

8

Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37). Directive as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 68).

(9)  Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10). Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

9

Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10). Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(10)  Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (OJ L 139, 23.5.1989, p. 19). Directive as last amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (OJ L 220, 30.8.1993, p. 1).

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P5_TA(2003)0595

Decentralised cooperation (2004-2006) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council extending and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 on decentralised cooperation (COM(2003) 413 — C5-0319/2003 — 2003/0156(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 413) (1), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 413) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 251(2) and 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0319/2003), |
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—

having regard to Articles 251(2) and 179(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0319/2003),

| — | 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 Development and Cooperation and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0431/2003), |
| --- | --- |

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0431/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal is compatible with the ceiling of heading 4 of the Financial Perspective without restricting other policies; |
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2.

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;

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

3.

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

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

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

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0156

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 December 2003 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council extending and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 on decentralised cooperation

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) | Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 of 17 July 1998
   (3)
  was applicable until 31 December 2001. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 of 17 July 1998
   (3)
  was applicable until 31 December 2001.

| (2) | The Regulation was amended and extended until 31 December 2003 by Regulation (EC) No 955/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 May 2002
   (4). |
| --- | --- |

(2)

The Regulation was amended and extended until 31 December 2003 by Regulation (EC) No 955/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 May 2002
   (4).

| (3) | An evaluation completed in 2003 has led to the conclusion that the Budget Line should be more focused. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

An evaluation completed in 2003 has led to the conclusion that the Budget Line should be more focused.

| (4) | The decentralised cooperation instrument has a specific added value in terms of supporting operations in specific situations and difficult partnerships where traditional instruments cannot be used or are not relevant, and of supporting the diversification of decentralised actors as potential partners in the development process. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

The decentralised cooperation instrument has a specific added value in terms of supporting operations in specific situations and difficult partnerships where traditional instruments cannot be used or are not relevant, and of supporting the diversification of decentralised actors as potential partners in the development process.

| (5) | Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 should be amended and extended until 31 December 2006 following the completion of the evaluation and the adoption of the Commission Communication on the Participation of Non-State Actors in EC Development Policy
   (5). The financial framework and reference period indicated in Article 4(1) should be adjusted. |
| --- | --- |

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 should be amended and extended until 31 December 2006 following the completion of the evaluation and the adoption of the Commission Communication on the Participation of Non-State Actors in EC Development Policy
   (5). The financial framework and reference period indicated in Article 4(1) should be adjusted.

| (6) | Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 should be amended accordingly, |
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(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 should be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1659/98 is hereby amended as follows:

| 1. | Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 1

  The Community shall support operations and initiatives undertaken by decentralised cooperation agents of the Community and the developing countries centred on poverty reduction and sustainable development in particular in situations of difficult partnerships where other instruments cannot be used. Such operations and initiatives shall promote:






  — | a more participatory approach to development, responsive to the needs and initiatives of the populations in the developing countries, |
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1.

Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The Community shall support operations and initiatives undertaken by decentralised cooperation agents of the Community and the developing countries centred on poverty reduction and sustainable development in particular in situations of difficult partnerships where other instruments cannot be used. Such operations and initiatives shall promote:

—

a more participatory approach to development, responsive to the needs and initiatives of the populations in the developing countries,

| — | a contribution to the diversification and reinforcement of civil society and grassroots democracy in the countries concerned. |
| --- | --- |

—

a contribution to the diversification and reinforcement of civil society and grassroots democracy in the countries concerned.

In supporting such operations and initiatives, priority shall be given to decentralised cooperation agents of the developing countries.
  All developing countries shall be eligible for operations to promote decentralised cooperation.’

| 2. | Article 2 shall be amended as follows:






  a) | the second indent shall be replaced by the following:







  ‘— | information and the mobilisation of decentralised cooperation agents and participation in international fora to enhance dialogue on policy formulation,’ |
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2.

Article 2 shall be amended as follows:

a)

the second indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—

information and the mobilisation of decentralised cooperation agents and participation in international fora to enhance dialogue on policy formulation,’

| b) | the following indent shall be inserted after the third indent:








  ‘
  — | strengthening the networks of social organisations and movements campaigning for sustainable development, human rights, in particular social rights, and democratisation,
  ’ |
| --- | --- | --- |

b)

the following indent shall be inserted after the third indent:

‘
  —

strengthening the networks of social organisations and movements campaigning for sustainable development, human rights, in particular social rights, and democratisation,
  ’

| 3. | Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Article 3

  The cooperation partners eligible for financial support under this Regulation shall be decentralised cooperation agents in the Community or the developing countries, such as: local (including municipal) authorities, non-governmental organisations,
  organisations of indigenous peoples,
  local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, economic and social actors organisations,
  local organisations (including networks) which are active in the area of regional decentralised cooperation and integration,
  consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching,
  cultural,
  research
  and scientific organisations,
  universities
  ,
  churches
  and religious associations or communities,
  media, and any non-governmental associations
  and independent foundations
  likely to contribute to development.


  The activities of the agents associated with the objectives of this Regulation shall be transparent and comply with the principles of sound financial management and accountability.
  ’ |
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3.

Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

The cooperation partners eligible for financial support under this Regulation shall be decentralised cooperation agents in the Community or the developing countries, such as: local (including municipal) authorities, non-governmental organisations,
  organisations of indigenous peoples,
  local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, economic and social actors organisations,
  local organisations (including networks) which are active in the area of regional decentralised cooperation and integration,
  consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching,
  cultural,
  research
  and scientific organisations,
  universities
  ,
  churches
  and religious associations or communities,
  media, and any non-governmental associations
  and independent foundations
  likely to contribute to development.

The activities of the agents associated with the objectives of this Regulation shall be transparent and comply with the principles of sound financial management and accountability.
  ’

| 4. | Article 4 shall be amended as follows:






  a) | paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘Community financing of the operations referred to in Article 1 shall cover a period of three years. The financial framework for the implementation of this programme for the period 2004 to 2006 shall be EUR 18 million.
  The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.’ |
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4.

Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

a)

paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Community financing of the operations referred to in Article 1 shall cover a period of three years. The financial framework for the implementation of this programme for the period 2004 to 2006 shall be EUR 18 million.

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

| b) | paragraph 2 shall be deleted; |
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b)

paragraph 2 shall be deleted;

| 5. | Article 7 shall be amended as follows:






  a) | in paragraph 2 ECU shall be replaced by EUR; |
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5.

Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

a)

in paragraph 2 ECU shall be replaced by EUR;

| b) | the following indent shall be added to paragraph 3:






  ‘— | particular needs of countries where official cooperation is unable to contribute significantly to the objectives defined in Article 1.’ |
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b)

the following indent shall be added to paragraph 3:

‘—

particular needs of countries where official cooperation is unable to contribute significantly to the objectives defined in Article 1.’

| 6. | Article 8(1) shall be replaced by the following:


  ‘
  1.
     
  The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up under Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1658/98 of 17 July 1998 on co-financing operations with European nongovernmental development organisations (NGOs) in fields of interest to the developing countries (6) (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”).



  (6)  OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 1.’" |
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6.

Article 8(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘
  1.
     
  The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up under Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1658/98 of 17 July 1998 on co-financing operations with European nongovernmental development organisations (NGOs) in fields of interest to the developing countries (6) (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”).

(6)  OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 1.’"

| 7. | Article 10 shall be amended as follows:








  a) | the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:


  ‘
  As part of the annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of development policy, the Commission shall present a summary of the operations financed, the impacts and results of such operations and an independent evaluation of the implementation of this Regulation during the year, as well as details of the decentralised cooperation actors with whom contracts have been concluded.
  ’ |
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7.

Article 10 shall be amended as follows:

a)

the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘
  As part of the annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of development policy, the Commission shall present a summary of the operations financed, the impacts and results of such operations and an independent evaluation of the implementation of this Regulation during the year, as well as details of the decentralised cooperation actors with whom contracts have been concluded.
  ’

| b) | in the third paragraph ECU shall be replaced by
  EUR; |
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b)

in the third paragraph ECU shall be replaced by
  EUR;

| 8. | In Article 13 the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following:
  ‘It shall apply until 31 December 2006.’ |
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8.

In Article 13 the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘It shall apply until 31 December 2006.’

Article 2

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 ...,

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C ...

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

(3)  OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 6.

3

(4)  OJ L 148, 6.6.2002, p. 1.

4

(5)  COM(2002) 598.

5

COM(2002) 598.

P5_TA(2003)0596

Gender equality in development cooperation ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on promoting gender equality in development cooperation (COM(2003) 465 — C5-0367/2003 — 2003/0176(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 465), (1), |
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—

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 465), (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 251(2) and 179 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0367/2003), |
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—

having regard to Articles 251(2) and 179 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0367/2003),

| — | 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 Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A5-0447/2003), |
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—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities and the opinions of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A5-0447/2003),

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

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal
  ,
  as amended, is compatible with the ceiling for heading 4 of the financial perspective, possibly through redeployment of policies; |
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2.

Considers that the financial statement of the Commission proposal
  ,
  as amended, is compatible with the ceiling for heading 4 of the financial perspective, possibly through redeployment of policies;

| 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 OJ.

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0176

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 December 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2004 on promoting gender equality in development cooperation

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 179 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 UN Millennium Development Goals (3) call for gender equality and empowerment of women, setting clear targets in the field of education that have to be achieved no later than 2015. |
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(1)

The UN Millennium Development Goals (3) call for gender equality and empowerment of women, setting clear targets in the field of education that have to be achieved no later than 2015.

| (2) | Two thirds of children out of school are girls; enrolment rates for girls are still lower than those for boys and drop-out rates for girls are higher. |
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(2)

Two thirds of children out of school are girls; enrolment rates for girls are still lower than those for boys and drop-out rates for girls are higher.

| (3) | Article 3(2) of the Treaty stipulates that in all the activities referred to in Article 3, including a policy in the sphere of development cooperation, the Community shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women. |
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(3)

Article 3(2) of the Treaty stipulates that in all the activities referred to in Article 3, including a policy in the sphere of development cooperation, the Community shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women.

| (4) | A disproportionate majority of the world's poor are women. Therefore, the promotion of gender equality is important to achieve the overarching goal of poverty reduction by 2015. |
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(4)

A disproportionate majority of the world's poor are women. Therefore, the promotion of gender equality is important to achieve the overarching goal of poverty reduction by 2015.

| (5) | Gender equality of women and men of all ages is recognised as important to effective and efficient work against poverty. To achieve the goal of gender equality through the gender mainstreaming strategy, there is a need to combine it with specific measures in favour of women of all ages. |
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(5)

Gender equality of women and men of all ages is recognised as important to effective and efficient work against poverty. To achieve the goal of gender equality through the gender mainstreaming strategy, there is a need to combine it with specific measures in favour of women of all ages.

| (6) | Women's contribution to development is achieved in the face of numerous obstacles which limit the outcome of their work and reduce the benefits for themselves and to society as a whole. The importance of women's economic, social, and environmental roles across the life course in developing countries has led to increasing international recognition that their full participation without discrimination is indispensable for sustainable and effective development. |
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(6)

Women's contribution to development is achieved in the face of numerous obstacles which limit the outcome of their work and reduce the benefits for themselves and to society as a whole. The importance of women's economic, social, and environmental roles across the life course in developing countries has led to increasing international recognition that their full participation without discrimination is indispensable for sustainable and effective development.

| (7) | The Community and its Member States were signatories to the Declaration and Platform for Action of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, which stressed the need for action against world-wide obstacles to gender equality and established gender mainstreaming as a strategy to promote gender equality. |
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(7)

The Community and its Member States were signatories to the Declaration and Platform for Action of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, which stressed the need for action against world-wide obstacles to gender equality and established gender mainstreaming as a strategy to promote gender equality.

| (8) | The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women considers discrimination against women as an obstacle to development, and the parties to the Convention agree to eliminate this discrimination using all appropriate means. |
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(8)

The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women considers discrimination against women as an obstacle to development, and the parties to the Convention agree to eliminate this discrimination using all appropriate means.

| (9) | Council Regulation (EC) No 2836/98 of 22 December 1998 on the integration of gender issues in development cooperation (4) aims to support the mainstreaming of gender analysis in all areas of development cooperation policies and to support and facilitate the inclusion of actions addressing major gender disparities. It ensures that gender equality is promoted in national plans designed to implement major elements of the Beijing Platform for Action. The Regulation is due to expire on 31 December 2003. |
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(9)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2836/98 of 22 December 1998 on the integration of gender issues in development cooperation (4) aims to support the mainstreaming of gender analysis in all areas of development cooperation policies and to support and facilitate the inclusion of actions addressing major gender disparities. It ensures that gender equality is promoted in national plans designed to implement major elements of the Beijing Platform for Action. The Regulation is due to expire on 31 December 2003.

| (10) | The Declaration by the Council and the Commission on the European Community's development policy, adopted at the Development Council of10 November 2000, states that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue. |
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(10)

The Declaration by the Council and the Commission on the European Community's development policy, adopted at the Development Council of10 November 2000, states that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue.

| (11) | The Commission's Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the Programme of Action for the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation of 21 June 2001 (PoA) (COM(2001) 295 final), sets the implementation framework for mainstreaming gender equality in EC development cooperation. The PoA was endorsed by the Council in its Conclusions of 8 November 2001. |
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(11)

The Commission's Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the Programme of Action for the mainstreaming of gender equality in Community Development Cooperation of 21 June 2001 (PoA) (COM(2001) 295 final), sets the implementation framework for mainstreaming gender equality in EC development cooperation. The PoA was endorsed by the Council in its Conclusions of 8 November 2001.

| (12) | In its resolution of 25 April 2002 on the PoA, the European Parliament stressed its commitment to gender mainstreaming as the approach to furthering the goal of gender equality and improving the position of women in developing countries. |
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(12)

In its resolution of 25 April 2002 on the PoA, the European Parliament stressed its commitment to gender mainstreaming as the approach to furthering the goal of gender equality and improving the position of women in developing countries.

| (13) | This Regulation lays down a financial framework constituting the prime reference, within the meaning of point 33 of the Inter-institutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (5), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure.
  In general, EC development-related funding should also contribute towards gender equality as a cross-cutting issue. |
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(13)

This Regulation lays down a financial framework constituting the prime reference, within the meaning of point 33 of the Inter-institutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (5), for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure.
  In general, EC development-related funding should also contribute towards gender equality as a cross-cutting issue.

| (14) | 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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(14)

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).

| (15) | In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, the objective of the proposed action, namely to promote gender equality in development cooperation, cannot be attained by the Member States acting alone. By reason of the scale and effects of the proposed action, it can therefore be better achieved by the Community. This Regulation confines itself to the minimum required to achieve that objective and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose. |
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(15)

In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, the objective of the proposed action, namely to promote gender equality in development cooperation, cannot be attained by the Member States acting alone. By reason of the scale and effects of the proposed action, it can therefore be better achieved by the Community. This Regulation confines itself to the minimum required to achieve that objective and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Chapter I

Scope

Article 1

1.   The purpose of this Regulation is to implement measures to promote gender equality in Community development cooperation policies, strategies and interventions.

To this end, the Community shall provide financial assistance and appropriate expertise aimed at promoting gender equality into all its development cooperation policies and interventions in developing countries.

2.   The Community support shall be aimed at complementing and reinforcing the policies and capacities of developing countries as well as the assistance provided through other instruments of development cooperation.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation:

| a) | ‘gender mainstreaming’concerns planning, (re)organisation, improvement, and evaluation of policy processes, so that a gender equality perspective is incorporated in all development policies, strategies and interventions, at all levels and at all stages by the actors normally involved therein; |
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a)

‘gender mainstreaming’concerns planning, (re)organisation, improvement, and evaluation of policy processes, so that a gender equality perspective is incorporated in all development policies, strategies and interventions, at all levels and at all stages by the actors normally involved therein;

| b) | ‘specific measures’concerns measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to sex and which may be maintained or introduced with a view to ensuring equality in practice between men and women; such measures should, in the first instance, aim at improving the situation of women in the field covered by this Regulation. |
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b)

‘specific measures’concerns measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to sex and which may be maintained or introduced with a view to ensuring equality in practice between men and women; such measures should, in the first instance, aim at improving the situation of women in the field covered by this Regulation.

Article 3

The objectives to be pursued by this Regulation, in accordance with the goal of promoting gender equality and empower women as specified by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals,
  the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the Outcome of the Special Session of the General Assembly ‘Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st Century’,
  are the following:

| a) | to support the mainstreaming of gender in all areas of development cooperation, combined with specific measures in favour of women
  of all ages
  , with the goal of promoting gender equality as an important contribution to poverty reduction; |
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a)

to support the mainstreaming of gender in all areas of development cooperation, combined with specific measures in favour of women
  of all ages
  , with the goal of promoting gender equality as an important contribution to poverty reduction;

| b) | to support endogenous public and private capacities in developing countries which can take the responsibility and initiative for promoting gender equality. |
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b)

to support endogenous public and private capacities in developing countries which can take the responsibility and initiative for promoting gender equality.

Article 4

1.   Activities in the field of promoting gender equality eligible for financing include, in particular:

| a) | supporting specific measures related to access to, and monitoring of, resources and services for women,
  in particular,
  in
  the
  areas of education
  and training, health, economic and social activities,
  employment
  and infrastructures,
  and
  to participation in
  political decision-making
  processes
  ; |
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a)

supporting specific measures related to access to, and monitoring of, resources and services for women,
  in particular,
  in
  the
  areas of education
  and training, health, economic and social activities,
  employment
  and infrastructures,
  and
  to participation in
  political decision-making
  processes
  ;

| b) | promoting the collection, dissemination,
  analysis and improvement of statistics disaggregated by sex and age, development and dissemination of methodologies, guidelines,
  ex-ante and ex-post
  gender impact assessments, thematic studies,
  qualitative and quantitative
  indicators, and other operational instruments; |
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b)

promoting the collection, dissemination,
  analysis and improvement of statistics disaggregated by sex and age, development and dissemination of methodologies, guidelines,
  ex-ante and ex-post
  gender impact assessments, thematic studies,
  qualitative and quantitative
  indicators, and other operational instruments;

| c) | supporting awareness raising and advocacy work
  and the establishment of stakeholders' networks in the field of gender equality
  ; |
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c)

supporting awareness raising and advocacy work
  and the establishment of stakeholders' networks in the field of gender equality
  ;

| d) | supporting activities aiming at strengthening institutional and operational capacities of key
  stakeholders in partner countries
  in the development process, such as the provision of gender specialists, training and technical assistance. |
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d)

supporting activities aiming at strengthening institutional and operational capacities of key
  stakeholders in partner countries
  in the development process, such as the provision of gender specialists, training and technical assistance.

2.   The instruments to be financed in the course of the activities referred to in paragraph 1 may take the form of:

| a) | methodological and organisational studies on gender mainstreaming relevant to all age-groups; |
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a)

methodological and organisational studies on gender mainstreaming relevant to all age-groups;

| b) | technical assistance including gender impact assessment,
  education
  , training
  , the information society
  or other services; |
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b)

technical assistance including gender impact assessment,
  education
  , training
  , the information society
  or other services;

| c) | supplies, audits, evaluation and monitoring missions. |
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c)

supplies, audits, evaluation and monitoring missions.

3.   Community financing may cover:

| a) | investment projects, with the exception of the purchase of real estate, and; |
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a)

investment projects, with the exception of the purchase of real estate, and;

| b) | operating expenditure of a beneficiary body including recurring administrative and maintenance costs
  that should not exceed the cost foreseen for administrative expenditure
  . |
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b)

operating expenditure of a beneficiary body including recurring administrative and maintenance costs
  that should not exceed the cost foreseen for administrative expenditure
  .

Operating grants shall be awarded on a gradually decreasing basis.

Article 5

In the selection and implementation of activities referred to in Article 4(1), particular attention shall be paid to:

| a) | the potential of interventions and programmes to act as a catalyst and a multiplier in order to support the strategy of gender mainstreaming on a large scale in Community interventions; |
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a)

the potential of interventions and programmes to act as a catalyst and a multiplier in order to support the strategy of gender mainstreaming on a large scale in Community interventions;

| b) | strengthening
  strategic
  partnerships
  and
  initiating
  transnational cooperation which reinforces
  , in particular,
  regional cooperation in the area of gender equality; |
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b)

strengthening
  strategic
  partnerships
  and
  initiating
  transnational cooperation which reinforces
  , in particular,
  regional cooperation in the area of gender equality;

| c) | the pursuit of cost-effectiveness and sustainable impact in the design and planning of interventions; |
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c)

the pursuit of cost-effectiveness and sustainable impact in the design and planning of interventions;

| d) | the clear definition and monitoring of objectives and indicators; |
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d)

the clear definition and monitoring of objectives and indicators;

| e) | the efforts made to promote synergies with policies and programmes targeting reproductive and sexual health and rights and poverty diseases,
  in particular HIV/AIDS programmes, measures to combat violence,
  girl-child issues,
  the
  education
  and training of women of all ages
  , ageing people,
  the
  environment
  , human rights, conflict prevention, democratisation and the participation of women in the political, economic and social decision-making process; |
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e)

the efforts made to promote synergies with policies and programmes targeting reproductive and sexual health and rights and poverty diseases,
  in particular HIV/AIDS programmes, measures to combat violence,
  girl-child issues,
  the
  education
  and training of women of all ages
  , ageing people,
  the
  environment
  , human rights, conflict prevention, democratisation and the participation of women in the political, economic and social decision-making process;

| f) | gender mainstreaming in the six priority areas of EC development policy; |
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f)

gender mainstreaming in the six priority areas of EC development policy;

| g) | the importance of paying special attention to the education of girls, and to the fact that the situation of unequal opportunities for girls could start to be redressed by recruiting and training local female teachers. |
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g)

the importance of paying special attention to the education of girls, and to the fact that the situation of unequal opportunities for girls could start to be redressed by recruiting and training local female teachers.

Chapter II

Implementation of aid

Article 6

1.   Financial support pursuant to this Regulation shall take the form of grants or contracts.

2.   A grant may finance the entire costs of an action only if it is shown that this is essential for it to be carried out, with the exception of actions resulting from the implementation of financing agreements with third countries or actions managed by international organisations. In other cases, a financial contribution from the beneficiaries defined in Article 7 shall be sought. In specifying the amount of the contribution requested, regard shall be given to the capacity of the partners concerned and the nature of the operation in question.

3.
     
  Contracts with beneficiaries may cover the financing of their operating expenditure, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 3, point b of this Regulation.

4.   The provision of financial assistance under this Regulation may entail co-financing with other donors, in particular with Member States, the United Nations, and international or regional development banks or financial institutions.

Article 7

1.   The partners eligible for financial assistance under this Regulation include:

| a) | administrative authorities and agencies at national, regional and local government
  levels
  ; |
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a)

administrative authorities and agencies at national, regional and local government
  levels
  ;

| b) | local
  communities, NGOs,
  particularly those operating in the field of gender equality, women's organisations,
  community-based organisations, trade unions, and other not-for-profit natural and legal persons; |
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b)

local
  communities, NGOs,
  particularly those operating in the field of gender equality, women's organisations,
  community-based organisations, trade unions, and other not-for-profit natural and legal persons;

| c) | the local private sector; |
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c)

the local private sector;

| d) | regional organisations; |
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d)

regional organisations;

| e) | international organisations, such as the United Nations and its agencies, funds and programmes, as well as development banks, financial institutions, global initiatives, international public/private partnerships; |
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e)

international organisations, such as the United Nations and its agencies, funds and programmes, as well as development banks, financial institutions, global initiatives, international public/private partnerships;

| f) | research and development studies institutes and universities. |
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f)

research and development studies institutes and universities.

2.   Without prejudice to paragraph 1(e), Community financial assistance in the form of grants shall be available to partners whose head office is located in a Member State or in a third country that is a beneficiary or potential beneficiary of Community assistance under this Regulation, provided that this office is the actual centre directing business operations. In exceptional cases, this office may be located in another third country. Priority will be given to endogenous structures that can play a role in developing local capacities with respect to gender.

Article 8

1.   Where operations are the subject of financing agreements between the Community and the recipient country, such agreements shall stipulate that the payment of taxes, duties or any other charges is not to be covered by the Community.

2.   All financing agreements, grant agreements or contracts concluded pursuant to this Regulation shall provide for the Commission and the Court of Auditors to conduct on-the-spot checks in accordance with the usual procedures laid down by the Commission under the rules in force, in particular those of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

3.   The necessary measures shall be taken to emphasise the Community character of the aid provided pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 9

1.   Participation in invitations to tender and the award of procurement contracts shall be open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons of the Member States, assimilated countries, and in all developing countries. It shall be open to other third countries on the condition of reciprocity. It may be extended, under exceptional and duly justified circumstances, to other third countries.

2.   Supplies shall originate in the Member States, the beneficiary country or other developing countries. In the cases mentioned in Article 9(1), supplies may originate in other third countries.

Article 10

1.   In order to secure the objectives of consistency and complementarity referred to in the Treaty and to ensure maximum effectiveness of these operations as a whole, the Commission may take all necessary coordination measures, including in particular:

| a) | the establishment of a system for the systematic exchange and analysis of information on the operations financed and those which the Community and the Member States propose to finance; |
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a)

the establishment of a system for the systematic exchange and analysis of information on the operations financed and those which the Community and the Member States propose to finance;

| b) | the on-the-spot coordination of the implementation of operations through regular meetings and exchanges of information between the representatives of the Commission and the Member States in the recipient country, local authorities and other decentralised bodies. |
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b)

the on-the-spot coordination of the implementation of operations through regular meetings and exchanges of information between the representatives of the Commission and the Member States in the recipient country, local authorities and other decentralised bodies.

2.   The Commission
  should raise the question of gender as a standing item on the agenda during
  meetings between representatives of the Commission, Member States and partner countries in order to increase awareness of gender issues in emerging areas of development cooperation.

3.
     
  The Commission shall draw on the experiences of Members States, other donors and partner countries in the field of gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment.

4.   The Commission, in liaison with the Member States, may take any initiative necessary for ensuring proper coordination with the other donors concerned, in particular those forming part of the United Nations system.

Chapter III

Financial provisions and relevant decision-making procedures

Article 11

1.   The financial framework for the implementation of this Regulation for the period 2004 to 2006 is hereby set at
  EUR 11 million
  .

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

Article 12

1.   The Commission shall be responsible for drafting strategic programming guidelines, defining the Community's cooperation in terms of measurable objectives, priorities, deadlines for specific areas of action, assumptions and expected outcomes. Programming shall be multi-annual and indicative.

2.   An annual exchange of views shall take place once a year on the basis of a presentation by the representative of the Commission of the general guidelines for the operations to be carried out, in the framework of a joint meeting of the Committees referred to in Article 14(1).

Article 13

1.   The Commission shall be responsible for appraising, deciding on and administering operations covered by this Regulation according to the budgetary and other procedures in force, and in particular those laid down in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

2.   The work programme shall be adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 14.

Article 14

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the geographically determined Committee competent for development.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Articles 7 and Article 8 thereof.

The period provided for in Article 4, paragraph 3, of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be 45 days.

Chapter IV

Reports

Article 15

1.   After each budget year, the Commission shall submit in its annual report on EC development policy to the European Parliament and to the Council, information on the operations financed in the course of that year and the Commission's conclusions on the implementation of this Regulation over the previous budget year.

The summary shall, in particular, provide information about the strengths, weaknesses and outcomes of operations, those with whom contracts have been concluded as well as the results of any independent evaluations of specific operations.

2.   One year before the expiry of this Regulation, the Commission shall submit an independent appraisal report on the implementation of this Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council with a view to establishing whether its objectives have been achieved and providing guidelines for improving the effectiveness of future operations. On the basis of this appraisal report, the Commission may make proposals for the future of this Regulation and, if necessary, proposals for its amendment.

Article 16

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

It shall apply until 31 December 2006.

Done at ...,

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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

1

(2)  Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

2

Position of the European Parliament of 18 December 2003.

(3)  http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

3

(4)  OJ L 354, 30.12.1998, p. 5. Amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1.)

4

Amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1.)

(5)  OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

5

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

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P5_TA(2003)0597

EC-Côte d'Ivoire fisheries agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending to the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 the validity of the Protocol setting fishing opportunities and a financial contribution as provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire (COM(2003) 556 — C5-0458/2003 — 2003/0219(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 556) (1), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 556) (1),

| — | having regard to Articles 37, 300(2) and the first paragraph of 300(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0458/2003), |
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having regard to Articles 37, 300(2) and the first paragraph of 300(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0458/2003),

| — | having regard to Rule 67 and Rule 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 67 and Rule 97(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0459/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0459/2003),

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

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

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

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

| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
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| Amendment 1 |
| Recital 2 a (new) |
| | (2a) | It is important that the European Parliament and the Council be kept informed of how the Agreement is being managed. The Commission should, consequently, draw up a report on the state of stocks and the use of fishing opportunities in the three years in which the previous protocol and the extension granted hereby are in force. |

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Recital 2 a (new)

(2a)

Amendment 2

Article 3 a (new)

Article 3a

Before concluding a fresh fisheries agreement with Côte d'Ivoire, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report assessing fish stocks and a report on the application of the previous protocol and the conditions under which it was implemented, with particular reference to the specific measures.

Amendment 3

Article 3 b (new)

Article 3b

On the basis of these reports and following consultation of the European Parliament, the Council shall grant the Commission a negotiating mandate for possible new agreements.

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0598

European Council

European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 12-13 December 2003

The European Parliament,

| A. | having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 12-13 December 2003, |
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having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 12-13 December 2003,

Economic Growth

| 1. | Welcomes the Council's endorsement of the European Action for Growth, but underlines that boosting investments alone, even in key projects, can solve neither the immediate nor the long-term problems of the European economy; highlights the need for a stronger emphasis on implementation and results if the Lisbon targets are to be reached; urges that the structural reforms that are necessary to restore European competitiveness, generate growth and create employment be pursued; |
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Welcomes the Council's endorsement of the European Action for Growth, but underlines that boosting investments alone, even in key projects, can solve neither the immediate nor the long-term problems of the European economy; highlights the need for a stronger emphasis on implementation and results if the Lisbon targets are to be reached; urges that the structural reforms that are necessary to restore European competitiveness, generate growth and create employment be pursued;

| 2. | Regrets, however, that the ‘quick-start-programme’ has been set up without consultation of the European Parliament and without putting in place clear financing arrangements; notes, moreover, that the implementation of the European Action for Growth should respect the framework provided by the Stability and Growth Pact and the Financial Perspectives, and acknowledges the prudent role recommended to the EIB; |
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2.

Regrets, however, that the ‘quick-start-programme’ has been set up without consultation of the European Parliament and without putting in place clear financing arrangements; notes, moreover, that the implementation of the European Action for Growth should respect the framework provided by the Stability and Growth Pact and the Financial Perspectives, and acknowledges the prudent role recommended to the EIB;

| 3. | Welcomes the emphasis put on the prominent role given to private resources to finance qualifying projects; calls for an evaluation of public-private partnerships as regards consequences for ‘ownership’ and the ‘hidden’ long-term financial position of public budgets; |
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3.

Welcomes the emphasis put on the prominent role given to private resources to finance qualifying projects; calls for an evaluation of public-private partnerships as regards consequences for ‘ownership’ and the ‘hidden’ long-term financial position of public budgets;

| 4. | Underlines that the priorities for development of the TENs must be strategically planned in accordance with the common interest, and that the added value of individual projects must be ensured via comprehensive impact assessments, concentrated on projects aiming at decoupling transport growth from economic growth and resource use; underlines the need for priority to be given to rail and sustainable waterway infrastructure projects, in line with the modal shift vision of the Commission's White Paper — European transport policy for 2010: time to decide (COM(2001) 370), and calls for TENT priority projects to be limited to transborder, intermodal and sustainable projects; focuses furthermore on the necessity of a strategic environmental impact assessment on the TEN-T initiative, including its impact on CO2 emissions; reminds the Council, in this regard, that the decision on the TENs is subject to full codecision with Parliament, and regrets the lack of consultation of Parliament so far in determining priorities; |
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4.

Underlines that the priorities for development of the TENs must be strategically planned in accordance with the common interest, and that the added value of individual projects must be ensured via comprehensive impact assessments, concentrated on projects aiming at decoupling transport growth from economic growth and resource use; underlines the need for priority to be given to rail and sustainable waterway infrastructure projects, in line with the modal shift vision of the Commission's White Paper — European transport policy for 2010: time to decide (COM(2001) 370), and calls for TENT priority projects to be limited to transborder, intermodal and sustainable projects; focuses furthermore on the necessity of a strategic environmental impact assessment on the TEN-T initiative, including its impact on CO2 emissions; reminds the Council, in this regard, that the decision on the TENs is subject to full codecision with Parliament, and regrets the lack of consultation of Parliament so far in determining priorities;

| 5. | Does not see adequately reflected in the Growth Initiative the fact that investment in human capital, including for secondary education and lifelong learning, is probably the most important single factor if Europe is to be able to cope with the challenges of the innovation-based global economy; insists therefore on extending the criteria for the identification of possible investment projects, notably by means of ambitious investment activities for improvement of employment, education and lifelong learning, as well as for the development of clean, environmentally friendly technologies, while recognising the importance of good public services; |
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Does not see adequately reflected in the Growth Initiative the fact that investment in human capital, including for secondary education and lifelong learning, is probably the most important single factor if Europe is to be able to cope with the challenges of the innovation-based global economy; insists therefore on extending the criteria for the identification of possible investment projects, notably by means of ambitious investment activities for improvement of employment, education and lifelong learning, as well as for the development of clean, environmentally friendly technologies, while recognising the importance of good public services;

| 6. | Takes the view that a mid-term evaluation of the European Action for Growth should be provided to both the European Council and the European Parliament by 2006, and not by the end of 2007, to enable them to draw conclusions as regards the new Financial Perspective 2007-2011 and the new funding period of the EU structural funds; calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the mid-term evaluation of the Action for Growth and invites the EIB to report to Parliament on its preparatory work as soon as possible; |
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6.

Takes the view that a mid-term evaluation of the European Action for Growth should be provided to both the European Council and the European Parliament by 2006, and not by the end of 2007, to enable them to draw conclusions as regards the new Financial Perspective 2007-2011 and the new funding period of the EU structural funds; calls for Parliament to be fully involved in the mid-term evaluation of the Action for Growth and invites the EIB to report to Parliament on its preparatory work as soon as possible;

| 7. | Welcomes the Employment Task Force report; reiterates that raising the quality of jobs and skill levels helps to boost the efficiency and productivity of the economy and to integrate people more firmly into the labour market; underlines that similar recommendations have been made on many occasions, for example by the Employment Guidelines, and that the focus must now be on implementation; |
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7.

Welcomes the Employment Task Force report; reiterates that raising the quality of jobs and skill levels helps to boost the efficiency and productivity of the economy and to integrate people more firmly into the labour market; underlines that similar recommendations have been made on many occasions, for example by the Employment Guidelines, and that the focus must now be on implementation;

| 8. | Is deeply concerned at the substantial lack of follow-up on the Lisbon strategy at the level of the Member States; reiterates its calls for their performances to be monitored, in particular in employment and social affairs; stresses the importance of fully respecting the new Employment Guidelines adopted earlier this year in the overall strategy of speeding up the implementation of the Lisbon agenda; insists on the need to involve national parliaments, social partners and all relevant actors at national and local level in order genuinely to transpose the European strategy into national policies; |
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8.

Is deeply concerned at the substantial lack of follow-up on the Lisbon strategy at the level of the Member States; reiterates its calls for their performances to be monitored, in particular in employment and social affairs; stresses the importance of fully respecting the new Employment Guidelines adopted earlier this year in the overall strategy of speeding up the implementation of the Lisbon agenda; insists on the need to involve national parliaments, social partners and all relevant actors at national and local level in order genuinely to transpose the European strategy into national policies;

| 9. | Welcomes the European Council's twin emphasis on competitiveness and employment, and its decision to put improving Member States' performance in employment creation high on their next agenda, but insists that in the European social model the concept of competitiveness is not limited to reducing costs but it also includes qualitative issues with a long-term impact, such as social and environmental concerns; continues to call for impact assessments to be carried out on all new European legislation; |
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9.

Welcomes the European Council's twin emphasis on competitiveness and employment, and its decision to put improving Member States' performance in employment creation high on their next agenda, but insists that in the European social model the concept of competitiveness is not limited to reducing costs but it also includes qualitative issues with a long-term impact, such as social and environmental concerns; continues to call for impact assessments to be carried out on all new European legislation;

| 10. | Highlights the importance of better dissemination of innovation, more R&D, making work pay, developing a positive employment policy for active ageing, putting in place preventive unemployment policies, investing in training and lifelong learning, introducing family-friendly employment policies and providing more affordable and accessible childcare; |
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10.

Highlights the importance of better dissemination of innovation, more R&D, making work pay, developing a positive employment policy for active ageing, putting in place preventive unemployment policies, investing in training and lifelong learning, introducing family-friendly employment policies and providing more affordable and accessible childcare;

| 11. | Welcomes the joint message of the European social partners to the Tripartite Social Summit on 11 December 2003; points out that social dialogue is a key element of the modernisation of the labour market; |
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11.

Welcomes the joint message of the European social partners to the Tripartite Social Summit on 11 December 2003; points out that social dialogue is a key element of the modernisation of the labour market;

| 12. | Calls on the Commission to take full account of the report and recommendations of the Employment Task Force when it is drafting the Joint Employment Report for presentation to the 2004 Spring Council, and to follow up the experience of the European Year of People with Disabilities 2003 by making the labour market more accessible to people with disabilities across the enlarged Europe; calls on the Commission to take action and to monitor closely transposition of the two EU directives to combat all forms of discrimination; |
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12.

Calls on the Commission to take full account of the report and recommendations of the Employment Task Force when it is drafting the Joint Employment Report for presentation to the 2004 Spring Council, and to follow up the experience of the European Year of People with Disabilities 2003 by making the labour market more accessible to people with disabilities across the enlarged Europe; calls on the Commission to take action and to monitor closely transposition of the two EU directives to combat all forms of discrimination;

| 13. | Notes with interest the forthcoming report on de-industrialisation to be presented by the Commission in the first half of 2004; expects this report to yield proposals on all the effects of restructuring and relocations; calls for better conditions to be created for information, consultation and participation of the workforce and, in particular, for action to be taken to revise the European Works Council Directive; |
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13.

Notes with interest the forthcoming report on de-industrialisation to be presented by the Commission in the first half of 2004; expects this report to yield proposals on all the effects of restructuring and relocations; calls for better conditions to be created for information, consultation and participation of the workforce and, in particular, for action to be taken to revise the European Works Council Directive;

| 14. | Notes that the European Council has deemed it necessary to pursue further ways of ensuring that the EU abides by its commitments on climate change; believes that this is vital, in view of the lacklustre conclusions of the United Nations Conference on climate change, which ended in Milan on 12 December 2003; expects other parties — notably the United States and Russia — to take fresh decisions enabling the Kyoto Protocol finally to come into force; |
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14.

Notes that the European Council has deemed it necessary to pursue further ways of ensuring that the EU abides by its commitments on climate change; believes that this is vital, in view of the lacklustre conclusions of the United Nations Conference on climate change, which ended in Milan on 12 December 2003; expects other parties — notably the United States and Russia — to take fresh decisions enabling the Kyoto Protocol finally to come into force;

Freedom, Security and Justice

| 15. | Takes note of the willingness of the European Council to expedite the establishment of a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the external borders, and recalls its preference for an operational Community structure, in order to improve cooperation on protecting external borders, particularly in anticipation of the 2004 enlargement; agrees with the measures aimed at easing control procedures at the borders in so far as this does not lead to a lessening of security, and asks the Council to adopt this proposal with the full involvement of Parliament; |
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15.

Takes note of the willingness of the European Council to expedite the establishment of a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the external borders, and recalls its preference for an operational Community structure, in order to improve cooperation on protecting external borders, particularly in anticipation of the 2004 enlargement; agrees with the measures aimed at easing control procedures at the borders in so far as this does not lead to a lessening of security, and asks the Council to adopt this proposal with the full involvement of Parliament;

| 16. | Regrets, given the fact that only three Member States (Denmark, Spain and Portugal) have transposed Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (1), that the European Council failed to insist that the remaining Member States respect the deadline of 31 December 2003; calls once again on the Council to adopt a framework decision on common standards governing procedural law; |
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16.

Regrets, given the fact that only three Member States (Denmark, Spain and Portugal) have transposed Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (1), that the European Council failed to insist that the remaining Member States respect the deadline of 31 December 2003; calls once again on the Council to adopt a framework decision on common standards governing procedural law;

| 17. | Deplores the failure of EU leaders and the Council Presidency to discuss the rights of the Guantánamo detainees to a fair trail; insists that the European Council and the new Irish Presidency undertake raising this matter at every opportunity with the US Administration; |
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17.

Deplores the failure of EU leaders and the Council Presidency to discuss the rights of the Guantánamo detainees to a fair trail; insists that the European Council and the new Irish Presidency undertake raising this matter at every opportunity with the US Administration;

| 18. | Welcomes the Commission's intention and the European Council's willingness to present the final evaluation of the implementation of the Tampere objectives, and recalls that following the Treaty of Nice the next stage in the establishment of an area of freedom, security and justice provides for application of the codecision procedure to most of the measures relating to asylum and immigration; in consequence, calls urgently on the JHA Council to remove the political obstacles mentioned in the European Council conclusions; Calls in particular for directives on asylum to comply fully with the Geneva Convention and the protocol thereto; |
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18.

Welcomes the Commission's intention and the European Council's willingness to present the final evaluation of the implementation of the Tampere objectives, and recalls that following the Treaty of Nice the next stage in the establishment of an area of freedom, security and justice provides for application of the codecision procedure to most of the measures relating to asylum and immigration; in consequence, calls urgently on the JHA Council to remove the political obstacles mentioned in the European Council conclusions; Calls in particular for directives on asylum to comply fully with the Geneva Convention and the protocol thereto;

| 19. | Calls on the Council, in particular, in the context of the return action programme and speedy negotiation of readmission agreements, to counterbalance all the measures already taken on combating illegal immigration with an active policy of integration and promotion of the rights of third-country nationals legally residing on the EU territory; |
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19.

Calls on the Council, in particular, in the context of the return action programme and speedy negotiation of readmission agreements, to counterbalance all the measures already taken on combating illegal immigration with an active policy of integration and promotion of the rights of third-country nationals legally residing on the EU territory;

| 20. | Welcomes the willingness of the Council to ensure implementation of the measures provided for in the programme to counteract illegal immigration by sea, particularly in the light of the human tragedies that have occurred recently off Europe's Mediterranean shores, and asks to be involved on an equal footing with the Commission and Members States in implementing these measures; |
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20.

Welcomes the willingness of the Council to ensure implementation of the measures provided for in the programme to counteract illegal immigration by sea, particularly in the light of the human tragedies that have occurred recently off Europe's Mediterranean shores, and asks to be involved on an equal footing with the Commission and Members States in implementing these measures;

| 21. | Reserves its opinion with regard to the integration of biometric identifiers in visas and residence permits as there are numerous unresolved data protection concerns, including central storage and secondary use, notably in the development of the Visa Information System and the possible synergies with the Schengen Information System, which should involve consultation of the European Parliament; |
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21.

Reserves its opinion with regard to the integration of biometric identifiers in visas and residence permits as there are numerous unresolved data protection concerns, including central storage and secondary use, notably in the development of the Visa Information System and the possible synergies with the Schengen Information System, which should involve consultation of the European Parliament;

| 22. | Welcomes the willingness of the Council to strengthen the powers of Europol and recalls that communitising it would be the best way to increase its efficiency; |
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22.

Welcomes the willingness of the Council to strengthen the powers of Europol and recalls that communitising it would be the best way to increase its efficiency;

| 23. | Agrees with the importance given by the Council to the fight against drug trafficking, which should undermine the financing of the illegal activities of traffickers and criminal or terrorist organisations; |
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23.

Agrees with the importance given by the Council to the fight against drug trafficking, which should undermine the financing of the illegal activities of traffickers and criminal or terrorist organisations;

| 24. | Is concerned at the rise in xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism; notes the Council's resolve to combat racially motivated acts of violence; calls for a fresh measures at national and Community level to combat all forms of intolerance; |
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24.

Is concerned at the rise in xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism; notes the Council's resolve to combat racially motivated acts of violence; calls for a fresh measures at national and Community level to combat all forms of intolerance;

| 25. | Supports the decision to build upon the existing European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and to extend its mandate to become a Human Rights Agency, and asks the Commission to check how the management structure might be adapted to the new tasks and what profile might be expected from the future management; |
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25.

Supports the decision to build upon the existing European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and to extend its mandate to become a Human Rights Agency, and asks the Commission to check how the management structure might be adapted to the new tasks and what profile might be expected from the future management;

Enlargement

New Member States

| 26. | Joins with the European Council in looking forward to welcoming the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia as full members of the Union on 1 May 2004; endorses the European Council's exhortation to the new Member States to intensify and complete their final preparations for membership in the run-up to accession; calls on the existing and new Member States to ensure that the process of ratification of the Accession Treaty is completed in due time; |
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26.

Joins with the European Council in looking forward to welcoming the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia as full members of the Union on 1 May 2004; endorses the European Council's exhortation to the new Member States to intensify and complete their final preparations for membership in the run-up to accession; calls on the existing and new Member States to ensure that the process of ratification of the Accession Treaty is completed in due time;

Bulgaria and Romania

| 27. | Urges Bulgaria and Romania to complete their preparations for membership, and in particular to bring their administrative and judicial capacity up to the required level, so that they are ready to conclude negotiations in 2004 on the basis of each country's own merits, sign the Accession Treaty in 2005 and join the Union in January 2007; |
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27.

Urges Bulgaria and Romania to complete their preparations for membership, and in particular to bring their administrative and judicial capacity up to the required level, so that they are ready to conclude negotiations in 2004 on the basis of each country's own merits, sign the Accession Treaty in 2005 and join the Union in January 2007;

Turkey

| 28. | Supports the European Council in urging Turkey to make further sustained efforts to reform, particularly as regards the exercise of fundamental freedoms, the further alignment of civil-military relations with European practice, and macro-economic imbalances; agrees that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would greatly facilitate Turkey's membership aspirations; |
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28.

Supports the European Council in urging Turkey to make further sustained efforts to reform, particularly as regards the exercise of fundamental freedoms, the further alignment of civil-military relations with European practice, and macro-economic imbalances; agrees that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would greatly facilitate Turkey's membership aspirations;

Cyprus

| 29. | Notes with interest the outcome of the Turkish Cypriot ‘elections’ of 14 December 2003 and hopes that this result is indicative of support for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem and for accession to the EU; |
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29.

Notes with interest the outcome of the Turkish Cypriot ‘elections’ of 14 December 2003 and hopes that this result is indicative of support for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem and for accession to the EU;

| 30. | Urges all parties concerned, and in particular Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership, to demonstrate their commitment to meeting the United Nations Secretary-General's criteria for the resumption of negotiations on the basis of his proposals as a matter of urgency so that talks can be resumed; |
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30.

Urges all parties concerned, and in particular Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership, to demonstrate their commitment to meeting the United Nations Secretary-General's criteria for the resumption of negotiations on the basis of his proposals as a matter of urgency so that talks can be resumed;

| 31. | Reiterates it hopes to see a reunited Cyprus join the Union on 1 May 2004; draws attention in this context to the importance of the expression by Turkey of the political will to find a solution to the issue of Cyprus; |
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31.

Reiterates it hopes to see a reunited Cyprus join the Union on 1 May 2004; draws attention in this context to the importance of the expression by Turkey of the political will to find a solution to the issue of Cyprus;

External Relations, CFSP, ESDP

External Relations

Western Balkans

| 32. | Shares the conclusions of the European Council in this area and stresses the need for a renewed effort to be made by the countries concerned in order to ensure a positive climate in economic, political and democratic fields for establishing stronger relations with the EU in the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process; |
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32.

Shares the conclusions of the European Council in this area and stresses the need for a renewed effort to be made by the countries concerned in order to ensure a positive climate in economic, political and democratic fields for establishing stronger relations with the EU in the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process;

| 33. | Welcomes the preparations for the participation of the Western Balkan countries in Community programmes and urges the speeding-up of this process; regards the forthcoming regulation for individual European Partnerships as a further opportunity for the countries concerned to get closer and integrate in EU structures; |
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33.

Welcomes the preparations for the participation of the Western Balkan countries in Community programmes and urges the speeding-up of this process; regards the forthcoming regulation for individual European Partnerships as a further opportunity for the countries concerned to get closer and integrate in EU structures;

Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

| 34. | Welcomes the willingness shown to give the Euro-Mediterranean partnership such strategic importance, taking account above all of the new situation created after the establishment of an enlarged Union, in which our Mediterranean neighbours will be expected to play a decisive role as regards Europe's frontiers, and welcomes the results achieved at the Sixth Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Naples, as well as the sectoral Euro-Mediterranean conferences; |
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34.

Welcomes the willingness shown to give the Euro-Mediterranean partnership such strategic importance, taking account above all of the new situation created after the establishment of an enlarged Union, in which our Mediterranean neighbours will be expected to play a decisive role as regards Europe's frontiers, and welcomes the results achieved at the Sixth Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Naples, as well as the sectoral Euro-Mediterranean conferences;

| 35. | Welcomes the establishment of the FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership) and hopes that it will prove helpful in increasing investment flows in the region; |
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35.

Welcomes the establishment of the FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership) and hopes that it will prove helpful in increasing investment flows in the region;

| 36. | Welcomes the decision to establish a Euro-Mediterranean Culture Foundation and hopes that concrete decisions will be taken as soon as possible to make this plan a reality; |
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36.

Welcomes the decision to establish a Euro-Mediterranean Culture Foundation and hopes that concrete decisions will be taken as soon as possible to make this plan a reality;

Iraq

| 37. | Considers the capture of the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, to be a turning point in the process of establishing peace, stability and democracy in Iraq; reaffirms its opinion that such a process could be brought to fruition under the aegis of the United Nations, in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1511, and with the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people as soon as possible; |
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37.

Considers the capture of the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, to be a turning point in the process of establishing peace, stability and democracy in Iraq; reaffirms its opinion that such a process could be brought to fruition under the aegis of the United Nations, in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1511, and with the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people as soon as possible;

| 38. | Invites the Council and the Member States to call on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that Saddam Hussein is tried in accordance with international rules and the Geneva Conventions, while fully implementing Resolution 1511 with respect to the sovereignty of the Iraqi people; |
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38.

Invites the Council and the Member States to call on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that Saddam Hussein is tried in accordance with international rules and the Geneva Conventions, while fully implementing Resolution 1511 with respect to the sovereignty of the Iraqi people;

Terrorism

| 39. | Expresses its agreement with the European Council's wholehearted condemnation of terrorist attacks, and reaffirms its conviction that defeating terrorism means acting in the framework of the international community, complying with international law and providing a common response to this global threat; |
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39.

Expresses its agreement with the European Council's wholehearted condemnation of terrorist attacks, and reaffirms its conviction that defeating terrorism means acting in the framework of the international community, complying with international law and providing a common response to this global threat;

Middle East

| 40. | Considers that the commitment of the European Council to pursuing the objective of two states, Israel and a viable and democratic Palestinian state, requires stronger political will on the part of the European Union, and asks for an urgent resumption of the Quartet Initiative; asks the Council and the Commission to take necessary initiatives in this respect; |
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40.

Considers that the commitment of the European Council to pursuing the objective of two states, Israel and a viable and democratic Palestinian state, requires stronger political will on the part of the European Union, and asks for an urgent resumption of the Quartet Initiative; asks the Council and the Commission to take necessary initiatives in this respect;

| 41. | Welcomes the Geneva initiative, coming from within Israeli and Palestinian societies, with the aim of promoting a climate of confidence and lasting peace, confirming the desire to attain peaceful coexistence; considers that initiative as a valuable contribution by civil society to the Road Map; |
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41.

Welcomes the Geneva initiative, coming from within Israeli and Palestinian societies, with the aim of promoting a climate of confidence and lasting peace, confirming the desire to attain peaceful coexistence; considers that initiative as a valuable contribution by civil society to the Road Map;

| 42. | Reaffirms the Council's position urging the Palestinian Authority to concretely demonstrate its determination to combat terrorism and extremist violence and urging the Israeli Government to dismantle settlements built after March 2001; |
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42.

Reaffirms the Council's position urging the Palestinian Authority to concretely demonstrate its determination to combat terrorism and extremist violence and urging the Israeli Government to dismantle settlements built after March 2001;

| 43. | Supports the interfaith dialogue and initiatives by civil society, opposes any form of extremism, intolerance and xenophobia, and condemns all acts of anti-Semitism and incitement to racial or religious hatred; |
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43.

Supports the interfaith dialogue and initiatives by civil society, opposes any form of extremism, intolerance and xenophobia, and condemns all acts of anti-Semitism and incitement to racial or religious hatred;

| 44. | Welcomes the statements on this issue by the Euromed Conference held in Naples and the holding of a donors' meeting (Ad Hoc Liaison Committee) in Rome, which it hopes will produce concrete and urgent initiatives; |
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44.

Welcomes the statements on this issue by the Euromed Conference held in Naples and the holding of a donors' meeting (Ad Hoc Liaison Committee) in Rome, which it hopes will produce concrete and urgent initiatives;

Arab World

| 45. | Welcomes the report on the Arab World issued by the High Representative for the CFSP and the Commission and regards this approach as a positive contribution to peace and security in the whole region and a step towards a renewed partnership with concerned countries in the framework of the Barcelona Process and the New Neighbours Initiative; |
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45.

Welcomes the report on the Arab World issued by the High Representative for the CFSP and the Commission and regards this approach as a positive contribution to peace and security in the whole region and a step towards a renewed partnership with concerned countries in the framework of the Barcelona Process and the New Neighbours Initiative;

Transatlantic relations

| 46. | Shares fully the conviction expressed by the Council that the transatlantic partnership is irreplaceable; welcomes the European Council's declaration on transatlantic relations, and in particular its insistence on effective multilateralism, and on the need for the EU and its partners to defend a common international agenda; calls on the Council and the Commission, therefore, in preparation for the next EU-USA and EU-Canada summits, to put forward proposals for deeper transatlantic cooperation on the development of a common agenda, including a common approach to achieving more effective multilateralism in world affairs; |
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46.

Shares fully the conviction expressed by the Council that the transatlantic partnership is irreplaceable; welcomes the European Council's declaration on transatlantic relations, and in particular its insistence on effective multilateralism, and on the need for the EU and its partners to defend a common international agenda; calls on the Council and the Commission, therefore, in preparation for the next EU-USA and EU-Canada summits, to put forward proposals for deeper transatlantic cooperation on the development of a common agenda, including a common approach to achieving more effective multilateralism in world affairs;

Russia

| 47. | Welcomes the decision to invite the Council and the Commission to draw up an assessment report on all aspects of the Union's relationship with Russia; points out, nevertheless, that the shortcomings of Russian democracy with regard, in particular, to the general elections of 7 December 2003, the ongoing ruthless conflict in Chechnya and the delays in ratifying the Kyoto Protocol contribute to weakening a possible strategic partnership; |
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47.

Welcomes the decision to invite the Council and the Commission to draw up an assessment report on all aspects of the Union's relationship with Russia; points out, nevertheless, that the shortcomings of Russian democracy with regard, in particular, to the general elections of 7 December 2003, the ongoing ruthless conflict in Chechnya and the delays in ratifying the Kyoto Protocol contribute to weakening a possible strategic partnership;

Latin America and the Caribbean

| 48. | Welcomes the signing of the political dialogue and cooperation agreements with the Andean Community and Central America; calls once again for the negotiations with Mercosur to be concluded rapidly and accordingly welcomes the timetable agreed at ministerial level on 12 November 2003, since these developments will make a significant contribution to strengthening bi-regional relations; |
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48.

Welcomes the signing of the political dialogue and cooperation agreements with the Andean Community and Central America; calls once again for the negotiations with Mercosur to be concluded rapidly and accordingly welcomes the timetable agreed at ministerial level on 12 November 2003, since these developments will make a significant contribution to strengthening bi-regional relations;

| 49. | Regrets that the European Council did not discuss the situation in Cuba, particularly in the light of the Cuban authorities' refusal to grant Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, the 2002 Sakharov Prize laureate, a visa to visit Europe to explain his position on the current situation in Cuba; |
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49.

Regrets that the European Council did not discuss the situation in Cuba, particularly in the light of the Cuban authorities' refusal to grant Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, the 2002 Sakharov Prize laureate, a visa to visit Europe to explain his position on the current situation in Cuba;

Africa

| 50. | Reaffirms the importance of the partnership with Africa and welcomes the strengthening of the EU-Africa dialogue as indicated by the positive and constructive outcome of the EU-Africa Ministerial Troika held in Rome on 10 November 2003; |
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50.

Reaffirms the importance of the partnership with Africa and welcomes the strengthening of the EU-Africa dialogue as indicated by the positive and constructive outcome of the EU-Africa Ministerial Troika held in Rome on 10 November 2003;

CFSP/ESDP

| 51. | Welcomes the adoption by the European Council of the European Security Strategy, presented by the High Representative for the CFSP; reaffirms its support to the other decisions taken in this field, as stated in the Presidency document on European defence, and hopes that the goals of this policy will be fulfilled despite the present failure to reach agreement on the Constitutional Treaty; |
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51.

Welcomes the adoption by the European Council of the European Security Strategy, presented by the High Representative for the CFSP; reaffirms its support to the other decisions taken in this field, as stated in the Presidency document on European defence, and hopes that the goals of this policy will be fulfilled despite the present failure to reach agreement on the Constitutional Treaty;

Other Decisions

| 52. | Welcomes the European Council's decision to determine the seats of the new European Union agencies, which will enable the new bodies to operate effectively; |
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52.

Welcomes the European Council's decision to determine the seats of the new European Union agencies, which will enable the new bodies to operate effectively;

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| 53. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council and the Commission. |
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53.

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

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

P5_TA(2003)0599

Removal of the EU embargo on arms sales to China

European Parliament resolution on arms sales to China

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Declaration on China made by the European Council in Madrid on 26 June 1989 following the brutal repression that took place in China at that time, introducing an embargo on trade in arms with China, the scope of which has been left for national interpretation, |
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having regard to the Declaration on China made by the European Council in Madrid on 26 June 1989 following the brutal repression that took place in China at that time, introducing an embargo on trade in arms with China, the scope of which has been left for national interpretation,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the European Summit of 12-13 December 2003, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the European Summit of 12-13 December 2003,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the 6th Summit meeting between China and the European Union held in Beijing on 30 October 2003, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the 6th Summit meeting between China and the European Union held in Beijing on 30 October 2003,

| — | having regard to the recent release of both EU and China policy papers on EU-China relations, which pave the way for the development of relations in the years to come, |
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having regard to the recent release of both EU and China policy papers on EU-China relations, which pave the way for the development of relations in the years to come,

| — | having regard to the EU Code on Arms Exports, with reference to countries or regions where serious tensions persist, |
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having regard to the EU Code on Arms Exports, with reference to countries or regions where serious tensions persist,

| — | having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 37(4) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas in its resolution of 23 October 2003 (1) on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, it insisted on a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue through dialogue across the Taiwan Straits and called on China to withdraw missiles in the coastal provinces adjacent to the Taiwan Straits, |
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A.

whereas in its resolution of 23 October 2003 (1) on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, it insisted on a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue through dialogue across the Taiwan Straits and called on China to withdraw missiles in the coastal provinces adjacent to the Taiwan Straits,

| B. | whereas policy towards China must necessarily take the following three key factors into account: the development of human rights and the rule of law, China's role in world politics and the EU's economic interests, |
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B.

whereas policy towards China must necessarily take the following three key factors into account: the development of human rights and the rule of law, China's role in world politics and the EU's economic interests,

| C. | whereas China and the EU attach great importance to a multilateral approach, non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, |
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C.

whereas China and the EU attach great importance to a multilateral approach, non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament,

| D. | whereas the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China has improved over the years but remains unsatisfactory, as the crackdown on fundamental freedoms continues as well as torture, ill-treatment, mistreatment of HIV-AIDS sufferers, arbitrary detention, the high number of death sentences each year, and the lack of respect and protection of minority rights, |
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D.

whereas the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China has improved over the years but remains unsatisfactory, as the crackdown on fundamental freedoms continues as well as torture, ill-treatment, mistreatment of HIV-AIDS sufferers, arbitrary detention, the high number of death sentences each year, and the lack of respect and protection of minority rights,

| E. | whereas from the outset little tangible progress has been made with regard to the EU-China human rights dialogue, |
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E.

whereas from the outset little tangible progress has been made with regard to the EU-China human rights dialogue,

| F. | taking note of a proposal by some EU countries to lift the ban on arms sales to China, |
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F.

taking note of a proposal by some EU countries to lift the ban on arms sales to China,

| 1. | Strongly believes that China needs to prove it has made significant progress on human rights before the EU can consider lifting the ban; |
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1.

Strongly believes that China needs to prove it has made significant progress on human rights before the EU can consider lifting the ban;

| 2. | Believes it is the wrong time, in view of Chinese threats against Taiwan, to open the way to a lifting of the European arms embargo; |
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2.

Believes it is the wrong time, in view of Chinese threats against Taiwan, to open the way to a lifting of the European arms embargo;

| 3. | Calls on the Council and the Member States, including the acceding and applicant countries, to maintain the EU embargo on trade in arms with the People's Republic of China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on such arms sales; |
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3.

Calls on the Council and the Member States, including the acceding and applicant countries, to maintain the EU embargo on trade in arms with the People's Republic of China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on such arms sales;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the governments of the Member States, including of the acceding and applicant countries, and the Government of the People's Republic of China. |
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4.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the governments of the Member States, including of the acceding and applicant countries, and the Government of the People's Republic of China.

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(1)  P5_TA(2003)0460.

P5_TA(2003)0600

Cooexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic crops

European Parliament resolution on coexistence between genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops (2003/2098(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (1), |
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having regard to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC (1),

| — | having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (2), |
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having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (2),

| — | having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC (3), |
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having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC (3),

| — | having regard to Commission Recommendation 2003/556/EC of 23 July 2003 on guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming (4), |
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having regard to Commission Recommendation 2003/556/EC of 23 July 2003 on guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming (4),

| — | having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (5), |
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having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (5),

| — | having regard to the draft Commission directive amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards additional conditions and requirements concerning the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified seeds in seed lots of non-genetically modified varieties and the details of the information required for labelling in the case of seeds of genetically modified varieties, September 2003 version (6), |
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having regard to the draft Commission directive amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards additional conditions and requirements concerning the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified seeds in seed lots of non-genetically modified varieties and the details of the information required for labelling in the case of seeds of genetically modified varieties, September 2003 version (6),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (7), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (7),

| — | having regard to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (8), |
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having regard to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (8),

| — | 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 Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0465/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0465/2003),

| A. | whereas coexistence between genetically modified varieties on the one hand and non-genetically modified conventional and organic varieties on the other hand provides the basis for freedom of choice for both consumers and farmers and is at the same time the precondition for risk management in dealing with GMOs, which is prescribed in the Community, |
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A.

whereas coexistence between genetically modified varieties on the one hand and non-genetically modified conventional and organic varieties on the other hand provides the basis for freedom of choice for both consumers and farmers and is at the same time the precondition for risk management in dealing with GMOs, which is prescribed in the Community,

| B. | whereas the extensive cultivation of GMOs will make it impossible, or at least extremely difficult, to exclude the outcrossing of genetically modified varieties with non-genetically modified useful plants, |
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B.

whereas the extensive cultivation of GMOs will make it impossible, or at least extremely difficult, to exclude the outcrossing of genetically modified varieties with non-genetically modified useful plants,

| C. | whereas there is a great deal of uncertainty among large sections of the population and many farmers regarding the use of GMOs in food production, |
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C.

whereas there is a great deal of uncertainty among large sections of the population and many farmers regarding the use of GMOs in food production,

| D. | whereas the current state of scientific knowledge regarding the outcrossing and spread of GMOs as a result of their extensive use is still limited and is insufficient for a precise estimate of the consequences, |
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D.

whereas the current state of scientific knowledge regarding the outcrossing and spread of GMOs as a result of their extensive use is still limited and is insufficient for a precise estimate of the consequences,

| E. | convinced that the introduction of GMOs in agriculture must not bring with it any additional costs for farmers who do not use these technologies and who wish to grow and market non-genetically modified products, |
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E.

convinced that the introduction of GMOs in agriculture must not bring with it any additional costs for farmers who do not use these technologies and who wish to grow and market non-genetically modified products,

| F. | whereas seed production takes place under particular conditions which must guarantee the highest possible degree of purity, and the limit value for the labelling of GMO-impurities in seed should be set at the technically measurable and reliable detection threshold, with account being taken of scientific assessments regarding practical applicability; whereas it will otherwise be impossible for agricultural production to ensure compliance with the current labelling threshold of 0,9% for food, |
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F.

whereas seed production takes place under particular conditions which must guarantee the highest possible degree of purity, and the limit value for the labelling of GMO-impurities in seed should be set at the technically measurable and reliable detection threshold, with account being taken of scientific assessments regarding practical applicability; whereas it will otherwise be impossible for agricultural production to ensure compliance with the current labelling threshold of 0,9% for food,

| G. | whereas, if genetically modified organisms were found to be present in their seed, farmers would no longer be able to claim that the presence of GMOs in their products is adventitious and technically unavoidable and, under the current legislation, they would then be obliged to label them and suffer potential losses of income, |
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G.

whereas, if genetically modified organisms were found to be present in their seed, farmers would no longer be able to claim that the presence of GMOs in their products is adventitious and technically unavoidable and, under the current legislation, they would then be obliged to label them and suffer potential losses of income,

| 1. | Points out that information on the presence of GMOs in seed does not merely serve to inform farmers and consumers but is a precondition for the proper implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC (particularly as regards monitoring and placing on the market, the registration of cultivation, the expiry and withdrawal of authorisation and emergency measures) and the regulations on the authorisation, labelling and traceability of GMOs; |
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1.

Points out that information on the presence of GMOs in seed does not merely serve to inform farmers and consumers but is a precondition for the proper implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC (particularly as regards monitoring and placing on the market, the registration of cultivation, the expiry and withdrawal of authorisation and emergency measures) and the regulations on the authorisation, labelling and traceability of GMOs;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to stipulate the labelling of GMOs in seed at the technically measurable and reliable detection threshold on the basis of Article 21(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC, and to take account of scientific assessments regarding practical applicability; |
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2.

Calls on the Commission to stipulate the labelling of GMOs in seed at the technically measurable and reliable detection threshold on the basis of Article 21(2) of Directive 2001/18/EC, and to take account of scientific assessments regarding practical applicability;

| 3. | Calls for uniform and binding rules to be established without delay at Community level on the coexistence of genetically modified crops on the one hand and non-genetically modified conventional crops on the other hand; calls for Parliament to be included in this process under the codecision procedure; |
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3.

Calls for uniform and binding rules to be established without delay at Community level on the coexistence of genetically modified crops on the one hand and non-genetically modified conventional crops on the other hand; calls for Parliament to be included in this process under the codecision procedure;

| 4. | Calls on the Member States, in implementing Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC, swiftly to adopt legislative measures swiftly to safeguard the coexistence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops; considers that it makes no sense at all that this requirement is not even mentioned in the Commission Recommendation; |
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4.

Calls on the Member States, in implementing Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC, swiftly to adopt legislative measures swiftly to safeguard the coexistence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops; considers that it makes no sense at all that this requirement is not even mentioned in the Commission Recommendation;

| 5. | Calls on the Commission, in view of contradictory scientific opinions on the costs of coexistence, to submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the economic impact of the requisite coexistence measures, taking account of the different cultivation conditions and plant species; |
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5.

Calls on the Commission, in view of contradictory scientific opinions on the costs of coexistence, to submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the economic impact of the requisite coexistence measures, taking account of the different cultivation conditions and plant species;

| 6. | Welcomes the fact, bearing in mind the ‘polluter pays’ principle, that the Commission Recommendation states that ‘during the phase of introduction of a new production type in a region, operators (farmers) who introduce the new production type should bear the responsibility of implementing the farm management measures necessary to limit gene flow’; |
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6.

Welcomes the fact, bearing in mind the ‘polluter pays’ principle, that the Commission Recommendation states that ‘during the phase of introduction of a new production type in a region, operators (farmers) who introduce the new production type should bear the responsibility of implementing the farm management measures necessary to limit gene flow’;

| 7. | Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal on Community-wide civil liability and insurance in respect of possible financial damage in connection with coexistence; |
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7.

Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal on Community-wide civil liability and insurance in respect of possible financial damage in connection with coexistence;

| 8. | Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include workable and legally enforceable civil liability provisions for sufficient insurance cover on the part of the applicant as a component of the authorisation procedure for placing GMOs on the market, so that claims by persons affected can be dealt with adequately and quickly in the event of damage; |
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8.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include workable and legally enforceable civil liability provisions for sufficient insurance cover on the part of the applicant as a component of the authorisation procedure for placing GMOs on the market, so that claims by persons affected can be dealt with adequately and quickly in the event of damage;

| 9. | Calls on the Commission and Member States not to proceed with the approval of the release of any further genetically modified varieties of plant until such time as binding rules on coexistence, backed up by a system of liability based firmly on the ‘polluter pays’ principle, have been agreed and implemented; |
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9.

Calls on the Commission and Member States not to proceed with the approval of the release of any further genetically modified varieties of plant until such time as binding rules on coexistence, backed up by a system of liability based firmly on the ‘polluter pays’ principle, have been agreed and implemented;

| 10. | Asks the Commission to establish a legally binding definition of the concepts ‘adventitious’ and ‘technically unavoidable’; |
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10.

Asks the Commission to establish a legally binding definition of the concepts ‘adventitious’ and ‘technically unavoidable’;

| 11. | Calls on the Commission to draw up a public register of national strategies and best practices relating to the coexistence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops, which are pursued in the Member States and third countries and have cross-border impact in the Union, and to make periodic reports to Parliament on that subject; |
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11.

Calls on the Commission to draw up a public register of national strategies and best practices relating to the coexistence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops, which are pursued in the Member States and third countries and have cross-border impact in the Union, and to make periodic reports to Parliament on that subject;

| 12. | Points out that particular attention should be paid to the cross-border coexistence of genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops (between Member States and with third countries); calls on the Commission to study all aspects of cross-border coexistence, and calls on the Member States to adopt measures concerning the interaction and coexistence of genetically modified crops at a crossborder level, following consultations; |
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12.

Points out that particular attention should be paid to the cross-border coexistence of genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops (between Member States and with third countries); calls on the Commission to study all aspects of cross-border coexistence, and calls on the Member States to adopt measures concerning the interaction and coexistence of genetically modified crops at a crossborder level, following consultations;

| 13. | Takes the view that the voluntary or regionally restricted renunciation of GMO cultivation in certain areas and under certain cultivation conditions may be the most effective and least costly measure to ensure coexistence and that it must be available to the Member States when implementing Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC, on condition that all the players involved agree, with the aim of guaranteeing full freedom of choice; |
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13.

Takes the view that the voluntary or regionally restricted renunciation of GMO cultivation in certain areas and under certain cultivation conditions may be the most effective and least costly measure to ensure coexistence and that it must be available to the Member States when implementing Article 26a of Directive 2001/18/EC, on condition that all the players involved agree, with the aim of guaranteeing full freedom of choice;

| 14. | Takes the view that Community coexistence rules must allow Member States the right to prohibit completely the cultivation of GMOs in geographically restricted areas so as to safeguard coexistence; |
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14.

Takes the view that Community coexistence rules must allow Member States the right to prohibit completely the cultivation of GMOs in geographically restricted areas so as to safeguard coexistence;

| 15. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and the Council and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States. |
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15.

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

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(1)  OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 24.

(4)  OJ L 189, 29.7.2003, p. 36.

(5)  OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

(6)  SANCO/1542/2 July 2002.

(7)  OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1.

(8)  OJ C 151 E, 25.6.2002, p. 132.

P5_TA(2003)0601

Discrimination against MS patients

European Parliament resolution on Petition 842/2001 concerning the effects of discriminatory treatment afforded to persons with multiple sclerosis within the European Union (2003/2173(INI))

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Petition 842/2001 by Ms Louise McVay, |
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having regard to Petition 842/2001 by Ms Louise McVay,

| — | having regard to Rule 175(1) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 175(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Petitions and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0451/2003), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Petitions and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0451/2003),

| A. | whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union declares that human dignity is inviolable and that it must be respected and protected, |
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A.

whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union declares that human dignity is inviolable and that it must be respected and protected,

| B. | whereas Article 26 of the same Charter states that ‘ The Union recognises and respects the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community’, |
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B.

whereas Article 26 of the same Charter states that ‘ The Union recognises and respects the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community’,

| C. | bearing in mind that Article 35 of the Charter places medical treatment under the responsibility of national laws and practices, although the Union must ensure a high level of human health protection in the definition and implementation of its policies and activities, |
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C.

bearing in mind that Article 35 of the Charter places medical treatment under the responsibility of national laws and practices, although the Union must ensure a high level of human health protection in the definition and implementation of its policies and activities,

| D. | whereas the first subparagraph of Article 152(1) of the EC Treaty confirms that ‘a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities’, thus requiring the integration of health concerns in Community decisionmaking whenever this might be called for, |
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D.

whereas the first subparagraph of Article 152(1) of the EC Treaty confirms that ‘a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities’, thus requiring the integration of health concerns in Community decisionmaking whenever this might be called for,

| E. | whereas the second subparagraph of Article 152(1) provides: ‘Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health’; whereas, pursuant to Article 152(3), ‘the Community and the Member States shall foster cooperation with third countries and the competent international organisations in the sphere of public health’, |
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E.

whereas the second subparagraph of Article 152(1) provides: ‘Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health’; whereas, pursuant to Article 152(3), ‘the Community and the Member States shall foster cooperation with third countries and the competent international organisations in the sphere of public health’,

| F. | whereas concerns have been raised about possible connections between multiple sclerosis and exposition to toxic chemicals; whereas such concerns emphasise the importance of the precautionary approach, notably in the reform of the European Union's chemicals policy, and the need to defend this principle in multilateral and bilateral contexts, |
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F.

whereas concerns have been raised about possible connections between multiple sclerosis and exposition to toxic chemicals; whereas such concerns emphasise the importance of the precautionary approach, notably in the reform of the European Union's chemicals policy, and the need to defend this principle in multilateral and bilateral contexts,

| G. | considering that persons with multiple sclerosis, and many other chronic long-term illnesses, are subject to varying levels of medical and therapeutic care depending on their place of residence and that insufficient priority has been accorded by Member States of the Union, as well as by the institutions of the European Union, to remedying this state of affairs, |
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G.

considering that persons with multiple sclerosis, and many other chronic long-term illnesses, are subject to varying levels of medical and therapeutic care depending on their place of residence and that insufficient priority has been accorded by Member States of the Union, as well as by the institutions of the European Union, to remedying this state of affairs,

| H. | whereas in recent years considerable progress has been achieved, through scientific and medical research into multiple sclerosis, with the provision of drug treatments which reduce the disability of MS patients, as well as the provision of medicines for symptom relief, |
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H.

whereas in recent years considerable progress has been achieved, through scientific and medical research into multiple sclerosis, with the provision of drug treatments which reduce the disability of MS patients, as well as the provision of medicines for symptom relief,

| I. | whereas the causes of multiple sclerosis remain largely unknown, although it is believed to result from a combination of genetic, environmental and immunological factors; whereas, therefore, research into the causes ought to encompass and seek to inter-relate such different potential elements, |
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I.

whereas the causes of multiple sclerosis remain largely unknown, although it is believed to result from a combination of genetic, environmental and immunological factors; whereas, therefore, research into the causes ought to encompass and seek to inter-relate such different potential elements,

| J. | whereas, unfortunately, access to such medicines remains unequal within Member States of the European Union for budgetary reasons or because insufficient attention is paid to the problem by health authorities, and the effects of this situation are aggravated due to the need to administer effective medication at the earliest stage possible following diagnosis to ensure the best results, |
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J.

whereas, unfortunately, access to such medicines remains unequal within Member States of the European Union for budgetary reasons or because insufficient attention is paid to the problem by health authorities, and the effects of this situation are aggravated due to the need to administer effective medication at the earliest stage possible following diagnosis to ensure the best results,

| K. | whereas, according to the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform, within the European Union there are currently some 400 000 persons who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and MS is the most common cause of disability affecting young adults, of which two out of three are women, |
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K.

whereas, according to the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform, within the European Union there are currently some 400 000 persons who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and MS is the most common cause of disability affecting young adults, of which two out of three are women,

| L. | bearing in mind the need, beyond drug therapy, to develop effective and properly resourced services in care for multiple sclerosis patients which address their complex and lifelong requirements, |
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L.

bearing in mind the need, beyond drug therapy, to develop effective and properly resourced services in care for multiple sclerosis patients which address their complex and lifelong requirements,

| M. | recognising that the European Union has acted to ensure better employment prospects for disabled persons generally through Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (1), but that the full and effective implementation of that Directive will take a long time unless national and local authorities act with greater resolve to encourage employers to fulfil their responsibilities towards such vulnerable persons, |
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M.

recognising that the European Union has acted to ensure better employment prospects for disabled persons generally through Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (1), but that the full and effective implementation of that Directive will take a long time unless national and local authorities act with greater resolve to encourage employers to fulfil their responsibilities towards such vulnerable persons,

| N. | whereas there is a demand for a more comprehensive directive on the rights of the disabled and a draft of such a directive has been prepared by representatives of disabled persons and lawyers and promoted by the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament; whereas adequate implementation of measures already adopted on the basis of Article 13 of the EC Treaty remains an equally important priority, |
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N.

whereas there is a demand for a more comprehensive directive on the rights of the disabled and a draft of such a directive has been prepared by representatives of disabled persons and lawyers and promoted by the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament; whereas adequate implementation of measures already adopted on the basis of Article 13 of the EC Treaty remains an equally important priority,

| O. | bearing in mind the Public Health Action Programme of the European Union (2003 to 2008) and the encouragement this provides for health service professionals and public bodies to devise more coherent health strategies for dealing with diseases such as multiple sclerosis on a Europe-wide basis, |
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O.

bearing in mind the Public Health Action Programme of the European Union (2003 to 2008) and the encouragement this provides for health service professionals and public bodies to devise more coherent health strategies for dealing with diseases such as multiple sclerosis on a Europe-wide basis,

| P. | whereas it is essential to enhance the financial resources available for research into multiple sclerosis within the European Union and to improve the complementarity of research projects given the combination of factors that are said to trigger the disease, |
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P.

whereas it is essential to enhance the financial resources available for research into multiple sclerosis within the European Union and to improve the complementarity of research projects given the combination of factors that are said to trigger the disease,

| Q. | whereas closer international cooperation is vital in order to secure more targeted funding in the field of genetics, research and studies into auto-immune diseases, and, thus, in order to make efficient progress in the development of the understanding of multiple sclerosis, as well as in the development of therapies and treatments, |
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Q.

whereas closer international cooperation is vital in order to secure more targeted funding in the field of genetics, research and studies into auto-immune diseases, and, thus, in order to make efficient progress in the development of the understanding of multiple sclerosis, as well as in the development of therapies and treatments,

| R. | affirming that the restriction of access to effective therapies and disease-modifying drugs not only has a disastrous effect on an individual's ability to work and on his or her family life, freedom of movement and integration into society in general, but is also a denial of basic rights, |
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R.

affirming that the restriction of access to effective therapies and disease-modifying drugs not only has a disastrous effect on an individual's ability to work and on his or her family life, freedom of movement and integration into society in general, but is also a denial of basic rights,

| S. | considering that people with multiple sclerosis are frequently disappointed with the level of understanding and expertise of health care professionals who deal with their problems, and that a more positive approach is often required towards them which also concentrates on what they can achieve as individuals rather than focusing exclusively on their problems, |
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S.

considering that people with multiple sclerosis are frequently disappointed with the level of understanding and expertise of health care professionals who deal with their problems, and that a more positive approach is often required towards them which also concentrates on what they can achieve as individuals rather than focusing exclusively on their problems,

| T. | whereas, given the large numbers of relatively young people who have to live with MS, there are in most EU countries very few nursing homes or day-care facilities which cater for their needs, as they are frequently obliged to share accommodation with elderly or geriatric patients, which is neither convenient nor socially suitable for either group, |
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T.

whereas, given the large numbers of relatively young people who have to live with MS, there are in most EU countries very few nursing homes or day-care facilities which cater for their needs, as they are frequently obliged to share accommodation with elderly or geriatric patients, which is neither convenient nor socially suitable for either group,

| U. | considering that the securing of best practice for equal access to therapies and treatments and better services for people with multiple sclerosis should become a principal objective to be attained by all health authorities in the European Union, and that each Member State should encourage its partners in this course of action through co-ordinated programmes designed in conjunction with the World Health Organisation, |
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U.

considering that the securing of best practice for equal access to therapies and treatments and better services for people with multiple sclerosis should become a principal objective to be attained by all health authorities in the European Union, and that each Member State should encourage its partners in this course of action through co-ordinated programmes designed in conjunction with the World Health Organisation,

| V. | recognising and paying tribute to the crucial role played by national multiple sclerosis societies and the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform in securing real improvements for persons with MS, through their commitment to finding solutions to the many problems faced by individuals, and through their constant efforts to influence policy-makers and practitioners in a way which is conducive to finding remedies, |
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V.

recognising and paying tribute to the crucial role played by national multiple sclerosis societies and the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform in securing real improvements for persons with MS, through their commitment to finding solutions to the many problems faced by individuals, and through their constant efforts to influence policy-makers and practitioners in a way which is conducive to finding remedies,

| W. | noting in particular their role in the provision and dissemination of useful and essential information for persons with multiple sclerosis, which in turn may provide comfort, support and real solidarity for many persons who otherwise might find themselves even more isolated from issues and debates which concern them directly, |
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W.

noting in particular their role in the provision and dissemination of useful and essential information for persons with multiple sclerosis, which in turn may provide comfort, support and real solidarity for many persons who otherwise might find themselves even more isolated from issues and debates which concern them directly,

| 1. | Calls upon the Commission to specifically itemise a discussion to address the issues raised in this resolution on multiple sclerosis at a forthcoming meeting of Ministers of Health of the European Union with a view to developing a ‘Code of Best Practice’ to be followed in all Member States; |
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1.

Calls upon the Commission to specifically itemise a discussion to address the issues raised in this resolution on multiple sclerosis at a forthcoming meeting of Ministers of Health of the European Union with a view to developing a ‘Code of Best Practice’ to be followed in all Member States;

| 2. | Urges the Commission to develop closer international scientific collaboration, in the context of the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes, in order to accelerate the development of even more effective treatment of multiple sclerosis in all its forms; |
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2.

Urges the Commission to develop closer international scientific collaboration, in the context of the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes, in order to accelerate the development of even more effective treatment of multiple sclerosis in all its forms;

| 3. | Considers that the precautionary principle should be applied in decisions affecting public health, notably in the use and disposal of toxic chemicals; |
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3.

Considers that the precautionary principle should be applied in decisions affecting public health, notably in the use and disposal of toxic chemicals;

| 4. | Notes that, nevertheless, the root causes of MS, which affects more than 400 000 EU citizens, are still unknown and that the Sixth Research Framework Programme has not lived up to the commitment to ‘mainstream’ disability issues — the level of EU research relevant to disability and conditions such as MS has in fact decreased; insists that this be prioritised in the Seventh Research Framework Programme; |
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4.

Notes that, nevertheless, the root causes of MS, which affects more than 400 000 EU citizens, are still unknown and that the Sixth Research Framework Programme has not lived up to the commitment to ‘mainstream’ disability issues — the level of EU research relevant to disability and conditions such as MS has in fact decreased; insists that this be prioritised in the Seventh Research Framework Programme;

| 5. | Believes that such research should involve service users in order to ensure that efforts are properly directed towards the needs of persons affected by multiple sclerosis and similar diseases; |
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5.

Believes that such research should involve service users in order to ensure that efforts are properly directed towards the needs of persons affected by multiple sclerosis and similar diseases;

| 6. | Recalls the concept of the ‘reasonable accommodation’ for disabled persons in Directive 2000/78/EC and urges Member States to implement the terms of that directive in full; |
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6.

Recalls the concept of the ‘reasonable accommodation’ for disabled persons in Directive 2000/78/EC and urges Member States to implement the terms of that directive in full;

| 7. | Calls for an urgent Europe-wide epidemiological study to be conducted and financed by the European Union, in cooperation with the WHO, in order to collect relevant data which could contribute to research into the causes of multiple sclerosis, which remain to this day unknown; |
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7.

Calls for an urgent Europe-wide epidemiological study to be conducted and financed by the European Union, in cooperation with the WHO, in order to collect relevant data which could contribute to research into the causes of multiple sclerosis, which remain to this day unknown;

| 8. | Welcomes, in this context, the current comparative evaluation being undertaken into the management of certain European multiple sclerosis centres in order to assess quality and verify the implementation of good practices, which will lead to the development of positive ’benchmarks’ and the identification of integrated care pathways and rehabilitation activities; |
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8.

Welcomes, in this context, the current comparative evaluation being undertaken into the management of certain European multiple sclerosis centres in order to assess quality and verify the implementation of good practices, which will lead to the development of positive ’benchmarks’ and the identification of integrated care pathways and rehabilitation activities;

| 9. | Urges Member States and the Commission to recognise and endorse the view that the costeffectiveness of drug therapies used for patients with multiple sclerosis and other long-term chronic diseases should be measured not only through clinical trials but also through an assessment of improvement in the quality of life afforded by new treatment, which could have positive implications for savings in other sectors of social or welfare budgets; |
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9.

Urges Member States and the Commission to recognise and endorse the view that the costeffectiveness of drug therapies used for patients with multiple sclerosis and other long-term chronic diseases should be measured not only through clinical trials but also through an assessment of improvement in the quality of life afforded by new treatment, which could have positive implications for savings in other sectors of social or welfare budgets;

| 10. | Believes that persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases should be actively encouraged and invited to participate in the development of programmes, alongside medical practitioners and other professional advisers; |
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10.

Believes that persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases should be actively encouraged and invited to participate in the development of programmes, alongside medical practitioners and other professional advisers;

| 11. | Calls upon the Commission and the health authorities in the Member States to support and promote user-led self-management courses for people with MS and other long-term conditions in order to enable them to be in a better position to access appropriate therapies and manage as far as possible their own health condition; |
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11.

Calls upon the Commission and the health authorities in the Member States to support and promote user-led self-management courses for people with MS and other long-term conditions in order to enable them to be in a better position to access appropriate therapies and manage as far as possible their own health condition;

| 12. | Urges the Member States to promote the development of specialised clinics and nursing homes designed to respond to the needs of younger persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases who require institutional care because of their particular situation, and to recognise the importance of such matters in the current organisation of hospital or nursing facilities; |
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12.

Urges the Member States to promote the development of specialised clinics and nursing homes designed to respond to the needs of younger persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases who require institutional care because of their particular situation, and to recognise the importance of such matters in the current organisation of hospital or nursing facilities;

| 13. | Points out that a specific characteristic of MS is that symptoms vary widely in intensity, which, as a result of criteria not adapted to MS, has resulted in patients being excluded from necessary support; urges Member States to take this into account in the provision of health care and social services to persons suffering from MS; |
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13.

Points out that a specific characteristic of MS is that symptoms vary widely in intensity, which, as a result of criteria not adapted to MS, has resulted in patients being excluded from necessary support; urges Member States to take this into account in the provision of health care and social services to persons suffering from MS;

| 14. | Supports a right to independent living for people with MS and other disabilities, which involves the provision of timely and appropriate health and social care, in order to respect personal dignity and autonomy; |
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14.

Supports a right to independent living for people with MS and other disabilities, which involves the provision of timely and appropriate health and social care, in order to respect personal dignity and autonomy;

| 15. | Believes that greater incentives should be available to encourage the professional training of neurologists, specialist nursing staff and other health-care practitioners to enable them to specialise in developing and administering the most effective treatment and therapies for persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases; and believes that such efforts should ensure a wider positive impact on these patients throughout the European Union; |
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15.

Believes that greater incentives should be available to encourage the professional training of neurologists, specialist nursing staff and other health-care practitioners to enable them to specialise in developing and administering the most effective treatment and therapies for persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases; and believes that such efforts should ensure a wider positive impact on these patients throughout the European Union;

| 16. | Encourages much closer international cooperation, — indeed this is vital to capture more targeted funding, notably through contacts with other countries where advanced research is conducted, in the field of genetics, and other causal factors of multiple sclerosis as well as related studies into other auto-immune diseases; |
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16.

Encourages much closer international cooperation, — indeed this is vital to capture more targeted funding, notably through contacts with other countries where advanced research is conducted, in the field of genetics, and other causal factors of multiple sclerosis as well as related studies into other auto-immune diseases;

| 17. | Calls upon the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to devise and implement framework legislation which privileges job-retention for persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases, many of whom are currently coerced into giving up work against their will, even though studies have shown the positive mental effects of continued work which can reduce the progression of the disease; |
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17.

Calls upon the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to devise and implement framework legislation which privileges job-retention for persons with multiple sclerosis and similar diseases, many of whom are currently coerced into giving up work against their will, even though studies have shown the positive mental effects of continued work which can reduce the progression of the disease;

| 18. | Recommends that enhanced measures be taken to promote the employment of disabled people which must:






  — | raise awareness, amongst employers and co-workers, about the reality of disabilities and conditions such as MS and their impact; |
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18.

Recommends that enhanced measures be taken to promote the employment of disabled people which must:

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raise awareness, amongst employers and co-workers, about the reality of disabilities and conditions such as MS and their impact;

| — | respect the individual nature of conditions such as MS; |
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respect the individual nature of conditions such as MS;

| — | be evaluated so as to feed into exchanges of ideas and experiences, particularly at EU level, which should help to develop and spread successful models for the benefit of all; |
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be evaluated so as to feed into exchanges of ideas and experiences, particularly at EU level, which should help to develop and spread successful models for the benefit of all;

| 19. | Requests that local and national authorities develop the built environment in such a way as to facilitate to a far greater degree access to buildings and transport for people with MS and similar illnesses, using uniform access standards; |
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19.

Requests that local and national authorities develop the built environment in such a way as to facilitate to a far greater degree access to buildings and transport for people with MS and similar illnesses, using uniform access standards;

| 20. | Underlines that access by people with MS and other disabilities cannot be achieved solely by removing environmental/physical barriers, but involves breaking down all obstacles which inhibit equal access to goods and services; |
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20.

Underlines that access by people with MS and other disabilities cannot be achieved solely by removing environmental/physical barriers, but involves breaking down all obstacles which inhibit equal access to goods and services;

| 21. | Requests the Commission to submit a proposal for a comprehensive directive on the rights of the disabled using the proposals promoted by Parliament's Disability Intergroup as a basis; |
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21.

Requests the Commission to submit a proposal for a comprehensive directive on the rights of the disabled using the proposals promoted by Parliament's Disability Intergroup as a basis;

| 22. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the World Health Organisation and the petitioner. |
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22.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the World Health Organisation and the petitioner.

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(1)  OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16.

P5_TA(2003)0602

Georgia

European Parliament resolution on Georgia

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on Georgia and the southern Caucasus, |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on Georgia and the southern Caucasus,

| — | having regard to the partnership and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Georgia, |
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having regard to the partnership and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Georgia,

| — | having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (1) on the Wider Europe-New Neighbourhood Policy, |
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having regard to its resolution of 20 November 2003 (1) on the Wider Europe-New Neighbourhood Policy,

| — | having regard to the parliamentary elections of 2 November 2003 in Georgia, |
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having regard to the parliamentary elections of 2 November 2003 in Georgia,

| — | having regard to the resignation of President Edvard Shevardnadze on 23 November 2003, |
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having regard to the resignation of President Edvard Shevardnadze on 23 November 2003,

| — | having regard to the annulment of the elections by the Georgian Supreme Court, |
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having regard to the annulment of the elections by the Georgian Supreme Court,

| — | having regard to Rule 50(5) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 50(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | pointing out that the general elections of 2 November 2003 were marked by widespread irregularities whereby gross manipulations and frauds compounded technical and administrative problems, |
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A.

pointing out that the general elections of 2 November 2003 were marked by widespread irregularities whereby gross manipulations and frauds compounded technical and administrative problems,

| B. | stressing that the OSCE, the Council of Europe and Parliament's ad hoc delegation stated that the elections fell short of international standards, |
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B.

stressing that the OSCE, the Council of Europe and Parliament's ad hoc delegation stated that the elections fell short of international standards,

| C. | whereas a new presidential election is expected for 4 January 2004, and the scheduling of parliamentary elections is not yet decided, |
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C.

whereas a new presidential election is expected for 4 January 2004, and the scheduling of parliamentary elections is not yet decided,

| D. | whereas the people of Georgia have brought about peaceful change in the presidency of their nation, and welcoming the remarkable maturity shown by the Georgian people through the peaceful ‘revolution of the roses’, |
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D.

whereas the people of Georgia have brought about peaceful change in the presidency of their nation, and welcoming the remarkable maturity shown by the Georgian people through the peaceful ‘revolution of the roses’,

| E. | whereas the people of Georgia have shown their attachment to democratic change and their abhorrence of distrust, corruption and lack of transparency in the previous government, |
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E.

whereas the people of Georgia have shown their attachment to democratic change and their abhorrence of distrust, corruption and lack of transparency in the previous government,

| F. | having regard to the role played by Russia, notably its Foreign Minister Mr Ivanov, in the resolution of the recent political crisis, |
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F.

having regard to the role played by Russia, notably its Foreign Minister Mr Ivanov, in the resolution of the recent political crisis,

| G. | whereas a peaceful and prosperous Georgia is vital to the stability of the region in particular and to Europe in general, human rights, pluralism and parliamentary democracy being cornerstones of that stability, |
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G.

whereas a peaceful and prosperous Georgia is vital to the stability of the region in particular and to Europe in general, human rights, pluralism and parliamentary democracy being cornerstones of that stability,

| H. | whereas Georgia's situation remains extremely delicate owing to the disastrous state of its finances, the severe problems of the economy, the fragility of the institutions, widespread corruption, the internal instability generated by the separatist developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the non-recognition of the central government in Ajaria, and the extremely tense external context created by the war in Chechnya and the unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, |
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H.

whereas Georgia's situation remains extremely delicate owing to the disastrous state of its finances, the severe problems of the economy, the fragility of the institutions, widespread corruption, the internal instability generated by the separatist developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the non-recognition of the central government in Ajaria, and the extremely tense external context created by the war in Chechnya and the unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh,

| I. | deeply concerned for the viability of the economy and at the extent of Georgia's foreign debt, which amounts to USD 1.8 bn, |
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I.

deeply concerned for the viability of the economy and at the extent of Georgia's foreign debt, which amounts to USD 1.8 bn,

| J. | whereas at the recent OSCE ministerial summit the EU reaffirmed the need to reach an early agreement between the parties on the duration and modalities of the functioning of the Russian military bases within the territory of Georgia, |
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J.

whereas at the recent OSCE ministerial summit the EU reaffirmed the need to reach an early agreement between the parties on the duration and modalities of the functioning of the Russian military bases within the territory of Georgia,

| K. | whereas Georgia has stressed on many occasions its European vocation, showing a deep interest in getting closer to the EU with a view to making an application for membership in the long term, |
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K.

whereas Georgia has stressed on many occasions its European vocation, showing a deep interest in getting closer to the EU with a view to making an application for membership in the long term,

| 1. | Congratulates the people of Georgia on the political change that they have recently set in motion; congratulates the new authorities, and calls on them to create the conditions for a full return to democracy and the setting-up of credible and reliable institutions; |
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1.

Congratulates the people of Georgia on the political change that they have recently set in motion; congratulates the new authorities, and calls on them to create the conditions for a full return to democracy and the setting-up of credible and reliable institutions;

| 2. | Demands determined leadership by the European Union in promoting peace, stability and economic development in Georgia, as well as in Azerbaijan and Armenia; |
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2.

Demands determined leadership by the European Union in promoting peace, stability and economic development in Georgia, as well as in Azerbaijan and Armenia;

| 3. | Insists that the Special Representative of the European Union for the southern Caucasus should be provided with sufficient resources to enable the EU's policy objectives in the region to be implemented, one of which is ensuring the integrity and sovereignty of Georgia; urges Member States involved in conflict resolution in the region to actively cooperate with him; |
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3.

Insists that the Special Representative of the European Union for the southern Caucasus should be provided with sufficient resources to enable the EU's policy objectives in the region to be implemented, one of which is ensuring the integrity and sovereignty of Georgia; urges Member States involved in conflict resolution in the region to actively cooperate with him;

| 4. | Stresses that the forthcoming elections in Georgia must be free, fair and transparent, and must include the peoples of the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; |
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4.

Stresses that the forthcoming elections in Georgia must be free, fair and transparent, and must include the peoples of the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia;

| 5. | Calls on the Council and Commission to find ways and means of supporting the new Georgian authorities by providing the necessary political, financial and technical assistance to stabilise the situation, define a strategy for reforms and prepare for the general elections; welcomes in this respect the grant agreed by the Presidency-in-Office for the organisation of the presidential elections scheduled for 4 January 2004; |
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5.

Calls on the Council and Commission to find ways and means of supporting the new Georgian authorities by providing the necessary political, financial and technical assistance to stabilise the situation, define a strategy for reforms and prepare for the general elections; welcomes in this respect the grant agreed by the Presidency-in-Office for the organisation of the presidential elections scheduled for 4 January 2004;

| 6. | Requests the Russian authorities to fulfil transparently their undertaking, given at the 1999 OSCE summit in Istanbul, to close their military bases immediately and withdraw forthwith from Georgia; |
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6.

Requests the Russian authorities to fulfil transparently their undertaking, given at the 1999 OSCE summit in Istanbul, to close their military bases immediately and withdraw forthwith from Georgia;

| 7. | Insists that the Georgian authorities ensure the effective rule of law over the entire territory of Georgia, including engagement in the fight against terrorism; |
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7.

Insists that the Georgian authorities ensure the effective rule of law over the entire territory of Georgia, including engagement in the fight against terrorism;

| 8. | Calls on the Council and Commission to step up the TACIS democracy programmes for Georgia with regard, in particular, to the consolidation of democratic institutions, the development and strengthening of civil society, and support for independent media; |
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8.

Calls on the Council and Commission to step up the TACIS democracy programmes for Georgia with regard, in particular, to the consolidation of democratic institutions, the development and strengthening of civil society, and support for independent media;

| 9. | Invites the Council and Commission to propose to the UN and the OSCE, as well as to the central authorities in Georgia and to the regional authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the despatch of a mission for the maintenance of peace in those regions and as a measure to relaunch the process for resolving differences between those regions and the central authorities; |
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9.

Invites the Council and Commission to propose to the UN and the OSCE, as well as to the central authorities in Georgia and to the regional authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the despatch of a mission for the maintenance of peace in those regions and as a measure to relaunch the process for resolving differences between those regions and the central authorities;

| 10. | Urges the Council and Commission to include the question of the three peace processes in the southern Caucasus in the development of the EU-Russia partnership, so as to create the necessary momentum to overcome the present deadlock; deplores the meeting held in Moscow between the leaders of the three breakaway regions of Georgia, and calls on the Russian authorities to play a constructive role aimed at defusing tension in Tbilisi, facilitating dialogue and supporting Georgia's integrity and sovereignty; |
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10.

Urges the Council and Commission to include the question of the three peace processes in the southern Caucasus in the development of the EU-Russia partnership, so as to create the necessary momentum to overcome the present deadlock; deplores the meeting held in Moscow between the leaders of the three breakaway regions of Georgia, and calls on the Russian authorities to play a constructive role aimed at defusing tension in Tbilisi, facilitating dialogue and supporting Georgia's integrity and sovereignty;

| 11. | Regrets, in this regard, the recent decision of the Russian Federation to introduce a facilitated visa regime for Ajaria, without consulting the Georgian authorities, as well as the recent arrangements to speed up the process of provision of Russian citizenship to the citizens of Abkhazia and Ajaria; |
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11.

Regrets, in this regard, the recent decision of the Russian Federation to introduce a facilitated visa regime for Ajaria, without consulting the Georgian authorities, as well as the recent arrangements to speed up the process of provision of Russian citizenship to the citizens of Abkhazia and Ajaria;

| 12. | In view of the economic collapse of Georgia, expresses its grave concern for the health and wellbeing of the people of Georgia ahead of winter, and calls on the Commission to submit proposals for emergency aid for heating, additional electrical power supplies and supplies of food and medicine; |
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12.

In view of the economic collapse of Georgia, expresses its grave concern for the health and wellbeing of the people of Georgia ahead of winter, and calls on the Commission to submit proposals for emergency aid for heating, additional electrical power supplies and supplies of food and medicine;

| 13. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the acting President of Georgia, the UN Secretary-General, the OSCE, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Government of the Russian Federation. |
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13.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the acting President of Georgia, the UN Secretary-General, the OSCE, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Government of the Russian Federation.

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P5_TA(2003)0603

Philippines: end of the moratorium on the death penalty

European Parliament resolution on the death sentence in the Philippines

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions calling for the abolition of the death penalty and for a moratorium on executions in the meantime, |
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having regard to its previous resolutions calling for the abolition of the death penalty and for a moratorium on executions in the meantime,

| — | having regard to the EU guidelines on the death penalty adopted by the Council on 6 June 1998, |
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having regard to the EU guidelines on the death penalty adopted by the Council on 6 June 1998,

| — | having regard to the Commission Communication of 8 May 2001 on the European Union's role in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries (COM(2001) 252), which identifies the abolition of the death penalty as one of the thematic priorities for assistance under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, |
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having regard to the Commission Communication of 8 May 2001 on the European Union's role in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries (COM(2001) 252), which identifies the abolition of the death penalty as one of the thematic priorities for assistance under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights,

| — | having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas former Philippines President Estrada implemented a moratorium on the death penalty in March 2000, |
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A.

whereas former Philippines President Estrada implemented a moratorium on the death penalty in March 2000,

| B. | whereas current President Arroyo has announced the lifting of this moratorium as of 1 January 2004, |
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B.

whereas current President Arroyo has announced the lifting of this moratorium as of 1 January 2004,

| C. | whereas about a thousand prisoners are currently being held under sentence of death in the Philippines, |
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C.

whereas about a thousand prisoners are currently being held under sentence of death in the Philippines,

| D. | whereas President Arroyo's decision to lift the moratorium follows a number of high-profile abductions for ransom in the Philippines, |
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D.

whereas President Arroyo's decision to lift the moratorium follows a number of high-profile abductions for ransom in the Philippines,

| E. | whereas the rise in the number of unscrupulous kidnappings with ransom demands (of which 150 have been reported to the police since the beginning of the year, with some ending in the death of the victims) represents a real problem not only for the victims but also for the economy of the country, discouraging as it is to potential investors, |
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E.

whereas the rise in the number of unscrupulous kidnappings with ransom demands (of which 150 have been reported to the police since the beginning of the year, with some ending in the death of the victims) represents a real problem not only for the victims but also for the economy of the country, discouraging as it is to potential investors,

| F. | whereas, according to Amnesty International's latest information, 112 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice and 83 other countries retain and apply the death penalty, |
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F.

whereas, according to Amnesty International's latest information, 112 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice and 83 other countries retain and apply the death penalty,

| G. | whereas the application of the death penalty has nowhere had the effect of reducing the crime rate, |
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G.

whereas the application of the death penalty has nowhere had the effect of reducing the crime rate,

| 1. | Reiterates its call for the universal abolition of the death penalty, and in the meantime for the establishment of a moratorium on executions; |
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1.

Reiterates its call for the universal abolition of the death penalty, and in the meantime for the establishment of a moratorium on executions;

| 2. | Considers it regrettable that President Arroyo has changed her position on the death sentence; |
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2.

Considers it regrettable that President Arroyo has changed her position on the death sentence;

| 3. | Views with profound regret the fact that the death penalty continues to be applied in 83 countries, and in this context calls on the President of the Philippines to reverse her decision to end the existing moratorium as of 1 January 2004; |
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3.

Views with profound regret the fact that the death penalty continues to be applied in 83 countries, and in this context calls on the President of the Philippines to reverse her decision to end the existing moratorium as of 1 January 2004;

| 4. | Calls on the government of the Philippines in any event to enforce the law prohibiting the sentencing of child offenders to death and to review as a matter of urgency actual cases involving minors, with a view to ensuring that the age of any suspect accused of a crime is clearly established prior to sentencing; |
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4.

Calls on the government of the Philippines in any event to enforce the law prohibiting the sentencing of child offenders to death and to review as a matter of urgency actual cases involving minors, with a view to ensuring that the age of any suspect accused of a crime is clearly established prior to sentencing;

| 5. | Calls on the Commission and the Council to make full use of the items in the EU budget for the promotion of democracy and human rights, treating as a matter of priority and urgency any Community initiative aimed at achieving a moratorium on, and repeal of, the death penalty and giving practical support to all non-governmental organisations acting to this end; |
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5.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to make full use of the items in the EU budget for the promotion of democracy and human rights, treating as a matter of priority and urgency any Community initiative aimed at achieving a moratorium on, and repeal of, the death penalty and giving practical support to all non-governmental organisations acting to this end;

| 6. | Calls on the Council and the Commission to consider the abolition of the death penalty and a universal moratorium on executions as an essential element in relations between the EU and third countries, raising this issue when concluding or renewing agreements with third countries; |
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6.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to consider the abolition of the death penalty and a universal moratorium on executions as an essential element in relations between the EU and third countries, raising this issue when concluding or renewing agreements with third countries;

| 7. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN Secretary-General, the Chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Government and President of the Philippines and the Philippines Parliament. |
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7.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN Secretary-General, the Chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Government and President of the Philippines and the Philippines Parliament.

P5_TA(2003)0604

Moldova

European Parliament resolution on Moldova

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to its previous resolutions on Moldova and its resolution of 20 November 2003 on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: a New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (1), |
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having regard to its previous resolutions on Moldova and its resolution of 20 November 2003 on ‘Wider Europe — Neighbourhood: a New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours’ (1),

| — | having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Moldova and the EU which was signed on 28 November 1994 and entered into force on 1 July 1998, |
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having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Moldova and the EU which was signed on 28 November 1994 and entered into force on 1 July 1998,

| — | having regard to the Memorandum of 8 May 1997 signed between Moldova and Transnistria, |
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having regard to the Memorandum of 8 May 1997 signed between Moldova and Transnistria,

| — | having regard to Resolution No 1280 of the Council of Europe of 24 April 2002, |
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having regard to Resolution No 1280 of the Council of Europe of 24 April 2002,

| — | having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 16 and 17 October 2003, |
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having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 16 and 17 October 2003,

| — | having regard to the statement of the chairman-in-office of the OSCE at the closing plenary of the 11th meeting of the OSCE ministerial council in 2003, |
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having regard to the statement of the chairman-in-office of the OSCE at the closing plenary of the 11th meeting of the OSCE ministerial council in 2003,

| — | having regard to the aid provided by the European Union to Moldova in the framework of TACIS, |
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having regard to the aid provided by the European Union to Moldova in the framework of TACIS,

| — | having regard to the Final Statement and Recommendations of the last meeting of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee on 11 June 2003, |
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having regard to the Final Statement and Recommendations of the last meeting of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee on 11 June 2003,

| — | having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 50(5) of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas, due to weak administration and a lack of effective democratic control over the administration, the economy of Moldova suffers from a high degree of corruption, nearly 80 % of the market is informal, so that there is no tax revenue, there are no border controls on the eastern border and the social system is inefficient, making the country one of the poorest in Europe, |
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A.

whereas, due to weak administration and a lack of effective democratic control over the administration, the economy of Moldova suffers from a high degree of corruption, nearly 80 % of the market is informal, so that there is no tax revenue, there are no border controls on the eastern border and the social system is inefficient, making the country one of the poorest in Europe,

| B. | aware of the difficulties the people of Moldova have been facing since independence and during the process of economic and social reform, |
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B.

aware of the difficulties the people of Moldova have been facing since independence and during the process of economic and social reform,

| C. | whereas Transnistria declared independence in 1992, after an armed conflict involving Russian troops, thereby destabilising the whole Moldovan Republic, |
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C.

whereas Transnistria declared independence in 1992, after an armed conflict involving Russian troops, thereby destabilising the whole Moldovan Republic,

| D. | whereas there is a serious level of criminal activity, a deeply rooted unofficial economy and no respect for fundamental rights and human rights, especially in Transnistria, |
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D.

whereas there is a serious level of criminal activity, a deeply rooted unofficial economy and no respect for fundamental rights and human rights, especially in Transnistria,

| E. | whereas the Moldovan Government has offered to work together with Transnistria in a joint constitutional commission, involving the Council of Europe and the EU as observers, in order to draw up a new constitution for a reunited Moldova before February 2004, |
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E.

whereas the Moldovan Government has offered to work together with Transnistria in a joint constitutional commission, involving the Council of Europe and the EU as observers, in order to draw up a new constitution for a reunited Moldova before February 2004,

| F. | whereas the meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE on 24 and 25 September 2003 in Zagreb did not succeed in giving fresh impetus to the constitutional process, a process that should not be linked to the withdrawal of Russian arms and troops from Transnistria, |
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F.

whereas the meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE on 24 and 25 September 2003 in Zagreb did not succeed in giving fresh impetus to the constitutional process, a process that should not be linked to the withdrawal of Russian arms and troops from Transnistria,

| G. | whereas Russia decided to put forward a second peace plan itself on 17 November 2003, proposing a demilitarised federation in which Transnistria would have a special status, a plan that was in the end rejected by the Moldovan Government, |
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G.

whereas Russia decided to put forward a second peace plan itself on 17 November 2003, proposing a demilitarised federation in which Transnistria would have a special status, a plan that was in the end rejected by the Moldovan Government,

| H. | whereas the withdrawal of Russian arms and troops provided for in the commitments given at the OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999 and confirmed at the 10th OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto in 2002 has been delayed again, thereby giving the Transnistrian authorities the opportunity to maintain the status quo, |
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H.

whereas the withdrawal of Russian arms and troops provided for in the commitments given at the OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999 and confirmed at the 10th OSCE Ministerial Council in Porto in 2002 has been delayed again, thereby giving the Transnistrian authorities the opportunity to maintain the status quo,

| I. | whereas most of the ministers taking part in the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council wished to provide an OSCE mandate for a multinational peace consolidation mission and unarmed observers and urged the parties to redouble their efforts to overcome their differences, |
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I.

whereas most of the ministers taking part in the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council wished to provide an OSCE mandate for a multinational peace consolidation mission and unarmed observers and urged the parties to redouble their efforts to overcome their differences,

| 1. | Calls on the Moldovan Government to respect democratic principles, fundamental rights and human rights, including minority language rights, and intensify the process of economic and social reform, including the further development and implementation of anti-corruption measures; considers that this includes the legitimate right of civil society and the opposition parties to fully exercise and comply with their constitutional rights and obligations; |
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1.

Calls on the Moldovan Government to respect democratic principles, fundamental rights and human rights, including minority language rights, and intensify the process of economic and social reform, including the further development and implementation of anti-corruption measures; considers that this includes the legitimate right of civil society and the opposition parties to fully exercise and comply with their constitutional rights and obligations;

| 2. | Considers that the Moldovan Government has not been able to stabilise the economy and establish greater democracy and is convinced that a rapid solution of the Transnistrian conflict would contribute considerably to the stabilisation of Moldova's economy and also strengthen democracy; |
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2.

Considers that the Moldovan Government has not been able to stabilise the economy and establish greater democracy and is convinced that a rapid solution of the Transnistrian conflict would contribute considerably to the stabilisation of Moldova's economy and also strengthen democracy;

| 3. | Calls, furthermore, on both government and opposition to build upon their common position with regard to promoting Moldova's European aspirations; |
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3.

Calls, furthermore, on both government and opposition to build upon their common position with regard to promoting Moldova's European aspirations;

| 4. | Welcomes the fact that Moldovan civil society is playing a role in the demilitarisation, decriminalisation and democratisation of the whole Moldovan Republic; |
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4.

Welcomes the fact that Moldovan civil society is playing a role in the demilitarisation, decriminalisation and democratisation of the whole Moldovan Republic;

| 5. | Urges the Moldovan Government to combat trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation, especially women and children, through effective law enforcement and to provide the necessary assistance to the victims in order to reintegrate them into society; |
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5.

Urges the Moldovan Government to combat trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation, especially women and children, through effective law enforcement and to provide the necessary assistance to the victims in order to reintegrate them into society;

| 6. | Supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Moldova as the basis for any peaceful solution of the conflict; |
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6.

Supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Moldova as the basis for any peaceful solution of the conflict;

| 7. | Welcomes the establishment of a joint constitutional commission, but is disappointed that the commission has not made any substantial progress; |
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7.

Welcomes the establishment of a joint constitutional commission, but is disappointed that the commission has not made any substantial progress;

| 8. | Considers that the peace plan presented by Russia in order to legitimise the present situation is an obstacle to the further development of democracy in Moldova and does not contribute to the stabilisation of the whole region and awaits with interest a possible peace plan from the Moldovan Government; |
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Considers that the peace plan presented by Russia in order to legitimise the present situation is an obstacle to the further development of democracy in Moldova and does not contribute to the stabilisation of the whole region and awaits with interest a possible peace plan from the Moldovan Government;

| 9. | Deplores the fact that the Russian Government does not intend to withdraw its arms and troops before the end of 2003 despite its repeated commitments; |
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9.

Deplores the fact that the Russian Government does not intend to withdraw its arms and troops before the end of 2003 despite its repeated commitments;

| 10. | Welcomes the visa ban imposed by the EU on members of the Transnistrian regime; |
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10.

Welcomes the visa ban imposed by the EU on members of the Transnistrian regime;

| 11. | Calls for the release of all political prisoners, especially in Transnistria; |
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11.

Calls for the release of all political prisoners, especially in Transnistria;

| 12. | Welcomes the position of most of the ministers taking part in the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council in favour of providing an OSCE mandate for a multinational peace consolidation mission and unarmed observers, and would like the EU to join this mission and likewise provide observers; |
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12.

Welcomes the position of most of the ministers taking part in the 11th OSCE Ministerial Council in favour of providing an OSCE mandate for a multinational peace consolidation mission and unarmed observers, and would like the EU to join this mission and likewise provide observers;

| 13. | Urges the Governments of Romania, Ukraine and Russia to refrain from any unilateral interference in Moldova's internal affairs and to work together with the OSCE — the leading force in the democratisation process in Moldova — the EU and the Council of Europe in order to foster the stable and peaceful development of all countries in the region; |
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13.

Urges the Governments of Romania, Ukraine and Russia to refrain from any unilateral interference in Moldova's internal affairs and to work together with the OSCE — the leading force in the democratisation process in Moldova — the EU and the Council of Europe in order to foster the stable and peaceful development of all countries in the region;

| 14. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government and Parliament of Moldova, the Government of Romania, the Government of Ukraine, the Government of Russia, the Secretary-General of the OSCE and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. |
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14.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government and Parliament of Moldova, the Government of Romania, the Government of Ukraine, the Government of Russia, the Secretary-General of the OSCE and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.

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P5_TA(2003)0605

Ban on cat and dog fur

Declaration of the European Parliament on a ban of the trade in cat and dog fur

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to Rule 51 of the Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 51 of the Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas there is strong evidence that over two million cats and dogs are killed each year in Asia solely for their fur and skins and much of this is being directed to EU countries, |
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A.

whereas there is strong evidence that over two million cats and dogs are killed each year in Asia solely for their fur and skins and much of this is being directed to EU countries,

| B. | whereas intentional fraudulent labelling or dyeing of these items leaves consumers and legitimate retailers the victims of massive consumer fraud, |
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B.

whereas intentional fraudulent labelling or dyeing of these items leaves consumers and legitimate retailers the victims of massive consumer fraud,

| C. | whereas forensic evidence indicates that these items have been found on sale in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, |
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C.

whereas forensic evidence indicates that these items have been found on sale in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark,

| D. | whereas nine EU Ministers of Agriculture have called for an EU-wide ban, |
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D.

whereas nine EU Ministers of Agriculture have called for an EU-wide ban,

| E. | whereas EU authorities have stated that a balanced ban would not trigger a WTO problem, |
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E.

whereas EU authorities have stated that a balanced ban would not trigger a WTO problem,

| F. | whereas porous borders make it impossible for individual countries to prevent this consumer fraud, |
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F.

whereas porous borders make it impossible for individual countries to prevent this consumer fraud,

| G. | whereas, waiting for the Commission to harmonise the legislation of individual Member States at some point in the distant future would mean EU citizens would continue to be victims of this fraud, |
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G.

whereas, waiting for the Commission to harmonise the legislation of individual Member States at some point in the distant future would mean EU citizens would continue to be victims of this fraud,

| 1. | Requests the Commission immediately to draft a regulation under internal market powers to ban the import, export, sale and production of cat and dog furs and skins, so as to restore the confidence of EU consumers and retailers and to end this trade; |
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1.

Requests the Commission immediately to draft a regulation under internal market powers to ban the import, export, sale and production of cat and dog furs and skins, so as to restore the confidence of EU consumers and retailers and to end this trade;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward this declaration to the Commission. |
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2.

Instructs its President to forward this declaration to the Commission.

ANNEX

Signatories

Aaltonen, Adam, Ahern, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Andersen, Andersson, André-Léonard, Andreasen, Andrews, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Attwooll, Auroi, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bakopoulos, Balfe, Baltas, Banotti, Bastos, Beazley, van den Berg, Bergaz Conesa, Berger, Bertinotti, Bigliardo, Blak, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Boogerd-Quaak, Booth, Bordes, van den Bos, Boumediene-Thiery, Bourlanges, Bouwman, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Breyer, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Buitenweg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Callanan, Camre, Cappato, Cardoso, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Cauquil, Celli, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Chichester, Claeys, Clegg, Coelho, Collins, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Corrie, Cossutta, Costa R., Coûteaux, Crowley, Cushnahan, van Dam, Darras, Davies, De Clercq, De Keyser, Dell'Alba, Deprez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, Dhaene, Di Lello Finuoli, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Dybkjær, Ebner, Echerer, El Khadraoui, Elles, Eriksson, Ettl, Evans Jillian, Evans Jonathan, Evans R., Färm, Ferber, Ferrandez Lezaun, Ferri, Figueiredo, Fiori, Fitzsimons, Flebiger, Flemming, Flesch, Folias, Ford, Foster, Frahm, Frassoni, Friedrich, Gahler, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, de Gaulle, Gawronski, Gemelli, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Gobbo, Goepel, Görlach, Gollnisch, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grossetête, Hager, Hannan, Harbour, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Honeyball, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, Hume, Hyland, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Jackson, Jensen, Jonckheer, Karlsson, Kastler, Katiforis, Kauppi, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Konrad, Korhola, Koukiadis, Koulourianos, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kronberger, Kuhne, Kuntz, Lagendijk, Laguiller, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lang, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Leinen, Liese, Lisi, Lucas, Ludford, Lund, Lynne, Maat, Malmström, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McNally, McMillan-Scott, Maes, Malliori, Mann T., Manisco, Mantovani, Marinos, Markov, Martin D., Martin H., Martin H.-P., Martinez, Marques, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Mayol i Raynal, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Modrow, Moraes, Morgan, Morgantini, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Musumeci, Myller, Naïr, Napoletano, Naranjo Escobar, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, Obiols i Germà, ÓNeachtain, Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Paciotti, Paisley, Papayannakis, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Paulsen, Perry, Piétrasanta, Plooij-van Gorsel, Poignant, Poli Bortone, Prets, Purvis, Radwan, Read, Redondo Jiménez, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rocard, Rod, de Roo, Roth-Behrendt, Rothley, Roure, Rovsing, Rühle, Sacrédeus, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Santer, Santini, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Scallon, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schmidt, Schroedter, Schröder J., Schwaiger, Seppänen, Simpson, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smet, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Staes, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stirbois, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Swoboda, Tannock, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thors, Thyssen, Titley, Torres Marques, Turco, Turmes, Twinn, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Vattimo, Veltroni, Vermeer, de Veyrinas, Villiers, Vinci, Voggenhuber, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wijkman, Wuermeling, Wuori, Wyn, Wynn, Zacharakis, Zappala, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen.

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